Yvette

We usually go to church :)

For those who don't follow my blog on MySpace, the reason why I haven't beena round is because on Thursday, Aug 17th I was indced and delivered two beautiful healthy babies!

Samuel Mathurin - 6:10pm - 6lbs 7oz
Jenna Rae - 6:28pm - 6lbs 3oz

Will try and post some more soon.. just thought I would post a short update. :) Been really busy!!

.... I should be posting in this journal more often ... I just don't feel like it most of the time .. I guess I could just copy/paste what I write on MySpace ... but I don't want people to be reading the same thing twice .. let me know if you are reading this and what you want me to do! :)

This is day number 217 and you're 31 weeks pregnant!
You have 63 days or 9 weeks left, and are 77.5% of the way there

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Your baby now weighs approximately 3.5 pounds, measures about 18 inches from head to toe, and is getting used to the world of light and dark by opening and closing its eyes. Its facial muscles continue to strengthen, and your baby can make different expressions.

This is day number 202 and you're 29 weeks pregnant!
You have 78 days or 11 weeks left, and are 72.5% of the way there.

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Your baby is now about 16.7 inches from head to toe, and weighs about 2.7 pounds. He or she continues to be active and grow; however, you may be feeling fewer kicks and punches. This is because even though your baby is getting larger and stronger, he or she also has less space in which to gain momentum for these movements. Your baby's blood is now being produced from the stem cells in its bone marrow.

This is day number 194 and you're 28 weeks pregnant!
You have 86 days or 12 weeks left, and are 70.0% of the way there.

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Your baby weighs approximately 2.4 pounds and is about 10 inches from crown to rump, or a little under 16 inches from head to toe. He or she has been gaining weight steadily during the past 27 weeks as its stem cells develop into organs, blood and immune systems, and bones. However, from this point forward, your baby's weight gain will be due to increasing amounts of body fat. A quick way to predict your baby's birth weight is to average your partner’s and your birth weights.

This is day number 153 and you're 22 weeks pregnant!
You have 127 days or 18 weeks left, and are 55.0% of the way there.

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Your baby weighs about 11 ounces, measures about 7.6 inches from head to rump, and is growing eyelashes and eyebrows. These two latest developments will be a key method of communicating his or her happiness, frustration, confusion, or interest until he or she can talk.

LOL

Well, you'll have to wait ...

...for the pictures that is! LOL (my battery is dead in my camera and I didn't think of sending pics with Jason to scan at work) SORRY!

BABY A - which is on my left ... and was head down (which can change any time) .. is most DEFINITELY a BOY! There was no mistaking that one! :)

BABY B - which is on the right ... and was head up ... is (not as definite .. but pretty sure) .. a GIRL!

Everything looks GREAT ... possibly no danger of going into preterm labor anytime soon (although that can change at any time).

YAY!!

In one week I will be going in for my Level 2 U/S (APril 11th - 8:45am) ... WOOHOO! I can't wait as we'll hopefully find out what the babies are!!! YAY!!! We're so excited!

Yesterday marked 19 weeks. WOW! Almost halfway there!

Well, I'm sorry .. but no finding out what we're having today .. Can you believe that it's just 11am and I'm BACK home from my OB visit??? My appointment was for 10:30am .. I was "checking" out at 10:30am! I still can't believe it.

We got to the office at 10:10am ... there was just one other person in the waiting room ... they called me in no more than 5-10 minutes after I walked into the office ... did the weight/blood pressure/urine thing .. evertyhing seemed to be fine (didn't ask about the weight - I try and avoid that one - blood pressure was fine) ... went into second waiting room ... went to get a drink maybe 2 minutes after we went in there and the nurse was already coming to get me .. so we went into the room .. and no more than 5 minues later the OB came in ... we talked a few minutes .. he checked for the heartbeats .. heard both .. and that was it ... back in another 4 weeks!

I guess we wait until April 11th!

This is day number 118 and you're 17 weeks pregnant!
You have 162 days or 23 weeks left, and are 42.5% of the way there.

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Your baby is approximately 4.8 inches long and weighs about 3.5 ounces, and he or she should weigh more than the placenta from this point on. Since your baby's hearing has become more finely tuned, he or she may respond to loud noises and you may feel movement at the sound of large trucks passing or a slamming door. Epidermal (skin) and fatty tissue are developing all over your baby's body to protect it after it is born and a substance called vernix is beginning to form on the skin tissue to protect it from the long exposure to amniotic fluid.

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Acts of Service
with a secondary love language being
Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Acts of Service:		10
Quality Time:		8
Receiving Gifts:		5
Words of Affirmation:		5
Physical Touch:		2

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

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Visit here if you want to read about my OB visit from today!!!

Here is the latest U/S pic of the babies ..

* My sister has a set of twins. They were the first grandkids for my parents. They will be turning 18 this summer and graduating high school this year. WOW! I was 15 years old when they were born.

* My grandmother (dad's mom) had 2 sets of twins. Her first set (2 girls, if I remember correctly), one died at birth. She then had a second set (2 boys).

* My mom's sister has a set of twins. (boy/girl I think)

* My mom's uncle has a set of twins. (boy/girl I think)

So, as you can see, twins run on my side of the family - both my dad's side and my mom's side. So, there was always the CHANCE that we would get pregnant with twins .. but we always thought "Oh, it won't happen to us" .. and here we are. Obviously God has a plan for us ... and this is just part of it!

Children are definitely a blessing ...

For the last couple of weeks .. I've had this "feeling" of having to tell people we were having twins but deep down I was hoping that it would not come to that .. not sure why ... but that is just how it is .. so I guess I was more anxious about this first U/S than I thought. We went in for my OB visit yesterday morning (was scheduled for 9:15am) ... to find out that the OB I was supposed to see what in the hospital (he was performing a c-section delivery) .. which was fine .. they took me to do the regular weight/pressure thing and then sent me off to the back waiting room. Here, they came me and asked me if I wanted to just go ahead and do the U/S while I waited (since this OB usually does the U/S first before seeing the patient). I thought that was cool (we were looking forward to seeing the baby and hearing the hearbeat) ...

We went into the room and got ready for the U/S. Nurse came in and we started ... she had no problems finding the baby (remember, at this point there is just ONE! LOL)... but then she moved the wand to get a better/clearer picture. The first one went away and the 2nd one showed up ... at first I did not see/think anything about it ... I just figured it was the same baby .. just from a different angle. But, it started to click in with me when she started going back and forth from one picture to the other .. and that is when I "KNEW" that there were two in there... My hand went up to my mouth and I just about started to cry! (but I didn't) ...

At this point, she looks at us and asked "Are you ready for some news?" and I was like "No!" This is when she was able to get BOTH babies up on the screen at the same time .. and that is when she said "There's 2 in there!" ... Jason's first response "Oh my!" ... and I was like "That is what I thought I was seeing" ... then she measured the first one and foudn the heartbeat (I didn't even think of asking what the rate was) .. and then she measured the second one and found it's heartbeat (again, didn't ask the rate) .. we of course got copies of the U/S ... and went again to wait for the doctor to get there. First I saw Dr. Harisson at the desk when I got out of the room and I *HAD* to show him the U/S picture .. he was excited!

In the waiting room we shared the news with some of the ladies that were in there that we had been talking to earlier (one of those waiting as well to see the same OB as me) ... TOTAL shock had set in by now!

So, we finally got to see the OB and he asked us to join him in his office .. and shared a lot of things that go with being pregnant with twins (good and bad) ... and of course, the fact that I'm now considered high risk!

From there we headed home. Jason called his mom to tell her while we were in the waiting room ... she was at the Senior Center doing aerobics or something like that ... and just about yelled out "We're having TWINS!" to everyone around her ... I think she was excited! I then called my mom on the drive home. She thought that I was lying to her ... That does not surprise me one bit .. but I finally convinced her that it was the truth!!! I then called my SIL .. she about freaked and also did not believe me .. UNTIL she pulled up beside us (while we were in the McDs drive-thru) to see the U/S picture (she was already on the road nearby and just couldn't help it).

Joseph was with us when we found out .. he doesn't seem think much about it ... other than we're having 2 babies .. and he wants to know if it's 2 boys (which he would name them both Joseph) .. or 2 girls or one of each.

I told Stephanie when she got home from school. A great big smile came on her face and she seemed really excited when she asked "We're having 2 babies???" .. she had me print out a picture of the U/S this morning so she could bring it to school with her to show everyone! She thought we were keeping it a secret so she was excited that she could tell people!

I'm still in complete shock but it's starting to settle and I'm starting to get excited more about it .. especially with all the support and encouragement that we've recived from family and friends! It's been amazing and such a blessing!!

If you've read this far... WOW I'm impressed. Thank you!!! Hope that you enjoyed it .. and I'm sure there will be more posts like this to come!!!