10/24/2009 15:37
I am alive!
Hello, just wanted to let you all know asap that I have not, in fact, dropped off the edge of the world.
We moved in early September, and STILL have no internet access. After our chosen provider really dropped the ball...about six times...we have finally got rid of them and signed up with a different provider. It's still going to be about 2.5 weeks until we are online, though.
I hope you are all OK. The public computers I have been using have been alllowing me to read your blogs, but not actually log in. I am finally using a family member's computer briefly to let you know what's been happening.
I am now 33.5 weeks pregnant with the twins, so in theory they could come along at any time. Average for twins is 35 weeks.
I am HUUUUUUUGE! Each baby weighs a little over 5lb now, which is great news as it means if they are born early any problems/NICU stay should be fairly minimal. I can't walk very far or do very much without setting off painful contractions and feeling utterly exhausted, but that's fine, I have managed to adjust. I wouldn't say I am completely ready (my bedroom, for example, is just a bed floating in a sea of boxes), but the important things are in place, and I am just working through the other stuff a little at a time.
My husband ended up having to return to the US because of a problem with his residency visa, but after we laid out a fortune on an immigration lawyer, he is now back and working. Our income has dropped an awful lot since he left his old job, but it's a start, we will do our best to get it back up.
I have gained 14lb so far in the pregnancy, which I think is about the same as when I was last here. I haven't gained anything at all in the last six weeks, although I am eating plenty (2900 cals per day!) and the babies are growing well. I just can't eat everything the babies and a very heavy body need!
Anyway, I am still here! Lots of love Rach xxx