24 Weeks!!!!

Had to throw in a pic of Jack fishing. My FIL gave him a fishing pole a few months back and he's been asking everyday to go. Pete took him a few weeks ago and as you can see, he loved it!

24 weeks!!!! YAYAYAY!!!! This is Viability week. If the twins were born now they have a chance at survival.... but they better stay in for another 13 weeks!! But its good to know "count" now.

This pic was taken on Easter so its a few day shy of 24 weeks but close enough.

Im actually feeling pretty good. Weeks 16-22 were tough bc of the sciatica,But thats calmed down so im doing more now. Im feeling more Braxton Hicks as time goes on. I get prob 5 good ones a day. I hate them, they scared the crap out of me!! My stretch marks from Jack are starting to get bigger and brighter. I noticed this around 20 weeks and now i have about an inch extension on them.

I went Monday ( 23.5) for a growth scan. Both babes weighted 1.3 pounds are are measuring 3 days behind. But thats ok with twins..as long as there isnt a huge gap between the 2 or they are in the 10th percentile. Everything else looked good so that was a huge relief! Ill go in for another scan in 4 weeks to check on them. Sam is now head down and Lily is breech. So all the pokes i get in my bladder and by my belly button is her. She puts her hands over her head like
Jack did. She also still has an anterior placenta so i dont feel her as strong as I do Sam. Sam gives good swift kicks and my whole belly moves when he's moving - which is alot. I wish i could feel Lily more :(

23 weeks!

Another week down! One more week until a huge milestone - 24 weeks which means if they are born they have a fighting chance but of course i want them in for another 14 weeks!

I had my OB appt last Wed. and everything looked good. My BP was 114/60, i measured 27 weeks, both babies heartrates were nice and strong. Im doing my glucose test next visit on 5/12. I had Gestational Diabetes with Jack so if i dont have it this time i will be shocked!! I go next monday the 25th for my 24 week growth scan. The appt are going to start getting to be more frequent now. Which is good, cause it will make time go by faster!!

Im actually feeling good this week. My sciatica seems to have let up a bit. Being able to modify alot of my activities has def. helped. I do my stretching the PT gave me and i rest when im tired. Dr. B took me out of work for the rest of the pregnancy so thats a huge stress relief! By 5pm im done though. My ribs are killing me, my hips cant take much more pressure and im just plain out exhausted. Thankfully Pete does Jacks bedtime routine so i get some time to relax. Pete has also been great at planning dinner. He's been doing alot of crockpot meals and such. We are def. a good team and i got a great guy!

Ive been trying to take Jack out and do things before im too huge and uncomfortable to do anything. We went to a bday party and to the movies with my sister and neice this weekend and to the library yesterday and today we are going to Kidz Wurld to see baby animals. He told me the other day he wanted friends to play with...im working on it buddy LOL.

I do feel guilty that i feel so uncomfortable this pregnancy and im really not enjoying it much. I love my belly and feeling them move all around but, i hurt. I just want to be 36 weeks and almost done. Pregnancy is such an anxious time for me, i know all to well what can happen so im scared to death. So each day feels like a blessing. I still cant believe this is happening...TWINS!!

22 weeks!!

Not the best picture as i was running out to Target and it was pouring out so i really didnt care about my hair and Pete wasnt home to take my picture.

Anyways 22 weeks. I feel like ive been pregnant F.O.R.E.V.E.R.!! I just want to be in a safer zone. Im so sick of being nervous. Im constantly counting down the days. People tell me the 2nd pregnancy goes by faster cause you have another child. Wrong. The days are dragging! I feel once i get to 30 weeks itll start to go a little faster.

Physically im feel ing better then a few weeks back. Im going to PT 2x a week and the chiro once a week. At PT they have been doing some deep muscle massaging and that has been glorious! I still have days were im in pain but its much more managable now. I def cant go back to work but im not crying everyday, so ill take it!

My stamina is pretty much gone. I can no longer breathe like i use too. I sleep with 5 pillows so i dont feel like i have an elephant on my chest. I get up to pee about 3 times a night and getting out of bed is an Olympic event.

Being pregnant with 2 is sooooo differnt then when i just had Jack hanging out in my belly. Jacks pregnancy was fine physically wise. I never really felt uncomfortable. This time...DAMN! My body hurts everyday. By no means is this a bitch feast, im just stating the facts.

Jack has been awesome through this. He is so excited. I am nervous about how this is going to impact him but i know he's gonna love it once things settle in. I miss my little guy too. I havent really held him in months, i cant take him out and do things like i used too. We cuddle on the couch and i lay with him at night but i miss the "big run and jump into my arm type hugs". I miss Pete too. Im so unconfy and tired that by the time he gets home im so done with the day i have no energy and i go to bed around 8.

This is all worth it though and itll all be a memory and ill have everything i always dreamed of! (and id do it all over again in a heartbeat)!!