So I made the big announcement at work this week and I will admit, it was a bit overwhelming. I work at a small school and news travels fast! I had the discussion with my students (first graders) and I started by asking them if they knew what "pregnant" meant. Of course almost every hand went up and it only got more interesting from there! They all started telling me how many times their moms had been pregnant. The cutest response was when one of my boys, who is the youngest of 3, said to me "Oh, my mom's only been pregnant once. She had 3 babies inside of her and we all came out at different times." Too cute! Of course the big question finally came, "Mrs. Fassett, how did you get pregnant?" There aren't many topics that I don't teach, but this is definitely one of them. I told him to go home and ask his mom. (I'm sure she was thrilled about that!) At this point I had only told them I was pregnant and left out the twin details. Way too many questions and responses come after you tell someone you are pregnant with twins and I wasn't quite ready for that.
One student asked me when the baby would come and why we had to wait so long. I told her that my body was like an oven and it was baking cookies. We talked about what happens when you pull out the cookies too soon. They seemed to get it after that.
Well, after telling a few select people about the twin part of the pregnancy, word spread on the playground and Wednesday started off with a classful of "Mrs. Fassett, is it true you are having twins?" We talked about what an ultrasound was and that I was having one on Friday. I told them that if they found two babies, I would let them know!
Along with the cute questions/comments have come the unique gifts. These kids are too sweet! I've received a bottle, several random "toys", pictures of me with the "baby", but the best has got to be a baby bag that one of my students used for her toy "babies". She wrapped it herself and told me that she didn't need it anymore. She also told me that if I found anything in the bag that she missed to please return it to her tomorrow!
And of course, I can't forget about my adorable nephew Andrew. Every time he greets me, he also says hello and goodbye to the babies while looking at my belly. Too cute!
On another note, only 4 days to get your guesses in........................................The big day is Friday!
So far, we have 1 guess for 2 girls, 4 guesses for girl/boy and 0 guesses for 2 boys. (I don't think anyone wants to give me a panic attack!) Then of course there is my niece Carolina. The first thing she said to me when she found out I was pregnant with twins was (in her unique- Carolina way), "I don't mean to be rude, but I really hope you have 2 girls!" You never have to wonder what is on her mind! On that side of the family there are 2 girls and 3 boys and we all know how Carolina feels about "losing".
Okay, I need to go to bed. Monday morning always comes too soon!
Love, Rebeca
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
How did Jeff know?
Most of you already know why the title of our blog is "multi-fassetted", but for those of you who don't, we are pregnant with two buns in the oven. I must give credit to Jeff for this one. (Even though I did produce the two eggs.............) I remember back when we were dating. We had gotten to that point in a relationship where you finally feel comfortable talking about your "possible" future together and what your future family might look like. On numerous occasions, Jeff would mention how fun it would be to have twins. This always caught me off guard, but he had the joy of watching his two good friends, Kris and Bri, experience twins and just thought it would be "fun". Seeing as how neither one of us has twins in our families, I really thought the likelihood of this experience would be slim to none. As excited as we are, I'm sure I'll be asking him how "fun" it is when neither one of us has had any sleep for a number of days! LOL
And yes, our twins are fraternal. They are in their own cozy sacs and have their own placentas.
Speaking of my husband, I must make it be known that he really should win some kind of award that is given to husbands of pregnant women. I don't think either one of us had any idea what kind of wild roller-coaster ride this whole pregnancy thing would take us on. When I was at the peak of my all day sickness (the peak lasted several weeks), he really took care of everything. Not only did he take very good care of me, he took care of all housework, laundry, grocery shopping, dog-walking, etc, etc. We had a very serious scare early on and he amazingly kept me sane, despite fighting his own fears. So, Nancy and Jim, my hat is off to you! I can't wait to see what a great dad he is going to be!
So................the countdown is on for our big ultrasound!! On Oct 3, we will (hopefully) find out if we will paint the nursery all pink, all blue or half and half! I have tried to find a way to create a gender poll, but I'm not so techie, so no luck there. Some of you have already given your guesses and some of you already know my intuition, so don't give it away! We would love to hear your guesses............For those of you who like the old wive's tales, both HB's have been in the 160 range. It's still early, so I don't know "how" I'm carrying..........the Chinese calendar says girl, but doesn't consider twins...................Obviously I have had extreme nausea and I crave both salty and sweet things!!!
Okay, that's all for now!!!!!Off to eat dinner!
Love, Rebeca
And yes, our twins are fraternal. They are in their own cozy sacs and have their own placentas.
Speaking of my husband, I must make it be known that he really should win some kind of award that is given to husbands of pregnant women. I don't think either one of us had any idea what kind of wild roller-coaster ride this whole pregnancy thing would take us on. When I was at the peak of my all day sickness (the peak lasted several weeks), he really took care of everything. Not only did he take very good care of me, he took care of all housework, laundry, grocery shopping, dog-walking, etc, etc. We had a very serious scare early on and he amazingly kept me sane, despite fighting his own fears. So, Nancy and Jim, my hat is off to you! I can't wait to see what a great dad he is going to be!
So................the countdown is on for our big ultrasound!! On Oct 3, we will (hopefully) find out if we will paint the nursery all pink, all blue or half and half! I have tried to find a way to create a gender poll, but I'm not so techie, so no luck there. Some of you have already given your guesses and some of you already know my intuition, so don't give it away! We would love to hear your guesses............For those of you who like the old wive's tales, both HB's have been in the 160 range. It's still early, so I don't know "how" I'm carrying..........the Chinese calendar says girl, but doesn't consider twins...................Obviously I have had extreme nausea and I crave both salty and sweet things!!!
Okay, that's all for now!!!!!Off to eat dinner!
Love, Rebeca
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Finally!
Hello family and friends! After many, many months of frustration, dr's appointments, acupuncture sessions, and various other things I won't get into, we are thrilled to be able to announce that we are expanding our family. We decided to start this blog to keep all of you updated (and maybe a little entertained!) on our pregnancy journey.
I joyfully waved goodbye to the first trimester and I will be 15 weeks pregnant on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I have not been able to wave goodbye to the "all-day sickness" that has plagued me since I was about 5 and half weeks. I chuckle because just a few days before it hit, I was at my acupuncture appointment and my practitioner asked me how I was feeling. I told her "I feel great! Maybe I will be one of those lucky women who never gets morning sickness." Little did I know that the following week I would lose 10 pounds due to my progesterone poisoning. My Dr became a little concerned at the sudden weight loss and prescribed an anti-nausea drug called Zofran. I was a bit worried about taking this medication during pregnancy, but after doing some research, I discovered that it is commonly given to women who have nausea to the degree that I have it. And while it hasn't made me feel "great", it MOSTLY keeps me from throwing up and I have been able to gain most of those 10 pounds back.
My belly is starting to pooch out and I either wear maternity pants, my old pants with a "belly band" that amazingly keeps them up without being zipped or buttoned or loose skirts/ dresses. Amazingly, we do not have a belly picture yet. Jeff is still in the midst of his busy season and between working and taking care of me, the house and the dogs, we haven't gotten there yet. Soon, I promise!!
Okay, enough rambling for now! I am about to write next week's parent letter where I give the news to my families. Wish me luck, I've been nervous about this for a while!
Love to all- Rebeca and Jeff
I joyfully waved goodbye to the first trimester and I will be 15 weeks pregnant on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I have not been able to wave goodbye to the "all-day sickness" that has plagued me since I was about 5 and half weeks. I chuckle because just a few days before it hit, I was at my acupuncture appointment and my practitioner asked me how I was feeling. I told her "I feel great! Maybe I will be one of those lucky women who never gets morning sickness." Little did I know that the following week I would lose 10 pounds due to my progesterone poisoning. My Dr became a little concerned at the sudden weight loss and prescribed an anti-nausea drug called Zofran. I was a bit worried about taking this medication during pregnancy, but after doing some research, I discovered that it is commonly given to women who have nausea to the degree that I have it. And while it hasn't made me feel "great", it MOSTLY keeps me from throwing up and I have been able to gain most of those 10 pounds back.
My belly is starting to pooch out and I either wear maternity pants, my old pants with a "belly band" that amazingly keeps them up without being zipped or buttoned or loose skirts/ dresses. Amazingly, we do not have a belly picture yet. Jeff is still in the midst of his busy season and between working and taking care of me, the house and the dogs, we haven't gotten there yet. Soon, I promise!!
Okay, enough rambling for now! I am about to write next week's parent letter where I give the news to my families. Wish me luck, I've been nervous about this for a while!
Love to all- Rebeca and Jeff
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