It turns out that being pregnant with twins is totally different than being pregnant with one baby. Go figure. Fascinating and horrifying all at once.
For starters, I'm roughly the size that I was at 25-28 weeks last time around - and I'm just finishing week 15. All of those fun things that nag at you like crazy in the last months of pregnancy start much earlier - the sore lower back, the tired, over-stretched muscles, tossing and turning all night, the waddle, the belly button popping out... Crazy. I'm blaming it all on the fact that I'm having twins plus its the second time around so things are already stretched - ignoring the fact that I started this round a wee (ha) bit bigger than I was when I started round one. Round one had me in a string bikini for the first 3 months - what in the world?
Its rather interesting to watch how people react to you confirming that you are expecting more than one baby. Yesterday an employee said "What are you going to do with that?! You'll need so much help!". Such reassuring words! A co-manager made this comment two weeks ago: "You know, I hate to be personal about it, but with as big as you are this early - wow, I can't imagine how huge you are going to be!" So encouraging. Lots of people are excited of course, and they jump right into name suggestions. Will you do matching names? Names with the same letter? Names that rhyme? Can we make a game about it for employees to play?
We ended up in the hospital last Wednesday with a scare - they checked us out, put us on bedrest for 5 days and then re-checked this past Monday. Everything had settled for the most part. I tore a ligament - a wee bit painful. They said to expect more of that due to where the babies are located. The doctor peeked at the between-the-legs parts and we got a confirmation on one of them, but the other was questionable due to crossing the legs (again). We go in again on Monday so we'll see if we can get a better glance. It seems like once you know the sex you can just get started. For me it makes it seem so much more real for whatever reason - and I can start planning and all of that fun.
I'm researching cloth diapering systems and make-your-own baby food methods. Though my main reasoning is selfish - I need to save money - its nice that it will also be benefiting the environment. People think I'm doing it to be all eco-conscious, but I can't really say that was what prompted me to do it. I'm still up in the air about the milk business. That whole "Josiah slept through the night at 7 weeks" reminder keeps bouncing around in the head. Especially with two of them now, I will need them to sleep all the way through as early as possible! But on the flip side - a HUGE $$ savings. We'll see.
At any rate, today I had a quiet night to myself and wanted to rant just a tiny bit :) I swear I'll try to limit it to stories about the kiddos and pictures in the future :)
3 comments:
I must say I am very proud of you for looking into cloth diapers. I was scared of them. I want to throw it away not see it later. Way cheaper though and according to my mother better for the babies bottom. I hear all the time how I was a cloth diaper baby and my butt was never red. :) I also think its amazing you keep a blog! I have a hard time just getting pictures into frames LOL I hope your bedrest gets easier. Maybe you should take up knitting or something. :)
It is great to hear how you are doing and the kids. Feel free to rant anytime.
I made my own baby food with Makayla but she wouldn't eat much of it so we ended up back with Gerber. A food processor is really all you need besides the veggies and fruit.
Cloth diapers are also great! My cousins found some really great ones on the web that are adjustable so they grow with the baby. A bit of money upfront but for what you save over the life of their diapering years its really worth it!
Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy! Good to hear things are going well!
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