Pregnancy Update - 23 Weeks

I thought I would give a little update on this pregnancy so far.  And really just to sum it up is that I'm just feeling really good at this stage.  If I compare it to my other pregnancy it is a lot easier then before.  I thought the first time I was feeling good...and I was for the most part but my back and hips were already hurting among other things.  Now that I have a single pregnancy to compare it to I can tell that I'm feeling a lot better at this stage.

I have other shirts I wear, I promise...I just realized I'm wearing the same shirt as I was in my last pregnancy update picture with my sister and sister in law.  Speaking of which...we are all having boys!!  So excited that 3 little boys will be born so close together.  They will love running around together.  I can see them all being best cousins.

They tested my thyroid level and I was a little high.  I didn't really think I had any symptoms of that but I had been really tired lately but as I told my doctor, I'm working full time and have 2 toddlers so of course I'm tired.  Well she adjusted my medication and just in the last few days I have started to feel a difference so I'm very happy to not be feeling as run down. 

We had our regular 20 week ultrasound and everything is still looking good.  It's still a boy and he was moving all around.  Everything measured just fine and I was relieved to see him again and get an in-depth ultrasound.  At this point last time I had had many ultrasounds.  The ultrasound tech commented that he has really long feet.  I'm still a little nervous that this baby is going to weigh more then both my girls did put together.

I've been feeling him kick a lot.  Mostly at night and Shane has even felt him kick a couple times.  It feels strange just to have one baby kicking actually.  Usually I could feel one down low where this baby is and then one higher up. 
The hardest part so far is just managing the girls.  Both of them love to climb all over me.  They love to climb up me and stand and sit on my stomach.  I'm used to being able to carry them both if they both want to be picked up and I can't carry both of them very easily anymore due to my stomach and they're just getting bigger as well.  It's hard when they both want to be held at the same time.  Usually it's right when I get home from work and so I try to hurry and sit down and then they can both sit on my lap pretty easily still.

The girls don't really get what is going on but just tonight I taught them to point to my stomach when I ask where baby brother is.  So we're working on little things like that with them.

We don't have any names yet and haven't really started discussing it in any detail yet.

So overall I'm grateful for a good, normal pregnancy and am glad to be experiencing a 'normal' pregnancy and feeling good.