First Trimester

This Sunday I will be 10 weeks!! One more month and I'll be waving Buh-Bye to my first trimester. Can't believe time is going so quickly. We can't wait to find out what we're having!!  I'm really trying to rest as much as possible! 

Thanksgiving:
Derrick and I drove to Arkansas for Thanksgiving and stayed a week seeing friends and family. We had an offer on the house so Derrick was getting all the requested repairs completed (buyer backed out after work was done, poor Derrick). The movers came to pack all our stuff up; man was it nice not to have to pack hardly anything. The day before Thanksgiving we had a little scare. I woke up to some unexpected bleeding and we rushed to the hospital. In the car I looked at Derrick and said "I will not be afraid. God did not bring us this far to take us back again. His faithfulness is the same no matter what the outcome of this is, we can't control it." We prayed and both felt a peace. God really is faithful. Well come to find out I have a subchorionic bleed in one of the placentas which means the placenta has separated from the blood source a bit. The babies heart beats were great and they said it will heal on it's own. My doctor put me on moderate bed rest. Derrick's definition of this was strict bed rest which I know I should appreciate but not doing anything was driving me crazy. In 6-7 months I will have plenty to do and look back at this time with fond memories.
We really enjoyed seeing all our wonderful family. Both our moms really went out of their way to make us extremely comfortable in their homes.
Jaden and Mel came back with us to Georgia for the next three and a half weeks. I am tired, but really am really enjoying having them here. Jaden and I went to the park today, bought new shoes, and had milk shakes; we're liv'n it up!

Babies at 9 weeks

 

We are so in love with these precious miracles. I got to hear their heart beats; so amazing. Caring these babies is the most humbling thing I have done in my life. To know that they are so dependent is such a reminder of how I need to rely on the Lord.

Double Blessings

Derrick and I went to meet with our new doctor on Wednesday afternoon. It was so nice he was able to leave work and meet me there. Definitely not something I was used to in Russellville. It is a huge perk of his new job. As long as he's not in class he'll be able to make all our "big" baby appointments. I was so nervous and excited before the appointment. Our blood work led us to believe it might be multiples so I really wanted to find out. So we found out that we are having twins!! There were two sacs and two little beginnings of babies. I was just 5 weeks on Wednesday which is really early to try to see anything, but we saw them. We are nervous, excited and overwhelmed by God's faithfulness.

 

Dr. Julieann Parker

Above is our new doctor. I really liked her. She took the time to answer all my questions; which we all know I had a bazillion!! So I will be going to the doctor once a week for the first trimester because we have IVF babies and I will need to be seen more. My second and third I will hopefully get to go like normal. I will be having a sonogram next week too. :) I can't get enough of seeing those precious kiddo's. My nephew Jaden refers to the babies as Spiderman and Superman. So that's what we've started calling them until we find out what we are having. 

Please pray that we live in peace!! It's hard to not have fear set in. Will both make it?? Is everything going to be ok?? I'm dead set on enjoying this time and resting in the fact that God gives and he is in control. I think it's really funny that we are having twins. It's like God is blessing us with more than we could have asked for. Derrick loves to say "Two for the price of one"! :)

 

Psalm 30:4-5 (MSG)

All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God!
      Thank him to his face!
   He gets angry once in a while, but across
      a lifetime there is only love.
   The nights of crying your eyes out
      give way to days of laughter.