23 weeks

I will give a quick update on the appointment today first. The twins measured 1lb 2oz for A and 1lb 3oz for B. So both over 1 lb! Fluid levels concerned me this time. A had a fluid level of 7.5cm but at first the Dr measured B's fluid at 3.8cm. That was NOT okay. A reminder that TTTS is diagnosed by one twins fluid level over 8cm and the other one 2cm. I got very upset at the fluid level the Dr measured so she went back and measured again and it came out to 5.8cm. Much better. Way to get a pregnant woman's blood pressure up though.

Everyone asks me how I feel and normally I will just say "I feel fine" because I don't want to really go into detail about how I feel, so this is really how I feel.  I think I've hit the downward spiral. I'm just at the very beginning of it, but I know things will only get worse from here. I get braxton hicks a lot, and my belly is shiny from stretching. I also get a lot of period cramping which is just muscles stretching, but boy does it hurt! Whenever I sit down my belly presses on my chest and so I have to sit up straight so I can easily breath. I can't be very active because just walking around for a few minutes makes me feel like I've been running a long distance. The other day I was on a parenting site and a woman was 35 weeks pregnant and trying to get advice on how to naturally induce labor. She said that she had gained 15 lbs all in her belly and she was miserable. I had to laugh, I've gained 30lbs all in my belly and I still have 14 weeks to go. So if anyone really wants to know how I feel, just try to remember back to when you were 40 weeks pregnant, that's exactly how I feel. But I don't mind feeling like this as long as it means the babies are safe, the thing that I hate about this pregnancy is that my body I looks, feels, and acts like I'm late 3rd trimester. I keep losing pieces of my plug and I have spotting which I can never tell if it's bloody show. I have contractions, and my backaches feel like back labor. I never know if what I'm feeling is normal so I'm constantly on edge. I think the emotional stress is really what's getting to me more than anything.

 The babies movement is no longer subtle, they can kick. And it's harder to tell them apart because they are taking up so much room in there that I'm now feeling movement everywhere. I used to know who was who because I would feel movement on either the left side or the right. Baby A is my outgoing baby, she kicks a lot and loves sweet stuff. Baby B is my sweetheart, she worries me every once in awhile cause she is so quiet, but during her awake time she is a busy little bee.  It's so crazy how they already have personalities.

Everyone asks us about names so in answer to everyone's question, no we do not have names picked out. We do know one name that we will use, but we do not know which twin will have that name. I have a list of names, but we don't know what name we will use. I want one sweet name and one sassy name to go with their personalities. Naming twins is hard because I don't know if I want rhyming names, same letter names, A and B names, or names that are nothing alike. Not sure if these babies will be named before they get here, we have 2 hours in recovery once they are born so we may take that time to choose names...although at the time I will be on morphine so maybe I need to make the decision before I'm all drugged up. :)

Those are huge diaper boxes.

I've said before that I handle my stress by shopping. This would be the damage I've done so far. This is mainly all newborn clothes with some 0-3 mixed in. It's almost all used or sale clothes so I haven't broken the bank, but it's sure helped me relax.
















Are you ready for stupid comment time? Three people have now told me "Oh how great, 2 for the price of 1!!"  I had one man have the nerve to tell me that having two at once was easier than having two at different times cause you get it over with quicker. Obviously he knew what he was talking about since he has had to house sooo many kids in his uterus. Why do people want to get kids over with quicker? If you want to get the baby phase over with quickly then maybe you really don't want to have another kid, ever thought about that?

Here is my belly shots so far. I haven't taken another one in a week, but I have an ultrasound on Monday and will blog after that and add the newest belly pic.

6 week

8 weeks

11 weeks

12 weeks

16 weeks

22 weeks

14 weeks

20 weeks

23 weeks