Say What???

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday. Again. I guess I need to start getting used to it because they are going to start happening two to four times a week soon. As of now, I just go weekly. But that will all change soon. I'll have my normal OB visit, my specialist visit, and two non-stress test appointments at the hospital every week. Can we say FUN?!? ;0)

The appointment went great. I am getting sick of the nurses not being able to find the heartbeats though. It really irritates me. That's always the worst part for me (since the devastating day we found out my firstborn son had passed away). I wish the nurses knew how horrible that is for me. Especially when they say, "Hmm . . . well I can't find them, maybe I'll go get another nurse to help me." My heart always skips a beat. NOT FUN. I wish they'd just stop searching for the heart tones and put me on the ultrasound machine to start with. Then there's no doubt that my babies are fine. *sigh* Oh well, c'est la vie. No worries though, we always find the heartbeats (eventually).

The doctor checked my cervix and it is completely closed and very tight. That's good! That's what we want to hear! He'll continue checking it every week from now until delivery. Super fun.

Then he measured the height of my uterus. For those who don't know, when you are pregnant with one baby, your uterus usually measures as many centimeters as you are weeks (example, if you are 35 weeks along then your uterus will measure 35 centimeters). Well here I was, 25 weeks pregnant and I was measuring 36 centimeters. AHH! With twins they expect you to measure about 8 weeks bigger. So even for a twin pregnancy, I am measuring a little big. Not a huge surprise though, I always measure a little bigger.

Then I nervously asked my doctor, "So when my uterus reaches 40 centimeters, will my body think it's time to deliver the babies?" He said, "Oh, no. You'll be surprised at what your body can do. You'll probably hit 44 cm before we're all said and done with."

Then the nurse said, "In fact, we measured a twin mom yesterday who was 50 centimeters and still hasn't delivered!"

SAY WHAT?!?!?! Wow. Well, at least I know that it's physically possible for a body to stretch that far.

So 50+ centimeters, here I come!