32 Weeks and Holding

Hooray--it's April and I've made it to 32 weeks! I've had two doctor's appointments since my last post, and both times my cervix was nice and closed and everything looks good. Baby B has flipped to breech again, but the docs actually think a vaginal delivery is the way to go for me based on Baby A's good position. I've decided not to really think about it at this point. I've done my reading and research, and whatever happens, happens. Both escape routes are going to give new definition to my understanding of pain, so as long as the babies are okay it doesn't really matter to me.

This past week, I had another little growth spurt as my appetite was huge and my belly skin itched like never before. When things settled down, I found that my underbelly had grown a reinforcement structure of thick skin/muscle to support my extended belly, which is now truly horizontal to my legs and sticks out far enough to look cartoonish. Amazing what the body will do. I'm actually quite pleased with my little body for how strong it has been through this entire process. It reacted well to the IVF cycle, it avoided morning sickness despite some crazy high hormonal levels, and it has expanded to a size I never thought possible. Despite the not being able to get pregnant naturally issue, I'm quite pleased with how it has responded to all the curves it's been thrown this year. Let's hope it can keep this stamina up for a good delivery and recovery.

There are a few other things on my mind, like how my annoying in-laws have invited themselves down this weekend so we can cook Easter dinner for them, but I don't want to be negative right now. I'll see how the weekend goes and then complain...

There's also good news on the au pair front. After being torn between two au pairs, the first one I originally blogged about decided to accept our offer and we have made the necessary arrangements to have her arrive this summer. I'm a little nervous, but I think this will be the best childcare solution for us with two babies.