Kylie pictures at 30 weeks

At 30 weeks Kylie was great about showing off herself. Kiptyn however was not! So we only got 3 pictures of Kylie.


Here is her profile. Nose, lips and chin, where the arrows are.


Her foot with Kiptyn's head.


And of course her girl parts!

32 weeks

Time is still flying by! Even my OB couldn't believe I was 32 weeks already!

Well I had my normal two check ups this week. I also had my first NST and they passed with flying colors! :) I had no contractions and the babies cooperated and moved around wonderfully.

I did gain 3 pounds in two weeks though.

Now for the stats:

Kiptyn:
--transverse position, bascially curled up in a ball on my upper left side
--amnio fluid is 4.9cm
--heartrate 161 bpm

Kylie:
--vertex position or head down, she is knocking on my cervix door!
--amnio fluid is 5.9 cm
--heartrate 130 bpm

Cervix is 5.0-5.2 cm long and closed! Of course again I had to hear it was nearly unheard of to have a cervix of a 5 at 32 weeks!

So basically we just keep hanging in there. I go back to the peri weekly now for NST's and next week they will do another fetal weight check.

Dr. Forrest said that he doesn't think I need the NST's, but I am going to call my insurance and just make sure they are covered and if not, then I won't do them! He also said that he usually sees patients once a week at this point, but we can stick to two weeks until next time at least. Which is nice. That at least saves me next week I will only have one appt and someone will have to watch Haley because she is not allowed in the hospital or the peri office due to the flu restrictions. :(

Which brings up another point, Haley won't be able to meet the babies in the hospital. She will have to wait till they come home. :( Its very sad. She may be able to see me in the lobby if my nurse OK's it first. Talk about making a transition harder.

All for this week.

30 week tummy

I of course was late taking pictures so this is actually 30 weeks and 4 days! As you can see the belly has grown a ton!


With the twins


With Haley

30 weeks!

I made it! Only 8 more to go. Those are going to feel like very long weeks, I'm sure. But the longer they stay in there the better.
I had two appts on Thursday. The first one was the peri, in which I waited longer than being seen of course. They did the u/s and I got some pictures of Kylie, but Kiptyn wouldn't cooperate. The u/s tech was trying so hard to get a picture of him for me, but couldn't even get his foot. She was also trying to get a picture of his boy parts, but the lil man was already playing with himself. He had his hand wrapped around it! I couldn't believe it! Oh my. But she took her measurements and it seemed to take forever because it was so hot in the room, I was sweating and felt like I was going to pass out. I'm not sure if it was from being on my back or the heat, maybe even both.

I had to wait to be seen then by the doctor, which I waited for 30-35 minutes. Of course I knew I was only going to be in there for two minutes like I always am, so it was pissing me off! I also was going to be late for me OB appt. He of course said everything looked great, and he was shocked at how long my cervix was. He had never seen that before with twins. This was a new doc that I hadn't seen before, so I of course had to hear about my cervix again! Then he told me to come back in two weeks for a cervix check, fluid around the babies and an NST (non stress test).

Here are the stats on the babies:

Kiptyn:
--breech position on my left
--6.1 cm of amnio fluid around him
--heartrate 153 bpm
--estimated fetal weight is in the 59th percentile
--approx. 3 pounds 9 ounces
--has a big head according to the u/s tech

Kylie:
--head down (finally) on my right
--7.2 cm of amnio fluid around her
--heartrate 138 bpm
--estimated fetal weight is in the 52nd percentile
--approx. 3 pounds 8 ounces
--was definitely not shy in showing off her parts

Cervix length:
--5.3 cm

I will post the pics we got of her soon.

Then I went onto Dr. Forrests office, however he is in Italy, so I saw Dr. Allen. She said everything looked great. We talked about the upcoming weeks and the circumcision for Kiptyn. At 34 weeks I will be going to them weekly and also getting an NST weekly at the same time.

All for now.

2 months from today....

the twins will already have been born!! :) Let's just hope I make it that far.

In honor of the two month to go mark, I figured it would be a good time to release the names! Most people already know I'm sure because my mother knows....so therefore the whole world knows! ;) hehe. Love ya ma.

The boy will be Kiptyn David Parker Trieu.

The girl will be Kylie Anne Claire Trieu.

There you have them! We are pretty excited about them and can't wait for their arrival. Well we can wait two months! :)

Uneventful pregnancy...not so much

As far as I can say things have been pretty uneventful, but that was my wish especially for a twin pregnancy. However, I seemed to have caught everything else under the sun health wise! It started with the bacterial infection early on, then I caught some sinus infection that has lasted around 2 months. I had to have tubes put in my ears last Thursday because I had so much fluid behind them, I couldn't hear a thing. People would have to scream to me or repeat things 3 times for me to get it. That was the most painful thing I have ever had to deal with too. I cried it hurt so bad. Then just this week, I find out I have blood in my urine and have a bladder infection. My doctor laughed when I asked if I should get the flu shot! He said with the way things are going so far, he would highly recommend it! ha.

But at least I can say that the twins have been fine and are doing well. Thank goodness!

Last weeks appts.

Last Thursday I had another peri appt to check my cervix and the fluid around the babies. It was of course fine. This was the first time I had Haley with me alone, so it was interesting as well. She tried to escape her stroller while I was on the u/s table in the middle of things. That was interesting. I think it will be the last time I take her with me to those appts. She does fine at the OB appts because I dont have her in the stroller and she just plays in the room. Here are the stats from the peri appt.

Baby boy

--in the oblique position with his head on the right and body towards my left (kind of a weird one)

--heartrate was 134

--his fluid was 6.6cm

Baby girl

--is still transverse with her head on my left

--heartrate was 138

--her fluid was 7.79cm, which is apparently slightly increased

My cervix was between 4.8 and 5.3 cm this time, but that is still good!

Heartrates were fine when I saw Dr. Forrest on Friday morning. I was measuring like I am 34 weeks pregnant...no wonder I am in so much pain! ha. He said everything looks great. Of course once again I forgot to ask all my questions that I had for him. Never fails. He did however change my c-secion date to Nov 18th at 9am. He is going to be out of town on the 19th. Excuse me! ha. I prefer the odd number of the 19th, but I guess it'll have to do! That and all kids will have even day birthdays, so it works out. Just LT and I will have odd ones! :)

Here is a belly pic from yesterday, so 28 weeks and 3 days.

I think this is how big I was when I had Haley, but I don't have the pictures on this computer to compare. One of these days I will get them and compare the two.

None of my shirts are long enough now, so it's always fun to try to get dressed in the morning. I wore a dress last week that is not a maternity dress and because my belly is so big, the dress was a little too short! The things I need to worry about now! ha.

We went to a multiples sale this past weekend and got a bunch of stuff for the twins. We got one more bouncy seat, some swaddle blankets, another pack n play sheet, some pacifers still in the package, a push/ride on toy, little foam chairs, a slide for the backyard (obviously not for them anytime soon), and a bunch of stuff for Haley. We are going to the FCMOM one this weekend to see if we can find some more stuff that we have been looking for.

That is all for now. We will share names soon, so be on the lookout! :)