This must be nesting..28w

All of a sudden I feel like I have no time and a million and one things left to do. I feel like I will never be ready and maybe I should just hold my legs together til I have everything done. I know I still could have between 9 and 12 weeks but at the same time I could have only days.


My goodness am I getting round.






28 weeks baby development (from babycenter.com)

How your baby's growing:
By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds ((like a Chinese cabbage) hahah they were that big 2 weeks ago) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

Results ****update****

So I finally got my results back from my GD test and others I didn't know they were running. Bad news it looks like I have border line anemia. 4 categories in my test came back low and one came back high. All were off by only a small margin.

component, my value, standard range

R B Cell Count 3.78 3.90-5.40 M/uL
Hematocrit 34.7 36.0-47.0 %
MCH 33.1 27.0-33.0 pg
RDW 11.4 11.5-15.0 %
Lymphocytes 25 26-46 %

I will have to talk to the Dr about this on Wednesday. I am already on iron. As for the GD test I scored 120 so I passed.

**** I called the Dr and they said it was normal and to just keep taking my iron pill but to be sure to take it with OJ. Thats it.

I am not a patient person right now

So on Monday I took the dreaded glucose tolerance test. I have got to say the worst part was not the drink that tasted like melted orange otter pop but the wait. It was frustrating sitting in a waiting room where people are coming and going while I just sat. Then There is the wait for the results. The office I am being seen in has a website and you sign up, get an account and then you can see your results online for everything. This is meant to keep calls into the office to a minimum because you can see your results. Well that only works if they post them. I want to know if I have to take the 3 hr test. I want to know how well I processed the drink. I am tired of waiting everything is waiting. Grrrr

Pics pics and more pics

Chloe my beautiful niece


The nursery





The twins



Maternity photo proofs

wow

So today was a busy day. My mom came and took me to my appointments because Erick couldn't take the time off work. That's right I said appointments. I not only had a normal appointment with yet again another Dr but an ultrasound appointment. I was so excited to get to see the babies again but was not looking forward to the scale. I waited my turn and got to see the babies first. HAHAHA no scale yet.

I was really looking forward to this because well one it had been almost 6 weeks without seeing the babies and two movement locations had changed an I wanted to know where they were. We get in there and both babies go crazy. The tech even commented on how active they were which was funny because I was hardly feeling anything. The good news was both babies look great. 2 lbs 4 oz for A and 2lb 5 oz for B. The bad news is she couldn't see my cervix so I was told I would have to have an internal as well. It showed that my cervix was great but she asked about pressure on it because baby A is head down ad in position (B is transverse across the top from my left to my right). I got some more pictures but dont have them scanned so sorry you have to wait. After this I went back to the waiting room for my regular appointment.

Dun dun dun I get called and that means the scale. I knew I had gained I just didnt know how much. I get on and 4 lbs. Are you kidding me 4lbs in 2 weeks. I got myself ready for the talk. This brings me up to 23lbs total. He comes in and says whatever I am doing keep it up because I am doing great. I have no restriction except for flying. My GD test was scheduled and I have to do it fasting. So my next appointment is in two weeks.

Earlier this week Erick and I had a great photo shoot with a new photographer. I cant wait to see some proofs because it was so much fun. Oh and if you haven't done so already play my game and guess about the twins.

26 weeks

Well I am getting bigger. Two of the 4 pairs of pants I fit in now leave a roll/indent on my belly when I sit. When I stand my belly is hard all the time. I am taking it easy like the Dr said and am starting to feel some braxton hicks when I do exert myself. My most exciting news is that my MIL went baby crazy and the last time we went there last week we left with a car full of stuff and one of the cribs being delivered. The best part is that as I write this I am waiting for it to be delivered as the site says it is on a truck in Stockton. This week I did something a little different with the belly pics I took 2 one before dinner out with friends and one after. I feel huge so I wanted to see if there was a difference.

Lets see how right you are

Inside is a link to guess about the babies lets see who wins.

The Dr said...

Everything looks good. He checked my fundal height and I am measuring past term for a singleton. The top of my uterus is up under my ribs. He said the twins are like ying and yang with placement right now. Heart rates were good and baby A gave the Dr a run for his money. While trying to get the HB every time the dr would just pick it up the baby would move. lol Yes I did laugh at the Dr for that one. I am up 19 lbs total so far. I a really happy with that based on the babies sizes. I was told I should start thinking about stoping work and taking it easy. He also told me I have to keep an eye out for preterm labor and if I am even a little concerned I need to call in. Better safe then sorry. So now I am seeing them every two weeks. My next appointment is the 21st and I get another level two u/s. I still have 5 more Drs I am told I need to see but I think I really like the one I saw today. We will see.

The Whole Story

I have been fo frusterated these last two weeks and really had no place to vent. I hadnt realized til this laps in service how much I really depended on the internet. I missed bloggin and I missed my nestie friends. I mised the outlet that I have that doesnt involve stressing erick out more. So now for the update on me and us. I am sorry because even before writing this I know it is going ot be long.

The new apartment: Yes we moved. That is want started this whole mess. The new place is bigger and smaller in its own great ways. I love the new place. It is only a few (3 blocks at just over a mile) steps from the old place. We are in the new place but not yet out of the old one. How is that? Well we wernt sure we were going to get in the new place so we didnt but our 30 day notice in. Right now we are paying for both apartments. This really was a blessing. It allowed us to move slowly and clean even more slowly.

Service transfers: This was an adventure. Cable took a week. Gas (to get hot water) took 3 days. Yes we lived in a place for 3 days taking ice cold showers. Phone took 2 days then only worked for 3 days. The internet was the most fun though. Phone and internet are the same 3 letter titled company. When I called on a Monday I was told that Tuesday we would have phone and Wednesday would be internet both would be on before 8pm on the respective day. Tuesday phone was on by 1pm. Wednesday by 8:15pm we still had no net. I call the only number for the co that is open at that "late" hour is tech. support. So I talk to 3 people including a manager and get told that I will get a call by 11am the nex day. So Thursday I call at noon give them my ticket number and get told that I will be getting a call before the end of business that day. I try to file a complaint and get the following message "due to an unforseen insident beyond our control we can not accept calls at this time" then it hangs up on you. They same message comes up when I try to call billing. At this point I dont trust them. I call at 4:30. At 7pm I finally get to talk to someone. At this point I break down and cry. They had an influx of calls so they were kicking the calls to any open phone in the company. I wasnt talking to someone that could help me and I had been on hold for over 2 hrs. This kind woman walks me through the system keeping me on her phone and connecting me to who I need to be talking to til I get to a guy that once again tells me someone will call me the next day to tell me if they could rush my repair but the best he could do was give me a request for repair on monday. I kindly ask him what happens when no one calls just like no one called the last 2 times that I was told someone will call me. He gave me a new number to call. The next day (now Friday) I do get a call not from a real person but an automated system telling me my request for rush service has been denied. Figures! We go out Fruday night to get away from this and come home to our phone not working. Figures! I call again and get told they will combine the calls and both repairs will be done before noon on Monday. Fine whatever. Obviously they finally followed though. I also have a new number I will be calling today to complain to today.

My fall: Yes you read that right I fell. The story really is stupid and funny and I didnt fall far. I sat on an icechest with wheels on one end and leaned to get something off the floor. As I leaned forward the icechest went back and I ended up on my ass. It frightened me and I was sore so I called the Dr they said everything was fine as long as I wasnt bleeding, leaking or cramping and because I had felt movement after the fall. They said I would be sore for a week or two and to just take it easy.

Erick: The last two weeks have been really hard on him. He tries to keep it in but I can tell. Friday was his last day at the job he really liked and has held for two years. Along with moving where he has to do all the lifting and today he started his new job. He is so worried and frightened. Everything is changing and the man isnt really a fan of change. He knows it is for the best but he doesnt want to stress me out so he keeps it all in.

The car: Yesterday was a fun day. To get ready for Ericks first day of work we wanted the car to look good. We go to the carwash and pay the $9 for the wash. After waiting for the 6 cars in front of us to go it is our turn. We punch in the code as the car in the wash gets to the dryer per the instructions on the key pad. We pull in. The wash starts. Our car gets covered in soap and then the arrow says our wash is up. WTF. The jackass behind us put in his code ending our wash. We pull out all soap covered because the machine isnt doing anything and it is beeping at us. Park and talk to the gas station clirk who gives us a new code. We get back in line, wait 4 more cars, back in the machine and the guy behind us does it to us again. People it says right there DO NOT PUT YOUR CODE IN TIL THE CAR IN THE WASH IS IN THE DRYER. It is really not that hard. This time Erick is mad and I tell him not to go anywhere. I get out of the car go in the station and tell them to fix it. They come out get us going and we actually get washed. All it took was 3 starts and an hour.

After the carwash we head to sears. Our car was making a noise and we wanted it checked out. Because this one is frusterating I will cut it short. This one involves needing new struts, shocks, rear break pads and 4 new tires. The tires were less then 2 years old the struts were so bad they ate the tires. This whole thing left us stuck at the mall for 5 hours with no money and left our CC with $1400 more to pay off.

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Now to reward you for reading my long and boring story belly pics from Thursday 24weeks



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Check back later today or tomorrow for an update from my Drs appt today at 430.