**Multiple Pregnancy Check-In 6/8**

[Squishy622]

Happy Monday! Sending good thoughts and healthy growing vibes to everyone.

Weeks/Fruit/Team:

Symptoms:

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments:

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat?

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I've been waiting for this update because I've been freaking out since I got the call to schedule my c/s this morning!!

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 36/papayas/purple

Symptoms: Heartburn, exhaustion, and nonstop peeing!

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: They finally called to schedule my c/s this morning for 38 weeks exactly-- two weeks from today on June 22nd!!! I'm freaking out. It's awesome to have a definite end date in place but it feels so crazy to know for sure that in two weeks (or less) I will be a mom! I have a regular appointment and BPP today and will get my c/s paperwork, directions, and time.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I'm mostly concerned about how I'm going to occupy my time for the next two weeks and how I will ever get any sleep the night before. I know it's going to be impossible. I'm really hoping now that we make it to the date so that we can have friends and family lined up to walk our dog and feed the animals lol.

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? Mint chocolate chip for sure.

[Squishy622]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 22+3, mono/di girls, I've stopped keeping track of the fruits but Pregnant Chicken said Barbie dolls!

Symptoms: Having some weird TMI stuff this week. And really feeling myself slowing down, it's humbling.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: This afternoon! Biweekly scan for TTTS check.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Nope.

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? I've been hooked on rocky road ice cream lately. But only the kind with the real marshmallows... the Haagen Dazs kind has a marshmallow swirl and it is so unsatisfying! First world problem.

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Squishy622, GL at your scan today! Definitely listen to your body if it's telling you to slow down. I think I started hitting my first "wall" if you will right around 24 weeks.

[Squishy622]

Hahaha @sassycassieb you could've just started the thread! That's so exciting - that's my anniversary (and my screen name). I'll never forget your babies' bday. Good luck at your appointments today!

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Jun 8, 2015 10:18:38 GMT -5 Squishy622 said:

Hahaha @sassycassieb you could've just started the thread! That's so exciting - that's my anniversary (and my screen name). I'll never forget your babies' bday. Good luck at your appointments today!

The date must be good luck ! 

[sunnyb]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 37w4d/Winter Melon/Green

Symptoms: Pressure, cramping, some nausea

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: BUSY week- NST Tuesday, U/S Thursday, NST Saturday, and C/S Monday (G-dwilling!)

Questions/Comments/Concerns: One week!! Ahhh!

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? I can't eat ice cream but I love Rita's Water Ice in Mint Chocolate Chip!

[sunnyb]

Squishy622 no shame in slowing down! Take care of yourself!
@sassycassieb yay for a date!!!

[nomnom]

**XP from PAIF**

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 24w2d, cantaloupe or cabbage, team purple

Symptoms: BH contractions are less of a problem now that I figured out how to handle them.

AW/Ultrasounds/Appointments: No appointments this week! I'm on every other week until the last week of July when I start weekly appointments.

I planted more hostas next to the house over the weekend. Enough of them should survive to make that side of the house look like less of a weedy wasteland. I got a little extra sleep this weekend too, which was nice, but overall it was not the quiet, relaxing weekend I hoped I'd get. Details are in the WTF/TP below, but don't bother reading if you don't a long rant.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: My mom was in tears on the phone with me last night begging me to call her as soon as I go into labor. She wants to drive here (about 4.5 hours in perfect traffic) for the birth of the babies. For my brother's first daughter, she beat them to the hospital. For his second daughter, they didn't call her until after the birth. She's obviously still upset about that. But I would really like to just have me and DH here for the birth. I don't want to have to worry about my mom driving here and what to do with her once she gets here. She swears she wouldn't push to get in the labor & delivery room. I think she'd be high maintenance just to keep her calm. And I still would rather just have me and DH and she can come down as soon as the babies are born. Is there a compromise? How to I keep my mom from getting overly upset again? She is already causing me undue anxiety with her teary request.

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? Chocolate ice cream! Or if I want to be a little healthier, one of those lower-fat, lower-sugar fudge bars.

Early WTF and TP, since I need to vent somewhere (non-PAIF related):
--MIL tore out all of the expensive landscaping and soaker hoses when she moved into her current house. Now the basement floods whenever it rains heavily (like last night, apparently). DH and I suspect these two are related. Why did she have to tear out nice looking, expensive, low-maintenance landscaping? Because she thought it looked messy. Now she has gravel surrounding the house with weeds poking up through the weed barrier below since that stuff never works. And we have to go over there anytime the basement floods because she is physically unable to fix it herself. Thankfully she plans to move to a retirement home this summer. Looks like we may need to pay a few thousand to have the yard re-landscaped before we can sell the building. I have no idea how we can tell people the basement won't flood again even if we try to fix it with landscaping.

--MH was gone this weekend. He was supposed to tell his two sons to minimize their time at our house so I could just have a quiet weekend. MH forgot to to that with the older one and the younger one apparently doesn't understand the concept. The older son spend at least half the day here on Saturday and didn't leave until after 10pm. Then he came back before 11am on Sunday and spent probably 5-6 hours here on Sunday.

The younger one didn't spend as much time here, but he runs through whenever he wants and randomly takes things without asking (nothing of huge value). Younger one also asked for a rides several times since his license is suspended. That means I have to walk to his house and drive one of the cars that are largely funded by MH or MIL. Come to find out this morning that he lied to me about why he took DH's coffee filters. He said he was going to make coffee. This morning he said he doesn't drink coffee and didn't use coffee to make the cookies he claimed the filter was for. I suspect I know what he used the filter for and he had smoked some of it before I picked him up to take him to a friend's house on Sunday.

I've tried and tried to get along with DH's younger son, and every time I feel like I might be able to trust him for something he lies or doesn't follow through. Keep in mine also that both of these kids are getting $600 supplements from us every month. The older one is at least working hard in college, so I have much less problem with that. The younger one, however, seems to think that this money is free and will last forever. He pays for food with food stamps and makes a little pocket change doing odd jobs like mowing people's yards. Now he wants to move into a larger, more expensive apartment even though he's not quite getting by where he is. DH has paid for his cigarettes and supplied him with some start-up stuff for a kitten he found and took in. The younger son doesn't get a job either because he doesn't feel like it or because he won't pass the drug test (the least illegal of the illegal drugs now, at least). I'm not sure which at this point.


Thanks for listening. I feel a little better venting it all. Chocolate milk for you:

[sarums]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 33w/pineapples/pink

Symptoms: having more BH at night, and just general discomfort

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: US tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing how much they've grown this week. Also, C/S has been scheduled for July 9--one month from tomorrow! Will be almost 38w by then.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Not really.

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? Mmmm... DH and I joke that I am totally building these babies out of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food. I just can't get enough!

[sarums]

sunnyb, so exciting that it's so soon! Can't wait to hear how everything goes this week and next!

[beachy]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 33w4d, team purple

Symptoms: lots of BH and just general discomfort

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: OB and NST tomorrow, and NST on Friday. Last week they started me on twice weekly ones after concerns about baby A's movement slowing down and Baby B having a 2 vessel cord.

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat?
Cookies n cream ice cream. This pregnancy I've been rally into the Edy's Outshine Popsicles too.

[sunnyb]

Jun 8, 2015 12:39:07 GMT -5 sarums said:

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 33w/pineapples/pink

Symptoms: having more BH at night, and just general discomfort

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: US tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing how much they've grown this week. Also, C/S has been scheduled for July 9--one month from tomorrow! Will be almost 38w by then.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Not really.

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? Mmmm... DH and I joke that I am totally building these babies out of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food. I just can't get enough!

Yay for a date!! Can't wait to hear about your u/s!

[Squishy622]

sunnyb So excited for you!! Hope the next week goes uneventfully. Can't wait to hear how things go and find out who you have been growing in there!

[chiwifey]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 27w2d cauliflower b/g twins

Symptoms: ankles have started swelling, varicose and spider veins are ugly and hurt, and in general I'm just large and uncomfortable

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: 3hr glucose test tomorrow... send me al your good thoughts!!!

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Just making peace with the fact that I have to start slowing down and accept help. I've been in a grumpy place lately because of that and the fact that DH has been traveling a ton. Just finding some good perspective and remembering that this time last year I had had a failed FET, failed IVF, told I needed DE and thought C would never have a sibling. I'm just focusing on the fact that this uncomfortable pregnancy is for 2 of the most beautiful reasons ever.

QOTW: Talenti Sea Salt Caramel

[sunnyb]

Jun 8, 2015 13:54:46 GMT -5 chiwifey said:

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 27w2d cauliflower b/g twins

Symptoms: ankles have started swelling, varicose and spider veins are ugly and hurt, and in general I'm just large and uncomfortable

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: 3hr glucose test tomorrow... send me al your good thoughts!!!

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Just making peace with the fact that I have to start slowing down and accept help. I've been in a grumpy place lately because of that and the fact that DH has been traveling a ton. Just finding some good perspective and remembering that this time last year I had had a failed FET, failed IVF, told I needed DE and thought C would never have a sibling. I'm just focusing on the fact that this uncomfortable pregnancy is for 2 of the most beautiful reasons ever.

QOTW: Talenti Sea Salt Caramel

Love that perspective!

[Squishy622]

chiwifey GL at your glucose test tomorrow and hang in there!
nomnom I'm sorry for all the family stress and drama, that is the last thing you need right now.

[elvenqueen]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 30 weeks, wahoo!! Team Purple

Symptoms: Still getting BH but nothing worrying, bit of back and pelvic pain but that's been a lot better since physio, a little bit of pregsomnia, and lots of adorable disgusting swirly baby movements. So this is what it'd be like if I'd been in Alien....

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Two weeks until my next growth scan, not much else to report.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: My weight gain has been funny again. I keep having whole weeks where I stay at exactly the same weight. I thought by now it'd be pretty evan and linear. I'm not worried, though, because it was happening between weeks 24-28 and the LOs still grew very well in that time. Just odd.

QOTW: What's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? Nothing beats good ol' fashioned vanilla ice cream for me, maybe even slightly melted....

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sunnyb, woohoo one week! Can't wait to see the squishes! I'm so excited for you, I hope this week goes by quickly!

[elvenqueen]

@sassycassieb, So pleased you have a final countdown! I hope it'll just fly by for you.

sunnyb, Not long left at all! Excited for you!

beachy, Hope all your appointments this week go well.

chiwifey, I actually found that once I embraced a bit of slowing down at about 24/25 weeks, I started to get very used to the level of discomfort I was feeling, and I'm now at the point where I feel like I have more energy and mobility at 30 weeks. Hopefully you feel a bit of relief from all the horrible symptoms!

[purplegaloshes]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28 weeks, di/di team green

Symptoms: Braxton-Hicks a couple of times a day, though they don't really bother me unless I'm walking long distances. I've been feeling strangely out of breath off and on, which is really an unpleasant feeling.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Had my 1 hour glucose screen this morning--waiting to hear back about the results. Also got my TDAP and a prescription for a breast pump. Growth US on Wednesday--really looking forward to it since last time I felt way too sick to enjoy it!

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Nothing big this week.

QOTW: What's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? I love ice cream in general--ice cream sandwiches are a favorite, as is peppermint, which I've recently learned is a bit of a red-headed stepchild of ice cream flavors...

[Squishy622]

My scan went great, no evidence of TTTS and babies looked beautiful! Feeling very relieved, for 2 more weeks at least. Got a great shot of Baby B, none of A because B was sitting on her face

Sorry if it's sideways, I'm mobile.

[sunnyb]

Squishy622 hi baby! So cute! Glad all looked good

[sunnyb]

@feegan I'm sorry you're having such a tough time- but Yay for 35 weeks! Great milestone!

[Squishy622]

@feegan I'm sorry you are in this limbo!! Hang in there, thinking good thoughts!

[kcwalza]

chiwifey, I am one day behind you


Weeks/Fruit/Team: 27w 1d, rutabagas (whatever that is) di/di girls

Symptoms: back and abdominal pain, heartburn and BH... Feel like my lung capacity is getting smaller, especially after sitting all scrunched in front of a computer all day.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: OB appt Thursday, 1hr glucose coming up as well. The way my appointments fall I am not sure if I am going to do it this week or next.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: kick counting kind of freaks me out and I'm not sure if I should be doing it. I still can't tell who is who

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat?
Ice cream has been my favorite food group so far during pregnancy! I love all kinds. This week it's butterfinger

[nomnom]

I think I solved the problem with my mom, at least for now. We'll text her or call her with updates and then she can come down a day or two after they're born. That way she's not excluded, but she's also unable to smother us.

purplegaloshes I don't like the sandwich part of ice cream sandwiches because it sticks to my teeth and the roof of my mouth.

kcwalza Oooh, butterfinger shakes are great! They're the original reason I got a small sledge hammer for the kitchen. A 2-3lb sledge is perfect for smashing candy bars in their wrappers. I find that the bite-size candy bars have a better ratio of chocolate to filling.

[lemon]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 23 weeks, di/di girls

Symptoms: Starting to get tired again, heartburn

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Next ultrasound on Thursday

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I have this horrible rash all over my arms and legs. I think it's from taking my toddler to swim lessons for the past week. Maybe my skin is hypersensitive right now. Regardless, no amount of lotion is helping and it's really annoying.

QOTW: Because it's supposed to be super hot here for the first time today... what's your favorite flavor of ice cream or favorite frozen treat? - I had to go get myself a bowl of ice cream after reading this thread, haha. Anything super chocolatey!

[beachy]

nomnom I'm glad you found a compromise. The only thing I'll say, and take it as you will, is that making her wait 1-2 days is overkill to me. Obviously a lot depends on what time babies are born and how things go, but I would say keep an open mind on when you tell her to come. I know everyone's relationship with their mom/parents is different, but I just can't even fathom telling my parents that had to wait 2 days to meet their grandchild(ren).

[nomnom]

beachy The timeline is mostly hedging my bets. It's much easier to shorten it if everything goes well than lengthen it under unforeseen circumstances.