32 Week Checkup

We are still on track for February 17 C-section unless anything happens before then. The boys look great on the ultrasound!
Triplet A (Luke) 4 lbs 2 oz (May be a little off since he is under a big pocket of fluid from my abdomen and she had a hard time seeing and measuring him.)
Triplet B (Brady) 4 lbs 14 oz
Triplet C (Grant) 4 lbs 13 oz

Lots of baby I'm carrying around! As to be expected, I'm not feeling too hot but I'm trying to enjoy my last couple weeks of being pregnant.

We had a false alarm Tuesday and I went to the hospital but everything was fine. Just had some new and different back pains and pain in the front of my abdomen as well. They hooked me up to the fetal monitors and they showed no contractions and my cervix remains closed so I came home!

31 Week Checkup

The C-section is finally scheduled! The official countdown begins! The babies will be delivered February 17 at 0730. We have to be there at 0430! Things are definitely getting more real every day! Dr. Suarez was happy today with everything...my cervix is long and closed, no problems other than me just being extremely uncomfortable. He is very optimistic that I will make 34 weeks...I sure hope I can hang in there. My hips are killing me at night and it doesn't help having to crawl in and out of bed every hour to pee! I just keep reminding myself that it will be worth it in the end when we finally have our boys! I haven't had any contractions (that I'm aware of) which is good...they seem to think most of the pain is just muscular since my cervix is so long. I go back to see the doctor next week and they will check the weights of the babies. Speaking of weight...I gained 11 pounds in one week! I about fell off the scale and had the nurse redo it! They assured me that this was fine...the babies are going through growth spurts plus I have a pocket of fluid at the bottom of my belly from all the pressure. I was also put on house arrest today too...just to be on the safe side. I wasn't really going anywhere anyway...just out to dinner and to the grocery store every now and then. So now I'm confined to my house till my next doctor appointment next Thursday. We'll see how that goes...at least I'm not in the hospital!

30 Week Checkup

We made it another milestone-30 weeks! Today I saw Dr. Rowe and everything is going good! The boys are growing great!

Triplet A (Luke): 3 lbs 6 oz

Triplet B (Brady): 4 lbs - our future linebacker!

Triplet C (Grant) 3 lbs 2 oz

Their weights are right on target (Brady is actually kind of big). The ultrasound was a little limited today because it is so crowded in there. I thought it was cute that Grant actually moved over more to my midline and he and Brady are cudddling. Grant is usually up high on my left side. I actually felt him do that last night. I was on the recliner and my whole stomach just kind of shifted over to the right. Very strange but awesome feeling! Dr. Rowe and Dr. Suarez still agree (if everything continues like it is) that I will have my C-section at 34 weeks. I can't wait! I am completely terrified of having a C-section though- I hope I can behave and act right! I've never had a major surgery before-just tonsils taken out. I'm feeling pretty good but my hips are killing me from laying on my side and this morning I woke up with sores on my tongue and my gums are all swollen and sore! Dr. Rowe called it some weird name and said about 2% of pregnant women get it (he told me what it is called but my pregnancy brain has already erased it!) Imagine that- I'm in the 2%, it never fails! Oh well.

The nursery is pretty much complete-I have a couple of wall hangings to put up when my aunt brings them down from Dallas. Other than that, I'm just washing baby clothes! I finally took some pics tonight of the nursery:

Look at all their new clothes! This is just the closet-they also have a dresser full of clothes as well!

28 week checkup

Yesterday was my 28 week checkup. I went back to my old OB-GYN (who has a little more experience with multiples) and I feel a lot better about it. I just don't feel like my other doctor was really into it. Dr. Suarez was glad to have us back and I feel like I actually have a "gameplan" now. He said I was doing really good and he will deliver the babies more than likely at 34 weeks if all goes well. He did say if I so much as blink the wrong way anytime after 30 weeks that he will go ahead and deliver them to prevent any fetal demise. I really want these guys to stay in for 34 weeks though. That has been my main goal. He said making it 28 weeks is a huge milestone...I just can't believe that in a matter of a couple weeks I could deliver! I was feeling a lot of stress about everything throughout this whole pregnancy but now it's mainly just excitement and anticipation. I do worry a lot about going back to work and who will watch the babies though. Everything is so up in the air. We are planning on taking things day by day and whatever happens, happens. I've always been a planner and this just seems like something I can't plan...just a wait and see type of thing.

The whole bedrest thing is getting really boring. I know I'm doing what's best for my boys, but man I wish I could work! I'm sure if I were working I'd rather be at home though! Being in the bed just gets really uncomfortable. I spend a lot of the day in the recliner in the living room. My husband has been so good throughout all this. I feel so sorry that he is busting his butt working so hard then coming home and dealing with me! He is really excited about the babies though and I can't wait to share this experience with him. We are scared to death, I don't know if anyone is ever truly ready for this rollercoaster we are about to be on! It's hard to believe that there are three babies in me getting ready to enter this world. It all becomes so much more real when I feel them kicking me (which they have been like crazy these past few days!) I just can't wait to see them and hold them. I was really bummed that I couldn't do my 4D ultrasound. With the holidays they couldn't get me in, then I was too far along to do it. She did switch it over and I got a little glimpse of Triplet B's face(Brady's). It was really hard to see though. They are so crowded in there! Everyone keeps telling me that it doesn't look like I'm having triplets, but they are there! I actually feel pretty good except for the muscle pains on my left side and not being able to sleep well.

I've been working on the nursery somewhat...mainly just washing clothes, blankets, towels etc. I'm still waiting on some things to come in, then I can piece it all together and clean up.

I go back to the doctor next Wednesday and hopefully I will know weights...I hope these little guys are beefing up!