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September 24, 2007
30 weeks!
So, I've been meaning to write for awhile. My energy, well, it's not terrible for this point in the pregnancy, but I think I'm getting a little more inwardly focused, trying to get ready for the big changes up ahead. At this point, I've been more thinking about trying to get to the end of the pregnancy with everyone safe and sound. Now I'm starting to think about the realities of parenting these completely dependent beings sometime in the next two months (probably in the next month and a half!)
Anyway, here are some factoids about life these days....
*I'm at 30 weeks, and still going strong with the pregnancy, one of my big goals! Next goal? 33 weeks. They'll have better lung development, and be much more prepared to face the outside world. At this point, every week further I get in the pregnancy, the less time the little boogers would have to spend in NICU, if they were to come early.
*Our little girl is working on her sense of humor. At each appointment, a nurse checks for their heartbeats using a doppler. Our boy is very cooperative, and they pick up his heartbeat right away. Our girl, however, squirms away almost every time, making it very difficult to locate her. At first, it used to scare me when they couldn't find her heartbeat, but now I realize it's a game she plays (in utero hide and seek?). At my appointment last week, the nurse finally gave up and went to get the doctor to find the heartbeat. As soon as the nurse left the room, our little angel kicked my belly so hard that the friend I had with me could see it across the room. It was like she was saying, "Ha! Beat the grown-up again!!" The doctor came in and after our girl finally stopped swimming away said that the girl appears to be the dominant twin. No kidding!! As long as our boy can play soccer every once in awhile, he's pretty content to just hang out.
*On Thursday, we get to see the babies again! Since twins are a bit higher risk, we get to go to the local maternal-fetal specialist for a super-high tech ultrasound--not 3-D or 4-D, that would be *really* cool--but one that shows a ton of detail. It should tell us whether our boy has turned head-down, and also how big they are.
*It will be fun to see exactly how they're positioned, because I feel like they're playing with each other sometimes. I'll feel kicks and bounces nearly simultaneously at different corners of my belly.
*We have both our carseats now, since we won't be allowed to leave the hospital without them (were the babies to come early). Tim likes the one we just bought using a gift certificate from our sweet church in Pittsburgh, a jungle print with a cute canopy. With the canopy up, he thinks it looks like a little baby house.
*It's weird how at this point I have to think about all of the things that used to be instinctive--standing up, turning over in bed, walking, sleeping. Sleeping is the biggest battle at this point. If I get a good night's sleep, I can deal with everything else. If I don't--which is happening with increasing frequency--I have trouble facing even little teeny tasks.
*Baby hiccups are hilarious!!!
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Yay for reaching the 30 week mark!!
When my mom was pregnant with my brother, he had the hiccups. I gave my mom water and the hiccups stopped! It was my one big accomplishment as a 6 year old. :)
Posted by: Carrie at September 24, 2007 12:33 PM