Oh me, oh my…

have another slice of silly pie.

I haven’t posted in awhile b/c I’ve been feeling generally blah, lately. Hormones must be making me a bit weird.

I’ve been feeling a lot of anxiety about things to come. I’ve registered which has helped relieve some stress, and also we are working on the nursery this weekend (painting).

Besides that, my Level 2 ultrasound went okay. Instead of taking 2.5 hours it took a little over 3. We were there FOREVER. Annnnnnnd, they didn’t get all the views they needed. Baby A (Kara) was laying on her back and didn’t roll over at any point, so we have to go back for a rescan hoping they can get a good view of it next time (June 22nd).  Oh, did I mention?! 2 girls!!!

Everything “looks good” according to the doctors. I was also told that my previous cervical measurement that my OB did was WRONG. They mis-measured. GREAT! .. and the measurement they gave me was very off. The OB said I was at 4.7cm, and the MFM (maternal fetal medicine) place measured and remeasured and came back at 3.5. That’s a big difference. Soooo do I trust the tech at the OB?? Not so much. Hoping I can go to MFM for all my measurements going forward, b/c you can’t mess around with that number especially with multiples.

Here are some profile pics of the babes.

That white line thing above Summer, is her leg.  Future gymnast?

Here’s a pic of me from today, at 22w2d

Kara is laying LOW across the bottom, WAY below my belly button. Really, all I can say is SUPER LOW. and Summer is behind my belly button. And I guess all my organs are now above that.

Sleep is not easy b/c they are constantly on the move. And while most people say it’s an awesome feeling, which in a way I guess it is… it is pretty nauseating. When they roll or turn or stretch, I get that feeling as if I’m at the top of a steep drop on a roller coaster just starting to free fall. And it lasts for a few seconds. A few seconds doesn’t sound like a long time, but it is!! It’s like WHOA! I get punched, kicked and sometimes bounced on.  It’s bizarre, really. Nothing can explain the feeling. In the beginning it’s like popcorn or gas bubbles… but as they get bigger it’s just like nothing I’ve ever felt before. I get woken up when Kara hits my bladder … not fun!  Especially when your bladder is EMPTY but it feels like it’s not!

I can’t complain TOO much about it, b/c really, it’s reassuring to know they are alive in there. I just wonder why they move SO MUCH!

I’ve been feeling a little ‘down’ lately. Mostly b/c of my LOOKS. I am feeling FAT. And the skin changes, OMF’nG!!! I have acne EVERYWHERE, my face, my chest, my stomach, my back, my shoulders, my collar bones. And I scar. I scar when I get bit by a mosquito, even if I don’t even touch or scratch it. So I have all these dark spots on me and scarring going on…

Stretch marks — luckily those aren’t appearing…yet.

That dark line – linea nigra – that appears from the bottom on up your belly when you’re pregnant — i don’t have that ‘yet’ either.

I know alot of these things wills top or diminish in appearance after pregnancy, but the scarring. It just won’t go away. I know it. I have the most sensitive skin … i’m going to have to look for a special scar diminishing cream or something.

My nails have gotten so THICK … one broke somehow while I was sleeping and it came off like a broken piece of glass, the remaining nail on my finger could’ve doubled as a exacto knife. It was SOOOO sharp and pointy and I woke up with scratches all over me. Big red deep ones. So I cut all my nails down as far as I could. Danger danger!!

Weight – well, my belly is definitely BIGGER, and I’m in all maternity clothing now for pure comfort. I am still down 7lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight.  To tally it up though. I lost 16, and gained 9 of that back. Definitely not the 24lbs they wanted by 24 weeks… but my doctors still seem to think it’s okay.

The babies each weigh close to 1lb each. One is 15oz, the other is 14oz, and that is above average at 21weeks (the average is 10.5oz). I’m so glad they are bigger than average … so if I delivery early it won’t be so bad.

Speaking of delivery — the intention is to make it to 38 weeks. Which leaves me with about 16 more weeks to go. Oooooooooh me oh my!!!