Run!

Run!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Wanna bet? - is it going to be 35, 36 or 37 weeks?

After having last week off, we are back to the Wednesday doctor appts and yesterday's was rather uneventful. My doctor is thrilled that after all the drama over the past 8-9 weeks, we've actually made it to 34 weeks and the possibility of having to visit any babies in the NICU is getting smaller and smaller. Paul and I are very happy about that as well and of course, it would be great to have babies come home from the hospital with us! Anyway, at the appt, I spent about 30 minutes on the monitor and both heart rates looked good. I had a few contractions, but nothing that I felt and I'm still only 1cm dilated. Basically no change from last week... The doctor seems optimistic that I'll go another couple of weeks and was checking his Blackberry for when we might schedule an induced labor after the 37 week mark, but his nurse said she'd be surprised to see me at the 36 week appt. I'm hoping she's the one who is right!
I know that the best thing right now is for the babies to stay inside me and keep growing bigger and stronger. But at those times when I feel really awkward and uncomfortable (which is almost all the time now!), it seems like they will never get here. It's like when you're a little kid waiting for Christmas morning - counting down those last couple of weeks is SO hard. :D But then the big day is here before you know it. I guess I just need to have more patience and trust that when the time is right, we'll meet our little girls. Now if only I could do something about how hard Baby B is kicking and punching me. It was almost non-stop yesterday and by bedtime, I was starting to take it personally. I suppose I should be thankful that only 1 baby is putting that much strength into her movements because if both A and B did that at the same time, I'd be a wreck!

1 comment:

MOM R. said...

So one of your children is misbehaving?? Try not to take it personally. This is just the beginning. You have predicated Baby B to be the rebellious one.

P.S. I'm betting on 37 weeks, Is there a pool?