Still Pregnant... 31 weeks

ANOTHER WEEK DOWN! I had a drs appointment today and the dr and nurses were both just so surprised I am still pregnant, ha! I don’t think I really realized how nervous they were about me having these babies at 23, 24 weeks. I am glad I didn’t see how nervous they were but every week they just keep saying how happy they are and relieved we have made  it another week.

I had some contractions last night and this morning, and my belly feels SO hard. I woke up this morning feeling like I had a giant bowling ball just sitting in my stomach! It has felt big but today just feels different! I was glad to have my appointment today to talk to the nurse about it. They took my blood pressure and it looked great, and they are still shocked I have NO swelling! I mentioned the contractions so they decided to just check my cervix to see if I was dilated anymore, and nope. Still the same, 1 cm. Crazy to think it’s been 6 weeks I’ve been sitting at 1 cm. Of course it could all change very quickly. but at this rate I am feeling more and more confident I will make it to the 35 week mark and to the scheduled c section. They are still giving me about a 30% of making it but each day I get closer! Tom is convinced the babies are coming on his birthday, Jan 28th. That would be a really special day because of his birthday AND because last year we found out we were pregnant on that same day. Unfortunately we lost that baby just 9 weeks later- but it is amazing what can change in just one year...

The babies have been so active this week and last! Of course they don’t like to move when others want to feel but Tom has felt them quite a bit and my mom got one good kick from Baby B.  They really like when I drink orange juice, that gets them moving a lot. Baby A and B are stilll breech, feet and butt down, and C is still laying across the top. At next weeks appointment we will get updated weights! I also will start having longer appointments next week, weekly till I deliver. They will attempt to monitor all three heart beats for an hour and so ultrasounds to check growth.

I am SO grateful and proud I’ve made it this far but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want these babies out. Like now. Ha! I don’t want to use this blog as a place to complain as we’ve worked so hard to get here and I know others would love to be in my shoes. That being said.... this is the hardest thing physically I’ve ever done! I’ve had a few breakdowns this week just being so uncomfortable and frustrated with my body and the lack of ability to do simple tasks! Getting out of bed is so difficult and don’t even get me started on how often I’m getting up to pee during the night. I guess this is just practice for when the babies come and I don’t get a full nights sleep. Also, hormones don’t help, haha I never thought I’d cry watching Jeopardy but I found myself in tears over it this week! Also we ran out of stamps and apparently more than I could handle. It hurts to walk, stand, sit, lay down. I did go back to the pool yesterday and that felt great, so at least I know if I really need comfort I can go there.

We are all ready to meet these babies, we think we have everything we “need” for now but as first time parents there will surely be a lot we are missing and we will find that out once they come. No one can ever be fully prepared so we will have some (lots) of learning to do but overall I am just ready to meet them and not be pregnant anymore :)

Toms been working hard on the basement and trying to keep up with my meltdowns ;) the bathroom is coming along and it’s so fun to see the progress! Thanks to everyone for the support and prayers, they have definitely helped keep us going!

Xoxo!