Gotcha!

Man did I get Neal good last night. We just got home and he was doing something in the garage. I walked out and told him my water broke. He immediately looked down and looked up at me with the most priceless face. He said I almost gave him a heart attack. I am still smiling thinking about it! I have been holding this prank out for days. Unfortunately it did not go on long because when he looked down, I started laughing. At least he did not yell at me for bad timing with his work schedule!

I am now measuring about 46 weeks pregnant!

I should be more angry, pissed and uncomfortable, shouldn't I? Perhaps it has to do with wanting to be pregnant for 3.5 years.

Change in Birthday

Well, the babies will be born 7/7 instead of 7/6. My OBGYN, who I have not been happy with prior to this, never scheduled my c-section. Good thing I asked. They did not even have the you know what to call me and tell me they screwed it up, I had to call them. What if I would have asked next week and they said the surgery would have to wait another week! Oh well, not a big deal for me, but for my family that has already scheduled their time off. So 7/7/09 unless something happens before then. The only thing I can forsee happening is my feet and ankles exploding, otherwise, I don't think these babies are planning an exit anytime soon. I am pretty sure if the doctor let them, they would take up a permenant residence in my stomach. I am glad that Neal could get a laugh out of this!

I guess I will take it as one more day of ok sleep and selfishness. One more day of Beverly Hills and Bold and the Beautiful. One more day of laying around. One more day of having my breasts to myself. One more day Neal can rub my feet. One more day I can give Neal a list of things to do. One more day to go out and enjoy lunch. One more day of feeling my babies kicking inside of my belly. One more day of wondering what my new life will be like.

37 weeks

I had another doctor appointment today. Nothing eventful. I had to do a fun test for type B strep or something like that. It was not that fun. Heartrates are looking good. It seems as though my doctor let my c-section fall through the cracks. I think they forgot to schedule it. Hopefully they can get it scheduled for the 6th. They are going to get one hell of a letter from me after the babies are born. I don't want to send anything to them now, before they cut me open. Here is my picture. I am ginormous. I also posted my shrek foot. I know, it is gross. I work from home tomorrow, so it should look a little better.






One more appointment next Monday and then the c-section on the 6th, unless I go into labor before then. So far I have not had one contraction, unless they are completely painless, which I highly doubt! I am not that tough. Overall I feel good. I am not sleeping the greatest and have to go to the bathroom 1,000 a day, but I think that is pretty common.

We got a little baby practice this weekend with the Whitney's baby. Neal is going to be a great dad. Fortunately Nathan is a really good baby.

36.4 Ultrasound

Everything is looking good. The babies are still running small. Our boy is 5 pounds 1 ounce and our girl is 5 pounds 8 ounces. Hopefully they will both be over 6 pounds by the time I deliver. 16 days and counting. Our boy is in the 10th - 25th percentile and our girl is in the 25th percentile. Our girls heartrate was 130 ande our boys was 150. Our girl had her butt in our boys face. Poor guy keeps getting bullied. This week the weather is going to be mid eighties and humid. Lucky me! The humidity really causes my feet to swell bad, so I usually just stay inside. My sister has started calling my feet Shrek feet. Too bad it is not halloween. I am measuring 47 inches around and up about 42 pounds. The last couple of weeks I have been more hungry than before. I just hope the babies are sucking up everything I am eating.

An unusual question

Perhaps I am too open and people really do feel they can ask me anything.....


Do they both work at the same time?

My answer - Yes they can.




Of course I intend to talk on my phone, sit on the floor and pump.

19 days to go. I am measuring 44 weeks for a singleton. Weight gain still at 40 pounds. Not sure how that has not increased since my appetite sure has. Ultrasound on Friday.

The Woman's Code

No one talks about it. It is simply known or perhaps it is mother nature. All women that have been pregnant and I am assuming who have been through labor know it. Perhaps I will actually get a manual before I leave the hospital. You don't tell your newly pregnant or trying to get pregnant friends the truth about pregnancy and labor. You only speak of the good. Instead of saying it hurt worst than anything you could imagine, you say, I would do it all over again or my baby made me forget the pain. One acquaintance has not read the code book. Perhaps I should give her mine. Heck even Neal knows better than to talk in detail about his surgeries. Oh well, I know what is coming is not going to be fun, but still would rather go into it without any knowledge or expectations. If only the docs could find another way to get your babies out.

There are some groups of woman out there who are in the minority that love pregnancy. I am more in the middle. It is absolutely amazing that you can grow a human inside your body, but it does take over your body. I of course am enjoying the second half of my pregnancy much better since I am not throwing up constantly. Without getting sick, I would say I am close to being in that minority. And now that I am 20 days from the end I am soaking in every kick I can. I even snapped at Neal for trying to touch my belly and hog a kick. We have wanted this for many years and are so happy to finally have the chance to have a family.