26 weeks - Heartburn, backpain, and blessings

So I'm 26 weeks pregnant. Real babies in there. I have a long list of complaints/gripes about how I'm feeling but the bottom line is this. There are a lot of people who are delivering their baby/babies at 26 weeks right now who will spend the next 3 months visiting their baby/babies in the NICU. Back pain seems easier to bear. The other thing is that I have friends who are going through the unimaginable nightmare of losing their little girl to brain cancer. She was born on the same day as my son, and in June was given 3 months to live. It's a total nightmare.

So I have no complaints, and I have so much to be grateful for.

24 weeks - Talking carseats

I have insomnia. Well, it's not quite insomnia, but it is definitely a close cousin. I wake up at 4ish to pee, can't get back to sleep, then get hungry so I get a snack, and can't lie right back down because I'll get heartburn, so I have to stay up a bit and then I never go back to sleep. Good stuff.

I am not complaining, because I know that I am so lucky to be pregnant and to be having such a healthy twin pregnancy - but I'm tired. I'm really tired.

We got 2 carseats a few weeks ago from a friend. I have found that at 4:30am when I'm up and tired, they kind of mock me as if to say "you think you're tired now - just you wait!"...it's very intimidating.

This week as part of the twin preparation, we traded in our little car (bought when I was pregnant with our son 2 years ago) and got a minivan. At least I can just give up trying to be cool because that ship has clearly sailed!

I keep wishing and hoping for all of my friends who are undergoing fertility treatments. I feel so lucky to be on the other side of all of that. If anyone reading this has any luck, please leave a comment.