Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Twins Belly Progression

I'm halfway done, so I thought I'd put up the first half of my belly pictures.
Throughout my whole pregnancy I've been looking online to try and find someone pregnant with twins that is my size so that I can compare my growth to them, but it has been pretty hard to find someone with the same build, height, and situation as me. So- I made my own. Hopefully these might help someone else one day.

It has taken a while to grow, but since this is my first pregnancy and since my torso is so long,
they said it is perfectly normal.

Starting weight after all my rounds of shots: 108lbs.
Height: 5'3"
Original Waist: 22"

4 Weeks- Waist has thickened.

5 Week- No change

6 Weeks- Nausea starting hitting harder causing me to throw up 3-4 times a day for the next 10 weeks. My stomach almost always looked sucked in from all the ab work I was doing over a trashcan.

7 Weeks

8 Weeks -(Tucker wanted to be in this shot)

9 Weeks

10 Weeks

11 Weeks

12 Weeks- Started hitting the sugary drinks and soda (caffeine free of course) a lot to try and gain some weight- I know that's not good, but you do what you've got to do.

13 Weeks

14 Weeks

15 Weeks

16 Weeks

17 Weeks

18 Weeks- Duplex renovations have started and boy does it HURT! I feel like my ab muscles are being ripped open!

Current Weight: 118lbs
Waist: Unknown until I find my missing tape measure...
Nausea: About once a day

I think I'll finally have something for the doctor to measure next time I go in for an appointment!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Let the Shopping Begin!

I told myself I wasn't going to buy anything until the very end of my pregnancy, but I finally broke down and bought a few things that I just had to have.
Below are my awesome finds:

Des and Amélie go together like..
...Peas and Carrots...
or....Peanut Butter and Jelly! Ha!
Then I've had my eye on these Trumpette socks for-ev-er. I think I was still a teenager when I vowed that my kid would one day have some of these socks. It was so hard picking just 3 styles, but I eventually settled on:
T-Straps
Pixies
And Skater Johnny for little Des.
I also made one serious parent purchase and found our Angelcare Baby Movement and Sound Monitor on Amazon.com for a steal of a deal. We originally thought we'd have to buy 2 of these at the store, but I found this one unit with 2 pads and saved a whopping $174.00 + tax! Cha-ching!
Thank you Amazon!
Matt has already read the entire owners manual and we both know we're going to sleep a lot better at night with this.

Hopefully I have now gotten my splurge out of my system and I can begin saving for these two once again...