Spoiled Babies

We had our second shower last Sunday and let me tell you, the gifts were bountiful. Once again everyone was so amazing to us and our growing family. We now have 2096 diapers! Doesn't that sound like a lifetime's worth??? Can you believe it's only about a 2 months supply for a set of triplets? Craziness. We have 3 bouncers, 3 boppys, 3 carseats, a highchair (and gift cards to cover the other 2), 2 diaper bags, a twin breast feeding pillow, pacifiers, bottles, a breast pump, bath stuff, the most awesome triple stoller that ever graced this earth, tons of clothes... The list goes on and on! We could literally bring 3 babies into this house today and be just fine for a while. That thought both comforts me and blows my mind.

Trina is somewhere between "feeling uncomfortable" and "in complete misery" 24/7 now. She has to stay horizontal for nearly every moment of the day. If she sits up for too long, she starts feeling light headed and her legs go numb. Doc says it's caused her super heavy uterus putting pressure on her inferior vena cava. Standing and walking cause terrible foot, back and leg pain, not to mention wears her out no time flat. The boys are taking up all of her organ room. She feels like she can't take full breaths. She gets winded just walking down the hall. If her bladder is even a little full, they kick it. She is also having trouble eating. After a few bites, she feels full or even nauseous. This week she's actually lost some weight. Eating is now a chore and she tries to make every bite count by monitoring it's nutritional value. To add insult to injury, her first stretch marks are sliding across the bottom of her belly. This realization brought a few tears to her eyes. She was apparently holding on to some crazy hope that she wouldn't get them...with triplets. Yeah...

At Wednesday's u/s appointment we were lucky to get our favorite tech who runs the bigger better u/s machine. We asked if she could try to get us some nice pics for our stash and she happily agreed...until the wand touched Trina's belly. Her look of confusion scared me a bit, but I tried to stay calm. She zoomed in and out and even stood up while looking at the screen. I couldn't discern heads or tales of what I was looking at on the monitor so I just kept watching her expression. She finally said she was pretty sure we were not going to get any good pics because the boys were a tangled mess. Apparently Baby A and Baby B are fighting for position. One of their heads is in position A, but the other one's body is in position A. She was having a very hard time deciding which body parts belonged to which baby and who was who in relation to the last u/s. Baby C was a little removed from the train wreck his brothers were causing, but he was also playing shy with the camera. Ah well, I'm sure this isn't the last time they're going to make picture day a nightmare. At the end of the appointment, they declared that Baby A is 1lbs15oz, Baby B is 1lbs11oz and Baby C is 1lbs12oz. I'm not overly convinced that A & B had precise measurements taken due to their wonky positioning, but on average, they're all doing great. I can't believe they're already almost 2lbs. My wife is baking strapping young men.

25 Week Belly, 45.5", +35lbs