36 weeks +

We had a doctor visit today and the girls are still not cooperating.  Apple is still breech and Berry is moving around like a crazy babe... is she hogging all the swim lanes?

I am starting to put on some serious weight, gained 4 pounds in 6 days since the last DR visit!  Must be because my momma got here and started cooking and lightening my workload.  I'm not worried to add the weight, I wanted to add it at the end so that I would have more milk resources when the girls come. 

No other news to report, we are still headed for c-section unless Apple turns around.  We have 10.5 more days til the girls are born unless she flips (or if I go into labor).  It is weird to know when they are coming....

Happpier times!

The girls moved around a bit and I am feeling less tired.  Saturday and Sunday I had a hard time just standing up and walking to the next room.  But yesterday and today I have been back to able to go from floor to floor and room to room as long as I don't abuse it.  I am so glad that my mom is in town to help with Turi and the household things.  I don't know where I would be without the help!

We also had a good visit with our OBGYN today.  He is much more reasonable, much less jerklike, and presents options that make more sense to Thom and I than our perinatologist did last week.  He feels that taking the babies out at 36-37 weeks is too early and we unnecessarily risk them being underdeveloped.  He is proposing 38 weeks as the end date and much more positive and encouraging about the ability of Apple to turn around and the possibility of a natural birth.  We also have two more visits with him before the end date of August 6th so we have more time to monitor the girls position and see how the end is progressing.

So we are progressing well towards having two wonderful new girls in the family.  We will just have to be a little more patient and calm when we get comments from people about what we should or shouldn't be doing and how ready to pop I am and other comments related to the birth and care of the twins.  (I am getting a little cranky and sensitive I admit, I try to remain calm).  The girls will come when it is time!

35 weeks

So I look tired, I feel tired.  My girls and I are starting to feel like the words "bed rest" are a good thing. 

The girls are still looking and measuring healthy.  Apple is ~4#9oz and Berry is ~5# so their discordance is less and makes the doctor happy. 

However, we had a stressful talk because he sprung on us that he believes that we should head to c-section by Friday (7.23).  Let me be clear.  There is nothing to worry about.  He is a specialist in charge of watching for signs of stress and problems through ultra sound, he is not our OB-GYN, and he has found no signs of stress or any problems.  He is simply making the recommendation based on his opinion of when MoDi twins suffer from the least risk during delivery.  This is a highly contested issue among health professionals, so we are waiting until Monday to call and talk to our OB-GYN to get his opinion and view point. We may have twins soon, or maybe not for a few more weeks... we need more information. 

34 Weeks

Much more tired this week.  Not nearly as much fun.  My savior arrives via plane tomorrow!  I feel a lot of individual limbs, hands, feet, heads moving around across my belly.  Unfortunately, I am not sure which appendage is what!  :)

33 weeks and feeling fine!

**I'm having technical difficulties with this post.  Don't know what is going on... bare with me.  Sorry**

I feel like there are a lot of things to update this week, so let me see if I remember them all...

We went to the doctor on Thursday and asked about the 1# difference in weight, they said no worries. It is on the larger side of normal, but still normal and they are getting an 8 out of 8 score on everything they test and look for... so the doc is very happy with their health.

The girls are still in a different position every time we peek, they each apparently have a large swimming pool to move around in so they will continue to move a lot for a while longer (amniotic fluid level is good and high).

My energy level, heartburn, ability to sleep, # of braxton hicks, and aches and pains all seem to change regularly depending on the girls positions. Though I must boast that of all the solutions I have tried for sleep over the past few months, the other night I put a thick sleeping bag under the top of my mattress to boost it a little into a recline... and I got the best nights sleep I've had in over a month if not two. I felt great this morning.

My thyroid is testing normal and I have been able to change my diet back to something a little more normal! YAY!!! Dairy and wheat are still big no nos, and peppers seem to give me heartburn more than just baby position... but tomatoes and potatoes are back! Yay I can eat so many tasty yummy things now and my diet is almost back to normal!! I decided the "avoid dairy" advice is good, but it does not say to never ever eat it, so once a month pizza date is my plan! And tomorrow is the date, and I might add pudding to the menu since it is a tradition for the fourth of July to have blueberries, strawberries, and pudding layered for red white and blue.

I could go on ecstatically about tomatoes forever, so I just really want to make it clear and I REALLY REALLY happy that tomatoes are a good food for me once again. You just can't imagine how blue I was Jan-June and how very happy I am now! Yay tomatoes! We should have planted more :)