30 Weeks

This week marked my 30th week of pregnancy. Sometimes I cannot believe how quickly this pregnancy has gone by! At the same time, I feel like I've been pregnant for forever. 30 weeks is quite a long time!

We had our maternity session this week with Tara Yarte. She was super fun and very easy to work with. It's always nice to meet and support another military wife. She's really excited about the twin session, too, which makes me even more excited for it! The location was super cute and had a nice big tree that was beautiful. Why, you ask? Its leaves were falling and were a mixture of yellow and orange...just like fall...but it's January! Our pictures may look like they were taken in October, but I'm super excited about it! Luckily, since we are both military wives, she will be close by for when the babies need their newborn session. Just a few more weeks until babies are here and I get beautiful photos of them :)

I have started knitting and crocheting. This is good and bad for several reasons. Good, because it gives me something to do and I will feel good when I actually finish it. Bad, because the yarn is taking my money! However, I really want to make a big, comfy blanket that we will hopefully have for a while! 

Symptoms:

• I only gained .2 lbs this week which worries me since I only have 6-7 weeks left, max. These babies need to grow as much as possible to avoid any time in the NICU. Therefore, I'm once again forcing myself to eat more and hopefully grow these babies as much as I can in their last few weeks. 
• Itchy - I am still itching from my skin stretching and growing. I don't scratch too much though. 
• Feeling stretched out - I am finding that by the end of the day, my stomach is super uncomfortable and I hate to stand. I think it has to do with the amount of weight being carried in my midsection now. Often times my belly button will actually experience a little pain, too. 
• Bloody Nose
• Struggling with Deep Breaths

On a side note: We finally got the new part to our crib! Furniture wise, we are finished with the nursery! We still need to get a few more things but our check list for the babies has dwindled quite a bit which is a wonderful accomplishment!

 

  

 Kyle and I had 2 friends over who are also in the band: Josh & Mollie. One is in Kyle's band and the other is from another band in the San Diego area. We had a great time playing games as well as making dinner! We are trying to get in as much friend time as possible before the twins arrive, since it will be a rare treat afterwards!

Kyle had to go back to work full time this week, so I found myself feeling much lonelier than usual. I was so spoiled having him with me daily, for all hours of the day! Now, I'm lucky if I get 4 hours of time to spend with him. He will be so busy for the next few weeks, all the way until the babies are born. That's why we are also hoping the babies don't decide to come early, because for some of those concerts he will still be required to play even if it's during his 10 days off with me and the babies! We obviously don't want that to happen.

I can't believe I only have 6-7 weeks left of being pregnant! If I only had one baby, I'd still have 10 left, but these twins are obviously going to arrive before that mark. We are hoping that they hang on as long as possible and don't push me into any preterm labor. My pregnancy has gone really well thus far, and we are praying it continues!

30 Weeks: Size of a large Cabbage