Week 24 and 25: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Week: 25

Weight:155 (Pre-pregnancy weight=125)

Body changes: My "innie" belly button is no more. It's kind of a half outie, half just weird.
Rose (good thing that happened) and thorn (bad thing) of the week:
Rose-Babies are healthy and 2 lbs a pop!
Thorn-Babies are only 2 lbs a pop! Where is all this other weight coming from?? Oh wait, I think I know...

Week 24

Week 25

During week 24 of my pregnancy, I went on a work trip to Louisville, KY for the Mid-America Trucking Show for 4 days. I had gotten permission to fly from my doctor, but he was hesitant about it. I didn't understand why it seemed like maybe not such a good idea until after the fact. Yeah. Umm. It was basically like one of my worst ideas to date. During the trucking show, we have a company booth where all we have to do is stand and represent Prime and answer questions and recruit drivers. Seems simple enough, right??! Well, it turns out the convention center was the size of my hometown, and it is possible to get so lost inside the convention center that one could walk for a continuous 20 minutes and still be lost.  I mean...so I've heard. But really, I did get lost and ended up sitting on a random bench in the middle of some wing of the center for 15 minutes just to catch my breath. I knew if I took one more step, I would either pop out a baby or pass out. After that, my body basically felt like it had been run over for the rest of the convention. My back, my boobs, my chest, my legs, my belly. Every part of my pregnant body hurt.

Mid-America Trucking Show-Louisville, KY

 Planes: I was scared of flying to Louisville because the month before when I flew I ended up with a week full of charlie horses at night. Doctor said to drink lots of water and get up and walk during flight this time. I drank a little water because I feared having to pee in the tiny toilets in the sky and was too intimidated to get up at all during the flight to walk in the aisle. Plus, come on. Those planes that fly out of Springfield, MO are only like 20 feet in length anyhow. Luckily, on the flights back to MO, I somehow got first class on one flight which was awesome. I've never appreciated legroom so much in my life.

Trains: In prior trips, I thought the "plane trains" or trams that run you from concourse to concourse at the airports were pretty cool. When I rode it, I imagined myself on the monorail at DisneyWorld (instead of the reality which was standing next to stinky, stressed out, exhausted frequent flyers). However, this trip I was a little nervous to step on the plane train because the day before the plane train at the Chicago Airport derailed and injured 32 people. (Chicago Train Derails) Normally, I would try to look like a frequent flyer and not hold too tightly to those poles on the train, but I said screw that and clung to the pole like it was my new night job. Luckily, we survived the 30 second train ride from concourse to concourse.

Automobiles: For the convention, we somehow ended up at a hotel/casino not even in the state of Kentucky. Our hotel was in Elizabeth, IN which gave us a good 30 minute car ride to and from the convention each day. I hadn't had much hope that I would have too much fun on the trip as I knew I was pregnant and couldn't enjoy drinks with coworkers at the end of the work days. (Standing up at these conventions and talking with hundreds of people makes for long days and turns out to be very exhausting.) Despite the body pains, I ended up having a blast with my coworkers. We all agreed that there must have been a gas leak in our rental car because every time we got in the car, it turned into a non-stop laughter fest. There were times when we all just started laughing without even saying anything. (There were also a couple times I was dangerously close to peeing my pants.) I think my cheeks finally just stopped hurting from all of the laughter. Oh yeah...and we almost got hit like 3 times. Good times!

Needless to say, I will be avoiding any more extensive traveling including planes, trains, or automobiles for the rest of the pregnancy.

On Thursday, Josh and I attended a doctor appointment and 2nd ultrasound. I was actually pretty nervous because I worried that I overdid it at the convention and with all the traveling. I hadn't felt an overwhelming amount of movement the few days before the appointment so I was imagining the worst. Fortunately, we had our ultrasound and both boys were found to be healthy and moving and a whopping TWO POUNDS each. I was so happy to hear that news. My doctor was very positive about the babies' progress and my own. He didn't even bring up my weight gain...which I was a bit worried about. It's just so hard to resist the ice cream...and brownies...and cereal...and pb&js. Ha. Josh brought up that I climb a set of stairs at work since I work in the basement and asked the doc if he thought I should use the elevator. Thanks to Josh, I now get to wait for the world's slowest elevator. It seriously takes at least 2 minutes or more each time to go up or down ONE FLOOR. The good news is that the doc also said that I can't mow the lawn (or do other intense chores). Darn! Unfortunately, the doctor also told us that there should be no more sex as it could risk premature labor. Of course, now I want it more than ever. Ha. I'll just have to settle for brownies to fill that void for now. ;)

Took our nephew to the Shrine Circus this past weekend. Not sure who enjoyed it more, but I'm pretty sure it would be Amanda and me. Human canon ball was the best part. Slightly terrifying but very cool...especially since he didn't die.

Had my glucola test this morning. I actually bought my routine McDonald's breakfast burrito and remembered the test as I grabbed the McD's bag from the drive-through employee. Man was that painful to throw away the  burrito and have to wait to eat for hours. I found the glucose drink to be pretty delicious. Maybe it was because I was just hungry, but it tasted like an orange soda. Hopefully, my results come back good. We'll find out in a couple weeks.

Anyway, babies are kicking me a lot, and we are getting more and more eager to meet them. Life is good.

Have a blessed week!