Full term!!

Wow. 37 weeks. I still can't believe that when I was laying in the hospital I thought we might have March babies. Now, there's a good chance we'll be having June babies. Unreal. I'm officially full term and I'm SO ready now for Emma & Harlow to make their appearance.

My next OB appointment is on Tuesday, so if I don't go into labor on my own by then we'll be scheduling an induction.. most likely for the upcoming weekend (June 4th or 5th). As of this past Monday I'm 2cm dilated, so I'm making some sort of progress. Fingers crossed that means I'll go on my own!

Either way, I'm still not sure it has sunk in that I'll be holding my sweet baby girls within the next week or so. I picture that moment in my mind, and I know it will probably end up being a million times better than whatever I'm imagining. Just the thought of Dan looking in his baby girls' eyes makes my own eyes well up with tears, so I can guarantee you it will be a suuuper emotional day for me. :)

In the meantime I'm trying to enjoy my last days (hours?) being pregnant. There's a very good chance this is the last time I'll be pregnant, so I'm trying to soak it all up while I can. Feeling my little girls kicking and sticking their little bums in the air.. getting that little extra pampering from Dan.. those are definitely the perks. I can write a longer list of things to complain about, but I won't. Because when it comes down to it I wouldn't take back or trade any of this experience. And I'm trying to focus on the positives, people!

I'll leave you with what's hopefully my last belly pic. Please ignore the wet hair, no makeup, pajama look. :) My belly is now measuring 44 weeks. Yowzers.

Still here..

And still pregnant. :) Just a very bad blogger.

I've officially hit my goal of making it to 36 weeks.. I'm 36 weeks, 2 days pregnant. I guess I shouldn't call it "my goal" because besides listening to the doctor and sitting on my ass for so many weeks, I didn't have much of a hand in it. There are plenty of women out there who have their babies early & there's nothing they could have done to prevent it from happening. So much of it is luck! Either way, I'm feeling super grateful.

I've been super busy with work (yep, still working.. just from home, not the office), and with LOTS of doctor's appointments. I go to my OB's office twice a week to check the babies fluid & to see my OB, and then I go to the hospital twice a week for NSTs. So far everything has looked great. As of earlier this week my belly is measuring 42 weeks (YIKES), I'm 1cm dilated and 80% effaced. And the babies are loooow. My OB could touch Emma's head, which I thought was crazy.

Now I guess we just wait! I'm really hoping they decide to come on their own in the next week or two, so I can avoid being induced. We're still going for a vaginal delivery, so my OB won't induce until 39 weeks, as long as the girls still look good. 39 weeks!! They're going to have to roll me into the hospital by then.

I think those are all the baby updates I have for you.. not a whole lot happening now, just waiting. :) Here's a pic of me and the 36 42 week belly:

10lbs 3oz

10lbs 3oz... that's how much baby I have in my belleh right now! Emma is estimating 5lbs1oz, Harlow is 5lbs2oz. The estimates can be off a bit, so they could be a bit smaller, or a bit bigger. I'm THRILLED to think there's a good chance I'd deliver 5lb babies right now though. And the doctor said if I make it to 38 weeks there's a good chance I'll have 7lb babies!! :)

In other good news, I'm freeeeee. No more strict bed rest! I got to take my trip to Target and while it was awesome being out in the real world, it was exhausting. I guess being off of your feet for so long really takes it toll! Well, that and carrying around over 10lbs of baby.

I have more doctor appointments now.. 2 NSTs a week and I'll see my OB once or twice a week as well. I have one more growth ultrasound scheduled for 38 weeks, if I make it that far.

My private labor class is this Sunday at our house and I'm really looking forward to it. I could go into labor any day now, and I think having some knowledge of what to expect is going to calm some of my nerves. Every time I think about how close we are, I get butterflies!

Ok, now for my recent obsession. If anyone asks me if I'm craving anything, this is what I tell them:

Arnold Palmers!!!! Yum. A couple times a week I'll have Dan pick me up a large Iced Tea, and I'll mix some of the tea with some crystal light lemonade (sugar free for the GD!). So freakin' good, and the tea usually lasts me a couple of days since I'm mixing it with the lemonade. Arnold Palmers have always been my fave, but now I love them more than ever. That & just straight up iced tea.

Another thing I just discovered..

Sugar free, but it tastes JUST like Kool-Aid. Promise. So good, and it's a nice little break from plain water all day.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Nursery!

The nursery is done! Well, I can't really say it's 100% done because I still need to find a mirror to go above the dresser.. but for the most part, it's done. :) Here's the pics I promised!

The E & H above their cribs are for their names (obvs), Emma & Harlow, and the alphabet cards are from Etsy. My Mom found the little table that's next to the glider at an antique store. She painted it light pink and we got the handle for it at Anthropologie. The quilt hanging over the chair is one of the quilts my sister made the girls.

The picture of the two owls came from Etsy, and then I framed two more of the alphabet cards.. the E & the H. They're hanging from two dresser knobs, also from Anthropologie, and hung from pink ribbon.

I gave myself a little project this weekend & painted the trim of my dollhouse. So, the first picture of the dollhouse is a before pic, and the 2nd picture is after (sorry some of the pics are in a funky order). The "rooms" of the dollhouse will be shelves for their books, for now. I posted about it before, but the dollhouse was built for me when I was a little girl, by my Grandpa Tom, who was like a 2nd Dad to me. So, obviously it holds a really special place in my heart. :)

The bunnies sitting on the shelf are the ones my sister made out of my Grandpa's t-shirt (the same Grandpa who built the dollhouse). The ballerina shoes hanging from the shelves were ones that I wore in some professional photos taken when I was little.

And then there's the closet.. the full closet. Probably 75% of the clothes and shoes were given to us by Dan's Sister, who has a 1 year old daughter. We are SO lucky, and the girls will be so well dressed. :)

So, that's it! It's by far my favorite room in the house. Hope you like it!

Freedom tastes gooood

No pony tail or yoga pants, and make-up on... means one thing.. I'm going out! Dan took this picture of me and my 32 1/2 week belleh right before going out to dinner. WOOT!

Dinner was fan-freaking-tastic. We went to a steakhouse and I indulged in filet mignon, garlic mashed potatoes & salad. And I just couldn't resist sharing a dessert with Dan. My blood sugar was a bit high afterwards, but nothing major, and the dessert was soooo good. The whole meal was delicious! I can't tell you how nice it was to get out of the house for a couple of hours. I felt like a normal person, out in the real world. It's weird how being cooped up in your house for weeks can make you feel so disconnected.

Hopefully there will be more trips outside of my house to come. If things continue going well I should be off bed rest sooooon!

A few other random pregnancy related updates.. my belly button has officially popped. It's not sticking out like crazy, but it's definitely out. Weird! I have a couple little stretch marks on the very bottom of my belly, but other than that most of the stretch marks are at the top of my thighs. Again, weird. Pregnancy is so weird, right? Sleep is getting harder & harder. The other night I think I might have broken some sort of record for how many times I got up to pee.. it was at least 6 times throughout the night.

Exciting stuff, eh? Like I said before, I don't have a whole lot of excitement in my life right now! The nursery is pretty much done though so I'm going to take pics and post those this week. yay!

32 Weeks!

Ok, I promise going forward I'll make an effort to blog more than once every week. Honestly though, with being on bed rest there's just not a whole lot going on in my life right now! I'm not cooking, I don't get out of the house, I'm a human incubator chilling on my recliner.

I can't complain though. I may have no life now, but pretty soon I'll have PLENTY to keep me busy.

Anyways, 32 weeks!!! YIPPEEEEE! I had another cervix check this morning and things are still stable.. measuring about 1.4-1.8. So, shorter than a couple weeks ago but they're still considering me in the stable range. Which means...... I get to go to dinner this weekend! I'm suuuper excited just to get out of the house for dinner like a normal person. We're going to a steak house we've never been to before and I can't wait.

The babies are looking good.. they passed their stress test today. We had an ultrasound too and Harlow is sooo stretched out. I'm not kidding, she probably takes up 75% of my belly, while poor little Emma is squished, as low as she can go. Poor kid, already letting her little sister walk all over her. :)

Oh, and I had a realization that I'm going to be pushing two babies out of my whoo-ha very soon. holy hell. I guess I was just convinced that Harlow wouldn't flip and a c-section was inevitable. But now I have 2 head down babies and I want to at least try to have them the old fashion way. Except I'm scurred. Normal, right?

A couple things I'm doing to help with the fear. First, I'm going to have someone come to the house to give us a private labor class. I know I don't have to take a class, and I could find a lot of information via the internet, but I like to be prepared & this just seems like the best way to do that. The other thing I'm going to do is to just get over it... women give birth every day, and it's obviously the only way I'm going to meet these bay-bays.

Totally worth it.

31 Weeks!

Wow, another week with inside babies! I'm feeling so thankful. :) A bit of cabin fever going on, but still thankful, nonetheless.

So, let's see.. what sort of updates do I have? I had a growth ultrasound last week and it went fabulous. My cervix is still stable, and the girls are growing right on track. Emma was an estimated 3lbs 5oz, and Harlow was an estimated 3lbs 11oz.

I had a regular OB visit yesterday & my OB told me if I get another good cervix check next week, she's letting me go out to dinner! And she told me I can sit in my backyard for an hour or two every day to get some sun! Yes, I really do appreciate the little things. ;)

If I make it to 34 weeks (only 3 weeks away!) she'll probably take me off bed rest completely!! For some reason I'm dieing to take a trip to Target, of all things. So when she told me that I thought in my head YES! Target here I come!

The only bit of bad news I got was that I had to start a medication for gestational diabetes. :( I was really hoping to avoid that, but my fasting numbers have been consistently on the high side. Hopefully the medication does the trick and keeps everything under control. You KNOW I'll be splurging on some ridiculous dessert after I have the babies. :)

The girls are rockin' and rollin' in my belleh all.the.time.. it's the craziest thing having 4 arms and 4 legs kicking and punching. Feeling their little body parts poking out all over the place, Dan & I trying to figure out what we're feeling. By far the coolest thing about pregnancy so far.

That's all for now.. the nursery is 99% done, but now it's filled with gifts from the shower that need to be put away. So, nursery pictures still to come!