Week 28- Another Touchdown!

Hooray! I have made it to 7 months with no bed rest! I'm sure my family thinks I'm on bed rest since they only see me laying around when they are home. I have about 2 good hours in the middle of the day where I pretend that all of this is not effecting me and that I feel fine. That whole process wears me out and then I'm on the sofa the rest of the day. I do generally feel fine but my energy is really low and I can't imagine it will get better anytime soon. I also try to get fully dressed, hair and make up, each day but the carpal tunnel effects my hands to where I have a hard time holding the hair dryer or make up brushes. Today feels like a slob day- no hair, no make up. The general public can just deal with it and get out of the fat, fussy lady's way.


I have been eating a TON of steak lately- most likely my body is craving iron and I should take my iron pill but the steak is soooo good! I also am trying to down some protein shakes but feel so full and gross afterward that I am dreading them. I do a chocolate Ensure with peanut butter and banana or a no sugar added vanilla ice cream with a vanilla whey protein. I still don't crave much and if it's not steak my body just won't make room for it.

All that eating is paying off for the girls, they are each the same weight as a single pregnancy at 28 weeks. I find that amazing. The doctor said it will start to decrease due to space constraints but they are ahead of the game so far.

Baby A: 2.6lbs, up 14oz from 3 weeks ago
Baby B: 2.4lbs, up 8oz from 3 weeks ago
Baby C: 2.5lbs, up 11oz from 3 weeks ago

There are no new pictures of the girls, there space is cramped and it's hard to get those cute shots anymore. But the ultrasound did show me where each one is located and it what position. Baby A is now the gate keeper, she is laying sideways at the bottom- no one gets out until she moves. Baby B and C are vertical with their heads up by my lungs, which puts their feet on Baby A. We did see Baby C kicking Baby A in the head in the last ultrasound. I have a feeling that Baby A will want to be as far away as possible from the other two after they are born. Most of the movement I feel is from Baby B and the sonogram tech told me she has the most fluid around her, the biggest swimming pool to play in. B and C move the most and finally Baby A fought back yesterday- my whole body was moved by them! We were so proud of her for fighting back- you go girl!

The only other thing going on in my life is I have nothing to wear. I think I'm down to the few dresses that I have- I actually had to cut away the elastic from my pants on Monday at the ultrasound. It was so tight that it was cutting off circulation to my legs and I just went in the bathroom and started cutting the band- oh the relief. I still hear that I look tiny for having 3 babies but when you are cutting your clothes off in a bathroom you can't help but think people just feel sorry for you and are being nice. Or, they are like Dave and just plain scared of me. As far as I can tell, I have not yet hit that angry pregnant woman stage- you would have to ask Dave and Elle. The doctor said at about 30 weeks he likes to conduct exams from the hallway since the multiple moms are just DONE and ANGRY that the kids aren't out yet. Looks like I have about 2 more weeks of playing nice and then I'll take that free pass and start whining.

I have heard from several people that our family is on their churches prayer chain and I'm thrilled. This is the time to really kick in the prayers that the four of us, me and the girls, make it about 6 or more weeks. I think the girls will actually be fine but I'm starting to feel "done" with it all so I will need the support to deal with the discomfort. The more time they are in the belly the less time in the NICU.

Another ultrasound and my first monitoring session (for contractions which are common and no worry) in 2 weeks.