Well, today marks another week completed in which God has blessed us and allowed my body to continue carrying our precious triplets. With the ER scare on Friday, I'm especially thankful for that.
Today was the big day we've been waiting for since finding out that there were three babies and not two. We had our first appointment with the USF Health group that handles high risk pregnancy and will be taking care of me from here out.
The good news:
1. The nurse/midwife we had was actually just fine (though we had been warned that she wasn't "ABSOLUTELY horrible".
2. She wasn't at all concerned about my weight or size at this point. My measurement was right one track considering I'm having triplets.
3. She gave me a number to call for nurses during the day or an on-call number for a doctor at night should I have any questions (HUGE switch from "we can't talk to you - go to the ER").
4. She told me to make sure that I always only see the high risk doctors from here on out and not to let them schedule me with a nurse/midwife again.
5. They scheduled me to meet the first high risk doctor next Wednesday and scheduled the next follow up ultrasound for 4 weeks from today.
6. We were able to hear at least one if not two heartbeats today and Mike got to hear it for the first time.
7. I'm optimistic that now that I "am in", that they will provide good care and support for me.
8. They didn't put me on bedrest, so at least for the next little while I get to continue coaching my basketball girls.
The not so great pregnancy side effects:
1. I had the great privilege of throwing up in the doctor's office today (thankfully there was a trash can close).
2. I had the great privilege of throwing up in the bushes outside of the gymnasium where our game was tonight (thankfully I was close to the exit when the wave came and it wasn't during the game I was coaching).
3. Heartburn. Are you serious??? This is for real. It has hit me brutally the last few days no matter what food I eat. Apparently I'll be investing in Tums SOON.
In the end, I would take every single possible negative side effect that can come just for the privilege of continuing to carry these babies. I don't ever want it to come across as complaining. I'm only expressing what I'm going through right now (I'm not a big journaler, but I guess this has become my pregnancy journal that I've exposed all of you to).
For those of you anxiously awaiting the "secret news", here it comes. Keep in mind that the technician is only "mostly" positive that this is accurate and that we will know for sure in 4 weeks, but based on the pictures and the arrows and what they point to, we are "mostly" sure that she is right (and very excited).
So without further ado...
5 comments:
SOOOO COOOL! Excited for you guys, and keeping you and those 3 precious ones in our prayers.
TWO BOYS AND A GIRL!!!! How fun! Jonathan must be super excited that he is getting TWO brothers! :) Glad all went well at the appointment and that they seem to be on your side now. You're in our prayers!
So glad your experience was much better at the doctor! Answered prayer for sure. And, thanks for sharing the "mostly sure" genders. I don't NEED to know, but I sure LIKE knowing:)
Thanks for the update!! So glad to hear that your appt. went well, and I am also SUPER excited to hear the gender news!! :) I assume that means that the boys are the identical twins, right? SO cool!! Continuing to pray for you . . . definitely get some Tums for the heartburn. I practically lived on them for the last 2/3 of pregnancy and I can't imagine how much worse the heartburn could be with three babies in there!! Sometimes drinking a bit of milk helped me, too.
Yes, Carrie, the boys will be the identical twins. That should be fun.
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