Full Term Twins

January 6, 2011

Written by Niki

I can’t even believe I’ve made it to 37 weeks. Even crazier is that I’m actually closer to 38 weeks now than 37. I really thought I’d have babies by now. It’s been hard to stay motivated, the end of a multiples pregnancy is as much mental as it is physical, and I’m doubly exhausted.

I had a hellish OB appointment yesterday that I won’t bother to recap for the blog because, honestly, I don’t care to remember it when I’m looking back on this experience. The end result is that I had my first internal since hitting term and I am fully effaced and 2 cm dilated. How long I’ve been like this or how long I’ll stay like this, I have no idea!

My next appointment is Monday, and they will do a membrane strip/sweep if I haven’t gone into labor by then. Wish me luck. I’m very ready for outside babies!

{ I don’t think I’ve grown much? I’m actually losing weight now which is crazy! }

37 week stats:

45 pounds gained
BP 110/68
stretch marks = too many to count
measuring BIG – my ute is measuring 45 weeks
my waistline is measuring 44″. Nice.

I’m looking forward to: sleeping on my stomach!

I will not miss: baby hiccups, I really hate them. Especially when both kids get going. They can hiccup for hours on end. jump…jump…jump…jump…jump… ENOUGH ALREADY!

I’m at the point in the pregnancy where I can’t remember what it’s like to not be pregnant and I’m so used to being pregnant that I can’t believe I actually am going to have real-life babies when this is over. I’m also at the point where I’m starting to get reeeeeeally scared…

I’m scared of delivering both my twins vaginally (although this is what I want to do)
I’m scared of not being able to delivery them vaginally, or worse, delivering one vaginally and still having to have a c-section
Of not being able to nurse my babies
Of not being able to keep up with the demand of two newborns

Yup, I’m pretty much at the point where I literally just lay around all day scared-shitless waiting for them to come!

So that’s the update. Hopefully we’ll have babies soon. Oh, and the husband and I made a cast of my belly on New Year’s Eve (we really live it up in our household, lemme tell ya!). At first I thought it was a silly idea, but I figured someday it will be fun to hold up the belly to me and remember what this was like.

Once the cast was completed and I got to hold it, I cried my eyes out. I’m so uncomfortable and ready to be not pregnant that I completely lost sight of the fact that this might be my only pregnant belly and what an amazing miracle it is that I’m even here.