Today

Carolyn came by the house today, so we did a belly comparison.  She gets stopped by strangers on the street and asked if she is having twins, as well as if she is due at that very moment.  She is in fact only having one, but he has just made himself a nice little home in there with lots of fluid...one that he has no desire to leave!  So here you can see a little comparison. 

37 WEEKS...FULL TERM!

I have made it to 37 weeks, yay!!  However, this does not mean I am ready to go into labor.  At this point, knowing I am going to have a c section I would just prefer to avoid the pain of all of those contractions all together.  I am sorry Holland and Tracy I know you cannot stand it and I ready for these babies to be here, but I am hoping we can hold out until Wednesday and avoid all of the caos.  And know that Dr. Kouri is going to be the one to do the very scary surgery.  (I know it is not really scary, but the unknown is scary to me.)  Below is what Baby Center says about 37 weeks:

"Your baby is now considered "full term," even though your due date is three weeks away. If you go into labor now, his lungs will likely be mature enough to fully adjust to life outside the womb. (Some babies need a bit more time, though. So if you're planning to have a repeat c-section, for example, your practitioner will schedule it for no earlier than 39 weeks unless there's a medical reason to intervene earlier.)


Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long."

Nursery for Two

So thanks to the hard work of everyone around me, my Mom, my sister (who is pregnant by the way), Michael, my Dad, Etta and Big Mike my house is now in order!  And here are pictures of the nursery put together and ready for the girls.  Look here if you want to see what it used to look like when there was just one small child on the way. 

Circus

This week Riley is in Brewton, he has had a haircut and a flu shot, and is eagerly awaiting all of the homecoming festivities this weekend.  Aunt Mary, Aunt Liz, and Uncle John are all going to be in town.  But, in the meantime he has gotten to go to the circus. 

Just like Daddy...

After seeing the video of Riley predicting his future as a T. R. Miller Tiger, Etta new exactly what Riley needed.  And it was an easy purchase to make in Brewton!  See Riley modeling his new jersey below.  He is wearing his fathers football number and he loves it!  He continues to go on and on about his need for a helmet (he is Captain Safety's son after all) so he can "strow" (throw) the football. 

36 Weeks and 4 Days...

Saw Dr.Kouri this morning. I was hooked up to the NST this morning for about 30 minutes, and in that time had 4 contractions.  2 that I thought were pretty mean.  Anyway, we are still on track for October 5th.  I will go back in to see Dr. Kouri a week from today, but for now I will return to house arrest.

36 Weeks and 1 Day...

Today I had a doctors appointment and I did not have to sit on the NST machine, luckily!  Being monitoredon the NST is nice because it monitors my contractions and there heart rates for 30 minutes, however, it also involves me being covered in gel and trying to keep the babies on the heart monitors in sometimes uncomfortable positions. 

Instead we had an ultrasound and our sweet tech attempted to guess the babies size.  Anytime you have them find the size of the baby via ultrasound it is an estimate, but it was especially hard with the placement of the twins.  Baby A's head is deep down in my pelvis and Baby B's head is very high up in my ribs.  Apparently if you cannot get a measure of the heads then their measurements are not likely to be very accurate.  So her estimate for Baby A is 6 lbs. 3 oz.  And her estimate of Baby B was 5 lbs. 14  oz.  This is the first time Baby B has been measuring smaller than Baby A, though Baby B is likely to be smaller because of her two vessel cord. 

Dr. Kouri was very pleased with the girls sizes and completely confident that we will make it to October 5th.  So for now the bedrest continues.  I will go back in to see him on Monday and get on the NST, and then go back the following Monday in preperation for surgery on Wednesday the 5th.