12 weeks!

YAY!  Okay.. so... I took a billion pictures today haha  I'll share!  Sorry if you computer crashes!

Thank you for all following us on this journey, and I hope you enjoy the pics!!  hehe

Cathleen xoxo

Had To Share As I Am In Tears

Last night I became a god mother!  My best friend delivered a little girl last night, and I have been waiting since the first pregnancy test to see this little girl.  I have been poking at mommy's tummy and talking to her even when her mother thought I was a loonie toon!

Life is a wonderful thing to give, and I'm very proud of Sara for all that she has gone through to bring her second daughter into this world.  I got the call last night shortly after 9pm and after I hung up, I had to choice but to cry, I was over joyed! 

I don't know why, but it made me look at surrogacy as an angelic thing last night, as my couple will unfortunately never go through labor together as my best friend and her partner did last night, but instead, will be holding each a leg as their babies are brought into this world by someone over an ocean away from their home.  That moment will be magical, and with every follicle of my being, I can't wait!

An Update... What A Lot To Update!!

Soo... I don't remember the last time I sat down to do this, but I know this is wellll over due for.

We have installed our new computer in the house and that is what I am on, so for now on, you can expect those regular blogs again to update  you all!!  I feel so bad for having not been around the last two months, and I promise to make it up to you somehow!!

OKAY... First of all, I doubt I have my last few weeks' belly pictures up lol  I'll start with 9 weeks

9 weeks

10 weeks

11 weeks

To date, we have had our appointments as such :

January 14th - ultrasound, confirmed twins, was put at 8w6d

January 28th - first obs with our specialist who will be following us through out the pregnancy and birth

January 28th - screening for genetic defects blood test completed, first pregnancy blood test for levels completed.  7 vials total

Upcoming appointments are as follows :

February 18th - OBS and probably ultrasound with specialist

We don't know when any other ultrasounds such as the anatomy ultrasound will take place yet, nor do we know of any other appointments.

I knew I felt them at 10w1d, just wiggles.

To date, I've so far gained 9.5 lbs, which was a loss of 2.5 lbs in 2 weeks-probably due to the severe morning sickness.

First "thud" was felt February 2nd while chatting with my IF over inbox messages.

Doppler was bought February 2nd, looking into newer versions though, more accurate, with a display screen so that we don't have to count the beats per minute and a speaker rather than headset, but we are very grateful for the one we currently have.

Don't be shy to ask any questions as we go as well, possibly updates I missed, or thought weren't as important as the others!!

Thank you all for stilll being here, I love you all!!

Cathleen

6.5 weeks!

Well folks!  We're over half way done the first trimester!  WOOHOO!!

That picture was for 6 weeks!!  Looking more pregnant, less bloated more and more!

So I now have a computer thank goodness.

I've missed my IPs soooo much the last few weeks, and I was absolutely CRUSHED to not be able to take live tests with them over skype like I had planned for.  

Well... I've been intensely nauseous for the last 3 weeks now.  I'm on the verge of throwing up, constantly.  I feel like all I have to do is throw up and I'll feel better.. but I don't, it just never goes away!  I'm getting my dictlecton tomorrow and now I just have to see if it will help.  I have hot flashes all day and all night.  I'm exhausted constantly... yay for pregnancy though!  it's going to be sooo worth it when I push these little ones out and watch their parents with them for the first time.

I am now delivery in England.  So i will have to fly out at 28 weeks with my two children.  I'm reallllly not looking forward to the actual travel [mostly for health purposes of the stress and physical strain of bringing all that over myself] and being away from Josh for around three months.  It will also be the first time I travel outside the country... and it's more than a little scary... let alone to probably have to go alone with two children under 3.  To say I'm nervous is an understatement.  But it makes their lives a lot easier...so on a journey to England I shall go...in exactly 5 months from today!

I'm just hoping that everything else starts to fall into place because just thinking about the travel is stressful.  We are going to try to save up enough to bring hubby over with me at least.  We will need both big carseats, luggage, the two children, me with a big tummy and a diaper bag.  

I'm also looking for health coverage for when I go over ... if anyone has any ideas, plleeeaase let me know!

There is so much to do still!  The part I thought was the biggest part [getting pregnant] soo wasn't.

Alright, so I think I updated for the most part lol

I will be blogging more regularly now that I have a computer!  Just got it tonight!

Will have more pictures on Sunday when we hit 7 weeks!

Less than a month to wait for our first OBS!

Hope EVERYONE had a GREAT Christmas!!!

Cathleen

and I update FINALLY

Just a verrry quick update for now, but I have another belly picture!

Im enormously bloated right now, so hopefully that will go down in a few weeks.

Blood test results were POSITIVE.

So now just waiting to have access to a scanner so that my IPs can FINALLY have it grr  I came to the library so that I could scan it for them and get the money, just to find out their scanner isnt working and paypal needs to process my banking information for 2-3 days FIRST and then the transfer takes 3-5 business days, so up to 8 more business days lol



This was taken on Sunday, exactly 5 weeks... now the wait is on to see if both sacs survived and if there are more than one baby per sac, how exciting!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I should have a computer right after Christmas, and i promise to keep up better once we doo.

We have to buy a new harddrive for my computer (ugh) and hubbys is finished, so we're buying one second hand for now... and then i have to wait to be able to afford to get the harddrive!

Cathleen

4th Week Comes To A Close

We are already 4 weeks and 5 days!

Which means that we are nearly 1/8th of the way there lol

More symptoms of course. lol

Back pain.

More food cravings.

Laziness.

Calf cramps.

Headaches.

These just ADD to the other ones, as I am still having every single one of them.  I feel like Ive eaten too much, all the time, and yet, Im also HUNGRY all the time.  This of course, leaves me with a dilemna ... do I eat... or dont I??  So, yes of course I eat lol

This of course, is not a problem, as pregnancy is a license to EAT and EAT and EAT.  The only problem is that my cravings are a bit expensive, and especially this time of year, we dont have the money to order in or go out for supper often. 

I had some upsetting news this week though.  My hospital doesnt check beta count, which means that I cant give my Intended Parents exact numbers on where my hormones are at.  They said that they didnt expect them anyway, but I realllly wanted them to have that, and everything else.  Maybe my expectations of my abilities are just too high for the time being.  They are going to schedule a blood test for Tuesday, Im hoping that my doctor sends me right over to the hospital from his office, which would be GREAT, and save me a lot of gas money.  Again, this time of year, we cant afford much, and we dont have a car, so its 20$ to my doctors office and back and then its about 24$ to the hospital and back home.  So, it could easily be a 44$ dollar blood test, thank goodness Im in Canada and dont pay for the actual appointment and test!

I have Gabriel with me here at the library, as I still dont have a computer at the moment, and hes climbing all over me, which is making typing difficult haha  If Ive spelt anything insanely wrong, just ignore it hahahaha

My bump is getting bigger, which means Im still retaining more water, but its just my belly and nowhere else for the time being.  I dont even have a camera right now to show you guys, and im soooo sorry, I cant wait to have all my technology back, as I miss all of you reading and responding.


I will say bye for now, but I will hopefully get my computer back this weekend, and if not Ill try to be back on Tuesday! 

Take care everyone!!

Cathleen

MORE PICS!

Okay... sooo much has happened.

9dpo we got this



soo... definitely pregnant! haha

I have a few more to show you though!!




We had our OFFICIAL pregnancy test yesterday at public health!  here it is!


DEFO PREGGO!

I also had an ultrasound booked for like... forever for my gallbladder, kidneys, pancreas etc and I asked her to take a quick look to see how many there were... she said she could see TWO sacs!! We are going to have TWINS!!!!

Im sooo flipping excited and i cant believe this is all happening!  well, i can... and i kind of had the feeling that there would be more than one.  all she could see was block blobs for now, nothing in them really yet, so in another month, we will get to see if maybe there is a third! 

i couldnt get a pic, but next time i can!! 

okay, so these are the appointments book SO FAR

First Official Medical Pregnancy Test Taken : December 13th

First Blood Test : December 21st

First OBS Appointment : January 26th (after my and daddys birthday on the 23rd grr)

So now its just a waiting game for that lovely piece of paper in the mail saying when to go in for the next scan !!!  Im sooo happy that i can do this and im so lucky to have ips like the ones i do.  thank you to everyone who has been supporting us, LETS MAKE BABIES!!!!



This was DECEMBER 10th.  Not 4 weeks yet! 

Ive been reallly sick for the last few nights, so hopefully that doesnt last too long, but i have a feeling it will.

along with early constipation, nausea, weakness, my sugar gets low FAST and horrid nightmares for more than a week so far.

the nightmares are so bad im afraid to go back to sleep sometimes, and hubs is now working nights, so im alone in the big apartment.  its reallly scary.  i wont tell you what im dreaming about as it is realllly scary to be honest.

alright... i didnt have a whole lot of time on here, but i wanted to update

will be a daily thing when i get my computer back i promise!!!

Cathleen