The Check-up

At our doctor's appointment this morning, we found out that our babies are doing a really great job of growing--keep it up babies! The doctor was really impressed with their growth (he is Italian--has a great accent, but unfortunately is not such a looker--anyway--after seeing the babies' sizes said in small clips of English: woah, impressive, they only keep growing from here, the uterus is amazing, growth in third trimester is like quadratic formula--yoinks!). Baby boy weighs 4 lb 4 oz, and baby girl weighs 4 lb 1 oz. All of their weights and measurements are approximate, and were not helped any by the position of the babies. They are both breech, and neither of them was facing the right way for the ultrasound--but we were able to see each of their hearts, stomachs, bladders, legs, and heads well enough to get a general idea of their size (which is big!).

So, at 31 weeks (I've been waiting for this fruit comparison for a long time), the babies are each the same size as a pineapple!

(Ouch, doesn't that look uncomfortable?) While space is ever tighter for these two, the doctor said it is still possible that they could change positions (up until about the 34th week)--although I continue to think this is unlikely, since they've both been in their current positions almost the entire pregnancy! But, the doctors won't start making plans one way or the other until much later on.

Which brings us to our current frustration. Daniel and I are inclined to be planners--we want to be able to plan for these babies' arrival, both for their births and the birth experience, and for our families, and for our friends, and for Spud, and for ourselves. We want to know what to expect--but, unfortunately for us, we are essentially part of a waiting game from here on out. I understand that even if one of our doctors was to say, "THIS is how it will go," there are a million different variables that they cannot foresee--so they prefer not to make predictions (even though I might prefer it if they did). We have another appointment on Friday with my OB/GYN, so we'll see if she has any additional insight that will put our want-to-be-planning minds at ease.

I started working from home this week, which has been wonderful so far. In fact, I'm not wearing pants right now, and it is fantastic. Allow me to highly recommend it...