29 weeks- That's embarrassing!

So I'm sitting here at the lab for my 3 hr glucose test. I'm hungry and thirsty, but can't have anything! Definitely getting a chipolte salad after this!

I forgot to tell you yesterday that at my last checkup my cervix dropped from 1.9 to 1.7. The babies still look good though. They are no longer going to be looking at my cervix and will fo an FFN test next week to see if I am going to go into labor. Here is a link to read more. FFN

I've had a few random contractions since then, so it is probably lower now.  It was pretty neat to see them "breath" and use their lungs during the ultrasounds. I've had 4 rounds of steroids to increase their lungs, so we are hoping for healthy babies! 

Ok, ready for the embarrassing stuff? Men, do not read further! 

I don't see any men reading this, but I had to put that disclaimer in... 

1) weight gain- not a big deal and not too embarrassing, but at 28 weeks I had gained 47 lbs. I didn't mean to listen, but the dr said it and I stuck my fingers in my ears like a preschooler and lalalalaed. Pretty mature, right?

2) The need for diapers- Adult ones. Before I used to feel myself pee when I would sneeze, cough, or move fast. Now, it just comes like a leaky focet and I don't know! Lovely, huh? 

3) The bowels- either stopped or continuously flowing. Take that for what it is... 

4) hungry- I'm so hungry. I was so excited at the beginning when I search info about multiple pregnancies. Many people said they had no room to eat. Well apparently, I made room and can eat every 5 minutes. I even wake up at 1am hungry. Guess everyone's pregnancy is different?

5) Emotional train wreck! Everything makes me cry, mad or laugh... 

6) Spider veins... EVERYWHERE! 
7) Thinking- can't form a complete thought without a million other thoughts racing through my brain. I cannot seem to form a logical thought. It was bad before, but... Oh crap, I forgot what I was going to say. 
8) Huge veins- Everytime I look at my belly, I think of all of the river channels that run through the Amazon.

This is what my belly looks like. Ill post a "real" belly picture next week.

29 weeks- Plus1 3rd Bday!

29 weeks

It has been a while, not because I haven't been thinking of you... I have. I haven't wanted to blog because I am an emotional wreck! ICEBERG, RIGHT AHEAD!

Oh yea... EMO! No sleep and hormones makes for a very miserable pregnant woman.

I do not mind the lack of sleep. I am used to that. It is when the babies are in strange positions and push against every wall in your belly that makes it horrible. Don't get me wrong... I am so happy that I am still pregnant, but there is a tiny part of me that wishes I would go into labor soon.

Last night, I was in the "bear" position for about 40 minutes to get some relief. It worked! I was able to sleep more than 30 minutes consecutively. 

My Plus 1's 3rd Birthday Bash!

We did a pirate theme this year and it was a BLAST! It was difficult getting things ready while I am supposed to be on bed rest, but we managed and I'm still pregnant!

Here are a few pictures:

Originally I used 2 plastic table cloths, one pink and one black. I just cut slits in them and made the hubs hang them up. But with the little kids running around, the pink one fell off. Black still looks good!

The treasure chest was sitting by the front door. A friend of mine made the chest for our wedding a few years ago and we just filled it up with pirate gear. 

Here are the snacks. Shark bait= gold fish, cannon balls= grapes, pirate booty= pirate booty, and gold= round tortilla chips (I messed up the nacho cheese! Who does that?) I thought I saved the food signs to attach it here, but I didn't. :( 

Pirate hook game. First, I decorated the board. I poked holes in the large piece of card board. The hooks have a loop in the back, so I tied string to the loop and attached the string to the back with tape. Rings- I forgot about the rings, so I made some out of aluminum foil. 

Her amazing aunt and uncle made the "plank". I originally wanted to have a blue plastic table cloth under it with "shark fins", but she the hubs set it up the construction paper shark fins kept blowing over. Im sure it would have worked it I would have used a heavier card stock. The blue table cloth turned into the "water" at the end of the plank. 

We filled the sand pit with "treasure"; dollar store rings, mardi gras beads, and gold coins. 

For the cupcakes I just had the kids make their own. A friend of mine made chocolate shells and pirate themed candies as toppers for the cupcakes. I gave each kid a few to choose from. I crushed up graham crackers and they were able to use that as "sand" on top of their cupcake. They were able to put their own sprinkles and frosting on as well. It was a blast! I think each girl had 2 or 3 cupcakes. :) 

Gotta love pinterest!

I plan on posting tomorrow, so keep a look out for that!