Home Doppler!

In week 15 we spent time with friends from out of province. They came to visit for 5 days and we went camping near the mountains. My girlfriend that came to visit is a nurse and it was really nice to have her around! I wanted to hire her as a personal nurse from now until the babies are born. Apparently my offer wasn't high enough paying ;)

15 weeks

We received our Sonoline B 3mhz fetal doppler in the mail right before we left on our camping trip and we got to listen to the babies' heartbeats in our trailer. We also listened again once we were back at home. Baby A seems to consistently be about 10 beats higher than Baby B each time we have a listen. Baby A is anywhere from 140-155 and Baby B is normally between 130-140. They can be a bit difficult to find as well since they are still quite small. When we do find them, the beats sometimes fade in and out as they swim around. I find that really nice to just know they are already learning to swim! Also, It always makes me feel so good to hear them, since I can't yet feel them wiggling around in my tummy. I hope that soon I'll get a swift kick and unmistakably it will be the babies. I also realized recently that its likely I'll be able to feel one move around before I feel the other. My guess is I'll feel Baby A on my left side first. (I also guess that Baby A is a girl and Baby B is a boy, but I could be completely wrong as well!)

I'm now in week 16 and things are feeling approximately the same as they have been since we found out we are pregnant. I feel pretty normal, perhaps a bit more tired and my belly is getting rounder. I still cant believe there are babies in my belly. This is very surreal to me. I've been taking belly photos all along on my old iPhone, and I've gone back and updated all of my recent posts accordingly with pictures.

16 weeks

We have our 18-20 week ultrasound/anatomy scan scheduled for August 30th and it cant get here soon enough! An entire 6 and a half weeks will have passed since the last scan. Seems like forever, and at the same time, like the blink of an eye. I continue to think positive thoughts that our babies will continue to grow big and strong, and that they will be born very late in December or into January.

Week 14 (or 15ish)

I believe that today would be week 14, day 2. The measurements taken from our NT scan a couple of weeks ago would put us 5 days ahead and 15 weeks today. So I'm a little bit confused but planned to keep my original dates and err on the conservative side.

Today after work I am meeting with a new family doctor from the new walk-in clinic by our house. I can't wait to finally, hopefully have a doctor who will give me some level of care and a feeling of confidence that everything is going perfectly. (Though DH has a good point, that if anything were to go wrong, a doctor couldn't do anything, so care is really just superficial at this point.) Still, it will be nice to not be in this by ourselves, wondering if we are doing everything we need to be.

I was hoping she could let me listen to the babies heartbeats again. I like to know they're still in there and their beautiful hearts blissfully beating away. It does give me some piece of mind. Especially since it's still a bit too early to feel them moving around and my only real "symptom" is a buddha belly. Either there are two healthy little ones in my tummy or I've seriously got to cut down on the sweets.

We did order our own fetal doppler and hope that it may arrive sometime this week. I'm working under the assumption that DH and I will be very amateur at using it and likely may not be able to find their heartbeats right away. I promise not to get too worried.

Hopefully the month of August will fly by, and our anatomy scan will be here sooner than we think! I'm told it can be done between weeks 18-20. I can't wait to see the babies growth and to know that they are both thriving. I pray a lot for their continued health lately.

14 weeks