28 Weeks

Today I am at 28 weeks. This is HUGE! It's unbelievable to me how big of a milestone 28 weeks is. I'm not "due" until October 6, yet I am now counting down 4 weeks until I meet these little warrior babies of mine.

The last 2 days they have most certainly felt like little warriors inside of me. They are sooooooo so active, which is the best sign of their health and strength. The other day I felt a little hand in my rib cage. I've felt little feet before, but the way this baby was positioned it had to have been a hand. They still use my ligaments as hammocks quite often. They ALWAYS kick the monitors when we are checking heart rates- they have great aim on those kicks, it's pretty funny. By knowing how they are positioned I'm getting pretty good guesses at which body part I think I can feel when they are pushing on me. The back is easiest, because its the biggest, but a lot if times its just a little baby bum, or a shoulder. I get to feel tiny feet sometimes. They are always pushing at each other too. They both are trying to get themselves positioned to be the first one out, if I were to deliver "naturally".

We did measurements on the ultrasound 2 weeks ago so we will likely not measure them again for 2 more weeks. But 2 weeks ago they both were almost 2 pounds, so I feel like its pretty safe to guess that they are now 2 pound babies. We have seen both of them practicing breathing, and they get hiccups that I can feel occasionally now too. They are so active that I have to wonder if they will be bruised from one another when they are born.

My belly is officially at my normal 40 week size. OK, I don't have any measurements to guarantee that statement, but it's huge. And the babies are both so low  that it's just so uncomfortable. I carry my babies all in front too, so when I see my belly huge and hanging I just have to have a little giggle. I can't believe it is so big sometimes!

These babes are doing great and it just makes me so happy. We are still checking heart rates regularly as mydr hasn't required me to be on constant monitiring. He said we can keep using this method for now since there have been no causes for concern since I've been admitted.

Some might ask why I'm in the hospital, or even still on bedrest if everything is, and has been for weeks, looking good. The answer is in my risks. Everything right now is a precaution. The babies could still compress their cords any time and we need to be able to notice all the changes in their heart rates. If I were to start having any contractions and go into labor then we have a life threatening issue for at least one baby with the vasa previa. I need to be minimally active and in a place where constant monitoring is available and we are monitoring very regularly.

My doctor is very sympathetic for me and my nurses and understands that we can't get or keep these little warrior babies on the monitors all the time right now, so he is letting us get around that. He us constantly impressed with how good these boys are doing. I think he is as confident as I am that we are making it to  32weeks wuthout any further complications. Have I mentioned to you guys how amazing my doctor is?

Side note: my regular OB back at home that I went to with my other boys is also amazing. I had him refer me to this specialist, and by doing so my awesome OB was off the mono mono case. But just to show how amazing HE is, I got a call from him last week after hours checking up on me. When all my problems first came about he called me (when I wasn't calling him or going to the ER) to make sure everything was staying the same and check on me. But now, I'm not seeing him. He is still technically my dr I think, and I think he might get updates from my dr down here, but I thought that was pretty awesome for him to give ne a personal call and see how things are working out for me.

YAY FOR 28 WEEKS!!!! Mom & my nurse commented today on the size of my belly.