Babies update

I have lots to post about but my motivation levels have been at an all time low lately (gee, I wonder why) and so I thought I'd just give an update on the boys for now since I haven't done that in a few weeks--oh, and I'll post another belly shot soon--I'm getting big BIg BIG!

I went to the doctor on Thursday (32 weeks) and we had our usual ultrasound. Everything is still looking good--both boys are healthy, but their weights are starting to really diverge which left my doctor wanting to check on them more regularly. Baby boy 1 (Owen) is about 4 lbs and Baby boy 2 (Eli) is 5 lbs. Just to clarify, I am currently carrying about 9 lbs of baby in me! Marcus only weighed in at 7.8 lbs at time of delivery (38 weeks). My Dr. assured me that both boys are still looking very healthy and normal, but because Owen is smaller than his brother, he wants me to come in once a week to be hooked up to the monitors for an hour so that they can check fetal movement and fluid levels. Also, I will now be having an ultrasound every two weeks. Of course, all of this has made me a little tense especially considering how uneventful this pregnancy has been so far, but I am trying to remain positive. My first monitoring session is this Wed. so I'll let you all know how it goes. On the bright side, if they are different sizes we shouldn't have any trouble telling them apart :)

My doctor told me again that he would really like to see me get to 35 weeks. He said that if I started to go into labor before that time, he would try and stop me. Ideally, he wants me to get to 38 weeks which is when he said he would induce me. So just to break it down for you, folks that means that since I will be 33 weeks on Wed, I could potentially have these babies in 2 weeks. And if not then, I could potentially have them in 5 weeks, in other words, baby boys will be assuming residence in our household in 2-5 weeks. I find this news slightly stressful. Yes, there have been more crying spells of late, I am just such a mixture of every emotion possible.

Also, it doesn't really help my emotional status that I now feel as though the pregnancy truck has officially hit me. I was feeling pretty good up until around 29 weeks or so and then it just really became impossible for me to do much of anything. I can only walk very very short distances and I don't sleep very well. Also, I now skip Sunday school because the chairs make me want to scream in pain (I bring a pillow to sit on and it still hurts). People continue to tell me that I look good, and I appreciate their comments, but every part of me just hurts. There is this especially sore spot on the left side of my belly because Owen insists on leaning on that particular spot as often as possible. I feel like that particular patch of skin has been stretched to the max. And my back hurts.

I know that the arrival of the babies will bring with it a different set of challenges, but I am so excited to be able to bend over again and to be able to stand up from a sitting position without having to use something as leverage to heave my body out of the chair.

Nothing like the simple joy of picking up something that you dropped.