28th week update

Completed my "6th months done - what next" visit to my gynec this week. Had no complaints, except for the hand pain. The doctor asked me "Are you sure, it is pain? It should be just numbness, that is what our book says!" :) ... He is a man, a honest one! I didnt want to stress that it was pain, because I was getting self doubts if it was really numbness or indeed pain?. But the brain kept saying isnt it a little bit of pain atleast? Yes carpal tunnel syndrome especially in my right hand has become a big reality lately. And yes it isnt just numbness, it can be classified as pain, I have concluded by observation this week! :) ... Especially my right hand, mainly in the early morning, or when I wake up midnight. Goes away after a while, after some shaking and moving. But the intensity seems to be increasing. Though in reality it is not really a big deal, just a new observation!

But since I told him I am aware that this pain is normal, and is expected with increasing blood flow, he also agreed with me and we didnt go for any medicine for that. I was happy about that. He just asked me to continue iron, calcium and duvadilan.

Expecting very eagerly to go for the next ultrasound on or after 30th week. I am still very poor at guessing my babies through their kicking. I still cant figure out where their head is and where their leg is, whether it is just kicking, or it is actually some somersaulting or movement! Yesterday night I was sure it was "hiccups" from one of them, because it was rhythmic and continued for a while. Hiccups are to be expected I read in the web! Part of their growing up!
I cant believe other people can say exactly where which part of the body is :))) ... Either I am too buffalo skinned or so bad at self observation or really one or both of them are just playing peekaboo with me, somersaulting around keeping me guessing where which part is and where who is!!!
But the funny thing is their movement is so pronounced now, you can see it very clearly even if I am wearing a thick gown, like rats under the carpet! I never knew you could see a baby moving inside a pregnant woman that easily from outside! :)

I am gaining weight, though eating the same. I wonder if it is all the excess water that I am drinking or if the kittens are really adding on their fat this fast. I am almost 72kg now! :)))) ... Yeah tell me about it! :) ... But to my utter happiness, I can still walk quite briskly slight uphill upto 2 or 3 km, without feeling much tired. Evenings, definitely I feel like I am 150kg! :)... but still try to walk atleast 2km slowly. The little girls in my campus are feeling very shy to see me with my big tummy and thats really funny watching them! :) ... 3 year - 12 year old girls arent very comfortable with such motty ladki watching! :) I am only surprised that I am not feeling that enormously hungry as many people told me! May be I had been eating too much always! Only strange thing during this pregnancy has been my 4pm-5pm hunger. Coffee or tea doesnt seem enough! But if I eat something a little more I feel very acidic or feel like a hippopotamus on the move! So I dont know if I should or shouldnt eat at that hour!

I have a prediction that my kittens will be fed at 4am, 8am, 12noon, 4pm, 8pm, 12 midnight based on my hunger pattern now! :) But the scary thing is that they say sometimes twins can have different hunger and sleeping schedules!!!:))) .. OH NOOOOO ... I wish they eat and sleep at the same time! :)

So when they keep me awake at 12 midnight I am sometimes google searching on how many third trimester people had more than 2 bowel movements!!! :)))) ... Yeah what all crazy things we want to know! The scary part is that there is a theory that too many bowel movements is an indication of delivery coming up very soon - supposedly the body is cleansing and getting ready. Cleansing part sounds alright, and many bowel movements ensures no bad hemorrhoid episode to happen any soon which is even better, but premature labor sounds still scary. So I am reading in UK who shat how many times in USA who is having how many bowel movements, at the wee hour of 1am! Funny pregnancy life! :) I have been reassured that it is common to have more frequent bowel movements in third trimester.