14 Weeks

Your adorable little fetus is busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, and (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over the body for warmth.

Today I'm 14 weeks pregnant! Finally out of the first trimester!! My all day nausea has finally left, and my appetite is back! It's so nice to be able to think about dinner again without feeling sick! Speaking of food, the things I've been craving are all really healthy. All I want is fruit, salad or fresh veggies. I'll take that over craving ice cream or some other sweet!

I'm still exhausted though...I think I'm resigning to the fact that I will be exhausted this entire pregnancy. What else could I expect with building two babies at once?! I read somewhere that in a singleton pregnancy our blood volume increase 50%, and in a twin pregnancy it's more like 100%! That's a lot of extra blood to oxygenate! No wonder I get tired just standing still some days!

Babies seem to be doing well. I listen in to their heart beats every day, and I can hear them moving around a lot. I've been feeling the little flutters of movement for a couple weeks now, but wasn't 100% sure it was them yet. Now I'm sure that I have been feeling them. Last week I had one experience where I thought I was having a lot of braxton hicks contractions, one right after the other. When I slowed down and paid attention to them I noticed the tightening was only in one small spot on my tummy....so I grabbed the doppler on a hunch, and sure enough I could hear baby b rolling and kicking around right under the spot I was feeling the tightening! I haven't felt movement like that since...but I have been feeling a lot of the little flutters. I'm looking forward to feeling them get stronger!

The only other new thing in the pregnancy is back pain has already started. It's not to bad yet, but makes me worried for how it will get in the next few months. Hopefully I'll be spared to much discomfort for as long as possible!

My next doctors appointment is next week. This will be the first one since finding out it was twins, so I've definitely got to get a list of questions started! Looking forward to hearing what she has to say about delivery!