I know it has been a long time since my last post. I have been reminded by my mom, almost daily, while she looks at all the family blogs. So here are the updates:
My sickness seems to finally be going away. The horrible feeling of vomiting 10 times in one day is hopefully a thing of the past. I think my doctor either finally got the treatment right (6 hour long infusions) or my body is finally adjusting to the 2 critters within! At my low point, I had lost 20 pounds. So far, I have gained about 10 of that back, hooray!
I need to send an overdue Thank You out to my mom, dad and sisters (and even a couple of game-loving brothers and 2 patient dogs) for all the help these past few months. I couldn't have done it without all of you!
The other big news is I went in for my 20 week ultrasound. After an hour of prodding me (very hard at times) the doctor was only able to determine the sex of ONE of the babies. Talk about a buzzkill! I had been waiting for that day when I thought I could really start planning and shopping and get the full picture of what awaits us...but seeing as how this whole pregnancy has gone, I really shouldn't have been surprised! So for those of you who don't know yet, I found out I will be having at least one GIRL!
I think I was so disappointed about not knowing the sex of the other baby that I let it take over my excitement for finding out the sex of at least one. I realized this when I looked at Allison's blog entry entitled "Thank Heaven for little girls". I think that's when it really hit me and made me appreciate how different and great it will be to have another girl around the house. I've grown accustomed to boys taking over our home and now this will at least put one player on my team!
I have about 4 weeks to wait until my next ultrasound and I want everyone to cross their fingers that the other baby won't be covering their privates with their hand this time.
