thirty weeks pregnant

Today I am 30 weeks pregnant!  It feels so good to be out of the 20's and into the 30's.  These babies are going to come in the 30's.  I am in the home stretch.  I am thinking more and more about what life will be like when they arrive.  Andrew and I have both been reading multiple books on caring for newborn multiples and we're constantly throwing advice at one another in hopes that one of us will remember it when we're in the throws of juggling two babies.

I am feeling pretty good.  My only issues at present include boredom (seriously, I wake up thinking of a plan for what I am going to do until Andrew gets home... sad but true) and the ever increasing size of my tummy which seems to make everything else feel heavy.  Funny enough months ago I read on a blog that the mommy-to-be needed to be physically pulled out of bed at the end of her pregnancy.  My thoughts at the time were somewhere along the lines of seriously, what a cow, who is this person who let themselves get soo big and soo weak?  I am eating my words.  I can still propel myself out of bed and off the couch but it isn't without effort, effort that might actually leave me short of breath.  I think I am up more than 45 pounds... yikes!

The nursery is coming together so well.  I can't wait to share it with you.  The closet organizer went up this weekend and I did a ton of baby laundry.  Just a few more things to do and it will be ready.

Last week I broke the doctor's rules and went on a couple of outside of the house adventures.  That first forbidden car ride felt amazing.  Surely the happiness that I felt in leaving the house couldn't really be bad for me.  I needed to get everything for my hospital bag so I could stop obsessing about how I wasn't ready.  (My list was nearing 45 items long... overkill?  perhaps).  Now I have everything except a robe and it just needs to be packed.  I kind of feel like if I pack it, I will need it so I am holding out.

Clothes are becoming slightly more challenging in that I am growing out of the few maternity clothes that I have been wearing all the time.  I do have moments of panic about how big I've gotten but I am largely repeating to myself that this is temporary, the girls are getting nice and big and soon enough I can initiate the lose the baby weight plan.  Luckily I have a few dresses that will fit no matter how big my tummy chooses to get!

And now for the tummy...

This is the first maternity top that I bought... I'm pretty sure I am pushing its limits.

Here is a close up (and not a full side view) so I kind of think it actually makes me look smaller than I am.

The other things occupying my mind.... finalizing the decision to use a doula on the big day and then confirming one.

Happy Wednesday!

Just in case you missed it... here is the twin bump at 14 weeks, 16 weeks, 18 weeks, 22 weeks, 24 weeks and 28 weeks!