Week 36.5: Incoming Babies in T Minus 1.5 Days

The babies are coming! Ok yes, they were always coming but now it's pretty much a set date. Here's the bounce around on dates story: so last we thought it was the 11th. At the OB on Friday she comes in and tells us we are bumped. The new Seton hospital has just opened their baby ward with no new staff, so they are taking staff from the other hospitals and telling them to cut down their daily surgeries by 20%! Since we are low risk and not even at 37 weeks we got bumped to the 17th. Alright, so now we are back to a 10 days count down but I feel like we can do it. Tuesday comes and it's our last ultrasound. There's nothing too remarkable except that baby boy has really, really slowed in growth. While baby girl is about 5.5 lbs, baby boy is still sitting under 5 lbs (at 4.7 lbs). Boo!

So the docs decide that we should deliver before the week is out, so now we are back to dates around the 11th. The OB even asks if we are cool with that night!! Eek! No! That's way too soon and I am not ready! But really we are ready so, sure, doc, whatever date you pick. The hospital can fit us in on the 12th which is good cuz that's not terrorism day or Friday the 13th! So as long as we don't go into labour in the next day we are scheduled for the c-section on Thursday morning. It looks like I will never know what labour contractions feel like... Well, this whole pregnancy was nothing like I had anticipated, but as long as the babies are healthy I really don't care how they come out.

So, I will have officially logged 12 days of actual maternity leave before the babies. Yeah, it was a decent amount of time to take it easy. I've been out and about most days because that feels healthier anyway. A little last minute bra shopping, returns, random supplies, groceries, dog visiting, popping into work at Canyon Meadows or Alpine to make sure everything is more or less under control, getting a new phone to replace the one I inexplicably lost... And napping! Lots of napping! Now that I can sleep in I have mixed up my schedule in the evenings and morning to rotate between sleeping, eating, and tar soap showers. It feels more productive than tossing and turning and waiting to go to work which I suppose is the point. Letting go of work worries has been hard though as I am super emotionally invested in my job. I will strongly recommend to my children not to get emotionally involved in your job, it makes things rough. But, either way, it will sort itself out without me and over time I may start to care less. So I must come to terms with that.

In a nutshell, other than the big decisions that were made today, it has been pretty normal, if not quiet. Physically, things feel like they are getting tolerable again. I find with pregnancy eventually the problems/worries/discomforts sort themselves out only to be replaced by something different as soon as one has adjusted. I feel like I have adjusted so we might as well changes things up and get this pregnancy over with. I will admit the reality of it is a little nerve wracking, but we are so ready to be parents, and so ready to meet these little guys. I really want to have something to look at and hold that will make this real for me. I still am having a hard time thinking beyond the day to day pregnancy thing and actually visualizing the babies at the end of this tunnel. But having it so close... Getting more and more excited to see these little people we have made! It's hard to remember where we started from and that this was the end goal, yet here we are. So again I will say Eek! with a little bit of nerves and a lot of excitement behind it.

The next time I post something our family will have doubled in size and our house will forever be completely different! Eek!

PS My Pregnancy Summary
Have officially gained 44lbs and now outweigh my husband :( His shirts make great maternity wear though. I can still pick things up off the ground and touch my toes. I have a lot of stretch marks but no more rash. Unfortunately, fighting the rash put stretch mark fighting on the back burner for me. My belly has remained a reasonable size and never felt like it was getting too out of hand. No back aches or mobility issues for me! You should have seen me jump away from a ninja spider the other day!
My boobs only started to grow in the second trimester and it has been a very slow growth but I did go from an A cup to a C and they are looking quite nice right now. Wait until the babies ravage them.
I did not nest or crave things, though white meat became a big turn off. I did not suffer from too much pregnancy brain, just a couple of episodes, and a small handful of emotional breakdowns, though I have been overly paranoid the whole time, and went through a couple months of complete grouchiness.
My fingers and toes are only mildly fat thanks to a lot of sitting around this week, but there were times when bending my wrists and ankles was hard due to all the edema. I did not glow or get long flowing locks, but maintained my regular pimply complexion and had to cut my nails a lot! Other than excessive mucus and snots, pregnancy sneezing, tension headaches, 36 weeks of morning sickness, and a few weeks of mild PUPPP rash we have had an ok run carrying these twins. However, I will not be sad to be done with it...!