The Baby Report: 34.5 Weeks

We had an appointment with the OB yesterday for a regular check-up—weigh-in, blood pressure check, all the usual stuff—including measuring fundal height. If you're pregnant with a singleton it's a pretty accurate gauge of how far along your pregnancy is. Centimeters correspond with weeks gestation, so if you're 34 weeks you should measure approximately 34 cm. as an example.

With twins, it's done mainly for curiosity value I think since there isn't really a set number that you should be measuring at. That being said, my fundal height measurement yesterday at 34.5 weeks is 48 centimeters! The doctor said my body is "holding up really well" for being pregnant with two. Ha ha. That made me laugh since I've been feeling so uncomfortable I had to wonder what state I'd be in if I wasn't "holding up" so well. It did make me feel somewhat better (in that moment at least) to hear it though.

I mentioned the daily Braxton Hicks contractions I've been experiencing and the OB was totally unfazed. I already had a good idea this is all to be expected, but as he said, "well, you'll be in labour at some point" and at this point whether it's real labour or false if the babies are determined to come the doctor won't be intervening.

In fact, the babies will be getting their walking papers if they haven't arrived by 38 weeks/January 31st. Having a deadline suddenly makes it all seem so real (and surreal too!). After being pregnant for so long, it's strange to think that sometime in the next 24 days our boys will finally be here.

Of course, the OB thinks it will all happen sooner than that and pointed out more than once that the babies really could make their way into the world at any time now. Certainly there are plenty of twin moms that don't make it this far, so we are counting our blessings.

Both babies are still head-down and Baby A appears to have dropped in the past few days. I'm finding a small amount of relief from the reflux as a result, but oh how my bladder is suffering – and I thought it wouldn't be possible to feel a need to pee any more than I already was!

We are down to weekly appointments now with the OB until the end and also have an ultrasound scheduled for next week. The OB did do a quick check with the portable ultrasound machine in his office but it really wasn't the same quality you'd get with the high-end machines they use at the obstetric ultrasound unit down the hall. We still had a pretty good view all things considered and it's easy to see there's not a lot of room to move around in there (it's amazing how often they manage to kick in spite of that though).

I think that's all the news from yesterday. Today I'm finishing packing up the necessities for the hospital, and after that... we wait.

- L.