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A Milestone

I am 23 weeks along as of Wednesday and everything is going great! I continue to enjoy my CenteringPregnancy group meetings, and now those happen every two weeks instead of every month. It's amazing how much support and information they provide! I was very surprised to find out this week that my midwife, Denise, also has twins -- a boy and a girl who turned 13 years old this week. Denise's twins have two older siblings in their 20s, and the OB nurse that helps run the group also has four kids. Together they provide a wealth of practical knowledge! We've been talking a lot about childbirth and breastfeeding. I'm taking a breastfeeding class this Wednesday morning, so I am looking forward to getting more information about how to successfully breastfeed two babies. Not only will it be great for their health and immune systems, but it will also save us a lot of $$. I recently read that newborns typically eat 8-10 times per day, so we'll be dealing with 16-20 feedings per day! Denise keeps emphasizing that for the first two weeks that we're home that my sole job will be to feed the babies and to rest, so we're going to need all the help we can once we get home from the hospital!

We hit a very cool milestone last night -- Derek can put his hands on my belly and feel the babies move!!! In the last week we have noticed changes in their position, where we can feel a butt or a back push up against my stomach. But last night was the first time that you can feel the babies (from the outside) rockin' and rollin' in there! We laid in bed for a long time with Derek being able to take in the party that's happening in my belly. Baby girl seems to move more than baby boy -- we'll see if this early activity maps onto their personalities in the future!

Here I am at 23 weeks. The OB nurse told me I look like I'm 35-36 weeks with a single right now... I said "really??", and she replied "just wait..."

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