Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Another Week!

Just a quick update. Went to my ultrasound appt today and at 35wks Baby A is measuring 4.6lbs and Baby B is 5.7lbs! Hurray, I have one over 5lbs, now Baby A needs to get there. I have told Jesse the whole time that I do not want to deliver unless both babies weigh over 5lbs. The Dr. came in and talked to me when the scan was done and told me to continue to rest and he will see me the following week. I guess my OB was wrong again, but I am thankful because I have my 11yo 6th grade promotion on Thursday and I can't miss it.

I have a NST appt tomorrow, my OB appt Friday, and another ultrasound appt on Monday. Things are moving along and I have almost hit my goal of at least 37wks!

Monday, June 17, 2013

Stop Getting My Hopes Up!

I will start with the easy part of this past week. All my NST appts have been pretty simple. In and out in an hr or less!

I saw my OB on Thursday and everything was fine. I am 34wks now measuring as that of a 45wk pregnant person, my BP has been pretty good lately, and babies heartbeats were great. The only thing that I am a little stressed about is the babies ultrasound results from the Tuesday before. The babies weight discordance has gone up to 17% from 15% since about 26wks. I am not to afraid just because the Peri had told me previously they usually don't start to worry until it hits 20%. I have another apt on Tuesday with the Peri office again and my OB warned me to not be surprised if he decides it's time to deliver that week. The thing is she keeps telling me that and every time I go I am expecting it and don't hear it so my hopes are up for nothing. That being said we will see if I actually see the Dr this appt because the last two times I have gone I have only seen the ultrasound tech.

I am actually hoping not to hear that I am delivering next week (yes even though I am so over this pregnancy) only because my daughter has her 6th grade "promotion" on Thursday. I wouldn't miss that for the world. I have to be there so if I get a call saying we want to go ahead and deliver I will straight out say not until after Thursday morning!

I even finally got a belly shot today. Since we were out celebrating fathers day I took the moment to do a photo op since for once I was dressed and had my hair done!

 
Well that's it for now. Hope you all had an amazing Fathers Day!

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Everyone Gets At Least One Right?

Well here it is. My whine post. Everyone should be entitled to at least one!

Let me start by telling you about all the pregnancy symptoms I had with my 2 singleton pregnancy's.
  • mild food aversions
  • tired
Now let me tell you about all the wonderful symptoms I am having with this twin pregnancy.
  • Morning sickness from weeks 4-15. Not extreme like some people. I wasn't throwing up constantly. In fact I would say I maybe threw up 7 times. I just had this constant feeling of stomach flu. I couldn't eat and lost weight during that first trimester. I had to take Zofran in order to be able to function at work.
  • Constipation. Now this was severe. I am not going into details, but it was HORRIBLE!
  • Sciatica. It started as a pain in my left buttock. Not so bad that I couldn't walk, but it hurt. Then enter 3rd trimester where I get it so bad on my right side that I literally can't walk. If I get up to go to the restroom I am in tears and have to hold onto whatever I can to get there.
  • Sleep deprivation. It is almost impossible to fall asleep and then when I do I am up peeing a 1/2 hr later.
  • Hip pain. From being on bed rest. I am having to turn to my opposite side to sleep every hr because my hip hurts.
  • SPD. Feels like my damn pelvic bone is going to snap in half. Sometimes it makes it so hard to turn over in bed or to get my leg around my body pillow.
  • And the newest one is Carpal Tunnel. It started in my left hand which is fine because I am right handed, but just a few days later it decided to take over my right hand as well. It is bad. I can't open water bottles if they are to tight, can barely flat iron my hair anymore, it falls asleep while cooking, and so on.
So those are the most relevant symptoms I have experienced so far. It is getting so hard. I feel like my body is shutting down on me. I am so dependent on people and anyone that knows me knows this is killing me.

I wanted so badly to go to one of my friends baby shower yesterday. It was at 11am so I got up at 9:30, took a shower, and got dressed. Then came the fun part. I was struggling with my carpal tunnel while trying to flat iron my hair (which I have to do because I have some nappy hair). My hands kept going numb. I called in my 11yo daughter in to try to help and she couldn't get it straight enough with the few pieces she did try. I told her my hand was feeling better and I got it (didn't want to hurt her feelings). It took me 30mins to do my hair that normally takes me 5min because it is so paper thin and only shoulder length. I just sat there crying on the toilet. Right then and there I decided I was not going to the baby shower. My hair look liked crap and I did not have enough time to get my make-up on before my other friend got their to pick me up. I know it seems vain, but I am that girl that has to have my hair done and make-up on if I go any where on the weekends.

Then later on that night I was trying to open up a Gatorade bottle. Failed...I just started bawling. This damn carpal tunnel.

I know I am only 33wks 6days and I want to make it to 37wks (that is mine and my OB's goal), but physically and mentally I am done. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I just want to be me again. Please, please, please 37wks hurry up and get here...my body would appreciate it!

Friday, June 7, 2013

NST's

I started my NST's and when I say that boy do I mean it! I had my first NST done on Sunday May 26th. I woke up that morning and took a shower, went downstairs to eat, and started to walk out the door. Well wouldn't you believe it, my sciatica on the right side started to act up. I could barely get to my car and then once there I just stood there crying for 5mins trying to figure out how I was going to get into the car. Finally I was able to get in and was just trying to stretch my leg on the drive over.  I arrived at the hospital at 8:40am to register. I got out of the car and took about 5 steps and I couldn't walk anymore. So here I am in the parking lot trying to figure out how the hell I was gonna get in to register and then up to L&D. I ended up dragging my crying ass back to my car where I stretched for a good 5mins and was able to actually walk. It still  hurt pretty bad, but hey I could walk. I get in get registered, get up to L&D and got hooked up right away and was lucky enough to get a L&D room so I had a T.V. In case you have don't know what a NST is I will tell you quickly. It is a Non Stress Test for the babies. Basically they put these little monitors on your belly that keep track of the babies heart rate and fetal movement and also one to watch for contractions. During this time they would like to see accelerations in the babies heart rate.

Back to Sunday...I got hooked up, got some water and lied on my sore ass (literally) while the nurse came in and out to get Baby A or B back on the monitor because they had moved or to see if I needed anything. Well she ended up calling my OB at about 10 because Baby B was having some decelerations (heart beat was dropping at times) and I was having some contractions, which I was not feeling at all. My OB said she would be in to check me. She arrived at 11 and took a look at Baby B's decelerations and decided she wanted me to have a Biophysical before leaving (which is an Ultrasound where they measure the babies amnio fluids, weights, and make sure they are practicing breathing). Also because I had a rapid heart rate she ordered some blood work. Long story short, they finally came from radiology at about 2pm. Everything turned out fine on the ultrasound and blood work, but baby B had another deceleration within that time so the OB let me leave, but decided to have me come back on Wednesday. All Sunday my sciatica killed me and I cried all damn day pretty much every time I had to get up!

I went back on Wednesday and was once again lucky enough to get a L&D room which meant T.V! This time once again my appt was at 9am, but Baby A was uncooperative. She would not stay still and kept getting off the monitor. I ended up being there from 9-1. Not as bad as Sunday, but was still making me dread these damn NST's. My OB decided that I should come in again on Saturday.

Saturday morning I get there and get my room and this time I am in the triage room...No T.V. I didn't get hooked up until about 9:30ish because it was a pretty busy morning. Baby B was a little active, but she was still showing accelerations so I was able to go home at 11:30. Ob then let me take a little break and come in on Thursday June 6th. A 4 day break!!

Thursday rolls around and I get there at 11am. Once again in the triage room with no T.V. Let me tell you how happy I was to be out of there by 12. Both babies did great. They stayed on the monitor the whole time and had their accelerations!

I also had a Ultrasound appt on the 4th. At 33wks Baby A is measuring 3.13lbs and B is measuring 4.9lbs. Everything else checked out perfect. Oh and I am so excited...at my next appt in 2wks I will no longer have to get pocked with the dildo cam!!!

On the 5th I had my OB appt. Both babies are doing great. I am measuring 46wks pregnant! She thinks I will make it at least until 37wks.

So next week I have NST's on the 11th and my OB appt on the 13th.

Newest pregnancy symptom...Good ol carpal tunnel...OUCH!

Well until next time that is it. I will try to take a 34wk pic for next blog entry!