27 days to go!!!

Today was a very good day at my doctors visit. Since I got my cerclage 9 weeks ago (23 weeks pregnant) my doctor has had the goal of getting me to 32 weeks into my pregnancy before delivering. He told me that he wanted me to get to 36 weeks, but since things weren't going too well he didn't want to be greedy so he would be happy if I got to 32 weeks. Well, as of today I am 32 weeks and 4 days! WAHOO for me!!! I don't want to toot my own horn, but I've survived 9 weeks of bed rest, Contractions for 9 weeks (not braxton hicks, but real contractions), low fluid level for baby A, and cervical shortening, AND I am still pregnant and both babies are doing really well. The up side to all of these problems? I get to go to the doctors office twice a week and see my beautiful little girls with an ultrasound twice a week and I get to hear their heart beats, the best sound in the world. When I visited with my doctor today I told him that I was needing some motivation to keep going since I had reached our goal and I was ready to be done. He told me that we are out of the danger zone for long term health problems, but then he mentioned a bunch of other medical problems that we could run into if I were to deliver this early, nothing life threatening, but it could mean a lot of time in the NICU. If I make it to 36 weeks I have a good chance of the babies going home with me or within a week of delivery. So, our new goal is 36 weeks. My doctor scheduled my C-Section for June 20th, 27 days to go!!! More like 26 since today is almost over :) I am so excited to have a date since my whole pregnancy I have been told that I would deliver early, but it was hard to tell how early so I'd just have to wait and see, but now I have a date to work towards. Andrew says I am so stubborn that I will make it to that date, but there is still a chance that I could deliver sooner than that if something goes wrong with my cerclage, contractions or if baby A's fluid gets too low. I am having a C-Section because baby A (the first baby to be delivered) is breech and she is smaller than her sister, both things are not good for a normal delivery. Also, since baby A's fluid level is low she is too weak to put through the stress of a normal delivery so if I tried I would most likely end up with an emergency C-Section. My doctor explained it to me as putting an already tired baby through stress of delivery making her even more tired which would be bad for her health. Is it weird that I am more afraid of a C-Section than a normal delivery? Because I am very antsy and nervous for the surgery and recovery. Plus, I really dont' want that nasty scar, but I would do anything for my little girls so I am willingly and happily preparing for a C-Section. 

Gotta love the weirdos of Vegas

Can I say how huge I am? Every time I go out people stare and there is always once person who asks how far along I am and when I answer 8 months it never fails the next thing out of their mouth is 'wow really? You look like your about to pop any day'. I can't keep track of how many people in the past week who have told me that I look like I am about to pop. My only solace is telling them I am having twins and they all get this look on their face of 'oh thats why your so big'. haha Today I had the most interesting conversation with a person in line at Walgreens. I was waiting in line to check out and this person said to me "you must be having a boy" this person kinda gave me the creeps so I politely answered nope, girl. Then he asked how far along I was and I told him 8 months and he told me I looked like I was about to pop any day so I told him I was having twins and he then told me I looked good for having twins (nice compliment I thought so it made up for the whole popping comment). Side note. Let me describe this person to you. I thought it was a he because he had beard scruff, wide shoulders, body type of a petite man, low voice, basketball shorts and a t shirt. (You'd assume it was a boy too, right?) Well after he told me I looked good for 8 months with twins 'he' went on to tell me how big he got when he was pregnant. (SERIOUSLY!? This dude was dead serious, no joking) he told me he had 3 boys and it took him forever to get back into shape after his pregnancies. (YES, HIS pregnancies! Still dead serious) Well, the lady in fron of me overheard I was having twin girls so she piped in to tell me she had 2 year old twin girls. The 'guy' behind me said he was nervous to be around us because he didn't want to have twins. You gotta love Vegas. When I told Andrew this story he told me he thought the guy was just messing with me. I realize sometimes I am gullible, but this dude was serious. Either he was a he/she or he wasn't all there in the head, but either way he was dead serious about his pregnancies. haha it gave me a good laugh.  

Month by Month 5-7

Here are the pictures of the past few months of my growing belly. I am starting to look like I am pregnant with twins :)

5 Months

6 Months

Month 7

My belly is starting to take over my body! I reach 8 months on Monday so I will post another picture then. I can't believe I have made it this far into my pregnancy. I feel very blessed to still be pregnant and for the health of the twins. I've been on bed rest for 8 weeks now and my doctors weren't sure I would make it this far, but I have! I am still having contractions pretty frequently and the fluid is getting low around baby A, but other than that things are going well and it looks like I might actually make it to 36 weeks (which is mine and my doctors goal). Andrew and I are getting antsy for the arrival of the girls. We are all ready for them to come. Today we got the last thing we needed for the nursery. We got the most comfortable recliner. It is the most comfortable piece of furniture in out apartment and the 2 am feedings wont be so bad with such a comfy recliner. Now it is just waiting time until the girls come, can't wait!