Hello Lovelies!
We have done it! We have reached the third trimester! It seemed to take SO LONG, but it was also SO SHORT. When I think the twins could be here in less than two months, I start to panic. Like I'm so ready, but I am also SO NOT READY.
We have decided names, but we will wait to share them officially until they're born. Baby boy so far has been on the smaller side, but nothing alarming so far. Baby girl isn't a ton bigger, but she's bigger than he is currently. When I went to my specialist OB, she weighed 2.8lbs and he weighed 2.6lbs. Baby Boy has to gain a little more weight since he's right below the tenth percentile.
I went to my regular OBGYN a few days later, and this may have been the first time I've been told to make sure I'm eating enough. LOL. The heartbeats look good and these are low res heartbeats and profiles. Baby girl was counted Baby A this time I guess since she is head down currently. Hopefully she'll stay that way!
Baby girl's heartbeat
Her profile reminds me of Aayla's face. Look at that little nose!
Baby boy's heartbeat!
And his profile reminded me of Joshua's and JD's profile! I am so looking forward to seeing these little faces in person!
The OBGYN measured my uterus size, and take a guess at what I'm measuring??? 34 WEEKS. No wonder I feel huge. It's fine for a twin mom to measure this big, but it seemed like even the OBGYN was kind of surprised. 🙈
Here was my latest update pic I shared on Facebook just to give you a look. I'm a bit bigger now, but that's the third trimester for ya...
Anyone want to take bets on how big I'm going to get? Right now I am still planning for a vaginal birth, but a lot of that depends on if the twins decide to cooperate or not. Baby girl is head down pretty solidly, so I'm hoping her brother will follow suit...
I also just found out I have to take ANOTHER three hour glucose test because yet again I failed the first one. This happens EVERY TIME now since I was pregnant with Joshua... Sigh. Hopefully I'll pass this one. If not, I guess I'll just have to add some special diet restrictions, which is funny because I was just told to gain a little more... We shall see... It is twins after all.
We started working on our twin nursery. We're still making the transition for Joshua to switch him to JD's mancave. JD has to clean out a lot of stuff... haha. Time is ticking, and I'm starting to feel the crunch. Here's the beginning of the nursery transition! We've got both cribs! We've got to transition the toddler bed back into a crib. Finally got the changing table out of our room... haha. Here's to hoping I can get this all done before they come! LOL. It's a mess now, but we can do this! We saved everything from Aayla and Joshua's baby years, I just never planned that we'd have to use both at the same time. HAHA.
Also the country has seemed to have lost it's collective minds (on both sides), so that is not helping my anxiety. JD wants me to write political posts, but I just don't think my blog is where I want to do that. I get so frustrated with the misinformation and hoaxes and blatant stereotypes thrown and spread around Facebook, but I would be doing nothing but arguing with strangers and friends all day if I decided to comment on every single thing. Nobody got time for that. Sometimes silence is indeed wisdom. JD and I have really enjoyed watching The Chosen series about Jesus and His followers. It's well acted and well written. They take some artistic license, but it works with what we already know or assume about the Disciples. So if you need some encouragement, I would check it out! Also, I've seen this meme shared around a bit, so I just wanted to share it here in case you haven't seen it a lot. I don't know about you, but I'm so tired of the gaslighting and lies told on the media, and I am really concerned about the future for my children. This was very encouraging. It will probably be a difficult four years, and probably eight. So take this to heart mamas if you are feeling the same way... Also, if you know me, and you disagree with something, feel free to PM me! Some have done just that! It can clarify and make conversation easier than a comment battle on a post.
Babies can now kick my ribs AND my bladder, so that's fun. I just got a foam pillow to put between my legs while sleeping, and it seems to be helping a little with the hip and groin pain. Sometimes it does feel like they're playing in there together. According to the studies, they've been doing that for months now. 💓
Keep up the prayers guys! I'm trying to get back into digging into my Bible, because I always need it, but it's a struggle to make sure I read it on a daily basis. Aayla and I read her children's Bible stories, but soon we'll start reading from the Bible like my Mom did back when we were homeschooling. I understand so much more about the Old Testament because my mom read it directly to us, and we wrote key words and pictures to remember what we heard. Aayla is really starting to understand just how wonderful Jesus is, and I can't wait to share more with her as she searches. She just turned six less than two weeks ago, and I may do a blog post just for an Aayla update.
I will continue to keep you guys posted! As long as Facebook doesn't lose its mind that is...
And I do mean these following good wishes...
Peace to you all!
Keri Lynn
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