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)