36 week appointment

We had our 2nd to last appointment on Friday! Yay! We are getting so excited.. Not only to meet the boys, but to finally reveal their names to all of our friends and family!

I was able to talk with Dr. Johnson a little more on Friday about how it will work on the 30th, assuming we make it that long (I was 1 cm dilated and 60% effaced). This birth sounds like it will be quite a bit different than Doodles regardless of it being a c-section or a vaginal birth. Instead of being in the same room the whole time, I will give birth in an operating room, just in case something should go wrong and I would have to have an emergency c-section. I will have to get my epidural early (which I am fine with, no pain tolerance here) again, in case something happens. As of now Peanut is still vertex (head down) and Butter is transverse. Dr. Johnson is confident that once Peanut is out Butter is favorable to flip head down as well (YIPPEE!!). If he doesn't, we will have to have a c-section with him, which is really my biggest fear, recovering from a vaginal birth with one twin and a c-section with the other...

I was pretty emotional in the appointment, its just crazy to think that we are so close. The thought of them being here chokes me up.

My appointment did reveal that my blood pressure is slowing going up each visit, with it being borderline high this time. I was given instructions to take it very easy this weekend and Dr. Johnson will be monitoring my stress tests closely this week. We will see how it looks tomorrow as my swelling continues to be really bad regardless of the fact that I have not done much of anything this weekend. I am hopeful it will be back down as I only have 8 days of work left.

I purchased Doodle's big brother gift today. We plan to have a present from each of this brother's waiting for him in the hospital room when he comes in to meet his brothers. We got him some match box airplanes so he will get 2 from each brother. My husband and I are also planning a special "Big Brother Day" for him on September 29th (the day before his little brothers come). We are going to do all sorts of his favorite things and just really focus on making him feel special and loved. It should be fun and hopefully a good memory for him when he gets older.