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Things on my mind. this week....
No desire to work - is this because I am preggo or because of the spring weather?
Dr appt tomorrow - am now in my 21st week! YEAH! I feel much better about things now as the babies are moving a lot every day. Before I was anxious before my appts and worried that one twin would have disappeared (this comes from the fact that I had such a rough February with my doc making us think the babies had chromosome issues) but now they move so much and their presence is very clear :)
Hospital - argh we looked at one yesterday. I just really dont want to deliver in a hospital. I just want them to plop out in my bathtub at home. :) I know, I know. not realistic! LOL! but still wouldnt that be nice - if they just plopped out!?!?! Having twins just seems so restrictive - no birth house, no water birth, continous monitoring, etc. It feels so "unnatural"... Another thing is that the hospital we checked out has a neonatal clinic which apparently is good incase they come early, but other hospitals (who dont have neonatal clinic) have family rooms so that if we have to stay a few days, my DH and daughter can stay too.
Baby Names - I think I have to put up a poll to see what you ladies think about the few names we have on our list now. At least there is more than one name now.
Sleep - I have such a hard time to sleep now....argh. Anyone else?
Bathroom tiles - odd thing to have on my mind? no, not really! We are building a house and I need to decide on all the bathroom tiles with my DH by saturday!!!!!! AHHHH! I need an interior decorator.... We are getting the sinks, tubs form one place and tiles form another, so maybe they wont match! argh! Ohh I can not wait to be able to take a bath again. I miss having a bathtub!
What is up with you ladies this week?!?!!?
Dr appt tomorrow - am now in my 21st week! YEAH! I feel much better about things now as the babies are moving a lot every day. Before I was anxious before my appts and worried that one twin would have disappeared (this comes from the fact that I had such a rough February with my doc making us think the babies had chromosome issues) but now they move so much and their presence is very clear :)
Hospital - argh we looked at one yesterday. I just really dont want to deliver in a hospital. I just want them to plop out in my bathtub at home. :) I know, I know. not realistic! LOL! but still wouldnt that be nice - if they just plopped out!?!?! Having twins just seems so restrictive - no birth house, no water birth, continous monitoring, etc. It feels so "unnatural"... Another thing is that the hospital we checked out has a neonatal clinic which apparently is good incase they come early, but other hospitals (who dont have neonatal clinic) have family rooms so that if we have to stay a few days, my DH and daughter can stay too.
Baby Names - I think I have to put up a poll to see what you ladies think about the few names we have on our list now. At least there is more than one name now.
Sleep - I have such a hard time to sleep now....argh. Anyone else?
Bathroom tiles - odd thing to have on my mind? no, not really! We are building a house and I need to decide on all the bathroom tiles with my DH by saturday!!!!!! AHHHH! I need an interior decorator.... We are getting the sinks, tubs form one place and tiles form another, so maybe they wont match! argh! Ohh I can not wait to be able to take a bath again. I miss having a bathtub!
What is up with you ladies this week?!?!!?
"Plop out" LOL don't we wish it were just that easy....
I know what you mean about work, I am NOT MOTIVATED... I'm 17 weeks now and with increasing size, becoming more and more uncomfortable by the minute. I keep telling myself to hang on and drag myself on in here to work every day, while I can. I still have at least 4 more months to grow and by then I really will have something to whine about , I guess.
I am having all kinds of pressure down south. It's more of a pubic area pain and also my inner thighs. Somebody says it's something to do with the relaxin hormone causing the pubic bone to start stretching out~ it's making me pretty miserable. Anybody else have this problem?
Pookie, I thought I was the only paranoid one, thinking something is going to happen to one of the twins... I feel them pretty regularly but occassionally I'll only feel movement on one side for the whole day and I panic that there's only one twin is moving... I'm sure it's just my imagination...
I'm still on cloud nine about my last visit & being told "It's a girl and a boy" but I'm trying not to keep my hopes up too much. At the 12 week u/s they guessed girl/boy based on the genital tubercle, then at 14 weeks a different dr said 2 boys (I guess 14wks is the worst time to tell b/c all parts look the same.) Then at 16 weeks they looked again and said girl/boy again! Whew. I know I'll be happy either way, but I have 3 boys already (from a previous marriage) and I am desperate for a little bit of femininity around my house... and of course I want a boy also! But I know this is my last chance to get my girl, so my fingers are crossed. Do you all think 16.4 weeks is a good time to judge the sex? I'll go for my "official" anatomy scan next week (16th) so I hope to get confirmation then.
I know what you mean about work, I am NOT MOTIVATED... I'm 17 weeks now and with increasing size, becoming more and more uncomfortable by the minute. I keep telling myself to hang on and drag myself on in here to work every day, while I can. I still have at least 4 more months to grow and by then I really will have something to whine about , I guess.
I am having all kinds of pressure down south. It's more of a pubic area pain and also my inner thighs. Somebody says it's something to do with the relaxin hormone causing the pubic bone to start stretching out~ it's making me pretty miserable. Anybody else have this problem?
Pookie, I thought I was the only paranoid one, thinking something is going to happen to one of the twins... I feel them pretty regularly but occassionally I'll only feel movement on one side for the whole day and I panic that there's only one twin is moving... I'm sure it's just my imagination...
I'm still on cloud nine about my last visit & being told "It's a girl and a boy" but I'm trying not to keep my hopes up too much. At the 12 week u/s they guessed girl/boy based on the genital tubercle, then at 14 weeks a different dr said 2 boys (I guess 14wks is the worst time to tell b/c all parts look the same.) Then at 16 weeks they looked again and said girl/boy again! Whew. I know I'll be happy either way, but I have 3 boys already (from a previous marriage) and I am desperate for a little bit of femininity around my house... and of course I want a boy also! But I know this is my last chance to get my girl, so my fingers are crossed. Do you all think 16.4 weeks is a good time to judge the sex? I'll go for my "official" anatomy scan next week (16th) so I hope to get confirmation then.
I had the downward pressure too but it has eased up a little bit recently (or I have gotten used to it??) who knows if it comes back. I had/have the pressure most when I have been walking/standing a while and my Dr said that the pressure is normal and actually that it is good because it is a sign I should relax or sit.
And as far as movement, it has increased A LOT in the past week. It used to be here and there and usually in one spot... but now it is in multiple spots in same time frame so I figure it is both of them. You are still 4 weeks behind me, so hang in there! Before I was wishing they would kick to ease my mind...but now sometimes they go nuts when I am trying to relax or sleep and I find myself wondering how it will be when they are even bigger.
Isn't the idea of going to work another 3 months (ok, for you 4 months) daunting!?!? Ohhhh I am already out of breathe when I come up the 2 flights of stairs at work!
My DD's sex was determined in the 17th week - so same time as your US last time. And this time my specialist Dr said with 80% certainty in the 13th week that I was having 2 girls (which chromosome testing confirmed). So I think you should keep the faith about it being a boy and a girl!
And as far as movement, it has increased A LOT in the past week. It used to be here and there and usually in one spot... but now it is in multiple spots in same time frame so I figure it is both of them. You are still 4 weeks behind me, so hang in there! Before I was wishing they would kick to ease my mind...but now sometimes they go nuts when I am trying to relax or sleep and I find myself wondering how it will be when they are even bigger.
Isn't the idea of going to work another 3 months (ok, for you 4 months) daunting!?!? Ohhhh I am already out of breathe when I come up the 2 flights of stairs at work!
My DD's sex was determined in the 17th week - so same time as your US last time. And this time my specialist Dr said with 80% certainty in the 13th week that I was having 2 girls (which chromosome testing confirmed). So I think you should keep the faith about it being a boy and a girl!
You ladies crack me up!! I was working full time during my twin pregnancy and often got very distracted by the constant "taps" from inside by belly. Towards the end, I was so big (and shirts so tight), that a few coworkers could even notice the bouncing around inside my stomach---how embarrarsing!!
I actually enjoyed working from about 5 months on though. I had a desk job, so was sort of forced to sit and relax a bunch. My weekends were more exhausting for me, because I spent a lot more time chasing around my toddler during the day. I know you both have little ones already, so you can probably relate to that!
Sometimes I miss being pregnant. Thanks for sharing your experiences as it brings back fun memories for me!
I actually enjoyed working from about 5 months on though. I had a desk job, so was sort of forced to sit and relax a bunch. My weekends were more exhausting for me, because I spent a lot more time chasing around my toddler during the day. I know you both have little ones already, so you can probably relate to that!
Sometimes I miss being pregnant. Thanks for sharing your experiences as it brings back fun memories for me!
lol plop out that's funny well my baby # 2 pretty much does now my son was a little work but after he came out well my daughter just came out with like 1 push if that.......but really DS was only like 4 pushes I was lucky......but my delivery was pretty stress free except that every body I freaking knew showed up to watch me I was ready to issuse some death threats I am so serious there were like 15 ppl in my room at one time while I was having contractions and trying to breath and relax through them....I had no pain meds......next time I swore if my DH told anyone I was delivering I'd kill him too and I'm telling the hospital not to tell anyone that calls I'm there either....that's no fun....heck even my neighbors for goodness sake showed up .....with her husband and everyone else she knew....NOT FUN
you are kidding - your neighbors showed up?!??!? I cant believe you had so many people show up to watch you labor! I cant believe you let them in the room! HA!
After my DD was born, I told him not to tell anyone that my entire labor from water breaking to birth was only 5 hours because no one would have sympathy with me! Everyone would think it was so easy and it was not! Water broke around 5pm, by 8pm I was completely dilated, but then I had to push for 2 FREAKIN' hours to try to get her out....also had no epidural or anything - just homeopathic stuff and accupuncture. My DD just couldn't make the curve around my tailbone and it was really slow and hard to get her out.
That is why I deserve two "plop out" kids! :) in the bathtub at home. oops! surprise! :) I wish! I saw it on a video during my birth class....this lady in austria sat on a magic stool (at least that is what I call it - this birthing stool worked like magic!!!) and her baby literally plopped out! I was like wow! I want that too. My birthing stool was not magic - it was cursed, and I wanted nothing to do with it! HA!
After my DD was born, I told him not to tell anyone that my entire labor from water breaking to birth was only 5 hours because no one would have sympathy with me! Everyone would think it was so easy and it was not! Water broke around 5pm, by 8pm I was completely dilated, but then I had to push for 2 FREAKIN' hours to try to get her out....also had no epidural or anything - just homeopathic stuff and accupuncture. My DD just couldn't make the curve around my tailbone and it was really slow and hard to get her out.
That is why I deserve two "plop out" kids! :) in the bathtub at home. oops! surprise! :) I wish! I saw it on a video during my birth class....this lady in austria sat on a magic stool (at least that is what I call it - this birthing stool worked like magic!!!) and her baby literally plopped out! I was like wow! I want that too. My birthing stool was not magic - it was cursed, and I wanted nothing to do with it! HA!
Funny how when you are in labor or giving birth, it can be a "head game". I had totally read too many stories about people who took forever to get completely dilated...and then when they were finally at 10cm, it took just a couple pushes and out came baby. When I was completely dilated, I thought it was going to be downhill from there..... Whoa was I wrong!!!!!!!!!!!! It almost got the best of me after pushing for so long. But she finally made it out.
So this time, of course things will be different with two.... But I am trying not to get my hopes up about stuff they say (like 2nd births go faster than the 1st ones OR that it will be easier to push the twins out cause they will be smaller)... cause what if it isnt true?!?!?!
So this time, of course things will be different with two.... But I am trying not to get my hopes up about stuff they say (like 2nd births go faster than the 1st ones OR that it will be easier to push the twins out cause they will be smaller)... cause what if it isnt true?!?!?!
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