The belly and the babies!

by Amy ~ January 6, 2010

I’m at the 27th week – officially in the 3rd trimester so we’re in the home stretch! I felt pretty miserable the first 3 months – tired and nauseous all of the time but for the past two months I have felt surprisingly good. Z really pushed me to get the decorating, shopping, registering, etc. done early and I’m so thankful we did.

I’ve definitely noticed that over the last few weeks I have limited energy; bending and other small tasks are becoming more and more difficult! My feet are very swollen and I no longer fit in anything but sandals so the Dr. ordered me to drink coffee and other diuretics to reduce the swelling…. I never drink coffee or soda (or anything with caffeine!) so the babies went wild the first day. The combination of baths, propping my feet, and coffee, seemed to have helped immensely. I need to keep the swelling down so they don’t put me on bed rest or in the hospital (not unusual for twins unfortunately!).

We’ve been taking monthly pictures of the growing baby bump and it’s incredible to see how quickly my belly has changed! At first I could only really feel the girl kicking (she’s on the left) but I think the little boy has finally passed her in size and is now kicking a lot more! Every time Zvonimir puts his hand on my stomach they stop kicking… Hopefully he’ll get to feel it soon. It’s really a strange but incredible feeling!

Even though Lukas thinks the sonogram pictures are ‘creepy’ I wanted to post them anyway. These are from visits over the past few months –They do a sonogram every 2 weeks for multiple pregnancies so we get to see them often. Neither Z or I are very good at figuring out what we’re looking at without the help of the technician, but it’s still really amazing to see the babies growing and moving around. We’re hoping to get some 4-d pictures at the next visit (it really depends on the tech though!)

View my belly and the babies .