Thursday, September 07, 2006
I just had an ultrasound of the twins this morning. Unfortunately, I didn't get any great pictures to share probably because things are getting a little cramped in there. But they are both doing really well and growing at a good rate. Baby A weighs 3.5 pounds and Baby B weighs 3.9 pounds. Combined they almost weigh more than Hunter when he was born at 9 months, but of course I have twice the fluid and twice the placenta. The doctor asked how big my babies have been and when I said 7 and 8 pounds, he said the twins should be a good weight when they're born. I was thinking maybe 5 pounds each. He thinks more. That just about made me want to cry considering my back hurts so bad even walking is painful nowadays. Can't imagine what 7 more weeks is going to do to me.
Besides my ever-aching back, I feel great. Can't complain too much. I'm running low on clothes that will actually cover my hugeness, but who needs clothes, right? My belly (44 inches around) is definitely larger than Mark's now and I feel roughly the size of a baby Hippo. That is until I found out how much a baby hippo weighs. In reality, I'm about three times as big as a baby hippo. Slightly disturbing. Personally, I think I even look like a hippo. But everyone I know (and don't know for that matter) tells me I'm tiny for twins, especially for only being 7 weeks from delivery. I think they're just being nice. The one thing that tastes really good right now is ice--late at night I sit on the couch and pop it in my mouth like popcorn. Chocolate, ice cream, cake, cookies--nothing hits the spot quite like a cup full of half melted ice cubes. Of course the other thing I'm popping in my mouth on a regular basis are Tums. Can't live without them. I'm not sleeping much at night, but that's normal with any pregnancy. I consider it preparation for the lack of sleep newborn babies tend to cause.
The Doctor tells me I have to start my Non-Stress Tests once a week at the hospital. That will last for two weeks and then I have to go twice a week until they're born. And the normal Doctor visits. And the routine ultrasound visits. Maybe I should move into the hospital. It would save me about a million trips back and forth and I know for a fact they have working plumbing.
posted by Shana # 1:48 PM 
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