Week 23 1/2 Update

Belly: Still growing...Today, I went in for a check-up with the OB. Presently I see my OB once every two weeks, maternal-fetal medicine once a month, my chiropractor twice a week, my acupuncturist once a month, and my nutritionist (via phone consult) once a month. Earlier I said, I don't know how I would have had triplets if I was still teaching high school because of the physical demands. Now, I don't know how I would have done it and made all the doctors appointments (and they are only going to become more frequent), but I digress. The  doctor said that I am measuring 35 weeks (as in if I were having a singleton). A friend of mine from my multiples group measured 48 weeks with twins before she delivered, so apparently there is still room to grow. Ahh!

The boys are all still transverse. Babies A and B have flipped since our last scan and have their heads on the left, but Baby C still has his head on the right. 

 

 Me before a night at Fall for Greenville/watching the Bama-Arkansas game 

(note the Nick Chick pin)

Cravings: Anything and everything with buffalo sauce and Mexican food (so basically the same as if I was not pregnant :-)

Symptoms: The biggest issue is an upset tummy that will not get better no matter how many days I eat bland food, special smoothies, I make or charcoal I take.  Other than that, I have just really had to cut back. I thought it would be hard to do less, but as it turns out there is no way I can physically keep the pace I used to and things have just naturally slowed themselves down.

Activities: We have had so many activities in the past two weeks that they all require their own special posts - three baby showers, including weekends with family/friends in Birmingham and Greenville, and a maternity photo shoot.

This week, in addition to the OB check-up, we also went on a hospital tour. It was exciting to see and hear what to expect. It was also nice because a couple from my multiples group was there (she is expecting twin boys, so Jay and her husband joked that we had an entire basketball team between our two pregnancies).  Also, this week I had a consult with my nutritionist. She said that carrying transverse was a good because it kept pressure off my cervix (which can lead to pre-term labor). She also said that carrying transverse was bad, especially for someone who is short-waisted like me because I was going to be extra uncomfortable (I know that is bad, but it also felt a little like validation, because I have been extraordinarily uncomfortable). Anything for the boys!