katelyn chillen

Day 2 1/2 and 3 .

Hey there again, soooo last night i was having some trouble breathing and what not, heartburn and god knows that else. My blood pressure was 140's/ 80's  but was down in the morning ( Friday morning) . I finished my second 24 hour urine collection and should get the results back in a little while (day 3, today, friday lol ) Also, got my blood drawn to to go with those results. O and yesterday (day 2) they gave me the second shot of the stuff to mature the girls lungs some more. It hurt, but what is a girl supposed to do! Anyways, its friday now and i've only been here for half a week and i miss my turbo and batman and yoshi and petri already! Also, i really need to be wheeled outside for a little while today and get some fresh air! On the upside, i didnt have to watch Jersey Shore on mtv.com a day later than it showed like i always do b/c we dont have cable at home. I got to watch it AS it aired. And Greys Anatomy too, WHAT WHAT lol Other than that.. today i'm basically just waiting for results from my 24 hour collection. If the protein levels have risen higher than last time then i guess the doc will say if the girls are coming out early or whats gonna happen. Ill write more later if i get any info.

::::THE HOSPITAL:::

Day one: So, this day wasn't supposed to end up with my being admitted to the hospital but it did! I woke up at 830, went to Sage Brush ( My docs office) to turn in my 24 hour urine collection so they could test it. Also, i had to get my blood drawn to go along with those results and let the nurse practicioner look at my swelling and see if it went down after 2 days of bedrest. She apparently didn't like my swelling in my feet, and my headache so she sent me up to Labor and Delivery at another part of the hospital. They decided to go ahead and test my 24 hour collection and take more blood. After i got back the results for the urine.. (normal is 100=300... mine was 1740.) So they decided to keep me here! I also got a shot in my butt to help the girls lungs mature just in case my blood pressure or protein count in the pee got higher they would be good to take the girls out. Other than that, im just gonna be staying in the hospital untill the girls come in 3 weeks most likely. It's been pretty boring lately, just been watching tv and laying in bed. Eric brought me all the goodies i asked for from home so i feel comfy here and he even brought me some pictures to put on the wall. sWeeeeta boy! :) I'm loosing all the swelling in my feet and hands so far. Its weird how skinny my fingers look to me now that swelling went down.

Day 2::::   So, day one out of the way... day two started at 4 am when the nurse woke me up to take my statistics and make me pee in a cup and also start another 24 hour urine collection. Fun  Fun, i went to bed at about 130 am and woke up at 4.. i actually slept really good! And i even went to bed again after the nurse left. A few hours later i got my breakfast brought up from the cafeteria ( oatmeal, pancakes, sausage, juice) it wasn't too bad. Ate all that, and just been watching tv. the nurse came in about 10 am and put all the monitors back on me to track the babies heart rates and also how many contractions i have. Each time they put the monitors on it takes a real long time to get both babies heartrates to show up on the machines so, the nurse was in here for a while trying to get them on the radar and i watched some more tv. Eric showed up with some more goodies for me and we watched some tv together too. Hes takin a nap now cuz he didnt sleep good last night poor boy :( . As of now, im watching Maury , hes takin a nap.. and i'm waiting to get my other butt shot for the girls lungs to mature and after that im supposed to go get another sonogram to see what the girls are doing.

Signing off stats: Blood pressure is back to normal, no headaches today, I do have a toothache though!!

Girls heart rates are doing fine, swelling is down, and we'll have to wait untill tomorrow when im done with the 24 hour urine test to be done to see what the proteins are now and i guess they will decide if the girls need to come out sooner or later. Ill keep u posted!!!

26 weeks and counting down.

At long last, your little swimmer can see the womb! Your miracle’s little eyelids have finally separated (they were fused closed previously) and they’re probably having their first moments of sight as you read this (or maybe it already happened while you were brushing your teeth or watching Oprah or something). In addition to seeing their little studio in your belly, they’ve recently acquired the ability to say “yes” and “no” in rudimentary sign language as they can now move their head back and forth. This is also the time where your little super star’s head hair is starting to grow! A cute little cowlick or two may be springing into position right now, getting ready for years of cute-but-stubborn bed-head. Also, their toenails have grown in and you little raisin continues to slowly pile up fat beneath their still-loose skin. Most importantly, brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace, increasing their (genius-level?) brain activity and will continue to function at accelerated levels for the first seven to eight years of childhood!

week 24.. week 22,23 i forgot to do!

Well, the girls are kicking and moving up a storm, i'm getting really big and uncomfortable and my feet are a size they have never been and so is my ass lol. Aw the joys of pregnancy. i cant wait till it's over and i can sleep on my stomach again!!! YAYYY ill post pics of the 3d sonograms when i get them on saturday!

By 24 weeks your twins are proportioned like newborns but thinner - their "baby" fat hasn't yet developed. Although they're getting heavier every day, their skin still appears wrinkled because they need to gain more weight. Their lips are distinct and their eyes are formed, though the iris (the coloured part of the eye) still lacks pigment. The pancreas and the thyroid, adrenal and pituitary glands, essential in the production of hormones, are developing steadily. Tiny eyebrows and eyelids are now visible.

Even this early, the first signs of teeth appear in the form of tooth buds beneath the gum line. Before you know it, your twins will be born, and soon after, their first teeth will come through.

Your twins' lungs continue to develop and mature to prepare for breathing. They're swallowing but they normally don't pass their first stool (called meconium) until after birth. Your babies are making breathing movements. They have no air in their lungs yet but it's essential practice for when they are born.

More than half of twins are born before term (before 37 weeks). If your babies were to be born before 24 weeks, they would only have a small chance of survival (less than 10 per cent) even with the right care. Every day in the uterus makes a difference at this stage. Their chance of survival rises rapidly after 26 weeks, and from 32 weeks they should survive if they are growing normally.

oops i skipped week 22! time for week 23 !

Hello , sorry i forgot all about writing in here for week 22.. last week and this week i have had swelling in my feet and ankles and lots of crampy leg days, it sucks!!!! Also, i felt the girls hiccup for the first time a few days ago! yayyyy Getting stocked up on diapers this week and going to registar at babies r us and target.  hooray! Well i'l post week 23 later on today , i gotta go! bye

21 weeks into it ...

(pic:this is what each baby looks like right about now)

Well the girls have been cookin for  21 weeks now <3 My stomach skin hurts and my feet hurt, my fingers are swollen, im tired,  etc lol... Other than that it's wonderful haha.

Whats goin on with the girls this week?:---well basically the same thing from last week except they might start hiccuping soon :)

20W 3D doctor appt.

(Pic of Madilyn.. babyA)(It's a picture of her face)

Hey there, WHOEVER reads this lol... went to the doctor today for my 20 week appt... it wasn't the regular 20 week appt though because im going to the specialist next week on July 1st. Soooo, this appt was short and sweet , we just looked at the girls , their heartbeats and took a few pics. The doc said all was good with the girls and he would see me in 3 weeks this time since im goin to the other doc next week. Also, i gained 3 lbs since last appt 2 weeks ago! It definately went to my stomach again because i got my first stretch marks on my belly (Cries). it's not that bad now.. i'm sad just thinking about how bad it will probably get towards the end!! Or in the next few weeks even!! Oh well, this is what i get for making babies and thinking i was only gonna get one! lol Well, i'm excited for my specialist appt next week because we get to have a long sonogram with lots of measurements and all that and we will also see how much they weigh again. I'm guessing they will be weighing a pound each by then! Well, i took a video of this weeks sonogram, not sure if i can upload videos here, but i'll try!

Untill next time: Hopefully i'll have a lot of news next week after the specialist appt! :)

20 weeks preggo! Half way there, well.. more than half way since they are comin early

At 20 weeks hair on the scalp is sprouting and sensory development evolves rapidly. The nerve cells serving each of the senses - taste, smell, hearing, seeing, and touch - are now developing in their specialised areas of the brain. Nerve cell production slows down as existing nerve cells grow larger and make more complex connections. The smell of a newborn seems to be the most developed of all senses, enabling them to recognize you immediately.

You no doubt feel the kicking and somersaulting of your growing twins. At times, they may be so mobile that they will wake you up during the night. The next ten weeks or so will be your twins' busiest and most active time, until the uterus gets too crowded.

A whitish coat of a slick, fatty substance called vernix caseosa will begin to cover your twins. It protects their skin during its long immersion in amniotic fluid and acts as a barrier against infection after birth. Your twins are swallowing an increasing amount of amniotic fluid, good practice for their digestive systems.

Until now your fetuses have been measured from crown to rump but from 20 weeks the measurement will be from crown to heel. And from crown to heel they are approximately 10.5 inches/ 27 centimetres long. Their eyebrows and eyelids are fully developed and fingernails cover the fingertips.

Your babies can now hear your conversations. If you talk, read, or sing to your twins, sound waves are transmitted along your spine to make them progressively familiar to your voice, helping them to recognise you after they are born.
Your twins can hear other sounds through the skin covering your belly, but they are distorted as they pass through your fat and muscle, the wall of your uterus and amniotic fluid. Only your voice will be clearly recognisable to them by the end of your pregnancy.

Most mums-to-be detect their twins movements (called quickening) between 18 and 22 weeks of pregnancy. If you've been pregnant before, you'll feel things earlier rather than later. What you may first think is a rumbling stomach may be your twins doing some back flips.

19 weeks preggo with twins

This is a period of tremendous growth for your babies. they are also growing muscle and are getting stronger every day. As your babies becomes stronger, they will move about more energetically, particularly when you are trying to get some sleep! Their teeth are already beginning to form within their jawbones. They may have some hair on their heads, including eyebrows and eyelashes. Your babies fingernails have grown to the tips of the fingers and they can clench their fists.

The internal organs are maturing. Fat is now being stored beneath their skin. The blood cells take over for the liver the job of producing blood. The gall bladder will become functional, producing bile that is necessary for digestion.

Your babies sleep and wake at regular intervals. You will find that your girls are much more active now. They turn from side to side and head over heels. They may suck their thumbs. Exploring the structures inside your uterus may become their prime entertainment.

Babies are measured from the crown (or top) of the head to the rump (or bottom) until about 20 weeks. After that, they are measured from head to heel. They are now about 7 inches (17 cm) Crown to Rump, about 10 inches (25 cm) from head to heel each.

Babies weighs roughly 11 ounces each(about 300 grams).

Mother

You are getting bigger every day, and during the fifth month you should start to feel your baby's movements, which begin as light, fluttery sensations. Your skin might darken and stretch marks may appear on your abdomen or breasts. Your breasts may begin to produce colostrum. Your gums might bleed and you may have a congested nose.

 

 

well, i already feel the girls moving since there are two of them! and i definately already look pregnant! :) Only a few stretch marks, but for the most part all of the weight has gone STRAIGHT to the belly area!  They are poking and proding me more everyday and they cant wait till their daddy gets here in two weeks to talk to them!!!! Also, they are very ready to make me miserable while camping in a few weeks! i hope my swimsuit still fits by then!!! YIKES.. ILY baby girls!

doctor appointments:

Well, Monday i finally got to go to my new primary care doc . I got a referral to go to the new place on wednesday . Hopefully i'll get to peek in at the girls again! That's it for now.. i did write ALOT but i accidently deleted it so now i dont feel like writing anymore. see ya later!

18 weeks pregnant with the girls!

The girls are kicking up a storm today!!!
YAY 18 weeks! im 5 months preggo!



We have two more ounces! Your "getting bigger-n-better by the minute baby" is already up to 7 ounces and 6 inches! This is a big week for their baby skin. There are now two distinct layers—the epidermis (or the surface skin) and dermis. Currently, their skin is covered with a greasy, waxy, cheese-like substance, known as vernix caseosa. Sure, it sounds pretty nasty, but this mixture of fatty secretions covering your little swimmer from head to toe is the best way to protect their oh-so-thin skin from bruising and abrasions as well as chapping caused by amniotic fluid exposure (and your little one is swimming in that stuff!). Still don’t like the fact your little darling is currently slathered in fatty cream like a greased pig? Well, you know the birthing process? Where you have to push something the size of a watermelon out a hole the size of a grape? That adorable little greased piglet would have a lot harder time getting through the birth canal without the vernix caseosa. Fun fact for momma’s with baby girls: it’s a uterus within a uterus! Your little girl will have developed a uterus and vagina canal by the end of this week.

WEEK 17-These babies are gettin heavy.

fetus in fourth month: Don't be too shocked but... your baby is EVEN bigger than it was last week, not to mention getting cuter, and smarter every day! As you’ve come to expect, there’s no shortage of growth and development this week: your fantastic little bean stalk has added yet another half inch to their overall height-- making them nearly half a foot long! Their little limbs have reached (or are within one week of) their relative proportions, and will continue to grow evenly with the rest of the body after this week. Reactive listening has begun for your baby, even though their ears are not yet structurally complete or fully functional. Meanwhile, different parts of their astonishingly complex brain are developing to process your little one’s hearing and other senses, (you know, sight, smell, taste and touch). Mind boggling factoid of the week: if you’re having going to have a little girl, her ovaries have already produced millions of primordial egg cells, which, within a few weeks, will develop into actual eggs! Phew… just wait till she’s a teenager eh?

the babies are kickin alot today!! they are gettin heavy !!

16 WEEKS: What's goin on with the girls! A belly pic, and a twin graphic.

By 16 weeks, your twins will grow to 6 inches/ 14.2 centimetres long from crown to rump. They now weigh about 7 ounces/ 190 grams each. Your twins' unique fingerprints are already in place. And when you poke your stomach gently and they feel it, your twins will start rooting and sucking whatever is in front of their mouths, whether it is a hand, foot or an umbilical cord. This sucking reflex will give them the training they need for breastfeeding after birth.

If one or both of your twins are girls, they will now have approximately 2 million eggs in their ovaries; and they will have only a million by the time they're born. They will have fewer eggs as they get older, and by age 17, the number will have dropped to 200,000.

The fetuses' bodies are now growing faster than their heads. Your twins' parchment-thin skin covers itself with thick, downy hair called lanugo. Though eyebrows are beginning to grow and the hair on top of the head is sprouting, this hair may change in both texture and colour after birth.

Their legs are growing longer than the arms now, fingernails are fully formed and all the joints and limbs can move. You may be able to find out the sex of your babies by ultrasound now, since the external genitals may be developed enough that a sonographer can tell you if your twins are boys or girls.

At 16 weeks your twins' skeletons are mostly rubbery cartilage, which will harden later. A protective substance called myelin slowly begins to wrap around the spinal cord.
Their chests move up and down to mimic breathing but they're not taking in air, only amniotic fluid. They also start to have hiccups. Hiccups are an essential reflex used to train their diaphragms, the muscles they need for breathing when they are born.

We found out we're having...

Twin Girls!

To our surprise. lol Here are some pics from the ultrasound :

BOY OR GIRL??? We find out today!

Our appt is at 2 today and we are going to one of the specialty 3d/4d  ultrasound places to find out. We are just doing the cheapest 2d ultrasound with a few pics and gender determination. YAY screw waiting for my doctors appt to find out the sex! We're taking it into our own hands! lol Stay posted.. even though no one even reads this thing ever!

Week 15- Whats goin on with baby/ a belly pic/ shopping for a swimsuit!

At week fifteen the baby will measure in approximately 4” long and about 1-.3/4 ounces. The baby will develop what is called Lanugo, this happens when the red and wrinkles head becomes covered with fine hairs. Like each pregnancy is different, each baby develops differently in the uterus. The hair will help the baby maintain a constant body temperature. But the Lanugo will disappear when the baby is born.
By now the baby can swallow food and one of the best parts is that the baby can hear you and hear sounds. So now would be a great time to start talking to the baby. Some new moms will place headphones on their belly so the baby can hear music. Some new moms at this stage may or may not be able to feel their babies move around but the baby’s are more active in the womb now.
The baby’s legs are longer than the arms but now the body is longer than the head. The taste buds are developing and the fingernails and toenails are growing as well. The three bones in the middle ear are harder making improvements in the hearing. The amniotic fluid that surrounds the baby also carries an external sounds that travel to the baby. They can hear prominent sounds like the mother’s heartbeat, stomach and even her voice.

15 weeks!

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Shopping for a swimsuit:

Sucked . You would think in Hawaii, since there are a lot of bigger women here that they would make swimsuits that aren't made for stick figures! I was getting more sad as the shopping progressed. I couldn't fit anything! Nothing looked right.. and I was having to look at one piece suits with skirts on the bottom lol.. UGH. We were litterally there for like 2 hours trying to find a swimsuit so we could go to the waterpark the next day.. Needless to say, we gave up and aren't going anyways lol.  We can't afford a 40 dollar swimsuit and than 42 bucks to go swimming for a few hours when we still have SO much to do before i leave! It's so stressful! I wish we could just magically get everything done. But, like the swimsuit.. nothing is going right!

O well. Soon it will be friday and i'll go to the doctor for my 16 week appt and we'll hear the tiny's heartbeat again and make sure he/she is doin good.

Mother's Day and also the real 14 week fetal birthday of my love

So i remember when i was first pregnant how i didn't really have that many symptoms, just wanting to eat chicken wings and my sisters were hurtin' lol . But now.. UGH! i can't even sleep in a comfortable position because it feels like my insides are getting pulled apart. When i bend over after eating my food alomst comes back out, i'm getting small stretch marks here and there and i can not stand waking up 2-3 times per night to go pee, it's so tiring! Plus, my stomach is hurting all the time because my uterus is growing and stretching and all that stuff .. it realy sucks! GRrrrr!!! But anyways, it's mothers day, and i just got my very first mothers day card :) My hubby is so sweet . AND it's says, to my wife on mothers day :) Aww . Also, it's the baby's 14 week fetal birthday today! Happy weekly bday baby! Thanks for all the discomfort you have been causing me over the last weeks but i love you anyways! well, it's time for me to eat a pop tart and relax.. it's my nephews birthday today also, so we are gonna make some brownies! Or it could just be an excuse to eat brownies :-D hee hee

Week 14!!! HOORAY!

I'm posting this 2 days early for week 14: but hey, it's only 2 more days till i'm 14 weeks!!! yay

<-- the baby looks like THIS now! WOW

  fetus in fourth month Isn’t it glorious? You and your little buckaroo have roped your way right into trimester numero dos! Are you ready to rock!? Okay, okay… maybe just a little rolling and poking. Needless to say, your baby will definitely be making themselves known in the upcoming weeks. At about 3.5 inches long, their little body and limber limbs are coordinated enough for loads of complicated motions. In fact, their whole body is moving right now! You're not feeling it because their current size is still a bit too small to make an impact you'd recognize. Still, their movements are recognizable on an ultrasound. Speaking of which, you shoud be scheduling one with your health care provider! Week 16 is the classic date as you can usually determine whether your little one is going to pee standing up or sitting down. Your baby is also starting to develop the ability to move their eyes this week, although the eyelids still remain fused shut. What's more, they can make all sorts of fun facial expressions as they practice squinting, frowning, and grimacing. Cute development of the week: their little hands can grasp at things and they may already be sucking their thumb!

Week 13 - baby is growin!

fetus in third month This is your final week in the first trimester and your little weed continues to grow and grow and grow. Of the three trimesters, this one has been the most important for your little one’s development. Assuming you’ve carefully adopted a healthy diet, continue to exercise and get ample rest, your little one is set up perfectly for even more growth and development in tri-two! Way to go! He or she now weighs about 2.5 ounces and is roughly 3.5 inches in length. Little hairs, known as lanugo, will start to cover their body this week, as their sense of taste and smell are further refined. Their cozy little amniotic sac is also increasing in size and mass as it continues to fill with more fluid.


-- ok, sooo my maternity pants need to be retired ! i can't sit in these things anymore!... sleeping sucks! I can barely lay on my side.. my back is where it's at for now! and i cant even think about  laying on my belly! everything is SO stretchy.