I went back to work the week of Thanksgiving and it felt . . . good. However, I was shocked at how useless I felt. My muscles are tired and sore, probably from underusage and the extra weight I am carrying, and by mid-day, I was starting to feel like I needed a nap again. Kind of sucks considering the second trimester is when you feel so energized and vibrant. Guess my body has decided to skip over that part.
My last few appointments have been mostly uneventful. My cervical checks are still good - I am long and closed with no visible shortening. The spotting all but stopped this past week, but picked up again last night with some brighter blood. I laid awake most of the night, trying not to be concerned, but today is has tapered off enough to make me think it won't increase at the moment. I don't know if it is a coincidence or not, but I went to Mike's holiday party last night and ended up being on my feet much too long. I am able to stay off my feet most of the day now, regardless of whether I am at work or not, so I plan on continuing this and hopefully I can keep the bleeding at bay, at least for a while.
I go to the peri on the 15th for the 20-week ultrasound. They will also do an echocardiogram on the babies at that time to look for any heart defects since I do have a mild one. I am taking that day off from work so I won't have to rush around, so that leaves me with nine days of work until Christmas vacation. I hope I can make it through without any further incidents.
My blog is a bit boring right now, but I am sucked dry of creativity. I haven't yet begun to feel excited about the prospects of bringing home two little boys. I still have so much apprehension and worry, most of which I try to avoid thinking about. I think if I didn't have this damn placenta issue then I might be getting excited by now. I try to find little things to make me happy. Today, it was Ainsley's cuddle-session at 7 am, where she told me she had good dreams last night. It was also when my friend Kim, who just flew in from Korea, brought her two girls over today and I got to love up on her new baby, Rachel. Okay, and the fact that Kim told me that I look great and not big at all. I feel like it takes so much more effort just to get into my car and out of bed these days and am so tired of hearing, "Wow! You have, like, DOUBLED in size this week!" from random people. :)
For a good laugh for some of you, these are the top 5 things I hear from people once they know we are having twins. Pretty soon I am going to have to knock out someone if I continue to hear the same questions over and over again . . . but I have been biting my tongue.
5. Are you planning on breast-feeding? Because who on Earth could afford that much formula?!
4. Good God! Better you, than me!!
3. You look like you could have them right now!
2. Just imagine the diapers you are going to go through . . .
(and my personal favorite, one that is usually followed by even more questions, some of which I have come up with some rather creative answers for . . . )
1. Do twins run in your family?!?!