Its funny how much a bad nights sleep can affect you. Thursday night I had one of the worst nights sleep I've had all pregnancy. I was so exhausted, achy, and miserable Friday that I had the attitude that I did not care how unprepared I felt, I wanted these babies here and I wanted them here now. Friday and Saturday nights were infinitely better for me, so I have returned to freak out mode. Yesterday was the "Oh my God, I know nothing about babies" kind of panic. Steve wanted to set up the temporary sleeping arrangements in our room for the babies which put me in more of a panic than it should have! We ultimately came up with a solution we were happy with, but man oh man was I stressing. Today the babies have been on their best behavior and I'm feeling pretty good, so my attitude has been if they are happy cooking, I am happy to wait! (Mostly because its finally sinking in what a tremendous change this is going to be!) Plus it will give me time to reread the book from the class we took, watch happiest baby on the block, and read the last baby book that we purchased but never touched.
So what is new in baby land? Well, apparently someone forgot to inform Riley that he's not supposed to have room to move anymore. Lack of room to move, after all, is the reason they scheduled a c-section. The date given to me, by the way, was Wednesday, March 21st at 1pm. Wasn't my first or second choice, but hey, I wasn't about to complain! As you know, Riley was curled up in a ball, transverse on my right side, and had been for a while. Then on my March 2nd appt, Riley had moved to a diagonal position with his head by my ribs. Then at my March 6th appoinment, Riley was head down. At the beginning of the ultrasound, Logan was standing up. The sonographer, Karen, was so surprised, saying that she thought they might switch positions, which she had never seen before, because Logan appeared to be getting out of the way. Only his feet were blocking the way out and Riley's head was right next to them. She got really excited about it, saying that it might not have to be a c-section, but then Logan sat down (just as he had been before) while she was still doing the measurements. By my appointment on 3/9, Riley was back in his original transverse ball position, only a bit higher up than he had first started. Funny to think that he moved so much, but if I hadn't had a the 3/2 and 3/6 appointments, we would not have known he moved at all!
Tuesday is my last growth scan. I am super sad for Steve to go back to work tomorrow (it was spring break this week) because it is very boring at home without him, but at least I have that to look forward to. Steve and I made guesses on their weights. He said 4lbs 14 oz and 5lbs 0 oz. My guess is 5lbs 4 oz and 5lbs 5 oz. We will find out who is closer soon enough!
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