Classic example:
Last semester of college, accepted a job offer, grades literally don't matter. YET, you still have to finish and graduate. Aaron is living this to a T, poor guy. On that note, we are moving to Arkansas! Aaron got a job and it's all official starting in January. While that is cool and exciting, it's gonna be crazy. That's all.
32 weeks.
I went to a doctor's appointment this week and the doctor said I am measuring about full term for a singleton pregnancy. It's like I'm done and my body agrees, but it's not quite over. These babies need to bake longer anyway, so hopefully my body listens to their timer, not mine. Oh but do I feel done.
Last semester of college, accepted a job offer, grades literally don't matter. YET, you still have to finish and graduate. Aaron is living this to a T, poor guy. On that note, we are moving to Arkansas! Aaron got a job and it's all official starting in January. While that is cool and exciting, it's gonna be crazy. That's all.
32 weeks.
I went to a doctor's appointment this week and the doctor said I am measuring about full term for a singleton pregnancy. It's like I'm done and my body agrees, but it's not quite over. These babies need to bake longer anyway, so hopefully my body listens to their timer, not mine. Oh but do I feel done.
I am basically carrying high and low at the same time, because my babies are on top of each other. Fortunately baby A is still head down (she went breech for a couple of weeks and freaked me out). Where is baby B you ask? The little darling is lying horizontally directly on my ribs.
We had the sweetest tech do the growth ultrasound last week and she just couldn't get over their crazy positions and kept asking me if I was okay. Well that explains why I can't breathe sometimes! Baby A is curled into a sideways C, directly below her sister. This explains why the kicks I feel are on the sides of my belly. Also, my belly really isn't that huge, and it's because my uterus has been growing up. I'm definitely out of room though, so I’m just waiting for a serious belly explosion.
At the ultrasound, both babies were measuring about four and a half pounds! Baby A is a little bigger, by five ounces, and she's at the 60th percentile, Baby B is at the 50th. This is fantastic news! Once again the ultrasound tech just could not get over it. She was so excited she gave me a bunch of little glue-on bows. :)
The size doesn't surprise me because both Aaron and I were 8+ pound babies full term. It also shows there aren't any issues with amniotic fluid availability, placenta, or cord restriction. We are so lucky to be doing so well! I know many other people have more to deal with - multiple and singleton pregnancies.
32 week ultrasound pictures...
We had the sweetest tech do the growth ultrasound last week and she just couldn't get over their crazy positions and kept asking me if I was okay. Well that explains why I can't breathe sometimes! Baby A is curled into a sideways C, directly below her sister. This explains why the kicks I feel are on the sides of my belly. Also, my belly really isn't that huge, and it's because my uterus has been growing up. I'm definitely out of room though, so I’m just waiting for a serious belly explosion.
At the ultrasound, both babies were measuring about four and a half pounds! Baby A is a little bigger, by five ounces, and she's at the 60th percentile, Baby B is at the 50th. This is fantastic news! Once again the ultrasound tech just could not get over it. She was so excited she gave me a bunch of little glue-on bows. :)
The size doesn't surprise me because both Aaron and I were 8+ pound babies full term. It also shows there aren't any issues with amniotic fluid availability, placenta, or cord restriction. We are so lucky to be doing so well! I know many other people have more to deal with - multiple and singleton pregnancies.
32 week ultrasound pictures...
What is most incredible to me is the ability of humans to adapt (including this human). Every week I think to myself, okay, I've really hit the point where this is just miserable. I can't possibly go much further. I can't possibly carry these babies much longer. But then a week passes, and another, and then four weeks. Then I look back and think, look how little I was! Or, okay, NOW I'm REALLY done. It definitely reminds me of times in school and my internship when I just had to take life day by day until I reached the finish line. But honestly the hard times are the best times because they make for the best stories. :)
Every week does get harder though, I now take a bath every single night (something I never did before). If I don't, I can't fall asleep. I sleep on a mountain of pillows so I can breathe (remember baby on the ribs). My body now always feels like I just ran a marathon, and that pubic symphysis pain just doesn't go away. BUT, I LOVE feeling the girls kick, they are getting so powerful! Knowing they need me so much right now and that they are growing stronger every day, and knowing that I am making that happen is participating in a daily miracle.
28 week ultrasound pictures...
Every week does get harder though, I now take a bath every single night (something I never did before). If I don't, I can't fall asleep. I sleep on a mountain of pillows so I can breathe (remember baby on the ribs). My body now always feels like I just ran a marathon, and that pubic symphysis pain just doesn't go away. BUT, I LOVE feeling the girls kick, they are getting so powerful! Knowing they need me so much right now and that they are growing stronger every day, and knowing that I am making that happen is participating in a daily miracle.
28 week ultrasound pictures...
Here's a story:
At 28 weeks I got sick with a cold. Aaron had it too and was better in 2 days. I was out for a week and still recovering 3 weeks later. Just proof that my body is working overtime. Anyway, that week I started having contractions, and a lot of them! I of course freaked out about preterm labor and when I should go to the hospital, etc. I called and talked to a nurse when they were 15-20 minutes apart for a few hours and she told me to come in to the OB office in the morning if that continued the rest of the evening/night. But, if they got hard and fast go straight to Labor and Delivery without hesitation. Well, they stopped, so I didn't go in, and it's been four weeks and I haven't gone into labor. Though I am having contractions every hour on average.
My doctor basically said, since your uterus is the size of being close to delivery, it's going to act like it is close to delivery. Having contractions means my body is getting ready, and it will be "soon" but no one really knows what that means.
After getting totally frustrated at the nonchalant attitude of my doctor and everyone I talked to (aren't contractions a big deal???), I realized something. When I do go into labor, I will know. I'm the one in my body and I don't need a doctor to tell me what I'm feeling (and it's not like he or she could answer that question! Also, what will they even do at the hospital? Bed rest, fluids, and possibly medications to stop contractions. If I can do those things at home and successfully stop or slow down the contractions myself, then I have successfully accomplished what would happen at the hospital on my own, for free. Cool. I still wonder every day when I'm having a little more contractions than usual, could this be it??? But so far they've always stopped and I no longer freak out.
At 28 weeks I got sick with a cold. Aaron had it too and was better in 2 days. I was out for a week and still recovering 3 weeks later. Just proof that my body is working overtime. Anyway, that week I started having contractions, and a lot of them! I of course freaked out about preterm labor and when I should go to the hospital, etc. I called and talked to a nurse when they were 15-20 minutes apart for a few hours and she told me to come in to the OB office in the morning if that continued the rest of the evening/night. But, if they got hard and fast go straight to Labor and Delivery without hesitation. Well, they stopped, so I didn't go in, and it's been four weeks and I haven't gone into labor. Though I am having contractions every hour on average.
My doctor basically said, since your uterus is the size of being close to delivery, it's going to act like it is close to delivery. Having contractions means my body is getting ready, and it will be "soon" but no one really knows what that means.
After getting totally frustrated at the nonchalant attitude of my doctor and everyone I talked to (aren't contractions a big deal???), I realized something. When I do go into labor, I will know. I'm the one in my body and I don't need a doctor to tell me what I'm feeling (and it's not like he or she could answer that question! Also, what will they even do at the hospital? Bed rest, fluids, and possibly medications to stop contractions. If I can do those things at home and successfully stop or slow down the contractions myself, then I have successfully accomplished what would happen at the hospital on my own, for free. Cool. I still wonder every day when I'm having a little more contractions than usual, could this be it??? But so far they've always stopped and I no longer freak out.
Belly Update:
Well, keep on keeping on. You'll make it. :)
Love,
Lauresa
Love,
Lauresa