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My husband and I went to visit my parents last weekend and we take the train an hour upstate to see them. We had just left the house and I realized I forgot something. 

I forgot my pills, I told my hubs.

Which ones?

My birth control pills.

He laughed. Obviously I am not on birth control.

I mean my pregnancy pills, I stuttered. You know, my daily pill.

Your prenatals?

Sigh. Yes.

For the life of me I couldn't remember the words prenatal vitamins.

My feet are swollen. Not just a little bit swollen -- full on cannot see the ankles swelling up through the knee really bad like I've never seen before swollen swollen. My hands are slightly swollen, too, but not as bad.

Even if my feet are up all day, they still swell. Even when I first wake up in the morning, they are still big fat swelled up piggies. I would show you a photo but it's so so bad, I just can't.

It's edema at it's worst (or maybe best?) making me super uncomfortable. It even hurts to walk. I can't even fit into certain shoes because of the swelling!

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We're joining Kim (aka wntg1grl), a stay-at-home mom of three who's expecting twins, on her exciting journey from bump-to-babies. Check back every week for the latest developments.

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We're joining Kim (aka wntg1grl), a stay-at-home mom of three who's expecting twins, on her exciting journey from bump-to-babies. Check back every week for the latest developments.

TMI alert...I've always had big nipples and areolas. But wow...they seem bigger than ever during pregnancy, plus they are a much darker color. And my boobs have increased a full cup size so far and I'm 25 weeks along.

I remember seeing my mom's nipples years and years ago (early teens), and was in awe of how brown they were in comparison to my own. I asked her why they were different than mine. She told me that they change when you have a baby.

They sure do!

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My morning sickness ended around 16 weeks -- and it was bad. Twins. They say it lasts longer. I still have my occasional dry heave, particularly when brushing my teeth or if I move too much right after I eat, but overall it's gone. And that was a huge relief.

But next up is hemorrhoids.

It happened -- at 23 weeks, my fingers are swollen and I can't wear my wedding rings anymore. Sigh.

I also can barely get my fat ankles in my boots, but that's a whole other deal.

It feels weird not to have rings on my finger, so I substituted with another ring as not to feel naked. First I put on a cocktail ring with a huge fake topaz stone and my hubs thought it was obnoxious. Which it was, but fun. For a day.

Now I'm wearing this pretty ruby stone ring that belonged to my mom. It actually has two rubies and two little diamonds -- kind of symbolizing my soon-to-be family of four.

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One of my favorite groups on CafeMom is the Pregnancy group. So much info! So many conversations! So much support!

And one of my favorite pregnancy photos on CafeMom right now is this one by butterfly7sp. I'm stealing this idea -- I just need to buy some blocks. (Don't forget to tag yours dailybuzz to be featured here.)

Here's a collection of some of my favorite posts in the Pregnancy group....

I've been a bloody nose kind of girl. I get them in winter when it's dry in the house, but nothing major. Enter pregnancy and I am getting them a whole lot...and it's summer!

The last one I got was in the middle of the night. I woke up and thought my nose was running. Groggy, I wiped my nose with my hand, but it was wet. Wet wet. So I got up went to the bathroom and found blood all over my face and a new trickle streaming out of my nose. Yikes!

Time out -- baby kicking! I'm feeling my belly right now and baby boy must have just wanted to say hello. Hi baby!

So back to nose bleeds. What the heck?

When I was younger I remember getting a lot of charley horses and I'd yell in pain from the tension in my calf. I hadn't had them in a long time. But about two weeks ago, I stretched my legs out before getting out of bed and it struck! Leg cramp city. Owwie!!

Turns out, this happens a lot to pregnant women.