8w3d: Itsy & Bitsy

Itsy and Bitsy are 2 happily growing embryos. As of today, I am 8 weeks and 3 days along with twins. Itsy measures at 17.2mm which translates into 8 weeks and 3 days. Itsy has an awesome heartbeat of 171 beats per minute. Bitsy measures at 18.6mm which translates into 8 weeks and 5 days. Bitsy has an amazing loud heartbeat of 180 beats per minute. Both are growing at the perfect rate.

Bitsy & Itsy

Itsy is floating upside down

Bitsy resting in a hammock

 I love that they are both doing well. I don't love the pregnancy symptoms.Would I trade the pregnancy symptoms for not being pregnant? Absolutely not, I still feel blessed. I would be lying if I didn't say I was miserable, physically miserable.

Things are that are helping: 4 different nausea medications, sea bands, acupuncture, and eating ginger chews. But my goodness, being an incubator to 2 amazing little aliens is challenging.

I have morning sickness 24/7. I am out of commission once the sun goes down. I have the worse indigestion which I have never experienced in my life. It turns out that the stomach sphincter is pretty much asleep due to the overload of progesterone that is surging through my body. With this sphincter muscle being asleep, it is always open which means food is always coming up rather than going down. I've made attempts to experiment. I eat, don't eat, eat like a bird, eat a lot, take medicine, go to acupuncture, the end result is the same - it equals me hugging the toilet every night. Luckily, I've only had to used the work toilets once for that purpose, so I am pretty fortunate my worse symptoms are at night and my husband is still around to help me. I hope by the time he leaves for Afghanistan close to my 12 weeks, I will be able to function.