Thirty. Five. Weeks. I can’t even believe it. During one of my 8 trips to the bathroom last night (yes 8 is the real number- that is no exaggeration) I looked at the clock and saw it was just after midnight which officially meant we had made it to 35 weeks. It seems surreal.
In my opinion, anyone who makes it to 35 weeks (and beyond I can only imagine) carrying twins and pretends they aren’t fairly miserable is a big lying liar. I am ecstatic that I am still pregnant. I hope to continue to be for 14 more days at least. With that said, everything hurts and I can’t wait for it to be October. Like everything. All the time. This is physically the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life.
Going on walks or to the store or out to eat has become near impossible because my hips and back hurt so bad. These sweet babies are so low that I’m pretty sure I walk like a sumo wrestler. I’m still working my normal half day hours and counting down the minutes! The plan is to stop at 37 weeks even if these babies haven’t come yet- a week off to rest before delivering twins really doesn’t sound so terrible. This picture is an extremely accurate depiction of how I’m feeling and looking right now I must say.
My husband seriously continues to be amazing. Picking up all the slack around the house and with the kids without batting an eye. A few weeks ago we started binge watching White Collar on Netflix and are totally loving it. It’s so well written- fast paced and suspenseful that it’s taking my mind off all the aches and pains every night and gives me something to look forward to for making it through another day!
This weekend we finally did some last minute things to help me feel more prepared – if that is possible. We got out the new car seats, put together the double stroller, packed our hospital bags and washed the very last of the baby laundry. Seeing two car seats sitting side by side in our living room was totally crazy!
I’m pretty excited about the idea that we are past the 35 week mark which means that there is at least a decent chance of the babies coming home with us when they are born instead of needing to stay longer. Every day they stay in that chance goes up and that makes me a very happy Mommy.
We have a doctors appointment this week to check them and also start non-stress tests. I had a million when I was pregnant with Caleb because of the knots in his cord, but certainly never with 4 belts to measure two babies. I loved sitting and listening to his heartbeat in the comfy chairs and I’m honestly looking forward to that again.
Can’t wait to snuggle these monkeys!