Everything went really well at the 31 week (technically 30w6d) appointment today. My blood pressure was really good, pluse was good, cervix is closed, everything looked good during the 20 mins on the monitors. The doctor says I’m perfect again. Thanks, doc. Which, is good. But, now we are back to induction/c-section around 37w instead of 34-35w like she said when my blood pressure was starting to be an issue. Bleh. I was looking forward to the thought of having them around 35w but 37w is best, because then they will be full term. I just have to suffer until then, provided that they don’t decide to come earlier on their own. I don’t think they will honestly. I think I’m going to be pregnant forever. Oh well. She did say she will not let me go past 37w so I’m going to hold her to that! At least my blood pressure is looking good. As long as I don’t have caffeine, drink enough water to almost drown myself, and don’t work too hard then it’s okay. Aparently I just had some random thing on Friday and worked too much on Saturday, so the doctor has instructed me yet again, to take it very, very, very easy. Perhaps I will actually listen this time. It’s just so hard for me to sit around and do nothing. When I feel okay, I want to do things and then it’s like it all hits me all of a sudden and I feel like crap and end up in the hospital. So basically even if I feel great, I need to pretend that I’m handicap and just be lazy. Gah. At least it’s for a good cause.

Here’s some random good news we got today - we don’t have to pay for the new dishwasher or the toilet we replaced since it was within 2 weeks of moving in. Yay! We just need to send the receipts in for whatever we decide to get and then they will take it off our rent. Sweetness.

Oh I wanted to say, we went and saw In The Land of Women last week and it’s an awesome movie. So good. It’s one of my new favorites, so if you want to see a good movie, that’s a good one.

Owwwww. My feet hurt. These hard wood floors and tile really kill my feet. Walking on the carpet is starting to become orgasmic. Ha. We have the nicest carpet in this house, it feels so good, I just love it. But, the majority of the downstairs is hard wood and tile. I made the best dinner tonight… mmm roast. My feet hurt standing there on the tile finishing it but it was so worth it.
Guess what? Our dishwasher is umm… not so good. This house was built in 2000 and I’m guessing the appliances are that old as well. The first time I used the dishwasher I noticed the bottom didn’t drain completely, and then tonight it starts like…. oozing bubbles and water everywhere. Not good. So, looks like we’re going to buy a dishwasher tomorrow. All the appliances that came in the house are white, so we’re going to slowly replace them (hopefully they will die slowly and not all at once lol) with stainless steel ones to match the fridge, washer, and dryer. Not that you can see the washer and dryer… have I ever told you I love my laundry room? Actually I just love this whole house.
I mentioned a while back when we bought the cribs that we ordered the hutch that goes with the changing table/dresser combo thing… well it came in this weekend. Sweet! I’m so glad it didn’t take 10-12 weeks like they said it would. I’m actually really surprised it didn’t take that long.
So, I went to the hospital Friday. I had the worst headache all day and by the evening I was feeling dizzy and seeing stars, plus my blood pressure was not as good as it could be. It wasn’t high, but it wasn’t as low as it needs to be, and my pulse was really high too. I called my doctor and she told me to come to labor and delivery just to make sure things were okay. She told me to call if I had any number of symptoms… all of which I had that day… so I called and was surprised to hear “come to labor and delivery right now” but it ended up being fine. We were there for a few hours while they monitored me and the babies. I was having contractions but nothing regular so that was okay. They have started feeling different lately… it’s kind of hard to explain but they have been feeling different than what I am used to. I’ve been drinking a lot more water lately and no caffeine at all and that has helped my blood pressure and pulse a lot. I was drinking a lot of water before but aparently not enough. It’s so hard to get the required amount of water for two babies! And I wasn’t excessively drinking caffeine but aparently what I was having was too much because just those two changes have helped so much. But, I still need to not work myself so hard. I’m trying to help Preston get the house unpacked completely… it’s coming along so far… but I did too much Saturday and ended up feeling like total crap by the evening so we missed Ashton’s soccer game. Preston could have gone but he’s not leaving me alone at this point, which is good. I felt so bad but she’s so sweet and understanding. She knows that when her Daddy misses something he said he would do that it’s always for a good reason, so she wasn’t upset.
Anyway, I have a doctor appointment early tomorrow so I better grab my sexy hubby and get in bed.

I went shopping a little today and got a few preemie shirts. OMG. I seriously almost cried at how small they are!!! I’m so afraid of our babies being so tiny. I look at myself and I’m like “how the hell do I seriously have two babies in here?!?” Like really, where the heck are they? I’ve seen women carrying one at this stage who are way bigger than I am. It blows my mind! I can’t wait until our next sonogram so I can get an idea of how big they are. Our next one will be at 32 weeks. I’m not sure what the appointment is for on Monday, they didn’t schedule a sonogram so maybe I’ll be on the monitors again, and I know she’ll check my cervix. I’ve been drinking a lot more water since Tuesday and I’ve cut out caffeine completely. I’m also making a point to stay away from excess salt. I read that all that can help with blood pressure so we’ll see. I’ve been testing my blood pressure and it’s been normal except for once…. but I was afraid the blood pressure cuff was going to chop my arm off from getting so tight so that may have had something to do with it being elevated! lol Those blood pressure cuffs freak me out.
Anyway, I got some more preemie diapers today too. Thinking about the number of diapers we’ll be buying and changing…. that also freaks me out! :shock: I think I’m going to buy more preemie stuff than I intended. I don’t know why I wasn’t going to buy much preemie stuff… I guess I just figured they could wear newborn sizes but I really don’t want them swimming in their clothes.
Well, there’s a circus in my belly so I’m going to go lay down!

So, yay I made it to 30 weeks! It feels good to have made it to that first goal!!!

However… I’m not so sure I’ll be making it to that next 35 week goal.

I now aparently have borderline high blood pressure, and now my doctor is worried about possible preeclampsia. My blood pressure was high yesterday when I first got there, and then okay later into the appointment. I’ve been having a lot of swelling in my hands and feet. My feet constantly feel bruised, it hurts to walk most of the time. Some swelling is pretty normal in pregnancy but add the high blood pressure and that can really suck. Also I’ve been having some vision problems (seeing stars a couple times a day), and throwing up every day. I thought the throwing up and seeing stars thing were both probably related to low blood sugar, but aparently it is related to high blood pressure as well.

I didn’t have a sonogram yesterday since I had one at my last appointment, but I did have to get hooked up to the fetal monitors again. I have been having BH contractions every day but not often enough to be alarming. I had one during the stress test yesterday so that showed up on the monitor.

My cervix is still closed but since Saturday I’ve had (too much information ahead… ) really watery discharge instead of the normal. At first I thought it was urine but it’s not, so it could possibly be a leak of some sort. My doctor gave me these pH test strips to check if it’s amniotic fluid but it figures that since she gave me them there hasn’t been enough to test anything. So I guess that is good lol!

So, I have to go back on Monday. I guess she’s going to see me weekly now. I have to get this blood pressure thing under control somehow or I won’t be making it to my next goal. Preeclampsia is really dangerous and she made it clear that she won’t hesitate to take the babies early if necessary. I completely trust her judgement, she’s a great doctor. It’s just obviously pretty scary to think of them coming so early. So of course I’m semi freaking out about that. Which is of course making my blood pressure worse I’m sure.

Anyway, we got our stroller and car seats yesterday! We decided to go with the Graco Quattro Tour Duo Stroller in French Roast with matching seats. I love the whole set up! The colors are so cute, I love the chocolate/tan/green. It reminds me of a mint! lol At first thought it seemed boyish but then I was looking at more girl strollers and I’m glad I won’t be pushing around some huge all pink thing! The Quattro Tour Duo is soooo much nicer than the Duo Glider. Babies R Us gave us a discount on both car seats and the stroller so that was nice. Yay for twin discounts!

I’m going to shop for some preemie clothes next week. I haven’t bought anything preemie yet but I’m starting to think I should get a few basics otherwise they could be swiming in newborn outfits! If they don’t wear them, I can always return the stuff and get bigger sizes. I got two small packages of preemie diapers already. They could be so tiny… I need to really quit thinking about it!

I had the weirdest dream last night. Stefani and I pulled off this huge like… robbery thing. :lmao: It was all sweet like a movie or something… we set up this bank account and scammed these guys in the Mafia. Somehow we managed to get them to transfer 12 million dollars into our account instead of theirs… we each got 6 million dollars. We went into the bank to accept the transfer or something like that and our babies were in this van waiting with Preston and Stefani’s husband. :shock: Haha it was pretty interesting. Maybe I have some hidden desire to live a life of crime…

Anyway, back to unpacking. I can’t wait to get the babies room done!

P.S. Fixation. K thnx.