Today I had one of my obstetric appointments and all is still going great guns. Mr TAN has now banned me from driving and everybody has agreed with him much to my disappointment, which I am not complaining about I just don't like being dependant on others.
I am now measuring 43cm - YIKES! For those of you who don't know what this means it generally relates to the equivalent of how pregnant you are IE 30cm is 30 weeks pregnant. The babies are now all between the 50th and 70th percentile, which is fantastic news and I am looking forward to seeing how much they have grown at my next growth scan next week.
Generally apart from being constantly breathless, headaches, being huge and in pain, the reflux and how squished all my internal organs are now I am feeling pretty good. My high resting heart rate is still a concern so need to keep an eye on it and watch out for swelling and dizziness. I have also been told IF I make it to 35 weeks a ceaserean will be scheduled for then, although the way I am beginning to feel already I am not sure if I will make it that far.
I am now finding myself with very little energy and basically just move from the couch to the bed. Thankfully my mum has moved up to help me as of this week which is making a huge difference. She has been helping with all the general household chores like cooking, washing and helping to care for Oliver. With her help I believe I can manage an extra week at home but we will need to play that one by ear.
One thing that I am beginning to have fun with though is the comments I am getting from strangers about the size of my belly. For example I was browsing in the shop at the hospital and a customer was having a conversation with the lady behind the counter, this is how it went:
Shop Lady "Busy day?"
Customer "Yes, people keep having babies"
Shop Lady "Look at her she is about to have a baby"
Me "I'm about to have 3" this is the fun part
All faces turn to me "3" "your having twins?" "Are they those ivf babies?"
Me "Yes, triplets, yes they are natural ;)"
This was then followed by a whole lot more clucking, this is just one example but it is becoming more of a daily occurrence when I leave the house but it is keeping me entertained....
Are there any other HOM parents out there that have had fun with these kinds of things?
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Thursday, 7 June 2012
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
More surprises!
Well folks as you all know today was the big morphology scan. Everything is looking amazingly well and after a long 2 and a half hours of being poked we have nearly all the measurements we needed and all the babies are weighing a little over 300grams each. Just need to go back next week to get a few more measurements.
The big shock we got today was after our last visit and seeing Baby A's willy, we got a good look today at all the babies bits. And as it turns out A and C are both confirmed boys, but little B is a GIRL! What this means is somehow on our fresh ivf/ icsi cycle we managed to conceive a girl, and the embryo we had transferred split into our 2 little boys. So somehow after 6 years it finally happened.
The whole 6 years we had spent trying and hoping for a baby we would often hear of these urban legends were people would fall pregnant naturally, or their embryo would split and all these amazing stories and I always thought wow wouldn't it be nice if that would happen to us. Now I feel like we have the double whammy and could not be more shocked and amazed at the miracles that have been bestowed upon us. What an amazing gift!
I can feel all 3 babies squirming away now which is the most incredible feeling. I caught a reflection of myself yesterday in the mirror and is it any wonder people are beginning to ask when the baby is due? I look and feel huge already and these little mites still have so much growing to do.
We took a car for a test drive today, so it looks like that can be crossed off our long to do list, and I also found 2 matching cots that match our existing one on Ebay so bought those today too. It feels as things are finally slowly starting to happen and come together, but now for some pics.
This is my bump today at 19 weeks
Here is a group shot of my trio's heads (can't say boys anymore) from L to R we have C, A, B
And lastly I won't bore you with a pic of each individual bub, just little Miracle baby B
The big shock we got today was after our last visit and seeing Baby A's willy, we got a good look today at all the babies bits. And as it turns out A and C are both confirmed boys, but little B is a GIRL! What this means is somehow on our fresh ivf/ icsi cycle we managed to conceive a girl, and the embryo we had transferred split into our 2 little boys. So somehow after 6 years it finally happened.
The whole 6 years we had spent trying and hoping for a baby we would often hear of these urban legends were people would fall pregnant naturally, or their embryo would split and all these amazing stories and I always thought wow wouldn't it be nice if that would happen to us. Now I feel like we have the double whammy and could not be more shocked and amazed at the miracles that have been bestowed upon us. What an amazing gift!
I can feel all 3 babies squirming away now which is the most incredible feeling. I caught a reflection of myself yesterday in the mirror and is it any wonder people are beginning to ask when the baby is due? I look and feel huge already and these little mites still have so much growing to do.
We took a car for a test drive today, so it looks like that can be crossed off our long to do list, and I also found 2 matching cots that match our existing one on Ebay so bought those today too. It feels as things are finally slowly starting to happen and come together, but now for some pics.
Here is a group shot of my trio's heads (can't say boys anymore) from L to R we have C, A, B
And lastly I won't bore you with a pic of each individual bub, just little Miracle baby B
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Are they natural?
Are they natural? This is a question I have been asked so many times in the last few weeks, and I am sure one that will continue to be asked of me many more times in the months and years ahead.
Yes we did have to use IVF to conceive our children however I do not see how this is relevant. At this stage we are led to believe that our triplets will be identical which means the one little embryo split into 3, so nothing to do with the fertility treatment.
In some countries they will transfer more that one embryo sometimes even 3 or 4, just think of Octomum. So people quite often end up with triplets or quads, or the other scenario is if people have 2 embryos transferred and 1 of those splits into 2 then you also have triplets.
People would not normally ask complete strangers how they conceived their children, and I am not sure why people think it is there business. I don't believe that a mother pregnant with one child would be asked this question, so isn't it a bit rude to ask a mother of multiples? As I am sure mothers who did conceive their multiples naturally get tired of people asking them the same question too. Sometimes I do just say no, they are natural as people seem more excited and it is easier to answer all the questions.
We are honest with friends and family in the hope that one day if perhaps someone is struggling on their journey to conceive a child maybe it will help them. But for now strangers will get a rude answer to a rude question, perhaps I will just tell them it was S.E.X or a very big dick! What do you think your reply would be?
Meanwhile here is a picture of my rapidly growing bump at 14 weeks.
Yes we did have to use IVF to conceive our children however I do not see how this is relevant. At this stage we are led to believe that our triplets will be identical which means the one little embryo split into 3, so nothing to do with the fertility treatment.
In some countries they will transfer more that one embryo sometimes even 3 or 4, just think of Octomum. So people quite often end up with triplets or quads, or the other scenario is if people have 2 embryos transferred and 1 of those splits into 2 then you also have triplets.
People would not normally ask complete strangers how they conceived their children, and I am not sure why people think it is there business. I don't believe that a mother pregnant with one child would be asked this question, so isn't it a bit rude to ask a mother of multiples? As I am sure mothers who did conceive their multiples naturally get tired of people asking them the same question too. Sometimes I do just say no, they are natural as people seem more excited and it is easier to answer all the questions.
We are honest with friends and family in the hope that one day if perhaps someone is struggling on their journey to conceive a child maybe it will help them. But for now strangers will get a rude answer to a rude question, perhaps I will just tell them it was S.E.X or a very big dick! What do you think your reply would be?
Meanwhile here is a picture of my rapidly growing bump at 14 weeks.
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Doctors and yet another scan 20/01/2012
This morning we are all heading down to have an appointment with my obstetrician. This is the first chance we have had to actually speak to a medical professional since finding out we having triplets 4 days ago. We went in expecting to to get more information and care options, and maybe to touch on the risks involved. Instead it feels like a lecture. We are told all about the high amount of risks involved with a HOM (higher order multiples) pregnancy including:
Having suffered the emotional and physical pain of miscarriage last year at 12 weeks we don't feel that this is an option that we can consider. Especially given this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and a true miracle we have been incredibly blessed with.
So later that afternoon we head off for yet another scan which reconfirms that there are in fact 3 placentas and 3 amniotic sacs (trichorionic, triamniotic.)
We are told that this is the best case scenario and makes it less complicated than pregnancies where the babies share a placenta or amniotic sacs. When we talk to the Maternal Foetal Health Specialist we are once again talked to about the risks although this time we feel much more at ease with the risks involved and potential complications. We hear that
- premature babies born before 28 weeks,
- high risk of having children with mental and physical disablitlies,
- 90% risk of gestational diabetes
- and also the scary fact that we could loose all of these babies at any stage in the pregnancy.
Having suffered the emotional and physical pain of miscarriage last year at 12 weeks we don't feel that this is an option that we can consider. Especially given this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and a true miracle we have been incredibly blessed with.
So later that afternoon we head off for yet another scan which reconfirms that there are in fact 3 placentas and 3 amniotic sacs (trichorionic, triamniotic.)
We are told that this is the best case scenario and makes it less complicated than pregnancies where the babies share a placenta or amniotic sacs. When we talk to the Maternal Foetal Health Specialist we are once again talked to about the risks although this time we feel much more at ease with the risks involved and potential complications. We hear that
- most triplets are born between 30-34 weeks
- they generally weigh around 2 kilos each
- the risk with the most complications is if the babies are born before 28 weeks
- I am also told I am likely going to be needed to be admitted to hospital for a few weeks at some stage later in the pregnancy and I will be on modified activities
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