Unprepared

Ugh. As we draw closer and closer to actually having two more bodies living here in this apartment with us I just get more and more anxious and feel less and less prepared. Is this normal??? We have this "to do" list and it's so frustrating to have to sit here and not be able to cross anything off of it myself! Poor Dave has to do majority of it. He works, takes care of me, and at the end of the day I think he seriously wants to just sit. But I sit instead and bark orders, like, "Put the crib together", "Clean that", "We need this", etc... It's really hard sometimes. Things are slowly gettting done. But there's still SO MUCH to be done! Tomorrow is the start of my 28th week. I feel confident in saying that I don't think the babes will come in the next two weeks. But once I hit 30 weeks... I just know I will be filled with anxiety because at that point, I honestly feel like there is no telling when they will come! Two weeks to get things done so I can feel like we're prepared! Ahhhhh! I think I've learned a lesson though... babies are the type of thing you should be prepared for way in advance! Especially in case the scenario turns out as mine has! Complete craziness. Good thing I know everything will work out just fine in the end! :)

26 weeks!

I'm so happy to say that I am now in my 26th week of pregnancy! This is a big deal to me because by 27 weeks if they have to do a c-section they can do it horizontally instead of vertically. And of course... each week in there for these babes is wonderful! So I'm very happy that in just a couple days I will be there! I read in my book, Your pregnancy week by week, that at this point my belly should grow a half an inch each week! Which means if I can carry these babies to 36 weeks I will have 5 more inches on my belly! But... that's also with a single baby! Oh man. I can't wait to see what I look like in the near future. It truly just makes me laugh. These two love to move around these days. I love feeling them kick or do whatever it is they do in there. I especially love when I'm looking at my belly and get to see one of them move. Every time I just laugh my head off. It is the weirdest thing ever. With that said... we've got some more great belly pics. After looking through all my pregnant pictures I got to thinking... why doesn't anyone else who is/was pregnant post pictures of their bare belly? Am I just really comfortable showing off my new curvaceous body??? ;)

One week down!

I can't believe it's been over a week now that I've been on bed rest. I can honestly say it isn't as bad as one would think. I have boxes and boxes of pictures I have been wanting to scrapbook forever and this has been the perfect opportunity for me to finally get a start at it. Aside from that I have lots of good books to read and of course, T.V. has kept me plenty entertained. Lots of family and friends have come by as well to keep me company. If things continue like this... I think I'll make it! ;) Anyway, I just have to express my gratitude for everyone so far. I can't believe how loved I am. I have had sooooo many family and friends come to visit already. They bring food, movies, books, and anything else they think I might need or want. It's really helping me out so far! Thanks so much to everyone who has been thoughtful and made a visit!

I'm officially in my 25th week now, which is great. All I want to do now is make my way to the next weekly mark! And then the next, and so on. It's really important to me because each weekly mark I make means these babes are bigger and healthier! And that's all I could ask for :)

In the hospital :(

Ever have one of those days where you expect it to go one way and it ends up turning out COMPLETELY opposite of what you expected??? Yesterday we had an ultrasound appointment. I woke up, ate breakfast, went to my spanish class... it was a totally normal day. Dave picked me up after class to go to our ultrasound appointment. And I figured it would be nice and short. We'd go home. I'd go to work. Go home and do homework. Watch LOST. Etc... Little did I know I would end up being admitted to the hospital for 2 nights! With the chance of possibly being here even longer! Luckily for us, our ultrasound technician discovered that my cervix is thinning quickly. At this point in pregnancy a woman's cervix should have about 3cm of thickness left. But I only have 1 cm. This caused concern because it meant that there was a possibility that I was experiencing pre-term labor. After lots of consultation with Doctor's it was decided that I be admitted and stay for testing. They hooked me up to a monitor which keeps track of both babies heart rates along with if I'm having contractions and just not feeling them. I was hooked up for about 5 hours! Ugh. Because the babies are only 24 weeks it was kinda difficult due to their ability to move around quite a bit. It made it hard to keep their heart rates on track. The worst part about it was that I couldn't eat the whole time and I was starving! During the test they attempted to give me an IV just in case I was to seriously go into labor. It didn't work out so well and according to the monitor I was not having any contractions. Thank goodness they decided it wasn't necessary and gave up on it. They then drew blood. And gave me a type of steroid shot in my left hip which will help with the babies lung development. Lungs are the last major body part to develop so the steroid shots will hopefully help if they come early! Not a fun day :( Because as of right now I'm not experiencing pre-term labor they figure it's just my cervix. In this scenario, there isn't a lot to do but keep a close eye on me and be put on bed rest. Yes, at 24 weeks I am on bed rest. They are keeping me one more night so tomorrow morning we can do one more test. If it turns out well they will send me home. I'm really hoping that will be the turn out! I'd much rather be on bed rest at home and keep these babes in here AS LONG AS POSSIBLE!! Please come visit me anyone and everyone! I will be lonely! And I'll keep everyone updated! :)