Sorry for the Delay...

I know it's Thursday, and I went to the doctor on Monday and I was suppose to update and I didn't...sorry, again, for like the one millionth time! Anyway...I guess I've been avoiding updating because I wasn't super thrilled with how the appointment went. So, let me break it down for you...

My appointment was suppose to be at 2:45, we were there at 2:40 like good little patients and I was called back to a room at 3:30. Yes, that's a wait time of 45 minutes, which was crazy. Then Lauren introduces herself as my tech, and I may have hurt her feelings because I asked where Andrew was, and she offered to get him, I declined, but maybe I should have. Why you ask?! Well little Lauren labeled my babies all wrong and had the Abby and Claire switched and I told her so, but she did not believe me. A mother knows these things...well that, and Abby is lowest and will always be on the right, they can not switch sides, but they can flip being head down or feet down. Abby prefers to be head down (she loves to put all the pressure on me) while Claire prefers to be feet down...maybe they like smelling each other's feet (if they could smell and were in the same sac and everything!). Anyway, so we are scanning along...very specific scan again today to look at heart development and for clefts...I'm happy to report all hearts looked great and all upper lips looked great too, ZERO signs of any trouble. I did ask ahead of time for a CD and great pictures, I got neither. She was zoomed in so far that when she printed the pictures they are actually blurry-yuck! I guess all the oh let's take cute pictures moments are gone-yuck! So moving on, in comes Dr. S. who notices the babies are labeled wrong, I tell her I know, poor little Lauren looks confused, we get the babies correctly labeled, Dr. S. does her peek at all of them, doesn't reassure me about my fear of "are the babies moving enough?" and says ok, let me tell you how they are doing. Brayden and Claire weigh about 8 oz. each and Abby weighs about 7 oz. Not a big deal right?! But, Abby is measuring a little bit behind, just a couple of days, but the difference between her and Brayden is 12%, which is up from the last scan which was 11%. Abby has always measured smallest, but on Monday it just flipped me out big time. I don't know if it was just the stress of the bad appointment, the fact that Joseph wasn't there with me (I had 4 others though, no worries there!) or just me flipping out because I'm afraid. Anyway...Dr. S. (and Jean my genetic lady) assure me all babies are perfectly fine, as long as they are with in 20% of each other with growth then that is normal. I will be fine once the babies get here (in many, MANY weeks) and are home in our house crying, letting us know they are healthy. I'm very eager to really feel them kick, I feel them flip and roll and stuff, but I want some good strong kicks. That's coming, I know!

So, anyway...that is how the appointment went Monday. I go back next week Thursday to my regular OB and he'll do great easing my fears and all that stuff. Then the following Monday it's back to the specialist. So...until these babies are here I'm asking that you keep me in your prayers that I will calm down, not be a worry wart and just enjoy this pregnancy. As always, thanks for sharing in our journey and please, always, Remember Jackson!