One Surprise After Another...

If there's one thing we've been able to count on so far with this pregnancy it's to be shocked every time we visit the doc. We had a fun little Thanksgiving surprise and a little more to be thankful for this year. But I can assure you folks,

THIS is the last and final baby count:

I'm sure everyone is sick of us updating our story all the time, but there should be no more surprises. Phew! Triplets is a scary word folks, but we're getting use to swallowing it, and saying it! Of course we've been going through a rush of emotions & it's going to take probably this whole pregnancy and THEN some to get use to it, but how can we not just sit back, laugh, smile and know that we are blessed beyond measure right now and forever?!

For journaling purposes bear with me real quick for the story.

When we were sitting in the patient room waiting for our nurse, Dr. A popped his head in with a grin and said he wanted to sneak us away before the nurse came in because he was anxious to find out how many we had. We both looked at eachother realizing he must've had a bigger hunch than he initially led on. I hopped on the table and Dr A joked around with us to ease our nerves. Then he immediately started giggling (yes he found this hilarious) and said well there are 3 in there! Yikes! No one cried, no one screamed, no one fainted or ran away. We survived it. And having such a fun and excited Dr really eased our fears! We love him.

Here's what we know so far (this is the part everyone's been asking about)

1. We can count on premature babies

2. We can count on time in the NICU

3. We can count on bed rest & possible hospitalization

4. We can count on a C-Section

5. We can count on our babies being born at 3 lbs...maybe 4

6. We no longer have a "due date"; our goal is just to make it past week 28. Most triplets deliver between 30-32 weeks. I'm hoping for first of May but as long as it's not before mid April the babies will have a high chance of being healthy and possibly avoid NICU. So much for June 22nd eh?

7. We will go through approx 900 diapers the first month

8. Last but not least, the entire pregnancy is very accelerated. I am only 10 1/2 wks along but only have about 5 months left. This means growth is faster, the sickness has been worse, stretching is faster and the pain when walking has already started early for me because of the pressure of 3 babies. So when you see me waddling like an 8 month pregnant woman when I'm barely showing, please hold your laughs...I can't help it, I HURT! Ah the joys.

I thought it would be fun to share what we do know about our little ones. We either have a sneaky one or a camera shy fella on our hands. In our first ultrasound, the bottom fella was hiding like a Navy Seal. Not even visible (see previous post about twins). In the following pic, you can still barely get a full view of this one with the other 2 at the same time. We got plenty of him/her alone, but still super camera shy! Cute little stinker! I know it's hard to make it out but the baby in the bottom pic only really has it's head visible.

And here's their size:

Last, I keep getting requests for belly pics. Sorry these don't show much, especially for triplets. But I'm keeping track none the less. I'm sure pretty soon there'll be something to show!

5 Weeks...

10 Weeks...

You may not notice it, but I do. I have grown. I HAVE. I'm already wearing an elastic around my button in this pic. I may not be pouchy but my stomach was much slimmer than this before the tator tots.