Week 22...BOO HOO to you!!!

I have never wanted to "overdo" my pregnancy posting. But if I started posting one a week I would have about 10 left. I really want to take advantage of this whole thing and document all the craziness! So this is what I know at week 22 with triplets...

1. A good night's sleep is something I only dream about. And I spend most of my nights debating on whether or not getting up to pee is worth the pain it's gonna take to get there. I try to save up all the pain for the dozens of times I have to roll over in bed. Poor Erik. I don't know how he sleeps with all my moaning and groaning in bed. ( and not in the good way :) )

2. Because of the weight/size/cramming of the babies. Almost every time I lay down in any position, I have to breathe in real deep and heavy for about 10 seconds. Even my Ultrasounds have become really uncomfortable and I have to keep taking breaks during them. Embarrassing.

3. They kick!! MY FAVORITE!!! It really is an amazing feeling with these little girls. It makes me just fall for them. I'm so lucky to get to go through something so unique. When one isn't kicking, another is. It's so reassuring to have active babies ( I may take that back later) because every day that goes by I know they're ok. As long as they keep the ballet & soccer down to a minimum we're good.

4. Nothing fits. Somewhere in the last month and a half I completely passed that "cute belly" stage where you are poking out like a honey dew melon & you can wear cute drapey stuff. I skipped straight to busting out like a watermelon. It only lasted about 2 weeks. Now I'm completely limited already to clothing that either fits real snug to show my outline, or else anything drapey looks like a tent. Eek. By the way, Aeropostale lounge pants are seriously my guilty pleasure right now.

5. I'm old. Like 85 years old. Ok I'm not but I FEEL it. I never thought my body would get this bad. I know on the outside I don't look so bad. But I truly feel so old inside. I am getting to where I can barely maneuver around the house. Some of it is pain, some of it is muscle strength, and some of it is just the results I get AFTER moving too much or too long. Sometimes the babies will all collect at the bottom front of my stomach and I can't even stand up straight when they do that. I really wanted to be a trooper and come out beating all the odds on this one but I'm starting to lose the game. A walker with yellow tennis balls never looked so good. And I already rock the wheelchair for outings!

6. I really stink at eating. REALLY. I don't eat enough and I don't eat ALL the right things. It's hard. I gained 40 lbs with Kayson-never thought worrying about gaining ENOUGH would be an issue. 3 babies just suck everything out of me so quickly that I can't keep up. And I'm here to tell you I already feel full 24 hours a day, so every feeding time I feel that much worse. There's just not any room so I'm miserable when I eat. Laugh if you must, but I may have to invest in some Ensure. (Hmm...walker, wheelchair, Ensure...what's next, Bingo club?)

7. Names. Ha-uh...we're really struggling. We've had our first 2 girls picked out since the beginning. But mommy & daddy seem to be playing on different battle fields. Here's what's in the running, even though all but one has been kicked off the list:

Mommy's Favs
Hallie (final)
Payten (final)
Berklee
Kaylee
Kenadee
McKall

Daddy's Favs
Hallie (final)
Payten (final)
Kenadee (3 out of 7 days a week anyway)

See where I'm going with this? Making progress? Mmmno. So on we'll press until Baby C miraculously sends us her name. (I'm still holding out that Erik will have a dream in the middle of the night that leads him to Berklee)

The good stuff...we just had our 4D ultrasound with perinatology and things are pretty peachy. First of all, I was totally wrong about their positions before. I either didn't listen...or I didn't listen. So here's how the layout REALLY is. And this is an upright view. 2 facing down. Top baby is horizontal.

I am 22 weeks now.
Baby A & B are both measuring 21 wks 5 days and weigh 15 oz.
Baby C measures 21 wks 4 days and weighs 1 lb!! Yeehaw! A little small but nothing alarming.

And let me just say that seeing these pics has totally made me fall in love. I adored my baby boy & had an amazing bond with him. But I'm already starting to see how your heart just seems to make room for more because I'm loving these girls to death. I've never had that motherly love for a girl and it's just getting to me today. They made me smile. Especially "Baby A" (Hallie). We have been going through some REALLY tough things lately...both together and individually. And seeing our little dolls in 4D just turned my month around.

Baby A (Hallie)
And that big round spot on the right you're seeing is her sister's noggin all up in her face.



Baby B (Payten)
And those limbs to the left are her sisters upside down bum & legs in her face. Awesome. You can actually see the membranes separating them.

Baby C (undecided)
Her pic isn't the best...we just couldn't get a good enough view of her this time. But you can sorta make out her forehead, nose and upper lip.

Last ( sorry long post!)...they are all about the size of a large mango curled up. So this was the best comparison I could come up with...