After 33 weeks

My appetite has resurfaced. Man have I missed her! It is great to actually enjoy eating again. I have not dove into red meat yet, but I think I safely could. I redefined Olive Garden's unlimited salad and bread sticks last night. I think Neal actually got sick watching me. Perhaps the babies have dropped...although it sure does not feel like it. When we first got seated, I was a little nervous. They put us at a booth and I was not sure I would fit. I did, with about a half inch to spare. By the time I was done, that half inch turned in to nothing. I actually ate myself a half inch rounder! The babies kicked around like crazy at the start of the meal, but by the middle nothing. Oh no, did I eat my babies to death? About an hour after getting home they were moving around like crazy. Neal and I just sat on the couch and stared at my belly. It appears as though our little girl likes to hit her head on things, similar to the little kid in Parenthood. I have gained just over 30 pounds and have a feeling I will be gaining quite a bit more if my appetite continues. I figure now is the time in my life to just go for it and enjoy it!

I am already starting to miss being pregnant. Ok, it is not all fun, but I am really going to miss feeling the babies kick. Neal was feeling them the other day and even said that it must be the most amazing feeling and he was right, it is. I feel bad that he cannot experience that part of pregnancy. Our boy continues to have hiccups on a daily basis. I packed my hospital bag last night, so I am officially ready to go. Next appointment is on Monday, it should be a boring and uneventful one.

Duh

I should never have said I was sleeping good, I only got about an hour and a half last night.

33 weeks

Things are going good. The heat is the worst thing right now. Saturday was a long day in the sun and I was not a happy camper. I am much better now, sitting in air conditioning with a fan blowing on me. My feet hurt at the end of the day. I am guessing that is due to the 30 pound belly I am carrying around. I am measuring 44.5 inches around and about 42 weeks pregnant if I was having a singleton. The vomiting has stopped, thank god! My body is craving healthy food. I hope this continues after the babies are born. Somehow I am still sleeping ok. On my worst night I still get 5 hours. I think our girl made an attempt to flip the other day. I am not sure yet if she made it or not.




Neal finally experienced the typical conversation I have with strangers. Funny how when you are really pregnant strangers suddenly want to talk to you. Every conversation goes the same.

Stranger: When are you due?
Me: July 12th
Stranger (surprised expression): Do you know what you are having?
Me: A boy and a girl
Stranger (now nodding head smiling): That makes more sense.

Basically, I look like I should be popping any day now! Docs continue to say I will not make it, but I sure do not feel any signs I am going to deliver anytime soon. Anyways, I am figuring it is easier with the babies in my belly then when they come out. Now I have to wake up 10 times a night to go to the bathroom, but that only takes a couple of minutes. When the babies are here, I am guessing I will be saying the sleep I get only takes a couple of minutes.

The last thing we had to do was get the car seats installed and inspected. We checked that off of our list on Saturday. Now we are just waiting for the babies to arrive. C-section scheduled in 6 weeks.

Relief

Both babies are fine. Doctor must have done some bad measurements. Our baby boy weighed 3 pounds 13 ounces with a heart rate of 160 and our girl is 3 pounds 15 ounces with a heart rate of 147. Both are in the 25th - 50th percentile for a singleton. I am going to try to make sure I go to the high risk doctors for all future growth scans. There may only be a few left. It looks like our boy was resting his feet on our girls head! No wonder I felt so much action on the top of my belly this morning. Our boy ran a marathon last night from about 4-5am. I am guessing he will be sleeping the rest of the day. I am glad we can enjoy the long weekend now!

Finally a compassionate nurse!

My OBGYN took two days to get an appointment with the high risk doctor. In my world two days felt like a life time! I am pretty sure between Neal and I we drove the lady crazy. I think she only works 2 hours a day and hardly works when she is there. Anyways, they could not get me in until next Thursday. I called the high risk doctor and told her my story and simply asked if she could ease my fears. The nurse was very kind and said she would gather all of the facts, talk to the docs and give me an opinion. Apparently the only way they were comfortable was to see me and do another ultrasound. After talking to the docs, they managed to squeeze me in tomorrow at 8am. I am so happy about this. I was ok the first couple of days, but last night I started losing sleep and kept thinking I have 7 more days to wait! I am constantly analyzing every movement and kick, wondering when another will come and trying to figure out who I am feeling. Luckily our little guy has had hiccups the last two mornings and I am 100% positive it is him! It sounds as though they will be monitoring me weekly going forward. Worrying.... I am going to have to find a way to control this as I am sure it only gets worse when the little ones are out in the world, physically detached from their mommy. Reading this makes me realize how crazy I am. I even contemplated deleting the entry. Oh well, I cannot hide who I am. Feel free to look at me and say to yourself or out loud, she is crazy, I know I am!



This is the craziest picture I could find...Neal changing Connor's diaper...now that is crazy!

32 weeks

Luckily I have not gotten sick anymore. Hopefully it was just a 2 day fluke. Today I had a growth ultrasound. The ultrasound machine at my gynecologist sucks. Our son is measuring a little small, well actually his head is measuring fine and his stomach and femur are measring about 3 weeks behind. For a singleton he is in the 5th percentile and for twins he is in the 15-20th percentile. Neal is saying he has a big brain, I am sure of that, he is my kid afterall. The doc is scheduling us back at the high risk doctors for another ultrasound to check the blood flow and fluid levels. Hopefully it was just a bad measurement. My cervix is still holding up fine. I am being scheduled for a c-section at 39 weeks. He would not budge on that at all. This actually puts me after the fourth of July. This doc said he assumes I will go into labor before that. I am not yet convinced of this. I have not had any contractions yet. Our boy is weighing 3 pounds 7 ounces and our girl is weighing 4 pounds. Poor guy is going to be bullied by his younger, bigger sister. My belly is now 44 inches around. My weight is up about 30 pounds.