by Amy ~ March 3, 2010
Well, we’re in the home stretch now! 8.5 months down and only a few more weeks to go. The room is ready, baby clothes washed, hospital bag packed, and Zvonimir and I are looking forward to meeting the little ones!
I’m still feeling pretty good though each day it gets more difficult to move, bend, sleep, etc.! My maternity clothes are even starting to get too short for my belly….and I thought my belly was huge a few weeks ago!! The doctors are very pleased with the progress and said I have an ideal twin pregnancy so far – I’m lucky to have avoided bed rest and continue working full time.
The babies look great and are continuing to grow. At last estimate, they were over 4 pounds each. We won’t have another measurement appointment until wk 36. Everything looks good and if they can stay put until week 36 they’re lungs will likely be fully developed which hopefully means less time spent in the NICU.
We’ve added a few 33 week pictures and hope to take a few more shots before the babies arrive. The 3D pictures of the babies are at the end. These are likely our only 3D pictures because there isn’t a lot of room in there to get good 3D images and they tend to be sitting on each other during the appointments!!
View my 33 wk pictures.
by Amy ~ February 2, 2010
It was tough to find a nursery theme/colors that worked for both a girl and boy but we found the jungle theme to be very popular this year. After several test paint colors we finally found one we liked and Z got to work painting the room. It took a little longer than expected to paint but the color turned out very nice. Z and I assembled both of the cribs and the furniture looks beautiful in the room.
Last weekend when our friends were visiting we put the final decorating touches on the room. We’re very pleased with the results and it makes me smile to sit in my comfy chair and think that we’ll have two babies in a few weeks! I look forward to bringing them home to their new room!
View photos of the nursery .
by Amy ~ February 1, 2010
My friends Jessica, who I met at Wharton, and Dorothy, who I met through work, hosted my baby shower this past weekend. Several of our friends from Wharton flew out for the shower. It was awesome to catch up with our friends and the baby shower was really fun. I received so many awesome gifts. I’m really lucky to have such great friends. I just wish the all lived closer so we could see each other more often!
View my Baby Shower photos .
by Amy ~ January 10, 2010
The Dr. did not think it was a good idea for me to travel after November so we spent Christmas and New Years in Seattle. We made a huge feast Christmas evening and celebrated with a few friends. I made dozens of cookies and a prime rib for the occasion.
Z got to practice using his new toy (an image stabilized zoom lens) on Roller who visited a few days after Christmas.
View our Christmas photos .
by Amy ~ January 6, 2010
I’m at the 27th week – officially in the 3rd trimester so we’re in the home stretch! I felt pretty miserable the first 3 months – tired and nauseous all of the time but for the past two months I have felt surprisingly good. Z really pushed me to get the decorating, shopping, registering, etc. done early and I’m so thankful we did.
I’ve definitely noticed that over the last few weeks I have limited energy; bending and other small tasks are becoming more and more difficult! My feet are very swollen and I no longer fit in anything but sandals so the Dr. ordered me to drink coffee and other diuretics to reduce the swelling…. I never drink coffee or soda (or anything with caffeine!) so the babies went wild the first day. The combination of baths, propping my feet, and coffee, seemed to have helped immensely. I need to keep the swelling down so they don’t put me on bed rest or in the hospital (not unusual for twins unfortunately!).
We’ve been taking monthly pictures of the growing baby bump and it’s incredible to see how quickly my belly has changed! At first I could only really feel the girl kicking (she’s on the left) but I think the little boy has finally passed her in size and is now kicking a lot more! Every time Zvonimir puts his hand on my stomach they stop kicking… Hopefully he’ll get to feel it soon. It’s really a strange but incredible feeling!
Even though Lukas thinks the sonogram pictures are ‘creepy’ I wanted to post them anyway. These are from visits over the past few months –They do a sonogram every 2 weeks for multiple pregnancies so we get to see them often. Neither Z or I are very good at figuring out what we’re looking at without the help of the technician, but it’s still really amazing to see the babies growing and moving around. We’re hoping to get some 4-d pictures at the next visit (it really depends on the tech though!)
View my belly and the babies .