- Mostly pains and discomforts
- Hands and Feet started swelling
- Nauseous
- Severe pelvis pain
- Everything is overall getting harder
- Gracie's hiccups started to slow down in frequency
- Had more visitors: Abbi and Kim D
- Kenny worked more on the nursery
Friday, May 6, 2011
Week 31
Highlights this week included:
Week 30
Highlights this week included:
- Goal #2 met: Making it to 30 weeks
- Gracie seemed to move up a little, lasted about a day
- Gracie's hiccups increased to 2-3 times each day
- More movement from Isabella's side of the belly ;)
- Feeling a lot of kicking into/under my ribs
- Girls are both very very active
- Kenny continued to work on the nursery
- Gained 29lbs total
- I was lucky enough to have a couple visitors: Abbi, Liz and my mom
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Week 29
We've been discharged from St Joe's and are so ready to go home! The nurse wheeled me outside to wait for Kenny to pull up with the car, and it was so surreal. I felt like I had forgotten what the sun and fresh air felt like. Not to mention the weather had changed and was now much warmer than when we arrived; just beautiful. I listened to birds chirping and just watched people as they walked by with such gratitude. You'd think I'd been locked up in some sort of solitary confinement for some extraordinary amount of time! I felt so blessed.
The car ride home continued to be just as exciting. The windows were down and the wind felt amazing. I took in the city as if I'd never seen it before and was never going to see it again. We also spent some time laughing and realizing how small the Civic was. This was the first time we've had the car seats in the car, and there was not much room for anything or anyone else. Poor Kenny had to drive home with his legs cramped against the stirring consul. My safe & baby ready car just proved to be not enough for our fast growing soon to be family of 4. We were left wondering how this was going to work. Kenny confirmed the Civic had more room for the car seats than the Fit did, so this was truly our best option. With 1 car payment left on the Civic, this was almost heartbreaking. The only thing that made me feel better was knowing how the girls would still be safe, it's just mommy and daddy that are more compromised! At any rate, this will be a battle for another day...
Finally, we arrive home AND the girls are still safely growing in the womb! It's such an amazing feeling to be home during this time rather than in the hospital. It sure makes being on bed-rest so much more tolerable, since the hospital was so very challenging. I'm in my own clothes. I'm using my own pillow and bed. I get to use my own bathroom and shower. No ones poking me with needles, hooking me up to monitors, etc. This is truly a blessing. Only thing missing is our puppies!
Due to our schedules, I have to be patient and wait until the following evening before getting to see them. But thankfully, the time passed relatively quickly, since I slept a lot of it. Once Kenny left to get them, I sat on the couch on pins and needles. Eventually, I get a phone call from him telling me they were on their way home. Now I'm really anxious and could hardly sit still. About 15 minutes later I hear the garage door - Oh boy!! I am almost bouncing off the couch with excitement. Then I start hearing their little scratches on the door; my heart is racing. Finally, Kenny opens the door and they come flying through the house. I thought I was going to burst! Calling to them in almost an inaudible shrill, they totally ignored me! I continued to beg them to come say hi to me, but they did not. I was heartbroken. They wanted to run around the house and backyard, but wanted nothing to do with me. I eventually had Kenny bring them to me so I could love on them and give them some smooches, but they were dieing to get out of my arms, and as soon as they could, they were gone. Bailey was a little better than Molly; she was clearly upset with me. I'm certain she knew I was the reason they had suddenly been left behind for a week. She continued to snub me for the next several days. It was a very slow process, but both dogs finally come around and started loving on me again. My current family was back together, phew!
This really wasn't a very good "test run." I'm a bit worried about how things will go when we actually leave to have the babies, and come back with 2 new family members, who are going to take up all of mommy and daddy's time! Yeah, I know their dogs, but they've been our family for the past 6 years now and we're all used to living a certain way. So not only is it going to be a whirlwind of a journey with the new babies, but we're also going to be trying to rebuild our current family structure. And yes, I completely realize this all sounds incredibly silly, but I am a firm believer that God made dogs to be man's best friend, as is especially true with ours. Truthfully, I know it will work out and be totally fine, but I can't ignore my feelings and concerns while working through the process!
Well, enough of that...
As the week progressed, things started to really get back to normal. Most noticeably was the swelling. And amazingly enough, my contractions (Braxton Hicks) were now more infrequent than they had been since the day they started! It was apparent, being home was a much better place for relaxing and healing. The girls also seemed like they were doing well too. Oh and Gracelin began to get the hiccups on a daily basis, which I was feeling radiate not just in my belly and pelvis but also through my left leg. (So weird!)
And since we had asked our friends and loved ones to refrain from visiting us in the hospital, we opened our house up now that we were home. So we had several friends stop by this week. Jackie and Johnny started things off, and even brought me a new movie (Despicable Me) and peanut M&M's to help keep me occupied. Michelle W brought us yummy Samurai Sams AND gummy bears & worms (1 pack for me, plus 1 each for the girls :). Later that same day Danny & Sam joined us, bringing over chicken which they BBQed. I also got to see Kim D and her beautiful 6 month old Ezra. Such a lovely treat seeing friends and family, now that I was feeling and looking a bit better. :o)
What a great week this was! The girls safely continued to grow, I was doing a 1,000 times better, there was less burden on Kenny and he could now work on things he needed to, it was just glorious. Again, praise God!!
The car ride home continued to be just as exciting. The windows were down and the wind felt amazing. I took in the city as if I'd never seen it before and was never going to see it again. We also spent some time laughing and realizing how small the Civic was. This was the first time we've had the car seats in the car, and there was not much room for anything or anyone else. Poor Kenny had to drive home with his legs cramped against the stirring consul. My safe & baby ready car just proved to be not enough for our fast growing soon to be family of 4. We were left wondering how this was going to work. Kenny confirmed the Civic had more room for the car seats than the Fit did, so this was truly our best option. With 1 car payment left on the Civic, this was almost heartbreaking. The only thing that made me feel better was knowing how the girls would still be safe, it's just mommy and daddy that are more compromised! At any rate, this will be a battle for another day...
Finally, we arrive home AND the girls are still safely growing in the womb! It's such an amazing feeling to be home during this time rather than in the hospital. It sure makes being on bed-rest so much more tolerable, since the hospital was so very challenging. I'm in my own clothes. I'm using my own pillow and bed. I get to use my own bathroom and shower. No ones poking me with needles, hooking me up to monitors, etc. This is truly a blessing. Only thing missing is our puppies!
Due to our schedules, I have to be patient and wait until the following evening before getting to see them. But thankfully, the time passed relatively quickly, since I slept a lot of it. Once Kenny left to get them, I sat on the couch on pins and needles. Eventually, I get a phone call from him telling me they were on their way home. Now I'm really anxious and could hardly sit still. About 15 minutes later I hear the garage door - Oh boy!! I am almost bouncing off the couch with excitement. Then I start hearing their little scratches on the door; my heart is racing. Finally, Kenny opens the door and they come flying through the house. I thought I was going to burst! Calling to them in almost an inaudible shrill, they totally ignored me! I continued to beg them to come say hi to me, but they did not. I was heartbroken. They wanted to run around the house and backyard, but wanted nothing to do with me. I eventually had Kenny bring them to me so I could love on them and give them some smooches, but they were dieing to get out of my arms, and as soon as they could, they were gone. Bailey was a little better than Molly; she was clearly upset with me. I'm certain she knew I was the reason they had suddenly been left behind for a week. She continued to snub me for the next several days. It was a very slow process, but both dogs finally come around and started loving on me again. My current family was back together, phew!
This really wasn't a very good "test run." I'm a bit worried about how things will go when we actually leave to have the babies, and come back with 2 new family members, who are going to take up all of mommy and daddy's time! Yeah, I know their dogs, but they've been our family for the past 6 years now and we're all used to living a certain way. So not only is it going to be a whirlwind of a journey with the new babies, but we're also going to be trying to rebuild our current family structure. And yes, I completely realize this all sounds incredibly silly, but I am a firm believer that God made dogs to be man's best friend, as is especially true with ours. Truthfully, I know it will work out and be totally fine, but I can't ignore my feelings and concerns while working through the process!
Well, enough of that...
As the week progressed, things started to really get back to normal. Most noticeably was the swelling. And amazingly enough, my contractions (Braxton Hicks) were now more infrequent than they had been since the day they started! It was apparent, being home was a much better place for relaxing and healing. The girls also seemed like they were doing well too. Oh and Gracelin began to get the hiccups on a daily basis, which I was feeling radiate not just in my belly and pelvis but also through my left leg. (So weird!)
And since we had asked our friends and loved ones to refrain from visiting us in the hospital, we opened our house up now that we were home. So we had several friends stop by this week. Jackie and Johnny started things off, and even brought me a new movie (Despicable Me) and peanut M&M's to help keep me occupied. Michelle W brought us yummy Samurai Sams AND gummy bears & worms (1 pack for me, plus 1 each for the girls :). Later that same day Danny & Sam joined us, bringing over chicken which they BBQed. I also got to see Kim D and her beautiful 6 month old Ezra. Such a lovely treat seeing friends and family, now that I was feeling and looking a bit better. :o)
What a great week this was! The girls safely continued to grow, I was doing a 1,000 times better, there was less burden on Kenny and he could now work on things he needed to, it was just glorious. Again, praise God!!
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