I had my 2nd growth ultrasound and the girls are measuring right on target – they are beautiful! They are about 12” each (estimated since they can’t really get a good measurement cuz their all squished up. LOL!
Taylor weighs 1lb 11oz., Leigha weighs 1lb 10oz., and Kaitlyn weighs 1lb 12oz.! This is really really great news again because it increases their odds of not having twin to twin transfusion. My OBGYN is SO happy with their progress! My cervix hasn’t changed at all which is also great news. I am still stable although they have put me on contraction meds just because the babies are getting bigger and they are running out of room.
We are so happy they are doing as well as they are – I can’t believe we have been so blessed and I thank God every night for this wonderful blessing! Our girls are fighters just like their parents and we couldn’t be prouder!
Love ya’ll!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
First Milestone Met? Check!!!
I turned 24 weeks today which is a HUGE milestone for triplets!!!!!
Everything after today is only good news as far as their development and survivability is concerned. I opted to get the steroid shots today to help the development of their lungs and skin so that is a positive thing too. Other than that - the girls are doing great. I have 8 weeks until my target date and anything after that is gravy. We are praying for Valentines babies! LOL At the last growth ultrasound - they were measuring about 1lb each so I am sure they are all a bit bigger than that since it was like 2 1/2 weeks ago. Imagine a cellular flip phone opened and that is the size of our girls! Amazing isn't it?
The hospital staff has been really awesome here and I really can’t complain other than just having cabin fever and wanting to get out of my room more than allowed. Heck - I would even opt to have a blood draw at this point if it meant I could go down to the lab! LOL
They have a chat hour every Thursday and all the pregnant girls get together and talk about why they’re here and stuff. In the last 2 weeks I have met a girl who was pregnant with twins and they had twin to twin transfusion syndrome. Long story short – one of her twins died and now she has to carry the viable baby and the dead baby for another 15 weeks since they were identical. I couldn’t imagine having to do that knowing that one of your children was dead inside of you.
Then today I met a girl who is 19, she was diagnosed with malnutrition and brought into the hospital. Come to find out she has graves disease and it is so bad that she is on intravenous fluids and can’t eat at all. She is 20 weeks and they have been giving her so many meds and steroids that they don’t know if her baby is going to not have difficulties or mental retardation when it comes out. She is so terrified and cried the entire time we were all together. It just broke my heart to see her!
All of this came at the perfect time for me because I was feeling down about being stuck in here and felt like I was missing out on a lot of "pregnancy" related things like the shopping and setting up the nursery and stuff - but now I realize just how much worse things can truly be.
God certainly has an uncanny way of thumping us between the eyes when we need a wake up call and making us realize just how lucky and blessed we are.
To my girls: 8 more weeks minimum until you can come out to meet everyone and while that sounds like a long long time - it isn't. We all love you so much already and can't wait to meet you! Grow big, get strong, take up all the room you want - mommy will survive- and come out to meet us in your own time. Stay as long as you want - the room is available only for you, my sweet angels. Mommy and Daddy love you more than anything!
Everything after today is only good news as far as their development and survivability is concerned. I opted to get the steroid shots today to help the development of their lungs and skin so that is a positive thing too. Other than that - the girls are doing great. I have 8 weeks until my target date and anything after that is gravy. We are praying for Valentines babies! LOL At the last growth ultrasound - they were measuring about 1lb each so I am sure they are all a bit bigger than that since it was like 2 1/2 weeks ago. Imagine a cellular flip phone opened and that is the size of our girls! Amazing isn't it?
The hospital staff has been really awesome here and I really can’t complain other than just having cabin fever and wanting to get out of my room more than allowed. Heck - I would even opt to have a blood draw at this point if it meant I could go down to the lab! LOL
They have a chat hour every Thursday and all the pregnant girls get together and talk about why they’re here and stuff. In the last 2 weeks I have met a girl who was pregnant with twins and they had twin to twin transfusion syndrome. Long story short – one of her twins died and now she has to carry the viable baby and the dead baby for another 15 weeks since they were identical. I couldn’t imagine having to do that knowing that one of your children was dead inside of you.
Then today I met a girl who is 19, she was diagnosed with malnutrition and brought into the hospital. Come to find out she has graves disease and it is so bad that she is on intravenous fluids and can’t eat at all. She is 20 weeks and they have been giving her so many meds and steroids that they don’t know if her baby is going to not have difficulties or mental retardation when it comes out. She is so terrified and cried the entire time we were all together. It just broke my heart to see her!
All of this came at the perfect time for me because I was feeling down about being stuck in here and felt like I was missing out on a lot of "pregnancy" related things like the shopping and setting up the nursery and stuff - but now I realize just how much worse things can truly be.
God certainly has an uncanny way of thumping us between the eyes when we need a wake up call and making us realize just how lucky and blessed we are.
To my girls: 8 more weeks minimum until you can come out to meet everyone and while that sounds like a long long time - it isn't. We all love you so much already and can't wait to meet you! Grow big, get strong, take up all the room you want - mommy will survive- and come out to meet us in your own time. Stay as long as you want - the room is available only for you, my sweet angels. Mommy and Daddy love you more than anything!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Holy Cow! Where to begin????
Ok ok -I know I know - I have been a HORRIBLE blogger and have not updated my blog in ages! So much has been going on that my head has been spinning!
First and foremost - We are ecstatic to announce that we are expecting 3 GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are very excited and of course nervous - but aren't all new parents? We have names picked out for all of them so far and have begun referring to them with their names. It is amazing to think that all those bumps and nudges I feel are our DAUGHTERS!!!!
Secondly, we have had a few complications in the last couple of weeks and that contributed to my lack of blogging for sure!
Apparently I have a weak cervix and it cannot handle the weight of the babies, so I had to have a cerclage put in and was put on bedrest. Well, I made it a week at home before I was admitted to the hospital for the remainder of my pregnancy.
We are praying that I can keep the girls where they are for another 9 weeks but have decided to have the steroid shots given in the next couple of weeks to help mature their lungs and skin. The longer I can keep them inside, the better chance they have for sure, but we did make it to a milestone as far as the doctors here are concerned which was 22 weeks. They have had a lot of success here with survival rates at this gestational age so that made us feel better - but we still are aiming for full term (32 weeks).
The girls are all weighing about 1lb a piece and the doctors are very happy about that. Since they are all right about the same weight - that is an indicator that they will not have TTTS (twin to twin transfusion syndrome). Since baby b and c share the same sac and placenta - they were concerned about that. I am sure that I have forgotten a ton of things, but that is the jist of what has been going this month.
I will be in the hospital for the next couple of months - so if I become a stranger again - you know why.
Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes! We are SO thankful for all of our friends and family! A special thank you to my mom who has been amazing since I have been put on bedrest. Anything I need, she has gotten for me and comes down at least every other day to see me. I am so thankful that she is my mom!
First and foremost - We are ecstatic to announce that we are expecting 3 GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are very excited and of course nervous - but aren't all new parents? We have names picked out for all of them so far and have begun referring to them with their names. It is amazing to think that all those bumps and nudges I feel are our DAUGHTERS!!!!
Secondly, we have had a few complications in the last couple of weeks and that contributed to my lack of blogging for sure!
Apparently I have a weak cervix and it cannot handle the weight of the babies, so I had to have a cerclage put in and was put on bedrest. Well, I made it a week at home before I was admitted to the hospital for the remainder of my pregnancy.
We are praying that I can keep the girls where they are for another 9 weeks but have decided to have the steroid shots given in the next couple of weeks to help mature their lungs and skin. The longer I can keep them inside, the better chance they have for sure, but we did make it to a milestone as far as the doctors here are concerned which was 22 weeks. They have had a lot of success here with survival rates at this gestational age so that made us feel better - but we still are aiming for full term (32 weeks).
The girls are all weighing about 1lb a piece and the doctors are very happy about that. Since they are all right about the same weight - that is an indicator that they will not have TTTS (twin to twin transfusion syndrome). Since baby b and c share the same sac and placenta - they were concerned about that. I am sure that I have forgotten a ton of things, but that is the jist of what has been going this month.
I will be in the hospital for the next couple of months - so if I become a stranger again - you know why.
Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes! We are SO thankful for all of our friends and family! A special thank you to my mom who has been amazing since I have been put on bedrest. Anything I need, she has gotten for me and comes down at least every other day to see me. I am so thankful that she is my mom!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
My first Baby Shower
My mom and my sister threw a baby shower for me in Pueblo at my Uncle's Restaurant in October. It was SO much fun! Almost everyone that was invited came! It was SO nice to see cousins and aunts that I haven't seen in months or over a year in some cases.
When we first drove up, my Uncle had put the "Florian Trumplets" on the restaurant sign that just made me giggle. That is what my youngest nephew, Sawyer calls them. LOL
Everyone was SO generous! We got a lot of onsies and recieving blankets, diapers and wipes, and some very special gifts as well!
We are very blessed and honored to know that so many love us and are as excited to meet our children as we are.
Thank you all SO much for not only your generosity - but for you love and prayers. We love you all!
Here is some pictures from our day!
When we first drove up, my Uncle had put the "Florian Trumplets" on the restaurant sign that just made me giggle. That is what my youngest nephew, Sawyer calls them. LOL
Everyone was SO generous! We got a lot of onsies and recieving blankets, diapers and wipes, and some very special gifts as well!
We are very blessed and honored to know that so many love us and are as excited to meet our children as we are.
Thank you all SO much for not only your generosity - but for you love and prayers. We love you all!
Here is some pictures from our day!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Not sure what's up wtih my font....
Ignore the font in the last post - it's jacked and I can't figure out how to fix the darn thing!
I am officially on bed rest....
I am officially on bed rest at home. I went to the Dr on Thursday and they did a cervical check with the u/s and saw that it is opening at the top but when she did a manual exam the cervix was still closed – so they want me to limit my activities as much as possible and try to keep the pressure off of my cervix as much as I can. My back is already killing me from inactivity so this should be a fun time! LOL
Anyway – I am not too worried but concerned none the less. I only have 16 more weeks to make it to my goal of 32 weeks – but I only have 8 weeks left until the triplets have a better chance so we’ll see. I see my goal of staying out of the hospital until after Christmas slowly seeping out of my sites. Oh well – whatever it takes to bring the babies home healthy right?
I also had my shower last weekend in Pueblo and it was wonderful! Everyone was so generous! We are very blessed to have so many people that love us! As soon as my sister sends me the pictures, I will post some. Me, like a dufas, totally forgot my camera! What a dork!
Friday, October 17, 2008
15 weeks and going strong!
I got to see the Trips again on Wednesday and they are still doing wonderful! My blood pressure was 96/46 which they were happy with. I also have not gained anymore weight from the last appointment. I thought my doctor was going to get on me for that, but she didn't.
They are about 90% sure the identical babies are girls but we won't know for sure until 11/06 which is the gender appointment. Baby A (the one we think is a boy) was being shy and wouldn't show us the goodies. He kept turning his back to us and showing us his fanny! LOL Look at the 2nd pic from the top on the right - She is throwing up the "hang loose" sign! LOL We already got a rocker chick! Like momma like daughter I guess right?!
I go back in 2 weeks for another check up!
Also, my first shower is this weekend and I am super excited!!! Will post pics after the shower on Sunday!
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