16 weeks stats

Weight gained: 20+ pounds. It depends what time of day I weigh myself; in the morning I'm up 20 lbs at night I'm up 23 - yikes!

Inches: 35 (I really don't know what I was to start with)

Morning sickness: Gone :)

Cravings: Still fruit, especially citrus, but they may also be because I've had a cold. I've also been craving dairy, especially yogurt and cottage cheese... and ice cream.

Next appointment: July 7th is my official anatomy scan at 18 weeks.

Babies' Room Ideas

The last couple weeks my husband and I have been trying to figure out the logistics of bringing triplets into the world. We are so excited to be blessed with three babies, but trying to figure out how we're going to make it all work out has been a bit of a challenge. I feel like we need a bigger house, bigger car, bigger yard... but we really need to make due with what we already have for at least few years. Our 2nd bedroom is about 10'X13' which is not incredibly large. My husband made the comment last night, "It'd be the perfect size if we had twins..." So, we've gone over multiple different arrangement possibilites, and finally (I think) decided which arangement will work best. It looks something like this:

There will also be a glider in the corner by the windows, and a nightstand by the crib in the corner. Other than that, there's not much more we can fit in the room. The dresser is not very large, but I think we will be able to fit another small one in the walk-in closet.

I was very impressed with my husbands' ability to complete a model of the babies room on his engineering program in about 10 minutes. Hopefully the measurements are correct...

Changing doctors...again

So, it looks like my current ob and perinatologist (peri) are not going to work out. I guess in the area I live in there's some crazy monopoly on which peris can delivery. My current peri is not able to deliver, so right now I'm seeing both and ob and peri. I really love my peri, but the only ob in the area that would agreed to take on triplets is also pregnant. So at my last appointment, my peri suggested I call the peri specialist in Long Beach, who also does deliveries, for a consultation. He said he talked to my ob and she was willing to take on a triplet delivery, but that the other obs in her practice don't feel comfortable with triplets. If anything were to happen unexpectedly, I may not be able to rely on my current peri who is giving birth in Aug. I really don't want to take a risk with an ob that is not comfortable or experienced with triplets. So, long story short (too late), we are switching to a peri in Long Beach who will also be the one delivering. He is also the same peri who trained my current peri which makes me confident in his experience. We really wanted to be able to delivery close to home, but the health of the babies is most important. Long Beach is about 30 minutes away... as long the 405 cooperates and I don't hit traffic. Our first appointment with our new peri is on June 16th. Hopefully this will be the last switch we have to make!

12 week update

I had my 12 week appointment and NT scan. All the babies were super active, and my peri asked what I had for lunch because whatever it was they must have really liked it. My Peri said that babies A & C looked great and baby B looked good but had slightly more fluid behind the neck, but still looked in the normal range. All 3 babies are measuring 12+ weeks. He asked if we wanted to know the sexes, and, being someone who has a tough time not peaking at Christmas presents, said "of course!" He guessed that we have 1 boy (baby A) and 2 girls (B & C). I noticed he spent a lot of time checking out Baby A because his legs were crossed, but he must have seen something that made his think boy. Dh has been gloating because that's what he guessed (I really had a boy vibe). I've actually never been good at guessing these things, so I wasn't too surprised when my "gut" feeling was wrong.

I took a photo yesterday morning (12 weeks 5 days) of my bump.

I graduated!

I had my last appointment with my RE today at 11 weeks 5 days. It was bittersweet; I'll miss the nurses and my RE, but I know this means my pregnancy is progressing and I'll be entering my 2nd trimester soon! We had one last u/s and everything looked great. Baby A is measuring 12weeks 4days, Baby B is measuring 12 weeks exactly, and Baby C is measuring 12 weeks 2 days. Although my RE said he wasn't even going to try to guess on the sexes of the babies, my dh swore he saw a pecker on Baby A.... so I guess in a few weeks we'll find out if he's right or not. Baby C was super wiggly and squirmy when zoomed in on, it almost looked like he hiccuped or something. It's amazing to hear the heartbeats and see the movements.
We have our NT scan next week with our Peri next week, so I'm hoping he'll make a guess at the sexes, but I'm not going to hold my breath. For now I'll continue calling them Flick, Ricka, and Dicka; it was one of my favorite books when I was little about 3 triplet girls from the Netherlands. My dh isn't loving those names, but it's the best I've got for now.

Wow, it's been a month...

Wow, it's been a month since my last post... it's been quite a whirlwind of a month to say the least. I'm so sorry for not updating sooner, but since I went back to work I've been extremely busy catching up from being off for 3 weeks. I'm going to try to be a better blogger... only a month and a half until school's out!

Going back a few weeks... I had my u/s as planned. We were initially very surprised when we were told we were having twins, so imagine our shock when we heard the words, "Wait... how many did we transfer?... I see a third sack!" It's triplets!!!

Although we did transfer 3 embryos, we were given very low chances that all 3 would implant. My RE's response was the oxymoron of the year, he said, "well, it looks like you're a very fertile infertile!" I think my dh is still in shock. We've had a couple of u/s since our first, and all have shown the babies right on track. Last week we were able to hear the heartbeats... it was amazing! "Baby A" even squirmed around a little when my RE zoomed in. I have another appointment this afternoon, and I can't wait to see my babies again. My RE recommended a perinatologist in the area; my first appointment is on May 26th. I've heard great things about him, and was happy to read that he helped to develop the new NICU at the hospital where I will most likely be giving birth.

Besides feeling exhausted, I've been feeling pretty good lately. I had pretty bad morning sickness from about week 5 - week 8. But now (knock on wood), it seems to be in check. As long as I'm constantly eating every hour or so, I'm ok. It hasn't been difficult because I'm constantly hungry. The only problem is that very few things sound appetizing to me. I'm having aversions to pretty much all seasonings, so I've been eating very bland foods. My staples lately have been: hard boiled eggs; chicken salad; egg salad; nuts; fruit, fruit, and more fruit; ensure protein drinks, salty foods (but I trying to keep it healthy), gatorade, juice, and vitamin water. I am also guilty of "making a run for the border" at Taco Bell on my way home from work on occasion.

We haven't told too many people yet. I've really been trying to wait til I'm 12 weeks to spill the beans, but with triplets it's getting really hard to hide my belly. I've been trying to wear sweaters and blousy shirts, but yesterday I noticed one of my 7th grade students looking at my belly during 4th period. Sure enough, at the beginning of 5th period one of her friends asked me point blank before class if I was pregnant. I told myself I wasn't going to deny it if any one asked, so now my students know. They were all very sweet about it; I even got a few offers for babysitters, and one girl asked if they could throw me a shower.

I'm hoping all goes well at my appt today, and right after I see that all my babies are healthy, I'm praying that my RE says that my P4 levels look great and I can stop PIO injections. He originally told us I would stop PIO around 10 weeks, so I'm hoping that my 9 weeks 4 days is close enough. Today my dh hit a vein, it was pretty painful and a bleeder - I'm ready to be done!

1 week until my u/s

It can't get here soon enough. My 1st ultrasound is on the same day as dh's surgery (to remove a precancerous mole), and my mom's 80th b-day party, so it's going to be a crazy day. I wish I could just flash forward to next Tuesday... I'm back at work this week, which I was initially dreading, but it it is helping time to pass more quickly by keeping me busy. 

I've been feeling pretty good, other than the "morning sickeness" that tends to come over me around 3pm. I've also been more hungry than usual, but there's not much sounds good to eat. I have been trying to eat more protein (red meat), not because I'm craving it, but because I've heard it's supposed to be good for baby. What I am "craving" is juice and water - like crazy! I can't seem to get enough. I went through half a bottle of sparkling pomegrante juice (from Whole Food) and and bottle of Gatorade last night, and I was still thirsty. I've also been having waves of exahustion. During 6th period today I was suddenly so tired, I didn't think I would make it to 3pm. Instead of staying at school and catching up on grading (which I seriously need to do), I came home and took a nap. Now that I'm talking about sleep, I'm suddenly feeling tired again.... Good night :)