Here we are everybody! 31 weeks and 2 days into our twin pregnancy and I was thrilled to realize that puts us, at most, 8 weeks from meeting our little boys!
Since twins are considered full term at 37 weeks that means in less than six weeks they will no longer be premature when they are born! That will be around November 2nd and I'm hoping they stay in that long. On the flip side, I am so ready to have them out! LOL
My stomach is HUGE and heavy and crowded and I can't tell anymore if I'm having any braxton hicks at all because my skin is tight like a drum and everywhere I push or rest my hand there's a baby!
Ok, so last weekend we went and stocked up on the last few things we needed for me to feel ready to bring babies home. We bought wipes, we bought diapers, we have pacifiers (hoping not to use them, but good to have in case).
The last few things I will need when they arrive can wait until they do. My nursing pillow is probably the only real item that I'd like to have by the time they come out. Just so I can get used to using it in the hospital and hopefully we can get a good rhythm down from the start for nursing.
As for diapers, after all my stress and research here's what I decided. The Bambo Nature diapers are ideal. They have great reviews, they really are my number one choice. However, they are also approximately $.50/diaper. And at ten diapers a day, per baby, that's about $10/day in diapers alone. Yikes!
My second choice is the Earth's Best Newborn diapers, which are the only size diapers made by the company to have poor reviews which claim, unlike all the other sizes, that they leak.
Did I mention they also happen to cost about half as much as the Bambo diapers? I know, still much more than Huggies, Pampers or Luvs, but chemical free on our babies' skin and eco-friendly too.
Of course it doesn't hurt that we have stock in Hain Celestial, which also owns Earth's Best. With the amount of diapers we're going to go through, we may raise the value of the stock all on our own! LOL
So I made my Hubbie a deal. We went to Toys R Us and bought about a week's worth of Earth's Best Newborn diapers. Which worked out great because they are usually about $10.99/40 diapers in Newborn size and they were on sale for $8.99. So we saved six bucks and got a great deal on the diapers!
If at the end of the first week we are doing twice the laundry because the diapers leak, we will drive over to Encino and pick up some Bambo Newborn diapers at Mother's Haven to use instead. But I'm honestly hoping that they have improved the Newborn size since the reviews were left for the Earth's Best diapers and we can continue to use these baby and eco-friendly diapers that are also friendlier to our wallet.
I also picked up two boxes of my favorite nursing pads made by Lansinoh, which were also on sale at Toys R Us last weekend, BOGO half off, so those are ready when we are.
The changing table is stocked, I found some great canvas bins at Big Lots and bought six of them, which fit perfectly onto our changing table. They contain diapers and wipes, onesies galore, newborn t-shirts and pants, bibs, hats and socks, and extra wipes and boobie covers.
My tummy feels huge this week and although at my doctor's appointment a week and a half ago I was assured everything was going fine and there were no signs of preterm labor, now I am feeling like we have got to be entering the home stretch. I spend half my day heading to the bathroom to empty my bladder because somebody is pressing on it again and half the day heading to the bathroom trying to decide if I have to go, or if the boys are just putting a lot of pressure on my bowels. My husband assures me I had this with my daughter, but does concede that he only remembers it being an issue the last month or so.
We have our next ultrasound on Tuesday and I can't wait to see my little boys again and find out how much they've grown. I'm betting at least 4 lbs each! Feels like so much more! Did I mention that I weighed in around 163 at my last doctor's appointment. The same weight I was at my last doctor's appointment the day my daughter was due. And I still have 6-8 weeks to go. And the boys are supposed to be putting on another half a pound a week until they arrive. Whew!
It may not sound like much, but I'm only 5'3". That's a lot of weight on this little frame. My only consolation and the reason I'm not crying every time I step on the scale, is that I really am ALL BABY. I haven't put hardly any weight on in my legs, arms or face. I've just got this ginormous belly on me! I'm hoping that means I really will lose 30 lbs the day they are born, but I'm not betting on it!
I'm also looking forward to seeing their faces again. As you may recall we got a few wonderful pictures of Baby A and one great scowl picture from Baby B. I'm hoping this time we will get clear enough pictures of both that we can see just how alike they look.
Mostly though I'm looking forward to hearing that they are around 4lbs and that they are very near in weight. If there is a large difference in their weight I know the doctor will want to deliver them sooner rather than later.
I don't mind the sooner part, on the condition that they are big enough and their lungs are developed enough that they won't be spending much, if any, time in the NICU. Their place is with me, so I want them healthy enough that they can stay there. Snuggled with Mama filling up on Mama Milk!
Fingers crossed!
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I hope that Earth's Best works ok for you. I did not like how rough they were and how poorly they fit. Plus they gave Ashley a rash. I think it may have been because the aborbent gel always leaked out. Huggies Pure and Natural organic diapers work great for us. They are so soft and fit great. You should give them a try too.
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