34 Weeks - Delivery Getting "Real" and Waiting on a Date

This week was busy one...

When we were first convinced that this pregnancy was going to "stick", one of the first things I purchased were our car seats - Chicco Key-Fit 30 in Graphica:

After all, you never know how soon the babies would decide to make their appearance into the world...

On Saturday, we signed up for a "clinic" at our local hospital to learn how to install the car seats properly. The instructor gushed over the model we purchased saying how much he liked it - so I guess we did something right! It was actually much easier to install the bases and seats than I thought - and now I feel prepared on that front.

In other news, a co-worker of mine (who works at our headquarters site) and his partner were expecting a baby girl in mid-December. On Friday, I got an e-mail saying their daughter was born that morning (no other details - so I have to assume the baby is ok). Although my mind knows this, when I saw the email it suddenly hit me like a ton-of-bricks that our babies can be born at ANY moment now. I am not sure why that email had such a great impact on me, but it did...it made our impending delivery "real".

Doctor Appointment Update
My doctor's appointment went great yesterday! I had a comprehensive ultrasound and the Twinks are doing fabulous! Baby A (now head-down on my right and the more active of the two) is weighing in at 5 lbs and Baby B (still with their head in my left rib and feet under my belly button) is at 5 lbs 4 oz.

My blood pressure was a little low (but still normal) and I lost 4 lbs, which means my total weight gain during the pregnancy is still hovering around 25 lbs total. The nurse still thinks it's water weight, so she's not concerned about the weight loss. My Heparin challenge tests all came back great - which tells them I am on the correct dose.

I am still dealing with severe nausea (Sunday night I was tossing-my-cookies all day and for 30 minutes straight before I went to bed), so they switched my nausea med to Promethazine (generic Phenergan). It's a medication that's also used to treat allergies, so it makes me tired. That's ok though - I'd rather be tired than nauseous. Interestingly, one of the side effects is nausea / vomiting. Go figure...


I think I've started having contractions this week - but not enough to start counting or timing.

We put in a request for a delivery date of 11/11/11, but it's not looking good. The one doctor on-call that day is the head of the practice (they usually have two doctors) and, because he is THE BEST Maternal Fetal Medicine OB in the city, he is in very high demand. It would be the equivalent of requesting Oprah to deliver your baby if she were an OB. Since I will only be 37 weeks, he may push me back a week - but the nurse said he likes delivering multiples, so maybe we we will get lucky and he'll agree to take my case. Fingers crossed for good news tomorrow. Even if they agree to an 11/11/11 delivery date, it doesn't mean the babies will wait until then. It just means that I will have a definite "end date." Will update with a firm delivery date as soon as I know more.

I asked the nurse about life after birth and one thing that I didn't realize is that even if I don't have to get up to feed the babies, I will still need to pump about every 3 hours for the first several weeks. I am sure this is easier than having to feed / diaper them too, but was hoping I could get a good 5-6 hours sleep. Oh, the sacrifices we make...(and this is just the beginning)!