Showing posts with label Pregnancy #2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pregnancy #2. Show all posts

Friday, October 14

24 WEEKS - VIABILITY

Today marks the first day on which the babies would have even the slightest and most remotest chance of surviving (although almost guaranteed to have major medical issues) if they were born. With Ave I just felt like "Ok, yay for 24 weeks". This time...I really feel like "Wow! Every day now is a day better". I won't go as far as to say I feel more relaxed or less worried, because I don't, but we know now that our babies have a fighting chance.


24 Weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of ears of corn now (from head to toe)...about 12"

Maternity Clothes: Yupperooski

Weight Gain: Down only 2lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight. My not gaining is becoming a bit of an issue (not with the doctors yet, but with Matt and my mom). I'm adding in protein shakes and other high fat foods (avocados, cheese, etc) to try and put on some weight.

At this point I've seriously lost all of my booty, as well as the pudge on my hips and thighs and face. Matt told me I'm looking like a 12 year old again...which is what happens to me when I lose weight.

Stretch Marks: A few new ones, above my belly button...there seems to be a new one every day.

Sleep: Sleep is good, but I'm seemingly having to get up more and more during the night and it's becoming harder and harder to get out of bed. I do have to have something under my stomach, otherwise the weight there just pulls on my back and hips.

Best Moment of the Week: I think we've confirmed Baby Boy #2's name: James Matthew

Movement: Yep.

Symptoms: Feeling good, the turkey-timer (ie. belly button) says I'm done....it never popped with Avelyn.

Food Cravings: none really....trying to up my intake of veggies though, and decrease my sugars

Gender: 2 boys and a girl

What I Miss: Getting up and down and out of anything without it being an ordeal. It's a really good thing our bed is wrought iron and solid

What I'm Looking Forward to: Each week more the babies stay put!

Weekly Wisdom: my days are quickly numbered

Milestones: VIABILITY! 12 weeks until they're guaranteed to be here.

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 45" waist , 47"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!)
The whole measurement thing is really funny to me....because I don't seem to be growing at all, but there is this huge belly there lol Not sure how that works.

And I'll be brave....bare belly shots! These are not for the faint or week of heart. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!All the redish lines are new stretch marks from this pregnancy.


Friday, October 7

23 weeks (and a vent)

23 Weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of spaghetti squash now (from head to toe)...about 11"

Maternity Clothes: Yupperooski

Weight Gain: Down only 2lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight

Stretch Marks: A few new ones, above my belly button

Sleep: Other than waking up with my hips hurting from sleeping too long on one side it's fine.

Best Moment of the Week: Getting the fabric curtain for the nursery

Movement: Yep.

Symptoms: Feeling good.

Food Cravings: none really....trying to up my intake of veggies though, and decrease my sugars

Gender: 2 boys and a girl

What I Miss: Getting up and down and out of bed without it being an ordeal

What I'm Looking Forward to: Hitting 24 weeks.....1 more week!

Weekly Wisdom: ummmm I don't have any

Milestones: 1 weeks 'til viability 13 weeks until they're guaranteed to be here!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 45" waist , 47"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!)
The whole measurement thing is really funny to me....because I don't seem to be growing at all, but there is this huge belly there lol Not sure how that works.


Vent (this is long):
I am really annoyed. I've been having a cough for almost 2 weeks now, it was better for almost a week in between, just a dry tickle that results in massive coughing fits. Well the past few days my cervix has had a lot of twinges and pulling and just general uncomfortableness. I decided today to call the doctor's office, because I'm concerned about my cervix shortening from the coughing.

I called this morning at 9am and was told a nurse would call me in 10 minutes. I had to run some errands, and at noon still no one had called me. I called again and they finally put me through to a MFM nurse. I explained my concerns to the nurse, who promptly told me I could take cough medicine for the cough (but it's not that kind of a cough) or advil cold and sinus (I'm pretty sure she said that...but it's a No-no because it has ibuprofen in it).

She then asks me, "Are you high-risk?", yes, I'm pregnant with triplets, "No other reason?", No, I'm just concerned that my cervix could be shortening because of the coughing, "Well there's really nothing we could do for you". Seriously?! SERIOUSLY?! I'm pregnant with 3 babies, 1 week from viability, telling you I feel like my cervix is shortening (I have had a baby before) and you say there's nothing you can do!

The nurse transferred me again to the front desk to try and schedule an earlier ultrasound just to see what's going on (really just to appease me). The receptionist does not want to schedule me for an earlier appointment without a doctor's authorization to do so (again, SERIOUSLY!). I tell her which MFM nurse I spoke to and that she suggested having an earlier ultrasound to easy my mind. The receptionist doesn't want, but she guesses since the nurse said it was ok, she will...the soonest is October 17th, 1 week before my next appointment.

I'm seriously annoyed. Honestly, if I thought it was bad enough to be really worried about I would just go to the hospital. I'm not someone to call WOLF about things, but I am concerned (see prior post about that). It just really pisses me off that no one is even taking it seriously or wants to even be of assistance. Maybe I've just been spoiled and this is how things are: I know my OB who delivered Ave would tell me to come in to be checked and our RE would be the same way. They just don't seem to care at all.

It really got my goat that the MFM nurse didn't think having triplets was reason enough to be high risk. I thought that was the whole point, that it is high risk to be carrying THREE babies! It just really seems to me that if you're not 24 weeks, they won't do ANYTHING. Which even in a singleton pregnancy doctors will do things if your cervix is having issues (cerclage) before 24 weeks. There just seems to be this air of, until your babies are viable we won't do ANYTHING.

I know for myself, I'm just going to take it really easy for the next week or so, and if it's feeling better then I'll cancel the appointment on the 17th, if not and I'm still concerned I'll go. I just feel so helpless, again like we're so close and yet so far, but that no one wants to take anything seriously or help. GRR.

I already had said to Matt at my next appointment they are getting a boat load of questions: No one has even discussed with me what numbers to call if I'm having contractions or my water breaks; I don't even know where I go for the L&D at the hospital (I have never been to this hospital - we go for a tour on 11/13); I asked about a NICU tour (of the hospital tour director) and was told my physician has to authorize that and organize it.

I'm just really starting to feel the crunch and pressured, because now it's getting to be game time. The past 23 weeks have been the cake walk, now is when things can happen and happen REALLY fast. I want to be prepared for all of that, as much as I can.


Thursday, October 6

Not gonna lie....

The further in this pregnancy I get, the more scared I get, the more worried I get, the more anxious I get. The closer we get to viability (1.5 weeks more) the more freaked out I am that I'm going to lose these three precious babies. Every twinge, every pull, every tweak (particularly those I feel in my cervix), every bit of [TMI] wetness in my undies....makes me worried: What if my cervix is opening? What if they're losing fluid? What if they're not growing enough?

I know that a doctor's appt could be perfect and 3 hours later babies can be born unexpectedly and to a not good end. I have been spending so much time in prayer and talking to God about this. I know my worry doesn't help anything, but, of course, I worry that maybe I should be worrying more because the doctors don't seem to be too concerned (messed up, I know).

As Matt put it, "we're so close and yet, so far"...exactly.

When my first beta numbers were coming back I had said to Matt, "I know my body can handle twins....I don't know about triplets....that kind of scares me". I half wonder if it being triplets was God's way of drawing me back to Him, giving me that which scared me, as opposed to that which I felt complacent about. Teaching me to not trust in myself, but in Him.

Friday, September 30

22 weeks

22 Weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of spaghetti squash now (from head to toe)...about 11"

Maternity Clothes: Yupperooski

Weight Gain: Down only 2lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight

Stretch Marks: A few new ones, above my belly button

Sleep: Other than waking up with my hips hurting from sleeping too long on one side it's fine.

Best Moment of the Week: Feeling hiccups and another good doctor's appt!

Movement: Yep.

Symptoms: Feeling good.

Food Cravings: none really....trying to up my intake of veggies though, and decrease my sugars

Gender: 2 boys and a girl

What I Miss: Getting up and down and out of bed without it being an ordeal

What I'm Looking Forward to: Emptying out our guest room this weekend and getting our elephant fabric next week

Weekly Wisdom: ummmm I don't have any

Milestones: 2 weeks 'til viability 14 weeks until they're guaranteed to be here!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 44" waist , 48"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!)

Thursday, September 29

Another doctor appointment

Yesterday was another trip to Albany, but they don't want me back until the end of October (another 4 weeks). All looks good with the babies: They're all measuring right on track and weighing in right around a 1lb each.

Everything with me looks good: Blood pressure was good, cervix is holding strong (albeit a bit shorter), and my glucose test from last time was good! All of which I was very happy to hear. Here are a few photos of the babies; these are 3D photos of their faces or at least what the tech could get of their faces.

Baby A - Boy (Hand up to his forehead) : Baby B - Girl (Hand along her cheek/jaw)

Baby C - Boy (Hand along the right side of his head...he was hard to get a photo of)

All in all....things are looking good. Made our first "big" purchase today, bought one of the cribs for the babies. I've given up on Ikea getting their act together. I called the other day and was on hold for 20 minutes, that was before I ever talked to a person (which I never did).

Saturday, September 24

21 weeks

21 Weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of carrots now (from head to toe)...about 10.5"

Maternity Clothes: Yupperooski

Weight Gain: Down only 2lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight

Stretch Marks: A few new ones, above my belly button

Sleep: It would be better without this dumb cold

Best Moment of the Week: Seeing kicks from the outside...hoping Matt will sit still long enough to try and feel them kicking.

Movement: Yep.

Symptoms: For the most part I'm feeling pretty good, bit tired sometimes and some stretchy issues, but nothing major.

Food Cravings: none really....trying to up my intake of veggies though, and decrease my sugars

Gender: 2 boys and a girl: We have 1 boy name (Henry Charles....Matt was very set on the name, so we agreed that if there is a boy or girl name I'm set on he'll go with it); As for little girl....I think we're going with Elanor (Ellie for short), no middle name yet

What I Miss: Not feeling like I have to pee....CONSTANTLY! Especially at night....It's ridiculous, I feel like I could pee every 2 seconds....and it's only at night.

What I'm Looking Forward to: Getting a move on with preparing things for the babies

Weekly Wisdom: Some people are INSANE!

Milestones: 3 weeks 'til viability 15 weeks until they're guaranteed to be here!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 44" waist , 48"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!) Becoming more of a D bump every day.

Friday, September 16

20 weeks

20 Weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of bananas now (from head to toe)...about 10" (there is already 30" of baby in my belly right now....that's almost as long as Ave is at 2 years old!)

Maternity Clothes: Yupperooski

Weight Gain: Down only 4lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight

Stretch Marks: A few new ones, above my belly button

Sleep: Lovely~Although lying on my back, for even a few moments, results in major hip/sciatic/back pain when I change position

Best Moment of the Week: Feeling them move in the morning

Movement: Yep.

Symptoms: For the most part I'm feeling pretty good, bit tired sometimes and some stretchy issues, but nothing major.

Food Cravings: none really....trying to up my intake of veggies though, and decrease my sugars

Gender: 2 boys and a girl: We have 1 boy name (Henry Charles....Matt was very set on the name, so we agreed that if there is a boy or girl name I'm set on he'll go with it); As for little girl....We both love the nickname "Ellie" but no idea of a full name (Elysa, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elise? Any suggestions).

What I Miss: Not feeling like I have to pee....CONSTANTLY! Especially at night....It's ridiculous, I feel like I could pee every 2 seconds....and it's only at night.

What I'm Looking Forward to: Getting a move on with preparing things for the babies

Weekly Wisdom: Some people are INSANE!

Milestones: 4 weeks 'til viability 16 weeks until they're guaranteed to be here!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 44" waist , 48"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!) Becoming more of a D bump every day.



Friday, September 9

19 Weeks

19 weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of large heirloom tomatoes (approx. 6" CRL)

Maternity Clothes: Yup

Weight Gain: I haven't weighed myself this week

Stretch Marks: Another one popped up the other day.

Sleep: It's a wonderful thing. I'm suddenly feeling more tired...not too sure why.

Best Moment of the Week: Starting to work on Christmas stockings

Movement: Yep.

Symptoms: Definitely feeling someone shoved under my ribs: Other than that, just a lot of upper tummy stretching

Food Cravings: Ice water...definitely more sweets this time, which I'm limiting. With Ave, I had no desire for sweets. Give me some cookies and a glass of milk and I'm a happy girl!

Gender: 2 boys and a girl: Still no guesses on names

What I Miss: Not feeling like I have to pee....CONSTANTLY! Especially at night....It's ridiculous, I feel like I could pee every 2 seconds....and it's only at night.

What I'm Looking Forward to: Getting a move on with preparing things for the babies

Weekly Wisdom: Walking too much doesn't do me any good.

Milestones: 5 weeks 'til viability 17 weeks until they're guaranteed to be here! EEK!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 44" waist , 48"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!) I definitely have a bump, by the end of the day it's a D-bump, in the mornings, it's still more of a B-bump.

Friday, September 2

18 weeks

18 weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of bell peppers

Maternity Clothes: Yea, definitely. Some of my stretch yoga pants are no longer comfortable to wear. I guess I can say I'm fully into maternity clothes.

Weight Gain: Down only 5lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight

Stretch Marks: Just one new one....above my belly button

Sleep: Lovely~Although lying on my back, for even a few moments, results in major hip/sciatic/back pain when I change position

Best Moment of the Week: People's reactions to being told we're having triplets...some of the faces people make...HAHAHA!

Movement: Yep.

Symptoms: For the most part I'm feeling pretty good, bit tired sometimes and some stretchy issues, but nothing major.

Food Cravings: Ice water...definitely more sweets this time, which I'm limiting. With Ave, I had no desire for sweets. Give me some cookies and a glass of milk and I'm a happy girl!

Gender: 2 boys and a girl: Still no guesses on names

What I Miss: Not feeling like I have to pee....CONSTANTLY! Especially at night....It's ridiculous, I feel like I could pee every 2 seconds....and it's only at night.

What I'm Looking Forward to: Getting a move on with preparing things for the babies

Weekly Wisdom: Walking too much doesn't do me any good.

Milestones: 6 weeks 'til viability 18 weeks until they're guaranteed to be here! Halfway there!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 44" waist , 48"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!) I definitely have a bump, by the end of the day it's a D-bump, in the mornings, it's still more of a B-bump.

(Pardon whatever it is my hair is doing!)

Friday, August 26

17 Weeks

If you go here you can see my whole post with ultrasound pictures from the other day. Not too much going on...well there is, but...

Last week, there were a couple of days I was having majorly terrible stomach pains. {TMI to follow} I kept thinking it was constipation issues, but really didn't have too bad of a problem. After a couple of days I began to realize that what it really was was round ligament pain. Holy cow that can be intense! I was doubled over, holding on to the counter a couple of times. I think it had to do with walking more than usual, being as we were down at the fair.

Since finding out gender's MIL has gone crazy with shopping. She managed to get a bunch of preemie sized sleepers, 2 of them even match for the boys. Can I just say that looking at those preemie sized clothes totally freaks me out! HOLY COW these kids are going to be TINY!

For some odd reason she's also buying tons of girl's clothes, more than boys clothes. Believe me, I have an attic full of girls clothes, some of which Ave never wore, we need boys clothes!

As for names...oh my goodness! This is going to be hard. We have a list we've compiled over the years and now we look at it and names I like, Matt doesn't and vice versa. I think we're going to decide on a girl's name first, then go from there.

Wednesday, August 24

Official gender reveal!

It's been a long day. We left for the doctor's at 9am and only just got home (it's 8:30 pm now): Fortunately, Ave is spending the night with grandma. I drank my lovely glucose drink at 11:30, then had to sit around for an hour, they drew blood at 12:30. I haven't heard about that yet, but I guess no news is good news.

Then we had to wait around another hour for my anatomy scan ultrasound: Boy! Was that a long appointment! We didn't leave until 3:30 (word of advice, don't have your GTT prior to your anatomy scan...I was wondering that when they booked it). All the babies are looking good: A is measuring a few days ahead and weighing in at 7oz, B is right on track and is 6oz, and C is also ahead at 7oz. There doesn't look to be any physical concerns regarding body parts and organs. All looked exactly as it should.
Oh, and Baby A is a Boy, Baby B is a Girl, and Baby C is a boy! I was right :-) I must say I'm pretty good at this guessing game 4 for 4! Babies A and C were most definitely boys, with their little "hockey sticks" (as the doctor called them). But everything with them was perfect.


Everything with me is looking good too: I got the "Best Looking Cervix of the Day" award. Measuring in at over 6.5cm and tightly closed. They actually pushed my next appt back...normally they go to every 2 weeks with triplets after 16 weeks, but everything looked so good that they felt completely comfortable with waiting 4 weeks (saves us another trip to Albany).

We saw a different doctor this time, Dr. J, and I really liked her, she agreed that my 36 week, walk in for my c-section goal, was a great (and feasible, at this point) goal. Yay! So that's that. I'll be going "live" on facebook on Friday probably....since one of our "friends" just announced that she was pregnant today.

Thank you again so much for all your thoughts and prayers; I really appreciate them.

Thoughts and prayers please :-)

Today is our big ultrasound!

We're heading to Alb for my first GT test at 11:30 (you read that right, they're having me do it more than once during this pregnancy), then my cervix check and anatomy scan at 1:30: Hopefully all looks good. It would just be an added plus if all the babies showed us the goods!

I'll be posting once we find out anything :-)

Plus I think we're going to be doing a bit of shopping afterward, maybe dinner, and looking at vans. Ave is spending the night with MIL, because they're heading the opposite direction to pick family up from the airport in the evening.

Friday, August 19

16 weeks


16 weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of avocados

Maternity Clothes: Yea, definitely...my regular shirts have started to creep up over my tummy.

Weight Gain: Still down 8lbs....don't tell my mom

Stretch Marks: First new one crept out yesterday....above my belly button

Sleep: It's fair week: Between staying up to help Matt and getting up with Ave (usually by 6:30) I'm getting around 3-5 hours a night. Blah!

Best Moment of the Week: Ave blowing raspberries on my tummy

Movement: I'm thinking a little bit

Symptoms: For the most part I feeling ok: I do have times of having to force myself to eat and things just not being appealing.

Food Cravings: Ice water

Gender: My guess: 2 boys and a girl: Matt says 3 girls (I think that's his worst case scenario, not that it's a bad thing).

What I Miss: Not feeling like I have to pee....CONSTANTLY! Especially at night....It's ridiculous, I feel like I could pee every 2 seconds....and it's only at night.

What I'm Looking Forward to: Finding out genders on the 24th

Weekly Wisdom: Walking too much doesn't do me any good.

Milestones: 9 weeks 'til viability 20 weeks until they're guaranteed to be here!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 42" waist , 46"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!) I haven't gained any inches, but I definitely have a bump. I think the weight I've lost balanced out the growth

Pardon the hair: It's the last day of the fair and I just got home and Ave just went to bed. And I'll just be honest....I don't look decent most of the time.

Saturday, August 13

15 weeks....and other things

Not much to report in the pregnancy department: We're now 9 weeks from viability. I'm been feeling better as far as tiredness, but eating is still more of a chore than anything. I certainly do better when someone else cooks the meal. Everything is staying down, but it's just not appetizing.

I was able to find babies B and C on the doppler the other night; for a while I've only been able to find C. I'm definitely looking pregnant...there's no hiding that. I will say that walking around stores is a bit strenuous, not that it's exhausting or anything, but when I'm done I definitely feel more stretching/pressure in the tummy area.

The weirdest thing so far is that my sides are getting funky. When pregnant with A, I was all out front, but now I'm getting a bump on each side of my tummy, along the waist line. If I was a ripped muscle builder it would be the muscles that come down from the mid-back into the stomach...very weird: As Matt put it "The gotta go somewhere".

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We're heading into fair week: FUN! I seriously don't enjoy this time of year. Matt has been home for about 5-6 hours a day, only to sleep then he's back in the store/truck or at the fair grounds setting up. He gets to be a very grumpy, stressed boy; which I don't like. Friday he worked from 4am-10pm.

This year I get to have even MORE fun with the fair. We get to do PAYROLL: YAY! I'm trying to figure out how to do this and what we need to do for compliance with laws. It's been a while since I was in HR and payroll (almost 2 years) and then I just put everything in to a computer program and it figured it out and printed a pay stub. Oy!

This is not fun. Fortunately, my mom does payroll for the store and other business so she's able to help a bit, but it's really different, because we're a seasonal business with only 2 pay weeks. That and her stuff is automatically all figured out by a computer program. Blah!

So if you feel like sending a few extra prayers our way...we would certainly appreciate it. Matt puts such long hard days in and I'm home alone trying to keep all the paperwork together and bookkeeping up to date every day with Ave running around (since EVERY ONE is working, there's no one to babysit for a few hours for me to do work).

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In other awesome news: I've been at war with Ni.kon. My camera has gone in for repairs twice in the past year for issues with focusing. I started having issues for a third time, and some new issues (the camera is less than a year old). I first contacted their service department the 1st of July. They finally had me send the camera back for repairs the last week in July. I called to find out that status and to press my case that the camera be repaired (I had also included a letter to that effect and also my unhappiness with customer service).

I FINALLY got an email back yesterday: They're replacing my camera! YAY! But I have to wait till they have more D90s in stock...boo! Hopefully it isn't too long.

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I think that is all that's really going on around here...just the usual insanity and ridiculousness :-)

Oh, we go on the 24th for genders and anatomy scan. So after that we'll be announcing to the "world" we're pregnant with triplets. I'll be posting on facebo.ok, for those of you who are FB friends with me, after we find out the genders.

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And, I need to have a sort of smug-snarky moment: BIL and PP are having another girl. BAH! I guess this is one thing that BIL may not be able to get his way on. He's been going on since C, our niece, was born, that the next one is a boy...born in Jan 2012. In my opinion, and their's, the most important thing is a healthy baby, but it's still rather funny, because they were both dead convinced they were having a boy.

Friday, August 5

14 Weeks

14 weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of lemons

Maternity Clothes: Not really...but I am wearing stuff that is baggier on me. I don't remember my maternity clothes being so form-fitting when I was pregnant with Ave

Weight Gain: Still down 8lbs....don't tell my mom

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: I love sleep. I try to nap when Ave does, but it's not the end of the world if I don't.

Best Moment of the Week: Finding heart beats of B and C on the doppler

Movement: I'm thinking a little bit

Symptoms: For the most part I feeling ok: I do have times of having to force myself to eat and things just not being appealing.

Food Cravings: Ice water

Gender: My guess: 2 boys and a girl: Matt says 3 girls (I think that's his worst case scenario, not that it's a bad thing).

What I Miss: Not feeling like I have to pee....CONSTANTLY! Especially at night....It's ridiculous, I feel like I could pee every 2 seconds....and it's only at night.

What I'm Looking Forward to: Finding out genders on the 24th

Weekly Wisdom: Keep my tummy full of food.

Milestones: 1st Trimester DONE!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 42" waist , 46"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!)

I'll try to get around to taking a belly picture....I haven't taken any...bad mommy, I know.

ETA: Please pardon the pajamas, unfocused picture, no bra, unbrushed hair and otherwise horribleness that is this picture. I took it this morning (8/6)....I'll try to get a "cuter" one later on today.

I think something happened overnight, because I don't remember looking/feeling this way yesterday morning (my tummy was still pretty mushy, but overnight, parts have hardened up). Maybe it was the walking around the fair grounds yesterday evening, but I felt a major pull last night (like it almost knocked me over with surprise) and this morning I still feel a dull ache of a pull.

Lord help us all!

Monday, August 1

13 weeks (a few days late)

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Not much new to report: Feeling a bit of movement every so often. I was able to find babies B and C's heart beats last night for the first time on the doppler :-) Loved that! Both were right around 150-155. I think A is going to be harder to find because they're kind of tucked way down and behind every one else.

I'm feeling pretty good. I haven't taken a nap in a few days, which I think is going to change today (we were too busy with our trip). I have definitely been having some sharp stretching pain, but nothing crazy.

We told a few more people that we're pregnant with triplets....the reactions are priceless :-) Of course, some of the comments there-after are annoying ("You're done now, right?" or "Time to get your tubes tied").

Tuesday, July 26

NT Scan

We had our NT scan today: All looks good! We go back August 24th for my first GD test, anatomy scan, and cervix check.

All 3 were measuring ahead:
A was 13w1d heart rate of 155bpm
B was 12w5d heart rate of 145 bpm
C was 12w5d, but we didn't find out a heart rate

They were all bee-bopping all over, but the tech didn't have much trouble with getting the NT measurements: She said she's had more trouble with 1 than with our 3. All have their arms and legs, stomach and bladder, heart....all looking good.

My BP was good: 118/64 , I was down a few more pounds, but nothing bad.

We did have our first MFM consult, which wasn't very much. My total goal of weight gain is 35-45lbs, which [I quote] "Might mean some restrictions on your part as to what you eat": I'm not too concerned with gaining too much.

Our goal is that the babies not arrive until after Thanksgiving, but given my history with Ave's pregnancy they don't believe there should be any problems with me going beyond 33 weeks (which is average for triplet-pregnancies); I'm sticking with my goal of no babies until after New Years.

Friday, July 22

12 Weeks

12 weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of limes

Maternity Clothes: Not really...but my clothes were too big to begin with.

Weight Gain: I'm down another 3lbs....not surprising, it's been too hot to eat much the past few days (total loss:8 lbs - Don't worry I still weigh a good 50lbs more than I really should)

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: I love sleep....I'm still taking naps when Ave does...it was 2 hours and 15 minutes today.

Best Moment of the Week: Getting a call from my "friend" A at AMC, that she was able to consolidate my appts in to one day! Yay! Matt will get to see the babies now:-)

Movement: I'm thinking a little bit

Symptoms: For the most part I feeling ok: I'm definitely having some pulling or something in my lower stomach muscles....particularly when I wake up during the night. Nausea is almost gone, but I do have times of having to force myself to eat and things just not being appealing.

Food Cravings: Ice water

Gender: My guess: 2 boys and a girl: Matt says 3 girls (I think that's his worst case scenario, not that it's a bad thing).

What I Miss: Not feeling like I have to pee....CONSTANTLY!

What I'm Looking Forward to: NT scan on Tuesday, as well as our MFM consult.

Weekly Wisdom: Keep my tummy full of food.

Milestones: Done with progesterone!!!!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: 42" waist , 46"hips (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!)

Monday, July 11

Grandparents

We've been able to spend a bit of time the past few days with both Matt's grandparents and my grandfather, which has been nice. Yesterday we celebrated Matt's grandmother's birthday (she and my sister have the same birthday, today; and her sister and me, share the same birthday). I got to talk a lot with Grammy about everything and nothing. The two of us manage to get in quite a bit of trouble together when we get started.

Matt was able to have some one on one time with his grandfather, which I think his grandfather really appreciates. He's becoming slower and slower mentally and most people don't have the time/desire to be "bothered" with talking to him. They were talking and his grandfather told him, that when we trade in the Honda (which we bought from them and have been making payments on monthly) we won't owe them anything more for it. SWEET!

What a blessing that will be! We're hoping to get a van for a few thousand more than the Honda is worth (which should be a decent amount of money) and pay cash for it, so as not to incur any debt. YAY!

Today we did my sister's birthday dinner and my grandfather was there. He's deaf and we have to write notes to him, so that we can talk with him. Somehow we started talking about my pregnancy and he was asking questions about how many days will I have to stay in the hospital? how often do I have to go to Alb.any for appointments? etc etc.

I explained to him how I am considered high risk and everything is very tentative. That I could be put in the hospital on bed rest at any time in the next few months, and have to stay there, to having a planned c-section and being home in 4 days. I explained to him all the risks involved and how many doctors will be involved with the delivery, and the potential for babies having to stay in the hospital. He didn't realize before just how big a deal this is.

He was mad originally that we didn't want to be telling everyone and their brother it was triplets, because of the risk, but I think now he's realizing this is not going to be a walk in the park. He had originally assumed it would be like any other pregnancy and the babies would be born around their due date. I told him how if everything goes well, I'll probably have a scheduled c-section the beginning to middle of January. I explained that Matt will be in the room, and that I will (hopefully) be awake for the whole thing.

He was really rather impressed by the whole concept and how HUGE of a deal this is. My mom said I should really freak him out and send him pictures of someone's belly shots from a triple pregnancy (I had just told her Matt and I had googled that).

I am really glad that Matt and I still have our grandparents, but believe me I still really miss my mom's parents....I had a MUCH closer relationship with them, than I ever had or will have with my dad's dad. It was good to talk with all of them though, and discuss baby things.

Friday, July 8

10 weeks (sorry, this is long)

Yesterday I had my appt at AMC: Let me just preface this post by saying, I cannot make this stuff up.

First off I thought I was lost driving to my appt: I had to drive through a really bad looking neighborhood once I got off the highway to get to downtown. Once I finally got to the Valet Parking for the office, there was no one there to take my keys. Of course at this point it's almost 9:30 and my first appt is then. I drive around looking for any parking spot and find a lot, end up driving in through the exit, then realized it was the valet lot. I left the car there, found a valet guy at that point and told him I was confused, but here are my keys and there is my car.

Then I couldn't figure out how to get into the ding-dang building! It's on the second floor above a CVS and a bank. I'm walking around, I ask in CVS and they tell me go out those doors it's on the right. I do and end up opening an alarmed door to a storage room (I thought it was a stairwell). Then I find the elevator and go up. FINALLY! I'm there!

I check in, an admin person calls me back, has me fill out insurance stuff and hands me a paper for my ultrasound. I go back to the waiting room (mind you it's now 9:40 and I haven't peed since 7:15 when I left home). I know they're going to need a urine sample and figure it shouldn't be long. At 10:15 I ask the receptionist how much longer before my appt, since I had to go to the little girls' room. She's leaning back in her chair and looks like she's playing on the computer and after a couple of seconds responds "Oh they'll be with you in a few minutes". So I decide to go to the bathroom.

I sit there about another 5 minutes after my toilet run and another receptionist calls me name, we'll call her A. She asks me if I have any paperwork, I show her the one piece of paper, and she goes "Oh, no, you should have a lot more than that" and hands me like 4 more sheets. At this point I'm thinking something is wrong.
A asks me "how long have you been waiting?"
Me-"I've been here since 9:40"
A-"No one has been out to get you?"
Me-"No"
A-"Please come with me"

The person who checked me in, only checked me in for my ultrasound, and never checked me in for my nurse consult or my initial OB exam-visit.

At this point it's 10:30, A is apologizing to me PROFUSELY for the delay. She hands me off to the U/S tech is also apologizing over and over again. Another person (a nurse/doctor?) who is also apologizing and say this is an outrage that I've been kept waiting this long, that someone up front screwed up, this is totally unacceptable. All of them were beyond upset that I had been kept waiting.

The U/S tech did a great job (loved her! We'll call her M): She was congratulating me on triplets, telling me how her friend just had triplets a while ago, and had a daughter a couple of years older (her trips were 2 boys and a girl ;-). She spent a lot of time looking at everything. The babies all have their own placenta, good thick linings between them, all are measuring at least 3 days ahead. She even gave me a 3-d U/S, which I've never had before (Picture Right: I circled where there heads are, if you look closely you can see their little arms and legs).

At this point A and M are personally handling my appointments and anything to do with me. A and M leave and a doctor comes in, he sits down and immediately starts talking selective reduction with me. I told him we would not be doing that. Then he got visibly annoyed with me, because I was not even interested in it. He spent 30 seconds doing an U/S, then said "Everything appears good" and walked out of the room (Matt was livid about this when I told him last night). He did come back in with M and started harping on about my being a carrier for Cystic Fibrosis, and was I aware of this, has my (actually never said husband/partner anything) been tested. I told him I was aware of it, so there is no issue. Then he stormed away again. Maybe he was having a bad day.

I couldn't even believe that the doctor was seriously pissed that I wasn't going to do it. I understand it's protocol to discuss it, but for him to be annoyed with me and so curt when I said we were not considering it....sheesh! Fortunately he isn't one of the high-risk OBs, and I'll probably never see him again....I hope.

After that everything went smoothly. I did like the OB I saw. I think I'm getting old, because I don't think she was much older than I am lol All in all, me and the babies look good, and no one had any concerns as to my being able to carry this pregnancy for a good long while: YAY!

It was a long day though...3.5 hours at the doctors office. It should never have taken that long, but it's all done and all good. I now have a personal admin person, A and whenever I need to talk to someone about appointments she's the one. The NT scan is scheduled for July 25, and unfortunately our consult with the high risk OB is the 26th....fun! (and I leave for Maine on the 28th....too much car time!) A tried to get me another appt time for the NT, but there was nothing available. It is, what it is.

When I was checking out the person who had checked me in, and several other admins were being talked to by the office manager, because they had not followed procedure and never even signed off on my check in sheet (and a whole bunch of other stuff). She kept glaring at me the whole time I was with A, like I had done something wrong. Oh well.

I liked all the nurses/doctors/techs I saw, with the exception of grumpy-pants, so I think we'll be ok going there :-) Of course a new fear has cropped up in my mind, which I'll discuss with the MFM...If I go 36 weeks, are they going to plan a c-section or are they going to let me just go into labor (or at any other time during this pregnancy)....my concern being I was only in labor with Ave for 6 hours, before she was born. I don't know if I'd be able to get to Albany in time if I was in labor (obviously any signs of preterm labor are going to be heavily monitored for me).

I'm not sure how I feel about delivering 3 babies vagina.lly. I know I could do it, but I just worry about the risks. I'm sure though that I'll end up with a c-section because who knows how these babies are going to be lying.


10 weeks

Size of Baby: They are the size of a kumquat (whatever that is)

Maternity Clothes: I did just have Matt pull out my box of clothes from the atiic, but I am wearing shorts and t-shirts that I bought last year that were way too big...they're fitting quite nicely.

Weight Gain: I'm down 5lbs....not surprising, but am holding steady

Stretch Marks: No new ones

Sleep: I love sleep....I usually take an hour nap in the afternoon when Miss A is down, and we're in bed most nights by 9:30 and I'm up with Ave whenever she gets up (anywhere between 6:30 and 8:30)

Best Moment of the Week: Getting to see our babies yesterday

Movement: Nope

Symptoms: For the most part I feel ok: Definitely tired, sometimes my stomach feels blah and I don't want to eat, dinner doesn't always go down too easy.

Food Cravings: Ice water

Gender: My guess: 2 boys and a girl (the girl because Ave was a late implanter and scientifically I think that smaller one was a later ovulation, which is why it was behind). Matt says 3 girls (I think that's his worst case scenario, not that it's a bad thing).

What I Miss: Not feeling like I have to pee....CONSTANTLY!

What I'm Looking Forward to: These babies cooking for a good long while!

Weekly Wisdom: Keep my tummy full of food.

Milestones: Done with my baby aspirin! Only 2 more weeks of progesterone...YAY!

Emotions: A bit more balanced....which isn't saying much for me.

Measurements: Pre-pregnancy: waist 38", hips 46"
This week: waist 42", hips 46" (LET THE GROWTH BEGIN!)

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