19 Weeks and Counting...

Mangos!

Sorry for those of you waiting for your weekly update.  Today we are at 19 weeks, 1 day.  Every day is a milestone for us with these babies.  I mean, honestly, who else do you know that has carried triplets (for me, it was no one personally, or no one at all, until I found out I was carrying triplets)?! 

We are doctor free this week and instead of relaxing, it is making me nervous.  We go back to Rochester next Wednesday, but until then, we will just be holding our breath, hoping and praying for the best.  I know this makes me sound like a crazy person, and truthfully, sometimes I am, but after everything we've been through, as excited as we are, there is this underlying sense that someone is just waiting to pull the rug out from under us.

Despite the fear, we still find joy in relating our growing babies to fruits and vegetables.  Your weekly fruit update:

Week 19 ~ A singleton baby would be the size of a mango!  The average length would be 6 inches and the baby would weigh in at at approximately 8.5 ounces.

Now, last week our babies were measuring at 6 ounces, 7 ounces and 7 ounces...that is after each one gained 2 ounces from our previous check up!  Hopefully they are still gaining in there and next week I can post some really impressive numbers!  Keep those fingers crossed and I will keep eating  : ) 

For those of you who wonder if I am feeling the babies kick or not yet.  The answer is, I really do not know for sure.  With Madison, my placenta was in the front, so I was never able to feel anything.  With the triplets, my placenta is in the back, so I should be feeling something ~ the question is when, and will I even know what it is I am feeling?? 

Sometimes I think I am feeling them move around inside of me, but to be honest with you, I have no idea.  I haven't had anything concrete that I can point to to say, yes that was my babies moving.  It gets frustrating, especially when the doctors ask you if you've felt them.  I sheepishly answer, I do not know  : /  Then I am told not to worry because it might be too early yet to feel them.  Supposedly movement does not become noticeable until 18 - 22 weeks...but I am anxious and I just want to feel them move. 

As much as I want to know I am feeling them move, this is nothing compared to poor Adam.  He has to wait even longer to feel them, and has to rely on his crazy wife, yes me, to tell him if I've been feeling them move or not. 

So, even though I am not 100 % sure what I am feeling is baby movement, I am going with it.  Each time I feel something "new," something I do not ever recall feeling, I am relating it to the babies.  I hope they know how much they are already loved. 

Thanks for following and watch for next week's installment of Belly Watch 2013.

Love,

Adam & daneille