All Belly

I think this is every pregnant woman's dream- to have people say to you, "You're all belly."


I am not all belly.  I have gained a little weight in my arms and a decent widening of my hips and butt have occurred.  The last few weeks though it is just my belly that is growing out and out and out.  I like it for the most part, looking really pregnant instead of chubby vs. pregnant but I am starting to feel like there is no more room between my rib cage and pelvis.  At the end of the day I just feel so full and get this pain in my right upper abdomen.


Yesterday, I was post-call... I was up most of the night before trying to get 2 kids to stop seizing and awake for most of 36 hours + pregnancy is not a good emotional combination.  Last night in my exhausted state I just broke down... I started telling my husband I didn't know how I was going to make it three more months feeling this big and that there is just no more room.  He looks over at me and says, "Are you crying?"  Yes... I was crying.  Exhaustion and raging hormones will do that to you.  I called it a night and I am fine today.  This is just harder than I thought sometimes.  I love being pregnant, but being a medical resident working a ton of hours, having constant work pressure and serious chronic fatigue makes some days really, really hard. 


I have been trying to focus on all my nesting activities.  It makes me feel like I am accomplishing things and that someday I'll feel ready for their arrival.  I am currently in the process of making 2 quilts.  I don't exactly know how to sew...my mother bought me a sewing machine for Christmas and I've finally dragged it out of the box.  I am pretty excited to be making things with my own hands for our babies but a little scared of how wonky they may look.  Made with love is what counts right? 


I am slowly checking things off the nursery list:
The room is painted, cribs assembled and with mattresses, changing table set up.
I painted the closet 2 weekends ago and the hubby helped me hang a second rod with a shelf on top last weekend to accommodate all their tiny clothes :)
We have 2 built in dressers in the room (our house is a cape cod with such charming little features). One of them got new knobs and I got this awesome wallpaper to line the drawers with.
My mom gave me a little table to use next to the glider which I need to paint.
We ordered a chair and a half glider which should be here in May.
I need to finish my quilts and I am contemplating making 1 or 2 black and white mobiles for either above the cribs or above the changing table.
I ordered this awesome print from Etsy which I'm planning to put with this Hammerpress print, a cute mirror, and a little birdhouse I am painting in a collection above a little bookshelf.
I also want to get big wood or cardboard letters (the first letter of each of their names) to decorate somehow and hang above each crib.


Things are coming together... I will post pictures eventually when it is looking all calm and soothing and pretty just as I picture it in my head.  It's shaping up to be my favorite room in our house. 

2 lb 11 oz of Baby on Board and Almost Viable :)

We had our 24 week appointment and ultrasound this week! I have realized I am getting spoiled with these frequent ultrasounds and probably won't know what to do if I ever have a singleton in the future.


Our babies looked great once again. Baby A weighing in at 1 lb 6 oz, still a girl and currently head down.  I gave her a little pep talk to kindly stay that way for the next 3-3 1/2 months.  Baby B weighing in at 1 lb 5 oz, also still a girl and yawning and then later sucking her thumb.  Ahhh... love is seeing these babies do those normal baby things... makes it feel all the more real.  I can't wrap my brain around 2 babies arriving in about 3 months- it is just too good to actually be true.  Until they are placed in my arms I don't think it's really going to sink in.


I will be 25 weeks on Sunday... viability.  This makes me incredibly happy but also anxious to get through the next 3 weeks because 28 weeks is infinitely better for baby brains and lungs than 25 weeks.  I have no reason to think they'll come that early... just 3 months of working in the NICU during the past 3 years and seeing lots of itty bitty twins.  So for now I'm just going to be thankful for each week that passes and they grow bigger and stronger.


I have my glucose tolerance test next week and am then going on a mission to get Tdaps for myself, my hubby and all close family members.  No pertussis exposures for these babies...


I swear I am going to try my hardest to not be a crazy mom... haha... try being the operative word.