Why have I been missing in action?

I am busy growing a baby...oh yea...make that TWO!!!

And trying to still be super mom to my 4 year old. Loving wife. Nurse Practitioner. Daughter, friend...etc. Preparing for Disney vacation that I catch waaay too much flack about and preparing for the upcoming holiday seasons.

I have some AWESOME pictures of all that Laila has been up to and next time I can park in front of our home computer...you will see them.

for now..some bad iphone progression pics to show the growth of these two.

this was taken at 23 weeks 3 days after my last doctor's appointment by my good friend Heather(her iphone is newer than mine :)....yes I have bad...been fixed and not brushed all day hair . Baby A..measuring in at 1 lb 7 ounces. Baby B measuring in at 1 lb 5 ounces.



Here is this morning 25 weeks 1 day. Next visit is this Friday where we will have first fetal fibrinectin test and this determines whether I go to Disney or cry about not being able. I have good feelings that I will go and I have already rented my scooter- yes like a hover round.....but even better....Ha....'The Snap'!!!

I am growing at alarming rates these days and I get everything from....you are not big at all...to WOW you aren't going to make it until February. This time around. Doesn't bother me at all. It is what it is. Doc says I am doing fantastic and I have two healthy, growing, thriving babies. We will TAKE it!

Thats all for now!

Over the "Hump week"

Here I am ready for work at 20 weeks 6 days. (Yes I am aware that my hair must be highlighted ASAP. On the to dos for the week)



And for fun a side by side comparison of 19 weeks and '21 weeks'




I certainly feel like I have grown and I think that finally my size is showing more truly in pictures.

It is getting more and more difficult to carry these babies and I still have a long ways to go. I remember planning this pregnancy and planning for the difficult days that would likely come. And then finding out it was TWO...and it wasn't the pregnancy complications that first came to mind. It was the cost, the time, the how will we do it? questions that first day. And as I settled into this. I became increasingly more aware of just how difficult this pregnancy could be. With my history of preterm contractions. I knew it would come earlier, I knew I would have to be extra careful, I knew all of this. BUT living it and knowing and preparing are very different.

So just in case someone is reading that isn't my family.....know this. I am not complaining. I know this is God's plan for me. I knew that a second pregnancy was going to be just as challenging if not more, etc...

but of lately...I have noticed...

1. rapid weight gain which began at the 19 week mark (until then I only gained little over a lb/week). I am still within range but I don't like the scales lately.
However, this coincides with what appears to be big growth with babies. Next measurements will tell us more though.
2. daily contractions. Thankfully rest keeps them to a minimum and mild....but that means I spend most everyday sitting for a LARGE majority OR I PAY FOR IT!
3. A miserable right upper quadrant pain( pain under right breast) it is a muscle cramp, but I cannot for the life of me figure out WHAT and WHY I have it. Plan to discuss with Dr B on Wednesday this week.

and one more things....what the babies are....well the Perinatolgist told us one thing then my regular US girl (who has now scanned my 3 times- still believes that they are different from what the specialist told us) and so I have not made that post. Hopefully this next US can clarify this mystery up for us and we can start working on names.

For now, they are just baby A and baby B.

The thing I was waiting on was a prenatal cradle. I will post about it and hopefully get a photo up soon.

What I'm waiting on....

Well I cannot figure out picture posting on the iPad! But I'm waiting on the best prenatal cradle. My doctor suggested I get one. It will be here tomorrow, sonlord willing....it will help with this weight of my belly thus back strain that leads to cramping!

I'll be sure to post a picture once i get it. Especially if it works....

So I'm waiting on this to come in...

Well I cannot figure out picture posting on the iPad! But I'm waiting on the best prenatal cradle. My doctor suggested I get one. It will be here tomorrow, sonlord willing....it will help with this weight of my belly thus back strain that leads to cramping!

I'll be sure to post a picture once i get it. Especially if it works....


Jennifer

Sleep....

Who knew that pregnancy could render it impossible to sleep?????


I mean what about the good ole days when I was pregnant with Laila and I could literally sleep 24 hours and still be tired?

I get that I'm having twins and I need to get used to it.


I get that I may never sleep normally again.... I knew it would happen and still chose to get pregnant again....

So why oh why can't I sleep UNTIL they arrive!

Second night this week that I woke to use bathroom.... And end up wide awke at 2 am...

So tonight I'm doing something constructive and complaining rather than tossingand turning in misery!

still back tracking....

12 weeks(prepregnancy jeans last outting)


15 weeks


18 weeks


today at 19 weeks 1 day
(what is up with the concentration face I am making?)




So I am sort of caught up on progression at this point. I am attempting to blog more and document this time of my life.

Twin progress- belly pictures

13 weeks- began noticing I was growing fast

EVERYONE noticing I am growing fast! 18 weeks

Well I began this post on Firday with good intent to finally add more pictures...I actually do have some....

So Friday I didn't feel the best and tried to make it through the day. Haven't been feeling well since I got that awful upper respiratory infection a few weeks back. So getting through the day has been a bit of a struggle and not being sure what to power through and what to sit down for. But Friday I figured out what the limit was.


I came home and rested. And around 8:15 or so it was clear that something was wrong. I was drinking more and more fluids in hopes that it would get better, but by 8:45 I knew I neded something more! So I called the doctor on call, she certainly didn't impress me...as she recommended I go to armory hospital. So I ended up talking to the labor and delivery nurses trying to get in touch with the doctor on call there...let's just say.....I was less impressed with their attitude....which included telling me that my babies weren't even viable!!!!!! Like I didn't know that...and like it mattered to me. The whole idea of calling for help was to make it to and past the age of viability! So after I explained not wanting to talk to them and that I wanted to talk to the doctor on call. Finally dr w called me back and told me to go into Columbus, which is where I plan to deliver. I was NOT happy about how I had been out off by the new dr there but I needed someone to stop the contractions that were 2-3 minutes apart and painful. So after sill having to go through the emergency room and not getting to l&d til nearly midnight. At least they gave me an IV and some pain medicine to settle my very irritable uterus. I wasn't looking forward to seeing this doc come morning but feeling much beet that I wasn't progressing. Nurse checked me, and I was closed and very high! Whew! Good news.

5 am came and in came dr b! Whom had not impressed me the night before when she blew me off! But she actually must have realized she wasn't nice to me and that I wasn't impressed cause she spent like 45 minutes with me and even ordered an US that gave me a passing score with cervical length greater than 3 cm, which is prefect! So headed home we were. In time for Justin to make it to work...little late but didn't loose the day. So for now, I am restricted until we see the perinatologist tomorrow. I am really hpeful that he tells us we can start those progesterone injections and that can settle these contractions down.


For now, at least I know where my limits are, sort of. I am taking. It easy and have been since Friday night. But I truly had been trying to since I had gotten sick. Think that darn cold stared the whole thing. Maybe I can at least work for a while and make the Disney trip with Laila and Justin in novemeber. I realize that is asking a lot BUT I sure can hope!!!!!

For now....I will just sit and pray for healthy babies in about 19 more weeks!