Wednesday, February 25, 2015

33 / 34 week's

At the beginning of week 33 they did an ultrasound to check girls growth.

Baby A weighing in at 5lbs!

Baby B not far behind at 4lbs 13oz.

Woo hooo! Explains all the added pressure I have been experiencing. Both girls looked great moving around and being active.

The owner of the agency wss there with me too. It was great having her support. Later in the week had my normal NST and all was good.

The following week I had another NST scheduled on Monday and glad I did. The girls had been very quiet, especially baby B who is the gymnastic. She is always moving but Sun and Monday she was quiet. We did the NST and saw her heartbeat, but she was on the quiet side. I drank some juice to help perk up the girls, but didn't do much. So we then did a BPP  (biophysical profile) which is an ultrasound that will watch the girls take practice breaths, monitor their movements, and check the fluid around them make sure everything is looking good. They both passed but it took awhile to get them to move. My doctor was ok with the results but said he wanted to do one last ultrasound the following day to check the blood flow in the girls cord.  I was nervous for them, but I also know at this point, in running our of room for them to move around. So there movements will be less.

Later that night the girls started moving around so that was reassuring.

The next day they were very active and of course the ultrasound showed the blood flow working great in their cords. Hooray!

Monday, February 16, 2015

Worth the pain

This pregnancy had been good just like all my others. I have been able to stay busy with the girls, running around and getting things done. No morning sickness, no cramps in my calfs, no heartburn....

Until I hit 28 week's. Then things started to not be as easy. Bending over became more difficult, the heartburn started to pick up, and legs cramps have almost happen but I have been able to avoid them.  I have gotten really tired and my energy has gone way down. My Braxton hicks have become intense and most of the time I can not move through them.  I woke up the other day feeling my hip was cracking in to pieces. It brought me to tears. The ligament stretching has been so intense, I feel I can not move. I felt similar discomfort in my own pregnancies, but not this intense. I worry about the pain of birth and everything coming together smooth. Not much longer now. Another two week's minimum, 5 week's maximum. That seems so surreal. I can't believe I am getting to do this, and for such a lovely couple.  The discomfort and tears are more than I care for at this point but I remind myself it's only for a short time, and the seeing the look on my IMs face meeting her daughter's will be worth every min of pain.

Sunday, February 15, 2015

32 Week's!

Had my ultrasound to take a look at the girls. Fluid is still looking good for each girl. Baby A is measuring on the large side. Almost 2 week's ahead, currently weighing in 4lbs 9oz, she is in the 67%. She is the mellow baby as far as what I can feel, but that is partly due to my placenta being located on the front of my belly. She is also head down!

Baby B is also measuring a bit ahead, currently weighing in at 4lbs 8oz, and in the 66%. She is the more active baby and that may also be partly due to her placenta being attached closer to my back. She is breech.  So combined total weights are 9lbs 1oz and I'm measuring 43 week's! Eekkk.

Also, my cervix has gotten longer since my last visit. From the 2.8  to a 3.5! That is great news. Hoping it stays long to hold the girls in till March!

All in all, a great update.  Also, they did another FFN to see if labor will happen in the next two week's and that came back negative. Which means I should be fine for the next two week's, but birth is unpredictable and will happen when it happens. I feel a bit better that the test is negative, but it's not 100%. Just need to keep resting. This time will go by fast.