12 Week Appointment

I had 2 appointments this week.  One with the regular OBGYN and one with Wilmington Maternal Fetal for the high risk testing, etc.  At WMF we got to see an ultrasound of our little babes for a good 20 or more minutes as the technician tried to get the lil thing in the right position for the NT Test.  The baby was so active!  And if you know me, you know that my favorite lift in the gym is squats...well let's just say this baby knows it's Momma and while I may have taken a break from the gym this little rugrat hasn't....my womb is his/her gym...he/she was doing full squats in there!!  Bach and I were amazed and loved every second of it!  This also gave me the motivation to get back into the gym...so I'll keep you posted on that too!

The Next 4 Weeks

The next 4 weeks creeped by!  I pretty much stopped working out which isn't what I intended on doing but was still being very cautious.  Also, after one of my last visits to the gym I realized that I don't know how to workout like a "pregnant girl".  I still wanted to lift heavy and hard and let my heart rate rise far above the "prescribed" bpm.  I also was in midlift of something far too heavy for a pregnant lady and remembered my current condition dropped a ton of weight on my leg!! (check the damage below) Until I'm a little further along and a little more confident in the scaling of my workouts I just stay active but just not in the gym! 

During these 4 weeks I also haven't been eating as healthy as I feel like I should and defintely not eating my veggies like I should--thank goodness for V8! :) One thing I have been craving is Snickers, which I also craved during my last pregnancy!  Some momentary turn-offs I've encountered are eggs and peanutbutter..those have since subsided and I can tolerate them. 

Ultrasound

It was confirmed we were pregnant!  Only one baby though--but dr's said it must be a super baby because the reason they brought us in so soon is because my bloodwork was through the roof leading them to suspect possible twins.  That would have been wonderful but God doesn't give us anything we can't handle! :) Here is the ultrasound at 8 weeks!!