20 Weeks – Half way there!

As you have probably heard, I am finally back home in Kalgoorlie and really enjoying being in my own surroundings and around the four-legged babies! So apologises for not doing this sooner but travel and other factors sort of got in the way.

Well the week started on a positive note as I had to go and get some more blood tests done as they could not get them from Kalgoorlie and the room that I went into to get it done had only one picture in the room and it was of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Needless to say, this put a smile on my face and also helped take my mind of the needle. So that is one great sign to put a point on the scoreboard to say that these ninjas are going grow and do what is asked of them.

Second scratch on the score board was that I worked from home the whole week; this was to make sure I relaxed more and didn’t have to carry my laptop around with me all the time. I felt really good throughout the whole week and wasn’t tired or overworked or stressed in any way, the only time I did go into work, was just to print stuff off and to grab the mail to do the work.

Third point on the score board – BOY did I pop out and grow outwards this week. I was stretched to the poo house and sore, OMG I was so sore. I kept on telling myself that this is a great sign and must mean that these babies are doing exactly what they are meant to be doing! And that is growing!!!

Fourth point was that I was feeling them move and kick and allsorts all the time, and on both sides on the belly. I think they will be basketballers as that is when it all started, when Paul invited Courtney and myself to the basketball on Sunday to watch the Wildcats (hence the talk about the scoreboard) but still couldn’t feel it on the outside, just a lot of offence moves on the inside.

So with the scoreboard at 4-0, we were feeling really positive about the scan! Well we had too, or else it would have been doom and gloom come the scan. Rohan arrived by plane that Friday morning and we went to our usual café for lunch and off we went to have our scan.

Firstly, we saw a dietician, as being separated from Rohan and Aunty Lorna eating like a rabbit; it was hard to cook big meals and also to even be bothered to cook at all. So we just wanted to see what we need to do to make sure I am eating enough for 3. Plus the blood test also showed up that I had an iron deficiency, so it was another pointer to get information on. But firstly, all we can say was what a waste of time. She had no idea on why we were referred to her, she had no clue for twins and what we should be eating and couldn’t really understand why I cannot eat certain foods and kept looking at me on why can’t I eat these foods, and not because I was pregnant. I kept on trying to explain why but I don’t think she could see my point. Rohan was not happy with her at all. But we were again seeing her after the scan, as she forgot to get pamphlets that we needed for information.

We were called away as the Prof was ready and I weighed myself beforehand as feeling big, I wanted to make I had finally stacked on the kgs, and I had 4kgs – so another point 5-0 – I laid down on the bed and was ready for the scan and Prof said that she had been so worried for us all week and so hope that we have good news. I said well I have popped out more this week, so that has to be a good sign, she shook her head and said not really. So that was like unsportsmanlike foul and time for me to take two free shots and get a side ball. She put the scan on my belly and her face was priceless – she looked at the screen and then to Doctor and then back to the screen and then punched Doctor in the arm! We have two bladders that have grown and noticeable! She hoped that Doctor won’t be reporting her and then looked at me and called me a cow, she said that she had been so worried about us that she didn’t want to be the bearer of bad news and couldn’t believe how bizarre this disease is! So thank you very much Prof Jan, we made both shots and even a three pointer!

The rest of the scan was great, one of the babies had turned around so now they are top and tail and there was fluid in there stomach and the forward flow had improved also, which was great news. These little ninjas are fighters and they still have to fight til the very end! Twin 2’s heart is a little bit sluggish still but is better, so this little ninja is still fighting strong. We were so happy about this and Prof was happy that she didn’t have to give us the talk that she prepared, we made her week, and she made ours. It’s strange to think that we have to go by week by week and not months by months, but we will take it any way we can! Just means we really get to see how much our babies have grown every Friday before our very eyes and before we even get to hold them.

So another scan is booked in for Friday at 9.30am and this will be a fly by trip, leave Thursday night and come back Friday after the scan, if we can. In this scan we will be having measurements and so forth done, so we will have more information on that side on the next update.

On the way home, peak hour traffic, so we were stuck on the freeway, after speaking to our mums and telling them the good news, we start high fiving in the car, we must of been great entertainment for the people in the car behind us! But we were just so thrilled to have 2 bladders and they have improved flow, that we couldn’t contain our excitement. There was even big hugs and kisses for Aunty Lorna, when we got back home! But needless to say that the defence started and we were in for a fun day Saturday.

The lunch that we had on Friday before the scan, I had a craving for fish and chips and Rohan wanted that too, so we went to the café that we always go to and as soon as we got it, it tasted funny. At first I thought it was the sauce that came with it, but nope it wasn’t. I think that I could now relax and be less stressed once we got home, it attacked and Saturday morning, it was coming out of both ends (11-1 due to good defence). Rohan was bad as well, but he has an iron stomach, but he really looked after me and got me electrolytes and made sure I drank, but all I wanted to do was throw it back up again. At one point it was really bad, that it might be time that I go to the ED and get fluids pumped into me. 5 hours later, they couldn’t pin point the reason, and could find that it was virus of some sort, so it may have been the fish. The babies were fine throughout all of this, a midwife came and saw us before we were seem by a doctor and the heartbeats were pumping along fine. This just put a damper on everything, because the Dr said that if I wasn’t better tomorrow to come back in, and I won’t be going home at all. In my mind, I was going home and nothing else to it. Needless to say, that I woke up the next morning, and I was fine, Rohan feed me some toast when I got home that night and I ate another two bits for brekkie, so I think it had passed.

So now, I am home and trying to get back into the way of life in Kalgoorlie. Still trying to get a way to start working from home, but have to start getting the office organised and not being able to do much doesn’t help the matter much. Rohan has been awesome and I cannot ask for a better man to be with and be these ninja’s daddy!

Til next time, hopefully we can score high and aim for another grown spurt that only happens on the inside and not my outsides :o)

Love Bobbi-Jo, Rohan and the Fighting Ninjas!

Xoxoxoxo

Photo of me at 20 weeks