27. Disbelief and help with trousers!

I recieved a phone call from the diabetes nurse again yesterday and she has told me that I will be admitted during my steroid injection days, but the dates will now be the 2 days before we are booked in for the cesarean. I will be on an insulin drip for 48 hours, then prepped and ready for theatre to finally meet our babies. 

How do I feel?

Honestly? I'm in a bit of a hazy, shell shocked, disbelief bubble since the phone call. I'm 10 days away from the end of this gruelling pregnancy, and then we are going to be presented with 3 tiny humans to look after.

From day 1, I have been fully expecting their arrival to be taken out of everybodys control. I was expecting anything like going into labour, waters breaking, or some kind of medical issue that would require much more sudden, and much earlier delivery. I have been expecting these things from about 22 weeks, and before that I was expecting other problems or the obvious risk of miscarriage. Now that we are 10 days to our planned c section date, and it has been arranged that I will be admitted for 2 days before, has completely thrown me off! 


I'm still amazed and in disbelief that I am actually carrying 3 little babies in my (not stupidly big) belly. Alright, I have found it very difficult throughout, but they haven't caused any stress or worry at all, and every doctor and sonographer we see seem to think we have done amazingly well. 

The female body is the most incredible machine. Making a baby, a single baby is the most unreal thing. But to make THREE babies and still be reasonably OK is just insane. I can still do all the necessary day to day things. Although I have had to ask for James's help to put trousers on these past 2 days. Haha! 




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