Saturday, we slept in and spent the day with our neighbours, went for breakfast and walked around the mall for a few hours. Phil & I had a beautiful dinner at our favorite place, Redwater. I love date nights! Hopefully we will be able to make time for date nights even after our babies arrive. We'll "hire" the Grandma's to watch the babies for the first few times we go out alone.
Sunday's plans included more sleeping in (until noon) and then an entire day of doing nothing but watching movies together and relaxing...
Monday, my plans are for more of the same while Phil does one more day of work before the babies make their debut. In the evening, we'll double check that we have everything by the front door for the hospital in the morning.
Tuesday morning, we'll be packing the truck and heading to the Rockyview Hospital for 10am. I hope the drive there isn't too overwhelming, and that our experiences while there are all smooth and in our favour. I know that Phil is as nervous as I am at the planned prospect of Tuesday. In some ways it'd be easier to just not know and have the babies arrive randomly. C'mon cubs, time to come out soon.
My parents will also be driving into the city on Tuesday. My Mom will come to the hospital to meet us and be with us during labour. Once the doctors take me into the OR (Twins at Rockyview deliver in the OR whether it's natural birth or c-section), then my Mom will have to wait in the waiting room until the babies arrive and they move me into the Postpartum ward. My Dad will get to spend the day with the puppy dogs, watching TV or doing whatever he likes at our house. Once the babies are born, he can also come to visit us. Hoping for a good experience for us all.
I did a comparison photo of myself at week 7 and week 37. I don't have a real "before" photo so this will have to do. I think it's neat to see how big my belly really got! I also miss having a rib cage. Where the heck did it go?! In a few months time (perhaps 6-12 months?) I'll be able to post a real "after" photo which looks close to this "before". I plan to resume going to the gym once I feel up to it/get clearance from our doctor. My goal is end of February. I'll be taking it slow at first doing weights and re-learning to run on the treadmill. I basically have to start at square one all over again, but know that I can do it. Then after a few months, I'll go hire a trainer for some real butt kicking and use the remaining sessions I have saved.
Well, no signs of labour yet, but I'm still trying to get things moving along if I can. If not, we have a couple more days and then the doctors will help out. Thank you again for all of your prayers and positive thoughts. We've had so much support during our pregnancy, it has really been heartwarming.
Love,
The Smeltz Family
