Week 27: Stay Gold, Ponyboy... Nope, Not Happening

Well I am starting to feel a little emotionally drained this week. I have never worried so much in my life and it is starting to get old! Now the doc wants us to count kicks throughout the day... And when they aren't kicking... Gah! Time to freak out, right? No, keep it together girl! Things are fine! So that's been a restless night here and there and a couple mornings where I rushed to the clinic to get my stethoscope and check for heartbeats. Thinking I should just start toting that thing around with me. If only I had myself an ultrasound machine. Guess we'll save that purchase for the next pregnancy. We see the obstetrician next week so maybe they can help calm my nerves.

So sleeping is getting less fun. Need a pillow that keeps my neck at the right angle to prevent the heachaches. Need a pillow to keep my arms straight so my hands don't go numb. Need a small pillow under my belly for support. Need a pillow behind my back to prop me up a bit. Then the baby on that side gets fidgety so one has to sit up, flip sides, readjust pillows, decide that everythingis probably still ok, fall back to sleep... Repeat as needed. Then this cycle gets interrupted by the need to pee at least twice a night. Poor kittens, they dont know what my problem is. At least my pukey pills knock me out a bit.

My saving grace is that the finish line is in sight! Hopefully not too on sight though. We want to carry these babies through to September! Someone in our class had their babies at 31 weeks this week. If that was us it would be the first weekend of August. Egads! Let's not go there. I'll sleep restlessly and worry for a bit longer thank you very much. That news gave me a "holy crap, we're going to have babies in less than 3 months, wait we're going to have babies period!" moment. Yup, this is actually going to happen when this is all said and done. Crazy thoughts.

But we are getting ready for it. Nursery done and set up, with both cribs, book collection, drawers ready to stock with baby gear, rocker for nursing, zoo pictures on the way... We have our stroller. We just got the car seats. Got most of the registry organized for the shower that Nana is doing a great job of organizing. Yup, getting ready for this to really happen. At least the nursery is kitten approved! This is most important.

Oh yeah, and I cut my hair to get ready as well; almost 4 inches and nobody has noticed. You know you're hair is too long when... Yeah, I decided that it was too hot and also going to be yanked a lot and get in the way of breast feeding. It feels good. And I didn't even do it myself, got a groupon and went to a professional. First time since before the wedding! Go me!

The babies this week are cauliflowers. Or as another website pointed out, the size of small chihuahuas, hopefully not as furry! Their brains are becoming more active and may even be dreaming at this point. They are practicing blinking, sucking, coughing, and their lungs are more or less mature at the end of this week. Good news if they plan to come early. Well, time to get these babies to bed, wont get much easier than it is right now!