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.

Oh crap

The vomiting has returned. I have heard this happen to some women in their 3rd trimester. Two days in a row now after lunch. I am keeping my fingers crossed this is a fluke.

Does labor hurt as much as...

At our birthing class there was one dad to be that was trying to compare labor pain to the pain he encountered after back surgery. I have never been in labor, but I know women do not talk about it, so it cannot be good. Frankly, I do not want to know in advance, it will just freak me out. The dad to be pushed the questions further asking "Is labor like an 8 on the typical 1 to 10 pain scale?" One woman who had previously given birth said it was about a 20. Finally the dad to be shut up! Afterwards I told Neal how thankful I am that he is not like this. Not once has he said "suck it up, I have had multiple abdominal surgeries including 2 kidney transplants". Or "I felt worse than you when I was on dialysis". Never has he tried to compare my upcoming pain to his. I feel bad for that mom to be that is married to a douche bag!

Tar Poop

Another lesson learned at birthing class.... Apparently the first few days of your beautiful child's life, their poop is similar to tar. Perhaps this is another thing we would rather not know. Neal and I are already fighting over who will change the tar poop diapers. I have full confidence Neal can do it.




In case he cannot, the alternate plan is for him to leave the room and me to hit the nurse button and claim I am in too much pain to get up to change the diaper. That is of course if my mommy is not in the room. I know she will do it!

31 weeks

It feels like time is moving slow. I have had a good week. Feeling good. Some nights it is difficult sleeping and I certainly use the bathroom a lot. My swelling has been under control. My pregnancy brain is totally useless. Some days the babies move more than others. Our boy definitely moves more than our girl. I am curious to see if this is reflective in their actions when they are actually here. Things are pretty much set up in the house and ready to go. Ryan and Leslie have let us borrow a lot of Connor's things, which will really help us out. I cannot wait to meet the babies. I have had a couple of offers from friends to help me after the babies are born and I intend to take them up on it. Every book I have read says do not take turn away help. Especially good help. We have no idea what we are in for!



Neal got to feel some good kicks yesterday. His face is priceless. I have read of women that get sick of the babies moving, but I don't know how. I wish they would move all the time. It is amazing to feel. Sometimes I just lay on the couch and watch my belly. Our son still gets the hiccups a couple of times a week. They are kicking me as I write this. I am guessing they are cramped and ready to come out....it is just a little too early for that!