Home Stretch

I had two appointments this week and both went well. Fluid levels are still looking great,  and the boys have been having a blast turning my abdominal area into some type of contortionist attraction. Seriously - I don't know what the heck they are doing in there, but there is NO slowing these gentlemen down with the movement even though everything I read now keeps telling me I will be feeling them less since they are running out of room. This was not a measurements week for them so I don't have any additional information regarding suspected weights, etc. but I can tell you that they appear to be growing just fine since I am getting larger and more uncomfortable every day...sometimes it's evenly an hourly occurrence.

In the last week or so I have completely stopped working, developed pregnancy induced carpal tunnel, and the swelling and joint aching as begun in earnest. I am also measuring 42 weeks pregnant, so I am trying to give my body some grace as it begins to freak out on me since it has never been this overtaxed/pregnant before. The excellent news is that I am less than 2 weeks away from the big milestone of 34 weeks. At 34 weeks, my doctors will not attempt to stop or delay labor - they will just let the boys come! What a shock to hear this after months of concentrating on keeping everyone healthy and inside, we've pretty much done it and are in the home stretch! This does not mean that if they boys come within the next couple of weeks they won't need some extra medical assistance, but they may need some extra help adjusting to the outside world anyway, so I'm just really excited that things are looking better and better and like less intervention will be necessary. To think that I may get through this pregnancy with NO official bedrest is a miracle in itself! So, for now we are just trying to kick the preparations into high gear so that any additional time we may have in the next month or so can be spent relaxing and enjoying our less chaotic family of three.