Dr. Appt, A New Sonogram & Cold Fighting

Yesterday I met with the first high risk doctor. They did take my blood pressure three different times and it was high every time. Not sure where that came from...

After that, they did an ultrasound. I was excited. I wanted to see the babies and know everything was okay. The ultrasound tech asked if I wanted to know the gender and I said that we think we already know, but I would love to hear what she thinks. She almost instantly confirmed what we had already been told. As soon as she put the wand over our little girl, she waved. It was so cool. :) It was like her first "hi, Mom!!!" moment. The tech said that everything looked great with the babies. The girl and one of the boys are measuring at 5 ounces. The other boy is measuring at 6 ounces.

Then I waited to see the doctor. She did bring up the point that the risk with twins is much lower than the risk with triplets. I let her know that we would NOT be "selectively reducing" the pregnancy. She said she kind of figured but had to have the conversation with me.

She also had the chat with me about the fact that when I deliver I will be 35 and that makes me "Advanced Maternal Age" (yes, this is what every woman wants to think about - seriously, when did 35 become so old?!?). She said there is like a 1/80 chance that any one of the babies could have a chromosonal issue. She told me about the test that would check on that and it has some risks. I told her that even if the test showed that there was a problem, we wouldn't reduce the pregnancy, so there is no need to take the risks related with the test.

She asked if I was working and I did tell her about coaching basketball. Her answer was that at 20 weeks I need to quit. The good news is that I'll be done with basketball before the 20 weeks hits. So at this point, it looks like I should have no problem finishing the season with the girls. I'm very thankful for that.

They did schedule me for appointments weekly for the next three weeks. The next two will just be quick checkups to make sure everything is staying where it should. The one after that will be the 19 weeks ultrasound that thoroughly checks all the organs on each baby. They told me to plan to be there for a long time that day.

The cold fighting continues around here. Jonathan is still fighting it, though seems to be steadily improving. I have my moments where I can breathe and my moments where I'm choking because I can't breathe. The biggest challenge of it all is making sure I'm still eating. It is hard to be motivated when I can't taste anything, but I know my body needs it for the strength to win this war and the babies need it to continue growing as they should.

I'll try to put up ultrasound pictures soon. There is a cute one that I got yesterday that has the boys face to face. :)