Week 16: Starting to Maybe Feel Pregnant

Well, here we are... Getting into the second trimester... Things have been rough and not fun. I am not a magical pregnant unicorn. Please see attached picture to confirm this as babies have sucked my hair oils away and deposited them into my pimply face! As for my general well being... Everyday is different but finally the pills have got the nausea more or less under control. Still sick every morning but it kinda feels like cleansing since my body is now producing copious amount of nasal mucus and saliva. Nice right! And new these last few weeks are these midnight headaches which could be the pills OR could be the crappy winter weather that keeps blowing through even though it is mid April and my irises are trying to come up. Oh well, trying to keep taking tylenol to a minimum and just keep suffering through. Still having a hard time eating veggies and some meats but at least my vitamins are no longer spring boarding back out of my stomach. Eating well is still mostly reduced to just eating but I have finally started to gain weight, who knew I would ever be glad of putting weight on, ha! Also have a smallish tummy bump, still feels mostly like fat except you can't suck it in like you can with a budda belly. It is said you should be able to feel your uterus? Yeah right... However, despite all this I think I have be finally starting to feel pregnant and not just fat and sick. Well, at least some days.

Today we went baby store scouting to start a budget and get over the initial sticker shock of what having twins will cost... Really glad we didn't take that trip to Hawaii! Even so, we are holding off on buying anything or joining any classes or clubs until the next ultrasound. Maybe... Just maybe at the next one they'll find they made a mistake and there really is only one baby... Maybe right? But in case that doesn't happen I also think the twin idea is kind of starting to not completely freak me out. Very helpful that Matt is just ridiculously calm and excited, really helps me keep things in perspective.

As far as the babies go... Guess they are ok? Its horrible the guessing, because really there's no way to know if things are going as they should or not. Haven't had any signs that I should think things are NOT going well, but still ya just never really know. Oh dear, and I'm not even an anxious person. If things are as they should be this week the babies are about the size of a turnip, 5 inches or the length of your outstretched hand. Their eyes and ears are also now fully developed so its time to start singing show tunes in the car and get these babies on the right track! There are still no names but I got an app, went through 8000 names, and have it narrowed down to 40, a mix of both boy and girl. Still not sure if I or Matt want to know the sex, but we still have a couple weeks until the next u/s. What do you guys think? Anyway, I'll try to update at least weekly and send you anything else if exciting things come up.