22 Weeks - Belly Compare!

Time seems to have slowed down......things were zipping by with the holidays, my birthday, Charlotte's birthday, a crazy work deadline, hunting for a minivan and all of a sudden I am left feeling like "Now What". It is good things have slowed down b/c my body is demanding it. The most glamorous part of pregnancy for me are the varicose veins in my legs and vulva (probably don't want me to explain further). I have purchased compression stockings as I am in pretty bad pain after standing for 30 minutes so even grocery shopping has become difficult. I had these with my first pregnancy but of course it appeared more like week 30 - not week 20. But, I am hoping with the stockings everything will go back to normal later this year.

Although I was nervous for the 20 week anatomy scan - everything went great. She was able to check out all organs and both babies looked great. They were even measuring 4 and 6 days ahead! According to Dr. Luke's book I should have gained 25 lbs by 20 weeks.....I was only up 17lb. So, I added protein shakes into my nightly routine and as of yesterday was up to 25lbs! I have really started feleing the babies move - baby boy I see kicking from the outside and I love keeping my hand on my belly to feel his taps. Since baby girl is lower I feel her movements inside...which is a bit weird. Besides the veins I feel pretty good except for being completely exhausted. On the weekends I religiously take a 2 hour nap each day. But being this tired doesn't leave much time for me to hang out or talk to my friends - I feel kind of like I am hiding out - which I feel very guilty / sad about. But then I remember - I am growing TWINS!!

So, as for "Now What".....I go back in 2 weeks for another u/s and will do the 1 hour glucose test. I am moving Charlotte to her new big girl room next week so then I can work on "tweaking" her old room back into a nursery - with an extra crib! I am very excited about this!! I can start filling the drawers with burp clothes, hand-made hats, paci's, pink and blue small onsies and sit in the nursery chair and dream about our baby boy and baby girl. Sounds wonderful to me.

As for belly shots.....I compared week 22 with this pregnancy vs. my singleton pregnancy...When looking through my old photos my belly now looks like week 29 with a singleton. Yikes!!!


Twins!


Singleton! (and Tan!!)