Week 31. Ooof.

Sean keeps telling me I don't look any bigger--but all I can say is I FEEL GI-NORMOUS! The doctor told me at my last appointment he could easily induce at week 37 instead of 38, based on their rapid growth. I say "take 'em out now!," but I know they still need a little time to incubate.

On March 19th, at my last ultrasound, they were both over three pounds. Dr. L told me then they were growing at about a half-pound per week. Well, that makes them 4 1/2 each now, and boy howdy are they taking up a lot of room. He said they'd continue at that rate until about the end of April, then they'd start to slow down. Oooof again.

Lastnight we went swimming at our local community pool, and it felt as if the weight of the world (or at least two babies) was temporarily lifted. I'm going to make Sean take me a lot in the next month. Oh, and I'm starting to waddle, I'm afraid. And getting out of bed at night to pee now takes me longer for the out/in debacle than the actually peeing. I'm snoring so much Sean's sleeping in the guest bed. My cankles are officially here to stay--they go down quite a bit at night, but otherwise--I'm trying to adjust to the constant tightness. (And yes, the doctor's seen them and says it's fine--to be expected as long as my blood pressure is okay, which it is.)

Anyhoo, things are progressing marvelously, and we're still feeling blessed! The clothes are washed and put away, we've got the bouncy seats and bassinets assembled, one crib down with one more to go. The car seats are ready to be installed, the double snap-n-go is assembled--now we wait.

Took a picture this morning of what I see when I look down at my desk at work. Put a pen in there for comparison. Sorry for the sideways view, but you get the (LARGE) point.