She has a nice little pooch now, and its getting bigger looking every week. I am a big fan of it! She really looks great, but its been a rough couple of weeks for her. She can hardly keep a meal down. And it is more than just "morning" sickness. It can happen after lunch, dinner, and snack time too. She had a prescription drug called Zofran, but it gave her really bad headaches that lasted all day. She has also tried a couple of other drugs that are supposed to hold off the nausea but the results haven't been very good with those either. In the last couple of days she has gone without taking anything, which has just been so-so. We really don't know what to do at this point other than wait it out. We're hoping that it will settle down soon.
The twins are doing good. We had an appointment with our midwife, Shelley, today. It was mostly to checkup on Mandy, but we did get to have a quick ultrasound to take a look at them. Here they are...
They look like actual babies now. Pretty amazing! The sex will be revealed next week. We have an appointment with the parinatologist, Dr. Allaire. He will get to take a close look at the babies to make sure everything is progressing normally. We are really looking forward to that.
Aside from baby stuff... Things have been going good. We spent Easter at my parents house with our niece and four nephews. We also got to go to Clemson for the spring game, which was glorious. Lastly, we got a new babymobile. The Volvo we bought last year was great, but the mileage was getting up there because we drove it everywhere. We weren't excited about the maintenance costs of a high mileage Volvo, plus we knew the car still had some value, so the time was right. We put it up on craigslist and had it sold within two days. We were then lucky enough to find a good deal on our next car the same day we sold it. Here is our Highlander...
Next post we'll know if its girls or boys!!
hey clay and mandy - E & Liz Rutter told me about your blog. Hope you don't mind me checking it out AND leaving a comment (can't help it). I just wanted to tell Mandy how sorry I am that you're so so sick! I'm 15 wks and have been pretty sick myself, but I do hear that it's literally twice as bad with twins. The Zofran helped me a lot, but I've still managed to throw up just about everywhere imaginable - work, the grocery store, in the car... People told me I would just wake up one day and feel like a new person, but at 15.5 wks I haven't gotten there yet. BUT I can say it has gradually gotten better. I only get sick a few times a week instead of every single day. So I hope it starts looking up for you soon! I feel like it's hard to ENJOY something you've looked forward to so much when you feel so miserable. But you seriously look great and I am so very happy for you guys. Can't wait to keep up with your blog and see how everything goes with your little ones! Congrats again!
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Lindsey, I am sorry you are feeling sick too. It is a bad feeling, BUT I will continue to say I am so thankful for it because I longed to be able to say I had "morning" sickness and am so thankful that having it means that I am pregnant. And by the way, Congrats to you! When are yall due? Beginning of October? Our due date is October 10th but they said to expect it at least a month earlier...
ReplyDeleteso so sad you are still feeling so yucky ! but so glad you and the babies are getting strong ! we've been praying for you and clay and our sweet little niecews ! ! :) you look great ! the babies look adorable - all snuggled in ! praying for you guys! love you!
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