Today I am 31 weeks and 2 days. My belly measures at 44 weeks and has a circumference of 55 inches. I did the circumference at the suggestion of my sister in law Irene, who thought that I may want to look back one day and remember exactly how huge I was! As you can imagine, I am pretty uncomfortable! But, the longer these guys stay in, the better, so that's what I focus on ( I did ask the doctor today when I could get an epidural..I think he thought I was referring to how early in labor I could get one, but I was actually referring to how early in pregnancy. I would love one right about now!!!!!)
Quite a few things have happened since I last posted. First of all, at 29 weeks I had a labor scare and went to the hospital in Brandon to get assessed. Turns out I was contracting, but not really in labor. I think I was just really over-analyzing what was going on and totally stressed myself out thinking I was going to deliver preemie babies in the toilet at home or something! I have been overly worried about everything since we got the news about Baby B. But, it made me feel better to get checked out. They gave me some good drugs, and as a result I managed to sleep for 5 hours straight. (which I think is a world record or something for a pregnant lady)
As a result of all this, and the fact that winter has officially arrived, we decided to relocate to Winnipeg. Our doctor agreed and we all feel much better that we are close by should anything happen.
We had a fetal assessment last Thursday which went well. My cervix is still long and holding the boys in there good.
So, that's the latest news! Thank you for all the words of encouragement and comfort that have been extended to us. We are lucky to have such a great group of family and friends in our lives.
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Sunday, 13 November 2011
29 weeks and sad news...
I just wanted to post this, to let everyone know that we received some very sad news at our last fetal assessment on November 7.
Suddenly, and without warning, we lost one of our precious baby boys due to Twin to Twin Transfusion. The news was a shock to say the least considering there wasn't any signs of this happening. Apparently it is also quite rare to happen this late in pregnancy.
The baby that died was one of the identical twins (Baby B). His twin brother is so far doing okay, but due to what happened, there is a risk that he may have suffered a "stroke". In a few weeks I have to go for an MRI so they can zoom in on his little brain and look for any damage.
Our singleton is doing great. Growing well and absolutely no complications at all. We are so thankful for this.
Mark and I are doing okay. We are in the unusual position of being very sad, but very thankful and grateful (for our remaining two babies) at the same time. We are worried about our Baby A, but the doctor told us he is "quite optimistic" about the outcome as he is so far showing zero signs of anything wrong.
I know this isn't my usual upbeat happy post, and I debated whether to even continue with the blog. But I know that people are following and using this for updates so I figured I will continue. Hopefully from here on out it is good news only!
Mark and I thank everyone for all their kind thoughts, prayers and gestures. Once again we are reminded of how lucky we are to have great family and friends.
Next appointment is Thursday the 17th! Will update then!
p.s. My cervix is still "unusually long" (the doctors words, not mine!) which is another piece of good news! :-)
Suddenly, and without warning, we lost one of our precious baby boys due to Twin to Twin Transfusion. The news was a shock to say the least considering there wasn't any signs of this happening. Apparently it is also quite rare to happen this late in pregnancy.
The baby that died was one of the identical twins (Baby B). His twin brother is so far doing okay, but due to what happened, there is a risk that he may have suffered a "stroke". In a few weeks I have to go for an MRI so they can zoom in on his little brain and look for any damage.
Our singleton is doing great. Growing well and absolutely no complications at all. We are so thankful for this.
Mark and I are doing okay. We are in the unusual position of being very sad, but very thankful and grateful (for our remaining two babies) at the same time. We are worried about our Baby A, but the doctor told us he is "quite optimistic" about the outcome as he is so far showing zero signs of anything wrong.
I know this isn't my usual upbeat happy post, and I debated whether to even continue with the blog. But I know that people are following and using this for updates so I figured I will continue. Hopefully from here on out it is good news only!
Mark and I thank everyone for all their kind thoughts, prayers and gestures. Once again we are reminded of how lucky we are to have great family and friends.
Next appointment is Thursday the 17th! Will update then!
p.s. My cervix is still "unusually long" (the doctors words, not mine!) which is another piece of good news! :-)
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
28 weeks!
I kept meaning to post my 27 week update, but never got around to it. Funny, how you can be off work, child at daycare three days a week, and still don't get around doing anything productive! House is still messy, To Do list is still a mile long....I have been resting alot so I guess that counts. And growing three boys. That's a big thing too :-)
Anyways, I am 28 weeks today! Yippee! It's kind of an important milestone, as if the babies were born at this gestation there would likely be a good outcome! But that's not going to happen, because apparently my body is doing exceptionally well with this multiple pregnancy and I haven't had any signs of preterm labor or any complications. My blood pressure is good. I don't have gestational diabetes. I haven't had any contractions and my cervix is in tip top shape! WARNING: TOO MUCH INFORMATION TO FOLLOW: (They measure the length of my cervix by ultrasound at each fetal assessment, and I have to brag a bit here, but my cervix is extremely long. And it has not at all shortened since the very beginning! Never has there been a person so proud of their cervix as me! Haha! Forget the fact that I need a hoyer lift to get out of bed, and that very likely by the end of this pregnancy the fire department may need to use the jaws of life to get me out of the house. No, I don't look pretty at this stage of pregnancy, but I DO have the world's best cervix!!!!!!)
Okay, enough of that. Some people reading this are probably either disgusted, think I'm very strange, or googling "cervix" to find out what the heck it is. Keep in mind I'm a nurse so all this anatomy talk is nothing to me. I don't get grossed out. And I incorrectly assume others don't as well, so I apologize.
Onto the babies: at the last assessment they weighed over 2 lbs each which was a gain of over half a pound in two weeks! Great news! They are all roughly the same size and doing very well. Boy A is still head down, Boy B has flipped to breech and Boy C is still stuck at the top transverse. They are starting to look more like "real" babies on the ultrasound. You can see some baby fat starting to accumulate and they look a little less "alien" like. It's always so nice to see them on the screen, although I am finding the whole ultrasound process a tad uncomfortable. I have to lay mostly on my back which is not a comfortable position for me. I feel as though there is an elephant on my chest and I get quite short of breath.
Speaking of being uncomfortable, I have officially surpassed the size I was when I was pregnant with Rylen at 40 weeks. My maternity clothes are starting to not fit well and my belly button is poking out (something that never happened with Rylen). My abdominal muscles feel as though someone is playing tug of war with them and it takes me roughly 10-15 minutes to roll over in bed (haha, maybe not quite, but close!) On the upside, still no stretch marks! Thanks Mom for the great genes!
Our next fetal assessment is on Monday November 7. I can't wait to see how the boys are doing!
In other news:
1. We got another fish. (This one is named Fishie) He is still alive after 4 days so this is good. We are well on our way to breaking our record which was 6 days for the last one.
2. Rylen had a blast on his first Halloween trick or treating. He was dressed as a little army guy, but if you asked him what his costume was he said "I look like Mark". Yes, we are apparently on a first name basis around here....
3. We had a maternity photo shoot tonight by the wonderful Cynthia Korman (cynthiakorman.ca)! My belly barely fit in her studio but we managed :-)
Anyways, I am 28 weeks today! Yippee! It's kind of an important milestone, as if the babies were born at this gestation there would likely be a good outcome! But that's not going to happen, because apparently my body is doing exceptionally well with this multiple pregnancy and I haven't had any signs of preterm labor or any complications. My blood pressure is good. I don't have gestational diabetes. I haven't had any contractions and my cervix is in tip top shape! WARNING: TOO MUCH INFORMATION TO FOLLOW: (They measure the length of my cervix by ultrasound at each fetal assessment, and I have to brag a bit here, but my cervix is extremely long. And it has not at all shortened since the very beginning! Never has there been a person so proud of their cervix as me! Haha! Forget the fact that I need a hoyer lift to get out of bed, and that very likely by the end of this pregnancy the fire department may need to use the jaws of life to get me out of the house. No, I don't look pretty at this stage of pregnancy, but I DO have the world's best cervix!!!!!!)
Okay, enough of that. Some people reading this are probably either disgusted, think I'm very strange, or googling "cervix" to find out what the heck it is. Keep in mind I'm a nurse so all this anatomy talk is nothing to me. I don't get grossed out. And I incorrectly assume others don't as well, so I apologize.
Onto the babies: at the last assessment they weighed over 2 lbs each which was a gain of over half a pound in two weeks! Great news! They are all roughly the same size and doing very well. Boy A is still head down, Boy B has flipped to breech and Boy C is still stuck at the top transverse. They are starting to look more like "real" babies on the ultrasound. You can see some baby fat starting to accumulate and they look a little less "alien" like. It's always so nice to see them on the screen, although I am finding the whole ultrasound process a tad uncomfortable. I have to lay mostly on my back which is not a comfortable position for me. I feel as though there is an elephant on my chest and I get quite short of breath.
Speaking of being uncomfortable, I have officially surpassed the size I was when I was pregnant with Rylen at 40 weeks. My maternity clothes are starting to not fit well and my belly button is poking out (something that never happened with Rylen). My abdominal muscles feel as though someone is playing tug of war with them and it takes me roughly 10-15 minutes to roll over in bed (haha, maybe not quite, but close!) On the upside, still no stretch marks! Thanks Mom for the great genes!
Our next fetal assessment is on Monday November 7. I can't wait to see how the boys are doing!
In other news:
1. We got another fish. (This one is named Fishie) He is still alive after 4 days so this is good. We are well on our way to breaking our record which was 6 days for the last one.
2. Rylen had a blast on his first Halloween trick or treating. He was dressed as a little army guy, but if you asked him what his costume was he said "I look like Mark". Yes, we are apparently on a first name basis around here....
3. We had a maternity photo shoot tonight by the wonderful Cynthia Korman (cynthiakorman.ca)! My belly barely fit in her studio but we managed :-)
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| Preview from our photo shoot |
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| Mini Mark |
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