9w, 3d
I got my body pillow delivered and have slept with it two nights now. Super comfortable... except... I guess it is a bit more fluffy than I need. I am just not used to sleeping with a pillow between my legs to begin with and I think my poor legs are forced to be a bit further apart than natural. Now my butt muscles hurt. It is like I have been doing exercises to firm my butt but really all I have been doing is sleeping... which is actually pretty awesome!
I've been plagued with killer headaches. I read something the other day that headaches are common at this point in pregnancy. Now I am not feeling so hot, feel like puking all the time, and my head is about to explode. Good times. I LOVE being pregnant. I've popped a few Tylenol in the past couples days. It kinda took the edge off today but there was no beating that headache I had yesterday.
Today was my first official OB appointment. I used to see this ob/gyn when I was 18-23 years old or so but haven't seen her in the past 8 or so years. She is great and has a wonderful bedside manner. She was also really easy to talk to. I voiced my concerns about incompetent cervix and she told me that she wasn't really concerned. Yeah, easy for her to say. However, she did say that I will receive some additional monitoring because of the twin thing and she will just make sure that my cervix is measured during all my u/s. We talked a little about birth. She said that if everything is fine of course she would be good with me doing a vaginal birth but I can pretty much expect a c-section since my uterus is strangely shaped increasing my chances of breech babies and the fact that there are two of them in there. I always really wanted to attempt a vaginal birth (with lots of drugs) just so I could get the full having a baby experience. After being diagnosed with a UU, I came to realize that my chances of getting to have a vaginal birth were greatly reduced. Since becoming pregnant with twins, I have pretty much given up on the thought and am perfectly fine with them cutting these kids out and me avoiding labor pains all together. Right now I will only be upset if I don't get to be conscious during the birth of my kids. I missed the birth of my first two so I would really like to be there this time.
Anyway, back to the appointment. She did a quick exam and some test for bacteria that is normal in adults but could be harmful for the babies. She said she could definitely tell there was something going on in my uterus. She said that just by the looks of my cervix, it looked perfectly normal, appeared to have good blood flow, and was centered instead of being pushed off to the side like my uterus is. She figured she would give listening for heartbeats a try with the doppler. Said there was a chance she could hear them but likely wouldn't be able to hear them until around 12 weeks. She found my heart beat rather quickly and noted that it was really strong so hopefully that meant good blood supply to my uterus. She was able to locate at least one of the baby's heartbeats. There was a bit of an echo which could have either been just an echo or else the other baby's heartbeat. She gave me this huge excited smile. I smiled back. I guess I was supposed to be overwhelmed with the miracle of life within me but since I have seen and heard the heartbeats before, I guess I just wasn't that fascinated. Or maybe my head was just pounding with so much pain at the moment I couldn't think of much else.
Got our first bill from my hospital stay while on vacation. The original cost of service was over $10,000. Insurance covered most of that. Still, what an expensive vacation!
Tomorrow is the big concert day that I am hoping I survive. I am far more nervous about going to the concert than I am excited about it at this point.
I've been plagued with killer headaches. I read something the other day that headaches are common at this point in pregnancy. Now I am not feeling so hot, feel like puking all the time, and my head is about to explode. Good times. I LOVE being pregnant. I've popped a few Tylenol in the past couples days. It kinda took the edge off today but there was no beating that headache I had yesterday.
Today was my first official OB appointment. I used to see this ob/gyn when I was 18-23 years old or so but haven't seen her in the past 8 or so years. She is great and has a wonderful bedside manner. She was also really easy to talk to. I voiced my concerns about incompetent cervix and she told me that she wasn't really concerned. Yeah, easy for her to say. However, she did say that I will receive some additional monitoring because of the twin thing and she will just make sure that my cervix is measured during all my u/s. We talked a little about birth. She said that if everything is fine of course she would be good with me doing a vaginal birth but I can pretty much expect a c-section since my uterus is strangely shaped increasing my chances of breech babies and the fact that there are two of them in there. I always really wanted to attempt a vaginal birth (with lots of drugs) just so I could get the full having a baby experience. After being diagnosed with a UU, I came to realize that my chances of getting to have a vaginal birth were greatly reduced. Since becoming pregnant with twins, I have pretty much given up on the thought and am perfectly fine with them cutting these kids out and me avoiding labor pains all together. Right now I will only be upset if I don't get to be conscious during the birth of my kids. I missed the birth of my first two so I would really like to be there this time.
Anyway, back to the appointment. She did a quick exam and some test for bacteria that is normal in adults but could be harmful for the babies. She said she could definitely tell there was something going on in my uterus. She said that just by the looks of my cervix, it looked perfectly normal, appeared to have good blood flow, and was centered instead of being pushed off to the side like my uterus is. She figured she would give listening for heartbeats a try with the doppler. Said there was a chance she could hear them but likely wouldn't be able to hear them until around 12 weeks. She found my heart beat rather quickly and noted that it was really strong so hopefully that meant good blood supply to my uterus. She was able to locate at least one of the baby's heartbeats. There was a bit of an echo which could have either been just an echo or else the other baby's heartbeat. She gave me this huge excited smile. I smiled back. I guess I was supposed to be overwhelmed with the miracle of life within me but since I have seen and heard the heartbeats before, I guess I just wasn't that fascinated. Or maybe my head was just pounding with so much pain at the moment I couldn't think of much else.
Got our first bill from my hospital stay while on vacation. The original cost of service was over $10,000. Insurance covered most of that. Still, what an expensive vacation!
Tomorrow is the big concert day that I am hoping I survive. I am far more nervous about going to the concert than I am excited about it at this point.
Labels: body pillow, c-section, headache, incompetent cervix, twins, unicornuate uterus, unicornuate uterus twin pregnancy, UU, vaginal birth
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