Three little letters I didn't want to see

I am officially considered AMA. That's Advanced Maternal Age for those of you who don't know what that means. Ok some of you (hopefully) are scratching your heads thinking " But Cheryl's only 33 and doesn't that start at age 35? How did that happen?"

Well when you are pregnant with more than one baby the additional babies add 3 years to your risk. So in my case I am 33 with the risk of a 36 year old, therefore I am considered AMA.

I hate those little letters..

Some Updates

I guess someone is reading these posts (Hi Jen!)... so I'm updating on Life here...

First up, the computer crashed last weekend.. I don't even want to THINK about all my files that could possibly lost and all my photos.. even the ones of my ultrasounds.. Wah.. Ok I can rescan them in - well once we get the new tower and the scanner to like each other. So far they are not compatible. I'll figure it out eventually.

Secondly, I got to hear the heartbeats at my last OB appt last week. That was fun. So glad that I had gone to an OB appt with Cousin Kathy and her daughter Janelle so I knew what to listen for. Chugga Chugga Choo Choo.

Third, (and this one occured the same day as my last post and I forgot to post about it) I got to see the babies again on Ultrasound. Baby B was up first and did great till we realized that the baby was sleeping.. so nudge nudge, poke poke.. and baby B stirred, rolled over and went back to sleep (hmm just like me already). Baby A though was ready for us... this baby also did well. We got a great photo of Baby A stretching a leg out... our little contortionist.

Wish I could share the pictures and the ones of my belly but until the scanner and the tower get along (ok after I call HP for help) I can't do much.

Sox Win the Series... no sacrifice needed

Back in 2004 when the Red Sox were in the World Series, I got in a car accident and totalled my car. A couple days later the Sox won the Series for the first time since 1918. At the time I joked that I had sacrificed my car to them and helped them win the series.

Well fast forward to 2007, Red Sox are in the Series again and doing rather well. When they won in 4 games I was totally amazed. I hadn't lost anything (like my car) though Lee did lose his job about a week before the Series started. But I don't think that really counts..

Pregnancy Stuff

I have to admit, I am loving being pregnant so far... Ok so the 3 million trips to the bathroom in a day are not all that fun, nor the queasiness that I get if I haven't eaten something in a while. But I'm liking that there is a reason that I weigh close to what I weighed in January 2005 (when I joined Curves). I even don't mind too much that Lee is starting to call me FAT. I'm even starting to get a belly. Heck I'm earning it... and it's not easy to eat for three. Then again I've been told by my OB that I shouldn't eat for Three and that if I'm not hungry that it's ok not to eat.

I do miss being able to do all the stuff that I used to though. Noone will let me lift anything heavier than say 5 or 10 lbs and getting dressed in the morning and staying comfortable can be a challenge. Even working out at Curves (though still fun) is getting challenging.

I can't wait to see the babies again. I am going for an Ultrasound and Bloodwork on Tuesday morning. I might try to do some quick errands too afterwards. We'll see how I feel after the ultrasound. But I'm taking the day off from work. That's a definite.

Ok I can finally tell

I finally was able to talk to the 2 people I needed to tell my news to before anyone else knows.

I AM PREGNANT....

It took a long time to get to this place in my life and quite a few very legal drugs prescribed by my very nice and really great doctors at MGH. My personal doctor at the clinic called us to congratulate us on our achievement and I think that I'll be saving his message for a while..

Lee and I went up to oldest brother's house to tell him and his wife the very good news. They seemed to be happy for us but at the same time concerned about the financial aspects of all this.

Then when we got home I called my brother who lives in Texas to tell him and he was very happy for us also.

Lee's brother happened to have called us tonight and we broke the happy news to him also.. 2 more siblings to go on that side.. one of which we don't have contact information for and the other who is hard to get in contact with. We'll reach them eventually. But the important people know and that's what matters.

Be prepared to be really bored by all my pg related posts to come in the future..

Didn't fall off the Earth... Really

I've been really busy lately and I apologize if anyone has been trying to read here and hasn't found me posting.. Work has been incredibly busy and home life has been extremely busy as well. Lee and I went apple picking last weekend on Saturday and wound up at Plum Island afterwards... fun day... This weekend some friends are getting married and then on Sunday I have the Memory Walk to participate in. I'm still taking donations at http://memorywalkma.org (you need to put my name in) till October 31st.

I have other news to share but I need to talk to a couple of people before I make my news known.

Lee takes the Wheel

Ok so I sort of pressured him to do it... but Lee finally did some driving today. We went to a local cemetary and after I did a little bit of driving around to get him used to being there, we switched places and I had Lee try his hand at driving around the cemetary. He actually did quite well. I am very proud of him. I hope that we can go again in the near future and then when he's comfortable enough I can get him on the road with real traffic. He still needs to get his learner's permit but I thought we'd see how he did at the cemetary first.

I hope that he decides to get that soon. If we are PG then I won't fit behind the wheel before too long...