Manic Monday

Grandma sent me this sweet photo of some clothes hanging in the girls' closet already (the rest are packed bc we are still in the process of moving)
It's funny because I go day to day listening to the girls heartbeats and feeling them move, but then I see something like that and it sort of hits me- wow, we are going to be bringing home TWO baby girls. That's pretty insane. And to think - I was the anti-pink girl ;)

Last nights monitoring session wasn't pleasant. After an hour of the nurse trying to get baby B to just stay put, she let me off the hook because my skin looked like it was on fire from all the straps and monitors rubbing against my skin with the gel they use that turns to a dry sticky substance. So she did it again at 6am before she left for the day in hopes to catch baby B while she was still sleepy. It worked :) The nurses keep saying how baby B is difficult and she is crazy and all over the place so I think baby A was missing out on the attention because when the day time nurse tried after breakfast, both babies were in a tag team match to escape from the monitors. They totally shifted sides and were putting so much pressure on my insides- wow was that uncomfortable. The nurse asked if my children were always this difficult...haha what in the world is in store for me?! She laid me all the way back in the bed which just adds pressure to me and makes it beyond difficult for me to breathe. Then proceeds to shove the monitors into my already tight and stuffed belly and pull the straps so tight in order to get a better reading of their heart rates--not a happy mommy! 45 minutes and 2 nurses later, they got a steady read of both hearts- so then the monitoring could begin - but then I had to pee. Hahah

The girls look like they are doing well, so that's all that matters. 

Here are just a few thoughts I had...

Things that make me feel like I'm in an insane asylum:

1.) standing at my window looking out at all the people who are free to drive by

2.) the electrical outlets don't work in the bathroom. I have to blow dry my hair in the room

3.) the toilet paper roll needs a key in order to change toilet paper. Which is really unfortunate bc an empty roll on the holder is one of my biggest pet peeves 

4.) the tiny white cups they give me my vitamins in. Reminds me of the movie "girl interrupted" I'm just waiting on someone to have to watch me shave my legs...

On second thought--I wish someone would just do that for me at this point because it is becoming quite difficult to reach the lower part of my legs!! 

5.) staying in one room allllll the time. I walked down the hallway to get my own water - which felt like a field trip - and one of the nurses told me I need to stay in bed. The more I move, the more the babies move, the more chance of entanglement. Ay yi yi 

6.) the monotony 

A physical therapist came in to show me some "exercises" to do while on bed rest. The exercises consist of raising my arms, flexing my calves, turning my head, and squeezing my butt muscles.  She then proceeded to ask if I wanted her to write that down so I can remember. Haha I got it, thanks. All I could think was, did I just pay for that??? I am going to need some serious personal training after this. I figure I will have 2 car seats I can do some bicep curls with and hold both babies while doing squats :) Grandma Judy's cookies probably aren't helping either, but man are those things good ;)

In much more exciting news--- I got a new bed!  Just like the contraptions around my legs that I have to sleep in every night, the bed raises and decompresses to help blood flow while I'm sleeping. This ought to be fun and really help with the new motion sickness issue I have since I've been pregnant.