8 week ultrasound

I have fortunate to have a local obgyn who humors me with weekly u/s!

I am 7w 6d today.

Twin A measured 8w 1d with a heartbeat of 140-150.
Twin B measured 8w 0d with a heartbeat of 141.

I got to *HEAR* their little hearts beating. I cried! Its REAL!

Morning sickness

OK, I must be a total FOOL, but I am now wondering if
my "hypoglycemia" is garden variety morning sickness. Heres the
scoop:

I wake up feeling very shakey and overwhelmingly hungry- usually
hunger pains are what wakes me. Eating makes me feel sick to my
stomach, but, if I eat very slowly and take breaks, I can do it.
Afterwards, I feel really crappy for about 15 minutes and I lay back
during this time. I feel shakey and weak. Then I start to feel a
little better.

During the day I get a bad "metal mouth" which makes me feel sick to
my stomach between meals- I can't drink it away, water makes me fele
even more nausea. If I suck on hard candy it goes away, and is
immediately followed by excruiating hunger again... if I graze all
day, its better than eating meals, and by dinner it has all subsided
and I feel full all evening. But, it comes back with a vengeance in
the morning.

On my desk right now there is a bag of saltines, a bag of popcorn, a
bag of trailmix, a jar of peanut butter, two tangerines, a bag of
beef jerky... oh- and a little thing of yogurt!

I am so uncomfortable that I started crying on the way to work
(again). I feel the most uncomfortable, shakey etc in the a.m.- but,
I don't feel like I will vomit. My stomach doesn't cramp... its just
a low grade nausea, shakiness feeling and a bad taste in my mouth
(and food tasting crappy at first). And makes me belch. Ugh!
Yesterday when all of this was at its worst I went to yawn and let
out the ickiest man belch ever in my office. I was mortified that
someone heard me!

I assumed this was hypoglycemia as thats how it feels too, but, upon
researching I am not so sure!

Sorry for being such a dullard about this!

6 weeks 6 days

This is officially my second u/s- but, the first one on my SIRM
calendar.

Twin A measures 7w 0d
Twin B measures 6w 5d (this is the only one he measured at 5w 6d,
and then twin measured 5w 5d so it has grown exactly a week).

Twin B is harder to visualize- is that common? We have to really
maneuver to get a good picture.

Both had heartbeats.

Is it OK for one to be a day behind, and one to be a day ahead- with
a two day difference between them?

He gave me a prescription for phenagren and was surprised that I am
battling hypoglycemia this early- he explained what causes it in
relation to pregnancy, and said its a bit early. But, he said the
twins might make the difference, too.

Two Babies!

I am so glad we went- my birthday is tomorrow, and I really didn't
want to spend another day feeling so helpless and EMPTY. As I
explained to Stephanie, its just that I went into October so hopeful,
and had my hopes squashed. So, this time I have been afraid to feel
hope.

We have two babies, both had heartbeats today.

!!!

I know I know I know!!!

I guess it does explain the wild hunger, thirst and irritability
(the dizziness seems to be associated with low blood sugar- from
hunger!). I was just afraid to *think* that.

I guess since there was heartbeat(s), there is a good chance both
are gonna stay around? He didn't measure the heartbeat- but, both
babies were the same size (5w5d), and both sacs were the right size.
At first he said one had a slightly faster heartbeat than the other,
then he decided the other was just harder to measure because of the
position (when I breathed it would obscure the heartbeating). HE
said both looked great. OK, listen to me, now I am going to worry
about THAT. Hee!

Kindredly~
Lizzie