Yes, we are crazy. We decided pretty last minute to move out of our little apartment (on the third floor) into a one story house. I had this idea when we first found out we were pregnant, but financially it seemed impossible to make the move.
Moving with 3 weeks left to go!
So throughout my entire pregnancy every time I tried to imagine leaving the apartment with 2 babies in tow I had major anxiety. I couldn’t conceive how I could carry them both down the cement stairs to the other side of the building to put them in the car. I also couldn’t imagine trying to return home with anything else besides the babies (so grocery shopping was out of the question). I had concluded that I would just never leave the apartment on my own. Then about a month ago my husband declared “I think we should move into a house”.
Besides the fact that I was 8 months pregnant, had already organized the babies’ closet and changing area and was in the middle of all of my baby sewing projects, moving to a house sounded like a wonderful idea. So for the past month I’ve put my nesting on hold and instead started slowly packing up our things. As of last Thursday, most of the apartment still looked pretty normal- in other words I wasn’t making much progress.
A wonderful husband, mother and friends
My husband had the week off so he spent all of his time at the new house doing yard work, cleaning the gutters and doing the major cleaning of the floors and bathrooms. My mom has been wonderful- making sure to deep clean the kitchen appliances and the bathrooms multiple times- because she knows how much I want to move into a clean environment for the babies. She even tried to use all of my natural cleaners- but sometimes there is a time for bleach and ammonia when my natural cleaners just can’t cut it.
This whole week I’ve only spent a few hours at the new house- because my husband and mother won’t let me do anything there. I just wander around obsessing over all the things that need to be done. So they started leaving me back at the apartment to pack up the little things that I can handle. Seriously, not being able to dive in and do housework and packing is torturous! I’ve also had a few dear friends help me with packing and cleaning- and am so thankful for their willingness to help!
Update on the babies:
- The babies have been kicking my cervix and it feels like how nails on a chalkboard sound. In other words, it kind of hurts and makes you cringe but is more unpleasant than anything else.
- The boys sometimes move a lot with forceful super noticeable movements that are visible from the outside of my belly. But then depending on the day sometimes I don’t feel them much at all- especially when I’m moving around a lot- I just feel a constant tightness of the belly.
- The NST monitoring was good this week- just like all of our previous monitoring sessions. The babies definitely move a ton every time the nurse straps on the super tight (and itchy) bands that hold the monitors in place.
My symptoms and weight gain:
- Back pain when slouching while sitting down- it’s best when I lay on my left side or sit straight up with pillows supporting my back.
- Swelling in feet and ankles moving up to my thighs. Even with my feet elevated I have to be conscious to flex the muscles in my legs to keep them from swelling even more.
- Itching is still there, but I’m having more good days with less frequent bad days.
- Still no dilation even with my irregular contractions.
- I’m noticing that I’m starting to lactate small amounts every day.
- I also have to sit on a towel around the house because of excess discharge (but nothing crazy like my water breaking). I’m sure I’ll know the difference if my water breaks! I hope!
- Weight gain- I’ve all of a sudden started gaining a ton of weight! I’m guessing some of it is water weight from all of the swelling. Last month one of the nurses suggested that I drink Ensure to get my weight up because I only gained about 2-3 pounds that month. Well, I made up for it this month- gaining about 15 pounds! I’ve now gained 48 pounds during this pregnancy!
Graduated from birthing classes- now we’re supposed to know what to do?
We finished our Bradley Method birth classes. Not sure if I’m actually prepared for birthing these babies, but at least I have some good tips and techniques that will hopefully serve us well when the time comes. Also, part of the program is to practice with my coach (husband), so I get to say things like “honey, we have to practice our relaxation massage for 10 minutes” and sometimes he agrees to pamper me!
Notice the empty bookshelf behind me? This will be my last belly shot in our old apartment
Like I said before, I’m behind on my posts, but this is my update for 34 weeks with my 34 week belly shots taken last week when I actually was 34 weeks. Just to be clear 🙂
growing peeps 