20 Weeks: New job

What a week! My body has begun showing the signs of wear from sustaining four people. I have developed a couple of minor infections including a gum tumor and several bloody noses. All of which will go away after delivery - so they are nothing I can't deal with for several more months. As far as complications go, I would take these over other issues anyday - all mangeable. We even had our first trip to the emergency room, but thankfully everyone is ok. After all of the above, my doctor decided that it was time for me to go on bedrest. I have a new full time job: growing babies. We really need to get these kids to June and the hope is by resting and eating as my primary tasks, the kids will continue to grow big and strong. So far I have gained 33lbs - which coincidentally is the average weight gain for a singleton pregnancy - but I am only 20 weeks!

After the news of my imminent bedrest as we were leaving the doctors office, I was so thrown off by no longer officially working that I apparently decided to lose my cell phone in the medical building. Thankfully, the woman who found it called 'mom home' and then Brant was able to go back to the medical building and get my phone. Phew! That would not have been fun. Thankfully, since my phone is held together with tape, I'm sure the woman realized that it was worth nothing to anyone but the owner. Either way, I owe that woman flowers on my next doctor visit.

I believe we have a triangle! While the kids still seem to overlap a bit it seems that they have finally reached the inverted triangle as expected. Alpha is at the bottom, while Gamma is on my left and Beta is on my right. They can still move around within their areas, but the days of reordering themselves is probably up, they are just getting too big.

Up until now, I have been feeling Beta move primarily. According to the ultrasound tech, Beta is in the front of his sac while Gamma and Alpha are in the back. This explains why I primarily feel Beta moving. Beta's movement has been gentle tickles but enough for Brant and me to feel, which is fun.

I imagine Alpha will demand the most cuddling once born due to his squished nature at the bottom right now, he is getting used to tighter spaces and will likely want to be held and swaddled endlessly - we are excited!

Ohh Gamma. While Brant and I were watching a superhero action movie this weekend, I began feeling what I can only describe as bubbles popping in my belly. After several more 'bubbles' I realized this is Gamma punching, kicking or stretching. When the movie was over Brant and I were discussing this new movement which feels much harder than Beta so far - and Brant suggested that maybe Gamma is a super hero and was practicing fighting off the bad guys like in the movie. Then the following morning when I flipped off of my left side (where Gamma is) I felt a bunch of movement from him too. I guess that was Gamma kicking Brant out of bed!