Welcome Home Jocelyn Mae and Adelyn Ruth

Just a short update to let everyone know that we had our beautiful twin girls on November 10th, 2009. I was 35 weeks, 5 days pregnant! Jocelyn Mae was 5 lbs, 9 ozs, 18.5 inches long and her sister, Adelyn Ruth was 4 lbs, 11 ozs, 17.6 inches tall. They are little peanuts but are perfect and healthy. We all went home yesterday (after 3 days in the hospital) and are getting all settled in. I will post more later when I get a little time!

35 weeks, 2 days

I can say that this week has been the worst week that I have had in a long time. I got my H1N1 shot on Monday. Tuesday, I started to have a bit of a headache but it was manageable. By Tuesday night, I thought that I was going to die. My throat was killing me, I had the most congested nose ever, my head hurt, my whole body hurt. I was thinking, "well, maybe I am just getting a reaction from the shot." Wednesday was way worse as I started not being able to breathe from all the mucus in my throat. On Thursday, I couldn't even talk and had to go straight to the hospital. They did a strep test, that was negative. They did a chest x-ray, that was normal. They didn't think that I had H1N1 because I didn't have a fever. The babies looked great on the monitors so they sent me home. Of course, that night, I got a fever and the chills but I didn't want to go back to the hospital and it quickly went down after taking tylenol. Friday was still horrible. Today, I am feeling a little bit better. I can actually breathe and when I swallow, it doesn't feel like a million needles going down my throat. I feel for anyone that has to be sick while pregnant. I am so huge now, that it hurts just to turn over. I toss and turn all night. I just want to get up to 37 weeks and then I want these babies to make their appearance! That is only 12 days away! We can make it.

34 weeks, 4 days

It hasn't been a very exciting week which is fine with me. Halloween went well. We went to my mom's house for trick or treating and to have Devanne's birthday party with the family. She got totally spoiled as usual. She is out playing with her new rollerblades right now, actually. I stayed home while Josh and most of my family took DJ trick or treating. I wish that I could have walked around with them but I just kept thinking next year, I am going to be carting around 3 kids; 2 11 month olds! That is going to be so fun!

Today was another doctor's appointment for me. Everything seems to be going good except that my blood pressure is starting to creep up there. I haven't been feeling that great either, headaches, etc. My doctor didn't seem very worried yet. My cervix was still the same, 2 cm, 50% effaced. That is not budging! The doctor did get worried when he listened to the girls' heartbeats. He thought they were too fast but I knew it was because they were moving around. Needless to say, we got an NST today instead of tomorrow and they both passed with flying colors. We are going to keep an eye on my blood pressure but for the most part, it looks like I will not be going into premature labor. My 36 weeks starts next Thursday, 9 days away! I am so excited! I get to stop taking the medication and get to be up and about. My husband swears as soon as I am off the nephpine, I will go into labor. We will see.

I can't believe that I am going to be a mommy of three soon!