My Baby Boy Loves My Lungs

The past couple days I have been very uncomfortable and have been having lots of problems breathing. I have felt like I have constantly been having the wind knocked out of me... a couple times I have been so short of breath my lips have turned blue! I called my OB this morning and they had me come in to see the doctor. Apparently this is fairly normal for having twins... specially because Kyle is all the way on the top of my uterus in a transverse position and a lot of the time that means he is inside my rib cage. She gave me an inhaler and it provides amazing relief for a while. Hopefully Kyle will get the hint soon and move down a little more to give me some more room to breath!
The other not so good news is that I have lost weight again... the doctor didn't seem real concerned about it because the babies and my belly are getting bigger. It's just kinda weird... I am 28 weeks pregnant with twins and only weight 4 pounds more than I did when I got pregnant.
The good news: my contractions have slowed down and I only have 10 more weeks at most before we get to meet Kyle and Emily. In 6 weeks it will be considered safe to deliver them, 8 weeks is my goal, and 10 weeks is when they will be evicted (I'll be induced). We are getting so close!

First Trip to the Hospital of the New Year

I have had a pretty rough week. It started over the weekend when it felt like Kyle and Emily were doing flips in my belly. Then Monday night I started to get lower back pain and it kind of went down hill from there. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during the day I was having sporadic cramping that I was pretty sure were contractions. They got worse at night and were accompanied by lower back pain. This morning I called and spoke with a nurse at my doctor's office and she was pretty sure they were contractions too. I got sent to the hospital to get checked out. When I got to the hospital, they hooked up me to the monitors and watched my babies and my contractions. The doctor checked me all out and I am not dilated at all, which is a good thing. She said that at this stage in my pregnancy there is a fine line between what is normal and what is pre-term labor because of the fact that I am having twins. She said right now it doesn't seem to be much to worry about, but if I get to the point where I am having more than six contractions in an hour that I need to call my doctor and head to the hospital. She also said that I probably would keep having these contractions until I go into labor and have the babies... so I guess I better get used to it! We'll see what my doctor has to say at my appt next Friday.
The good news is that Kyle and Emily appear to be perfectly fine! I love my little babies and am very excited to meet them.... but I really would like them to stay in my belly for at least another 6 weeks... hopefully they will stay in there though for another 8!

Quick Ultrasound Update

I don't have the pictures scanned... maybe sometime this weekend. But they said everything looked good. Kyle is 1lb14oz and Emily is 1lb13oz... so they both gain 13oz since my last ultrasound. Their growth is still about 4% of each other (the goal is under 20%). Emily is still head down and Kyle is now in a transverse position (he was breached).
My mom and Michael got to go to my ultrasound with me and see the babies. I think it was different than they thought it would be... but it was fun to have them there!

Nursery Pictures!

We started with a mess.....
A now it's a little better... but still a work in progress....

My Great Grandma made this :)