I Can See The Finish Line

No birth news to post yet I'm afraid. The docs are going to have me go to about 39 weeks and then do a c/section if nothing happens naturally on its own first. I feel nervous about going so long. I want them out and safe now, but my concerns on this have been brought up to the docs and their consensus seems to be that it is better to give the snowflakes a little more time if we can, rather than take them now just because I have passed the 38 weeks mark. One doc tried to reassure me by saying that the chance of something going wrong by waiting was only around 1 in 1000. I told him that numbers like that don't comfort me at all.

So now we wait.

I am having TONS of contractions every day, getting monitored every few days, and had my last cervical check last week (not dilated or effaced yet if you can believe that) and all is looking good. These babies are making it really hard for me to function though. I say that not as a complaint, just as a statement of fact. They are big babies, or so I am assuming based on their size estimates three weeks ago, and I feel them in every inch of my abdomen from my pelvis to my upper rib cage. Sleep has become pretty difficult to come by, but so has staying awake so go figure on that one. I also am feeling a lot of pressure on my lungs which leaves me wheezing like you would with a chest cold. It's all good though, they need the room more than I do at this point, and soon enough they will be here in my arms, and I will be back to breathing and sleeping (well... maybe not sleeping.)

For the most part though, I am just feeling very excited and hopeful, though as you all know from my last post, the moments of fear and doubt still have their ways of creeping in. I don't know what it is about being this close to birth that has brought them to the forefront, but I keep telling myself that Peyton's story is not their story, and saying the serenity prayer over and over, to get me through.

That's really all I have to report on from here. That, and the fact that we STILL have not agreed on names. Who knew that naming two would be so hard!?

I am guessing my next post will be to announce their arrival. Until then, here is the final installment of belly pics taken at 38 weeks. As always, I will put a little space to protect those who would rather not see them.

Please keep my little snowflakes in your thoughts and prayers for a safe arrival and good health.


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