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Grow, babies, grow!

pregnancy, twins July 8, 2012 Comments: 6

I WAS going to do a bumpdate post a couple days ago, but got a wee bit distracted by the crazy turd who stole my babies.

So with all that nonsense behind me, here it is… 30 weeks down, 8 to go:

30 weeks twins

In the nursery, waiting for the stork to come.

How far along? 30 weeks and 5 days.

Weight gain/loss: Started at 136. Weight at Dr’s Friday was 159. Everyone tells me I look tiny, but I feel HUGE.

Feeling: HUGE! haha I think I have a bit of a waddle now, but since I’m on bed rest I don’t really do much walking anymore. In fact, I rarely leave the couch. It’s rather depressing actually. Every day is starting to blur into the next… Aside from the whole giving birth thing, I don’t have anything to look forward to anymore. Just day after day of being stuck on the couch. Ugh. Who would have thought that doing nothing all day would be so draining?

Maternity clothes? I only have a few maternity dresses (and only 2 that I actually like/wear). I save these dresses for when I get to venture out of the house for Dr. appointments, but the rest of the time I just throw on any of my “regular” ones that I can still squeeze into. The couch really doesn’t care how I look, so it’s cool.

Sleep: Still hard to come by. Especially during the recent heatwave we’ve had. Just can’t get comfortable.

Food cravings: Wendy’s baked potatoes! I don’t know why, but baked potatoes almost always sound so good to me.

Movement? Lots! Baby A is constantly kicking the crap out of my poor cervix and rectum/large intestine(?). She’s literally kicking my ass. Weirdest feeling ever. B is a lot less annoying, mainly due to her location. She does have some really powerful kicks though! They’re both most active when I go to bed & when I wake up. Mike has been holding my belly in the morning to feel them and although I’m usually half-asleep and out of it, I LOVE those little moments of bonding. :)

What I miss? Leaving the house!!! Shaving my legs… wearing cute dresses… caring about how I look… etc.

What I’m looking forward to: Scheduling my c-section & hopefully making it to at least 35 weeks.

nursery

This was a test shot that Mike took before the belly pics… I usually hate candid shots of me, but I liked the feel of this one for some reason. :)

“I would go out tonight, but I haven’t got a stitch to weeeeaarrrr…”

pregnancy, twins May 18, 2012 Comments: 4

…Rather, I haven’t got a stitch that fits.

As the temperature rises and my belly expands, I’m finding it harder and harder to fit into any of my “normal” clothes.

This comes as no real surprise, being that I’m almost 24 weeks pregnant with 2 little humans (and measuring 28!)… But it’s still a bit of a downer. I have so many cute & comfy summer dresses that will get absolutely no use this year. Boo-hoo, right? Thing is, 95% of my wardrobe consists of dresses. So now that I can barely squeeze myself into them, I’m pretty much… um… Wardrobe-less?

So the only logical thing to do now is buy maternity clothes — which I would be okay with except for the simple fact that I DON’T WANNA DRESS LIKE A MOM!!

I don’t know if I’m just looking in the wrong stores (Target, Kohl’s, Macy’s, etc.), but holy crap are maternity clothes UGLY. Not to mention the fact that they seem to just lump them in with the plus sized clothes, so I can never tell which is which.

Perhaps I was just naive, but I always imagined myself wearing cute little maternity dresses with fun prints and cute bows tied lovingly above my growing belly. I’m not sure where I expected to find such cuteness, but they certainly don’t exist in any maternity department that I’ve come across. Instead, I find over-sized, totally unflattering “dresses” that look more like this:

homer fat dress

…cos what pregnant woman *doesn’t* want to resemble Fat Homer?

I have a feeling that unless I want to spend a ton of money (that I don’t have) on some sort of specialty maternity site, I’m going to be stuck looking like Fat Homer until these babies come out.

It’s going to be a long summer…

23 weeks pregnant

See? Nothing to wear… ;)

Mike’s little doodle (ha!) and a 22-week bumpdate.

pregnancy, twins May 9, 2012 Comments: 4
twin love pregnancy doodle

Mike made this little doodle on his iPad yesterday. Awwww!

Yesterday my little uterus residents hit the 22-week mark. They grow up so fast! ;)

I’ve never done an official “bumpdate” post, so I figure I should give it a go. — Even though I don’t have a current photo of my big ol’ belly (it’s big, trust me!). Mike takes daily photos of my monstrosity, so I’ll try to post one in a few days. But for now, simple black text must suffice…

How far along? 22 weeks and one day. Time is really starting to fly by!

Weight gain/loss: Ugh. This topic makes me nervous. My pre-pregnancy weight was 136. I didn’t gain anything during my 1st trimester due to the constant nausea. The doctors didn’t seem concerned, so I tried not to worry as well. I’m currently between 144-149 — it fluctuates every day. I have a Dr’s appointment tomorrow, so hopefully they’ll assure me that I’m doing alright. Fingers crossed.

Feeling: Not too bad. Much better than 1st trimester. I mostly just feel tired/exhausted. And BIG. Simple tasks totally wipe me out — like doing laundry & carrying the clothes up to our bedroom. Perhaps TMI, but I can no longer see my nether-regions when I look down. Yikes.

Maternity clothes? I bought maternity leggings that I wear pretty much every day. Aside from that, all of my “normal” clothes still fit, since I mostly wear dresses & flow-y shirts. Mike always told me my clothes were too big & made me look pregnant… Maybe I was just planning ahead?

Sleep: Oh, sleep… How I miss you. Between never getting comfortable, trying to avoid laying on my back, struggling to make friends with my new body pillow, and getting up to pee every 10 minutes… Sleep has been… HARD.

Food cravings: I haven’t really had any. There are things I eat a ton of, but I did that before I was pregnant too. Lately, tons of watermelon. I can’t get enough. mmmm

Movement? Finally started feeling them moving around on a daily basis. Still hard to tell if I’m feeling them both, or just one moving around a lot. Sort of wish this wasn’t my first pregnancy, so I could have something to compare it to.

What I miss? SLEEP! But I guess I should start getting used to that now…

What I’m looking forward to: Seeing them on the ultrasound tomorrow! One of the best things about having a twin pregnancy — So many ultrasounds! Getting to see them moving around in there makes all the icky parts of pregnancy feel totally worth it. :)

No, really… I’m not fat, I’m just full of babies.

pregnancy April 3, 2012 Comments: 8
17 weeks pregnant

Self-portrait in soon-to-be nursery at 17 weeks

17 weeks! I can’t believe how fast these past couple of months have flown by. I’m almost halfway there!

My original plan was to document each week of my pregnancy through photographs. It would have been a dandy little plan, had I not have been so damn lazy. And nauseous. (And full of excuses?)

With that said, I guess 17 weeks in is better than nothing. Hell, with twins, I’m pretty much guaranteed to balloon to epic proportions anyway — so I have plenty of growth left to document. Lucky me.

So hopefully I’ll remember to snap a few photos every Tuesday until the little rosebuds decide to emerge. But if not, I’ve got backup. — Mike is also doing a daily documentation of my growing belly that we’re going to turn into a video when all is said and done. My bases, they are covered. Woo!

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