We're almost to 28 weeks now!! The doctor said yesterday that I'm measuring at term. What does that mean? That means I'm as big as I'm supposed to be in 2 and 1/2 months. NOT now. ;-) Because there are two of them in there, they're taking up more space, more quickly! What that seems to mean is I'm going to have to go buy more clothes. I've almost outgrown the clothes Sandra's given me, and she's giving birth in a week or so; two months minimum before I should!
We'll have another ultrasound on Veteran's Day, and I imagine they'll be telling us they're getting really squished and I need to be very careful about preterm labor. My ankles are swelling a little, but not too much. The worst part right now is the near constant heartburn, and that Baby B's bum shifts and squishes my stomach. When that happens, eating even a kids' meal worth of food is too much because my stomach cramps and I feel like I'm exploding. We thought it was a newly developed aversion to tomatoes, but it doesn't always seem to matter if it's tomato based. Not that they don't make it worse I think...but they're not the sole cause. They're also kicking REALLY low, and REALLY high. Especially into my ribs right now, which sure does cause me to struggle to get enough air sometimes.
The babies are definitely making me more tired, but I'm not overly anemic yet, so that's a good sign. I also took the dreaded glucose test, but passed! My numbers were right in the middle. Some say that's a little low, some say it's just fine. I only care that I didn't have to go in for the 3 hour test. I am NOT in favor of anything that makes me not eat purposefully! We're on to two week visits now, which is getting harder to accomplish, since I'm still working. They want me in earlier because they want to do stress monitoring on the babies, but they want me in no later than 3. I don't know enough about the stress tests to know whether or not this is vitally important, but I really do wish a doctor's office would accept appointments until a reasonable time. Ultrasounds can't be scheduled past 1:30 either. Are you kidding me? Who can accommodate that schedule!?
Eddie keeps saying I only have 6 more weeks left (he's talking work), which isn't helpful, because I'm not done now, but is a really nice thought. I can't wait to be done...and to have these babies come! Although I do think I'll miss feeling them moving around. It's so cool to think that they're awake, or asleep, or will move when I push on them! Eddie'll have tons of time off with me, and I'm excited for that too! He's done SO much today, including ripping carpet up, installing lights on the porch outside, and even with his dad a week ago fixing the light that marks our driveway. Now we just need to build our crib, and the cradle, and start truly setting things up. Eddie has to finish the floors first.
Anyway-I'm hoping the ultrasound shows me they're super on-track, or even more developed than they should be...I worry about them coming too early. Eddie tells me to stop being pessimistic or it'll come true, but I just really want them healthy!
