32 weeks 3 days and counting....

Warning this entry might be very long in length... time to settle in with a cup of tea or cocoa or coffee before going too much further.

As of this writing I am currently 32 wks and 3 days pregnant. According to Dr M. I'm going to possibly make it further than 35 wks.. he's thinking possibly 38 or 39 wks.. I'm taking this as good news but will take each additional day that I am pregnant as a good thing.

My Non Stress Tests are going ok still. Though the last one was really scary for me since I didn't feel well and even when laying on my side I didn't feel any better. Turns out that my blood pressure had dropped really fast. It did come back up but I was so scared for a few minutes..and tried really hard to stay awake even though I just wanted to close my eyes and pass out. The girls still don't like the monitors or staying on them for any length of time. But they will tolerate the Hand Held Doppler.

On the 15th of March I had my Baby Shower and to say that it was a true surprise is a complete truth. Lee had asked me maybe 2 weeks ahead of time about going to get his hair cut on that date. I agreed but got suspicious and then was told that there was no way that it could be that date at all since the person planning it told me she had tickets to a Hockey Game.. I believed her and accepted that I wouldn't know the date till the actual day but I tried very hard to figure it out for myself. Everyone was working against me.. So on the 13th I got an email from a really good friend asking if she and her daughter could come by to see us since she had a toy for us from her sister's house and her daughter wanted to see my belly and how big it is. Sounded lame to me but heck stranger things have happened in life. I told her that Lee and I had plans that morning (the haircut and lunch out) but that we'd be home in time for them to come over around 1pm. Well the morning of the 15th we wound up having to get up early since I had a repeat BPP appt since the one that I had on the 13th was lower than normal (6/8 rather than 8/8) because the girls didn't breathe during the alloted amount of time. Thankfully on the 15th they did the breathing rather quickly and got perfect scores. Then Lee took me out for breakfast at Bickford's. By the time we got home all I wanted to do was take a nap.. so I did but I made sure to tell Lee that he should wake me up around 12:30 so that I could be awake enough for my friend and her daughter to visit. Well around Noon Lee woke me to say that my phone was ringing and he didn't know how to answer it. Then the house phone started ringing and Lee answered it. It was my friend telling us that she had a flat tire and that we may need to reschedule for the next day.. Well I had a small fit that including lots of shouting and tons of tears... so Lee finally gets off the phone and not even a minute later the phone rings again. This time it's my mom telling us that Lee's book from Amazon.com had arrived and could we come by to get it... well I was still in a bit of a snit and told him that I'd do it the next day. Lee (knowing what the plan was already) tried to calm me down by saying that we should maybe go get his hair cut and he'd take me to the toy store next to the salon for a surprise of some sort. He also said that we should go by my mom's real quick to get his book and a bottle of water for me but that we wouldn't stay long. 5 minutes max. I agreed but told him that I needed to pee first and calm down and wash my face. We finally get going to my mom's house. As we approach the house I noticed that there were quite a few cars and thought to myself that someone must be having a party but then noticed that my mom's car was in a wrong parking spot and I also saw my SIL's car. I turned to Lee and said "Oh my God.. this is my shower isn't it" and started to cry all over again. We get inside the house and there are tons of friends and family in my mom's house waiting for us. To say that I was surprised is a major understatement. I was floored. The friend that we were supposed to see and her daughter were at my mom's and not stranded like I thought. They had called from outside my mom's house and the friend that planned the shower wasn't at her Hockey Game like I thought she'd be. It was great to see so many of our friends and family members. We got a ton of gifts and now I feel much more ready for these girls to get here. Now we just need more space for everyone (the one bedroom apt is not going to cut it much longer) and all the baby stuff. We actually looked at a Condo today and we need to talk to my brother about the financial part of things. I hope that we can put in an offer and get it. It has 3 bedrooms, a living room and totally updated kitchen with new appliances. It's priced really great for us and if we get it the mortgage should be easy for us to afford since the payments wouldn't be too much more than our current rent for the one bedroom apartment we have.

Oh I had Lee take a 32 wk belly picture but I haven't printed it yet.. Once I do I'll make sure to post it. The belly is getting really huge.. thankfully I am all baby still so it hasn't been too bad but I am constantly wondering how much bigger I can possibly get before the girls decide to make their grand entrance into the world. And we started our childbirth classes 3 weeks ago. We have one last class coming up this week. They have been very informative so far but I can't wait for them to be over with so we can settle in till the girls arrive.