32 weeks!

We had ultrasounds yesterday, but the pictures did not come out because both the girls faces were hidden by other things.  Darn those internal organs for needing some space. 

What we learned is that Apple is now 3lbs and Berry is 4lbs (in utero names, don't get too attached).  They are back to a 25% difference in weight and the doc seemed to think that Apple was unusually small.  But he found no problems, both healthy.  He recommended that I get more rest...  In two weeks and one more day my savior will be here and I will try to get more rest and eat more 'til then.  Both yesterday and today I managed good naps! Hooray. 

Apple is still breech but they are moving around constantly and I have a massage included as part of our doula package that can be used to turn and position the girls before labor.  Hopefully we will still be able to have a natural birth. 

31 weeks

I'm feeling a lot of braxton hicks these days, having more difficult sitting up from laying and standing up from sitting, feeling like a big immovable object, and really tired of wearing the same old clothes just because they are the only ones that fit and keep me cool in the weather... so today I am feeling pretty in a skirt.

30 Weeks - Starting to slow down

My Thyroid has gone the other way now, from overactive to underactive.  This may be the cause of my extreme fatigue this week, I've also had a cold, or it could be that I am big and growing a lot and I'm just going to keep being tired.  I hope it is one of the first two and the fatigue dissipates!

Click the collage above to see a larger picture of how I've grown over 6 week.

29 Weeks

So last weekend I had my first experience of overdoing it a little and having to spend the evening sitting and resting with my feet up while others did my fetching and tasks. It was very difficult to rest for sure when we had guests at the house and even when it was just Thom and I, I didn't like to have to ask him to get me things when I would usually just stand up and get them myself.  I am paying good attention to not overdoing it again.

Here are this weeks pictures, and see Turi's Blog to see a cute one with him

Also, here is a pic of me from the back because people are commenting that if you see me from behind, you wouldn't even realize I was prego... well I say I am wider than normal, but not wider than a normal person...

28 weeks - still big

What we learned today

We had another ultrasound today.  The girls have both flipped so their noggins are next to each other and they are mind melding :)  They can do that for awhile, but not too long! I am hoping that with yoga and masage we can have baby A back in the vertex position by the time of  delivery.

We couldn't get a shot of baby b today but the baby a shot looks better than most we have of her. 

The girls are starting to even out in size. They used to have about a 24% difference in weight, and now only 14%.  Twin A is about 2lb 3oz and Twin B is about 2lb 9oz.  So it sounds like they are on track for the start of the third trimester.

I am starting to notice braxton hicks, though now that I have identified them again, I think I have been getting these subtle practice contractions for a few weeks now (which is completely normal and no one should worry!)  It is simply a shortness of breath and the belly tightening up so far.  I just forgot about these early easy contractions from my pregnancy with Turi, but I got several with him and am expected to have more with twins.

I am squarely in the third trimester and looking at another three months of growth!  Though, thankfully, I read on two separate websites that unlike single births, moms of multiples can expect to slow down in growth for the final 2 months.  So I only expect another 10-15 pounds or so rather than another 20-25. 

I think that sums up what we have happening here.  Sorry that I wasn't keeping up with people's comments before.  I wasn't aware that when people made comments they wouldn't be posted until I approved them - and that I would get no notice of the comment to begin with!  Whoops.

27 weeks

ok, so now I'm big. I've gained 19 lbs since my lowest weight (only 4 lbs up since prepreg) and I expect to gain another 20 in the next 13 weeks. My back is pretty unhappy with me, but I am signing up for a class pretty soon to hopefully help with that.