Getting to Know Our Babies

I think one of the best parts of watching kids grow is seeing who they are and learning their personalities. That will be a while for us, but I feel like I've gotten to know each baby a bit just by their movements.

Sadly, I feel Baby A the least amount because of the huge placenta that's in the way where he is off on my left side. But I do feel him when he kicks because he is head up so his little feet just pound on my bladder. He also seems to either love or hate the car because whenever we drive, especially on the highway, he rolls, moves  kicks, and flips so much. (Babies rolling is such a weird feeling.) The bigger they get the more I feel Baby A and I'm glad for that.

Baby B moves the most. And since he's right in the middle where my muscles have separated, head down, I can constantly feel and see his little kicks and jumps--because I swear he is somersaulting and doing some kind of circus act in there. He starts bumping around immediately if I drink any thing cold or eat anything sugary, and just in general (like right now he's currently moving around furniture or something), and man he bumps hard! He seems to quiet down in the car, but we're not sure if it's a good thing. Our theory is that either Baby A kicks because he likes it and gets excited, or because he doesn't and so he protests. So if Baby B quiets down, is it because he is soothed by it or because he doesn't like it and is just hanging on for dear life? All our speculating probably means nothing and we'll see how they are once they're out, but it's fun to know them in this way right now ;)

Baby C is off to the other side on my right and she is smashed up under my ribs, which gives me constant, really bad rib pain. When she's head down, it is much more tolerable, but she recently switched back to head up again after a couple weeks of less pain. I tend to rest my forearm on that side of my bump to relieve a little of the pressure and pain and she immediately starts to push back and kick. She will also always kick around when I lay on my right side and when it first started I was a little worried she was signaling that I was squishing her. Turns out she's fine, just likes to kick back. She will also kick around when Baby B starts moving so maybe we won't put them next to each other in the crib ;) But she also quiets down in the car, so we hope that means we'll have two babies who will just sleep while we're driving. Cross you fingers for us!

We've also been lucky to see our babies every two weeks at our appointments. They have been bouncing around since the very beginning, especially Baby B. And they all like to suck on their thumb, fingers, or entire fist. We know it's no real indicator of things, but I hope that means they'll pick up eating easily and take a pacifier as well.

They've only tried to do the 3D ultrasound once to see their faces but there are so many babies and umbilical cords and placentas in the way that we barely got partial views. Baby A crossed his hands up in front of his face the whole time as well, so we tried to get a look at Baby B (since they look the same ha) but his umbilical cord made his nose look super weird and gave his mouth a "joker-esque" look to it. Nice. Hopefully they'll look better than that in real life ;) Baby C was almost the most visible and I think she'll look pretty cute. Only time will tell, though. And we fully expect them to look like skinny little aliens for a couple months while they're in the NICU and learning how to eat, so it may be a while before we see what they'll really look like.