Good News!!!

I'm not in the hospital!!! As you know we were told last week that even if things were better they would be admitting me into the hospital today. So I have been through an emotional week of ups and downs and packed a lot of stuff. Last night I slept horrible and this morning I left the house a little emotional thinking it would be a long time before I would be back home. Once at the high risk doctors office they didn't have my appointment scheduled(not the first time this has happened to us). After patiently waiting for an hour the ultrasound tech came and got us. I was immediately disappointed because it was a different tech that we have not seen before and did I mention she had a accent that you could barely understand, things weren't looking good at this point. Well the ultrasound tech did her thing and Steven and I both noticed right away it didn't look as bad as it was the last two weeks, but what would the doctor say? The last doctor we saw was Dr. Johnson who said he would admit me know matter what. Well today Dr. Moise was the doctor on the schedule, both of them are great so it wasn't as disappointing as the ultrasound tech. Doctor Moise came in and said "what have you been doing the last two weeks" of course I said "absolutely nothing" and he said "well it is working", okay sounds good! He said it is very rare but things have seemed to improve quite a bit. He said we are not out of the clear and things could turn back around tomorrow so I should stay on strict bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy but if I was comfortable going back home he was okay with that. He said he was also okay with admitting me into the hospital today but who in there right mind would say yes if given the choice, not this sucker! I'm not sure our minds are totally at ease because it is hard for me to believe that things were pretty bad at 22 weeks. At 23 weeks things got a little worse and now at 24 weeks its a miracle and things are better? This takes me back to the ultrasound tech who didn't do some of the things the other techs did and found the problems. Do things look better because of what she did or didn't do? Is Dr. Moise's opinion different from what my other doctors have thought? At this point we are happy to finally hear some good news and we are going to trust what Dr. Moise says. At some point he said I will end up in the hospital so the bags will stay packed and go with me every week to Houston. He did give me a shot of steroids to help develop the babies lungs and a progesterone shot to help prevent miscarriage so that does give us a little reassurance, of course it just adds to my hormones so pray that Steven can deal with me in the coming days/weeks. Our next appointment will be next Thursday with of course another doctor in the practice so we will see what her opinion is and find out if next week is the week I end up in the hospital! Thanks for all of the prayers they are apparently working and we will keep you posted.

BES Baby Shower

Yesterday Steven had the honor of going to a baby shower by himself. I had every intention of attending but we thought it would be best if I didn't. Steven doesn't normally like to do things like this but they made him very comfortable and he didn't mind. They did a baseball theme that looked so cute and probably helped put Steven at ease. The cake said "Congratulations It's a Triple" and had a baby on each base. They made sure to send home extra cake for me and it was delicious. When Steven got home he told me all about it and I was amazed at the gifts we received!

Busy Day!

Even on bed rest it can be a busy day. Last week my doctor told me to go out to eat or something to enjoy my last little bit of freedom. That made my day because I was dying to get my hair cut and thought I was going to have to wait a really long time since I probably won't have much time on my hands in the near future. So thanks to Myrna for giving up her lunch break to "drive Miss Daisy" to get her hair cut. Then yesterday afternoon our Christmas present arrived, new couches that I finally convinced Steven we needed. I know its March but it took me a while to pick them out. We ordered them about a month ago and they finally came in. I also received an email yesterday that our changing table/dresser for the nursery was in. Alan thankfully picked it up for us and stuck around to help put it together. We read many reviews that it was a difficult item to put together but of course I had to order it anyway (it matched the cribs). So the nursery is coming together quickly and I'm so glad that I actually get to be here to see it.

Notice I'm in the background making sure everything is put together correctly and Steven looks like he is letting his dad do all the work!

Crib #2, bedding, and bed rest

We received the second crib yesterday. When the UPS driver got here Steven met her outside and she said "are you having twins, I just delivered one of these the other day". Well much to her surprise Steven informed her she may be making a few more delivers before it is all said and done. Steven put it together last night, he's becoming a pro at it. We also got our bedding thanks to my Grandparents and my Mom & Dad. It looks great and I'm so excited about it.




Other than that bed rest is going okay, my days seem to go by surprisingly fast but I've had a few melt downs because I just want to get things done and it bothers me that I can't just get up and do them. My wonderful husband has done everything he can to keep me as calm as possible but pregnancy hormones x3 plus the confinement to the couch or bed is just not a good combination!

Latest doctors appointment

Friday I saw my OB in College Station for the last time during this pregnancy. I was still effaced 70% but was now dialated to a fingertip. Next week, Friday, I will see my high risk doctor in Houston and they will admit me into St. Luke's that day. I'm not really looking forward to staying in the hospital but will be a little relieved to know that I'm closely monitored. I will be there until we deliver so the longer I'm there the better it will be for the babies so I have to keep that in mind.

Me with my OB Dr. Appleton


Belly picture at 23 weeks 4 days (my belly now measures 40 inches, wow)!

Couples Shower

Sunday we had a wonderful couples shower hosted by some friends of ours. I okayed it with my doctor and he said I could go as long as I sat, so thats what I did! We had a great time visiting with everyone, ate lots of good food, and received a lot of wonderful things. I get excited thinking about using all of the neat stuff. It also scares me a little thinking about how crazy our house will be with so much stuff!

The Host and Hostesses with Steven and I.

The cake was so cute(it matched the invite) and did I mention yummy!!!

Such a cute baby and our first crib!

I finally scanned in some of my ultrasound pictures from Wednesday. The ultrasound tech wanted to try the 4D and got some good pictures of Baby C. His brother and sister had their backs turned to the camera the whole time so we didn't get pictures of them. I guess I better get used to the fact I won't get all of them to look at the camera at the same time!

Our first crib was delivered yesterday so Steven put it together last night. I made him put it together in the living room so I could "help" or at least watch. I think it looks really good but I'm not sure how we are going to fit 3 in the room. Sorry the pictures aren't great but that's the view I get now from the floor!