Admitted

Well, I've been admitted to the high risk maternity ward. Baby A is now in the 10 percentile but more importantly, his cord is having a blood flow problem. So u/s daily now and if it worsens at all, they deliver. Doc thinks anytime from 1 to 10 days.
So definitely NICU time. Right now our little guy is 3lbs 10 oz and the bigger guy is only 4lbs 2 oz. I know they should be ok. We're at 34 weeks. Just wish we'd go a little longer.
And man, I'm hot in this hospital!

Little babies

I have little babies in there. Baby A is now in only the 14th percentile (dropping steadily from 30 over the past couple of months). It means he is 2 weeks behind and only 3lbs.
Baby B is 3 lbs 9 oz which is better, in the 30th percentile.
Apparently this drop is quite normal with twins, it's just happening a little early AND the babies are starting out so small.
So they will be born early. I've been worried about it but am wrapping my head around it now. The Dr thinks we have 2 more weeks, so grow babies grow!

Almost 30 weeks!

I'm getting a lot of third trimester issues, but it doesn't bother me too much. I mean, everything is temporary and it's all for a very good reason!!  Here's my list:
I developed carpal tunnel syndrome a couple of weeks ago and it's pretty annoying now, but livable.
 My newest heartburn medication is awesome.  Although I still have reflux, at least it doesn't hurt.  It DOES still wake me up at night, sometimes in a raging coughing fit that ends up in vomiting.
My ribs often hurt, obviously just from being stretched.
And may back hurts when I walk further than about 20 metres.
But like I said, when you know it's temporary, nothing seems like that big of a deal.
Tomorrow we're off to the doctor again.  2 weeks ago, baby B dropped in size again.  They still aren't worried though.  Apparently I just have small babies.  This, of course, makes me worry they won't be 5 lbs when born, but what can you do?
And I had a baby shower on Sunday.  It was fun and cute and VERY weird to accept that it was for me.  Some infertility feelings may just never go away.

Happy Easter

What a nice long weekend. The change table/dresser is all built making the room complete for furniture. Now I'll just need to stock it.
I've been slowly working away at diapers every time I see a sale. I'm hoping this will help it feel less expensive when the babies are here. It's amazing to calculate how many diapers you need!
On Thursday we had another growth scan. Baby A stayed at 27th percentile and is placenta Doppler was normal. So he's just a little guy. Baby B actually went up to 47th percentile. So pretty "normal".
Other good news at this appointment was that my blood pressure remains good, my cervix is long and closed and my sugar test was all normal. The Dr thinks I can continue at every second week until 32 weeks now. This could always change, but good news for now.

Update

Everything has been sailing along nicely but this past week we got our first "bad"? news.  It's not awful, but it wasn't perfect either.  Baby A has dropped from the 35th to the 27th percentile in size.  It could be nothing, but usually they want to see them generally at the same percentile.  It could be a placental issue, blood pressure, or who knows.  Really, until the ultrasound next week (and added doppler) we don't know if it matters.  I'm tending not to worry about it right now, but I do wish there was something more I could do.  I'm trying to eat more food although the Dr. says that doesn't matter.
My blood pressure is still pretty good but is higher than 2 weeks ago.  And I had my diabetes test and that looked good.
So for now, I just have tiny babies (Baby B is in the 42nd percentile).  I hope I can keep these guys in long enough to not need the NICU.

We got our cribs up!  So the baby room has started to take shape.  I love having this room to peak into and think happy thoughts.  We decorated in green with brown animals (monkeys, lions, giraffes).  Cute stuff.

Stuff

I've had a couple of rough weeks at work.  It's had nothing to do with the pregnancy.  Everything remains good there.  In fact, I've just started feeling more distinctive movement in the past 24hour.  How exciting!
It's been a very stressful couple of work weeks.  I have a very small staff at my clinic, and one just quit.  Everyone has a right to move to another job, I've just been so pissed off that he didn't give me more warning.  It's not like I can just keep the babies in and continue to work!  I am aware that this is MY problem, and not my staff member's.
The worst part about this is that my plan of slowly decreasing my work duties has failed.  So I have to accept a very busy April and half of May.  I really do hope that I can physically handle it, so that I'm not constantly living in stress now.  I had a stupid busy day last week and I was so tired and sore by the end of the day.  I then was unable to sleep and it made the rest of the week so difficult.  It's a little hard to imagine how I'll feel in another month, let alone another 2-3 months!  The positive thing is, someone who worked for me in the past is going to come back.   She can't come until mid-May but either way, I will love this girl forever!
Anyway, everything had been going so smoothly for me, so I guess I'm just disappointed that any negativity has crept into my head.  I guess I've just come back to reality really.
But important thing is, babies are good.  They're moving and growing.
Oh and I had a client ask me when I was due last week and when I said end of June (I never actually admit my due date is July 30 since that's not an accurate twin due date) she said "I thought you looked like you could go any day now".  I love it!  (and I'm not THAT big yet - 20lbs gained which is right on par for twins).
Next up, growth scan March 24th.

Anatomy Scan and such

Everything apparently looked good at our anatomy scan.  The reporting software was down so we had the Dr. who reviews the u/s tell us all was well but that she wanted another couple of scans of Baby B's face as she didn't like the ones the tech took.  So we go back again next week.
Our Dr. didn't have the report obviously so I don't know weights or anything that I'd like to know.  Although, since we go next week I suppose I'll be able to get that then.
We are definitely having 2 boys.  It was pretty obvious when the u/s tech showed up the views.   It's pretty cute to see that.
I also loved seeing how much bigger they are.  And the details in their hands and feet.  And Baby A drinking up the amniotic fluid (gross, I know) seeing his little jaw work and the fluid go down his throat.  All cool stuff.
I've finished my "wish list" and know brand names and such that I want now.  Now I wait impatiently for sales to see when I can purchase these items.
I did get my twin breast feeding pillow and twin belt in the mail so one purchase.  The belt feels fantastic, even though I don't really need it yet.  I bought pressure relief stockings as well since I've had some swelling over the past 2 weeks.  It's early for swelling but I am on my feet most of the day so it's not that surprising.  My blood pressure is nice and low so the swelling seems unrelated to that.
Really, all's well..