Thursday, April 16, 2009

Bed Rest....

As many of you are well aware, I have been on bed rest for the past 2 weeks. After a scare of heavy bleeding on April 4th, we learned in the ER that I have a sub-chorionic hemorrhage. Medical professionals don't know what causes it. It just happens. According to my doctor the best possible treatment is bedrest and monitoring the babies via ultrasound.
As stressful and worrisome a time this has been, we have been very blessed to learn that our babies are alive and well. We also would like to thank everyone for all they've done for us in easing this burden. You have all been so kind and loving. Thanks for the dinners, visits, books, movies, house cleaning, words of encouragement, etc. We truly believe you are all angels. (This top pic is from one of my primary girls, named Ashley. She decorated an Easter egg at school and gave me her tulip. She said it was for me so I would remember her. She is 5.)
This is my bed-side table, full of books, movies, crosswords, aroma therapy, and more. Thanks again everyone!

I thought I might show some pics of my growing tummy and babies. (FYI, we were excited to find out Baby B is a girl!!! We finally broke the William's record! It actually is possible to have a female Williams. We still do not know the gender of Baby A. I think it's a boy--Mike of course thinks its a girl. We'll see...) In this pic I am 8 weeks (2 months) along!

I'm 12 weeks here (3 months). It was kinda hard to see with the shirt covering my tummy.


Here is a profile of the twins at 12 weeks.




I'm 14 weeks here (about 3.5 months). Starting to get some stretch marks.... Mike and I feel incredibly blessed to know our babies are doing well and are growing. They are really cute too. We have a VHS of the ultrasound, but first have to figure out how to show it on our blog. I'll leave that to Mike who is my skilled, resident nerd. (Just kidding--kind of. I love you!!!)






9 comments:

Becky said...

Creed Williams?! I love it! But, is that his real name? Love the growing tummy pictures. Have I ever shown you any of mine? Pretty scary! Of course I was wearing a plaid nightgown and the lines made me look like a topographical map of Mt. Everest.

Mike and Melissa said...

Becky, we're kidding about the name Creed. I liked it for awhile...until Mike made fun of mercilessly. I now think of it the way he does: "Hey, let's scrape the CREED off the bottom of this fish tank," or "Wait a second, I need to scrape the CREED off my foot." I can't like it with comments like that. So, no, we're thinking of different names...

KimandJake said...

I'm so proud you updated your blog, and with two posts! That must be a record. haha. Love you, I hope everything goes well with your appointment on Monday!

Mike and Melissa said...

I almost just wrote how I knew you'd be proud of me, Kim. I should have titled it, "This one is for my Kimchee."

Somerset said...

I'm so glad you and the babies are doing well! I miss having you sitting behind me and breathing your smartness on me!

Nickell said...

I am so glad everything is fine. I didn't want to tell you before cause I didn't want you to get freaked out but we had a similar experience when we were prego with Kade. Only we weren't as lucky and his twin didn't survive. I'm so glad both are healthy and well!!!

Jessica T. said...

Glad to hear you and the babies are healthy and well...

Brett and Lex said...

CUTE!!!!!! You look so adorable! I've missed seeing you! Let me know if you need anything!

Princess Di said...

Hey! Hope you're feeling good and your pregnancy is going well for you! Send me your email address so I can invite you to view my blog...I'm making it private.
Thanks,
Diana (Hardy) Cragun
cragunandcompany.blogspot.com