Catch up and Updates

So I am feeling really bad because a few of my girlfriends took me out to lunch and had a mini shower for me weeks ago and I have not posted about it yet. We took one pic at the end that I would put on here but frankly I am just too fat and uncomfortable to get up and get my camera out to download it. It was a really fun lunch though and I really appreciated it so much.

They took me to California Pizza Kitchen where I ate my all time favorite salad, the BBQ chicken salad, yummm! It was fun to just sit and chit chat and catch up with friends that I hadn't seen in a while and who had all had a baby since the last time I had seen them. haha

I got some great advice and a perfect mix of gifts, some were cute and fun and some were just very practical and much needed. Thank you again, Cass, Liz, Kali, and Christine! You guys are awesome!

So here is the update on the babies and I. I went in to get my Flu shot on Monday and woke up at 2 am the next morning feeling horrible. I have decided that I got a combination of a small reaction from the shot itself because I felt achy all over and extremely fatigued and I must have had a small bug already in my system that the Flu shot helped bring to the surface because I had nasal drainage and a sore throat. Super fun combination with pregnancy, don't you think?

Anyway, I spent the day doing basically nothing but sleeping, eating and showering to get ready for my pre-scheduled OB check up. I thought my doctors apt was at 3pm but when I got there at 2:45pm they informed me that it wasn't actually till 3:30pm. So I had to wait in the waiting room for like 45 minutes, so fun... I had also not eaten anything since noon and was beginning to feel it. Lately when I am hungry or tired I get a little overly emotional which I am sure is normal for a pregnant women but not for a sane person.

The nurse finally called me back and asked me very politely how I was feeling and I replied "you don't want to know" while holding back the tears. I think she could tell and started telling me how great it was that I had made it to 34 weeks with twins and got down to business with my vitals.

Next I was told to go into the room and get ready for the doctor to check me. I felt like I was holding it together pretty well but was definitely teetering on the edge of a break down. I have like 6 different doctors at this clinic that I see and some I have seen and gotten to know more than others. I really like all of them, but Dr Bean just has the best bed side manner and he is super sympathetic. So of course the day that I am on the verge of a breakdown he is the doctor that walks in. I am sure the nurse had said something to him before he entered because he walked in, gave me the most sympathetic look and simply said "how bad is it?" I looked at him and burst into tears (how embarrassing).

He was really patient with me and comforting. Then he checked me and I was thrilled to hear that I am dilated to 1 centimeter! I know it isn't much but at least something is finally happening! He went on to tell me that from here on out if I go into labor they will just let me go and the it is very unlikely that there would be any long term effects for the babies being born premature. Plus if they do have to spend any time in the NICU it would most likely be a very short stay and they shouldn't have any serious problems to worry about.

Originally I said I wanted to go as long as possible but when you get statics like that and you feel as horribly uncomfortable as I do right now, that plan takes a nose dive right out the window. They can come today and I would be a happy mommy. So send good labor thoughts my way and lets get these babies out! Plus if all else fails Dr. Bean also set up a date for inducement if it doesn't happen on its own, January 10th is the official deadline and I am grateful that I no longer feel like I am going to be eternally pregnant.