To say that I've had a lot of people getting on to me about keeping up with this blog, would be an understatement. Initially, as we passed each milestone (and consequently realized that these babies were here to stay), I assumed that I would be blogging NON-STOP. To my surprise, I've been pretty mum about my pregnancy. You all know me as the blogger who had no problem talking about her vagina and reproductive system when dealing with infertility. For me to be keeping my silence is very strange, even I know that! And to be honest with you, I can't really explain why. I could chock it up to getting home at night and wanting nothing more than to sit on my butt and do nothing. Or I could tell you that I've been crazy busy with my brother's wedding that was this past Friday, that I was down in Tucson half of the month of January. These, I'm sure, are legitimate excuses as to why I haven't had the time to blog, but truth is I just haven't really felt like it. Are there days I still worry and feel like something is going to happen to the babies? Like I'm just going to wake up and no longer be pregnant? Yes. I'm not sure if that's normal or if I am just a worrywart (Curtis would say it is the latter), but maybe that's contributing to my lack of "posting" about them. I've even kept pretty mum on Facebook and Instagram. And while I'd like to sit here and tell you (my few faithful readers) that "I'll do better" and "I promise to blog more", I'd be lying. I will tell you this, I am doing my damnedest to try and keep up with the monthly updates. I correspond our months with my doctor's appointments as that's when I have the most updating. All that really happens in between is me complaining of lack of sleep and OHMYGAWD how big I've gotten!
So please know that I am trying and that if you are just dying for an update from me, the best way to get answers is to just ask me. I'd like to pretend that I'll be one of those bloggers who will give before and after pics of the nursery, certain items I really want, etc., but let's be real...I am not. I suck. Plain and simple.
Now, for the monthly update:
Last Tuesday, the 29th, was my 18 week update. I was technically 17 weeks 5 days, but since I had my brother's wedding on Friday (rehearsal dinner on Thursday) I had to plan it two days early. As usual, everything went great! I'd been having some apprehension as I wasn't feeling the babies yet and wanted to make sure they were ok, so as soon as that fetal doppler picked up their little heartbeats, I was in heaven. I remember telling Curtis after the appointment that his laugh (genuine laugh) was my favorite sound in the world...before these little babies came in to our lives. Now, their heartbeats are my #1. It actually makes me wish I had bought a doppler sooner, but I was trying to not be so crazy! (Obviously it's working...)
We did discuss the sharp pains and such that I've been having. She said they were pretty standard and that some Tylenol and rest should take care of them, but I voiced my concern on my cervix. Standard length for a cervix right now is 2.5-3cm. Anything shorter than 2.5cm will need to be monitored and possibly put me on bedrest, as the gravity of the babies and fluid and placentas is possibly causing the cervix to shorten. She did a check with her hand and said that it was "High and closed (no dilation) which is very good", but she can't feel all of my cervix to measure the length. Therefore, I have another ultrasound scheduled tomorrow to make sure that it's holding up. Fingers crossed that it's staying solid and we don't have to talk about bedrest or anything like that!
As for everything else baby related, we ordered the cribs off of Amazon Mom (which I'm a member of due to Amazon Prime). They had a deal where if you bought a select style crib, you got a mattress for free. So we bought two and got two mattresses for about $380! Not a bad deal! Also, my mom bought us the Snug-A-Monkey swing from Target. With purchasing that when she did, she got the matching bouncer for free...can you tell we're all about deals with these babies?! So on my long. long list of things we need for the babies, we can cross of mattresses, cribs, swing and bouncer. Slowly making progress!! Next big purchase to come up is the carseats. I'm going to put that on our registries though.
Like I normally do, after this post will be the follow up, monthly quiz along with belly pic. I know you're all dying to see how much I look like a whale, haha.
Until next time, lots of love and baby dust!
