13. 23 weeks. Current and past scan pics.
I have become a dab hand at picking stuff up off the floor with my toes. I keep really annoying myself by dropping stupid things, then needing to bend down to pick it up. Unnecessary energy! In the mornings I'm pretty much fine, but by evening, everything is much harder work and I tend to get down on the floor to pick stuff up or tidy Jack's toys, rather than simply bending down to do it. I then crawl to the sofa for support to get back up. But one off things, if I don't have socks on are no problem! James had always called my toes "finger toes", and they are finally coming into their own!
I've also started seeking out parking spaces with nothing parked next to me. Usually at the far end of the car park. I could use child and parent parking spaces, but I get so mad when I see people take the last space and not get out with a kid that I can't do it. Yet! On a quiet day I will, but with Christmas, everywhere has been really busy so I have opted for a longer walk in the rain from a space where I can push the door right open to give myself room to maneuver myself out of and back in to.
I'm not actually that big yet, but I can't move my body from my ribs down to my legs. It's just solid so I can't twist just my legs around to swing them out of the door, my whole body needs to be facing out, then I need to use my arms to pull myself out instead of just using my core muscles to sit up to standing. It's all so alien not being able to move and do the simplest of things. It all needs thinking through first.
It's the same turning over in bed. I can no longer just sit up. I need to be lying on my back, lift my knees so I can shift my hips to one side then use my knees to pull myself onto the other side. I'm only 23 weeks pregnant!! Haha! I don't remember being this solid even in my final weeks with Jack.
The last couple of weeks has been a bit of a downhill turn for me. I have become quite tired again. Not to the extent of the first trimester, but have had a few day time naps. This might be because I'm not sleeping particularly well at night though. My ribs have really started now and have moved from being a bit sore and uncomfortable, to bloody painful at times. I was nearly in tears after walking down to the village a couple of days ago. James ran me a bath and gave me paracetamol as soon as we got home. Last week I was finding it difficult to sleep because both sides were sore and lying on my back makes my lower back and hips sore, and it also makes me feel a bit unwell and breathless.
Our sonogrpaher today told me that I need to tell her when and if I start feeling unwell. Apparently the babies are squishing all my organs around so it will make me feel poorly being on my back. More than once I have been lying down and become breathless. They are squashing my lungs!
23 week scan.
We had our 23 week scan this week and with Christmas having been, it's been 16 days since our last. I have been feeling all of them wriggling about lots, but Triplet C has been much less active than the other two from where I thought he was positioned in my belly. Our sonographer told me that A and B are now both at the bottom. A is on my left, bottom down, and B is on my right, head down, and C is in the middle at the top with his head to my left. This means that a lot of the movement I thought was B is actually C. This is good for me to know but it is becoming difficult to figure out which movement belongs to who. So Triplet A was right at the bottom to start with, but B has slipped down and his head now seems to be a little lower than A. He may be the first out at this rate!
They are all doing really well still. Triplet A is 1lb.6. Triplet B is 1lb.7, and Triplet C is 1lb.5. They certainly seem to have made the most of the Christmas offerings, and are piling on the grams. We can't believe how much they have grown in 16 days. 14oz, to 1lb.7! It's no wonder I'm so exhausted! And SORE!
This being said, I'm carrying a lot of baby weight now so my doctor told me to look out for signs of early labour. Pressure and pain in my lower back which does not ease with a bath and paracetamol. She told me to call them and not delay as they can examine me and give me medicines to slow it down if necessary.
Jack was taken out via cesarean at 39 weeks and 8lb13. My body was showing no signs of labour at that time, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everybody stays where they are for a lot longer. 11 or 12 weeks ideally, although the thought of that actually makes me feel sick. These pains and discomfort won't get any better in that time I'm sure. But I would much prefer to deal with this, than have my babies in NICU for a long period of time. I will want to be with them when they are born to cuddle them and feed them, so please stay put little guys. It's much safer inside than out.
I went out to visit a friend with Jack yesterday and needed to lift him into his car seat twice. I also picked him up a couple of times, on and off chairs and sofas and at bed time lifted him onto the bed to change him, then into his bed. Not a lot of lifting at all in the life of a toddler mum, but it took its toll. My ribs weren't too bad yesterday, but every time I picked him up, I felt a little muscle ping in my belly. Like it does if you pull a muscle, that pop sensation, only not extreme and the pain didn't last. However, by the end of the day, my belly hurt like I had done a full day of abs workout, badly. I can't believe it's already time to ask for help to put Jack in the car! I will see if he can climb in himself today and go about it that way instead.
And this little gem of a photo, has all three babies in it! I'll try to explain it! There are 3 large blobs around a similar size on this photo. The first blob if you're looking left to right is sitting slightly lower than the other two. Blob 1 is triplet B's head. Blob 2 is Triplet A's belly, and Blob 3 is Triplet C's head. Not exactly a cute photo, but amazing to see all three babies in one photo.
I have also realised that I didn't post our other scan pic where various limbs of siblings are creeping in. So here it is.
There is a head sneaking in on the top pic, and somebodies rib cage on the bottom.
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