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Shauna: The Baby Boys Are Here!

kim — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:53:35 +0000

Born today! Shown here with big brother, Coltin.

Baby A: Bergin Paul ~ 5 lbs 6 oz (Blonde Hair)

Baby B: Draydin David ~ 6 lbs 2 oz (Brown Hair)

Both Mom and Babies are doing great after having a C-Section this morning!

Shauna: 36 week Preg Check

kim — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:17:11 +0000

Here’s finally a picture of Shauna and her growing tummy for you all to see she is real! And, of course, little Miss Merin, got in the picture as well. I wonder how she’s going to react to having two new babies in the house soon!

Shauna gained 8 pounds last week, but lost 4 this week, water weight I presume. Her stomach measured 40″ and the doctor said the boys’ heartbeats were “dancing together like they are supposed to”.

A C-Section is scheduled for November 29th, and Shauna is contemplating having a tubal ligation at the same time since this will be four children for her. I’m so glad it’s her going under the knife and not me!

Shauna: 33 week Preg Check

kim — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:54:58 +0000

Shauna went to the OB doc yesterday. She has gained 4 pounds since last week, but she is starting to retain fluid. She has only gained 18 pounds total thus far. Her stress test was normal. And the results of the ultrasound were:
Baby A – heartbeat 132 – 4 lb. 2 oz.
Baby B – heartbeat 140 – 5 lb. 7 oz.
Wowzers! And she said they are definitely boys!

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Shauna: 32 week Preg Check

kim — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:32:39 +0000

Shauna is now on weekly doctor visits and still off work, supposed to be taking it easy (although hard to do with a one year old running around). Her belly has grown two more inches, yet she has lost one pound. Next week an ultrasound is scheduled. I am so glad she is doing so well!

Shauna: 29.5 week Preg Check

kim — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:51:34 +0000

I didn’t get Shauna’s checkup recorded last week as I was traveling in London. But she had an ultrasound and saw that one baby was head up and the other head down. They measured at almost four pounds each already!

Today was a bit of a scare as she woke up bleeding so went to the hospital. The doctor said she had broken a blood vessel from all the pressure, and that her cervix was still closed, but thinning. So ordered her on semi-bed rest with no work until he sees her next week. I plan to bring her some movies and magazines and offer to take little Miss Merin (19 months) to give her break. I remember when my kids were little – being at work was less stressful than being home with the kids!

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Amazing TLC True Stories

kim — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:57:33 +0000

I haven’t got much work done today because I have The Learning Channel on, and it’s distracting me! So far, I’ve watched…

Kids by the Dozen - Spud and Miriam Heppner are the parents of 16 children, 9 still living at home! Getting everyone together for a weekend at the lake is easier said than done, but to the Heppners, family comes first.

Raising 16 Children, 16 Children and Moving In, On the Road with 16 Children about the Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar Family (who just gave birth to their 17th child last month!)

Twins, Twins & More Twins Mom, Dad, and thirteen kids, including three sets of twins. From preparing a teenager to drive, to anticipating the homecoming of premature identical twins, life at the Healy home is quite a balancing act. How they get it all done will amaze you.

The Boy With a New Head Petero Byakatonda was born with Crouzon’s Syndrome, a rare condition that meant his head was shaped like a cone and his eyes bulged out of his skull. He now needs surgery or he will die- this is his story as he tries to get the help he needs to live.

Joined For Life: Abby and Brittany Turn 16 Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel are about to turn 16- that means they’re very busy with schoolwork, sports, social activities and, yes, testing for their drivers license. To most this seems extraordinary, but to the girls it’s just another day.

After this show, I’m shutting the television off!

P.S. Shauna was having pains today so went to be checked out, just for sure. They are thinking it is just Braxton-Hicks contractions. Let’s hope so.

Shauna: 25 week Preg Check

kim — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:50:35 +0000

Shauna went in for an OB check on Wednesday. Baby Boy B is sitting very low, and Shauna is having a lot of pressure, so the doctor wanted to check her cervix, but it is still closed and not thinning, so that is good news. But since she is having so much pressure, he told her to sit as much as possible as work now (she is an orthodontist assistant). She has only gained 10 pounds so far throughout the pregnancy, and her glucose test was normal (good, no gestational diabetes).

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Shauna: 20.5 week Preg Check

kim — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:49:06 +0000

It’s a Boy! And it’s another Boy! Yep, Shauna broke the family cycle and found out she is having twin boys! She said her husband, Josh’s head is so big, he can barely fit through the doorway! According to the ultrasound, Baby A in on the left, head up, with a heartbeat of 130. And Baby B is on the right, head down, with a heartbeat of 138. Each baby has it’s own placenta and sack, so definitely fraternal. They received a video of the ultrasound that shows one of the babies sucking ~~it’s~~ his thumb!

Shauna: 16 week Preg Check

kim — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:24:45 +0000

My wordpress admin has been giving me fits, so I meant to write this last week. Shauna went in for normal prego exam, and the heartbeats of both babies were good. Shauna has been on progesterone, not only because of her miscarriage history, but because twins have a higher risk of being born early. The doctor wants her to continue taking the progesterone pills throughout the remainder of the pregnancy. When I was pregnant with Tatym nine years ago, I had progesterone shots (not sure they made a pill back then) and remember my backside being quite sore! I believe Shauna goes back in next week and is having another ultrasound to figure out the sexes of the babies.

Shauna: 13 week Preg Check

kim — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:24:38 +0000

Shauna went in last week for a routine OB check. They decided to do another ultrasound since she’s still been spotting a bit. The babies are growing fine, and they could even see little legs and arms moving. The babies were too big to check their gender vaginally, and too small via normal ultrasound. So the next ultrasound (scheduled in 6 weeks), they want to find out the sexes. Baby A’s heartbeat was 162, and Baby B’s heartbeat was 167.