It's a..........

It's a BOY, BOY, GIRL! Our appointment Friday went well and we were very excited to find out the sex of the babies. It was pretty obvious on the ultrasound the boys vs. the girl so I feel pretty confident they have it right. The ultrasound lasted about 2 hours which was not as long as we thought it would and we got a good indication of their personalities. The boys are already fighting, baby B kicked baby C in the head and the girl just refused to do what the ultrasound tech wanted despite the pushing on my stomach. We also discovered all of our children are going to be very stubborn(they must get that from their dad)! The poor ultrasound tech would get the image she needed and before she could push the button they would move or turn around. She had to go back and forth between babies several times and she still didn't get one or two images she needed. All of their measurements put them at 19 weeks which is right on track with my due date so everything looks healthy and good so far. After the ultrasound my doctors wife (a nurse at Texas Children's NICU) took us on a tour of St. Luke's labor and deliver and TCH NICU. More than likely this will be where we deliver so we wanted to check it out. It is definitely an amazing place that we're sure to get lost in a time or two until we get the color codes of the elevators figured out!

No news is good news!

Besides the fact that I'm growing very quickly we have no new news. We are very excited about our appointment this week (Friday) with the high risk doctor. This is the appointment that we will hopefully find out the sex of the babies :) It will be a 3 hour ultrasound to measure each baby's organs, etc. so I'm not looking forward to the long appointment. But the bright side is it will give us time if one baby is not showing us their business hopefully they will move around enough to get an accurate indication of who they are!!!

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day and your sweety treated you extra special! My sweet husband surprised me, we usually don't do gifts but he picked out three little stuffed teddy bears each one from a different baby. He said he knew that the babies would want to get me something. The fact that he thought of this on his own made it even more special. That night we went out to eat on a group date and had a great time.


To:Mom From:Baby A, Baby B, & Baby C

We survived the week!

We are celebrating! This was the first week I made it without going to the doctor. Although I do have to say I miss it a little not knowing that everything is going okay but I don't miss the drive.

I am officially in maternity clothes now. As you can see by the photo my belly is beginning to expand quickly! And I do have to say its not very comfortable when your belly is expanding 3x's faster than it normally would. Steven thinks I shouldn't complain after hearing about the octuplets but I don't think my back and belly would agree.

Friday's doctors appointment

We went for our weekly check up with my OB Friday. Everything was good, the babies are moving and have good heartbeats. She was still not able to see the hematoma. She had the report from the high risk which said where it was located but she just couldn't find it. I know without a doubt that it is still there so it just confirmed to me that with her technology she was not able to see it. She assured us that the hematoma would cause little risk to me or the babies which is very comforting. We do not have another appointment for two weeks, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that we don't have an emergency that causes us to go in. It never fails when I don't have an appointment scheduled something goes wrong that they want me to come in for.

We still do not know the sex of the babies. I've begged but they cannot say for sure the sex. My OB wants the high risk to tell us at our next appointment at the end of February. She did tell us that she thinks baby C does have something between the legs(but she didn't want us to go buy blue because of that). Baby A wasn't even in a position she could look. And Baby B she wasn't sure. Its killing me to know. I'm hoping for two boys and one girl but I'm sure we will be happy with whatever they are.

On a sad note I'm in the uncomfortable stage of my regular clothes not fitting but not yet ready for maternity clothes. I'm sure I won't stay in this stage long but it is very difficult picking out clothes to wear right now.

Ultrasound Pictures

Here are the ultrasound pictures from Friday's visit to the high risk doctor:

This is how they are positioned Triplet A is at the bottom, Triplet B is top right, and Triplet C is top left.

Triplet A was 6.80cm and the heart rate was 145bpm.

Triplet B was 6.76cm and the heart rate was 153bpm.


Triplet C was 7.62cm and the heart rate was 159bpm.

Good News!!!

We saw the high risk doctor today and feel a lot better. He doesn't think the placenta is detached at all. He found a hematoma which is what he thinks caused the bleeding which completely made since. This is not something that will cause a risk to me or the babies but it is likely to continue bleeding or just absorb itself. Our fertility specialist saw this at week 5 or 6 and we've asked the first high risk and the OB about it several times but they didn't see it. It is possible that it was absorbed and this is a new one but we think it is the same one that has been here this whole time. This was something that the OB would of had a hard time seeing because her technology is not as high tech as the high risk doctors. And there is so much going on in there with three babies and three placentas that it is hard to see. We were a little frustrated that the first high risk doctor didn't see it or say anything about it but we are done with him. The new high risk didn't think the placenta previa was anything to worry about which is what my OB said too. Everyone feels confident that this problem will resolve itself as soon as the uterus expands. So after today I have the okay to go back to work next Tuesday. The bed rest will definitely come up again at some point but I'm really glad that it's not going to be this early in pregnancy.

The new high risk also set me up on a nutrition plan which consisted of 4000-5000 calories a day, eating 6 times a day (3 snacks and 3 meals), and the best part is ice cream before bed every night :) By the end of the pregnancy I should have gained 53-66lbs which Steven so nicely reminded me that I have to lose that weight after the pregnancy. I can't wait to see how much he gains after this is all said and done!

2 week vacation

Okay, not the vacation I would have wished for but I am off work for probably two weeks. To make a long story short I found out two weeks ago that I had placenta previa. Which means one of the placentas is over my cervix. This can be common in multiples pregnancy because there is just not room for all of the placentas. At this stage of pregnancy it is not a major problem because the uterus will still expand. The placenta will hopefully move with the uterus and move away from the cervix. Everything was going okay until last night. The doctor had me come in and now she thinks a small part of the placenta is detached. The good news is the babies are all healthy and doing well. I feel fine but will have to make sure things don't get worse. The doctor gave me orders to stay home from work for at least a week or two. I'm not on strict bed rest but have to take it easy which I shouldn't have a problem doing. Although I will probably be pretty bored after a few days. My OB has been the doctor monitoring me through this process but she wants me to see my high risk doctor tomorrow so we will see what he has to say.