contractions

There are some things that pregnant women report happening that seem to come just before delivery of their baby (or babies).  They are kind of informally the “signs” of impending birth, but some women never have any and some women have several.  When I had Lucy I had very little warning I feel like (except my water breaking, which is pretty obvious!) or at least that I paid attention to.  I hadn’t gained that much weight, wasn’t uncomfortable and kept rolling forward actively with our everyday lives.  Things are different this time around and now that I think I understand and notice those changes in my body more, I have been noticing some of these!  You can check out the list through the link above which generally includes the big changes women report, but is not all inclusive.  Lately…. Read the rest of this entry »

That’s right, we found out yesterday that baby “A” is estimated to be 4 lbs. 9 oz. and baby “B” is estimated to be 4 lbs. 12 oz.! That’s almost 10 lb. of baby! They each seem to be putting on about a pound every 2 weeks. So, I am hoping to hold out for 2 more weeks. The perfect time would be around 36 weeks (July 26) to have them. I am 33.5 weeks and marching toward 34 this weekend. After this weekend, if I go into labor that’s that! They would ideally be about 5.5 lbs. each- which is what Lucy was too. Obviously the bigger the better though, so as long as it takes to have healthy babies that is fine. I’m not gonna lie though, this is getting tough. Its bad enough being uncomfortable moving around and doing normal life things like “walking”, but now just sitting and laying around is not comfortable! Also having a few “warm up” contractions each day now. They are painless and just feel like a lot of pressure, but still since I never had them with Lucy are a little unnerving. Hopefully things will happen in the next 2.5 weeks or so. Trying to be patient…