How far along: Almost 22 weeks
Size of the babies: 11 inches long and almost 1 pound
Total weight gain/loss: 22 pounds!! Yikes!!
Cravings: No cravings yet, but I've noticed I can't eat as much anymore...those babies are taking up too much room!
Morning sickness: Nope...done with that! Thank goodness!
Sleep: Uncomfortable. My big ol' belly is pulling my muscles in ways they have never been pulled before.
Other pregnancy symptoms: Extremely sore back and for the past three weeks my ribs have started hurting and popping. I can barely drive my car longer than 20 minutes without being in excruciating pain. Finally went to the doc this week to get checked out cause the ribs on my right side started bruising. They sent me to a radiologist to make sure my gall bladder, appendix, and liver are okay. Still waiting to hear results. They think it might just be my uterus rubbing against my rib bone cartilage. There is nothing they can do about it...I just have to deal with the pain for a few more months! Ouch!
Baby Movement: All the time! It is amazing to feel them move and they definitely interact with each other. When one wakes up....the other does too! When one gets kicked in the head...the other one reacts! Andrew has started feeling them more lately too!
Favorite maternity clothes: Sweatshirt and sweatpants. Who knew you could out-grow maternity clothes? I started off wearing size small maternity clothes and now I can't fit in them anymore :(
Weird dreams: Hmmm..nothing lately
Good advice received: Try wearing a maternity support belt to help with back pain. I wear it sometimes, but Ferb (P.S. that is not his real name) gets mad when I wear it cause he gets squished.
How is pregnancy different than expected? I never thought I would be this sore! My body apparently isn't cut out for having twins.
Highlight this week: Had two ultrasounds this week so I got a sneak-peek at the boys. They are looking pretty cute! Also, my sis and I went shopping last weekend and found some great deals at the outlet mall for the three baby boys! And look what came in the mail today from my nephews, Carter and Austin.....
How cute are these outfits??? They even have little capes on the back! I can't wait for our little "super-babies" to wear these!!!
Here is a cute pic of my nephews (Austin and Carter) and my niece (Addie) all dressed up for Halloween.
They are sooooo stinkin' cute! I miss them so much!
