7 Days and Counting

After seeing my OB Dr. twice this week,with the hopes that membrane stripping might start contractions, it has been decided that I will be induced on Jan 7th if I don't deliver on my own before then. It is nice to know that there is a definite end in sight, I'm getting very worn out. I would have never believed 6+ weeks ago, I would still be pregnant. I think my doctor is pretty surprised to. I just pray the next few days go rather quickly!

37 Week OB Update

I had my thirty seven week OB check up today. I'm now dilated to four, but the first baby is still pretty high up in my pelvis. I would love to disagree with the doctor considering I feel so different. The Dr did membrane stripping on Sunday morning and so far no luck with that jump starting contractions. We are going back on Wednesday afternoon to have that done again, hopefully it will work.

I'm hoping that the babies with be born either during the day on the 30th or sometime on the 31st, that's when my doctor is on call. The other doctor that will be taking care of me any other time this week, is one to jump to c-sections pretty quickly from my understanding. With both the babies being head down, I really want to try to have them naturally, and my doctor agrees strongly.

I've been feeling kind of bad this evening so maybe something is in the works or I'm just paying for being to active today by cleaning the kitchen and "trying" to find a spot for the millions of Christmas presents Connor received. It's good to be a kid with four sets of grandparents!! I don't think he has time to even enjoy one particular toy to long, he has so many to play with, it's very distracting!!

Maybe my next post will be one with new baby pictures!?! :)

When????

When are these babies going to come? For weeks I prayed they wouldn't be born and now for weeks I've prayed for them to come!! I had to go to the hospital yesterday to be check out because I was having a lot of pelvic pressure. I found out I was dilated 2-3, but nothing happened. The babies still look really good on the monitor and don't seem to be to anxious to meet anyone.

The Dr can't officially induce me til next week, which will make me 38 weeks. I never thought I would be pregnant this long at all. I was hoping to make it to 35 weeks with 5 lb babies. The babies should be pretty close to 6 1/2 lbs now.

I have an appointment this afternoon, but I'm hoping I'll start having contractions before that.

I hope everyone has a great week!

35 Weeks

I had my 35 week update yesterday and found out that the babies are doing great! We had a biophysical profile ultrasound done to make sure that there is enough amniotic fluid around the babies and that they are active. I didn't need an ultrasound to know that they were plenty active. The Dr did say that she's never seen a set of twins grow and develop at the same rate as our twins are. They have been spot on with each other the entire time, I hope they share this well the rest of their lives!!

I'm dilated one and she said that I'm not really showing to many signs that I'll be going into labor in the near future. It wouldn't break my heart if that changed:).

We moved Connor's seat to the back seat and installed the girls car seats yesterday so that it doesn't happen after the girls get here. Dale and I were both a little concerned he might throw a fit, but just the opposite. I think he feels like such a big boy and super cool getting to sit all the way in the back. I'm pretty sure he is getting anxious for the babies to get here as well. He kept talking about putting the babies in the car seats and at 6:30 this morning he was in the babies room looking for them. I hope he wants them around just as much when they really are here.

34 Week Appt and Connor Update

After seeing the Dr for my 34th week check up she informed me that I should stay pregnant as long as possible. The longer I'm pregnant the better the chance that the babies will get to come home with us right away. I'm measuring like I'm 42 weeks along. The belly truly does get bigger each and every day. I'll have another appointment with an ultrasound on Monday. It will be interesting to see how big they are by then.

I've been feeling pretty good other than at night. I feel like I'm in a constant contraction while lying in bed. That makes for a very long night, but thankfully I'm able to nap during the day. I think God is just preparing me for only getting two hours of sleep at a time. Let's just pray that I at least get that much.

Connor is battling another ear infection, but I won't complain to much about that since poor Drew has had it much worse lately! He has been waking up earlier and earlier every morning. This morning I woke up at 5:30 to him screaming for his Daddy, who was at work, behind a closed bedroom door. God only knows how long he'd been up.

I'm looking for advice on the whole potty training bit. Connor has been doing excellent at peeing on the potty, even started standing up at the toilet this week. We've only been successful 2-3 times at number 2. He seems to have his accidents at school mostly, I think because we are able to catch him since we can keep a better eye on him. I know he knows that he should use the potty, because he hides when he is doing it. He never hid while wearing a diaper, this is a new trait. At school today, he went pee on the potty and then proceeded to have an accident almost immediately, followed by another one later on. He knows he gets a special candy when he poops, but he just doesn't seem to care at all. We usually let him watch some cartoons after school and he didn't get to watch any tonight, due to the accidents. TV is a big deal to Connor so I'm hoping this will be the motivation he needs, but does anyone have any advice?

Have a great week!!

My Little American

I'm so proud of Connor, even if my little American is in his underwear! I had no idea that he really knew this until a few days ago. Tonight he recited it perfectly, and I can't believe that he did again so I could video him. I have no idea what volcano/football game he is talking about.

OB Update

I had my 33 week OB update yesterday. Everything went really well. We had an ultrasound to see how big the babies have grown. They are measuring 4lbs, 8oz each. I can't believe how close they have been in size the entire time. The ultrasound tech told us that the babies will gain about 6-7oz per week from here on out. I'm so surprised to know that I'm carrying around about 9lbs worth of baby! The Dr said I'm measuring (the size of my uterus) about 1 week over due.

After having such a good week, on bed rest, I had a terrible night. I had several contractions last night. I really thought that we were on the upside of having to be on bed rest, but last night was a reminder that I need to stay in bed. I really hope that I'm able to hold on for a couple of more weeks. The Dr says that I need to make it to 34 weeks, but I would much rather make it to 35 weeks. I know my babies will be small, but at least 5 lbs would be good. Connor was so small and he was 7lbs 9 oz, I can't even begin to picture what the girls would look like at 5lbs each.

I hope my week goes by fast and is very boring, I hope everyone has a great week!!