Phew! It really could have been a worse thing....

As hard as it is to rearrange schedules, and find a sitter for the kids I am ALWAYS relieved when I have a doctors appointment. (it is SO worth the headache for my 30 min. appointment)

I am very much a "see it to believe it" type person. So until I can feel the baby (or in this case babies) move and can count their movements, I'm a bundle of nervous between visits.

Recently, my right arm has been falling asleep randomly. You know, the tingley feeling when you have sat on your foot too long? And I have been worried that the babies weren't getting the right blood flow or my heart was weak or something horrible. When I was telling the doctor my symptoms he told me, "you have carpal tunnel." then began to tell me how and what happens and why pregnant women get carpal tunnel.

Phew! I was really worried about my heart and the babies. Carpal tunnel I can deal with but a heart condition...maybe not so much.

Then...the doc said "NO salt the rest of the pregnancy, and make sure you up your fluid intake." No salt? as in no ADDED salt or no sodium? So...I'm cutting out a lot of sodium and not adding ANY salt to anything I eat. Bland? YEP! you bet, but it will be worth it in the long run.

Patient, Kind and Merciful....

Those are the words from an amazingly inspired man today. My father.

I have struggled the last couple of days with those very three things, especially when dealing with the ones I love the most. To blame it on the pregnancy and hormones would be all together too easy, and unfair.

I saw my dad for less then 15 minutes and yet he KNEW just what I needed to hear. I hadn't even said anything about having a hard week. And the words just flowed out of his mouth, so inspired, just what I was needing at that moment. Do you think he even knew what he REALLY had said to me?

The Lord works in mysterious ways my friend. Through our family and friends who are in tune and listening to the spirit. Thank you Dad for being that person for me today.

So that is what I'm working on...being in better tune with the spirit, being patient, being more kind, and being merciful.

Speaking of the belly...

I blogged a little yesterday about the woes of getting a larger belly. After I went to work yesterday I found another...Woe that is, not belly.

I've been working at Marv's in St. George since October. I usually am cooking in the back and I spend most of the time on my feet.

Last night was the first night I worked in about a week and all through the evening I found myself a little off balance. And by the end of the night my back was aching!

I feel like such a whiner....really, what am I going to do when I'm four times as large?

Yeah for LOVELY lady lumps!

Showing?

I am a BIG girl...that is no secret. With my other two pregnancies I don't think I really showed until the last couple of months. And I even had a few pairs of regular pants that fit me til the end. But it seems that ALL of a sudden my belly has started poking out...A LOT.

My pants feel fine while standing but when I sit down I think I'm cutting the circulation off from the babies or cutting them in half. It is strange.

I'll go back and read this later and think DUH... there are two babies in there, most all pregnant women go through their pants not fitting, blah blah blah.

It is just so hard to find pant that fit me anyway, between length and size, I'm just worried that I won't be able to find any that will fit when I get bigger. And I can just throw out any idea of ANY of my regular pants fitting me this time around.

Maybe I'm being to negative on how the whole body changing thing is happening? Maybe because I'm so tall I'll carry the babies a little more flatteringly (is that a word). Maybe not...Either way. I'm praying that I will be able to carry these babies to 37 weeks. That is my goal.

Dude! What is up with that?

I have been having bloody noses like crazy! Every morning and usually once more during the day.

It bugs....bad. I can just be sitting there and all of a sudden my nose starts dripping. GROSS!

So, I did a little investigating. Bloody noses are a NORMAL pregnancy symptom. Because your body has a larger blood volume then usual the delicate little viens and  capilaries in your nose rupture more easily. Not to mention the ULTRA dry winter air.

Sigh....the one more thing to make me feel even more beautiful during pregnancy. LOL.

So....What are they?

I am SO excited to announce that on January 3, 2011 at 1:41pm we learned that we are having....

TWO GIRLS!

Yep! TWO! I'm really excited and a little nervous.

Now...to decide on two girl names. Which is proving to be harder then first thought. Ben doesn't like the majority of what I like. So...I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Could it be?

Could it be my prenatal vitamin is making me SO sick?

I'm in my second trimester 16/17 weeks to be exact. And I'm now pretty sure my prenatal vitamin is what is/was making me SO sick. (well, past the first trimester)

I stopped taking it when I got the flu and haven't taken it since. And even though I've still been sick in the morning it isn't NEARLY as unbearable.

I know from a previous pregnancy that prenatal vitamins make me sick if I take them in the morning so I have been taking them at night. Before I stopped taking my pill I would wake up multiple times in the night with severe nausea, and by morning if I hadn't thrown up already I would throw up.

But since I've stopped. I have not had either symptom. In the morning I still have to eat something pretty quickly but that is SO much better then throwing up EVERYDAY.

I'll have to talk to Dr. Astle about it. Or maybe the maternal fetal medicine doc tomorrow. Yeah! 27 hours and 42 minutes! Its like Christmas morning when you were a little kid. That's the kind of excitement I have.