Kuckuck is German for 'Cuckoo Bird'

The pictures are all out of order and are supposed to be at the end of this post. Grrrr. Call it a visual representation of my pregnancies (all messed up and uncooperative). So, hi. Here's my new blog, and yes, I'm serious. Kuckuck really IS German for 'cuckoo bird'. Fitting for us, don't you think?

Of course, those of you related to us on the Kuckuck side already know this. But anyway, that is why I decided to name the blog as such. I had a couple people suggest that I start a blog as a way to update friends and family on how things are going with the pregnancy. It has always been my intention to have a blog to update our little family adventures anyway, so I guess this is as good a start as any.

So, here we are. Mark and Sam are at a birthday party, while I'm stuck in bed. My only request was a leftover piece of birthday cake....because I love me some cake! And cake is a good way to pass the time when one is on bedrest.

I'm pretty sure I'm restating the obvious here, but here's the general summary of where things are in the Cuckoo's Nest:

• We did our first IVF (in vitro fertilization) cycle in August.



• Out of that cycle, we got 4 little embryos: we transferred two, and froze two.



• To our surprise (maybe mine more than Mark...he's always more optimistic), we became pregnant!
  


• Our first ultrasound (u/s for short) showed one little gestational sac.



• Our second u/s showed not one, but TWO babies with beating hearts (I think Mark and I were equally shocked about this one).



• At 8.5 weeks pregnant, I was diagnosed with a subchorionic hematoma (SCH for short), after cramping and bleeding.



• I've been on bedrest since then and am now 10.5 weeks pregnant.

So, there we are. The only 'treatment' for an SCH is rest. So that's what I've been doing, with the help of many friends who have been watching and transporting Sam for me during these past two weeks. This week, I'm hoping to be a little more independent and see how my body reacts.

We had an u/s this past Friday and saw both twins looking great! Twin A just slightly smaller with a heartbeat in the 170s (great!) and Twin B is the bruiser of the two and has a heartbeat rate in the 180s (great again!). They saw my bleed, which is in between both babies, and doesn't seem any bigger than it did two weeks ago.

I go to see my perinatologist this Tuesday for a two-week check-up. Hoping to get to hear the babies' heartbeats through doppler if possible and get a clearer picture of where my activity level should be.

And as for the pictures, well pic #1 is our BIG surprise when we saw TWO babies instead of one on our second u/s! Pic #2 is an upside-down (sorry, oops) picture of THE pregnancy test. And pic #3 is our twins before they were even transferred into me! Talk about an early baby picture!!!!

Talk to you soon!