Diary of preg woman cont...

I woke up on Sunday and my feet were huge!

When I arrived I showed them to a couple of male elders - who i foolishly consider to be supportive friends.
One, with very little hair, looked sympathetically but couldn't hide the smile that was growing across his face. The other, not much older than the first and with a little more hair, said my feet were like that of a hobit and all i needed was to draw some hair on them to complete the look!

On a serious note - swelling of feet, hands and face is a symptom of a condition called pre eclampsia. So the midwife came round on Sunday afternoon and measured my Blood Pressure and took a urine sample to check for protein. They were both fine - so that's good.

The next day I couldn't get any of my shoes on!
Today I wokeup and my fingers were like fat sausages so I've been checked be the midwife again - this time I have a little protein in my urine. So She wants to see me in the morning and on Friday and Monday.
The last time I was pregnant I saw my midwife every four weeks - this time I'm seeing my midwife four times a week. Go figure!

Roll on the next few weeks that's what I say!
To everyone who's praying - I love you guys!

Diary of preg woman cont...

So this week is my last week at work - i go on maternity leave on Friday.
Hooray.

ok the pregnancy - The main side effect i'm havin at the moment is that i'm getting real rib pain. One of the babies is forcing my intestines and other organs over the outside of my ribs and it stings. If I press my hand on one of the babies it does get easier but then I feel bad for putting pressure on one of the kids to move out the way!

I've finally finished my birth plan - that's a form that you fill in before the birth stating your preferences for the delivery.

Mine basically says - i don't want a c section at all. The problem with that is with twins hopsitals only like to deliver babies naturally if they are head down. (meaning head aiming to come out first) But ofcourse with twins often one is head down and the other is feet first!
so you could end up with the total disaster of having a natural delivery for the first then and emergency c section for the 2nd. Talk about the worst of all scenarios.
Well when i go to hospital on Wed to discuss my plan i'm gonna basically say if the 2nd twin is feet down then i want to try and have a breech delivery - they will probably say no but i'm gonna try and argue for it. Apparently there is so much sueing of hospitals these days that they do more c sections than ever to avoid anything going wrong.
Anyway - i'll fill you in on what the Dr thinks to my plan.