(OK.....THIS IS SUPER LATE...AND SINCE MY NEXT APPT. IS TOMORROW I THOUGHT I BETTER POST THIS QUICK. REALLY, I WROTE IT RIGHT AFTER THE APPT. BUT I WAS TO LAZY TO UPLOAD THE PHOTOS OF THE GIRLS....TERRIBLE MOMMY I AM!!!!!)
On Monday, September 27th we had our big 20 week anatomy sonogram!
We arrived around 8:40 am and didn't leave until 11:45! I was checked with weight (139 lbs.), blood pressure, urine...all is fine. Well, my urine now had something else in it (can't remember), but a very, very low dose of it, so no need to worry unless I develop symptoms.
Cervix was till 3.4......HOLLA!!!! I was so happy! No bed rest yet for this Momma!
Each of the babies are perfectly healthy all around. Everything is in the right places, on the right side or left side, whichever side it's supposed to be on. Brains are perfect, hearts are great. We got to actually watch the four chambers of the heart opening and closing in slow motion...what an amazing thing to witness. Blood flow is all doing great too. They checked the brain (lobes, space..everything), the heart (everything with the heart you can imagine), the spine, each leg and arm bones, the hands, the feet, the kidneys, the bladder, the diaphragm, head circumference...that's all I can remember right now.
All the placentas are good and blood flow is perfect.
Each of the twins are 12 0z. each and Natalee is 10 oz.
We met with one of the doctors, (the lady who I really like) and I asked about setting the due date. She said that the due date will be as close as 34 weeks as they can get me. I was not so cool with that because 34 weeks is January 4th..MY BIRTHDAY! I do not want to have to girls born on the same day or preferably any closer to Christmas than that. I hate having my birthday so close to Christmas. She said that they do the elective c0sectins on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, so either the 3rd, 4th or 5th, I'd have to choose between. Obviously it will be the 5th of January....BUT, I am going to try to get them to go until the following Monday, which is January 10th. That seems perfect to me, an even number, amen. 01.10.11, I like that day. We will see but she made it perfectly clear that they DO NOT like to go past 34 weeks at all.
I was a little concerned about this since it is the first time I have heard that I would only make it 34 weeks no matter what. I knew that was my goal, along with the doctors but I never expected that to be my due date. So I did some researching and asking around the past few days and here I what I found out: 1) Triplets normally are born on average at 32 weeks, 2) Triplets on average stop growing around 30 weeks gestation, 3) Triplets are most at risk for having complication going past 34 weeks, such as the cords getting wrapped around their necks because of the small living capacity they are in, 4) mothers of triplets are more at risk going past 34 weeks because there is just NO more room! There are many other things I am learning as I continue to research.
So looks like the babies will spend a few weeks in the NICU, with hopefully just minor issues seen with high order multiples, such as jaundice. They will probably get oxygen and IVs through their belly button...but basically it all depend on their weight. If they are born 5 lbs. 2 oz. (the standard normal birth weight) they could only spend a day or two in the NICU but the less weight they are, the more time they will need to spend there.
Of course there are pros and cons to any situation. Of course at this time I cannot imagine leaving my three little princesses at the hospital and going home after my 4-5 days in recovery. However, I know they will be in the best place possible for them to thrive and I will get some time to recover at home somewhat before they come home. Although, this poses many, many other issues, such as how I get to and from the hospital (since I won't be able to drive myself for 6 weeks) when Tim goes back to work after the first week. We think that if they stay in the NICU, Tim will stay out of work for a week and then take off the majority of his leave when the babies come home. Luckily my sister will be home from college until the middle of January and since she goes to school locally, she could take me to the hospital in the am before her classes (if they are still in there after the 15th), so I guess there are options. I just cannot imagine leaving my children there without me. I have waited so long for them and then to leave them, I only pray God gives me the strenght, and I know he will carry me through. It makes my worries about giving birth so much less than thinking about leaving my precious angels there without their Mommy and Daddy. It makes my heart hurt just thinking about it.
Anyway, so the appointment went well and my next appointment is October 9th at 9:00am and my SIL, Megan will be here from New Mexico and will be joining me!! I cannot wait for her to see the babies, since she won't be back until after they are born..unless they come early (she's also coming for Christmas).
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| Love my sweet little girl's piggy toes! |
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| Claire |
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| Claire |
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| Claire |
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| Claire |
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| Natalee |
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| Madelynn |
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| Madelynn's hand |
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