32 weeks (warning rambling and information overload)

32 weeks and getting bigger, you know you're big when you're outgrowing your maternity clothes. The funny thing is I don't feel that big or realize how big I am until I catch a glimpse in the mirror or see a picture. I guess that's a good thing.

As of 32 weeks my seemingly easy pregnancy has hit a few bumps. In the last few weeks I have started to get a lot of swelling in my legs, feet and hands which can be normal but uncomfortable. My blood pressure which has been fairly stable suddenly increased not terribly high but high enough that I had to have labs done which thankfully all came out normal. My cervix of steel suddenly started to feel the pressure of 2 babies and I am now a good 1 cm dilated and 50% thinned out. Thankfully I had another FFN and again it was negative so we are hoping we get at least another 2 weeks of baby incubating as my contractions seem to be coming more often and getting a little more uncomfortable. We had a growth scan of the babies and were shocked to hear their estimated sizes. Baby A is approx. 3 lbs 15 oz in the average range for even a singleton but Baby B is approx 5 lbs 8 oz which is huge even for a singleton. We were hoping for a 5 lb baby at 38 weeks but the Dr. says not to be concerned at the size difference he probably takes after Tanner and she takes after me. I am now going to the hospital twice a week for non stress tests of the babies which consists of monitoring both babies heart rates at the same time and my contractions for about 20 minutes. Thankfully both babies are fairly cooperative at both staying on the monitor and being reactive which means they are both still ok in there. Because of my increasing contractions and increasing blood pressures I have now been put on bedrest which came as a bit of a shock to me. I still feel like I have way too much to do to get ready to bring two babies home so my mom has been helping with baby laundry, meal preparation and last minute shopping. Tanner has been getting car seats and strollers ready and I have made arrangements to have the house and carpets cleaned. We are still hoping to maintain the pregnancy for a few more weeks but every doctors appointment that I go to now I worry that today will be Delivery Day. Tanner pleads with the babies every night for just 2 or 3 more weeks till he finishes planting and will then have a little more time it is very cute and I hope they listen. I still remain of the opinion that if we don't have names that they won't be ready to be born :)

Anyway I know there is a lot of rambling and information and I apologize but it has been a crazy week.