Happy 32 weeks, babies!!

How appropriate, this week babies are each the size of a squash.



Happy Thanksgiving, babies!! They are 3 3/4 lbs each and 16.7 inches long.  That is 7 1/2 lbs of baby - officially more baby than I was when I was born (of course, I was just ONE baby).

This is one of those lucky weeks when baby center has a picture of in utero twins. Let's compare:





Normally I would say "look at all that room that spoiled single baby has" but frankly, looks like everyone is all shoved in tight now.  Pebbles and Bambam seem to be looking for more room as they keep really pushing outwards at every opportunity. Kind of making life pretty uncomfortable for mom.

This week, again, the babies are basically real humans and just getting bigger and fatter. More fat than length though now - they will only grow a few more inches before they are born, but will put on half a pound each every week until delivery. In 3 more weeks their lungs should be ready for the outside world.

I've bargained with myself to go 5 more weeks - that gets us into 2014 and to 37 weeks, a nice safe time to deliver.  They will be over 6 lbs each and will have crossed the lung milestone. Can one decide this? I don't know, many things in life are mind over matter.  But I am pretty miserable and having a mental deadline seems to help. And will hopefully get us past the Dec 20 - 30 window we do not want to fall into!!

Hump Day - 32 weeks

Just a quick one today, hitting 32 weeks tomorrow:

32 weeks!

Its a very quiet casual day in our office, so dressed down and pony tailing it - seriously there will be 3 people at the office so there was really no need at all to dress up!!

Front shot!

Kind of walking ok - once I get going. But going from sitting to standing causes some pain, but a few steps in we are doing ok.

Mommy is ready!

I wish I had a crystal ball to know whether we will be drinking this on New Year's eve, or whether we will be drinking it a few days later? And I thought not knowing the genders was hard!!!

An adorable comparison my cousin put together - her with her twins at 30 weeks about 4 months ago, and me at 30 weeks 2 weeks ago! Our twins will be about 4 months apart! I love the caption "Twinning it" ha!!

And, random, an adorable couple I just saw on the street on
my way to work - holding hands and out for a stroll!

Have a safe and happy American Thanksgiving everyone!! Really looking forward to some stuffing and gravy, and some feet up on the couch time! Will update tomorrow on the nuggs at 32 weeks :) Can't wait to see what size of obscure vegetable they are... (hah!)

Dr. Appointment at almost 32 weeks

We saw the OB today and here is the low down:

Both babies look good. A looks fine even though he/she does not move too much during the day. You will see in the video, their little hands are right under my belly button, and they have some strong hands! They like to push out around there with their hands while pushing their heads out on both sides. Its the most fun activity ever when you are stuck in small quarters in a uterus.

I am actually just shy of 32 weeks, but measuring 38. Rock. Star. Average twin pregnancy measures 8 weeks ahead, so 6 weeks is not bad. I would be concerned if the babies are small, but they are not. They are a nice average size and growing well.

Things we are looking forward to: I start weekly OB appointments now, so we are going to the dr again next Tuesday (almost 33 weeks). Starting at 34 weeks, we will have NSTs twice a week (Non-Stress Tests - they make sure the babies are in no stress. This involves me going to the hospital and being hooked up to monitors for about an hour to see how the nuggs are doing). At 35 weeks we get another growth scan with our specialist. AND, my OB thinks we will be delivering around 36 weeks. That is his best guess. I am holding out for 37 and getting into the new year. We can do this, little guys!!!

And with no further delay:

Maternity Photo Shoot!

These speak for themselves - we just got back about 100 shots and these are my favorite. They were taken on November 16 at Santa Monica Pier as the sun was setting. It had been raining all day in Burbank but thankfully the weather was good to us at the beach, which is a huge turn of events. 

Thought I would share! Enjoy!

(and if you want to order any prints, let me know!) 

Belly Button

My belly button is still an innie. Last night though, as we were watching A do some crazy ass stuff, James mentioned it looked close to being gone or an outtie. After investigating, I said I hoped it lasted at least 6 more weeks, and he burst into laughter and responded that I would be lucky if it lasts 6 more days!

:(

And we built this last night:

We now have a dedicated changing table!

31 weeks, babies!

Hey babies! You are 31 weeks now. One of you is the size of a pineapple, and the other one is the size of a coconut, so let's make some pina coladas!!

Babycenter has the babies each measuring over 16 inches long, weighing 3 1/3 lbs, about the size of a coconut. The Bump has these little guys each measuring 15.2 - 16.7 inches long and weighing 2.5 - 3.8 lbs, about the size of a pineapple. If you plug in our measurements from last week, Babycenter is the more accurate of the two sites. In summary: there is almost 7 lbs of baby in there, which is basically full term. :|

There is really nothing new to report about the babies - they are simply just adding baby fat and growing. Otherwise, they are totally normal mini humans with hair, nails, lashes, hiccups, working lungs, bladders and stomachs, that just happen to LIVE INSIDE MY BODY. (gross)

Baby B was giving me a hard time yesterday living under my right ribs, and someone told me to use ice to get him/her to move - and it worked!! After a few minutes, he/she was out of there and I was comfortable again!

We went on the hospital tour last night - most of it was not helpful, but we did get to see where everything was, and figure out where we are going when we get there. The pre-c section rooms and husband waiting chair were really depressing, and I can't handle the fact that I don't get to hold my babies the minute they are born - best case scenario I will get to do that about 20 minutes after they are born, and worst case, if they need NICU time, who knows. Though now that we are getting closer to the 34 week mark, NICU time will be less of a given, which is a relief!

Next OB appointment is next week, but these are getting so boring: weigh in, pee in cup, check blood pressure and heart beats, then off we go.

Hump Day = Bump day! Episode 31

31 weeks tomorrow. Thankfully, this has been a good week - the sciatic pain has not returned, though it did seem one night that it might, it was gone by morning. Sleeping, more specifically, getting comfortable while sleeping, has been very hard. My hip starts to hurt if I lay on one side too long, so I have to turn over a lot, which is not the easiest thing lately - its like my stomach doesn't flip with the rest of me, but follows a bit behind.

The Star Trek top. Did I wear this same top last week? Good grief.
No, just checked, wore it two weeks ago. Still! 

Side view

Side - 31 weeks

The worst worst symptom right now is heart burn. I was up all night the other night not even able to deal with the heart burn and acid reflux, and this is WITH my prescription medication.  I propped up all of my pillows and tried to sleep in a sitting position but it just didn't work. I think that night was bad because I had a second helping of ice cream right before bed, so I am trying to stop eating a few hours before bed time. Because the babies are crowding my body, I feel like I've had gastric bypass - I can't eat more than a small serving of food at a time. Even though I want to eat ALL THE FOOD!!!  Likely thanks to this horrible diet, I am holding steady at 40ish lbs gained. Hopefully this is not affecting the babies' growth.

Last night I had a good night of sleep following the eat less before bed plan, and also because I cheated and took a Benedryl (pregnancy safe, but my doctor does not like his patients taking sleep aids). Oh man though, it was heavenly to get such a good night of sleep!!! I woke up a few times to head to the rest room, but otherwise, slept so well.