Oh, the differences!

Wow, new posts two days in a row - WITH PICTURES! I just dumped the pictures from the camera and discovered more Twinkie belly pictures, so I am going to share them. We also had our friends Rob and Amber and their son James over tonight for supper. She is 36 weeks pregnant to my 33 weeks. Our sons are 5 days apart for those of you who haven't heard me mention that before. We were talking the other day about getting some pictures of the two of us with our bellies for comparison and while the guys were around to take them, we decided to do it.May 13, 2008 - 33 weeks

May 17, 2008 - 33.5 weeks

Amber and I - yeah, the differences between a singleton (one baby) pregnancy and twins!

Our bums were at the same spot - that is how much I stick out farther than her! :)

What can I say!?!

The promised pictures

May 2, 2008 - 31 Weeks

May 4, 2008 - 31.5 weeks - I had this April Cornell dress that I decided to try on and it fit over the belly! I felt pretty that day, so made DH take a picture even though we'd gotten one 2 days before.

May 9, 2008 - 32 weeks - my mom, grandma, sister and I went to the Banff Springs Hotel for afternoon tea to celebrate Mother's Day. It was a fun afternoon and again, I always want DH to take a picture when I am dressed up and looking good! :)

May 11, 2008 - 32 weeks

Last Sunday we had a little photo shoot on Mother's Day . For my pregnancy with R we did it at 36 weeks. This time it is 4 weeks earlier, but who knows when things are going to happen, so I didn't want to miss the opportunity while I had it! I still need to do some editing, these are not edited at all, and we want to do them in sepia tones for the nursery. R had a little trouble with looking and smiling at the camera which was on a timer on a tripod. Who are we smiling at? He did good though!

All Things Twin Related

I went for yet another ultrasound on Monday and an appointment on Tuesday with the doctor. Both went well - the babies did everything that they were supposed to in the ultrasound. We had been praying that they would both show signs of breathing, which apparently they need to know at this point and they did. I also got an ultrasound on my leg as I had a knot there by some varicose veins that I have developed during pregnancy. Apparently I have developed a small superficial blood clot in behind my knee on the right leg. The doctor isn't concerned, though I am going for another ultrasound on it next week to make sure it hasn't gotten any bigger. The babies were 3 lb 10 oz and 4 lbs 5 oz with heart rates of 142 and 131 at the ultrasound. At my OB appointment they had heart rates of 160 and 150. I have given up asking for the fundal height as the babies have begun to spread sideways so the measurement is off anyway. I keep meaning to get a measuring tape and measure around my belly as it is getting bigger and bigger. I have begun to rival a bus in size now, though am only 167 lbs. :) I did get some new clothes a couple of weeks ago that I feel good in, so don't feel quite so badly for outgrowing most of my maternity clothes. I have a pair of XL pants now and mostly LG tops. It still shocks me a bit after my maternity clothes with R were SM pants and XS shirts. Oh, the difference with multiples.
Last night we went to our first coffee party with the Twins, Triplets and More Assoc. They have coffee get togethers for the different zones once a month. It was nice to talk to some people who have been there and lived to talk about it. Poor DH was the only man there. Apparently the hubby comes when the wife is pregnant and when the babes are newborn, but after that they are usually the ones to stay home with the kids while it is a night out for the mommy. He got to talk to some ladies though and held a 5 week old twin. She and her sister were born at 35 weeks, only spent a day in the NICU and then went home. They are the second set of twins for their parents. Most people there had fraternal twins, though one lady had identical twin girls who were 10 months old. I did get asked how we knew that they were identical, which surprised me a little. I then explained about the one placenta and chorion and that they both had their own amnion sacs. The other mom with identicals said her girls were the same way. DH told me later that see, not even parents of twins know these things, because I tend to get frustrated with people not really understanding even after I explain things to them. Genetics was really the only unit that I liked in Biology, so all this stuff makes total sense to me and I soak it all in. I have to remember that not all people are that way. It does still make me wonder about people who say that we could have a boy and a girl after we tell them that they are identical. In my mind it is common knowledge that God made boys and girls different, and that is how we even have babies. :) I think people just don't think or know necessarily about the fact that identical doesn't just mean that they look similar, it means that other than their fingerprints, everything about them is the genetically same (according to my research only the fingerprints are not the same. I might have to rescind this someday, but that's what I am going with at this point.) They do not have to be the same weight of course. Our babies are presently 11 ounces apart and have been growing at the same consistent rate since March. The doctor is extremely happy about their progress and growth, which makes me happy.
The babies heart rates are still consistently 10-20 beats apart. They are so funny that way. I wonder if it is because Baby B is basically sitting on Baby A, therefore the heart rate is higher. Who knows.
I will update this post with bump pictures later - they are on the other computer, so I do not have access at this time. Check back again!

At least the boy got what he needed

I am growing out of my clothes once more. I feel a little like a beached whale at times, though I know that it is basically only my belly that is huge. Not being able to see my feet helps with the feeling that I am enormous, but at least in that I share with all pregnant women. Except those crazy really skinny people who only have a little basketball for a tummy like my cousin did and we won't talk about them. (She was really big the second time around, so I can't hate her. :) People keep telling me that I look so small for carrying twins and I keep telling them that I have a long torso. I am spread out with babies from the top, right under my chest to the bottom, right by my bone. And they spread from side to side. Looks OK when you are standing, but sit me down and I am a whale again.
All this negativity has come about because today I spent 3 hours looking for some clothes - just a couple of items - that would be able to get me through the next 4-9 (at the max) weeks. After visiting 5 stores, trying to keep an eye on a curious son who learnt it is fun to hide in the middle of clothing racks (!), I came home with 1 top. One top for me. Everything was either too small or would be in the next week or WAY to big in the chest, which, even though it is bigger than normal, is no comparison for the LARGE belly underneath and therefore looks that much smaller. And the pants would be OK, if I didn't have a bottom dweller for a child again and feel like I am cutting into someone's head with a waistband. Fun times!
I was lucky that I remembered that we were going to get waffle underwear and plastic pants to try to start potty training R, so don't have to go back to WalMart for that one! Oh, and
I got him a little ball cap which presently he won't wear as it's "too big" - it fits just right, he just wanted the bigger one. He's still having troubles with his opposites.
So a shopping trip that I was a hyped up about getting some more things for my wardrobe basically turned out to be shopping for R. Which once you become a mom, doesn't everything you do turn out that way?

Long asked for Bump pictures!

So since I last posted about this pregnancy we have had an appointment with the OB and an ultrasound. Both went well, though we will follow up about the ultrasound with the OB on Tuesday at our next appointment. I believe we are now to both on alternating weeks. DH couldn't get the time off work for me last U/S so I asked my mom if she wanted to go. Of course the "show and tell" was only 5 minutes, but she got to see an ultrasound for the first time and enjoyed "seeing" the grandchildren for the first time. They were very uncooperative once again, not only are we still in the dark about their gender, but they wouldn't look towards the front so we could get some good pictures in 4D. Oh, well, so glad we got the video the first time. I have resigned myself to not finding out what these babies are, gender wise, until the delivery and if I do before then I will be happy.
At my OB appointment, I was 161 lobs, the fundal height was 33 cm - I know less than last time, hence why they do not do fundal height with twins, there are two and they move around, so height is never across them (I'm still curious, so I'll get them to continue measuring). Their heartbeats were 154 and 133 beats per minute.
At the U/S, they were once again in the same positions - Baby A at the bottom, curled up to my left side, Baby B with his head at Baby A's chest level (yeah, head down once again!) and in a ball, though limbs were to the inside with his spine at the front/side. Baby A was 2 lbs, 11 oz. and heartbeat of 155, I believe and Baby B was 3 lbs, 5 oz. with a heartbeat of 134 (gotta check those numbers, I do have them written down). The OB told me once that it is more their stomach circumference (entire torso, not stomach where your food goes) that they look at to be similar with twins and our babies are A - 23.8 cm and B - 25 cm, so there seems to be no worries there.
Well, now that you are all caught up - here is the latest Bump pictures. Sorry it has been a whole month... time and busyness with everything and not feeling to well (a cold) have made things get away with me.

Tuesday, March 25th - 26 weeks
Sunday, April 6th - 27.5 weeks
Wednesday, April 23rd - 30 weeks exactly!

Yes, I know that last one is shocking! Isn't it! I had a very large growth spurt, shall we call it, the week before last and I suddenly didn't fit in a lot of shirts I had been wearing all along, as well as most of the few pairs of pants that I had that fit. People still tell me that I am small for two, but I swear I am larger now than I was with R at the very end. I am lucky that I have a longer torso and am able to "spread" the babies around a bit. They have now begun to spread out to the sides, which you really can't tell on a picture as much. Until now, as I was the entire time with R, you couldn't really tell from the back that I was pregnant. I used to kind of like that! :) Not so much anymore... as if the waddle didn't give it away! :) I got that going on full out and the feeling that I am going to lose one of these babies out the bottom has started this weekend. (Sorry if that's too much information for anyone.)

Giant Uterine Parasite... or Two

Today my in-laws are coming and, of course, I am making sure that my house is in perfect order. (Don't we all when our mother-in-law comes? No matter that she doesn't care, but we still feel as though she will think we are not taking good enough care of her son and grandchildren otherwise?) Anyways, this time is much simpler as it was just a week ago that we took the house off the market - oh right, I forgot to post that entry. We decided to take the house off the market. I felt nothing but relief. Will write more about that later. We are now going to renovate a bit... fun times!
So I was cleaning and took a small break to do some phone calls and the twins started moving like crazy. It is so weird to see your stomach moving like that and all I can think is "Boy, am I glad that I have never seen Alien or I would think these kids are going to explode out of my stomach any time and they are going to be gross looking alien creatures!"
Made me think of this article that DH sent to me yesterday...

27 weeks!

I had my 27 week appointment at the OB yesterday. All is well and the babies are doing good. Both of them had a heartrate of 150 - something that had yet to happen so far. They are still head down and I don't think there is room for them to turn around so, hopefully they will stay that way. The baby on the right seems to be a bit of a space hog and push the baby on the left so s/he has to curl around the outside. My weight is now 154, so I have gained 21 lbs, and my fundal height is a laughable 35 cm! They kinda chuckle at me when I request that, but I really want to know how large I do get, because for one thing I want the bragging rights and for another I really want to be able to tell people who complain about how big they are getting that - ha, that's nothing, I got to __ cms with my twins! We are going to be going for an ultrasound on Tuesday while Michael's parents are here, so will see the active little peoples again then. All was well with the last U/S results, babies are doing good and growing well. They are still "mover and shaker", constantly on the move when I am at rest. It's a reassuring thing!
Only 10 more weeks to go (well, maybe 11 or 12 or 13... as long as they finish all the developing they need to!)

The Babies' Bump

Last Sunday, March 16 - 24.5 weeks
Yesterday, March 23 - 25.5 weeks (OK, same outfit, but the people who saw me last Sunday didn't see me this Sunday! :) Makes it a little easier to see the growth, hey? Yikes!)

The silence is deafening

It has been many days since I have been on here. There are many things that I wish to say and to add to this bog, but I find myself so exhausted by the end of the day or when I do have time that I feel no creativity or words in me and so I just catch up on other people's blogs and that is it. So if there are any of you out there who are curious to know how we are doing, I am sorry.
Our house is still up for sale. We have had more showings in this week then we did the few weeks before. There have been more houses popping up for sale, but the encouraging part is that there are more and more C/S and Sold signs going onto those signs. So we are waiting. Our neighbour's house is apparently conditionally sold now, so there is no competition there - not that there was really as their house is a totally different model and about $15,000 more than ours. The house that we want is still for sale, so maybe God is holding it for us and we just need to be patient. We thought for sure it would be sold by now.
We bought ourselves a new van. Yes, it was a fast purchase, but once we figured out that we really wanted a Dodge Grand Caravan, for the Stow-n-Go seats, it was relatively easy to find one. A friend of ours works at a dealership here in town and we just let him know the years and how much we wanted to spend and the next day he called and within a day we were the proud owners of a gold 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan. It is just a base model, but that is all we needed for now. We already owned a portable DVD player, so didn't need that in the sound system. I was really unimpressed that it was gold, as 3 other families I know have gold vans and they seem to be everywhere, but what can you do with a used van when a deal comes your way. It's growing on me - certainly looks nice when it's clean and shining in the sun! Now we just have to sell our Subaru. Sniff, sniff!
I had appointments this week - one with the OB and one for an ultrasound. We are at 25 weeks now. Everything was fine at the OB appointment. Heart rates of 154 and 138. At the U/S they were 161 and 141, then later 148 and 138. These babies heart rates are all over the place! They weighed 1 pound, 7 ounces and 1 pound, 12 ounces, so a little bit different, but I am unsure how much is acceptable and until a doctor tells me, I am not going to worry. I have now gained 15.5 pounds, though it is all in my stomach, like I was with R. Oh, one of the babies is a bottom dweller just like R was. Head all the way down as far as it can get and hand right up by the head. S/he is curled up around on the left hand side and the second baby was curled up in a little ball - back to the sibling and limbs out in front of him/her. We were going to find out the sex - just for DH and I - but neither baby would show anything! Stinkers!
Today we went to the zoo in the morning - they had an Easter egg hung - sponsored by Cadbury, of course. We always love the zoo. It's a fun time. R talks about a certain animal all the way there, so we have to go visit those animals. Today it was the baby elephant, Malti. She's a cutie! I had to stand in line forever before we got in - DH and R went to look at the monkeys in the meantime. After naps, we had an early supper and then went to the swimming pool. Man, our boy loves swimming! I have been having troubles with a rash after swimming the past while, so I sat on the side and watched and took some pics - going to put those up on R's blog soon.
I should go for now, we are going to watch a movie now and then head to bed - might actually get into bed before 10:30 tonight! Why is it I'm always up later on weekends, even though we have to get up at the same time? Silliness, I tell you.
Happy Easter everyone, in case I don't post tomorrow.

Updating on the baby bump

Or would it be the babies bump? Or babies' bump? Anyways, things are going along well. We had our first appointment with our obstetrician on Monday and he was encouraging. We both really liked him and felt comfortable with him. He told us that I could continue with life, don't have to "take it easy" as everyone has suggested since finding out that we are having twins. Unless, of course, I get high blood pressure or something is wrong with the babies themselves. Makes sense to me. I am trying to get rest when I feel I need it, but I think that every pregnant woman should do that. He was also encouraging with the fact that I am doing well and gave us more info than we had before regarding how long we can expect to go with twins and what is good for length of pregnancy. I am aiming for June babies. That would put me after 36 weeks and is really good for a twin pregnancy apparently. So, as long as there is nothing wrong with the babies physically, and I listen to my body, we should be good. For all of you who pray out there, I would appreciate prayer for nothing to go wrong with my twins and for a long pregnancy.
And, without further ado... pics of the babies' bump.

Almost 22 weeks- Monday, February 25, 2008.

23 weeks today - Wednesday, March 5, 2008.

I feel smaller this week than the past few, but I think that the twins have moved up lengthwise to fill the space between my ribs and torso instead of going straight out the front as they were before. I am at 27 cms for fundal height and the babies heartbeats are 150 and 160.

Mennonite cravings

So life has been moving along as per usual. I have been tired, so trying to get more naps and exercise. I have a new Prenatal Yoga that I have been doing as well I went on a walk on one of the really nice days and we went to the zoo yesterday, so that was a bit of walking. I said to DH that I have already started waddling...yikes! Its insane how your body goes so easily back into the stretched out place it remembers from the last time. Hopefully it'll make labour easier this time around - I really want to have these babies naturally so every bit helps, even though it makes life and walking harder for the next few months.
We are trying to figure out what life is going to look like for us once these babies are born. We are trying not to make too many major decisions and get ahead of ourselves.
Its funny with these two I have been craving the foods that I got more when I was younger, but did not necessarily make myself, especially since we have been married. Mennonite food mostly! Things like Farmers Sausage with mashed potatoes and schmot fat (not sure how to spell it, but cream gravy), and my grandmas homemade noodle soup. I actually made noodle soup the other day, but cheated and used a tetra pak of chicken stock and Catelli Fine Egg Noodles. It was good, but NOT the same as homemade stock and homemade noodles. I guess Ill have to bribe my sister to make noodles for me and actually cook an entire chicken and make stock. Now I just need to find someone to make verenika (dry cottage cheese perogies) for me!

Sticky Out Bellies

When I was pregnant with R, DH called my bump "the sticky out belly". It was cute and endearing and he would talk to R every day "Hello in there! This is your Daddy!" It helped that with R we saw him for the first time at 11 weeks, as I was having some minor troubles and they wanted to make sure all was alright with him. And of course DH fell in love with him the minute we saw him waving at us and dancing around my womb.
With this pregnancy, everything in our lives are a bit busier and we have R to care for, have been trying to get our basement finished and it has seemed a bit more unreal. DH still talks to the bump, which of course is considerably bigger (you will see in a minute) and the ultrasound that was supposed to make everything real, made the fact that there were two in there a little surreal. In fact, both of us have commented on how little we were looking at the screen during the ultrasound, just because we were trying to digest it all. The twins have heard Daddy's voice a lot in the past two weeks though. "Hey you in there! Hey you over here!" It's been fun to see. R even talked at my belly this morning when I was getting him out of his chair at breakfast. He is so funny!
It's interesting, more this time around I have been noticing how when you are pregnant, your belly seems to not be a part of you. It is the baby - you rub it and pat it - subconsciously trying to protect it from the world and life and any harm. I am much more detached from it - in the sense that when I think about how huge my belly is now, compared to what I was with R, I am OK with that as it is the twins, not me. I am lucky that I tend to not gain weight other than in my stomach and baby weight at this point in my pregnancies, so that is another good thing. Since we found out it is twins, DH has been commenting on how big I am and am going to be - we just don't deny it anymore! :) So here we are, the big picture.

Me at almost 21 weeks with R - June 8, 2005.

Me at almost 21 weeks with the twins - February 18, 2008.
Yeah - I told you there was a big difference! Let's face it, I am going to be a house! We are going to try to get photos every week, as the belly seems to grow almost daily, let alone weekly. Should be interesting to see the progression. Stay tuned!

I had a feeling...

I've been asked if I was totally shocked that we were having twins. I wasn't. I kind of suspected that this pregnancy was a twin one and have been trying to convince myself otherwise for about a month now. For one thing, I started showing at 2 months and while most women show earlier with their second pregnancy as their bodies know exactly what to do, I am considerably larger than what I thought other people I knew were on their second pregnancy. I was into maternity jeans in the middleish of December and when we got to tell people at 13 weeks I was so relieved that I didn't have to try to hide it anymore. Now that they know I am carrying twins, there have been a number of people who have said that they thought I was a little large for where I was at in the pregnancy. No kidding! :) My friend, A is three weeks ahead of me and MUCH smaller!
I also felt a lot of movement. Again people kept saying - DH, my parents, my Mom's group ladies - that you obviously know what it feels like the second time and therefore can feel more movement. But I was feeling movement (little ones) on both sides of my stomach at once. Not really a possibility for one little bitty baby.
I started to think that maybe I was off in my dates and was in fact a month farther along than I thought and had had a cycle for the first month, though I was in fact pregnant during it. Could explain the size and more movement than usual. So when she said that there was two babies in there, I was surprised, but not totally surprised. I kept telling DH in the ultrasound "I told you so." To which he would reply, "I thought you were joking!" Not so much.
I went for my 20 week appointment today - they had the results from the ultrasound and everything looks good with both babies - all said normal all the way down the list. There is one placenta, they are monochorionic (one outer sac) and diamnionic (two amniotic sacs) - therefore they are identical! Cool! No we don't know the sex of the babies - and don't ask when/if we do find out or try to guess because I hate lying to people and you will be forcing me to, 'kay? They also did all the measurements as usual - I have had a total weight gain of 6 lbs so far, which they said is normal. The fundal height is 25 cm, compared to my last appt at 16 weeks of 17 cms. I told you I was big! The rule of thumb is 1 cm per week of gestation so most ladies even though they might look bigger only have an average fundal height of 20 cm at this point. DH says we gotta start getting pictures because I am going to be as big as a house! If people comment though I just say that we are having twins and it is allowed. Oh, the babies heartrates were 154 and 145 beats, at the ultrasound they were 145 and 134, so they fluctuate all over the place - apparently normal as well.
When we get that picture taken I will put it on here and you can see for yourself!

Surprises

Please watch the video and then read the post - don't worry, it's not too long!


On Wednesday we went for our first ultrasound. A bit later than most people's which are at 18 weeks - ours was at 19 weeks - and many people are having an 11 week ultrasound these days, though they are done along with blood tests to check for markers for Down's Syndrome. We decided that we didn't want this early ultrasound as if there was anything wrong we wouldn't do anything with the baby anyway and the chances of a false positive are high and who needs unneccessary worry for the remaining 6 months or more of your pregnancy. All this to say that we had not yet had an ultrasound.
So I went in for the u/s and the technician asked if it was my first one with this pregnancy and I said yes. We got all ready and she put the wand on my tummy and within the first 30 seconds said "You really should have had an early ultrasound."
"Why?"
"Because there are two in there."
"WHAT!?!?!"
And she proceeded to turn the screen towards me and show me that, yes, there were two little heads and bodies there!

WE'RE HAVING TWINS, PEOPLES!

Two babies, dos bebes, deux bebes... it's exhilarating and scary any way you say it. We are feeling so blessed by this, yet all the things that you have to think about with one - the swing, the car seat, a stroller, etc. - are doubled when you are having two. As well as the fact that my new-to-me Subaru (which I love, have I said that lately? :) will have to be sold to get a minivan as there is no conceivable way that three carseats will fit across in the Outback. That is a must before the beginning of June. We also have to think about how long our house will work for us - we only have two bedrooms - R's and ours - which will work for the first while, but not in the long run.

On the other hand, we are pumped. I will be getting my three kids, which I always wanted. DH has always said we will take them one at a time, but boy, God had other plans! :) So I am back on track with my goals. (Ha, ha!) The great thing will be that we will have no middle child, really. It will be R and the twins. We do not know what they are, so don't ask, and if we do ever find out I will not be telling before they are born anyway. We are so excited about the joy that they are going to bring to us, tripling the love, laughter and love that we already have in our home and our family.

I will be moved from the Low Risk Maternity Care office that I have been going to, to an obstetrician who specializes in twins most likely. I am excited about this as well, as I will have all my care from one practitioner and he will deliver my babies as well. More personal - yeah for me! - I have been a little envious of the care that my friend has been getting with her midwife and now God has taken care of that as well. We would have gone with a midwife if we could have afforded it. And I couldn't go with a midwife now with a high risk pregnancy, so God took care of that too. He is good and there are so many things to be thankful for. Oh, and according to the doctor at LRM that I talked to the OB that they are referring me to (which I don't know if he will take me on yet, so please pray about that for me!) is Dr. Stephen Wood and two of my friends, one who was a delivery nurse in L & D with him and the other who worked in records at the hospital said he is so nice. In fact, C said that he is the nicest OB she knew from there. Another blessing. God is good, that's all I have to say!

To finish off, I will leave you with some pictures of our little people. The radiology office that we were at has 4D and you can get video, so we did. We won't with all our ultrasounds - apparently they do one a month with twins - but we did with this one. I guess we will be finding out all about twins over the next years...

My name is RLE and I am a...

...closet McDonald's eater. It is sad the things that you do or food that you eat when you are pregnant. I am normally a person who is vehemently against McDonalds... the only time that I will go there is when we are with someone else and I do not have a choice as it would be inconvenient for everyone. Except every once in awhile I will crave a chocolate milkshake, which once I have I don't really enjoy all that much and I feel shame that I went out and got it.
This pregnancy I have gone to McD's twice. Once after a Tupperware rally - I was driving right past it on 34th Street and just had to turn in and get a milkshake and fries - which were totally over salted, but I was so hungry I ate them anyway. The other time was yesterday and I subjected R to it too. I feel so ashamed. We were at Costco and I was going to get something there and then realised that they only took cash or Costco cash card. I had already told R that we would be getting food and he had been so good and was a little upset about me not keeping my word. I told him we would at WalMart - which was our next stop. So, we did. Every time I eat McD's I think "Why am I eating this? It's gross! Really gross." And I sat there and choked down my over salted fries, which R wouldn't touch - smart boy! - because the Mennonite in me kept saying I paid for it, so I should eat it. I debated about going back to the till and asking for fries that had no salt, but it would've been a hassle with R and our stuff, so I refrained.
I really got to stop going there though - I think I need a support group - a sponsor of sorts (sorry, DH, I don't think it would work to have you, I would just get defiant and say the baby wants it and then it wouldn't be that pretty!) to talk me through this awful craving. Because I regret it every time. Isn't the definition of crazy something like doing the same thing over expecting different results? Yeah, I am a crazy McD eating pregnant lady.

Justification

I just read the comment that Mark left on my post about baby brain and apparently there has been studies about memory loss in pregnant women and there is some solid proof. Check it out here if you want.
I finally feel OK about being SO scatterbrained! Thanks Mark!

Does baby brain extend this far?

I don't know if any other ladies have experienced this when they were pregnant, but I just walked down the stairs with R and looked down at my belly and thought "Oh my goodness, I'm pregnant! Right!"