Sorry for the delay...

Boy, it's been a long time since I last updated everyone. I've been SO tired lately and I literally had a doctor's appointment every day last week. I figured that I better update now because I've been getting panicked messages wondering if I was still pregnant, etc. Sorry everyone.

The contractions have been better lately and I haven't had any new trips to L & D. I'm really crampy every day the babies kick me relentlessly down below. The pain is so intense that I feel a tingling/numbness feeling all the way through to my fingers. I about double-over in pain, but luckily the pain instantly goes away. Weird, but I'm glad it doesn't linger. The last couple of days I can hardly walk without the feeling of intense, sharp pains and the sensation of the babies falling. I think my belly is just getting big and my body is trying to support it.

Two Fridays ago, I had my doctor's appointment and the babies were still in a breach position. He said to prepare for a c-section as the chances of the babies turning at this point, being as big as they are now, probably won't happen. I was relieved to know the plan, but scared at the same time. Who wants their stomach cut open? I know many people that have had c-sections and say that they loved it (as oppose to the MANY hours of labor I could possibly endure). HOWEVER, last Friday I went in for my routine NST appointment and the nurse wasn't able to pick up Evan's heart rate as easily as it has been the past couple of weeks (they've been SUPER good with these... because they're bigger now and were pretty much stuck in their position). She pulled out the ultrasound machine and we noticed a head down low and feet up high. Hmmm. We couldn't believe it, but Evan decided to turn head down. I knew that something was up a couple of days prior to this appointment, but wasn't quite sure what was occurring. For about two days I had experienced so much pain on my left side where Evan is. My belly would become outrageously lopsided . I thought that Ella was coming over for a visit and overlapping him, but apparently he was working hard and turning himself around. Stinker. So needless to say I have kicking way down low and way up high now. I think they have little wars inside of me now because if one starts to move it sets the other one off and my stomach looks as though it's going to jump off and leave the rest of my body. I'm getting pretty beat up these days. I love it though and wouldn't change it for the world. =)

As I said, they're still kicking a lot, but their movements are a lot different though, too. I feel a lot of big, "rolling" type movements. My stomach looks like it has huge waves running through it and they repeat these actions over and over again. I thought the doctor said they were running out of room? haha. They are now responding to my voice as well and between me talking and them moving, I feel like we're having a little conversation. What can I say... I love them so much!

We started our childbirth classes and we'll attend our third of five classes this Thursday. It's actually kind of fun. It gets me out of the house and doesn't make me feel as huge being next to other women ready to pop. There are a lot of people due at the end of January and February so it made us nervous thinking we waited until the last minute to get this in, but our doctor ensured us that we'd make it through the classes before Ella and Evan arrive. Tomorrow night we're attending a breastfeeding class. I'm really looking forward to that one.

I'll be 32 weeks this Thursday and I'm starting to freak out a little wondering if we're ready. I don't think we'll ever feel "ready", but I still feel like so much needs to be done. Ugh. I need to figure out how to get my husband on board and finish things up around here. I hate not being able to do things myself!

My doctor's appointments are every 2 weeks now (until I hit 36 weeks). I'll still attend my NST appointments twice a week and at 34 weeks, I'm back in radiology for another fetal growth appointment. I can't wait to see how much they've grown... hopefully a lot! =)

Please continue to pray that these babies stay put and don't beat me up too much! I feel done, but know that they're not, so I've got to keep going even as the discomforts rise.