18w3d HALFWAY DONE!!! And babies hit a growth spurt!

I'm officially halfway done today. Of course I've probably already passed the halfway mark awhile ago, but 20 weeks from today I will have two baby girls on the outside. It feels like this pregnancy is flying by, but then again it also feels like its dragging. I wish a twin pregnancy meant that the twins actually grew faster. I keep forgetting that even though I'm halfway, viability won't come any sooner and full term won't come any sooner. My OB is just taking the babies sooner, and I am getting bigger sooner. Sigh, grow babies grow!!!

How I'm Feeling
I feel about 34 weeks pregnant. Yay me. Yesterday at work a woman came in that I haven't seen since I was almost full term with Mason. It was good to see her again. As the Dr was talking to her she mentioned that she was expecting. She didn't look pregnant at all! I asked her how far along and she told me that she was 25 weeks!!!! Yikes! I was double her size. I am twice as big as a 25 weeks pregnant woman and I'm only 18 1/2 weeks. So that should explain how I'm feeling. My pelvic region is very sore from holding up two babies all day, work is getting painful because I'm up and down all day. Picking up things off the floor is something I dread. I don't fit into some of my scrubs anymore. Whenever I stand with my weight on one leg or the other I pinch a nerve and then I end up not being able to walk for a few minutes. I think I'm starting to get SPD (Symphysis pubis dysfunction)  because I will get a pain that extends down my legs. My eyesight has also gotten very bad. I can't even read the huge quicktrip signs on the highway that tells how much gas costs. I probably shouldn't be driving...I think I will go get my eyes checked and get a different prescription on my glasses. I know pregnancy ruins your eyesight, and I guess the twins is the reason it's extremely bad this time, but I can't wait until the twins are here to be able to see again. These symptoms would be exciting because it would indicate I was almost done, but not this time. This time it's kinda intimidating cause if I already feel like I've reached 3rd trimester, how will I feel at 3rd trimester?!?! I'm very thankful for all of this though because that means that the babies are growing big and strong. Not sure how long I can work though, I can tell this pregnancy is going to wear me down very quickly.

Belly Pictures
 I would love to make a photo album to track my progress, but I can't figure out how to do it on here.

37 w with Mason

18 w with twins

I posted the last belly pic I took on my phone to compare my belly with my full term belly last pregnancy. I'm obviously carrying differently since my uterus isn't as high as it was with a full term baby, but I'm getting close to my full term size. Oh and check out that little cutie in the background of my twin pic. :) Isn't he adorable.

This is him telling me that I'm silly. He thinks it's so funny when I tell him that he is a silly boy. We haven't figured out a way to tell him that he is going to have two little sisters. How do you tell a 16 month old that he will have sisters when he doesn't know what a baby is? I'm thinking about buying him a baby doll so that he can have a baby of his own. Maybe get him a build a bear and dress it up like a baby? Not sure yet, I guess I need to figure that one out.

Monday is our next ultrasound. I will be able to update specifics on the twins at that time. Today was our first small milestone, the halfway mark. Our next small milestone is June 10th when we hit 20 weeks and I will no longer have a diagnosis of "threatened miscarriage" if i have anymore complications. I will be able to go to labor and delivery. I have received 4 "threatened miscarriage" diagnosis this pregnancy so it's a big deal to me to know that doctors will take things more seriously starting at 20 weeks. My first BIG BIG BIG milestone is 24 week. VIABILITY BABY!  5 weeks 3 days till viability.