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my husband and i decided to start trying for a baby in august, thinking that we would have a couple of months to 'practice'! but that wasn't to be. i felt pregnant straight away. not sure what it was but something had changed. then a week later i thought i was having a period. we were a bit disappointed but not overly. but it didn't turn into anything (we think it must have been the implantation) so a week later we did a test. yeh! very excited and wishing we could tell everyone but knowing we wanted to wait until we got a bit further along. the next three months were pretty hellish. i felt sick all day, when i wasn't feeling sick i was asleep. i kept saying to people at work that i dont remember feeling this tired with my first pregnancy. and my tummy got big early. the usual reply "yes its natural with your second" and "well you're older now". My husband and son both laughed and said they would love to have twins. At our 12 week scan it was obvious straight away that there were two babies. i was sooooo shocked. i started crying and could hardly see the screen through my tears. i just kept looking from one to the other and back again. i couldn't believe it. to have one baby is a miracle. we had great fun showing our family and friends the picture so they could work it out for themselves. my husband had a very large gin and tonic - lucky him. we spent the next couple of weeks wide eyed and stunned. then the panic set in. how are we going to afford two of everything? we could squeeze one into our tiny house, but not two. we need to move. and we cant fit three car seats in the back of my car (our 4 year old still needs a booster) we need a new car. oh dear.

22/02/08

25 weeks this week. i am absolutely loving being pregnant and am starting to try to hold back the time. i will be missing this amazing experience soon enough. my bump is growing beautifully( ha ha not modest at all) not too big but very noticeably pregnant. i think they have been having a chat and have decided to coordinate their awake times so that i have someone moving around at all times! i thought they were still at night but my husband wakes up in the middle of the night and feels them kicking like mad. sooo lucky i am such a deep sleeper. i think it must be the pregnancy hormones that are making me not worry about anything. we still have the same house, car issues but now it doesnt seem to be that important. sure they will squeeze in our little house if needs be. we have our next scan on monday. we dont want to know the sex - want a surprise. we are taking our little boy with us so he can see them. names names names! i like lawrence (laurie) Owen, Morgan, Brooke (for a girl or a boy) molly, my husband likes niamh (pronounced neve) Alfie... lots of boys names, not so many girls. its difficult because im a teacher i hear hundreds of names a day. lots of beautiful girls names but they all sound the same. sure they will be called baby 1 and 2 until a name sticks.

2/03/08

27 weeks today. we had a scan last week, it was so lovely to see both of them. they looked very comfy all snuggled up in there. twin 1 measured 2lb and t2 1.15lb so that is all good. they are both still head down so lets hope they stay that way. im getting really tired very quickly. its hard to get through a day of work. if i could sit down, get the students to answer questions from a book, that would be good! but teaching drama is so energy consuming. ive asked if i can just teach my exam classes until my maternity leave starts (april 4th)

16/03/08

29 wks today. last week was really hard work - i was so exhausted all the time. took a day off work and just slept. by the weekend i was feeling pretty low. just boredom i think. i dont have the energy to do stuff but i feel useless just lying around. made me realise that i need a plan during my mat leave before the babes arrive or i will just wallow in bed. feeling much better this week. next scan tomorrow.

brilliant scan! all was great with my health, blood pressure, sugar level, weight blood test results all showing that i am very healthy. so very well done to my husband for feeding me and letting me rest as much as i like. its just amazing every time i see the babes on the screen (always brings tears to my eyes) it really is incredible. thankfully they are both still heads down. they were facing each other and it looked like one was kissing the others head. so lovely. measurements showed they were both growing just as strong as any single baby. weights t1: 3lb2 and t2: 3lb7. so thats nearly a the same weight as an average full term baby. so happy that all is brilliant.

08/03/08

32 weeks scan yesterday. another great one. after our last scan we had a bit of a scare. i felt so good that i worked really hard the next day, teaching a full day and jumping around with the teenagers. stupid. that night i started getting quite painful aches in my lower back and stomach which seemed to come in waves - not good! so we called the labour ward and they told us to come in. i really didnt want to - i was so scared that i would have the babies and it was way too early. so we had something to eat and i drank masses of water and my husband gave me a lovely massage. about an hour later the labour ward called us back to check we were o.k, which i thought was very nice. they decided to send someone out to check on me and i was fine. but that really made me realise that i had to slow down and stay slow! i took a couple of days off work and then was very careful at work until i finished on friday. so i am officially on my maternity leave now. very glad as cleaning the kitchen is about the extent of my ability now. its so annoying if im doing something like tidying daniels toys and one drops on the floor - its such a long way away!!!

so the scan yesterday was brilliant. they are still growing strong although it wasnt our usual doc and he wouldnt give us an estimated weight. they are both still heads down and it looks like its going to be a race to the finishing line as they are equally as close to the exit! they are facing each other so i have visions of them chatting to each other in there. sooo cute.

29/03/08

35 week scan yesterday. baby a engaged and ready to go! weighing in at 5lb6. baby b must have got annoyed to have lost the race because s/he has turned upside down, now her head is at the top of my tum after being head down since week 12. monkey. but s/he has great amount of water and is 5lb11 so i cant complain. consultant thinks he will induce in 2 weeks. aaahhh! and hopes to deliver vaginally, then turn or deliver baby 2 breech. really hoping i dont end up with vaginal and c/s. im loving being 35 weeks pg. these two are easier now than they were a couple of weeks ago - even sleeping better now. good babies!!!!!