24w2d

I haven’t blogged at all about meeting with my new OB (now that the midwives can’t cover me) because I’m still quite upset about it. All I will say for now is that she was what I expected, and not at all what I had hoped for. With that being said (hubby thinks I may have gone into the meeting with too many hormones running around) I’m sure she will be able to get me safely delivered and hopefully I’ll be able to have some of the things I’d like done as well.

Last Monday we had another anatomy scan at MFM. Both boys look great. They are each measuring about 1.5 lbs. We finally were able to get all of the heart measurements on Baby A, and all looks well. Baby A for now is head down and Baby B is transverse with his head on Baby A’s feet, so he received a lot of head kicks during the ultrasound. My blood pressure was high at the Dr's office, so I've been bumped to taking the beta blocker two times a day now.  Here are some adorable pictures of my boys:

Baby A profile



Baby B profile



Baby B 3-D face



On Thursday my two sisters, my parents and my grandmother arrived for a visit and for my baby shower. It was so nice to see my family again. We had a great time together. They were super helpful. They cleaned my whole house- twice. They helped my husband finish putting together the nursery. They pampered, spoiled and took fantastic care of me. One sister left last night, and the rest left this morning (about 20 minutes ago.) I miss them all already.

Baby Shower! My two BFF’s threw me a wonderful open house baby shower on Saturday. It was perfect. I’m not a baby shower game person, and they knew that, so I wasn’t exposed to that ridiculousness. I was able to chat with dear friends and family. I was extremely showered with gifts. It was fantastic. Our little guys have plenty of clothes to get them through their early months. It was overwhelming to look at the stack of opened gifts. I am so very blessed.

Now that we have the nursery mostly put together and clothes for the boys, I’m having a hard time not freaking out. I’m concerned that somehow, I’m jinxing the pregnancy or the boys’ health by doing these things early. At this point I’m not to viability and I’m still a wreck. I had a mini breakdown right before the shower and then a couple after the shower, but luckily, I have a great husband that can talk me down from my anxiety produced freak outs. I know that it isn’t logical to feel this way, but it lurks in the back of my mind.

This week we interview our #1 choice for a pediatrician. She has come highly recommended by several people. I am familiar with the practice as well (the girls I nannied went there) and it’s close to home which is great. I hope that our meet-and-greet goes well and we will have one more thing checked off of our “get ready for baby” list.