36 ½ weeks
Exciting news but uneventful….!!!
So I went in yesterday for my regular Dr.’s appt in the middle of the wonderful snowstorm. Yes I just fired up that old GMC threw her in 4WD and away I went down to West Allis. Thank God for Grandpa Frank being retired and coming over to watch the boys. If he only knew when I left that morning that he was going to have them all day he may have reconsidered.
I knew come hell or high water (or snowstorm) I was not going to miss this appt. they were checking my cervix for the first time and I needed to know how close we were to delivery. Well the good news is I’m dilated 3cm, the bad news is nothing else is happening at this point. My doctor wanted me to come back that afternoon to get checked again. She just wanted to make sure before they sent me back home that nothing else was happening. Well I spent 3 hours in Labor and Delivery last night hooked up to monitors watching my two peanuts heart rates beating away. I was having mild contractions but nothing consistent. They wanted to keep me over night because of the storm but I insisted on going home. I was stuck in a room with no TV, no radio and no cell phone reception, I just wanted my bed. It took only an hour to get home and it was worth it when I hit my head on my pillow last night.
So all is well and here I sit, waiting and waiting …for anything to happen. I go in on Friday and we are going to talk induction. So hopefully we will know when the big day will be..!

We received wonderful news today that both baby’s are doing great! Our ultrasound lasted a total of an hour and a half. Wow its was really hard to lay on my back for that long. Both baby’s are still head down. We got a wonderful 4D picture of baby B, but baby A is so far down in my pelvis we couldn’t see its beautiful profile. Baby A is weighing in at 4lbs 14oz and Baby B is weighing in at 5lbs 12oz. The perinatologist (fetal Dr.) came in after the ultrasound to verify with us that everything looks good and if I were to go into labor at this point they would do nothing to stop it; music to my ears. Thank you everyone for your wonderful prayers, we are truly blessed we have made it this far!!

This will be short but a little update on everything. I went to the Dr. yesterday for a routine non-stress test and an ultrasound to check fluid around the baby's. The non-stress test went great. Both baby's are moving and the heart rates are good. When I went in for my ultrasound as she was doing her scan she commented that she was just going to check the size of the baby's also. Well, a red flag went up in my mind and I knew she saw something she needed to look closer at. The scan ended up taking 45 mins. and then had to wait for my Dr. to read the results. Baby A is growing 20% less than Baby B. The last time I was in for a growth ultrasound there was only a 5% difference so they were not
concerned. Anywhere between 15 and 20% difference in growth is when they start to intervene. We will go back in this Friday for a 2 hour ultrasound with the fetal specialist to see why this is happening. We just pray that everything is fine and healthy and this is just the way they are. I did produce a 6lb 14oz baby and a 9lb baby with my last two pregnancies so maybe we have another Peyton and Ryan. I will keep you in touch when we know more.

News for the blog…!! I have been going in twice a week for non-stress test on the babies. For those of you who do not know what that is they hook up your belly to a heart monitor to monitor the babies heart rates and moments. Pretty cool stuff, except my two little peanuts are very restless. Either they have the hiccups or they move around so much we lose the heartbeats. My first appointment for this was last week Tuesday. The nurse was unable to find baby A’s heart rate so we ran over to the ultrasound machine to pin point the exact location. We also took note that yes baby B was still breach. Having one of the babies breach will up my chance for a C-section, which I would rather not have. So I went in again yesterday for another non-stress test and another ultrasound to check the babies fluid levels. When I was explaining to the ultrasound tech that baby B the last time was breach she looked at me and said "no its not.” She then turned the monitor so I was able to see both babies head down. Holy cow how and when did that happen.!! I was thrilled. So hopefully with gravity and lack of space they will stay put. My husband on the other hand was not so thrilled (sorry honey). He is hoping for the C-section just so it will be easy access for them to just tie my tubes and he can be free of the harmless snip job he will have to encounter. It’s kind of a joke around here to see who is going to win.
Our wonderful neighbors the Sherman’s threw us a shower this past Saturday. Thanks April for putting that together. When you haven’t had a little one in almost five years it’s amazing how much stuff you forget that you need. It was so nice to hang with the ladies, talk, eat and yes have some wine. (I think that is what turned baby B head down.! Ha) What a great day.
My co-workers in Whitefish Bay also threw me a shower. I have enough diapers now to last us for a very long time. I am so grateful to have such great friends and family!! Thank you everyone.
Oh..One other thing my group of OB Dr’s that I see, I am starting to get a little hormonal with. They are claiming that they won’t induce me until I hit 39 weeks. Okay what the heck (@#%). Telling this to a women pregnant with twins is not going to put her in a very good mood. Both my boys had to be induced and I was well past my due date. I give my cervix no hope on giving way anytime sooner. So I guess I’m in it for the long haul. As long as they are healthy that’s all that matters.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! It’s going to be quite an exciting one in our house. I have put off blogging only because of the busy Christmas season and because up until now nothing was really new. I had my 32 week Dr. appt today and another ultrasound. Both Babies are doing great and growing rapidly. Baby A is still head down and lying on my left side. Baby A is weighing in at 3lbs 12oz and the heart rate was 156 beats per minute. Baby B who is becoming my problem child already is no longer head down. The little stinker is breach with both legs above its head. So it’s doing some yoga in there. Baby B weighs 4lbs 3oz and is laying on my right side. The heart rate is 154 beats per minute. So if you do the math I have about 8lbs of baby in me and a good month or so to go. Wow I don’t think this belly can expand any larger. My heartburn is still kicking and I am now taking Zantac to help relieve it. My fingers on my right hand are numb at all times. I have very little feeling at the tips of them. Who said being pregnant was the greatest thing, because I would like to speak to those women.
We thought that having twins was just not enough for us to lose our minds over so we decided to put our house on the market. Yes we are crazy but we kind of have a plan. We are looking at a few houses in foreclosure and we know that with our expanding family we need a larger home. Sooo… what the heck let’s try to sell ours. What do we have to lose..Our minds maybe. Hopefully all works out well and God will bless us with whatever is best. He has surely blessed us so far.
We had a very busy Christmas and I can say that I am glad things are back to normal.
I will, if time is on my side be updating more often. I now have to go in twice a week for stress test on the babies, this helps to monitor heart rates and moments. I will also be having ultrasounds every other week to watch their growth. Other than that until next time..
The Roemer’s

Week 24, still a little in denial that we are having twins in less than 4 months. There is no denying the fact that I am getting bigger every week. I went in yesterday for another appt. and all looks good. Both babies are weighing in at 1lb 7oz and about 12” long. The heartbeat for baby A, who is head down and laying on my left is 160. Baby B’s heartbeat, who is also head down laying on my right side is 140. Both are very active and moving 24 hours a day. My heartburn is kicking into full gear and Tums are my best friends. Oh.. I am starting to lose feeling in my hands when I sleep. This would be called pregnancy induced carpal tunnel. So not only am I getting up 2 times a night to go to the bathroom I have to wear bands on my hands to keep them from not falling asleep. We finished painting the baby’s room and washing all the bedding. It was weird getting all the stuff out of bins. That is as far as I have gotten with things. Ohh…yeh I bought our first box of diapers. There are 192 diapers in a box so we figure this will last us 12 days. I guess I need to start stocking up. I am still sleeping in the baby’s bedroom on the spare bed. My back just seems to be happier in that bed.
Other than that nothing else is new with this Roemer family. We had a great Halloween with lots of our friends and family around. Paul shot his trophy buck and is so proud that he can put food on our table. The holidays are coming and I haven’t bought one thing at this point.
Until next time,thanks for letting me vent…!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving
The Roemer’s

Its hard to understand sometimes that when sad things happen they really do happen for a reason. Today Oct. 19th 2009 we had to put our best friend, companion and as close to one of our children to rest. Rocky Roemer was with us for 10 wonderful years. He was truly in our eyes the best dog we could have ever had. When we found out 5 months ago that Rocky had bone cancer our lives were turned upside down. Never did we think this was going to happen so terribly soon, and that it would be one of the worst cancers you could get. But we knew we had one last summer with him and life went on. We then found out 2 weeks later that I was pregnant, and a week after that pregnant with our twins. Rocky knew it was his time and so did God. I truly believe this was Gods plan all along. As I remember today I can say it was the perfect day for him. It was beautiful outside and he just laid in the glory of the sun, something he loved to do. At times we questioned ourselves, but there was a sadness in his eyes that showed his true pain. Things will never be the same without him, but we know he is up in heaven surrounded in a pool of thousands of tennis balls eating ice cream.!!

Last week Paul and I went in for our big ultrasound. Baby A is laying on my left lower side and Baby B is laying on my Right upper side. Both babies right now are head down. Baby A was consistanly kicking Baby B in the head. Paul and I looked at each other and said "it's starting already." Baby A's heartbeat was 145 and Baby B's was 165. Both as far as they could tell look great. 20 weeks and counting, the time is flying by. I go back in on November 11 and I will again give you all an update.