Week 16: Spring has sprung

Our 16 week scan results came through late Friday evening.

Dr J's report tells us the following:
TWIN LIVE GESTATION

Twin 1 (HR 155Bpm) gestational age 16weeks 3 days
Twin 2 (HR 160 Bpm) gestational age 16weeks 4 days

Mrs U is doing fine and her pregnancy is progressing well. You little beauty mate! ok I had to add in some Aussie colloquialism, there is just no other way of saying how stoked we are.

Spring has sprung here in Australia. Spring is new life, which also means getting everything organised for the summer which for us also means getting organised for our Samosa babies. Oh and do I have a LIST! the little miss organiser that I am has a very extensive list, one that I think Sam would normally want to hide from or at the very least negotiate his way out of doing. This spring-clean list I'm 100% certain Sam will execute with his whole heart, knowing that we are working hard together in preparation for our children. When you do something for your kids it doesn't feel like a chore or a grind. It feels like LOVE.

Our spring list is

• Gardening - get the garden in shape after the stormy winter we had, and also set it up in a way that we can leave it for 4-8 weeks over the stinking hot summer and God willing its survives.

• Clean out the garage to make room for our spare bed (The Nursery is being set-up)

• Sand back and stain the out door furniture so it may survive another harsh summer. 

• Relocate items of furniture, decor that might break with kids around. Yes I know getting ahead of myself, but I think if I do it now with a clear mind and not sleep deprived it will be organised well. We need to move the wine rack and glassware out of sight and reach. perhaps more so out of reach for us. 

• Begin my visa application for a medical visa and source all necessary docs for picking up our Samosa babies and being able to bring them back to Australia. 

But, the most fun thing on my list is officially setting-up the TOY CORNER. I have a vision for our kids play room. The space is not really a play room, its actually our dining room/area. However with careful and considerate conversation with my very understanding husband,  I may get the opportunity to create such a space where together with our kids can make a mess and most of all MEMORIES.

Week 12: Our Announcement

We are singing from the roof top!

12 weeks and all is well.

The samosa babies are growing, heart beats pumping and reports tell us everything is fine.

We ARE HAVING BABIES!

This is how we shared our announcement with family and friends.
We hope you enjoy the video. I wish I was a fly on the wall when people opened the link. It would have been great to see their reaction.

(We can't claim full creative and imaginative rights to the video as we looked up ways to announce "we are expecting" and took ideas from others and then created our own)


The report from Dr J, tells us  "Twin live fetus in variable presentation" Twin 1 HR - 154Bpm and Twin 2 HR 160Bpm

As I mentioned earlier in India its against the law to disclose the gender of the baby. So my friends have referred to the old wives tale of guessing by the heart rate. Do you know what we are having?

It will now be 4 weeks until our next report and images of the babies. Something tells me this time will go very fast and within a blink of an eye they will be here.

We would like to thank everyone for their kind emails, phone calls, hugs and tears of joy. Its been fantastic to share our wonderful news with you all.