Week 35 (Mar. 23)

Can you believe they still have room in there? I still worked this week but got lucky because we actually had snow days on Thursday and Friday - 1st ones I have had in this district (6 yrs). Now we are on Spring Break so I have more down time which is great. It is getting harder & harder to move around a ton. We were suppose to have a doctor's appointment on Thursday but because I didn't want to get out in that weather we canceled it. The nurse was alright with that because I feel fine and my next appointment is with the specialist on Tuesday. My only real concern is that my legs and feet swell so much but apparently that is fairly normal.

We are really excited that we made it this far. We are almost to 36 weeks and we were told that they won't let me go past 38 weeks with twins to we have a maximum of 2 weeks before Joe is a father again and I am a mother - kinda scary :) but exciting!

Week 34 Fun Pics

Just some fun pictures of Joe & I with my enormous belly!

Week 34 (March 16th)

Well we made it past the 2 week mark and the doctor did literally jump for joy at our appointment this week. Everything still looks good, but I have started dilating - barely at 1. I have gained about 40lbs. and this week my feet have doubled in size. Joe calls them Fred Flintstone feet - they are SOOOOO big! I try to keep them up but then my back starts to hurt, so I will take the swollen feet over back pain any day! I am still working but that is getting difficult just because I have to walk so far to the bathroom :) Both babies are active, but I have really felt Baby A a lot more this week. My students are all prepared just in case something happens at school - they know where my phone is and what teachers/staff members to get. They all want it to happen in their class - I think they just want to have a fun story!

Week 33 (March 9th)

We have made to week 33! I can't believe how big my belly is getting. We have now made it past a week from when the doctor said we would have them within 2 weeks. I didn't believe him and so far so good. Things still look great the specialist said they are each over 5lbs now and if I go into labor they are going to let me. No stopping at this point, so I think it is great that they believe our babies are healthy enough to be born at this point. I am still working they said that I was fine just sit as much as possible. I do have to admit that last weekend was the roughest I have had. I had major back pain for 2 days, so that's when all of our stuff for the hospital was put in the car because we thought it was time, but I think I was fighting some sort of flu or cold. Definitely feel better now!

Here is a straight on view - look how much they are pushing to my left. I am lop-sided! The darkness around my belly button is from my belly ring, it's scare tissue - gross!

Week 32 (Mar. 2)

So today we are 32 wks and 1 day. We had a doctor's appointment again (with a different doctor). She said the heartbeats are great and they are looking good. This doctor said my cervix was thin and there is a baby's head right there. She did "warn" us that once I start labor that it will happen very quickly. She also said that everything could stay like this anywhere from a day to 4 weeks.
Kind of shocking huh! It's definitely out there! For the past week, Joe has been working very hard at putting together all of the babies' things - dressers, changing tables, bassinet (pack 'n play), washing all the clothes & putting them away!!! It's really exciting looking over from our bed and seeing where the girls will be sleeping really soon.

Week 31 (Feb. 23)

So, I decided to add a picture from the front so you can all see how lopsided my belly is because of the positioning of the girls - doctor checked again & definitely 2 girls! One of them likes to push against my belly towards my left. The other one is so low that they can't get a good measurement of her head.

So this week at the doctor's appointment we were told that we should expect the girls to arrive within 2 weeks. Joe wasn't even allowed to go snowboarding the next day because the doctor didn't want him to be that far away. The good thing is that the doctor saw their lungs working on the ultrasound.

Week 30 (Feb. 16th)

So I know I'm a little behind on the posting - Sorry!! Week 30 was pretty normal, the doctor's visit was good. The high risk doctor said that he didn't need to see us again for 3-4 weeks, so that was good news. At this time, I think I put on about 25 lbs and I laid on the floor and set my belly on the scale just to see if I could weigh it. I did and it weighed about 25 lbs by itself!!! I know kind of crazy but I was curious.