So today I am 23 weeks pregnant and we had another ultrasound today. It is so awesome to see the boys, I can’t wait to meet them in person! A lot has happened since I last posted. We found out we are having 2 boys and I don’t think Brett has come down from cloud 9 yet! He hasn’t stopped beaming yet! We didn’t have to fight about the names, we’ve known that for, ummm……probably years. Come on now, this is me we’re talking about. Thank God I have such an easy going and understanding husband. :) Cody James Allen Welles and Zachary Campbell Welles will be joining our little family soon, making it not so little anymore. I’m more than okay with that.
My last Ob/Gyn appointment went amazingly well and I really loved the doctor I saw (who happens to be the doctor who delivered my cousin’s baby a year ago). He actually answered all my questions and explained things to me. I’m still losing weight, and that’s kind of freaking me out. Every time I go, every month, I’m losing 1-2 pounds. Since I’ve been pregnant I’ve lost a total of over 10 pounds. Which at any other time, I would be happy. It was making me nervous though so I asked the doctor, again, and this time I got an answer! The reason they weigh a pregnant woman is to make sure the baby is gaining weight as well. Since I am having many more ultrasounds than regular, they know the boys are gaining so they aren’t concerned with me loosing, as long as the boys are gaining, which they are. Works for me! I had my general practitioner physical as well and my GP decided to do some blood work to make sure there wasn’t any other reason for the weight loss. Everything came back normal and my A1C (the graph for diabetes) came back at 5.4 which is excellent! I also found out that I may not be delivering as soon as I was originally told, based on the fact that everyone is doing so well. I won’t be allowed to go past 38 weeks (July 24th) but it will probably not be as soon as 36 weeks.
Today we had our next ultrasound. My parents joined us and it was so sweet to see them so excited. I can’t wait to see them as grandparents! Cody and Zachary are each 1 ½ pounds, very active, very healthy and very much on target for what everyone wants them to be. They are so silly. Both of them are stubborn but Cody won’t give it up. He fights the tech every step of the way to get the measurements needed. Zach will start out fighting but will give up fairly quickly. I adore watching them, I could lay there all day and watch them “play” and move around. I haven’t really felt them moving but we’ve been told that’s normal and also that the placenta is covering the front of my stomach acting like a pillow. We’ve certainly seen them moving though! Zach also likes to curl up on my left side in a ball at night which is both cool and kind of creepy.
One of the things we’ve noticed most of all is how loved these little guys are going to be. They are going to be sooo spoiled by both sets of grandparents who have been the biggest and best support to us in the world! Everyone has been so wonderful to us, we can’t get over it! We are so lucky to have the people we do in our lives.
