And here we go!!!

Yesterday we had our first ultrasound!!!  It was weird not being able to share the results with B&G immediately, but there is a huge time difference between us.  They had lots of interesting and fantastic messages to wake up to, though.....

Want to see what we saw?   Here it is!!!

TWINS!!!! 

This will be a new adventure for us....  I'm pretty excited, and so is everyone else.  I'm really curious to see how this pregnancy progresses compared to a singleton pregnancy. 

It seems that I am REALLY pregnant

So, my day 8 and 10 betas were really good.  My 20 day beta draw was this week (it was actually a 21 day), and I was hoping for big numbers.  My 19 day beta with my last singleton pregnancy was just over 5,000.  I was pretty curious to see what it would be this time, given my higher day 8 and 10 numbers. 

On the FB page I share with  other surros in my agency, we post what our betas are.  Everyone's are different, and there isn't an official range of numbers for singletons, twins, etc- but it's fun to compare to see if we can get an idea of what is going on "in there".  It seems that most of the ladies that end up carrying multiples have betas in the ten thousands range- some are higher and some are lower, but that seems a pretty good indicator. 

My 20 day beta was 22,220.  That's right....  Twenty two thousand two hundred and twenty.  I'm now dying for our first ultrasound!!!
Carrying multiples is an adventure I haven't had yet, but I'm up for it!  Plus, how awesome would it be for B&G to have two babies in one pregnancy???  And yes, I know the risk of multiples.  But I almost think that my last pregnancy may have prepared me to carry twins.  Levi was just under 10 pounds, and there had to have been 2 gallons of fluid in there (really, it was flowing over the sides of the bed when my water broke).  If the math follows, I should be able to carry TWO babies to at least 5 pounds each without much difficulty.  Plus, if there ARE two babies in there, I am going to go to a doctor that has a ton of experience with both surrogates and surrogate twin pregnancies. 

I'm starting to feel pregnant.  I've been light-headed this time around more than the others.  Not all the time, or super bad but noticeable.  I'm also starting to feel nauseated during the day.  It's not debilitating, and I hope it doesn't get that way!  We'll see, though....  I would like to avoid taking meds for nausea.  I've never needed them in the past, and I'd like to not take them this time.  It will be interesting to see what I can and can't eat this time around.....

Until the ultrasound....