05/03/11
I went to the doctor today, in hopes of hearing news of a time to delivery these boys. No such luck. They are "cooking" away and perfectly content staying inside Mommy. Both heartbeats are great, their movements are strong, and very consistent. I'm not dilated at all, and have very few weak contractions. The doctor says that it will take stronger, more consistent contractions to cause any dilation or to cause my water to break. Both boys have plenty of fluid and are growing like weeds. My doctor keeps talking about making it to 35 weeks, which according to him is in two weeks. He didn't come out and say "we'll induce at 35 weeks", but I'm hoping that I won't have to go longer than that! He said that at 35 weeks, there's an excellent possibility that the boys will be released from the hospital when I am. I have an ultrasound on Monday. They should be able to give another size measurement of the boys at that time. I'm assuming they'll be around five pounds each by that point. And now a picture (for those who can take it!)....
05/02/11
And yes, I do feel like I'm carrying a full load! At 33 weeks and five days I can honestly say that I'm READY to free up some space in my abdominal area. It's amazing how much these babies can grow in one week. My clothes are tighter and shorter, it's harder to get up/sit down, even more uncomfortable to lay down and sleep, more aches and pains in my back and legs, more trips to the bathroom (which I thought was completely impossible), and the most prominent problem.......indigestion. In the past I've had stomach problems, but never heart burn or reflux. I think I live off of Zantac right now. I think if I ate a piece of bread, I'd need some antacid! So life continues in pregnancyland. I have another appointment tomorrow with my doctor. I hope to make my strongest arguments to schedule a time for next week for these babies to be born. Wish me luck!!!!
Life has definitely not been normal lately. Between living 90% of the time with my parents, and about 10% at home when Kevin's home, I just go with the flow and take advantage of all of the wonderful help I'm getting. At first I thought I'd be at Mom and Dad's until I could go up and down the stairs at home, but soon realized that it's a lot easier to live at my parents so that my Mom can help with Natalie. There's no way I can keep up with her and her needs right now. I'm so lucky to have my Mom here and able to help me day and night. She's my chauffer, cook, housekeeper, nanny, but most importantly my mom. Not only does she do almost everything for me, most importantly she listens to my complaining, laughs with me, comforts me when I cry (somedays that can happen a lot!), and provides love and support. That's something that can be hard to come by from other people. I'm extemely blessed to have her supporting me right now.
As Kevin comes to the end of his big project at work, he's been working Fridays and more Saturdays, which only gives us one day a week to spend together. That has been very difficult not to have time before the boys come to spend together. We went out to dinner Friday night to celebrate our birthdays. It was so nice to be able to talk to each other one on one and just enjoy each other's company. Probably one of the last times that will happen for awhile!! Kevin says that this week will be his last busy week at work. So between Kevin's work slowing down and me being just down right uncomfortable, we're hoping that next week is the magical week!
More information to come!
