Today, a week late I took my glucola test. RADDDD. JUST KIDDING. Is it me or is drinking 10 ounces of Glucola worse then being cut open while you watch? Well, I am a picky eater- so YES, to me this screening test was worse than the c-section 11 weeks after. I swear I’m not being dramatic. It’s just literally stomach-turningly GROSS for me. Anyways, that’s done. Good stuff. Waiting for the results now- thanks to Kaiser’s efficiency, I should have them today.
Regarding my pregnancy everything is OK- I have to start my two-week interval appointments now because I am 2 weeks deep into my 3rd trimester (29 weeks!) and apparently I am at highest risk of having some premies between now & 35 weeks, according to my doc. So, I was instructed for the 80th time to find “help” because otherwise my risk will shoot up. Any twin mamas deal with an 11 month old in their third trimester? I’m worried I’m more likely to go insane before I go into early labor. This stage of baby is ACTIVE. He wants to climb and explore and squirm and all that. Meanwhile- I am in fact a million pound beached whale who cannot even roll over in bed without assistance let alone crawl around on the floor.
I have an ultrasound tomorrow & have sent a pleading email to my close friends and a few family members begging for free babysitting so I don’t have to hire a stranger.
I’m getting really stressed though. 6 weeks isn’t that far off. And for that matter 9 weeks isn’t that far off. (since that’s the best case scenario at this point) I mean, let us rationalize here:
Today is December 30th
Hudson’s party is January 16th (t minus 17 days)
Hudson’s 1st birthday is the 20th (t minus 21 days)
That’s three weeks right there, already planned.
Scott’s birthday is February 27th. (t minus 8 weeks and a day or something like that)
So, within a week of my husband’s 30th birthday & within a few weeks before my 27th birthday I will be a mom to THREE kids. THREE. Who are all pretty much one and under. I mean, Hudson might be 13 months. I’m kinda having a panic attack.
Did I mention? Our upstairs room is NOWHERE NEAR COMPLETION and my house otherwise is pretty much a wreck and I have to buy furniture and wash clothes and organize and re-organize and buy stuff I need with money I don’t have and figure out how to stop Hudson’s co-sleeping before I have to fit two more up in this beeotch of a bed which ALREADY sleeps my hubs, me, Hudson (at least 3 nights a week) two dogs and a cat!?!?!?! Jesus. I’ve successfully driven my heart rate up to exercise type levels while writing this post.
SOS!
December 31st, 2009 - 10:09 AM
Do you have a superyard? If not, I highly recommend it…it’s an awesome baby gate that can help contain little Hudson in his explorative phase, especially since you are going to be less and less able to chase him all over the house. We have a “baby-proof” zone (aka the superyard) with all of M&L’s toys and that’s where we can put them to play when cooking/cleaning/etc, and often times I’ll just go sit in there and let them play, crawl on me, throw toys, and it’s nice because I don’t have to be paranoid when they’re in there because there’s nothing that they can hurt themselves with.
All I can say is, relax. High blood pressure is not good…it’s the reason M&L arrived early.
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January 1st, 2010 - 7:54 AM
Kirsten- how early were the girls? How
long did they stay in the hospital?
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January 1st, 2010 - 1:08 PM
Mary and Lila were born at 34 weeks, 5 days…I was at a routine dr. appointment, they took my blood pressure and it was 100/170, my bloodwork showed that my platelets had dropped dangerously low, and the dr. said, “Meet me at the hospital.” M&L were born about 30 minutes later!
Lila came home after 9 days, Mary after 10. At the time, it was absolutely awful having them be in the NICU (especially when I was discharged 3 days after they were born, so Kevin and I were staying at home and driving in to the hospital each day). However, I now think that it was a blessing in disguise…the drs and nurses were incredible, they taught us so much about caring for the girls, they put M&L on a schedule which they maintained after coming home, it allowed us several nights of good sleep, it allowed me to begin healing from my c-section…looking back now, I wouldn’t change a thing about it.
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January 1st, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Yeah, I think we’d be really upset if they had to stay but I know it’s for the best- even though I was told we are charged our hospital co-pay every night till the last family member leaves. I am hoping they will take payments!
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