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December 11, 2002
Almost 15 months old !
I just wanted to give a quick update on Gabi and the new pregnancy.
Gabi first:
She is really doing phenomenal! Her speech is starting to come along now and we can understand a few words. She now says bye-bye, uh-oh, Mom, Dad, Dog, Baby, No, Yea, and a couple more I can't think of right now. She really understands so much I think her speak is going to just explode overnight one of these days. You can ask her to bring you specific things now like her horse, duck, drink or where's the dog and she'll either point them out or bring it to you. She also tells me when she's hungry too by climbing into her highchair, and then signals when she's full by rubbing her hands together and pushing her tray away. She has also mastered eating with a fork and spoon- now if we could just get her to eat off a plate without trying to tip it over a hundred times during a meal we'd have it all down pat.
As far as her Gross motor skills goes she is ahead of where she should be- and sometimes ahead of where I want her to be, LOL. She can full out run now and climb up anything!
I am enjoying this stage of Gabi life so much. Even though she is throwing A LOT more fits to assert her independence and frustration, I still am loving watching her learn something new everyday.
She had her Renal scan on last Friday. They had to give drugs to make her sleep through it. She did just fine. We won't get those results back until we go see her Urologist next. Ugh, her Urologist is making me SO MAD. She has billed or insurance company 3 times now for procedures that she DID NOT do or order- what a crook! I swear I'd LOVE to go someplace else but unfortunately she is the only one our TriCare insurance will allow in this town- man, is Military Insurance a PAIN!!!
Well enough about that- it just gets me mad just thinking about it.
On the twin front:
I went to Topeka last week to have a high definition ultrasound and they are still doing well. The babies measured exactly on my due date and measured the same compared to each other. The Doctor still leans toward them being Identical twins that shared a placenta, but the technician (for what his opinion is worth, lol) said that he thought he saw 2 cords and 2 placentas. So, I will return on January 7 2003 to get yet another scan to see what they can see then. So far they know that I have 1 chorion, 2 sacs, 2 babies, and how many placentas are not for sure yet. The thin membrane in between the 2 sacs is what leads them to think that the babies are identical. I don't care either way, identical or fraternal, it makes no difference to me. This time around I'll just be thrilled to have healthy babies- I don't care if they are boys or girls. However, I think Neil leans towards the girl side; he seems to think boys are a lot more wild and rough to raise.
I had another appointment yesterday with my favorite doctor. She is so personable and attentive. She checked me out and found that at 11 weeks 3 days I am measuring at 15 weeks. So far I am still able to wear my regular low-rise jeans but I don't think that's going to last much longer. My doctor is urging me to do a repeat C-section, but honestly I am a bit resistant. I have had one vaginal delivery and one emergency C-section and I badly want to go VBAC. So we agreed that if I make it to 35 weeks and if both babies are head down we would try it. Otherwise I will do a voluntary C-section. Please keep thoughts and prayers going for me girls because I am SOOO hoping that all the stars and Moons are aligned just right so I can have a healthy vaginal live birth for my last pregnancy.
OK, I'm taking ANY suggesting alleviating this morning (all day) nausea. I am still feeling so terrible. I have tried B6 and that's not cutting it. I've tried smelling lemons and eating small meals every couple hours to keep my tummy full and blood sugar up and tried eating more protein but NOTHING- I repeat NOTHING is working. ANY ideas are welcome. I'm so sick of eating bland peanut butter and jelly sandwiches I could heave! Literally, lol.
We have so much going on this week. We are moving to a bigger house, so we have been packing and organizing and blah blah blah for the last few days. I am excited to get into this new house (that we bought coincidently before we knew of twins) but I loath the moving process. We are also trying to get Christmas shopping done and finalizing holiday plans. We have also been looking into getting a Minivan too. We just can't fit 3 car seats in the back of my beloved Passat. Doing all this while SO tired, nauseous, and irritable, and running back and forth from Gabi's doctors to my appointments has been entirely draining- Thank God for the willing help and understanding of Neil.
Well I guess this didn't end up being short but I tried. Until next time!
Sheryl, Gabi, and the twins...
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