28 Weeks and counting

On Saturday, August 21st, Phil's parents & sister threw me a surprise baby shower at Carrabba's. I had a feeling that they were planning on throwing me a baby shower, but had no idea when it was going to be. That day, Phil told me we had to meet our new accountant at Carrabba's, to discuss future finances. He played it off so well that I believed him. Well, when we walked into Carrabba's and everyone yelled surprise, I must have turned 5 shades of red. I had no idea!! The place was decorated so cute & the party favors were adorable. The theme was 2 peas in a pod. The turnout was great, and so many of my friends and family were there. Victoria & Nicholas were spoiled with all the great baby gifts. They got so many cute little outfits, a stroller, piggy banks, newborn Halloween Costumes, bouncies, mobiles, nursery decor-lamps, Texas baby plates, and so many other cute things. After the shower, a lot of people came back to our house & hung out for a while. Everyone did a champagne toast to the wonderful events going on in our life right now, from twins on the way to Phil becoming co-owner to Beaches Rehab. My friend Ale stayed the night, and in the morning we went shopping at Babies-R-Us. She bought the twins their bed mattresses & Phil and I bought their comforter sets with gift cards. The baby nursery is really starting to come together. :)
Monday, I had my first appointment with Dr Fox at Baptist Medical Center. She came into the room & hugged me right away. She reviewed my records and started to discuss a plan of care with me concerning the twins delivery. She discussed really wanting to do a c-section on me & would prefer to do it around 35-36 weeks of gestation. Dr Fox doesn't even want to take the chance of me going into labor because of all my scar tissue & she wants a very controlled environment for the c-section. She plans to have general surgeons awaiting standby just in case my surgery becomes unexpectedly difficult. She wants to perform an amniocentesis around 35 weeks to check for fetal lung maturity & go ahead with surgery if their lungs are mature. I will be 35 weeks pregnant on October 11th. That's kinda funny because my moms birthday is Oct 5th, my birthday is Oct 8th, and their birthday could be Oct 11th. Kinda strange.... We would have two little Libra's. :) Phil and I would really prefer to wait until they are 37 weeks gestation to deliver, if all is going well, but if the doctors feel it is best to deliver early then we will of course listen to them.