Thurik Family: 23 Weeks

We had another ultrasound last Thursday. We are having one every three weeks at this point, it's nice to see them so often. I just love those appointments however, they do take forever. I have to lay for at least two hours while they do all the measuring on both babies. The appointment went good. The boy is now measuring bigger than the girl. He grew a ton since our last appointment, the Dr. was very pleased. Her growth was not as ground-breaking but the Dr. was not concerned just wants to watch her carefully. She weighs 1lb 3oz and he weighs in at 1lb 5oz, It doesn't seem there is much of a difference between them but when you consider how small they actually still are those ounces count for a lot. Both babies were head down. She is still curled up in the lower left side of my uterus and he seems to be stretchd out on the right side. It would be nice if they both stayed head down, I would really prefer not to have to have a c-section but I will do whatever my Dr. tells me is best of course. I can feel her more often than I feel him but the ultrasound tech told us he is moving around as much if not more than the girl is. It's so wild to see them moving around in their little home. This was the first appointment I could actually feel them moving around as we saw them on the screen. My Dr. told me that I would measure close to 33wks if I was just having one baby. He said that in 4 to 5 weeks time my belly should measure 40wks for a single baby - full term. YIKES! With twins the belly measurment and size should be about 10wks a head of where I actually am in the pregnancy. I am going to be just gigantic by the end. I am already so uncomfortable and it feels like my skin is already stretched to the max. I know it will stretch more but it's hard to imagine being anymore uncomfortable than I aready am!! Jerame is so sweet he tells me daily how beautiful I am and that I am the cutest pregnant lady he has ever seen. It makes me feel so good, I am such a lucky girl to have him by my side through this.

I really have to prioritize my energy these days because it doesn't take much for me to be just get completely tierd out. Jerame always laughs at me becasue I have all of these grand plans & to-do lists for our weekends and I normally can only handle doing one or two out of the 20 things I normally think we should try and get done. All of this hard work will be so worth it though. We just can't wait to meet our precious little babies.

Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful Mom's!