“Her husband looks like Santa Claus. Google it.” — LR
I’m 24 weeks now, a big week in terms of viability.
I passed my glucose test with flying colors, but it appears that I am anemic. Oops! My doctor told me to start taking iron supplements, I asked if I should eat more meat because my meat intake is minimal. She said that I could do that but she’d still like me to take the supplements because I’m having twins - she wants my iron levels to be as high as possible when I give birth.
Peanut butter muffins, breakfast for the week. All I need is a smear of jam!
I did it!
Last bite
Heart shaped pancake
A special morning. Sweets is making me pancakes :)
It’s my brother’s birthday. He doesn’t much like traditional cakes, so I made him Korean yakbap (steamed sweet rice cake). Someday I will master square cutting.
Late to the party, but testing out instagram. Saturday morning, coffee in my ABC Store reward cup. (Taken with instagram)
A coworker gave me a bunch of pastillas.
Flavors: ube, macapuno, carrot, and jackfruit.
My favorite is ube, of course :)
Every day I come home from work, it’s like Christmas. (All of these packages are from today).
Subject: Braxton Hicks Contractions
I started getting braxton hicks contractions at just over 19 weeks - the first one was after sitting in the heat at a Dodger game. I was getting only a few a day but last week they increased significantly. Last Wednesday I started writing them down, mainly for record keeping in case something happens, but partly to help myself keep a realistic view of what’s going on. At two days shy of 23 weeks, here’s what it looked like yesterday:
7:05a
8:30a
9:29a
10:05a
10:50a
11:53a
12:15p
1:47p
2:55p
3:02p
4:00p
4:13p
4:16p
4:53p
5:20p
6:10p
7:19p
7:36p
8:00p
8:16p
8:30p
8:36p (mild)
8:46p
8:50p
9:08p
9:45p
10:25p
I went to see my doctor about it last Friday and after a quick check was reassured that everything is fine. She said that sometimes with twins, braxton hicks contractions are more common. I have a lot of trust in my doctor so I’m sure everything is fine, but they are still scary and I wish they would stop or at least let up a bit. I didn’t think they would happen this early or this often. I’ve been told by friends that they will intensify as my pregnancy progresses so I worry about what is to come.
22 weeks, 5 days.
In an attempt to let my body rest a bit while I was at work yesterday, I slouched down in my chair. I was amazed to see movement from the outside. It was sporadic, but most definitely happening. I took in the moment and watched for a few minutes before getting back to work.
At night there was a ton of movement and Eric lay with his hand on my belly, in awe of all the activity. We are happy that both are growing strong.
Downdog split, 22.5 weeks.
Oops! Alignment is off.
Downward facing dog, 22.5 weeks.