There is a pretty predictable schedule of boxing matches going on in my belly. 3-5 times a day: pow-pow-pow. pippity-pow-pow. tippity tap. tap tap. This is great unless Baby A is kicking me in the rectum. I had no idea this could happen and it doesn't feel good. Kicked in the butt from the inside. Now that's funny.
Yeah, that and the swelling hands and ankles. That's new. I know a certain someone is reading this and thinking...yeah, you just wait until your nose swells. I think I'll make an attempt to wear those compression stockings, but in Florida...it's a little hard I imagine.
I got an ultrasound last week to thoroughly check the babies' hearts because my sister had a congenital heart condition (tetrology of fallot). They passed. It wasn't supposed to be until next week, but they tried to cancel that appointment and I said, "see me now", and they said, "okay". Sometimes things work. So, I actually got to see some of the boxing match. Essentially, Baby A, if he's not kicking my butt, is thumping Baby B in the back. Baby B seems does not seem to mind too much when he's zoning out using my aorta as a pillow. Baby B likes to thump my ribs quite a bit if he's not kicking Baby A. The Doc said, "oh, he's right up in your ribcage". I thought as much because my stomach seems smaller and I have not been able to gorge myself as much as before. The weight still is piling on though. 29 pounds. 20+ weeks. The babies weigh 12+ ounces each, 1-2 ounces above the average for their gestational age. Moose babies. Baby mooses. Baby moose.
It's 4:30 am.
The urine, it floweth like the falls of Niagra.
The Niagra falls comment made me laugh out loud because I already told my husband that and I am only 6 1/2 weeks. I guess I have so much more to look forward too ;-). So happy the babies passed the heart test. I have some congenital heart issues in my family as well that I am very concerned about. I have a friend from college whose mom used to call him Moose in utero. After he was born and ended up being tiny, they still called him Moose any way. 32 years later I still call him Moose LOL.
ReplyDeleteGlad that both babies checked out perfectly!
ReplyDeleteNo one ever talks about the rectum! When my Baby A used to hiccup, I only felt it in my rectum, for half an hour at a time, several times a day. I loved his sister's normal hiccups that vibrated my belly, but the rectal ones were unpleasant and strange.
ReplyDeleteAs for Niagara, eventually A's head was pressing so directly onto my bladder that I had no control over the pee. I asked the OB if there was anything I could do to help it, any position or anything, and she said not unless you hang upside down.
The irony of multiple pregnancy is that you have far more symptoms far earlier, but you want them to last as long as possible because that means that their birth is holding out and they will be less premature.
Good luck!
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