Busy Banana's

Lots of activity these days for the bananas! They were 12 oz at last weeks appointment and had identical heartbeats at 153/minute. I thought I had it figured out where A and B were but ironically I was total off. Baby A is on my left side and the closest to the equator, and Baby B is up a little higher and on my right side. There are periodically boxing matches, small jabs in the middle of my belly. Yesterday will resting on the couch with my hand laying on my belly I got he biggest one of all, it actually made the palm of my hand raise up briefly. so it must have been a two foot thrust. I was surprise to hear from the ultrasound person they they still have plenty of room to move, and are doing 180's. The movement is very cool!
Bill can't wait for my belly button to pop out, and I don't think it will be to long!
A quick update on our little girl, Lily. She is getting better everyday! She is perky now and started to squeak a new toy yesterday. She sits up with confidence and has a new love of looking to the moon and having her whole neck rubbed. We have started taking her for short walks up the street multiple times a day. Seems to help her get over the stiffness and get those muscles back from atrophy. Lily is loving getting out of the house, and like any of us, when healing, just small outings wear her out.

We hope to hear from CSU about the bone decalification tomorrow or Wednesday, so we can make a plan for the next step.

Both of us will continue to see the doctor more often, I start going every two weeks to the Doctor. So next Monday I am back for a 22 week check up to measure the size of my belly and to listen to the heartbeats. The ultrasounds will remain on a 4 week schedule with the next one at 24 weeks. For the record, compared to a prego of a singleton, at 16 weeks I measured 24 weeks and at 20 weeks I measured at 26 weeks. Supposedly, I will be blowing the charts...so I better get a snack (something healthy of course)!

Feeling Good and Managing the Unforseeable

I am feeling good. Some days I feel huge and and other days I don't, although my belly is really the same size each day. It has been a stressful week so I don't think I have been as focused on my belly, although still eating well. Lily went to the oncologist on Monday and she who felt the bone mass and hole in the bone was cancer. So Lily went in for surgery on Thursday morning to amputate her front left leg and shoulder. She came home the next night. She is doing very well, she walks around on her 3 legs and has the times where the pain is there. It is so hard to see, but I know the pain is only temporary as she recovers. We will hear back on the biopsy on the leg later in the week and we will know whether to proceed with Chemotherapy. This morning she is whimpering a bit, seems to be frustration from the pain and the desire to get out there and play. The timing of her osteosacroma comes at the 22 year anniversary week of Bill's diagnosis. Bill's knowledge and will to fight this uninvited guest to his body has been great inspiration for our Lily. It is also anther kind of transition for both Bill and I we await becoming parents of these special little girls growing in my belly. There will be so many amazing times, and there will also be the sleepless night with sick kids and the longing to make it all better. It takes patience, and perseverance and lots of love.
Baby A is pretty active this morning too. Baby B must be enjoying a quiet Sunday Morning. I can't wait to see them on the big screen again in just two days at our 20 week appointment!

Slacker

Okay, I have been a slacker, I missed the turnips last week and this week we have bell peppers. I have begun to feel some baby movement. It seems to be the most right after dinner, and about 3 or 4 nights during the last week but no everynight. To me it feels like gas bubbles moving through my intestines, although it is in the center of my belly (and sometimes around it, which are true bubbles). It is pretty cool. The other night Aunt Sevi was showing me how maneuverable a pregnant belly is and how you can feel the hard spots which must be baby. I think both babies are at more of an 45 degree angle so head to toe from 5:00 - 11:00 or 7:00 to 1:00 depending if your me or if you you someone looking at my belly.

Today has been a beautiful 78 degree spring day. I got out my shorts and shortsleved shirt (both maternity) so the weather must be warm if I am in short sleeves. It's been a great day with one major exception. We got the results back Lily's X-rays from yesterday, and her on an off limp of the last month is not her paw but actually her shoulder, and the prognoses is Osteosarcoma, bone cancer. (The same cancer the twins' dad had in his leg at 18 years old.) Bill fought it and I know Lily will be brave and strong too (I will try my best too as well). Lily will love the twins as much as we do, so we'll do everything we can. We have a second opinion appointment on Monday with an Oncologist. Let us remember that each and everyday counts so surround yourself with love and happiness.