Nothing boring about 33 weeks

Today Garrett and I went for our 33 week checkup. (I get really excited about going to the doctor since it's the only time I am allowed our of the house and each week brings me closer to our 34 week mark) Our ultrasound showed that everything looked great. Baby A is still breech and very low! His feet are right next to Baby B's head. The past few days I have had a lot of pain when I try to walk, change positions on the couch, lift my legs to get up the stairs...just about everything other then be completely still causes pain. Seeing how low the boys are positioned explains why I have been so uncomfortable. Other then seeing Baby A kicking his brother in the head (won't be the last time), everything looked great! My exam was another story. The doctor found that I am dilated 1cm. She could also feel a foot belonging to Baby A! (Weird? Yes. Kinda gross? Yes. Freaked me out? Completely.) Since this is a big change from last week, I got my weekly shot and was sent off to the hospital...again. Garrett and I are at the hospital so often, the nurses remember us and know us by name. I got hooked up to all kinds of monitors, got my movement buzzer, and waited two hours for the doctor to check me again to see if I had dilated any further and was actually in labor. Luckily the babies were very active so the movement buzzer got a lot of use giving my something to do while Garrett channel surfed. After being checked again by the doctor (I was still only at 1cm and my contractions were not close enough) we were sent home! Never a dull moment these days!

No one is stressed at the Fuller house!

Yesterday we went for our first of our weekly Non- Stress Test. I got hooked up to three monitors: one for each heartbeat and one to count contractions. Heading over to the hospital Garrett and I were a little nervous. The last time we had a non-stress test, I didn't see the outside world for three days. Yesterday was different, everyone was willing to cooperate! The nurse found both heartbeats easily which is very hard with twins. By the time you get a good reading on one, the other one has moved or changed position. I had a Jeopardy like buzzer to click anytime I felt any movement. Ideally, each movement corresponds with an increase in heart rate. The first few minutes on the monitor it looked like the boys were napping so I was given some orange juice to drink and wake them up. After the orange juice they went nuts! Garrett couldn't believe how much they move after I eat or drink. (I've been telling him all along that they are Whitney babies- completely food driven) Half and hour went by and Garrett was getting a little restless so I put him in charge of the buzzer. He was beyond thrilled to click the button and see the mark show up on the chart printed out by the monitor. When our hour was up the on-call doctor came in and told us the babies look perfect, my contractions were far enough apart, and she will see us in a week. One more week closer to our 34 week mark!

41 weeks???

Ok, so I'm not really 41 weeks pregnant. (I would be a little more stressed it I was!) We went to our weekly checkup today, at 32 weeks, my belly of boys measures 41 weeks!!! I'm officially a house. Both Fuller boys are doing great. Baby A is still breech, which means automatic C-Section. Baby A (determined by which twin is positioned lower at the first measurement) decides what type of delivery we will have. I (and my doctor) would like to avoid a C-Section. No pressure Baby A. Now, in addition to being on strict bed rest and getting a progesterone shot every week, I am to start going to the hospital weekly for a non-stress test. The last time I had a non-stress test I didn't leave the hospital for three days. At least I get another day I am allowed to leave the house. Since there have been no changes (no babies are here yet) my doctor promised me that if I make it another two weeks (34 weeks) I will get limited activity back. If I can make it to 36 weeks after getting limited activity back I can have full activity!!! Once I get full activity back it won't be much longer until we meet these two!