Week 21 Is Here!

The weeks are flying by, kind of anyway! Happy to report that we have made it to week 21 which is one week closer to the all important week 24-yay! It's getting harder to post about each week because there doesn't seem to be much going on...I am still able to work, I go to the doctor's every Monday and babies just continue to grow. This week's appointment wasn't the best by any means, but it went fine. Dr. Hilton did the ultrasound and she played around but didn't do any measurements or anything. All babies had good little hearts just a beating. I'm always so nervous that first moment, but then I calm right down. This week I measured large again, but not nearly as big as last time. I am now measuring 31 weeks, up from 29 last time, but it has only been 10 days, so I grew 14 days in 10 days-hehehe. Next week is a specialist appointment and I hope it goes as great as the last one. I also hope to be able to report that Abby is packing on the ounces! They have really started kicking harder, and I can see it when they kick-along with feel it of course-and I can normally identify which baby is kicking. Brayden is by far the hardest kicker, he is the biggest after all. I feel Abby the second most because she is all the way on my right. I don't feel Claire very often and I think that is just because she is stuck between the two. As I typed that she gave a little kick, hers are normally up high or down low depending on how she is laying. I can also tell when she flips and goes head down because the pressure is horrific. And of course anytime anyone looks at or touches my belly they all stop what they are doing, so I'm sure that is an indication of things to come right?! So, there is some neat little baby info!

What about me you ask?! Well, I gained another 2-3 pounds this visit. I actually forgot to write down my weight from last time, but according to my calculations I've gained around 14 pounds, which would actually put me up about 5 pounds this time...oops. Guess that shows that the babies are growing, growing, growing. At this point I think Brayden and Claire are over a pound and Abby is got to be pretty close. Over the next 7 weeks they'll pack on the pounds and get close to 3 pounds each (hopefully). My cervix is nice and closed with no baby putting to much pressure on it, which is great. I'm not really sure when to expect to start thinning out, but for now it is doing great! The only negative to my appointment was low iron, which was to be expected, I actually held off a longer then some. So, because of that I have to start taking a daily iron supplement, nothing major, just a pill. Really, other then that, I'm doing great, well once you get over the back pain, shortness of breath, lack of sleep, constipation (hey, I've shared worse with you!), and stress the of preparing for 3 babies. I've said it once, I'll say today, and probably for the rest of my life...I would not have it any other way though. And, for your viewing pleasure, here's a week 21 shot. Joseph zoomed right it on the belly for you...



And with that, I am off to my Mom's for dinner, yummy. So thankful for wonderful family and friends who are taking such great care of me, the babies and Joseph! As always, thanks for sharing in our journey and I'll check in soon. The next couple of weeks will be fun...I'm surprising (don't tell him!) Joseph with Monster Jam tickets for Valentine's Day, which he so deserves for taking such great care of me, I've got not one, not two, but three (that's my number) showers coming up this month, I get a paid day off to report to Jury Duty and get dismissed, and March 8th is when they have written me out which is like 3 weeks away-wow! So, things are just getting interesting. Specialist on Monday for hopefully an awesome report and great pictures. As always, please Remember Jackson!