Week 32

Well the time finally came - I had an appointment on Tuesday, April 28 with my OB. He checked my cervix and I was at a 2 and he said he could feel a foot!! He sent me straight to the hospital.
They got me checked in hooked me up to an IV for hydration, IV antibiotics, and another round of the steroid shot.


The first hour I was here I had 5 contractions or so and the nurse called the OB on call.
He had them give me a shot of turbuline. My Dr. called in an hour later and had them switch me to an oral pill called procardia which is a high blood pressure pill that has a side effect of stopping contractions.

I thought for sure I would be released (sounds like I am in jail - ha!) on Wednesday on 6pm after my second steroid shot so imagine my surprise when they decided to have me stay another night.

The on call today Dr. Turner stopped in and checked on me. She also was not comfortable with the number of contractions that I am having and said I need to stay another night. We had a discussion about children I have at home and she thinks it would be best for me to stay here since a 3 1/2 year old doesn't understand mommy being on bed rest!

Dr. Dornbier and my peri are both supposed to check in on me tomorrow. They will let me know what they think about me going home then. I also have a growth ultrasound on the babies so hopefully that will give them more information to work with.

I really want to make it to May 22 so if I have to bake the babies in here I will do that!!

I've had tons of support with people calling me and stopping by to help me burn the hours.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!

Week 31

I had an appointment with my OB on Tuesday. My ankles were closer to cankles it was pretty gross. Since my appointments have been so early in the morning I haven't had a chance to get much water in so my protein is also showing high again. I truly do not want to have to do another 24 hour collection!! Yuk! Anyway Dr. D was a little concerned about my ankles and the fact I had gained 4lbs a week ago Tuesday, 3lbs that Friday, then another 3lbs this Tuesday. I know the babies really start to grow now but this is ridiculous!

My second appointment this week was on Friday. I had a massage on Wednesday and had Barry work on my legs for a while to try and get rid of the excess water weight. I also woke up early enough to get 40 oz. of water in before my appointment. My ankles looked much better and my protein came back normal.

We did a quick look at the babies via ultrasound. They did a biophysical profile test (BPP) on Baby C (the small one) to make sure she was doing OK. She scored 8 out of 8! Yay! The ultrasound tech also said look at her diaphragm moving up and down - she was practicing breathing. That is also fantastic news. For the other babies they just checked to see they were still breathing, moving, and that the amniotic fluid in the sac still looked good. It all did. The scary thing is my cervix is down to 2.51 - if it goes below 2.5 I think that means bed rest all the time. I prefer my modified bed rest where I can actually get out and do one small outing each day.

We have another OB appointment on Tuesday, on Friday morning we see the perinatologist, and Friday afternoon we see the OB again. We just need to make it 4 more weeks!!! I am shooting for May 22 so if you are praying please use that same date.

Thanks to everyone for your emails, phone calls, and prayers. It is much appreciated.

Week 30

This week begins my new job "going to the Dr.". I saw my OB on Tuesday, the Perinatologist on Thursday, and the OB again on Friday. Everything remains as it should be at this point in the pregnancy. On Tuesday Dr. Dornbier said my cervix is softening but did not seem concerned. I think that is par for the course and my body's way of getting ready to deliver the babies.

The growth scan on Thursday (29 weeks 5 days) went well with the babies weighing the following:

Baby A Boy- 3lbs 2 oz 29 weeks 4 days
Baby B Girl - 3lbs 5 oz 29 weeks 5 days
Baby C Girl - 2lbs 6 oz 27 weeks 3 days

I am a little concerned about Baby C but neither the Perinatologist or the OB seemed concerned at this point. She has continued to gain since the last scan and as long as she does that everything will be OK. I will however, have to do a growth scan every 10 days or so now to ensure she keeps growing.

My new fun pregnancy symptom that I don't remember having with Brody is this weird phlegmy noise in the back of my throat when I try and sleep. I guess it is caused by my allergies but the Zyrtec is not helping. I started up my flonase again in the hopes that helps. I feel bad for Dave that he has to listen to it but luckily if he falls asleep it doesn't wake him up. It does unfortunatly wake me up about every hour. I tried sleeping in the recliner and even that did not help. The Perinatologist, bless his heart, took pity on me not sleeping more that an hour at a time for two days and gave me some ambien. On Thursday night I was able to sleep for 6 hours straight!!!! It has been MONTHS since I slept that much at once.

Mimi and Pops arrived from California on Saturday so now all the troops are here. With my parents, Dave's parents and sister's family, my aunt and uncle, and Auntie Rae we should be able to make it the next 5 weeks.

Week 29

Another appointment today with my OB Dr. Dornbier. Everything checked out fine. The babies must be laying funny because he said I measured 43 weeks. I was only 33 last week so someone is sitting weird. After no weight gain last week I put up an impressive 4lbs on the scale today which I am happy about. Big mommy hopefully equates to big babies. I have a growth scan (ultrasound) on Thursday so we will see then how they are progressing. I also start seeing Dr. D twice a week this week. He did say my cervix is softening but didn't seem to concerned about it. I was also told to limit my activity which he repeated more than once so must have meant it. :) I keep telling him we are going to schedule my c-section for May 22 but he seems to think I will go in for a check up and be sent straight to the hospital. Guess Dave will need to have his lesson plans in order!

The biophysical profile tests start week 31. Unfortunately they do not have the capability to check triplets in my OB's office so I will have to go to the hospital. Good thing they are right across the street from one another.

Mimi and Pops should arrive this weekend. I know Dave is excited about that. I think he is nesting this time instead of me since I am so limited on activity. 6 weeks isn't a whole lot of time to do all the things he wants to accomplish before the triplets get here but he is going to try.

We are still looking for a home for Jackson. If anyone knows of someone who can take him please let me know! I even called the rescue league and they said they would probably just euthanize him which we do not want!

Thanks for all the phone calls and emails. I appreciate everyone's support it keeps me from going bonkers!

You will also notice my belly button - if I were a turkey, I'd be done!!!

Happy Easter

Well we made it to church for Easter. The babies really enjoyed Pastor Foss's sermon and showed this by having dance party USA in my tummy during this time. Mental note: taking a picture upwards is not the most flattering position in the world. Don't my two boys look handsome???

Week 28

I saw Dr. Dornbier today. I thought for sure after my fun in the hospital this last week I would be told I was only allowed to go to the bathroom. I think it helped that I brought Auntie Rae and promised him that she was taking care of me and my family. Thanks Auntie Rae!!
I was told that for every hour I am up I need to rest for 4. I should have gone to medical school since that is pretty much what I have been doing anyway on the day's I wasn't working! :P)
My iron went from 9.7 to 10.4. I need to get it up to 11 so that means I need to keep taking the iron pills.
My protein was high today. Probably because I had juice with my breakfast and no other water to speak of. I usually drink a bunch of water before my appointment. So I have a bucket I get to collect my sample all day tomorrow. Yay - exciting!
I am still trying to figure out the camera - hope to have the pics posted tomorrow.
Thanks again for everyone's support!!

Week 27

I am a bit behind here as I have been resting a LOT!! I ended up overdoing it on Thursday 3/26. We called our neighbor Vicki to come over about 11pm and sit with Brody for an hour while we went to Mercy to ensure the contractions I was having were going to stop. Thanks Vicki! Luckily they did and we got sent home but I was told to do nothing all weekend. I followed orders.
On Tuesday, March 31 (Happy Birthday Daver) I had my regular OB appointment that included a trans-v ultrasound to check the length of my cervix. My regular Dr. was out of the office so I saw Dr. Hancock. He told me my cervix was funneling and he needed to make sure I wasn't having a bunch of contractions I didn't know about. He said "We are going to need to have you in for overnight observation." to which I responded, "Where?" What a goof ball! He told me the hospital and I started crying because I thought I was doing such a good job and the last thing on my mind was going straight from the Dr. to the hospital. That is the last time I am going to a Dr. appointment by myself! I ended up staying overnight (25 hours) and having some braxton hicks contractions but not enough to warrant my staying in the hospital. PTL! My bed is WAY more comfortable. They did give me two steroid shots 24 hours apart in case the babies do come it gives them a better chance. They also did another fetal fibernectin test that came out negative.
I am no longer working which is probably good since it was getting really hard for me to sit up for longer than an hour or so. I felt pretty bad though since my backup was on vacation and I was trying to hold out until he came back.
I got a new camera and as soon as I figure out how to download the pictures to my laptop I will upload them to the blog.
Thanks to everyone for your support during this time! I have the best family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers!!