Still nothing........

Nope ~ not yet!

I know everyone is checking this consistently to see if anything is going on. I wish I could say that. I have an ultrasound this morning to check their biophysical profile - which to me is a fancy term for their weight and their vitals. I also have an appointment with a doctor.
I have made the goal of 35 weeks! There is a good chance that after they are born, they will return home with me when I leave. They may have to stay an extra day or two.
My hope is that I give birth soon so that I do not miss Lydia's birthday (on Friday the 5th). I also would like to be around for her 1st day back to pre-school.
Thanks for all the great comments and emails! :-)

With the girls...

Here is a picture from my sitting at Mirasolo Photography. Diana said I could share it with you guys. It was quite difficult that day to get the girls to cooperate. But that's life with 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 year old girls!!!

Almost.....

So we went to the hospital last night after I had contractions for 14 hours. Yes, 14 hours. I was stubborn and knew I wasn't in labor but my sister made me call the doctor who had me come in. I was having contractions about 4-6 minutes apart but nothing else was going on. No dilating or softening (ew gross I know), no other symptoms of labor. The doctor gave me a shot of the drug that stops or slows your contractions and sent us home. They said if I was to return, they will not stop them contractions again and they would just deliver them. It seemed to me that they wanted to deliver them last night.
Today I'm continuing to have the contractions but I was able to get some more drugs to slow them down or not make them so intense. I'm just buying time. I was hoping to get to Wednesday because I will be 35 weeks then. Each day inside of me is better than a day in the NICU although they have been subjected to my trashy mouth a lot more than usual lately. I need a good nights rest and then Matt and I can decide what to do from here. I'm pretty sure they will be here by weeks end by the way my contractions are so consistent.
I'll update this more when I know what is going on.

Ninnie's Birthday

For my mother's birthday, she wanted to take her grandchildren to the beach. The girls had a great time! Every person on the beach had a comment for me - including a car full of teenagers who were the most polite and asked if it was twins before saying anything else. I literally can not go anywhere without people commenting on my size. I asked Peter if I really looked that big? I mean, I think I'm big but not like this enormous spectacle you just have to stare at. And he said "yeah, sorry Jo, you're that big". And I wonder why there is just no maternity shirt out there that covers my belly!! LOL I thought I would bravely share another bathing suit picture!

OK - you asked for them!!

Everyone has been dying to see this monstrous belly of mine - so I let Matt take a couple of pictures! Lydia was laughing when she put a ball under her shirt to look like Mommy.

Enjoy!

Almost 34 weeks!!!!

Ok, so I am 33 weeks 5 days today. I'm almost at 34 weeks. I had another ultrasound today - one of the twins again has low/normal fluid but they are not concerned. They measured the babies for me (this ultrasound wasn't for this, but I asked) and they are in the 75th and 50th percentile for this week. Which is great.
I am having a lot of the Braxton Hicks contractions and just a few major contractions in the last few days!! The major contractions only being enough to annoy me to tears and makes nothing change. The smaller ones come probably every 15 minutes. Really - just give me the shot to stop them and we can move on.
Matt had to take all the metal coat hangers out of the house because I threatened to sterilize one and use it to break my water! I'm just done. Cooked. They have overstayed their welcome in Mommy's womb. I'm entirely too big for any clothing that is in my closet. Including Matt's. I wore the white outfit again today and will only use my carnival mirror to look at myself. People stare at me when I go in to places. I am tired and just can't function. My belly is like having an outer body experience. It's that big. I feel like I could disconnect it at the love handles that have grown on me and hand it to someone to take over. Don't I wish.

Does everyone remember this picture? It looks like a smiley face. It was an ultrasound taken during my IVF cycle. It is a picture of my eggs basically otherwise we'd be here for an hour as I explained it. I knew it was an omen at the time and now looking back, it truly was. OK - who is being reincarnated in my womb to torture me? LOL

I measured how big??!!!!!!

I had a routine appointment today - nothing out of the ordinary. Except when the doctor measure my stomach, it measured at 43 weeks!! OK for those of you who don't know this, full term is 40 weeks. I have another 5 weeks to go until my scheduled C-section so imagine the size of me then!
I also had an ultrasound today and both babies look really good. Baby "A" whose fluid level was low/normal is back to being normal which is great. They are literally on top of one another. Their heads are side by side and real low. I am waiting for the day to be in bathroom and a hand comes out to help me wipe! LOL

I'VE MADE IT!

Today I hit the milestone my doctor was hoping for - I am 32 weeks!! I'm not sure of the any critical diagnosis that we avoided for the twins in getting this far but I do know each day is a blessing!
Last week I had an ultrasound and the twins were both measuring at around 3 1/2 pounds each. HOLY CRAP I have 7 pounds of baby in there! They do not measure their length though. I feel like their feet are in my rib cage and I know both heads are in my wa-hoo. My next appointment is tomorrow.
On the whole mini-van note, thanks for everyone's emails in helping me cope with the inevitable. I took an Odyssey for the day yesterday and literally found myself driving with my hand over my eyes to avoid seeing people. LOL Although Lydia loved the "magic doors", I am still caught up on the image. Yes, it's great for kids and I will have all the options I want (except no one makes one with a heated steering wheel - yes, I am that spoiled), it's still a mini-van. How did it drive? The dealer asked. Are you kidding?? I used to drive a pimped out Caddy and took corners at 50, how do you think? Doesn't handle like that.
Anyway, thanks for the support although I know you are all hysterically laughing at me behind my back. It's the auto industry's fault. There should be something to accommodate me besides that. Someone send me to Japan so I could design something.