And The Results Are...

15 Weeks 5 Days Pregnant

All the babies cooperated today and we were able to determine their genders! Although "baby a" gave us a hard time at first and kept their legs crossed. In order this is how we found out and there was a few minutes laps in between finding out each one so the suspense was killing us!

The ultrasound tech was checking out baby a's head and heart and such and every now and then I got a brief shot of the gender but I didn't want to get ahead of myself and guess wrong so I waited....finally she was studying 'the part' and asked, "do you want to know the gender?" My Husband and I both answered at the same time, "YES!"

looks like baby a is a....

Then on to the next baby, check the head, the heart.....finally.....
"baby b is a......"

the suspense was then killing us it could either be all boys or one girl could toss it up...which would it be?!?!
Check the head, the heart,
"baby c is a......"

Just what my husband and I were hoping for! We can't believe it! We did get ultrasound pictures of each of the babies genders but they're really dark. I don't know why we keep getting really horrible ultrasound pictures. I'll post them anyway...I don't know how many of you will be able to understand them but it'll be fun to see just the same.

(baby a's profile-boy)

(baby a's gender-boy!)

(baby b's gender-boy! he was hiding his face and we couldn't get a good picture of it)

(baby c's gender-girl!)

(baby c's face, she's looking right at you!)

In Exactly One Week...

14 Weeks 5 Days Pregnant

We are SO excited! Exactly one week from today we will find out the genders of our babies, that is if they cooperate. I really hope they do 'cause I have a lot to prepare before bedrest and it would be helpful to know their genders! Our appointment is next Thursday the 30th at 8:00 in the morning. Glad it's early, don't think I could wait ALL day to find out.

p.s. we're hoping for 2 boys and 1 girl, that would make the boy-girl ratio even in our family. All I gotta say is we'd better have at least ONE boy because my husband threatened to move out if they're all girls.... he was kidding, I think....but I wouldn't blame him if he was serious....can you imagine 4 girls going through puberty around the same time?!

Finally...A Belly Picture

14 weeks

12 Week Appointment

12 Weeks 4 Days Pregnant

Today we finally met with Dr. E for our 12 week appointment. Let me say, he REALLY is all he's cracked up to be. We had to sit in the waiting room for an hour because there were two emergencies that needed to be taken care of. When it was finally our turn he followed us into the room and immediately apologized and got to work telling us a load of information. Our next appointment will be in three weeks (the 30th of this month) and he said they'll be able to determine the genders at that point! We're so excited! Then the appointment following that will be at twenty weeks, they'll do a full scan on all the babies check each of them from head to toe to make sure everything is ok. During that same appointment he has to check my cervix to see whether it's shortened or not....not so fun. His hands don't seem as big as Dr. P though, thank goodness. Dr. P had to examine me when I was pregnant with B, let me just say it was the worst exam I think I will ever experience. When Dr. E asked if I had met P and what I thought of him I answered with two words, "Big hands." That gave Dr. E a laugh, he said he's heard that before....SEE! I'm not the only one! He then told me that I need to expect that I will be in the hospital on bed rest around 24 weeks until I deliver. YUCK. I knew it would be somewhere around there, but hearing it more final like that makes me dread it more. He said there is also a concern with Preclampsia because each of the babies have their own placenta that puts me at higher risk for developing Preclampsia. He's hoping for the best but said he will keep a close eye on me. One good thing he told me is one of his patients that was pregnant with triplets he just delivered and she made it all the way to 36 weeks! That's my main big goal. We had B at 36 1/2 and got to take her home, she had no complications. I know it's a big hope to make it that far with triplets, but I'm hoping and praying just the same!

Because Dr. E followed us into the room and talked with us through my ultrasound exam I didn't really get to have a good look at the babies. :( I kept glancing up from time to time and the ultrasound tech gave us some pictures to take home. Two of the three pictures turned out great....last picture looks like a jumbled mess, but I'll post it just the same.

(baby A)

(baby B)
This is the jumbled one, I threw some arrows on there pointing out each baby.
(baby C is along the top)

Pregnancy Cravings and Pregnancy No-No's

10 Weeks 3 Days Pregnant

There has only been a hand-full of foods that I can stand to eat at this point in time. What I mean by stand to eat is they are foods that don't make me gag thinking about them. They have truly been my "life-savers".



(bean burritos without onions....had this for dinner three nights in a row last week)

Now the list of things that I can't stand the sight of let alone the smell or taste could go on and on forever. However, I will only list a few of the most important foods I have found I must avoid at all costs. Posting these pictures is just making me sick.....bleck.

The worst of all is that stupid Carl's Junior commercial for their new burrito...I have to change the station every time.

9 Week Ultrasound Pictures

9 Weeks 3 Days Pregnant

For the remainder of my pregnancy each doctor's appointment I go to the babies will be referred to as "Baby A" "Baby B" "Baby C". Sorry these pictures are a week late...better late than never! The ultrasound tech was telling us something really neat. She said at 9 weeks the babies still don't have a placenta, they feed off of what's called a "yolk sac" until the placenta is developed. But she said amazingly enough she could see where the placentas were starting to form and some really great news, each of the babies have their own placentas, which is a really good thing...I won't get into the details, just know it's good. I was amazed how much they had grown in the one week that I hadn't seen them. They couldn't get all three of them on the same picture anymore!

Our Appointment With A Specialist

9 Weeks 5 Days Pregnant

As you all know (well, if you read our earlier post you know) we are expecting triplets. When you're pregnant with triplets you're automatically in the category "high risk" so unfortunately this meant we couldn't stay with our family doctor, we had to be transferred to IMC Hospital's High Risk Specialists. My Doctor recommended we see Dr. E. I had met him once before when I was pregnant with B(our first child), I was high risk the later half of that pregnancy. When I called IMC to schedule an appointment with Dr. E they said he was too busy to see me so I would have to see Dr. B. I was of course disappointed. I trust our doctor and don't want to leave him for anyone, but if I have to I want to go to the person he recommended and trusts.
The appointment was this last Tuesday, my wonderful husband met me there and we saw an ultrasound tech first. She did an ultrasound to examine the babies. She measured each of them and told us they were all on schedule one is a day ahead and the other two are two days behind, but she said it's hard to accurately measure with an ultrasound, and they all looked great. I was really surprised at what she did next because I thought I wasn't far enough along but she found and recorded each of the babies heart beats. That was the neatest most comforting thing for me! I have been so nervous up to this point and hearing all three babies heart beats helped comfort me. After she took a few pictures and finished measuring the babies she left and Dr. B came in. I don't want to offend anyone who might have had Dr. B and loves him but I was not a big fan. The whole time he was in the room with us he told us only the negatives about triplet pregnancies and criticized my regular family doctor and then told us we had the option to have a reduction procedure (which basically means you abort 1 or 2 of the babies). I was so thrown back and offended. Most doctors take a middle ground and tell you the positives and negatives about your situation. He also told us at that clinic we could request a certain doctor but it wouldn't mean we would see the same doctor for every appointment because they were all so busy....SO FRUSTRATING! I want one doctor for my entire pregnancy that I can trust. So anyway, sorry for the long story. I was grateful for the nice ultrasound tech and that we were able to see all three babies and hear their heart beats. That was the highlight of the appointment. Needless to say when I scheduled an appointment for 12 weeks I insisted that I see Dr. E and ironically enough the lady scheduling me didn't resist like before.
They did give us pictures to bring home but I've been sick this past week and haven't had a chance to scan them into my computer. Like I mentioned earlier our next appointment will be at twelve weeks...I think the appointment is scheduled for April 7....check up back then and I'll have another baby update. :)