34 weeks

I am 34 weeks as of yesterday and excited to say the babies will be here in 4 weeks or less from today.  I can't believe how close it is getting now, we can't wait to meet them!!!!!  We had a Dr. appt. today, no ultrasound or any checks on the babies but everything was good with me including blood pressure check, protein in urine, etc.  She said I still appear to be doing well.  We did get the heartbeats.  His took awhile to find just based on how he is positioned, but they did get them both.  Hers was 137 bmp and his was 148 bmp.   She did also say that if I were to go into labor between now and 36 weeks they would try to stop the labor. After 36 weeks they will not.  We are looking forward to having an ultrasound next week to actually see the babies and hear how they are measuring as well. 

We also took a huge step towards being parents this week and bought a mini van- yep a van   :)  We got a Toyota Sienna, we think it will make things really easy with the 2 car seats and all of the stuff we will have to bring places.  It was hard to say good-bye to my jeep, but anything for these babies.

Below is my 34 week belly picture and a picture of our new van.

32 weeks

So I can not believe the babies will be here 6 weeks or less from yesterday.  I currently have a planned c section scheduled for April 28th, which is 38 weeks if I make it to that point.  My dr. really wants to try to get me that far which is great for the babies. 

The room is feeling a lot more ready, we have put away a lot of the baby gifts, Jason's parents help put an overhead light in the room last weekend with a dimmer.  Jason is picking up the crib mattresses today, so then we will put the bedding and mobiles on and take a picture to post with the completed beds.  We are getting so excited to meet these babies, but know they need to stay in there as long as possible! 

As of the last ultrasound on March 10th the boy estimated at 3 lbs 11 oz and the girl at 3 lbs 10 oz so they are growing really well.  So at this point they could be close to around 4 lbs.  I measure as a full term pregnancy right now which makes sense as I have about 8 lbs of babies and 2 placentas in there  :)  They were not able to get any good pictures as the babies were not facing where it was easy to get them.  They said we probably won't be able to get any more good ones.  Something that was cute was their heads were right up against each other with the membrane in between.  At least one is not kicking the other's head like before, haha. 

I am still working, but it has been nice to be working from home Monday, Wednesday and Friday, which saves me from a lot of driving and allows me to have my feet up.  Overall I am feeling well, but do have a really bad pain in my back/hip but I know this is normal with the weight I am carrying.  Sleep is getting tough, everyone says sleep now but I think I am just preparing for how much I will be up in the night soon enough   :) 

Below is my 32 weeks and 1 day picture, it was St. Patty's Day so that is what is with the funny bead necklace I am wearing:)

Baby shower with friends

I had such a nice 2nd baby shower with my friends.  My friends Cassie, Marcie and Missie had a baby shower for all my girlfriends at my house this past weekend.  It was a lot of fun and we got a lot more great stuff for the babies.  Below are some photos my friend Abby took from the shower which she also posted on facebook.

Diaper cake from my small group friends- Maggie made it

Addie helping me open the mobile gym from Erin



Misse, Marcie and Cassie- the girls who threw the shower



Amber, Cassie, myself, Therese and Marcie

Joanna, Kayla and myself

myself, Emily and Addie and Erin

Marcie at 20 weeks and me at 30 weeks

Liz and I

Small group friends

work friends

30 weeks today

It feels like a big milestone to be at 30 weeks today.  We are getting so anxious to meet these babies but want them to stay in as long as possible.  The room is really getting ready, after this weekend when I have another shower I will post pictures of the nursery that now has furniture.  We love it!   We are looking forward to our Dr. appt next Thursday, this is one where we will get a full ultrasound where they will do measurements of the babies, it is always fun to hear how they are tracking and weights and see them!

Below is my 30 week photo

Last Sunday my good friend Abby McKinney took maternity photos for us, I will put a few on here that I have and will post more later.  It was really fun to do that and she did a great job.  She is also going to take our newborn photos for us.


 

Photos from my family shower- 2/19/2011

I wanted to put up some photos from my first baby shower- it was a lot of fun.  Thank you Aunt Marcy, Jenny, Mom and Joanna for everything you did and thanks all for the wonderful gifts!  These babies have a lot of people taking care of them already.  I am looking forward to the next shower in a week with some friends:)  I also put at the bottom my belly photo from 28 weeks since I had not posted it.

I wish you could see the 3 diaper cakes behind me better that we got, they were soooooo cute.  One of Jason's cousins Lauren made her first one and it was really good and we got 2 others from Jason's Aunt Wanda.

The cake was really yummy!!!!

Jason's grandma made both of the quilts below, the babies are going to love these and they match the jungle theme

above is the girls bedding from my mom

Above is one of the bibs that my step-mom stitched

Above was a gift from my cousin Cameron who is an endodontist and his Wife Haley who is in med school

28 week belly photo

28 weeks and the beginning of the 3rd trimester

Today is the start of the 3rd trimester, things are going by quickly!  So I'm not going to post a belly picture today so it can be a surprise for those that will be here this weekend for the family shower, I did take a picture today so I can put it up later.  I am very much looking forward to seeing everyone and for my aunt and cousin to fly in tomorrow night as well. 

Last Thursday we had an ultrasound and found out the boy's estimated weight is 2 lbs 7 oz and the girl is estimated at 2 lbs 8 oz.  They are doing great!  That means I already have 5 lbs of babies in there.  The dr. said I am doing well and will go back at 2 weeks so next Thursday now, I won't have a full ultrasound at that appt.  I also took my glucose test, this is where they look for gestational diabetes (pregnancy diabetes).  I got the results and found out my number is 138 and they are only concerned over 140, I asked if I should be concerned with the number so close and they said the Dr. felt the number was fine.  I was very happy to hear this.

Below are some pictures of the work in progress in the nursery

More photos to come after the shower this weekend.

26 weeks today

Below is my 26 week belly, I am having a hard time imagining what I will look like when I deliver but my dr keeps telling me this is extremely normal for twins

The babies are definately moving around a lot now, I feel them often.  I feel them kicking most at night when I am just resting on the couch.  We had a Dr. appt last Thursday but they did not take any pictures of the babies or measure the babies they just did an ultrasound to measure the cervix which helps them see the chance of preterm labor.  They had said if my number got to 2.5 I would have restricted activity but luckily the average was just under 3 so she said I could go on with my normal activity still and everything was looking good.  We had our first small scare last friday but everything was perfectly normal, I had contractiions which this was my first time to have them and they were fairly frequent so I called the on call Dr. and they asked me to come to the hospital, they hooked me up to see the contractions and did a few tests and they felt like everything looked fine and that it was just normal contractions like braxton hicks- we were very thankful to be headed home, these babies need a lot more time before delivery. 

Saturday Jason and his parents worked on beginning to get the baby room ready by painting.  His mom has been really creative on ideas for us to do the room and we are thankful to have her sending us pictures and looking at colors with us.  The room is going to be jungle theme, they are going to do a chair rail trim towards the middle and painted the bottom an orange color and the top a tan color.  Below are a few pictures of the progress so far, they are going to put up the trim this weekend and the new blinds.  We get the furniture hopefully the end of February so it will be fun to see it all come together.

I will put more pictures up of the room after the trim is up this weekend!