Survey says...

A couple of weeks ago my students were starting to suspect that I was having a baby, so I finally gave in and told them that I was having two! They were very excited and have been really sweet since they found out. I've gotten all kinds of crazy comments from them as well, including, "Oh, so you're going to have the babies and then take them to your wedding so you can get married!" This shows you a little about the background knowledge of my students! I responded to that one with, "No, dear. I decided to try it the other way around!"

So, since my students found out that I was carrying twins, they have been making all sorts of guesses about what they will be. During math yesterday we took a minute to come up with all the possible combinations that Mrs. Smolyar could have, and then took a little survey. Here are the results...

girl/girl = 9
boy/boy = 3
boy/girl = 6

The kids were very sure about their answers. I wish I had a clue!

Time after time

You would think that just having started this blog I would totally be on about keeping it up to date...sorry! The past couple of weeks have been so busy with class, work, and birthdays...it's hard to keep up. Things have been going really well so far. Mark and I went in for our first trimester screening this past Monday and everything looked excellent. Our chances of the babies having down syndrome and trisomy 13 and 18 were 1 in 10,000; which is basically a pretty slim chance. We were hoping to find out what the sexes, but all we were able to see were little tooshies. We go in for our next ultrasound on October 17th, so hopefully we'll know then! So far everyone is positive that Baby B (bottom picture) is a boy! Baby A (top) was uncooperative and decided that he/she wanted to look to the left during the profile shot!

Sleeping is starting to become a little uncomfortable again. I'm starting to feel a bit like a beached whale in bed. It's becoming a little harder to turn from side to side and I just can't seem to find a comfortable niche. When I finally do get comfortable, I then have to get up and pee!

I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow and I already look like I'm 6 months pregnant! I am so starting to feel huge. I'm very curious as to what I'm going to look like in March when the twinkies arrive.

Each day I'm becoming more and more excited about being a mom. I can't wait to hold my little ones and finally see what they look like...although they definitely need to take their time baking in the oven!

It's September...where is fall?

What a weekend! Hard to believe that tomorrow is already Monday. I've been a little worried this weekend as I have started spotting again. I wonder if I'm going to spot throughout my entire pregnancy. It's scary every time that it happens, and I've been told what to watch out for, however it still worries me. I'll call Dr. Randell first thing tomorrow morning.

On Saturday I went to the Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain with Kelly. We had a great time, but I was definitely missing Amanda (my English friend who was shipped off the island). It was so incredibly HOT on Saturday, which made me wish for fall to come even quicker. I mean come on, it's September for cryin' out loud! I'm ready for pumpkin picking, ghost stories, cozy sweaters, and not sweating every time I walk outside!

This is going to be a busy week. It's the start of the fall birthday season for the familia, so it's going to be party after present after party after present...pheww!

So, I go in on the 15th for the end of first trimester test...that's the one where they test for down syndrome and several other chromosomal abnormalities. I'm sure that all will be fine and I'm hoping that they'll be able to determine the sexes. It's interesting to hear how everyone has an opinion on what we're having. We have no preferences...I just want happy, healthy babies! We're also meeting with the pediatrician on the 15th. It's strange how we already have to have one picked out, but it's one thing that I can go ahead and cross off my list.

I'm already waiting for next weekend, however I have class, so technically I won't really have one.

Toodles for now, I'll keep you posted!

Something New

So this whole blog thing is new to me, but I thought that it would be fun to chronicle my pregnancy and update all of you on life with the twinkies when they arrive.

This summer was definitely quite eventful for us! After weeks of injections, bloodwork, ultrasounds, a retrieval, and transfer, Mark and I were successful in achieving our ultimate goal...pregnancy! A few weeks after our pregnancy was confirmed we found out that we were having twins! Two for the price of one, not bad. : )

I am currently 11 weeks and 3 days along. The babies are due March 23, 2009, and hopefully they bake for just that long! Pregnancy has been wonderful so far. Thankfully I never really had horrible morning sickness! The worst of it has simply been extreme exhaustion, which seems to be easing up as the weeks go by.

I'll have some pictures up soon as we continue to go to our monthly ultrasounds, and hopefully we'll soon get to share the news of exactly what the twinkies will be!