Ok, lumps or no, it's crowded in there, and they need room to fight, right? (See Jason's last post).
Well, some days they behave and sleep and
sleep. This week has been a wee bit different. I think Hannah is practicing her humback whale moves. She's horizontal under my bellybutton and likes to do push-ups. She also likes lifting Mommy's ribcage sometimes (ouch).
Scott: well, Scott likes to snuggle his head right into the bottom of my right-hand side! He'll sleep there but oh boy is it a pain when he head-butts. I think that's his "happy place." I also think it's a primo spot from which to kick his sister (he's head-down).
About the
photos. (See below). I
hate having my picture taken as some of you know. But I suppose it's my belly you'll be focusing on anyway, so enjoy! I'll try to keep up on them every few weeks now. That picture was taken sometime late morning. The twins like to stretch out the most in the evening, especially around dinner time.
Geez, you know what's funny about my tummy? I literally have to hold it up when I get up in the morning to the bathroom! It's that crowded.
I lost about 10 lbs. after I got pregnant and stayed that way up until about a week ago. Gained 5 whole lbs! Yay. Dr. said that my body would find an equilibrium with the babies and no weight gain wasn't a bad thing. The babies take what they need. But since they're getting bigger I'm glad I'm gaining now. Hopefully I'll be building muscles too in that tummy because we have about 3 mos. to go. The babies are already over 1 lb. and gaining! My little monsters! Our next
ultrasound is in early May.
If you didn't know or were wondering, we're going to have a planned
C-section. With family history and all, it's safest for the babies. I could try naturally but if someone is sideways or head-up they'd have to do a C-section anyway. I think it's better to have everything planned and with luck will go smoothly -- less trauma on the babies.
I know I haven't written in the blog much. Really a lot of my spare time is spent sleeping! All the energy taken up with the pregnancy can zap me. I'm trying hard to regulate my schedule but I suppose that it will change again as the babies get closer to their birth date.
One thing that is a mixed blessing is that I work 2nd shift 2-10:30 p.m. Jason works days, usually getting up 6-8 a.m. and is out there door soon after. I leave for work before he gets home; and he's in bed asleep before I get home. I have Fridays and Saturdays off, and work in the evening on Sundays, so we have some time together. The blessing in the long(?)-run is that we'll be able to take "shifts" with the babies with only about a 4(?) hr gap in between, assuming Jason will get home before 5:00. We're going to look into getting a
nanny (college age) to work about 4 hrs 4 days/week since it will be less expensive than 2 babies in day care. New-Grandma Mueller and Grandma Conrad :-) will be helping a lot after the babies are born while I'm on work leave (planning about 6 wks.) so I'll be grateful for the help. That flexibility will be so great, especially if I'm having a rough time after the babies are born. I'm sure I'll see a lot of Aunt Amy and Aunt Amanda too!
Hm. This post is getting a lot longer than I expected! Maybe I'll have to have a table of contents. I hope you read all of Jason's entries. He's so excited and it's great to see what he thinks about all of this. I know he's overwhelmed at times (like any new Dad would be) and worries a little too much, but he's riding it all pretty well (or at least seems to be!) What an impact on our lives! He's going to be a great Daddy.
OK I better save more chit-chat for another post. Guess I had a lot to catch up on. I've never been good with journals.
-P
