Pictures from Dougs Diaper Party

I only have 2 pictures as it was a crazy night and I just forgot to get the camera out but I did get 2 of the most important ones

This is all the Diapers and Wipes we got! Can you say holy cow, I know it wont last that long, but this sure helps us out

Doug even got diapers of his own!

Thank you to everyone who came & really helped us out!

Plus a thank you to Sue and Mom for helping to make the party a sucess!

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Twin Baby Buehrer's Questions Game

Twin Baby Buehrer’s Questions Game

Just thought I would email everyone and play a little game, cost is $5 to play....but this is completely optional!

We thought we would have a little fun and in the process start The Twins first saving accounts. If you would like to participate, email me your guesses and don’t forget your $5 donation!

Or you can print this entire questionnaire, fill it out, and return it with your donation to me at the baby shower, mail it to my house, or give it to me the next time we see each other. If you forget it there will be copies for you to fill out at the baby shower.

Be sure to put your name on your guesses! Winner of the most correct answers will receive a great prize.

Have Fun Guessing,

Here is what we want to know:

Date of births (25 points)
Time of births (25 points)
Weights (25 points)
Lengths (25 points)

Bonus questions will be as follows:

Will The Twins have hair? Your choices are Blonde, Dark, or Bald as a baby's butt. (10 points) Hint: mama was born with black hair and daddy born with White hair. LOL

Will there be snow on the ground? (10 points)

Here is what we know so far about The Twins and Mama:

· The first report of hearing the heartbeat was reported at: Baby A - 144 and Baby B - 131 The 2 weeks later they were 161 and 166

· Baby Buehrer’s official due date is: March 1

If you think of anyone else who would like to participate, please forward this message on to them.

Thanks for playing,
Brandi

A Letter To My Unborn Twins

A Love Letter To My Unborn Twins

I write this letter to my unborn twins from the depths of my soul.

You've entered my womb and made my life complete and whole.

I never thought I would be chosen for such an awesome task.

It is a greater blessing than what I ever could ask.

I can almost imagine you in my mind.

Beautiful, Happy, Bouncing, flashing a smile so kind.

Feeling you flutter is a sensation like no other.

It does wonders for the joy of this soon-to-be-mother!

You create a glow in me I never knew I would see.

It is true happiness that sets me on cloud nine manifested deep inside of me!

You're my babies, my children, my hearts, and my wonder.

I pray we create a bond that no one can put asunder.

You're a designers' original! A creation from the King!

I can hardly wait for you to enter the world and see the joy you bring.

Sweet babies of mine, you're a magnificent gift from above.

Living proof of how your father and I have shared our love.

I hope you have your fathers' eyes then you will go into the world able to look at all things wise.

I hope you inherit my ability to plan.

With that you will be able to face all things in life as a strong woman or man.

I hope you receive from your father his selfless ways.

For this the Heavenly Father will bless you, as he did him, all of your days.

I hope you learn from me, spirit and let no one take it.

Believe me you will need it in life, and many will try to break it.

But with that spirit you must have your father's center.

With that you will be cautious of any door you enter.

I want you to have my curiosity.

There's nothing wrong with questions you may blurt!

But receive your fathers' discernment, so you'll know when to let go before getting hurt.

Have my big heart; know what emotions are and how to be real.

Share your fathers' strength so you can handle what you feel.

Share my sense of humor! Laugh a lot it helps you through life.

Share your fathers' sense of duty.

Know how to be serious and take strife.

I'm emotional so I tell you its okay to blubber once and a while like your Mom.

But learn to develop what your father has; an excellent sense of calm.

But most of all the things I wish for your father and I to share.

I wish we teach you to love, respect, strength of mind, and to care.

These are my feelings, wishes and hopes for you.

You make my heart and soul sing!

I welcome you to the world and thank you for the joy.

Doctors Update

So a few post back I said that I was being released from my fertility doctor on July 29th, and that I had my new OB appointment set up with a doctor a friend referred me to for the 12th of August. Well I went to the appointment and ended up being there all day. I got there at 10 was immediately called back the nurse took a pee sample, took weight and blood pressure and then send me to my room. There she asked me a few standard medical history questions and said the doctor will be in after her other ultrasound and in the mean time can a student doctor come in and talk to me. Sure why not!

Well a few minutes later here she comes and starts asking me questions and let me say, some of the dumbest questions I have ever been asked also some that made me mad because its like she didn't trust what I was telling her. Here are just a few she asked me: She had in my records that my last cycle was June 12th, I said no it was May 26th and that June 12th was my transfer date. She says to me and your sure? I say yes I'm positive. Then she says well that changes things you are now 11w1d I said yes and that your due date is March 3rd. No its March 1 and she said over and over NO. She didn't understand that you have to go over retrieval date. Then she said well what did you do a transfer for? At this point I am like are you kidding me? I said because I have PCOS and I had to do IVF to get pregnant there was no other option. She said again are you sure you have PCOS? Yes lady I am positive, well how do you know for sure? Because I had a laboroscopy/hysteroscopy done. Then here's another funny one, she asked me so you are having twins? Yes well how do you already know that? Wow because I have had several ultrasounds the last few months. Then she has a fit cause I am on aspirin that Dr. Keller told me to take till the new Dr. takes me off. Neither the student or Dr. Stephens knew why I was taking it and wanted me to stop right away. Plus many more questions that I cant remember at this time. At this point I am already fed up with this student and want her out of my room. Bring in the Doctor and lets get this going.

Finally Doctor Stephens comes in and goes through her list of dumb questions and tells me when I will be there for my ultrasounds and that they want to do this and this. Then lays the bed back and decides she wants to check me and basically shoves her arm up my cooch. OUCH! Then proceeds to not tell me whats next and pins my arm over my head and does a mammogram. After she was done they decided to do the ultrasound, and this was the quickest ultrasound I have ever had. The student doctor was going to use the cooch wand but the doctor said just use the handle one so she did and she placed it on my stomach said yep there is Baby A and Baby B OK you are done wipe off and meet me out in the check out area. And at your next appointment we should be able to hear the heartbeats. I said why not now when I already heard them at the fertility doctor? No response. What? Are you kidding me I didn't even get to see my babies let alone hear the heartbeats or get pictures. I am so mad and so uncomfortable at this point. I was asked stupid questions, questioned over my answers then I didn't get to see or hear the babies. I should be enjoying this pregnancy and I am not.

After I left that place I had to go down stairs and fight and deal with the Lab for blood work and this place was just as bad as the doctors office. I didn't leave there till 1. What a long day!

So I went home and told Doug what all happen and that I was not comfortable at that place but was willing to give them one more shot and see what happens and he was so mad he said that hell you are. Monday morning we are calling canceling all appointment and you are going to the family doctor that all the females have delivered at. So I wont be delivering at Barnes anymore, we are now at St. Johns with Dr. Shaner my first appointment is Next Tuesday the 23rd. I will let everyone know how it goes.

Update on Pregnancy

The Doctors office just called with my Bloodwork Results and my levels were at: 10,592. They are defintely thinking multiples so they scheduled and ultrasound for Friday to find out how many.

No Ultrasound Today!

Well the doctors office decided to just do Blood work today and do the ultrasound in 3 more weeks. So we still dont know how many babies for 3 more weeks. But the blood woork results today should give us another idea.

Leading Up To When We Found Out We Were Going To Be Parents

First off I want to Thank You All so much for all of the congrats!

After several months of Medicine and Bloodwoork the time was here for our IVF cycle to be finished.

Egg retrieval was the 9th of June. This was an easy procedure and was put under so I didn't feel a thing. I woke up a hour later and was sent home to relax. No pain that whole day so I went back to work on Friday.

Egg transfer was the 12 of June. On the way to the hospital that day, I was to have a full bladder so I was supposed to drink 32 ounces of water in 1 hour or stop when I started to feel uncomfortable. This didn't take long at all and on the way there I started to hurt so bad because I had to pee so bad that I thought I was going to explode when I got there. The nurse was so kind to give me a cup and told me I can go pee and fill the cup but I had to stop when the cup was full. I said are you sure, I don't think I will be able to stop. She said yeah you will manage. So I went and released some of my bladder and wow felt so much better. As soon as I got back to my room Doug and I was to change into our gowns and get prepped for the transfer and also the nurse brought me a cup of water back to me to sip on while we wait. I really didn't drink any of it because I still felt so full and also because I was so nervous. About 10 mins later Dr. Odem came into our room and told us that all the eggs were still there but they were not good eggs. I started to panic. He said that they had alot of fragmentation to them and that its harder to conceive when they are like that, but he has seen women come in that has transfered eggs with 40% fragmentation and they conceived with them so it is possible. He showed me the percentages of my eggs and some of mine had 75%, 60% etc. But I had 2 that were 20% and 30%, these were the 2 he was transferring back in. We headed to the procedure room and the nurse checked to make sure my bladder was full with an ultrasound machine, guess what it was. Then a new nurse came in a showed me my petri dish with my name on it and my 2 embryos in it that was being transferred. The catheter was inserted and it wasn't working out because apparently I have a curved uterus or something, so Dr. Odem switched Caths and was good to go. This whole time Doug and I are watching him on a ultrasound monitor. We could see the cath moving around and then both eggs that were inserted in, it was so cool to see our 2 babies being put back in. Now its just a waiting game for 2 weeks and hope they stick. I am send back to my room to lay still for 30 mins and then sent home with my instructions to be on bed rest for the next 2 days. Fine with me I needed sleep and that meant I was off work for a few days.

About a week and a half later I still had no symptoms but my Friend Jenn who also did IVF told me that she didn't feel any symptoms either so I didnt worry and decided to take a home pregnancy test. It didn't take long at all and sure enough 2 red lines. One of them was lighter then the other but there was definitely 2 lines, and we have never seen that before. I knew that the HCG shot could give us a false positive but I just had this feeling. I did tell Doug about it but told him remember it could be a false test.

Then 2 days before and the day of my bloodwork I tested again. This time 2 red lines again but both times the red lines were so dark you could see both of them so clear. At this time I was for sure thinking I was pregnant. I went that morning to get my bloodwork done and then headed back to work to nervously wait till after lunch for my results. The nurse called around 1 and said did you take a home test? I said yes she said then you know the results? I said well I know what my tests said but I want to hear from you. She said Congrats your are definitely pregnant and that it could also be twins because my levels she be at around 100 and mine was 590. I think at this point I did and inside scream of joy and told her Thank You! She then tells me that I needed to come back July 5th after a long Holiday weekend for my first ultrasound to find out how many we are having. Cant Wait! An Update to come with how many we concieved.

By the way no cravings or anything yet but I do have the worst Heartburn I have ever had. Its so bad I wake up with it. Doug's Aunt told me last night that means my baby is going to be born with alot of hair. Oh and the shots I have to take in m butt area, they are really starting to hurt.

Dreams Really Do Come True

The Lord didnt just bless us with a child, but he blessed us by answering our prayers.

He calmed our fears & provided for us every step of this Journey to have Baby Buehrer.

Samuel 1:27 (For this Child I have prayed)