Pregnancy Update

I bit the bullet and made an appointment with my midwife. Now that I'm carrying twins, I'll also be followed by the OBs in her practice. I'm nervous about the appointment because it feels scary to move from my RE to the general pregnancy population. I've been researching and there is a great maternal fetal medicine practice at our hospital that I'm going to ask to also be followed by. They have a twin program that helps you figure out nutrition, rest, bed rest, exercise and also has a perinatologist on site to follow the babies. Plus, they offer lactation support/classes focusing on multiples and birth classes focusing on multiples. I called them today and they have to have me referred from either my RE or midwife/OB. I will be seeing both the RE and midwife on the same day, so I'll ask both of them.

Pregnancy symptoms are still in full swing. I've been able to tame the nausea a bit by wearing psi acupressure bands on my wrists. I wore them all day yesterday and was able to eat (I didn't crave anything or particularly want to eat but I was able to) and them I took them off at night and I was nauseous within minutes. I've worn them today as well and they seem to help. The other HUGE help has been ginger. Ginger chews, crystallized ginger, ginger gum and ginger tea. I tried ginger ale (with actual ginger and low in sugar) but the bubble upset my stomach too much. Because I haven't been able to eat much, I've lost more weight. This is concerning as all that I've read recommends that twin mom's gain weight early as they lose stomach space earlier and the babies generally come earlier. Hopefully, with the nausea backing down I'll be able to start gaining.

I'm back at work full time and it's going well. I'm taking it really easy, and the girls and the parents are very happy to have me back. I have a "strategy" meeting (per the parents request) with them in a few weeks to figure out my exit plan and the hiring of a new nanny. It's going to be tricky, but I think we'll be able to make it work for everyone. It's been nice that the girls both nap still as I've been able to put my feet up and sometimes even sleep during naptime.

While my employers have been great, they have also been scaring me. They keep telling me twin horror stories, birth horror stories and in general scary pregnancy stuff. I am SO nervous about the babies anyway and constantly worry about them and their added "info" stresses me out even more. I'm sure they are coming from a "helpful" place, but it's not helping. If it continues, I will have to say something to them.

DH is over the moon excited for the twins. He rubs my belly (still just my own fat at this point) and talks to them every night. I'm trying to engage with the twins, but I'm still having a hard time not guarding my heart. I had hoped that passing the date of our loss and seeing the heartbeats would help, but I'm still super nervous. All our friends and family that we've told are excited too. Sometimes TOO excited. But I'm know they are just excited and happy for us.