189 Days to Go!

189 days to go if we go full term, but the twins should be vacating the premises a few weeks early. We are almost through the first trimester. Lets recap the last few weeks.

Week 11: babies' fists starting to open and close; tooth buds forming under the gums; bones are hardening; they are kicking and stretching.

Week 12: most dramatic developments this week...reflexes; fingers will soon begin to open and close; toes will curl; eye muscles will clench; mouth will make sucking movements; intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now; kidneys will begin excreting urine into the bladder; nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in their brains, synapses are forming furiously; face finally looks unquestionably human: eyes have moved from the sides to the front of the head, and ears are right where they should be; from crown to rump, baby-to-be is just over two inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

Week 13 (current): Fingerprints have formed on babies' tiny fingertips; veins and organs are clearly visible through the still-thin skin; body is starting to catch up with the head — which makes up just a third of the body size now. If we're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. The blobs are almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.

So thats where we are. On Tuesday we had our first appointment with our OB/GYN. Our doc was very nice and Holly really liked her, so I did too. Dr.Hansard (our fertility specialist) hand picked her, so we were expecting one of the best. We got to listen to the blob's (I guess they are human looking like now and no longer blobs) heartbeats. They were beating strong and fast! One was 160 bpm and the other was 155 bpm.

Holly's belly is getting bulbous. I talked to Holly today and stopped her in the bedroom for an interview. I was able to ask her how she was doing and she replied, "Much better than last week." She is not as nauseous or tired as last week. She is still only eating maybe 5 bites, but she did great at lunch today eating a lot of her waffles from Kerby Lane. She still can't eat meat...gotta find a way for her to get her iron. Mama Karen suggested spinach.

Oh, she still has psycho dreams. Last weird ones had to do with me wanting to divorce her and ending the marriage on a high note! Latest one had me trying to convince her it was a good idea for her to work at a brothel to bring in some extra cash. They do make a lot of money.

Thats it for now...will try to get a Holly picture this week.