33 Weeks + Babies update

33 Weeks pregnant with twins.  In the home stretch now.  If I make it 3 more weeks, I even get to go home and give birth in my home city.  C'mon babies!  Here's a recap on how things are:

Mood: After my hormone surge last week I think my body has resettled again.  I haven't had any meltdowns (so far) this week.  The only tears have come when I decided to spend a night watching YouTube videos of twin births.  That was emotional!  I haven't felt as overwhelmed, or anxious about being in the hospital.  I actually find myself "nesting" in my little hospital room, as weird as that may sound.  It's like I have kind of turned myself off from the outside world and am tuning in to my inner world in preparation for these babies.

Food: Blech... so sick of hospital food!  Fortunately, I can't eat a lot at once anymore, but I am hungry more often.  Snacks have become my best friend, and it is great when someone brings me something from the outside world.  My blood sugar has been very stable so I've even been allowing myself a few treats (shh...don't tell).  Still loving fruit and cold beverages.  I wonder if that will suddenly stop once I give birth?

Body: Well, in some regards I wouldn't call it the most cooperative, but I guess it's doing alright.  Since the bleeding/clot incident on Tuesday I have been spotting all week, which is expected.  My cervix is still the same length (2cm) and not dilated (hooray!).  In some ways, I think my body is doing great at keeping these babies in, kind of like it did with my first pregnancy where I had miscarried but my body didn't want to let it go.  Maybe I will go to full term!  I must say I am very uncomfortable.  My last measurement showed that I was almost 39 weeks in size, and both babies are head down.  I have a lot of inner hip/groin/crotch pain, especially at night and when switching positions.  My weight had dipped down a few pound last week (but I think it's because I hadn't eaten much the previous  night and was hungry).  And those darn stretch marks have made their appearance known.  I have a few new ones on my inner upper thigh, and some just above my crotch.  Oh well!

Movement: Babies are getting more and more active... or maybe it's just that I feel every kick and squirm since they are running out of room.  Baby B gets the hiccups all the time.  I think Baby A has started to as well, but I feel it within, and not so much on the outside.

Sleep: Sleeping good through the night with about 2 trips to the bathroom.  Taking a daily nap too.

What I miss most: Walking (especially in this lovely fall weather), drinking wine, being able to bend over enough to shave my legs, my dog!, my home, fresh coffee

Notable moments: DH got to come to the ultrasound this week.  I didn't realize how few he has been to but this was only his 3rd time!  It was a full growth scan so he got to see quite a bit (though he said it was a bit boring waiting for all the measurements, haha, what a guy response!).

Oh, and I never did give an update on the babies!  Fluids and placentas and everything looked great.  Baby A is measuring (drum roll please....) 4lb,5oz and apparently has long legs.  Baby B still has a big head (90th percentile) and is measuring 5lb,2oz!  The report said that they have had "excellent growth."  That means I'm carrying close to 10lbs of baby!!!  Also, during the ultrasound we couldn't get a profile of B since he/she was facing towards my back, BUT, the tech was able to point out little tufts of hair on the head!  That was so incredible.  I definitely cried then.  I love babies that come out with hair and I was hoping ours would.  Baby A's head was too low to see if there was hair or not.

Also, I still have not been able to get into the "closer" hospital, but I'm not sure I want to at this point.  We have a good routine here and the staff all know me and my case.  This week DH got into the Children's Hospital housing next to the hospital and it is so nice!  I was even given pass to go hang out there in the afternoons twice this week.  I slept in a real bed, and drank tea that was fresh and hot, and it was just lovely!  Hopefully they have room for him to stay here next week too.  Getting out of the hospital for a few hours makes a huge amount of difference to my sanity!

Here are some pics from the house (they even have volunteers bring in some meals/desserts, and downstairs there is a theater room, a gaming room, a computer room... it is seriously so nice here!).  If the babies do come early, at least I know we will be in a great place!