29 Week Appointment and U/S update

Hello 29 weeks! It is amazing how fast the time seems to be passing!!

Here's the latest update on the two different appointments we went to today. First, we met with Dr. Hronzensik at the OB office. Dr. D was unvailable so I scheduled the appointment with Dr. H- which is encouraged since it is unpredictable who will be "on-call" when I go into labor. So it makes sense to meet all the other Doctors in the practice.
Anyway, the appointment was pretty uneventful! My blood pressure was awesome again - which is surprising to me since I have been expecting a dramatic increase at any point now. But so far so good. No other issues. Both babies had strong heartbeats - in the 140s-150s. My belly is measuring 38 weeks. Yes, that is right, I said 38 weeks. So basically, this is what I would look like with one baby, two weeks before delivery:

Instead, I am only 29 weeks, and have a maximum of 9 weeks still to go. Yikes - this belly is going to be HUGE!

After the appointment with Dr. H, we traveled on over to the growth ultrasound appointment. These (of course) are my favorite - we get to see the babies everytime and we get new pictures! They measured each baby's head, belly and femur and checked out the heart again. Both babies are superstars. They are both mesasuring ahead - right around 31-32 weeks. Baby 'A' is weighing 3 lbs., 15oz; Baby 'B' is measuring 3 lbs., 13oz. OMG!! The babies are almost 4lbs each! You have no idea how happy this makes us (me for sure!). A lot of babies are born at 4 lbs. - and they do fine, with a little help from fancy medical technology initially, but they survive! So, in my mind I am optimistic that if labor starts sooner than expected, I am completely confident that the babies will be ok!

So here comes the best part of the post...here are our chuncy monkeys- making mom and and dad so proud already.

PS - Do you think they look alike??

Baby 'B'

Baby 'A'

28 week update

How far along are you? 28 weeks
How big is baby? The last u/s on May 26th, the babies were measuring 2lbs (A) and 2lbs., 2oz (B).
Maternity clothes? Yes. All the time.
Weight – Loss or Gain? Up 23lbs.
Stretch marks? Well, last update, I had 4 stretch marks - now I can't even count them... they are popping up like mad!
Sleep: Still not sleeping well on most nights. I can't seem to find a comfortable position, I am up using the bathroom at least 3 times each night, and I am having trouble breathing at times. I miss my sleep.
Best moment this week: Continuing to work on the nursery - hanging up the valances and installing the celing fan. It's slowly coming together.
Any Movement?: Yes! I love to feel them move!
Food Cravings?: None really
Food Aversions?: None
Belly Button in or out? In - though getting more shallow.
What do you miss: Being able to walk from my parking garage to the building without feeling out of breath and exhausted.
What are you looking forward to?: My baby shower this Saturday, visiting with my mom while she is in town, Jim's last 2 weeks of residency and our two year anniversary this Sunday!! It's an exciting week!
What was the BEST part of this week? Working on the nursery!
What was the WORST part of this week? Nothing really.
Milestones: Made it to 28 weeks! Yay!

Ultrasound Pics from 25 Week U/S

Baby B:

Baby A:

26 Week Update (just a tad late)

How far along are you? 26 weeks, 2 days
How big is baby? The last u/s on May 26th, the babies were measuring 2lbs (A) and 2lbs., 2oz (B).
Maternity clothes? Yes. All the time.
Weight – Loss or Gain? Well, my weight fluctuates a lot it seems. When I weighed myself this morning, I was up 19 lbs. PS - I am looking huge! The security guy at work made a comment the other day that he is "getting nervous for me" or something similar. I told him there's still many months to go.
Stretch marks? Ugh. Yes. I have four beautiful (gah!) new stretch marks on my belly. Not pretty.
Sleep: Not sleeping well any longer. I can't seem to find a comfortable position, I am up using the bathroom at least 3 times each night, and I am having trouble breathing at times. I miss my sleep.
Best moment this week: Figuring out the nursery! Maybe I will post a picture of what we have so far...
Any Movement?: Yes - fairly often. Some days they are quieter than others, but usually I feel them moving around a couple different times during the day.
Food Cravings?: No, not at all. I never really feel hungry either, so maybe that has something to do with it?!
Food Aversions?: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In - though getting more shallow.
What do you miss: Getting a good nights sleep. Wine with dinner. Sleeping on my stomach.
What are you looking forward to?: Jim's residency graduation! Only 25 more days to go - which started 4 years ago! Woohoo!!
What was the BEST part of this week? Setting up the cribs! Now if only we could get that 180lb dresser up the stairs...
What was the WORST part of this week? Work. Nothing to do ever at work... so my days just drag on and on.
Milestones: Looking forward to 28 weeks... the survival rate if the babies are born that early jumps up to 80%!