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.

13 weeks pregnant! Sleeping is starting to hurt . Ugh !