We made it to the 2nd trimester!

Today was such a fun and exciting day! First off, I am officially in my 2nd trimester! Yay! We had our first perinatal appointment this morning. We really liked the peri my OB referred us to. She was very friendly, bubbly, knowledgeable and just seemed to sincerely enjoy her job which makes us very happy. She has this HUGE flat screen T.V. (probably 36 in.) mounted on the wall so I don't have to strain my neck to see her monitor. It was great! They almost looked life-sized on that T.V.

All the babies look great. They all are measuring the same...12 weeks 1 day. All the measurements she took to check for potential problems like down syndrome came back normal. They also all have good heartbeats. It was so neat to see them moving around. I saw their movement at my last appointment, but this was the first time Craig was able to see it and he had a grin on his face from ear to ear. Oh...and we even saw one of the babies kicking the other baby in the head...I can't remember who was kicking whom, but it was so cute!

Dr. Koster looked to see if she could tell what their sexes are and she is 90% sure of the sex of the babies...

TWO GIRLS AND ONE BOY!!!!

Baby A is predicted to be a boy! He is leading the pack, at the bottom, closest to the cervix and currently expected to be born first.


Baby B is predicted to be a girl, and is expected to be born second.


Baby C is predicted to be the 2nd girl, and is expected to be born last.

Of course, their positions could change, but for now our son is leading our trio. Baby A & B liked posing for the camera, as you can probably tell, they are looking right at us. A couple of times they had their hands up in the air like they were waving. Oh and we were even able to see and count all five fingers on one of their hands. It is just such an awesome feeling watching them kick their legs and wave their arms around. We are so thankful that they are doing so well.

Our second appointment for the day, we went for a follow-up appointment with Dr. Nivens, my OB. All we did was check my blood pressure, weight, urine and I had a little blood drawn to test for cystic fibrosis. My blood pressure was great, BUT... my weight is a concern. Dr. Nivens is concerned I am not gaining enough weight. Apparently, I have only gained 1 pound. I could have sworn I started out less than they said which would put me at gaining 4 pounds. You would think with all this tummy stretching, there would be more weight gain than that. She is recommending that I see a nutritionist. Who would have ever thought being thin and not knowing how to gain weight nutritiously would be a bad thing. She wants me gaining around 25 pounds by week 25 which is only 13 weeks away. That is kinda scary when I think about being currently 12 weeks pregnant and only gaining one measly pound. I know most don't put on much weight in the first trimester though. Nivens is a little concerned about pre-term labor so I am going to have to figure something out. And just so everyone knows, I don't have any emotional hangups gaining the weight, I just don't know how... I am not a big eater. It is hard to just up and change your entire eating habits you know. If anybody has any good ideas, please let me know.

On another note, I ordered the cribs today! Yeay! That can be checked off my list. Now I am going to try to focus on getting some kind of idea of how I want to do the nursery. If anybody knows of a good baby nursery website for multiples, please let me know. I bought a baby nursery magazine, but I don't really like any of their ideas. I've looked online some and found some cute ideas. Also, I think I have the bedding picked out, so I will use that as my color inspiration for the room. We aren't really doing any theme...I am not a theme type of person.

I also have my weekly boring belly shot to leave you with. Maybe I should post those first, so you won't be left with my belly shot in your head. :) Last week, I think Friday, I literally could feel my belly grew just in a matter of hours. It was so crazy! I know it wasn't something I ate that made me feel full because I hadn't eaten in a while. It just grew really fast!


Oh...BTW, we decided not to sell the Jeep and decided to sell Craig's Saturn instead. Just so you know in case you know somebody who was interested in the Jeep. Maybe they will be interested in the Saturn... :) It will be a lot cheaper to buy!! :) For those of you who have seen it, you will know why. :) Not that it is a piece of junk, it is just older and has more miles on it. It's a good car though.