Rude awakening - Week 18

Finally I was getting some more relief from the vomiting and nausea, with only needing to throw up once or twice a week :) I had been a lot more positive about everything since I was beginning to feel okay. It was my last week of work full time before I was cutting back to 9-3.30pm to help ease the tiredness and pain from my back and legs. Some days I thought this is going well now its not to difficult and then other moments I would almost be in tears from my back pain and the strain of carrying my three little babies. I was just hoping with the hours decreasing next week that I might get some more relief.

Although they say in your second trimester you have lots of energy, I was finding my energy levels were decreasing dramatically, after finishing work I would come home eat tea and literally drag my butt to bed, I was just exhausted. I had been having slight troubles through the night with my frequent toilet visits, but now with the back pain I was waking another 3-5 times with cramp in my bum right down my legs :( It brought me to tears when I would wake and unfortunatly there is nothing they can really do for cramp. So waking up hourly was beginning to become a habit I wasnt welcoming at all (I know they say that it is preparing you for the sleep cycle you are about to embrace but please I was thinking Im not even 20 weeks!!).

I was looking forward to week 19 as we were booked for our big scan to check all the functions of the babies to determine how their growth was coming along and hopefully to find out what our little surprise was.

Photos this week: bump progress photo and a month by month comparison photo