We are so happy with the news that we are having a boy and a girl twins. What a blessing! Now that we know their gender we can start planning more and buying items that we need. I have to go through all Mias old clothes and decide what to keep for her baby sister, but we have no clothes for our little boy. But since Mia has lot's of boys among her friends and cousins it won't be a problem. Actually I don't have a clear picture yet of what twins might need. I know I need a special breastfeeding pillow so that I can breastfeed them at the same time. I also want a breast pump and good bottles so that my husband can help with the feedings. I hope there is a babynest for twins and I even saw a baby carrier for twins (sort of like BabyBjörn), but the biggest project right now is to buy the pram for the twins. I want a Bugaboo Donkey Duo because it's so easy to manage and it's really nice looking too. I am sure there are tons of other items I have forgotten that babies need ha ha. I will use my time in Florida and make some proper research and lists.

18+0 weeks huge

Today we found out the sex of our babies! Start guessing and I wil let you know when I get home ;). Our little ones ate growing perfectly and everything looked just fine. I guess we van start packning for Florida!

My huge pump at 18+0.

Time goes fast and today I am entering week 18 of my pregnancy with the twins. I can't remember when I had so much energy as I do right now. I try to enjoy it while it lasts! If I could only sleep properly too I wouldn't have much to complain about. This past week I also started to feel the twins. It's a tickeling sensation, like 1000 butterflies in my belly. Of course I have no clue who is who, but I hope that the ultrasound next week will give me a better idea who is where :). Once I started feeling the twins everything also started to feel more real. I took a leap of faith and bought the twins their first matching outfits. I chose size 48 because I am sure they will be quite tiny compare to Mia. Mia told me that she thinks it's two boys and she wants to call them Anders and Robert ?.The past week I also had my first doctors appointment because I was worried about the contractions, but everything looked just fine so that calmed me down. Now I just need to be more aware of my limits and know when to rest and put my feet up. Today I have a chance to take it easy because Mia has a cold and I am at home with her. Then three days of work. Another Christmas spent at work :(, but at least next Christmas I will be at home with my family.

The twins first outfits.

Entering week 18 today. My belly is already huge!

Ha ha, yes I am.

My pregnancy app reminded me this morning that I am now at pregnancy week 17. Now it's impossible not to notice that I am pregnant (and not just fat ha ha). I am longing to feel some kicks but my midwife told me not to expect to feel anything untill 20-21 weeks as the twins placenta is in front of my uterus which makes it hard to feel any movement. I am actually feeling pretty good right now, but If I am under stress I get contractions. I am still having problems with insomnia but it has improved a bit. Oh, and the hunger. I have to eat often and sometimes even in the middle of the night. The twins are making me really hungry! I work 75% and I hope I can manage to work until March as planned, but I take one week at the time.

Hello week 17!

My beautiful "Lucia".

Our Christmas tree that Mia keeps redecorating :).

It's funny how life changes from one day to another. This pregnancy felt very different already from the beginning and not in a good way. All the symptoms came very early and they were way more intense than with Mia. Even the pregnancy test was positive few days before my period should have started (now I know why-because I had doubble the pregnancy hormones in my body). Nausea 24/7 already kicked in when I was 6 weeks pregnant. It was so bad that I had to take medicin to manage every day life and work. I was so-so tired all the time that I could sleep day and night. I needed to pee all the time! Another thing was that I FELT that I was pregnant pretty much as soon as the test was positive. I felt swollen and sore over my lower belly. Not to mention sore breasts, bloating and ever so wonderful constipation :). So I was quite miserable. It did cross my mind that what if there is more than one, but I laughed it off. Things like that never happen to me, right!? But I was so wrong! When I went to my first scan at 12+1 weeks and the midwife started the scan I saw it right away that it was two babies. I was like " Oh my God, is it two????" And she was like " Yes it's two" and we both laughed. I was wiping both tears of joy and chock! "OMG! OMG!... i will never sleep again" and we laughed again. I wish that Robert was with me that day but he had to work. I would have loved to see his reaction. I think he would have fallen off his chair. The Scan took a long time and towards the end she started to look around all over my belly and I asked the midwife: " What are you doing? Are you looking for a third one???". "Yes I am, just in case". I don't want to sound ungreatful, but I am happy there wasen't a third one. Right now I am almost 15 weeks pregnant and I feel so much better. I am less tired, the nausea is pretty much gone but comes back a little when I am stressed or hungry. I am still very bloated and even though I don't barf (sorry for too much information ha ha) I can whenever start barfing air if you know what I mean. Too little food, too much food, a food that doesn't sit with me well can just trigger those uncomfortable "air barfing" sessions so I always want to be close to the bathroom. My belly starts to feel heavier and it's already uncomfortable to lie on my back because I get dizzy. Another weird thing is that I have developed insomnia. I can be awake several hours per night and just think about everything between heaven and earth. It's as If I am already being prepared for sleepless nights in the future. I am a bit anxious before my next scan on the 29th of December because I know that things can go wrong, but I am really-really hoping for the best. That's all I can do.

Hello cuties! I am so looking forward to meeting you!

Thank you everyone for your warm wishes on our twinpregnancy. It's both very exciting and also a bit frightening to be on this journey. As you maybe know being pregnant with twins is concidered as a risk pregnancy because there is a higer risk for complications. We have been told by a midwife that our twins are not identical so that reduces some risks. There will be more ultrasounds, midwife appointments and doctors appointments compare to a singel pregnancy. It is not unusual that you have to go on a sick leave already by week 25 when you are having twins. Today I had my first fright when I was at work and started to feel contractions. I got so scared. Now I am feeling better but I know that I have to take it easy. I am really hoping and praying that this pregnancy will go all the way. I so want to meet those two littleones and hold them in my arms.

In just few days 15 full weeks pregnant. I change weeks on Thursdays.

I haven't been writing here for a while but now I have a big reason to do so. Are you ready? Mia is going to be a big sister on the 31st of May! Exciting right?! But that's not all- we recently found out it's TWINS! So our little family of three will explode to family of five right away. We are a bit overwhelmed but happy with the news. I am in the beginning of second trimester right now and feeling much better than I did just few weeks ago. The babies are looking healthy, but we don't know the sex of the babies yet. God willingly we will be welcoming them somewhere in May as twin pregnancies don't usually go all the way to 40 weeks. Wish us good luck and keep us in your prayers and thoughts.

Snart är den här kyliga och konstiga sommar över. Jag har haft bättre somrar i mitt liv om vi säger så. Det var inte så klokt att byta jobb mitt i sommaren då det är redan kaos på vårdavdelningarna i hela Sverige. Och att vara ny på ett nytt ställe mitt i sommaren hjälper inte till. Det finns hopp om att det blir bättre när alla har semestrat färdigt men det återstår att se. Mias sjukdom känns så länge sedan nu. Det som påminner om hennes sjukdom för snart 1,5 månader sedan är hennes fötter och fotsulor där det fortfarande lossnar lite hud. Antagligen för att det är svårare att få till läkning på kroppsdelar såsom fötter som används hela tiden. Sakta men säkert går det framåt. På förskolan där hon har gått i en vecka nu är vi strikta med att hon ska ha långa byxor och långärmad tröja samt en solhatt för att skydda hennes nya hud. Än så länge har hon klarar sig bra och vi ser inga större ärr på hennes hud (förutom märken efter PVK plåstret). Vi hoppas att nästa sommar blir en normal sommar då Mia får sola och bada fritt...Det ser jag framemot! Under den här sommaren har även jag fått någon mystisk utslag av och till. Det kan klia över hela kroppen och stora hudytor blir täckta av små blåsor och rodnad och efter en stund är allting borta. Har varit för lat för att boka tid hos husläkaren men det bör nog göras...Kanske det finns en enkel förklaring men just nu ser jag inget samband direkt med någonting...

Mias fotsulor

I sommar har jag fått vara exakt två gången på stranden. Badat en gång. Jag orkar inte ens kommentera.

Den här rosa "skönheten" tar mig till och från jobbet. Den gör sitt jobb, men jag vill gärna ha en trevligare cykel till nästa sommar. Tack vare cykeln kan jag åka hemifrån 06.40 respektive 07.40 beroende på om jag börjar 7 eller 8. Då varje minut räknas på morgonen ser jag det som en stor vinst :).

Det mystiska utslaget...

Vi har hunnit med att hälsa på en del kompisar i alla fall. Här med Leon och Adrian :).

På helgerna är man ensam sjuksköterska på mitt jobb. Första gången var läskig, andra gången nästan rolig. Får vi se hur den tredje gången blir i slutet av augusti....

Och jag är fortfarande inte morgonpigg!!!

Så trevligt att se gräs i trädgården igen efter dräneringskaoset.