Last week we had our 16 week gender scan!!! Ty and I decided ahead of time we weren’t going to find out until the gender reveal party last Saturday.  The ultrasound tech politely let us look at the babies and hear their heartbeats before turning off the tv so she could look for their gender.

Baby A was quick and easy.  I couldn’t believe she already knew what A was when she said she was starting to look for Baby B.  Baby B was a stinker and a half! It hid behind my belly button and kept its legs closed tightly.  The tech jiggled my belly and had to me go to the bathroom then she tried again.  It felt like it took 20 minutes for her to see Baby B.  She printed off the pictures and sweetly put the genders in an envelope.

We then took said envelope to my sister’s mother in law to make the cakes! I did not want anybody in our immediate families to know the genders before we cut into the cakes.  Needless to say we didn’t sleep very much Friday night anxiously waiting for the party! Tyler’s family got to come all the way from Illinois to attend!  We kept it small with our families and a few close friends.  The party didn’t start until 5 pm so I told everybody to be there by 5:15 or they would miss the reveal!

Ty and I had it all planned out that I would cut Baby A and we’d celebrate, then he would cut Baby B and we would celebrate again.  So….What are the Conn twins????

Baby A is a sweet little BOY!! Maks Ryan Conn!!!!

and

Baby B is a precious little GIRL!!!!  Laci Pearl Conn!!!!!!

We could NOT be more excited!!!

Now for an overview of pregnancy thus far….

I have been sick sick sick! It was to the point I was throwing up supper every night, but I started taking zofran 30 minutes before I ate so that got a lot better.  This past week I threw up breakfast 2 mornings.  I think my organs are all out of place and throwing a fit since the babies are taking up so much room.

Yesterday we went to the doctor for our 17 week appointment.  He measured my uterus which typically is the same number of weeks you are in centimeters so 17 weeks equals 17 centimeters.  Not so much for twins.  My uterus is already 23 centimeters and the top of it is less than an inch from my xiphoid process! No wonder it is becoming increasingly more difficult to take a deep breath!  We are working on scheduling an appointment with a maternal fetal medicine specialist.  He will do some type of in depth ultrasound.  Our OB recommended this because we have twins and they are IVF twins.  I don’t really understand why that makes a difference anymore.  I mean I’d understand taking extra precautions in the first trimester since we did IVF, but clearly they are implanted now.  Oh well.  I am excited and nervous to see what his ultrasound shows.  This will also count for our anatomy scan and chromosome/genetic evaluation.

The doctor mentioned yesterday that once we get to 28 weeks all bets are off and the twins can come whenever they want.  Um…slight panic attack! That is only 11 weeks away! We currently have one outfit for each baby, one pair of socks for each, a swing, a bath, and a highchair.  We have a lot of stuff to get in a short amount of time.  Oh well we can do it!

Unrelated to the babies…mine and Ty’s anniversary is this next week.  We’ll have been married two whole years.  Haha! Not that long, but it’s still been a roller coaster to say the least.

Anyways I hope each of you are doing well.  Please know I think and pray for you all often.  I know the pain and struggles you are all going through and I hope one day soon you will be where I am today.