Aww, how sweet of you all to ask.
(This also came up on ML's MIA thread)
First off, the pictures:
Here is Twin A (Heckle)
http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/...urrent=MAYALLCLAUDIAKAYE20090504121536624.jpg
And Twin B (Jeckle)
http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/...urrent=MAYALLCLAUDIAKAYE20090504110442824.jpg
This is how big I was a month ago...
http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/...view¤t=Paul-birthday-53andothers005.jpg
So as you can imagine, I need a wheelbarrow to carry my belly around these days...
At the last ultrasound, Heckle and Jeckle each weighed nearly 5 lbs, and they're each about 18 inches long, as best as they can tell. According to the charts, they should each be about 3 to 3 1/2 lbs now, so clearly they're taking after husband rather than me in the size department. Phew! Big strapping babies, who will fit in well here in the Land of the Giants (plus one tiny Mom).
I am into the home stretch now. I'm just about finished training my replacement at work (in a very cool twist, husband is my replacement), and am scheduled to start maternity leave at the end of this week. Good thing too, as my OB-doctor ordered me to bed today. I'm hoping to get through the rest of the week at the office, and then take the doctor's bed rest order seriously. With husband right there sharing my desk, I'm a bit less worried about breaking the rules for the next few days.
I've had a couple of premature labour scares over the last few weeks, but things seem to have settled down a bit, so I'm just biding my time. Due to medical policy, OB-doctor won't schedule my C-section until I've reached 37 weeks, so it's set for Sept 4th. However, the nurses at Labour and Delivery are all betting that it will be 2 more weeks at the most. I'm siding with the nurses...I just don't think I can hold out another 6 weeks.
Janet, Star, I have a gut feeling it's boys as well. I have made sure that the ultrasound technicians have not given anything away, because neither husband nor I really wants to know until the time is here, but my heart tells me they're boys. Heck, if they're girls they will be wearing a lot of blue jumpers with airplanes on them, because I seem to be gravitating to boyish things...
And Janet, Thadeus is a VERY cool name.
Even though I haven't been posting much, you're all in my thoughts every day. I have made husband promise to post an update when the babies are born, so I won't leave you hanging.
Trinity