27 weeks - Hello 3rd trimester, Cervix recheck & A baby foot with a face!

Hooray hooray!! Had my weekly cervical ultrasound yesterday and I'm still at 1.8cm! Still scarily short, BUT so grateful to be able to return home and that it hasn't shortened. My worst measurement so far is 1.1cm. Anything below 1cm (that's only 1/3 of an inch!! Really?! That's all that's holding in my poor babies!!) and we go back to the hospital. We packed our hospital bags again yesterday morning before the appointment just in case, I think that's our good luck charm, ha ha. If we don't pack them we will jinx ourselves ;) Jk, it's totally everyone's prayers and faith that's making this miracle possible. Thank you for all of the love and concern! Well, both babies, their fluid, and cords, still look marvelous! My app says they're 15 inches long now and over 2 lbs! They also drink over a pint of amniotic fluid everyday. Their kidneys are fully functional as well as their bladders. Their fluid is traded out every three hours! Hopefully next ultrasound or the one after we can see how much they weigh and how long they are. I'm DYING to know since they start measuring the babies from head to toe starting this next week! Are they short and chubby? Or long and skinny? So fun to wonder! Cameron hasn't been very active the last day or so, I was starting to worry. But he must have just tuckered himself out by being a crazy little ninja baby allll the time because he definitely checked out fine today. He is a total womb hog! He has most of the middle and all of the top to himself. He also loves his picture taken, the tech thought he was pretty funny today. He would hold nice and still for all of the face shots, ha ha. Poor Claire is still squished down at the bottom, so her profile picture isn't as good. But, she's still adorable and waved to us while standing on her head. Cameron is sideways again. His heart rate was 147 and Claire's was 163. Both in the normal range. So extremely grateful they are healthy and growing well! It's so reassuring to see them doing well every week, as much as I don't like how many ultrasounds the poor things have to have :(

Dr. O called me today and said I'm doing fantastic! He is thrilled with the bed rest and meds results and said to keep doing exactly what I'm doing. He said now is not the time to decide to go for a walk, ha ha. I was like um nooo definitely not, I promise!! I see him next week for another glucose test and to touch base. He said he thinks we need to have a party for reaching our 28 week goal next weekend! I agree, ha ha. 95% survival rate, yay! Once I'm 28 weeks we also won't have to go to the further away hospital. We can go to the one closer that I was recently admitted to. Lovvved them! That would be such a drive to see the babies everyday if we had to go to the other hospital (it's better equipped for babies born under 28 weeks but is twice as far away), and their NICU stay is still likely to be one or two months if they're born in the next few weeks. So, crossing our fingers for another week and for the closer hospital! We will go wherever we need to though of course.

My belly is definitely getting bigger, it's so fun to see it grow. I thought I would be much wider and bigger at 6 months, but I'm growing more outward/forward. My ribs are aching more now along with my ab muscles, but that's ok! Keep growing little piglets! I still have to remain on strict bed rest even though my cervix hasn't changed. Realistically, I could go into labor at any time. So, Mom is still washing my hair over the side of the bed in a plastic bin, and I only am allowed to get up to potty and wash off my body in the shower when I can't stand myself anymore. Bed rest actually hasn't been that bad! My back and neck get quite sore (especially my neck!) from only laying on my sides, and the contraction medication that I take every 6 hrs gives me horrible headaches and hot flashes...but it will all be sooo worth it! I am willing to put up with whatever for our little bebes. Just want them here safely and as chubby as we can possibly get them!

Mom has been making me all sorts of yummy treats now that food is the highlight of my day, ha ha. Can't believe I haven't gained any weight, babies are still sucking it all out of me. Which is good! We're so grateful mom is here! I know I keep saying that but it's true! We lived far away from home for a few years and didn't see each other a ton, so it has been fun! Besides the two redboxes we rented, we haven't watched any tv cause we have so much fun visiting and giggling. We are hysterical at least once a day, ha ha. I'm sometimes afraid I'm gonna laugh the babies out of their home, ha ha. But we definitely need some laughter during this scary time! My sister and Granny are also coming to visit for a couple days and I am sooo stinkin excited! I almost started bawling when I found out. Company is going to be so fun! Cannot wait to see them and my cute little chubby baby niecey!! 

Here's a shot of my belly, Cameron's adorable face and poochy little lips (I just want to kiss them!), new profile of Claire waving, and apparently Cameron's foot comes with a face on it? lol ;) Funny how you can often find shapes and silly things on sonogram pictures. One of our very first sonogram pics we got after finding out it was twins, my uterus looked just like a fish swimming, with a gaping mouth off to the side and everything, so funny.

Babies bellaay! 

 Claire waving :)

 Foot with a face! Lol

 Handsome wittle guy!