Welcome to the world

On Tuesday, December 14, 2010, our twin girls were born, eight weeks prematurely.
Twin one, Liv, was born vaginally at 6.25 and was 38 cm and weighed 1393 grams. Came out crying! :)
Twin two, Nina, had to be taken out by a c-section, when cervix started closing during the turning attempts of Nina. She was 42 cm and weighed 1475 grams.

Both girls came out crying. :)

Nice outing

Just came home from a nice outing with some other ed-ivf moms my age! We're calling ourselves Latte Moms! This, even though most of us are still only expecting - I'm the one with the shortest pregnancy time under my belt. Three of them are just about due and two others are 'proper' Moms and had brought their little babies! So me and another woman have a little ways to go, she is two months ahead of me! I was the only one there expecting twins. There is one more woman expecting twins on the list we all have met through, but she wasn't there today.

Anyways, we met at a café and had a very nice time, they were still chatting away when I and one of the Moms left.
It was great getting some advice and just hearing the others tell about their experiences with all kinds of things, from baby carriages to birthing processes…

A great bunch of women and I appreciate their knowledge and experiences a lot!

Second ultrasound

Today's ultrasound showed two equally sized embryos at 10-11 mm long with strong heartbeats.
Next baby-related appointment is in two weeks and it's the registration appointment with the midwife, where all my maternity care will be planned out!

I have posted the picture my ob/gyn printed of both babies!

First official appointment

Today was my very first appointment with my midwife! She was very nice and I'm happy that she is experienced with both regular IVFs as well as eggdonation IVFs! :)
She went over what the near future will look like in terms of appointments with her and a doctor. She also asked me some questions regarding the treatment in Estonia! I told her our "story" such as it is!
This is exciting on a whole new level!

Next appointment is in only a couple of weeks and that's the big one with the registration (weighing, measuring, family health history) and we will get the detailed plan laid out for us!

Hooray!

Today we went to my doctor's office and got some really good news!
She found two sacks, one small and one larger, and heartbeats in both of them! In the smaller one the heartbeat was visible immediately but in the larger one she had to search a little, but we saw it at the same time!

I can't believe I'm expecting twins! :)
It's a surreal feeling, for sure!
Still, with the m/c of the last try still fairly fresh in our minds we are cautiously optimistic. We got a new appointment for an ultrasound in two weeks. That may calm our worries a little!

I guess it's time to make an appointment with a maternal clinic now! :)

As a celebration my spouse and I went to town to check out some sports gear and some more flatware!
Came home with two t-shirts, socks and a cap! And another set of 6 place settings of our chosen flatware pattern!:)
My sweetie also bought some things, of course!

We had tex-mex for lunch!

Getting scared

With every twinge and pinch in my stomach, I almost go into a full-blown panic.
Tomorrow is the day I started bleeding out toward my miscarriage the last time… I'm scared to death to loose this pregnancy too!
My pregnancy symptoms are much stronger and the hCG levels were twice as high this time around, but see in the light of the fact that I may be the reason for the mf this means absolutely nothing!

'm still waiting for my good-for-nothing (I'm exaggerating) ob/gyn to call me with the results of my genetics test. It's been over a week and I would really like to know if I need to start with more medication NOW!
Unfortunately, doctors that are willing to help us women doing treatment abroad with prescriptions, testing and referrals, are far and few between. So choosing a new doctor is next to impossible!

In one week we will have seen at least the gestational sacks, but hopefully also one or two little tiny hearts beating!
I'm keeping my hopes up!

Good results

Found out the beta hCG results yesterday - only because I called myself, maybe the nurse would have called me eventually, but I wanted to be sure so I called before they closed their switchboard for the day.
The number was incredibly good: 540 - that's much faster doubling time than last time! Then it went from 96 on RD11 to 662 on RD15. This time it was 174 on RD11 and 540 on RD13! :)

I'm a happy and pregnant camper again, hoping everything will work out this time.
There still the nagging fear of having a miscarriage and I'm going to opt out on the company trip to Gotland next weekend. That is the same time I had the last miscarriage!
I am taking it slow and try to lie down and rest a couple of times a day. I am so stoked that the numbers are high!