The year that was

2008

• Christmas Eve 2007 we find out John has got the job at Bankstown Ambulance Station!
  
  
• January & February 2008 we spend very hot in Bre. John still working as Station Manager, Bek working at the post office and the childcare centre. 2008 Rodeo:
  

March, we pack up our life in Bre. John hands over to a new paramedic, we have a small farewell with friends, removalists come. The day we leave we find a black snake burrow (with snake) in our garage. Hooray for moving.

• April, move to Sydney, live with Bek's parents for a week until our rented house available. Move into aforementioned house. John starts work at Bankstown, and Bek looks for a job. John's sister Linda, and Andrew, get married - yay!
  

May, go on weekend to Berry. Find an awesome church in Fairfield.

• June - September, Bek gets pregnant - woohoo! Find out there're twins in there, and Bek is in and out of hospital with hyperemesis.
  
• September, go on holiday to Gold Coast. Move house for the 5th time in 4 years. Bek goes on better anti-nausea drugs and can eat again.

October - December, John working, does Movember, Jack turns 3, Bek still sick but babies keep growing.

• Christmas 2008, lovely time with both families. Santa brings Jack lots of pressies...
  
  

Carrying Two

It seems it doesn't matter how many times you vomit, you just don't get used to it. Now almost 29 weeks, the hyperemesis hasn't stopped and I spent another morning spewing. I can't complain too much though, as the new anti-nausea tablets I'm on stop me from vomiting all day and have kept me out of hospital the last 2 months.

Despite a fairly unpleasant pregnancy, I've never felt more content. What an amazing thing to be able to carry a baby, and to be given two at once!! Now we're in the last bit of waiting - our babies will arrive (or be 'extracted') within the next 9 weeks. Still no sign of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, which is unlikely with two placentas anyway, so all is looking good for them. I've put on 13 kgs so far, and feel very heavy from all the belly, but thankfully most of that weight is baby and placenta.

They're very active babies, keeping me awake many nights. It's freakish but fun to see their movements from the outside, although sometimes I wouldn't be surprised to see an Alien limb burst out...