34 Weeks and a New Year on the Horizon!

How far along: 34 weeks
Total weight gain: -0 lbs Back to my pre pregnancy weight!
Maternity clothes: All maternity clothes! (except for a few shirts but they either stretch or just bigger than normal)
Stretch marks: I have alot now! They are in different places than where the stretch marks that I got from Joey are. Oh well!!
How big is belly? 49 in! wow
Sleep: Not sleeping much at all. With having to be up every 4 hrs to take my medicine and the medicine itself, I am not sleeping.
Best moment this week: Not many. Its been a tough week.
Movement:I think they learned how to do the tango in my belly.
Food cravings: Grape Juice and blueberry bagels with cream cheese. I don't know why I am craving them, but who knows!
Belly button in or out: The top half is still in, but the bottom is out so half and half?
What I miss: Sleep. I haven't slept well lately because of the medicine I am on and having to pee. I guess its preparing me for the future weeks!
What I'm looking forward to: Seeing my babies in a few weeks.
How big are the babies? 34 weeks-Your babies now weigh about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long.

Wow the year is over! In one aspect, it flew by, and in the other aspect, it seems like forever ago was the new year! Alot has changed over the past year. My whole perspective on alot of things have changed. With mom going through her radiation, I have realized what is and what isn't important in this world. I have learned to let the little things go. I think that more people in this world need to learn what is important and what won't change things.

On the baby side of things, I was in the hospital yesterday. I had been having contractions every 6 minutes. I went into the dr's office for an appointment. She asked immediately what was wrong and she sent me to L&D to be monitored. I measured at 42 weeks when I am only 34. Seems that the contractions were somewhat making me dialate so they upped my medicine. I now take 10mg of Procardia (nifedipine) every 4 hrs. It sucks having to get up at midnight and 4am to take my meds. If it will help the babies, then its ok. I just don't sleep with the meds either. They make me wired! Its frustrating. Oh well not that much longer. The dr said that I will be on meds until I am 36 weeks. Thats scary to think that I will be done with my meds in less than 2 weeks and who knows when they will come! I have finally gotten back up to my pre pregnancy weight. Go me! I wonder what they weigh now!

We are having a low key NYE this year. We have the Wii to keep us busy and sleep to attend to! Have a great new year everyone who is reading this!

Oops! Haven't posted in a while!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been pretty busy. I am on bedrest now and that would make one think that I would have MORE time to post, but I just can't seem to find the right mindset to post. Its hard to put down in writing what is going on. Last Monday, Dec 14, was a typical Monday at work. It was soooo busy. Around 4pm or so, I started feeling cramping/contractions. I started to write down what time they were happening and it started out at like 14 min apart. They then increased to every 6-9 minutes apart. They were pretty uncomfortable so I called Marc and he told me to call the dr. I did call the dr and they told me to go into L&D to get monitored and to see what was going on. The on call dr said that she didn't think that it was anything and that I would probably be going home that night. Well that didn't happen. They did the work up on me and said that I was contracting and that I was dialated to a 2. They admitted me. This has to be one of the scariest things that has ever happened to me! They gave me a shot to try to stop the contractions. That sped up the contractions and made me feel horrible. I was shaking uncontrollablly and was so hot! After that wore off, they gave me another medicine which seemed to help. They also gave me my first steroid shot. This was to help the babies lungs mature and to help them if they were to arrive early. It slowed and almost stopped the contractions. I didn't get to leave the hospital until Wednesday. They did a growth ultrasound on the boys and they were 4lb 4oz and 4lb 10oz. They said that was a good size for 32 week twins!

After I got to come home, they had me on bedrest. They say two weeks. Its nice to not have to worry about working around the holidays. This past week has been spent taking it easy and tryhing to rely on other people to do things that I cannot (or should not) be doing. Its a hard thing for me to do. I don't like not having control over everything (shocker huh!) Things aren't getting done around my house like I would like them to be, but cest la vie! Marc has been really good about helping me and that makes me feel much better. He is very good with Joey and very understanding when I am moody. All in all, its working out well. I am sitting at Mom and Dads on Christmas Eve. Marc and Joey are in Girard having Christmas with his family. It stinks that I don't get to be with them, but I have to do what is best for the twins. I got to watch Joey open his presents via webcam so that was nice. I wish everyone reading this a Merry Christmas! Now onto the rest of the blog!

How far along: 33 weeks
Total weight gain: -1 lbs Yay so close to my pre pregnancy weight!
Maternity clothes: All maternity clothes! (except for a few shirts but they either stretch or just bigger than normal)
Stretch marks: A few more. No telling how many more I will get!
How big is belly? 49 in! wow
Sleep: Eh. Some days I sleep ok, some days I am up all the time peeing or just uncomfortable.
Best moment this week: Keeping the babies in! I got to see the babies and feel them move at the same time so that was an awesome feeling.
Movement: They are dancing fools! These babies love to move all the time. They have hiccups alot as well.
Food cravings: Milk and the white cheese from the Mexican food place. I haven't gotten the second one yet, but no big deal. My cravings change daily so whatever!
Belly button in or out: its a hard call. Some days it looks in and some days it looks out!
What I miss: Feeling comfortable overall.
What I'm looking forward to: Spending Christmas with my family!
How big are the babies? 33 weeks-This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. (http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-33-weeks_1122.bc)

Rockin Green Detergent Giveaway!

http://mylittlestgravesies.blogspot.com/2009/11/rockin-green-review-and-giveaway.html
This blog is giving away a free supply of Rocking Green detergent. My friend Stacey said that this is one of the best detergetns to use (especially on cloth diapers.) It doesn't cause a buildup and it also rinses really well. That is one problem with alot of detergents. It doesn't rinse very well and then the cloth diapers start to stink and don't absorb well. This detergent should help eliminate each of those problems and I soooooo hope I win some!

Ditching Disposables Day 2

So as I posted yesterday, the blog, Confessions of a first time mom, is doing a month long giveaway and review of different cloth diapers and accessories! Today's giveaway is for a Three Monkeys Cloth Diapers. They have super cute AIO and AI2's with sooo many cute patterns. I love the different patterns they have. From cute flowers to flaming skulls! I hope I can win one of these! The size that she is giving away would fit Joey right now!!

30 weeks!

Wow I can't believe that I have made it this far! 8 weeks or less until I see the little squirts! Its amazing to know that they could be here anytime. Of course I want them to stay in as long as possible so they can come home with me sooner, but wow! It seems like they will be here tomorrow!! I am feeling much more tired lately. Sometimes at work it takes everything I have to get up and do things. At home, I am lucky that Joey is very independent and I don't have to keep picking him up and chasing him. I make sure that things are put up that he can't get into and I just listen for him. I am super blessed with him!

He got a haircut today and looks like such a big boy! He also got his picture taken with Marc, Santa, and I tonight!

How far along: 30weeks
Total weight gain: -3 lbs (I haven't weighed lately, so I will just use last week's weight)
Maternity clothes: All maternity clothes! Mom bought me a few shirts this past weekend and I hate buying things so late in my pregnancy knowing that I won't be wearing them much longer.
Stretch marks: A few new ones, but its going to happen!
How big is belly? 49 in! wow
Sleep: It's an on and off thing. Some nights I sleep so great and most nights I sleep horrible. I wake up all the time needing to pee. Its gotten to a point now that its hard for me to get comfortable when I first lay down. It seems like I can't breathe sometimes!
Best moment this week: Reaching the 30 week milestone!
Movement: Um I should state that there is less time that they are not moving than when they are.
Food cravings: Milk.
Belly button in or out: almost out! That will be a milestone if I hit it!
What I miss: Being able to stand without feeling weird.
What I'm looking forward to: Just feeling somewhat normal again.
How big are the babies? 30 weeks-Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage) (http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-30-weeks_1119.bc)

Ditching Diapers and Thirsties Giveaway

http://myconfessionsasafirsttimemom.blogspot.com/ This blog is a great blog to follow. This woman is ditching disposable diapers and for almost each day this month, she is doing a giveaway to help those who are on the cloth diapering bandwagon. Today's blog and giveaway is about a Thirsties diaper. They are great! They have their duo diapers that come in two sizes. The first size (1) is from 6-18lbs and the second size (2) goes from 18-40 lbs. The products are amazing and so is the blog! Read the blog to get a better undrestanding of what she is doing!

Goodmama's Giveaway!

Goodmama's Diapers are some of the most sought after diapers on the market. From what I heard, they are great diapers and they last forever! They are giving away some of their diapers and I am trying to win one to see if they are as good as everyone says! Cross your fingers for me!