Good news! I believe we have found a night nanny. Her name is Lauren and she is a senior communications major at SUNY Brockport. She and her husband have a 5 month old baby boy. We interviewed 2 people and we really felt comfortable with her. I hope it works out. I hated going through the process of finding and interviewing people. As it stands, she will start a few days after we get home from the hospital. She'll work 11p - 6a, giving me a chance to sleep and heal.....or that's the plan, anyway!! :)
We had a doctor appointment today. My weight is 181 lbs! That is a 4 lb increase in 2 weeks! I'm feeling it! I've gained almost 40 lbs now and my lower back is starting to kill me. I'm tired, can't breath, can't bend over, can't roll over in bed, etc. etc. etc! Whew! Everyone keeps saying that they can't believe I'm having twins because I just don't look big enough. I don't know if they're just trying to be nice or what.....but I am certainly big enough!! They measure me at 44 weeks pregnant!! That means my uterus is stretched to the capacity of being 4 weeks past a due date, if I were having just one baby. I'm feeling very whiny. My blood pressure is still good: 130/74 today. My middle measurement is still about 45 inches around. Both heartbeats are good. They get the hiccups a lot......baby A more than B. Twice they have had them at the same time!
Now the plan is to try to get to 38 weeks. They are in the process of scheduing the c-section officially. They will let us know. Until then we are supposed to be watching for any signs of labor since the size of my uterus and very short cervix could cause that to happen. Dave asked about cord blood banking. We have to order a kit online and take it with us. The doctors will fill the kit and then we are responsible for mailing it back ASAP. Seems kind of weird. Dave is talking about trying to schedule less travel in the coming weeks. I hope he's able to be around more because I just can't do much for myself anymore!
In the meantime, Dave and I both saw our lawyers and wrote up draft wills and health care proxies. I'm glad to have done that. Without being married, all of the usual stuff is kind of tricky. Evan is not biologically his and these babies are not biologically mine. If I should die, we had to spell out that they all go to Dave, along with the house. Also, because we aren't married, we can't be health-care advocates for each other unless it is written legally. We've decided that to protect ourselves from both dying in the same catastrophe, we shouldn't drive or fly anywhere together, leaving our three orphans for family to raise! Ugh.
Next visit is in 2 weeks for an ultrasound and office visit. After that, we go in every week....which is only twice. Then, it's BIRTH day!! I can't believe this is really, finally happening!!
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