YAY! Today is the start of another week. :) After my first hospital visit at 22 weeks and 1 day, I'm very thankful to have reached this point and have the babies still happily residing with me. I did have kind of a rough night last night and wondered if it was going to end with another trip to the hospital, but I'm holding out because I have an ultrasound tomorrow and that should tell us if things are moving or if everything is still staying where it needs to.
I have to work hard to keep drinking water as much as possible. I usually am between 84 and 112 ounces of water each day. And still every time I end up at the hospital, they tell me I'm dehydrated and give me an IV. Sometimes I drink so much that I feel like I'm going to float away, so it is crazy to me that I could still be dehydrated.
Mike's mom came in last Thursday and his grandma flew out last Friday. It has been such a blessing to have extra help. It will definitely be sad when Mike's mom leaves on Friday. I have truly been blessed with an amazing mother-in-law. We have a great relationship and I have really enjoyed spending time with her.
Mike likes to tease me about how I'm "so busy" just lying around all day and I have to remind him that I'm taking care of 4 of us while I'm doing that. :) I do have my moments of feeling like I'm not doing anything productive. It is hard to not be able to do so many things you took for granted and it is especially hard feeling like I can't take care of Jonathan like I should. I occasionally find myself very emotional about it, but I try to chalk it up to pregnancy hormones and move on.
One other great part about this week is the addition of being able to see the babies kick from outside. When I first started feeling them move, I thought nothing could be better. Then came being able to put my hand or Mike's hand over the spot and feel them kick and nothing could be better than that, right? Nope. It is so cool to look down and see my tummy moving as the babies move. Love it. I have to think the only thing that will top that is holding them in my arms.
Well, tomorrow is my next ultrasound, so I'll have Mike do a picture then. Thanks again to all those who have been praying for us. We've been overwhelmed by the support of those around us and we know God is going to do great things, no matter how He chooses to work.
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