Here are some recent pictures - I've grown so much over the last few weeks, and most of it has been straight out!
Here I am a week ago at 30 weeks (we made it to the 30's!!!)
And 2 weeks earlier at 28 weeks
We have picked names!! It was good timing, because we were able to tell everyone at the baby showers what their names are. Baby A is Addison Lynne and we'll call her Addie and Baby B is Rylie Ann. The middle names are both family names.
I've had a couple sonograms over the past few weeks. Rylie still hasn't turned back into the head down position, nor is she showing her face. Hopefully she's not as much trouble when she's born as she is now! On Wednesday the sonogram technician really tried to get a shot of her face but there was no luck so we got her spine and feet instead. It has been probably 8 or 9 weeks since we've seen her face now so I was disappointed about that. Maybe next time.
The doctors were concerned for awhile b/c the girls were both measuring really small but over the last six weeks they have grown so much! I am going back on Tuesday to see the doctor who said a few weeks ago he would recommend a steroid shot to help develop their lungs since he predicts they'll be born early. But he said if he sees good growth that might not be necessary yet. Addison is estimated at 3 pounds 4 ounces and Rylie has grown a ton over the past few weeks and has passed Addison - she's estimated at 3 pounds 11 ounces. We'll see what he recommends on Tuesday.
A week or so ago I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes - I was definitely frustrated b/c I've been trying to be so healthy. I am now more educated and know it has nothing to do with how healthy you are but getting it under control is all about food choices from now on. I have to check my blood sugar 4 times a day. I've been eating according to the diet that the dietician prescribed and my blood sugar has often been sky high...especially today. I called the nurse tonight and she said to monitor it tomorrow and be sure to call the office on Monday. I'm starting to wonder if that's why the girls all the sudden are gaining so much weight and want it under control before I have 10 pound twin girls! I know there are worse side effects for them too so I just want to get it straightened out.
The past few weeks I have become more and more uncomfortable, which I hadn't thought possible. I am so out of breath - even doing nothing! I feel stretched to the max like my stomach could split open at any second. It's so awful and to make it worse, there is always a couple elbows or heels pushing out against my taut skin. I wake up several times in the night - both to pee and to roll over (which is a big production getting my belly rolled over) b/c the hip that I'm laying on is burning and in so much pain. It feels like I'm sleeping on a concrete floor, they just ache so much. I really don't understand how people choose to put themselves through pregnancy multiple times! I'm sure I'll feel differently when the girls are here and maybe "forget" all the misery like everyone says you do after the birth.
I am so not myself physically, mentally and lately emotionally. I'm really looking forward to being myself again and being able to do things for myself. I appreciate so much all that family and friends have done - but it will be nice to be capable of doing these things myself again.
I'll try to post pictures of the nursery soon. I love it so much.
I can't believe how far we've made it - I wanted so bad just to make it to the critical 23rd week and now here we are at 31 weeks. I can't believe it - I know it's still early but we're just at a much safer point now and no reason to believe we don't have several more weeks to go. It's so crazy to think that in a month these girls just might be here...we can't wait.
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