36 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 36 Weeks

Size of baby: Boy is 5 lbs 12 ozs 27%, girl is 4 lbs 12 oz 3%

Maternity Clothes: Maternity clothes and Nick's clothes

Gender: One boy, one girl!

Movement: The babies move a lot.  The little boy gets hiccups at least once a day. 

Sleep: Sleeping is getting uncomfortable and I wake up a lot.  

What I miss: Energy, being comfortable, and the ability not to waddle.

Cravings: Sweets and fried food

Symptoms: I'm big and I itch!
Best Moment this week: I got a pedicure and we finally got the nursery ready for the twins!

I had them paint my toys pink and blue!  And yes that is a tattoo on my toe.  It is the Ichthys or "Jesus Fish". 

Little girl has gained a pound in the last 3 weeks but the doctors are not happy about her size.  Her heart rate is good, her activity is good, and the flow in her umbilical cord is good - the problem is she is just small.  We had a very long Dr. visit today with lots of scans and tests.  Basically they don't think it would be good to wait 2 more weeks to have the babies.   So we have our bags packed and the infant seats in the van ready to go whenever the Dr. decides its time.  

33 Weeks

We are in the home stretch now!   With our c-section scheduled for Nov. 23rd we are only 5 weeks or less from meeting our "super babies" (that is what Cali calls them - thanks Dora!).

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 33 Weeks

Size of baby: Boy is 4 lbs 8 ozs 33%, girl is 3 lbs 13 ozs 7%

Maternity Clothes: Maternity clothes and Nick's clothes

Gender: One boy, one girl!

Movement: The babies move a lot.  The little girl has managed to totally change positions again.  Not sure how she finds the room!

Sleep: Sleeping is getting uncomfortable since I can only lay on my left side.  

What I miss: Energy, being comfortable, and the ability not to waddle.

Cravings: Sweets and fried food

Symptoms: I'm big!

Best Moment this week: Our wonderful church family gave us a Double the Fun baby shower last weekend!  It was so thoughtful of them to get us so many wonderful things for the twins.  

You may notice that our little girl is pretty small, 7% (for none baby people - Doctors use a 100% scale to rate the size of babies with the average baby being 50% in size).   She is gaining weight but is just not as big as the Doctors would like her to be.  What they want us to do is come in twice a week to do a None Stress Test or NST.  Basically they put monitors on the babies to watch their heartbeats.  As long as the lines go up and down a lot we are fine.  They are also monitoring the babies fluid and umbilical cord flow.  At this point their isn't anything to worry about and if anything does come up we are going to the Dr. so much they will find it.  

  

28 Weeks

We have hit the third trimester!  The scary part is we are 10 weeks or less away from going from a family of 3 to a family of 5!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 28 Weeks

Size of baby: The twins are 14.5 inches long and just over two pounds each

Maternity Clothes: Maternity clothes and Nick's clothes

Gender: One boy, one girl!

Movement: The babies move all the time!  It is crazy that you can see them moving from the outside!

Sleep: Sleeping is getting uncomfortable.  Some nights are better than others.   I also try to take a nap everyday but sometimes I just lay down for a while. 

What I miss: Seeing my feet, flexibility, energy and sleep.

Cravings: Chocolate, carbs and sweet potato fries

Symptoms: My belly is getting big!

Best Moment this week: Celebrating Nick's birthday.  I couldn't imagine this adventure with anyone else!

24 Weeks

Cali wanted to be in the pictures this week!

Cali is excited about her brother and sister

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 24 Weeks

Size of baby: The twins are 12 inches long and just over a pound each

Maternity Clothes: Maternity clothes and Nick's clothes

Gender: One boy, one girl!

Movement: The babies move all the time, day or night!

Sleep: Sleeping is getting uncomfortable but I'm still able to get sleep.  I also take an hour nap everyday per Dr. orders.  

What I miss: Seeing my feet, flexibility, and sleeping on my back

Cravings: Chips, popcorn, pizza, chocolate and sweet potato fries!

Symptoms: My belly is big and I have twins moving around like crazy in there.

Best Moment this week: Having Cali talk to her brother and sister

It is crazy to think we are only 3 months away from having babies!  Life is about to get crazy!

14 Weeks

We are 14 weeks today!  WOOHOO!!  Goodbye 1st trimester!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 14 Weeks

Size of baby: The twins are 3.5 inches long, about the size of lemons

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 8 lbs (as I get bigger I may stop filling this one out)

Maternity Clothes: Maternity pants and mostly t-shirts.  I did empty out my closet of the all the clothes I won't be able to wear for the next year and put in 2 tubs of maternity clothes.

Gender: We find out officially July 8th, but we have a good idea now!  

Movement: The babies move when I pick up Cali, bend over or twist

Sleep: I get up to pee once a night and I'm having crazy dreams

What I miss: Energy!  I am super worn out! When Cali goes to bed I sit in the recliner till bed. 

Cravings: Pizza!  And considering Gluten Free pizza just isn't the same this crazing is getting depressing.

Symptoms: Hungry and tired!  I eat 3 meals a day and around 9 snacks. 

Best Moment this week: Our 13 week Dr. appt.  We got to see two wiggly, healthy babies!