I am merging both of my blogs to include posts on both Rhett and the twins. I am exhausted all the time, so I'm hoping this will help me to post more often! The new blog for all the kiddos is: www.threelittletexasmonkeys.blogspot.com.

We went in for out repeat ultrasound today. Both babies looked great. They had caught up and are measuring 8 weeks, 4 days, which is exactly where I am at today. Their heart rates were 188 and 179. Yet again, such a huge relief to see their little hearts beating away because I started spotting AGAIN yesterday. Plus I had actually been feeling pretty good since Friday, which is way earlier than the morning sickness (or all day sickness in my case) eased with Rhett. Dr. V released us today to Dr. S, so we should be seeing him sometime in the next week or so.

I had a bleeding scare on Saturday, which was horrible. I was convinced that it was all over. I called Dr. V and he convinced me that it was not a big deal at all and that everything would be fine. He told us to call and schedule an appointment for first thing this morning. We went in and I was so nervous. I was desperate to see a heartbeat. He said we had a sac in the right place, which was great news. But it seemed to take forever for him to zoom in and get still enough for us to finally see that little heartbeat. After that he was moving the probe around taking all sorts of measurements and I kind of zoned out because I was so relieved. Then out of nowhere he says "And there's the second heartbeat." We were completely shocked. I said "Wow, I wasn't expecting that." and Dr. V said, "Me either." :) I had to laugh. They were both measuring three days behind, so he suspects late implantation. That would also explain my somewhat lower than expected betas. The babies heart rates were 116 and 117. We go back in two weeks for a repeat ultrasound. We are a whole lot overwhelmed at the thought of three babies under two, but also very excited. Monte took the news really well. He just said, "It's going to be really hard, but they will have a lot of fun together." I think that pretty much sums it up!

My repeat beta looked good. My hcg was 317 and my progesterone also looked fine at 39. It is not high enough this time to stop the progesterone in oil injections, but that is okay. They will keep watching my numbers and eventually taper me off by the end of the first trimester.

Wow, I'm a bad person. I wrote these posts, but saved them until I could tell my family. I just realized I never posted. A thousand apologies!

I caved and tested early. I had what I thought was implantation spotting and I just had a gut feeling. I had a lot of cramping like I did with Rhett. I was trying to hang on until my beta on Thursday, but I couldn't do it. My first test was negative and I definitely stressed over that, but this morning's was positive. I called my doctor about coming in for a beta so that we wouldn't have to come back to do a repeat on Saturday and they let me come in. Beta was 119, progesterone was 29.5. Based on those numbers I am feeling pretty confident that we just have one baby. My hcg last time with twins was twice again this high and my progesterone was in the 100s and 200s the whole time. I go back for a repeat beta on Friday and hope that things double!

Two more days until my beta. I have been having a lot of cramping and lower back pain, so I am hopeful. I had both with Rhett and it turned out to be a good thing! I have also found myself crying for absolutely no reason a couple of times in the past two days. I also did that with Rhett. I am really hopeful and I don't want to be disappointed. I hope I am not attributing things to pg that could be the progesterone or estrogen I am taking. I have a digital test that I am planning to use before I go in for my bloodwork so that if it is bad news I won't have to get it for the nurse over the phone. The next couple of days are going to be sooooo hard!

I can't even believe this. I got sick on Thursday, just two days after my transfer. Emily had a stomach virus earlier in the week, so I tried to stay away from her and keep Rhett away and I thought I had done a good job. But my mom and I ended up getting sick. We aren't sure if it was a virus or if we ate something bad. I can't even imagine worse timing. I keep telling myself that plenty of women puke when they are pregnant, so surely this hasn't messed up our chances, but I am still upset and worried. Hopefully we have some strong little embies in there!