I'm back! Actually, we've been back since early Saturday morning but I've been regrouping since then. I'm pretty excited to be 24 weeks because that means it's V day! Viability week! Bitty has a 50/50 chance of survival if he were to be born right now and every week after this his chances increase. It makes me feel good, but I also want him to stay put for 15 more weeks! I'm not showing any signs of complications, so everything is good!
Our vacation was pretty good! I can't say there wasn't stress, it's very hard to pull yourself in 50 different directions while 50 different family members and friends have schedules that you have to work around (and everyone wants a piece at the same time!) J and I clashed a few times when we wanted to see certain people at certain times when the other one wanted to see someone else, but we worked through it and I think we did a good job of making sure everyone got to see the girls at least once!
The girls did great on the airplane ride there, it was a short flight about 2 hrs 40 min and they slept for a little while and whined over who got to sit with daddy in the window seat. It also helped that the plane wasn't even half full so I switched to the row behind us and sat in the window seat so both girls could enjoy the view. The girls also did great the whole time we were there, not including the standard meltdowns from lack of taking a nap, but otherwise they did exceptionally well! They had fun everywhere we went, really enjoying running around outside. I've started to notice that I'm slowing down quite a bit. Chasing after them is getting harder and I get tired and just want to sit much more easily now. I can only expect that to get worse! Anyway, they slept great at night, had a lot of fun, ate a TON of food and we had an enjoyable time! It was nice to come back to my air conditioning though, it was pretty hot while we were out there and everyone there is used to it so they don't use their air, or don't even have it! My babies were sweating a few times! haha The plane ride on the way home was a nightmare, it was too late at night and the girls were overtired and only wanted to be held by me, they cried during most of the ride and it happened to be an extra long ride, over 3.5 hours! We survived though! Can't say I want to do that again anytime soon, early morning seems to work better for plane rides!
Bitty is doing well! We had a Dr appointment yesterday and everything looks great. I have a glucose test in 4 weeks and I'm confident that I'll pass that one this time around too. Uterus is measuring perfectly, a few inches above my belly button and sticking out pretty far! I think I'll feel comfortable taking a picture at 28 weeks. He's been kicking and moving up a storm, really getting moving! He's much stronger and I can almost always see when he's kicking and moving from the outside. I've started getting the pressure from feeling his whole body move, can't wait to see that from the outside too! Sadly I've gained about 7lbs, though from what I'm reading 15lbs at this point isn't abnormal so I guess I'm doing well? I blame it on the vacation food!
Symptoms - Sciatic pain has been pretty bad, sleeping has been getting more difficult, I get up at least 3-4 times to pee and my hips and legs have been hurting a lot. Heartburn has been horrible, I asked my Dr for a higher dose prescription so I'm on Zantac 300mg twice a day, hoping that helps!
Food cravings - I miss my McChickens! Haven't craved anything else.
Size of baby - Bitty should be somewhere close to 1.5lbs and 12 inches, like a little banana! He's definitely growing from what I can feel!
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