I will have to be honest, one of my first thoughts after finding out that I was having twins was that - "I'm about to get HUGE!! " I googled images of pregnant women with multiples and there are some pretty scary pics out there. Also, I read blogs that talked about how miserable it was to carry more than one baby and it scared the crap out of me.
Then... I started to think about the fact that I will have two babies to hold at the end of this journey and four sweet cheeks to kiss at night. So, I'm sure that a few months of pain, torture, weight gain, and ALL of the battle scars that will effect me afterward will be well worth it! God has blessed us with this gift of "two", and we will use His love and guidance to get through whatever lies ahead.
So, back to the being scared that I would turn into a hippo part....
First of all, I knew that I had to keep my life as normal as possible for as long as I could, so I kept up my normal workouts during my first trimester and ate as normally as I could due to nausea- on those days I pushed food down my throat. At first I didn't gain much weight, so then I tried to add as much protein as I could in a day (being that with twins you need a whopping 25 grams extra per day).
Some things that I ate in my first trimester to help me gain a little weight: Carnation Instant Breakfast, Boost, Cliff Bars, Luna Bars, Packs of Peanut Butter and Crackers, Breakfast packs of trail mix. I'm not going to lie.... as the first ten pounds moved up on the scale I started to worry....but knew that I had to gain weight for healthy babies. Even though I was trying to gain weight I kept up my regular excercise routine until around week 20. I also tried to do a lot of stretching. This is about the time that I started to "rock" a pretty good basketball for a baby bump. I knew that I probably shouldn't be jumping around so much, so I changed to Denise Austin's Fit and Firm Pregnancy. This is a very low impact cardio and toning work out. Even if you haven't worked out much before, I think that it's a great workout to do during pregnancy. Also, I just got the DVD- Prenatal Fitness Fix with Erin O'Brien. Can't wait to try it out!
I'm up about 15-20 pounds of the 35-45 pounds that Dr. Oz recommends. Over the past four weeks, I have tried to eat a healthy diet but have definetley gained my sweet tooth back and have had some major cravings.
My regular diet consists of : Breakfast-
English Muffin with honey, scrambled eggs, fruit and a large glass of ice water,
or Cereal with fruit, or Cliff Bar. Snack- Fruit or Peanut Butter and Crackers. Lunch-
Grilled Cheese with crackers or chips and some carrots or Peanut Butter and Jelly with crackers or chips and some carrots. Or, maybe go out to lunch with Lynn. :) Drinks- Tea, Diet Root Beer (no caffeine in RB), or Crystal Light (getting in H2O). Also, my Dr. told me that it was fine to have caffeine in moderation. So, I have a Diet Coke or Coffee occaisonally. Snacks -see above (I have a couple snacks throughout the afternoon. Dinner- Varies. After Dinner- berries with splenda and cool whip or ice cream or Blue Bell All Natural Fruit Bars- Yummo!
(regular diet adding around 300-500 calories a day for twins)
I think as long as you get enough calories in a day and drink plenty of water (I read that dehydration was a large part of preterm labor), you are doing your job without gaining too much weight. Also, I know that sodium intake is a huge problem, so I have been (sort of) trying to cut that down as much as possible. I have tried to stay away from fried foods, fast food, and too much sugar- which is really hard for me).
Everyone has asked me about cravings, and well yes, I crave all kinds of different things, partly because I'm hungry ALL of the time. One wierd craving has been twizzlers. When I was sick at the beginning, I ate them all of the time- probably not a good thing, but it got me through that horrible part of pregnancy.
However, today..... I'm dreaming of my Granny's Fried Peach Pies.... :)
Have a delicious day!
XXOO,
Krys
If you're not sure what you're looking at- this is each of their profiles. They moved during the entire ultrasound. The tech starting laughing and couldn't believe how they were beating each other up! They punched and kicked each other during the whole "study". They both way 1 lb and 10 oz. Wow! Can't believe they are almost 2 lbs! I gained a whopping 9 lbs in one month. 
If you're not sure what you're looking at- this is each of their profiles. They moved during the entire ultrasound. The tech starting laughing and couldn't believe how they were beating each other up! They punched and kicked each other during the whole "study". They both way 1 lb and 10 oz. Wow! Can't believe they are almost 2 lbs! I gained a whopping 9 lbs in one month. 
XXOO, 
