20 weeks & 3 GIRLS!!

YEAH!! So, I went to the high risk perinatologist for the first time yesterday and all went better than expected. We found out that we are on the PINK team all the way! Even though I was wanting at least one more boy, I am still happy with what we got. My mom & sister & hubby were all there with me. Now, me and the hubster are arguing over names!! All of the girls anatomy & measurements looked good. They all weighed 13 oz & are measuring about 9 inches a piece & right on with my dates. (yesterday I was 19 weeks 6 days) I also found out why I have been soo miserable here lately, it is cause they are all "stacked" on each other. Baby C is at the top (feels like under my diaphragm!) and she is breeched, Baby B is in the middle laying from my left to right, and Baby A is at the bottom, also breeched. So if you can imagine, they are like making a huge "t" up & down my belly. I am like "Can't you girls move from side to side or something, I have enough room!!" And for once, being a "big girl" (as the doc put it nicely) has it advantages for once because that means the babies will have more room to grow and possibly decreases my chances of preterm labor. I quit working as of this past Monday, but I am not on complete bedrest yet. So I just get to enjoy hanging out & doing nothing. But now I get to really start looking for nursery stuff etc. I go back & see my regular OB next Wednesday. Last week my cervix was good and all the vitals were good. But, I have only gained 2# throughout the whole pregnancy. Then, I go back to the high risk doc in a month. Here is a slide show of all of the sono pics of the babies. They were quiet some characters!! Baby B is going to be my "camera hog". She was doing all kinds of poses, where as Baby A & C wanted to be left alone!

As for my other munchkin, last week was a hell week for us. We had a post-op follow up appt with his ear doctor on Tuesday (the 17th) and both of his ears still had raging infections in them despite the post-op antibiotics & ear drops. Soooo, he changed us to another stronger antibiotic that was 3 times a day instead of once a day, and new ear drops that had an antibiotic in them. But, otherwise he was acting like he felt just fine. So he went to daycare that Tues, Wed & Thurs (because I was still working then) and on Thursday the daycare called me in the afternoon & told me he was running a 101 fever. I was thinking "WHAT??? Will we EVER get a break??" So, sure enough I go get him & he is running fever, called his pedi & told her everything about the ear situation & all the changes etc., & she asked me if he had been coughing, congested, runny nose etc. & I told her yes he had been for weeks despite the breathing treatments, but, he hadn't been running any fever. So she wanted to see him first thing Friday morning. We went in & she checked him and she said he just "smelled of infection" (I guess they have a certain smell???). So she gave him an antibiotic SHOT & we had to go get a chest x-ray & lab work done to rule out pneumonia. I drug my mom with me since I couldn't go in the x-ray room with him & then she went in with him for his lab draw while I sat outside & listened to him scream & cry & I cried. We went home & the doc called me that afternoon & she said everything looked fine, he just had bronchiolitis & we would manage it at home with his other antibiotics for his ears, & breathing treatments. By Sunday, he was a whole brand new kid. You could tell a world of difference in him!! I was so happy he FINALLY was starting to feel better. We went back to his ear doc on Wed. of this week & is finally clear of ear infections & passed his hearing test! YEAH! What a relief!! And, he is finally back to his normal bed time ritual & getting over the anxiety @ bedtime. He is just really clingy to me whenever I am around, which surprises me because he has been a daddy's boy here lately. But, everyone says it's because he knows I am pregnant. So, that has been my crazy 2 weeks! Now that I have gabbed for ever, you should be up to date!!

Until next time,

Take Care!!

Picture of Bradyn playing with Grammy (my mom) & his cousin Aubree.

Pic of me @ 19weeks2days. (I hate having pics of me taken!)

Belly shot!!

No Sexes, lot's of anxiety!!

Well, I haven't updated since I seen my OB last Thursday (2/05). My appt went good. Blood pressure was good, cervix was good, but I had lost 5 pounds in 2 weeks, so I have only had like a 3-4 pound weight gain since I became pregnant. He told me not to worry to much, just to keep drinking plenty of water. I am finally going to go see the high risk perinatologist on the 26th of this month & that is when I will have another sonogram (since my last one @ 14 weeks), so I hope to find out the baby's sexes then. (Keep your fingers crossed!) So, that is the gist of it, still no bed rest, and I go back to see the OB on the 19th so we will see what he says then. I am 17 weeks & 5 days today. But, today (being a nurse working in the hospital & having friends in "high places") I got to go see one of the sono techs & we checked to see if we could see the baby's sexes. They just did not want to cooperate today. Baby A & Baby B were to busy kicking @ each other & turning every which way but the way we wanted them to & Baby C was just in 'her' own little world. Baby C is the one we came closest to seeing 'in that area', & we think it is a girl, just not definate yet. So I am stuck waiting until the 26th. :(
Bradyn had his surgery to get his tubes put in on Monday & he did good. He wasn't even in the OR for longer than 15 minutes. But, he is having some MAJOR anxiety issues with mommy & daddy leaving the room. I don't know if it is because he left us to go to the OR & woke up in a whole different world where mommy & daddy wasn't there right away or what, but ever since we went home after his surgery, he screams if me or Justin is not in the room. He is OK with just one of us in the room, but if both of us leave, then he goes crazy. And bedtime is a whole nother story. We have his routine down: bath, jammies, kiss mommy, he turns off his light, kisses daddy, then daddy lays him down in his crib. Ever since Monday night, once we leave the room, he stands up in his crib & screams until one of us comes back. He won't go to sleep unless he lays in the bed with one of us & falls asleep or he just flat wears himself out to where we can put him in his bed. He has never ever slept in the bed with us since he came home. I don't know if it was just that traumatizing to him or what. But, he never started acting like this until Monday after his surgery. So, I am hoping this will eventually pass.
Well, that's about it for us! I will update again when I go see the doc next week!
Until then,
Take Care!!

Ughhhh! I hate being sick!

I absolutely hate being sick!! It does nothing but slow me down!! For the past couple of weeks my hubby was sick, then all last week I was stuck at home with Bradyn because he was running fever & had the cough & congestion & bilateral ear infections, and now I have the "crud"! And being pregnant, there is not a whole lot I can do. Grrrr! I am trying to stay away from Bradyn ( as horrible as that sounds) as much as I can so he won't get sick again because I just got him cleared up & he is having tubes put in his ears on Monday. :(
But, otherwise I am doing semi-ok. I am 16 weeks & 4 days now & this past week I have felt some changes, even though they may be subtle changes. For instance, I am feeling alot more "twinges" and "flutters", my tummy is rounding out & harding up & has started feeling alot more "heavy". At only 16 weeks, I already feel huge!! But then I have to remind myself, there are 3 babies growing in there. Sometimes, my tummy gets real hard in the middle like they are all "congregating" together for a meeting, then it goes away like they disperse back to their own little spots! I don't know if it is all in my mind or what, but it is giving me some hellacious growing pains!! EVERYWHERE! I go back & see my OB on Thursday, so we will see what he says. I am just not ready for bedrest yet. I am not very good at obeying those orders!! :) So, I will update when I see him Thursday!!