Well I'm writing this 4 weeks late as our identical twin girls were born bang on schedule according to plan at exactly 37 weeks by c section!  Needless to say, these little bundles of joy take up a large amount of time and blog writing has been relegated behind reheating the same cup of tea many times!  

Late pregnancy woes!

To say that I was ready to meet my little girls by the 37 week date is a complete understatement.  I was "over" being pregnant!  The last couple of weeks were tough ... I found it very...

Nasty Steroid injections at 35.5 weeks pregnant

identical twins share a placenta and research shows that the placenta starts to deteriorate at 37 weeks. Hence we are booked in for an elective C section at 37 weeks exactly.  This is actually considered full term for twins so its nothing to worry about but the last thing to mature in a baby is their lungs so as a precaution in the UK most consultants will want to ensure you have had 2 steroid injections normally given 24 hours apart to help mature their lungs. As over 50...

I've finally hit a wall! 

Hmm where do I begin?  I still have horrendous heartburn, my feet no longer resemble feet because they are so swollen and by the end of the day they are so painful ... and when I have to do bathroom trips in the night (very frequently) it takes me a while to walk properly because the skin is stretched so tight that my ankles dont bend properly! And two late entrants to the race .... lower back pain and rampaging hormones! 

I suffer from lower back pain anyway and...

Weight gain

Well, I have now put on 15 kilos in weight - I think that's normal for twins (I've read that it should be between 15 and 18 kgs) but I feel absolutely huge!  Mortifyingly I now weigh more than my husband and he is 6ft 3!

Recent scan

We had our 32 week scan and meeting with consultant yesterday and I definitely had one of the largest bumps in the waiting room!  All seems to be well with the babies - Twin 1 was 3lb 11 oz, and Twin 2...

Third Trimester time

Wow - I'm entering the 3rd trimester!  We had our scan and consultant appointment yesterday and all went well.  Twin one very difficult to measure as they were head down and face towards my spine.  Twin 2 was posing!  Face up and half way between transverse and head down. They are doing very well weight wise (would explain my rapidly increasing size!).  Twin 1 weighs 2lb 6oz, Twin 2 weighs 2lb 8oz.  I'm so pleased that they are so close together in weight, although slightly scared that because they are identicals, I'm not going to...

I think one word sums up this week and its 'Expanding'!  My tummy seems to have hit overdrive and I'm wondering how on earth its going to be able to keep stretching until the end of July! People are still saying I'm very "neat" - which is lovely to hear but I do think they are just being nice!   I'm liberally applying my Simply Pregnant Body Lotion as it really helps with the itching! (which I think is caused by the rapidly expanding skin).  

The other things that are continuing to...

Well my tummy seems to resemble a football more and more.  From behind I don't look pregnant at all but from any other angle its unmissable!  I still have good amounts of energy as long as I don't push it and pregnancy yoga this week was good as I avoided doing any of the exercises that involved lying down so managed to keep the pesky heartburn away. 

Things that are becoming more noticeable: Swollen legs/ankles.  For some reason this affects my left leg more than my right - but if I sit at a computer all morning, by...

I'm 24 weeks pregnant!  All is well.  Twin 1 (on my left) is behaving and is head down and twin 2 is currently bum presenting ie breech.  However they are moving around so much I'm sure this will change again at the next scan.  The hospital have said that because there are currently no signs of TTTS, which normally presents itself by this stage, that my next scan doesn't need to happen for 4 weeks!  eek!  I do quite like the reassurance of regular scans.  Having said that I'm feeling them move much more strongly now which is in itself...

I'm well over half way and getting increasingly bigger!  My husband felt them move for the first time yesterday which was really special!  I'm feeling their prods and kicks much more now - they are still gentle but its definitely noticeable!  The twins are currently both head down and facing each other but they are moving around like crazy so I'm sure our next scan will show them in a different position! 

Clothes-wise, I'm living in leggings and maternity long sleeved tshirts with a jumper.  I can't wait for it to get a bit hotter and I can start wearing...

Well, it didn't happen on my birthday but the day after, at 21 weeks pregnant I started to feel them move!  Its quite an odd feeling. A bit like a gentle flutter or something brushing gently against you but I've been waiting for it.  Its amazing!  I'm so excited! :)