Good news: My
“original” doctor (Dr. Winkler) has moved into a new office, located closer to my
home, yay! So I am looking forward to
less traffic and shorter drive times, yet I will miss all of the other doctors
and nurses I was getting to know, especially Dr. Merrill. Fortunately, I will still see some familiar
faces when I go to the new office. I’m really
happy that I get to start seeing Dr. Winkler again, I guess since he was the
one who approved me to start this special project. It’s seems only fitting that he sees this
through to the end, right?
The new office grand opening is perfect timing. Driving is becoming increasingly more
difficult and uncomfortable. Since I
drive a Mini Cooper with a manual transmission let’s just say, when you have a
big belly and have to shift a lot because of traffic it gets old, real fast! Luckily, we also have a Dodge Ram so I’ve started
to drive it more. Although I have to
pull myself up into it, which is no small feat, I at least have more room for
my growing belly. Plus, it’s an
automatic. It’s the small things, or in
my case the bigger things. Bigger vehicle, plus shorter travel distance makes for a happy gestational carrier and cargo.
Over the weekend, Darren and Holly host another gathering
with some of our old LensCrafters co-workers.
Sadly, Olga couldn’t make it, but we got to hang out with Lily and her
husband Serge. Lily is also pregnant, so
it was a little crazy seeing my larger belly compared to hers. She is 5 or 6 weeks further along than I am. But just looking at our bellies you would
never guess that, unless you knew I was carrying twins. At one point in the evening, Darren and I have
fun trying on a ‘pregnancy’ Halloween costume that Holly and Darren bought the
year before. It’s a little awkward doing
this, but Holly is the one who suggested it.
I know deep in her heart she will always ache with the loss of Jude and
Brinly, but seeing my belly grow with her two little boys suppresses that ache.
We pose for a few pictures of me wearing
the oven costume and Darren being the baker.
I guess in a way the costume still works. After all, I am just the oven!
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| Lily ~34wks with singleton, Darren, Me ~29wks with twins |
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| Darren feeling Noah kick |
At my second appt. at the new location I had to see another
new doctor. Bummer! How dare Dr. Winkler take a vacation!!! Dr. Buckmaster orders a full blood panel to
check for pre-eclampsia. This is a
routine test for high risk pregnancies.
They also inform me that next week (week 31) I’ll be starting a two day
per week appointment schedule, oh yay. I
just got out of not having to check my cervix weekly! But I can’t complain. They are making sure everything is going well
with twins in this crucial pregnancy period.
It’s actually rare these days to allow twins to go full term. Usually, twins enter the world at week 38 (or
before) instead of 40 weeks. Next week, my
first visit will start with an extensive ultrasound to check the babies for
signs of stress. Then two days later,
I’ll go back to have a 30 minute HR test.
They’ll attach leads to me and my belly, and monitor all of our heart
beats. More medical fun!
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| The swelling is starting, goodbye feet |
