As soon as I found out I was carrying triplets I was aware of the fact I would not reach a full term pregnancy of 40 weeks id be lucky to carry to 34 even but that is the goal I have in mind and the goal the doctors want me to reach in order of us having higher chances of less complications. So this was my unoffical half way point and I was thinking back over the last 13 weeks from when we found out and could not believe how much of the journey was already done. I was hoping that with the morning sickness almost under control (only 3-4 times approx a week that mornings were spent in the toilet!!!) I was going to be able to enjoy it a lot more. I was generally feeling ok, I had also come to terms with the fact that 'the pregnancy glow' others speak of is not applying to me as my skin had never been so imflamed in my life and had also spread onto my chest and a little bit on back. (Sorry I know its yuk but at this point with having bearly any morning sickness once the anti-nausea had kicked in it didnt bother me so much). Also another pregnancy myth is that your hair will grow lovely and thick... Mine was the complete opposite and I think Kane is becoming rather concerned about the amount of hair I lose daily and often comments to me that I may need to get a wig ... I bloody well hope not! Emptying my hair brush 3-4 times a week and just running my fingers or a comb through my hair clumps literally fall out. Still I was managing to cope with this and just hope like hell after the pregnancy it will grow back!!
My energy levels had returned I was able to help out with the house chores once again, so I could cook dinner and help Kane with the cleaning. I was also working full time so felt like everything was going okay, I just kept telling myself this isnt so bad hopefully it stays like this for a while. I think this is the point in a single pregnancy when you start to pop out and notice a wee belly, well mine was far from little although I was comfortable and enjoying being pregnant, I couldnt believe that I would say that especially after the last few months.
We also had a 21st to attend for one of my girlfriends at work, Kari. It was a on boat and was to finish at 12, although I had my energy back I was always in bed around the 8pm mark.. So I was wondering how I was going to cope. On the night it was lots of fun getting dressed up my first outfit which I had planned on wearing didnt fit :( It was way to tight and looked stupid... So I just settled for leggings and a blazer I felt comfortable and was ready to rock the party.. Sober! Kane had come along too, although not having a night out in ages was drinking his beers like no tomorrow. We all had a really good night, was so funny watching the drunkeness and just thinking I wont miss that hangover tomorrow. By 11pm my back was killing me and I was trying everything to get comfortable, luckily the last of it went pretty quickly and after a McD's stop we got home round half 1 and Kane half joed in the car stumbled to bed and I was exhausted. Was worth the night out as I know once my 3 little bubbas arrive our social life will be minimal for quite some time.
Photo's this week: bump progress photo, kane and I heading to 21st, me and the bday girl Kari :)
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Sunday, 26 May 2013
Please babies tell us! - Week 16
One of the upsides of being pregnant with Triplets is the constant ultrasounds and hosptial appointments... As their are risks involved in any pregnancy they were monitoring me closely to make sure that the babies were all growing and developing according to their due date and that my health was remaining healthy also. We had another scan booked for this week and we had been told there might be a chance to find out what the babies are... We were so excited and had been talking about what do you think, Kane was convinced that their was three girls and I was pretty certain that I was having at least 2 boys. We were hoping at least one of them would co-operate so that we could start gender shopping (we were sick of the neutrals by now).
The morning sickness was still sticking around but still easing again, some days I felt great then the next was like it was all over again! I keep thinking that I will be having this morning sickness throughout the whole pregnancy, at leastif it stopped it would be a big bonus. The only trouble now compared to at the start of the pregnancy I had a bump that was beginning to give me grief if I was vomiting. I just hoped that it would stop soon...
As with all the other scans I always got quite nervous in the morning, thinking what if something isnt going so well or one of them is quite a bit smaller... I'm growing 3 babies I just want them all to be safe and healthy. I had felt my first movements the acutal first one was at work when I was talking to Tamika (room assistant) and then all of a sudden I screamed... She panicked and quickly responded with what's wrong.. "Something moved... Inside me"!!! I know it sounds silly but I didnt no what to expect and when to expect it so it could me by complete surprise.. She was laughing, its one of your babies kicking :)
Lying down in the sonographer room I was excited, overwhelmed and most of all nervous for the sake of the babies. As we are a little bit special we had some students in to watch the scan, it is always good as they go into lots of detail about what is going on and I feel like we get more information, as the warm gel got put on my belly I turned at said we would like to find out sexes if we can :) She said she would see what she could do but would let us no.... EEEEK!!! Within moments we would find out.. The first thing they check is to make sure that there is 3 beating hearts and that always makes me feel at ease knowing my babies are alive and kicking :) After a couple of moments, she said Baby B has crossed legs and not budging although Baby A is a GIRL!!!! and Baby C is a BOY!!!! I looked at Kane at said you got your wee man :) he was over the moon and still could hardly believe it! He said are you sure, look at the screen and you can see his wee man parts :) I thought he might yell out but he was well behaved. I was just over the moon, A girl and A boy one of each!!! I thought that day I was so so lucky and let the shopping begin! As they contiuned on with their measurments in the end said how happy all babies are growing well and appear to have to abnormalities. We then had a professor come in and chat with us (who was world renowned for specialising in multiple births).. Of course they have to deliever the cold hard facts which we were kind of used to but when he suggested a decreasement (selective abortion where they would take out one of my perfectly healthy babies!) He went on to add that triplet pregnancies can put a lot of stress and risk for a mother and could cause problems for the babies. Both Kane and I were quick to say "NO!!!" as we couldnt think of anything worst than losing one of our precious gifts! I felt really annoyed actually I knew that he was doing his job but I would never make that decision especially after being told I was doing really well and the babies were growing well! They talked about C-section being done at week 34 if I make it that long and after around 22 weeks have to start taking it easy. I was so eager to let people know and wait for the weekend where we would be able to start buying for both a girl and a boy.
Going shopping was so so much fun! We both really enjoyed spoiling our three babies, we knew that the surprise was either a boy or girl so the stuff we brought were for all of them. DFO was a great way to get lots of quality gears at great prices!
Photo's included this week bump progress photo, scan photo of Baby A, B & C, and the new shoes we got the boy and girl babies :) the surprise would have to wait however until they beared their goods!
Our cheeky wee surprise!!!
Our baby BOY!!!!
Our baby GIRL!!!
The morning sickness was still sticking around but still easing again, some days I felt great then the next was like it was all over again! I keep thinking that I will be having this morning sickness throughout the whole pregnancy, at leastif it stopped it would be a big bonus. The only trouble now compared to at the start of the pregnancy I had a bump that was beginning to give me grief if I was vomiting. I just hoped that it would stop soon...
As with all the other scans I always got quite nervous in the morning, thinking what if something isnt going so well or one of them is quite a bit smaller... I'm growing 3 babies I just want them all to be safe and healthy. I had felt my first movements the acutal first one was at work when I was talking to Tamika (room assistant) and then all of a sudden I screamed... She panicked and quickly responded with what's wrong.. "Something moved... Inside me"!!! I know it sounds silly but I didnt no what to expect and when to expect it so it could me by complete surprise.. She was laughing, its one of your babies kicking :)
Lying down in the sonographer room I was excited, overwhelmed and most of all nervous for the sake of the babies. As we are a little bit special we had some students in to watch the scan, it is always good as they go into lots of detail about what is going on and I feel like we get more information, as the warm gel got put on my belly I turned at said we would like to find out sexes if we can :) She said she would see what she could do but would let us no.... EEEEK!!! Within moments we would find out.. The first thing they check is to make sure that there is 3 beating hearts and that always makes me feel at ease knowing my babies are alive and kicking :) After a couple of moments, she said Baby B has crossed legs and not budging although Baby A is a GIRL!!!! and Baby C is a BOY!!!! I looked at Kane at said you got your wee man :) he was over the moon and still could hardly believe it! He said are you sure, look at the screen and you can see his wee man parts :) I thought he might yell out but he was well behaved. I was just over the moon, A girl and A boy one of each!!! I thought that day I was so so lucky and let the shopping begin! As they contiuned on with their measurments in the end said how happy all babies are growing well and appear to have to abnormalities. We then had a professor come in and chat with us (who was world renowned for specialising in multiple births).. Of course they have to deliever the cold hard facts which we were kind of used to but when he suggested a decreasement (selective abortion where they would take out one of my perfectly healthy babies!) He went on to add that triplet pregnancies can put a lot of stress and risk for a mother and could cause problems for the babies. Both Kane and I were quick to say "NO!!!" as we couldnt think of anything worst than losing one of our precious gifts! I felt really annoyed actually I knew that he was doing his job but I would never make that decision especially after being told I was doing really well and the babies were growing well! They talked about C-section being done at week 34 if I make it that long and after around 22 weeks have to start taking it easy. I was so eager to let people know and wait for the weekend where we would be able to start buying for both a girl and a boy.
Kane's voice.... "I had been waiting for week 16 for ages as we had been looking on the internet seeing when you could find out the sexes an most stories said from week 16 you the chances were high , week 16 had started with my brother being put into hospital with a leg infection so some of my focus was on how he was doing also so that was taking my mind off he scan . I had been thinking for a while now that we were having 3 girls (we both wanted two boys one girl) which I was hoping wouldnt be the case as my mates would give me a hard time (benji smaill lol) and I could only imagine the teenage years lol . But at the end of the day I wouldn't have minded as long as they were healthy. So sitting in the scan in anticipation and first of all get told there is still 3 heartbeats so thats a relief. The lady tells us the first one is a girl which is cool to hear but that means only two more chances for a boy , then the next one a BOY i had to check with her a couple of times to make sure but man I couldnt stop grinning . The last one was a suprise as it had its legs crossed which didnt worry us as we knew we had one of each . When I got out to the carpark I screamed with joy about having a boy and just about made Ange crap herself with the fright everyone in the carpark looked at me but I didnt care I was on a high. I couldn't wait to call Mum and tell her, when I rung mum she was crying and I knew straight away something was wrong and she put my brothers girlfriend (Sharnae) on the phone and she told me Ben had taken a turn for the worse in his operation to sew his leg back up and was in intensive care, my high turned into a massive low and all I could think about was him being alright I dont even remember the rest of the drive home as I was in shock . I spent the next few hours looking at flights and sorting my passport as I thought I was going to have to fly back to nz to make sure he was going to recover . I think I spent a couple of hours just walking round with my phone waiting for a call to let me know he was alright. Its not a great position to be in when you are a plane flight away from being able to see someone that is not well and then on the other hand not wanting to leave Ange in aussie who by now is looking quite pregnant and she cant fly. There was no talk of the babies or the scan until I got a phone call to say ben was improving it was a big relief and now I could have some time to think about he fact I was going to be a dad to a little girl and a boy in the coming months . I couldn't wait to go shopping for some gears for them that weekend...."
Going shopping was so so much fun! We both really enjoyed spoiling our three babies, we knew that the surprise was either a boy or girl so the stuff we brought were for all of them. DFO was a great way to get lots of quality gears at great prices!
Photo's included this week bump progress photo, scan photo of Baby A, B & C, and the new shoes we got the boy and girl babies :) the surprise would have to wait however until they beared their goods!
Our cheeky wee surprise!!!
Our baby BOY!!!!
Our baby GIRL!!!
Getting the hang of it... - Week 15
I was now finally getting some breaks from the constant morning sickness, since entering the second trimester I had my doubts about what everyone called the best trimester in pregnancy at this stage I thought the whole thing would never improve. I was lucky some mornings I could wake up and if I ate the ginger nuts in time and have a drink and a anti-nausea pill I was able to keep the vomiting at bay.. well for a couple of days here and there still an upside from daily. Although every now and then there would be something that would set it of through the day or night and back to the toilet. I was actually getting pretty ok at vomiting, at the start I would almost be in tears as I hate the feeling (a lot different when it is unaided by the use of alcohol and you ALWAYS remeber it!) but now I would go in vomit and continue my day without thinking anything different.
I was lucky enough to have a friend come to Brisbane and stay with me, Monique and her friend Sophie had headed over for some partying and shopping. Obviously, I couldn't help with the partying side of things but shopping on the other hand I could. We had a great day shopping and was actually really nice spending time with some girls and taking my mind of the pregnancy and doing something instead of blobbing on the couch. We also got to go out for dinner all together while they were here so I even made the effort to put some make-up on (since being so sick I thought adding makeup will do little to nothing so decided wasnt worth the time to put it on) and try wear something that looked nice. Althought the bump was still on the small side clothes were struggling to look good with my expanding belly either looking silly or I had pants that were too tight. Tonight I actually thought I'm feeling ok, this is great had a whole weekend that wasnt ruled by my morning sickness!!
We had also been getting all our supplies for the three babies and putting the stuff in the nursery without actually going through it all we were unsure what we had got and what we were missing... We were hanging out for the next scan which was a week a way where we were hoping they would be able to tell us the sexes! After taking everything out of the bags, and sorting through it all we had worked out the weekly nappy, wipes and other baby essentials purchases were paying off as our supplies were starting to take shape.
Photos included this week Kane and I heading out for dinner, Monique, Sophie and I, bump progress photo and baby room so far ...
I was lucky enough to have a friend come to Brisbane and stay with me, Monique and her friend Sophie had headed over for some partying and shopping. Obviously, I couldn't help with the partying side of things but shopping on the other hand I could. We had a great day shopping and was actually really nice spending time with some girls and taking my mind of the pregnancy and doing something instead of blobbing on the couch. We also got to go out for dinner all together while they were here so I even made the effort to put some make-up on (since being so sick I thought adding makeup will do little to nothing so decided wasnt worth the time to put it on) and try wear something that looked nice. Althought the bump was still on the small side clothes were struggling to look good with my expanding belly either looking silly or I had pants that were too tight. Tonight I actually thought I'm feeling ok, this is great had a whole weekend that wasnt ruled by my morning sickness!!
We had also been getting all our supplies for the three babies and putting the stuff in the nursery without actually going through it all we were unsure what we had got and what we were missing... We were hanging out for the next scan which was a week a way where we were hoping they would be able to tell us the sexes! After taking everything out of the bags, and sorting through it all we had worked out the weekly nappy, wipes and other baby essentials purchases were paying off as our supplies were starting to take shape.
Photos included this week Kane and I heading out for dinner, Monique, Sophie and I, bump progress photo and baby room so far ...
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Gathering supplies - Week 14
Looking back over the weeks I was really surprised how fast the whole pregnancy was going, every week was passing and I was hoping with the weeks passing by so would the morning sickness. However still no luck in this department, on the positive I was losing the all day nausea which was helping me at work to manage a little easier. We had now told all the extended family and close friends the news of our three little treasures and all their lovely comments were so comforting. As it was quite big news, some people did get quite a shock and were speechless as they were taking it all in. As I am a Kindergarten teacher I had the job of explaining to my children that I was having three babies... They were all very curious and wanted to know how I got three babies in my tummy, asking me if they could come out and they all believed they could feel them kicking in my stomach (when they were touching the bump) even though I was yet to feel any movements. One of the parents said to me one night that their child was making up lies telling everybody at home that you have three babies, I said to her well thats actually correct, I'm having triplets. Her expression was priceless!!
The shopping had began, and what fun it was!! Even though we were only buying neutrals it was still fun looking at the gender clothes thinking what was I going to have... At times I was tempted to buy some cute little dresses hoping to have at least one baby girl but i didnt want to jinx myself so thought a few more weeks wont hurt. Kane was just as into as me, he like me is also a shopper. He prob wont admit how much he enjoys but he loves seeing all the new gears about. He also found out about a DVD store closing down and everything in there was on sale, he went there a little excited I think and said he would pick me up a TV series to watch while on maternity leave. We knew I wouldnt be able to work up as far as we originally thought and I was already wondering how I would get through the time with having no family and only a few friends in the area. When he came home I could hardly believe how many series he had actually got me, I dont even know if ill have to time to watch them all, but the thought was so sweet!! Photo to be included at the bottom.
I was also looking forward to having my friend Monique and her friend Sophie come to stay with us, having a familiar face around is always fun. I just hoped that my morning sickness would be kind to me and give me a little break.
Photo's this week - a bump update and DVD stack :)
The shopping had began, and what fun it was!! Even though we were only buying neutrals it was still fun looking at the gender clothes thinking what was I going to have... At times I was tempted to buy some cute little dresses hoping to have at least one baby girl but i didnt want to jinx myself so thought a few more weeks wont hurt. Kane was just as into as me, he like me is also a shopper. He prob wont admit how much he enjoys but he loves seeing all the new gears about. He also found out about a DVD store closing down and everything in there was on sale, he went there a little excited I think and said he would pick me up a TV series to watch while on maternity leave. We knew I wouldnt be able to work up as far as we originally thought and I was already wondering how I would get through the time with having no family and only a few friends in the area. When he came home I could hardly believe how many series he had actually got me, I dont even know if ill have to time to watch them all, but the thought was so sweet!! Photo to be included at the bottom.
I was also looking forward to having my friend Monique and her friend Sophie come to stay with us, having a familiar face around is always fun. I just hoped that my morning sickness would be kind to me and give me a little break.
Photo's this week - a bump update and DVD stack :)
This is actually happening!! - Week 13
Getting through week 12 for any pregnant woman I assume is always a sense of achievement, as the rates of miscarriage are decreased quite dramatically. We knew that carrying triplets I would have extra risks throughout but we were both very hopeful for the best outcome. Exciting things were happening this week we had our 13 week scan (Nuchal Translucency) and our first hosptial appointment.
The day of the ultrasound came around and I felt very nervous, I just hoped like anything that all three of my babies were healthy and growing normally. We had been told at prior scans that triplets poses more risks for their growth as you are making 3 of everything instead of one. As we are both naturally interested in everything that the scan involved we had done some research to see what was considered normal so we would know as they were scanning me how things were progressing. We were delighted to find out that all three babies had normal nuchal fold (the area in the spine that can determine if their are abnormalities). All babies were growing perfectly, all of good size measuring around their approx due date. It is simple amazing to see what a body is capable of, I loved seeing each of my babies make movements and do individual things that made it all extra special. Baby C even had its arms behind thier head (looking like they were is the most comfortable position)
The sizes of each baby were Baby A - 6.8 cm Baby B - 6.9cm & Baby C - 7.3cm and all considered to be of Low-risk for Downs etc...
At this stage I was fairly certain that Baby C was my wee man but the sonographer didnt give anything away, she just said it was too early to tell, which it probably was much to Kane's dissapointment. It was also the first time when I fully realised that we would become a family in the next 6 months and I was thinking I was so lucky to have 3 healthy babies and 1 understanding and amazing partner.
As for the morning sickness it still hadnt eased, although after being in hospital I was put on the strongest anti-nausea drug, Zofran wafers (Ondansetron). Finally I could get some relief for a few hours without feeling like I was the dead walking. The sickness however was cutting into my valuable sleep with having to get up between 4am - 6am to vomit. I think by this stage your body is just so used to feeling like shit that having a couple of hours a day when I felt alright was amazing. I was also catching up on the weight I had lost which I was so pleased about (prob the only time in my life where I would do anything to put weight on). My appetite was slightly increasing and I was beginning to eat dinners without getting force fed. So although I was still pretty sick I was glad that I was having some relief and my love for food was beginning to creep back.
Kane also decided to come to my first hospital visit, which was exciting and nervous to find out how they thought I was going and more importantly finding out some information of how they planned to work my high risk pregnancy. I saw the Midwife at the start of the appt to suss out all of the paper work and she asked a ton of questions, she also ran through some information of having triplets but said the Doc would go into more detail. At 13 weeks 4 days I was measured I knew my bump was growing as it was hard to hid in tops now but didnt expect to measuring 20 weeks already! "Shit, how big am I going to get?" ... The Doc was pleased with all my results so far, blood pressure was perfect and having a low risk NT scan meant that everything was progressing as well as it could :) They talked about premature babies a bit as they knew I wouldnt carry full term and explained that when I was further along would get to see the NICU unit to know what to expect. They said majority of triplets are born between 32-35 weeks so will have to assess me closer to the time to decide when I would deliver. It was also decided now that these babies will be delivered via C-section as I have never been through labour and the stress of that and having 3 babies is just too high risk for problems to arise. I expected this and was fine, (I really didnt wanna fight for natural labour as ive heard enough horror stories and I just wanted the best and safest outcome for the babies).
Photos this week include a bump progress photo, a bump photo with a top on to see how much it was noticable in clothing and some scan photos. A comparison photo from Week 12 to Week 13 and 2 scan photos :)
The day of the ultrasound came around and I felt very nervous, I just hoped like anything that all three of my babies were healthy and growing normally. We had been told at prior scans that triplets poses more risks for their growth as you are making 3 of everything instead of one. As we are both naturally interested in everything that the scan involved we had done some research to see what was considered normal so we would know as they were scanning me how things were progressing. We were delighted to find out that all three babies had normal nuchal fold (the area in the spine that can determine if their are abnormalities). All babies were growing perfectly, all of good size measuring around their approx due date. It is simple amazing to see what a body is capable of, I loved seeing each of my babies make movements and do individual things that made it all extra special. Baby C even had its arms behind thier head (looking like they were is the most comfortable position)
The sizes of each baby were Baby A - 6.8 cm Baby B - 6.9cm & Baby C - 7.3cm and all considered to be of Low-risk for Downs etc...
At this stage I was fairly certain that Baby C was my wee man but the sonographer didnt give anything away, she just said it was too early to tell, which it probably was much to Kane's dissapointment. It was also the first time when I fully realised that we would become a family in the next 6 months and I was thinking I was so lucky to have 3 healthy babies and 1 understanding and amazing partner.
As for the morning sickness it still hadnt eased, although after being in hospital I was put on the strongest anti-nausea drug, Zofran wafers (Ondansetron). Finally I could get some relief for a few hours without feeling like I was the dead walking. The sickness however was cutting into my valuable sleep with having to get up between 4am - 6am to vomit. I think by this stage your body is just so used to feeling like shit that having a couple of hours a day when I felt alright was amazing. I was also catching up on the weight I had lost which I was so pleased about (prob the only time in my life where I would do anything to put weight on). My appetite was slightly increasing and I was beginning to eat dinners without getting force fed. So although I was still pretty sick I was glad that I was having some relief and my love for food was beginning to creep back.
Kane also decided to come to my first hospital visit, which was exciting and nervous to find out how they thought I was going and more importantly finding out some information of how they planned to work my high risk pregnancy. I saw the Midwife at the start of the appt to suss out all of the paper work and she asked a ton of questions, she also ran through some information of having triplets but said the Doc would go into more detail. At 13 weeks 4 days I was measured I knew my bump was growing as it was hard to hid in tops now but didnt expect to measuring 20 weeks already! "Shit, how big am I going to get?" ... The Doc was pleased with all my results so far, blood pressure was perfect and having a low risk NT scan meant that everything was progressing as well as it could :) They talked about premature babies a bit as they knew I wouldnt carry full term and explained that when I was further along would get to see the NICU unit to know what to expect. They said majority of triplets are born between 32-35 weeks so will have to assess me closer to the time to decide when I would deliver. It was also decided now that these babies will be delivered via C-section as I have never been through labour and the stress of that and having 3 babies is just too high risk for problems to arise. I expected this and was fine, (I really didnt wanna fight for natural labour as ive heard enough horror stories and I just wanted the best and safest outcome for the babies).
Photos this week include a bump progress photo, a bump photo with a top on to see how much it was noticable in clothing and some scan photos. A comparison photo from Week 12 to Week 13 and 2 scan photos :)
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
First Milestone - Week 12
I think we were both pretty pleased to finally make it to week 12! Things start looking up from here everybody was telling me. "YUSSS!!" Feels like so long since I havent spent my morning in the bathroom or evenings getting force-fed. As for the morning sickness it quite wasnt on the way out. As Easter Weekend was this weekend we were deciding whether or not to go away for the night or just do a day trip. We decided against booking accommodation as we didnt want to book it and then if I was too sick couldnt leave the apartment, so we both agreed a day trip would be the best idea.
The week felt like it was dragging and I was looking forward to this long weekend more than ever. After finishing work on the thursday I had a massive smile thinking this weekend is going to be the best!! Good Friday morning there was no trip to the bathroom.. I couldnt believe my luck. Yah the morning sickness is gone ... We even went down to the local markets for a look and had lunch out, apart from the heat that day I felt pretty good and went the whole day without having to vomit.
Easter Saturday however was a different story... I had a double whammy of it in the morning, thinking that it would ease we still prepared for our day away. We packed a beach bag with some towels and togs and off we went. I didnt meantion to Kane how sick I actually was feeling as I knew he was really looking forward to doing something today and since the sickness had been occuring for sometime I kept telling myself it would pass. Heading up the Sunshine Coast is usually a pretty good drive with constant flow of traffic, with the holiday weekend came with lots of extra people of the roads so it was bumper to bumper the whole way and made the trip feel like it was taking forever.
"I feel really sick, is there anywhere we can pull over?" I say to Kane as I feel that all to familiar feeling in my stomach. "How bad we are on the high way, there isnt really anywhere to pull over"... I'll be okay I said to myself and Kane as the journey contiuned. It wasnt long before I knew I was running out of time and there was no way I could keep down the vomit, I urgently looked around the car for something to use and spotted our beach bag I tipped it upside down to empty and before Kane could ask what I was doing he found out. I was lucky the bag collected it all but then the rest of the trip was spent with my head between my legs holding on to my spew bag. We arrived on the coast had lunch and turned around and came straight back home. I felt so bad as I knew Kane really wanted to spend the day there however I had no energy to do anything so was thankful he cut the trip short.
That night the vomiting contiuned and throughout all of the Sunday, I wondering maybe its the finale of the vomiting and then it would stop. By Sunday afternoon I was so weak I hadnt keep anything down since Friday and knew my weight was dropping again. Monday morning nothing changed I knew my body had just had enough I could keep nothing down not even the anti nausea tablets they had given to me. So i called the doctors and made an appointment. We both went to the doctor as Kane could tell I was a mess, and the doctor made things worst. He tried to explain to me that a triplet pregnancy causes quite a bit of stress and that im not emotionally handling it but I should try and rest and keep drinking and eating. Then Kane stepped in and reminded him that I was unable to keep anything down as it would come straight back up I was also at my lowest weight since the pregnancy and knew at 12 weeks this is still not a good sign. Kane then decided that I needed to get checked again and we headed into Brisbane Royal Hospital to see if they thought I was ok or just emotionally drained. I was assessed in the waiting room and within 5 mintues they had a bed for me and in another 5 mintues had me hooked up to a drip. I was highly dehydrated and my body just needed some fluids to be able to function again. After 3 litres of fluid was pumped through my drip and anti nausea was given I actually had some colour in my face. All of the staff their were amazing and I felt like it was the best decision to go in. I had a hospital fed and then the doctors came round to see if I wanted to stay there or go home and rest, I was all keen for the home rest so around 10pm we were on our way home.
Kane's words... "After spending easter weekend in 2012 crusing around the coasts of queensland (including theme parks , beaches etc) 2013 was always going to be quite different , after looking forward to a long weekend and making a few plans Ange spent most of it hovered around the toilet bowl . As I was feeling sorry for her I was also feeling myself being frustrated that we couldnt go and do anything ( this sounds selfish but was how i was feeling at the time ) . On the last day of the easter weekend after ange had been quite sick all weekend it was decided that we should go see a doc . Im not sure if he was a qualified doc or owned a corner dairy becuase he wasnt much help . I decided we should go to A and E and she was immediatly seen as a high priority (brisbane hospital can show dunedin hospital a few things ) . After having 3 litres of fluid pumped into her she was looking a lot brighter and feeling a lot better she also got a mean hospital feed (probably the first food for the weeknd) while i passed and waited till i was on the point of starvation and thought i was going to have to be admitted too (a couple of toasty sammies bought me right once we were home). As we thought the morning sickness was nearly done with we were along way off that yet , there wasnt much I could do apart from feel sorry for her and I think I could probably match any woman in the cooking and cleaning department now as I have been getting pretty good at doing most of that.
A frustrating part was knowing we were having 3 but not knowing what we were having , alot of money was getting spent on neutral clothing which was still lots of fun but we were both eager to find out what we were having . Its a scary road knowing you are having triplets not just because of the work involved but also the fact you hear stories of people and their babies arriving so early which is common with triplets obviously this can bring complications, so lets hope these babies are staying in there for a good while yet.
I decided to give up rugby for the year after a playing every season since I was 11 was a big decision but one I decided was for the best as I knew I could not afford to get injured and not be working with the bubs on the way and no such thing as ACC in Aussie. Bring on the 13 week scan when we will be testing for down syndrome etc"
Once I had another day off work and I had been able to keep up my fluids I was feeling a lot better. Still vomiting in the morning but not to the extent it was in the weekend. Let's hope week 13 is when it starts to look up.
Here are some photos of me in hosptial (Kane said we better take some to show the kids in a few years what they did to their Mumma) and now i'm glad I have them as it was all part of my journey. Also you can see my eye in the first one it still looks quite devil-ish.
The week felt like it was dragging and I was looking forward to this long weekend more than ever. After finishing work on the thursday I had a massive smile thinking this weekend is going to be the best!! Good Friday morning there was no trip to the bathroom.. I couldnt believe my luck. Yah the morning sickness is gone ... We even went down to the local markets for a look and had lunch out, apart from the heat that day I felt pretty good and went the whole day without having to vomit.
Easter Saturday however was a different story... I had a double whammy of it in the morning, thinking that it would ease we still prepared for our day away. We packed a beach bag with some towels and togs and off we went. I didnt meantion to Kane how sick I actually was feeling as I knew he was really looking forward to doing something today and since the sickness had been occuring for sometime I kept telling myself it would pass. Heading up the Sunshine Coast is usually a pretty good drive with constant flow of traffic, with the holiday weekend came with lots of extra people of the roads so it was bumper to bumper the whole way and made the trip feel like it was taking forever.
"I feel really sick, is there anywhere we can pull over?" I say to Kane as I feel that all to familiar feeling in my stomach. "How bad we are on the high way, there isnt really anywhere to pull over"... I'll be okay I said to myself and Kane as the journey contiuned. It wasnt long before I knew I was running out of time and there was no way I could keep down the vomit, I urgently looked around the car for something to use and spotted our beach bag I tipped it upside down to empty and before Kane could ask what I was doing he found out. I was lucky the bag collected it all but then the rest of the trip was spent with my head between my legs holding on to my spew bag. We arrived on the coast had lunch and turned around and came straight back home. I felt so bad as I knew Kane really wanted to spend the day there however I had no energy to do anything so was thankful he cut the trip short.
That night the vomiting contiuned and throughout all of the Sunday, I wondering maybe its the finale of the vomiting and then it would stop. By Sunday afternoon I was so weak I hadnt keep anything down since Friday and knew my weight was dropping again. Monday morning nothing changed I knew my body had just had enough I could keep nothing down not even the anti nausea tablets they had given to me. So i called the doctors and made an appointment. We both went to the doctor as Kane could tell I was a mess, and the doctor made things worst. He tried to explain to me that a triplet pregnancy causes quite a bit of stress and that im not emotionally handling it but I should try and rest and keep drinking and eating. Then Kane stepped in and reminded him that I was unable to keep anything down as it would come straight back up I was also at my lowest weight since the pregnancy and knew at 12 weeks this is still not a good sign. Kane then decided that I needed to get checked again and we headed into Brisbane Royal Hospital to see if they thought I was ok or just emotionally drained. I was assessed in the waiting room and within 5 mintues they had a bed for me and in another 5 mintues had me hooked up to a drip. I was highly dehydrated and my body just needed some fluids to be able to function again. After 3 litres of fluid was pumped through my drip and anti nausea was given I actually had some colour in my face. All of the staff their were amazing and I felt like it was the best decision to go in. I had a hospital fed and then the doctors came round to see if I wanted to stay there or go home and rest, I was all keen for the home rest so around 10pm we were on our way home.
Kane's words... "After spending easter weekend in 2012 crusing around the coasts of queensland (including theme parks , beaches etc) 2013 was always going to be quite different , after looking forward to a long weekend and making a few plans Ange spent most of it hovered around the toilet bowl . As I was feeling sorry for her I was also feeling myself being frustrated that we couldnt go and do anything ( this sounds selfish but was how i was feeling at the time ) . On the last day of the easter weekend after ange had been quite sick all weekend it was decided that we should go see a doc . Im not sure if he was a qualified doc or owned a corner dairy becuase he wasnt much help . I decided we should go to A and E and she was immediatly seen as a high priority (brisbane hospital can show dunedin hospital a few things ) . After having 3 litres of fluid pumped into her she was looking a lot brighter and feeling a lot better she also got a mean hospital feed (probably the first food for the weeknd) while i passed and waited till i was on the point of starvation and thought i was going to have to be admitted too (a couple of toasty sammies bought me right once we were home). As we thought the morning sickness was nearly done with we were along way off that yet , there wasnt much I could do apart from feel sorry for her and I think I could probably match any woman in the cooking and cleaning department now as I have been getting pretty good at doing most of that.
A frustrating part was knowing we were having 3 but not knowing what we were having , alot of money was getting spent on neutral clothing which was still lots of fun but we were both eager to find out what we were having . Its a scary road knowing you are having triplets not just because of the work involved but also the fact you hear stories of people and their babies arriving so early which is common with triplets obviously this can bring complications, so lets hope these babies are staying in there for a good while yet.
I decided to give up rugby for the year after a playing every season since I was 11 was a big decision but one I decided was for the best as I knew I could not afford to get injured and not be working with the bubs on the way and no such thing as ACC in Aussie. Bring on the 13 week scan when we will be testing for down syndrome etc"
Once I had another day off work and I had been able to keep up my fluids I was feeling a lot better. Still vomiting in the morning but not to the extent it was in the weekend. Let's hope week 13 is when it starts to look up.
Here are some photos of me in hosptial (Kane said we better take some to show the kids in a few years what they did to their Mumma) and now i'm glad I have them as it was all part of my journey. Also you can see my eye in the first one it still looks quite devil-ish.
12 week belly as you can see hasnt grown much due to the excessive sickness :(
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
What next... ??? - Week 11
Trying to deal with the constant sickness I am starting to really get put off food, grocery shopping was becoming a nightmare as I either didnt want to eat it or the thought of it made me feel sick. Kane who's least favourtie job is the groceries would get a little frustrated at me as I could never decide what food I might be able to manage. Half of the time I picked at my dinner which he would also get frustrated at me saying "you need to feed those babies!" easy to say and you think eating is generally something you do without thinking.
For the people who dont me I am or should I say used to be a big food eater!! I love all food and always had a massive appetite for most foods that were prepared for me. I feel like ive lost my self identity... I know it sounds silly but it really was a chore to eat and drink, the only reason I forced myself time and time again was the sake of the babies that were growing inside me. It was like being a fussy little child and Kane saying to me "Two more mouthfuls" or "You haven't touched your veges". At the time I could have slapped him but I knew he was looking after me and the wellbeing of his children.
Sometimes I thought I was feeling up to eating more and tonight was one of those nights.. Nachoes (Mine and Kane's favourite meal). I hadnt felt like them for such a long time but tonight we decided we would give them a go. At the time I was really enjoying them but it didnt take long for that to change.. Too many flavours garlic, tomatoe and the corn chips were not a great combination and I dont think I need to go into the details but they sure did not come up great either... I felt like I had vomited my whole insides up and was left with a massive headache. Off to bed I went for a good nights sleep. The next morning I woke up went to the bathroom and then noticed my eye... Blood shot, thought maybe just from my headache it will go away...
Well it didnt, and I was not stuck with not quite a blood shot eye more a whole red eye!! The children at my centre asked me if I was becoming a vampire... or a zombie. At least they could see the funny side to it. Other people would look at me and say "Shit!! What happened to your eye?" As I hadnt told a lot of people I was pregnant at that stage I had to brush it off, I really felt like saying I cant stop vomiting and this is what happens!! I had to end up seeing an optomatrist to check behind my eye.. In the end it took a good 3 weeks to heal.
Here are some lovely pictures of my eye approx 2 weeks after it appeared... First time I had burst blood vessels from vomiting and I was hoping like anything it would be the last.
For the people who dont me I am or should I say used to be a big food eater!! I love all food and always had a massive appetite for most foods that were prepared for me. I feel like ive lost my self identity... I know it sounds silly but it really was a chore to eat and drink, the only reason I forced myself time and time again was the sake of the babies that were growing inside me. It was like being a fussy little child and Kane saying to me "Two more mouthfuls" or "You haven't touched your veges". At the time I could have slapped him but I knew he was looking after me and the wellbeing of his children.
Sometimes I thought I was feeling up to eating more and tonight was one of those nights.. Nachoes (Mine and Kane's favourite meal). I hadnt felt like them for such a long time but tonight we decided we would give them a go. At the time I was really enjoying them but it didnt take long for that to change.. Too many flavours garlic, tomatoe and the corn chips were not a great combination and I dont think I need to go into the details but they sure did not come up great either... I felt like I had vomited my whole insides up and was left with a massive headache. Off to bed I went for a good nights sleep. The next morning I woke up went to the bathroom and then noticed my eye... Blood shot, thought maybe just from my headache it will go away...
Well it didnt, and I was not stuck with not quite a blood shot eye more a whole red eye!! The children at my centre asked me if I was becoming a vampire... or a zombie. At least they could see the funny side to it. Other people would look at me and say "Shit!! What happened to your eye?" As I hadnt told a lot of people I was pregnant at that stage I had to brush it off, I really felt like saying I cant stop vomiting and this is what happens!! I had to end up seeing an optomatrist to check behind my eye.. In the end it took a good 3 weeks to heal.
Here are some lovely pictures of my eye approx 2 weeks after it appeared... First time I had burst blood vessels from vomiting and I was hoping like anything it would be the last.
My belly at 11 weeks starting to take shape...
Pregnancy Symptoms: Same as other weeks + burst blood vessels in the eye
Ultrasound photos - Week 10
These were the pictures taken at the 10 week emergency scan, although little they were having party at the time...
The first picture you can clearly see all three sacs and babies :), the next was just measuring up the baby, and the last was a 4D picture as you can see only two babies are visible from this angle as our cheeky baby we like to call it is either hiding behind the other babies or just hiding from us :)
The first picture you can clearly see all three sacs and babies :), the next was just measuring up the baby, and the last was a 4D picture as you can see only two babies are visible from this angle as our cheeky baby we like to call it is either hiding behind the other babies or just hiding from us :)
Weight loss not always a good thing - Week 10
Approaching every new week was very exciting 12 weeks felt close but the constant morning sickness still made it feel like it was a life time away. It still hadn't eased and I was beginning to become down in the dumps about being pregnant, in my eyes so far I could see no positives. Don't get me wrong I was not regretting the pregnancy or hating on my unborn children I was just so over being constantly ill that I was a little depressed about the whole thing. Kane was a really good support and I am very lucky that we can talk openly to each other about these things, he would kindly remind me that things will look up soon and even though its hard we get the best gift in the end.
I knew the morning sickness was really hitting me hard as the scales had told me I had lost 2kg in the last couple of days, with the endless nausea and vomiting I was not completly surprised. At work I was finding it really difficult as the vomiting did not stop here either, after becoming very weak and barely walking I was told to call the doctor to get an appt straight away. I did as I was told as I knew it wasnt a good sign to be losing weight for the sake of my babies. I got to the doctors and she check blood pressure and weight etc and could tell I was struggling physically and emotionally. As I was still so early on in the pregnancy she thought an emergency scan was in order just to check the babies growth and my biggest fear if they were all still alive. After calling Kane in tears due to the worry about the babies wondering if I was doing enough, should I be drinking more or resting more I was eager to see them on the screen so I knew they were alright. He met me at home before the scan I could tell he too was as worried as me but trying to keep that brave face.
Kane's voice: "Aside from being broke with the ongoing layby bill to pay for all the major things a baby requires (x3) , i was crossing my fingers as the 12 week mark (supposed safe period ) was approaching that things would be ok and all babies would be fit and healthy . Like ange when we first found out I thought that it might not be a bad thing if one or two passed on to make things easier for us but after a couple of days I was attached to having all 3 . I was getting used to seeing ange with her head in the toilet every day before work it usually started with a cough and she was off to the toilet, I felt sorry for her as the ginger nuts I was delivering her before work weren't really helping . I think it was around week 10 when I got a phone call from ange to say she was quite sick at work and worried about the babies , so I left work for the day as she was sent for an emergency scan , it was a long train ride home thinking about the what if's."
As soon as the scan started I could see the three babies moving around having fun it seemed, the look on Kane's face was just priceless. He was staring at the screen watching his three little bubba's move around with the biggest smile I have ever seen. From that moment on I knew that I wanted nothing more than these three little beans to be safe and to grow up to be healthy and strong little fighters.
I was put on three days bed rest to try and hydrate my body and to rest. These days were spent sleeping, eating, watching TV and vomiting. I was given Maxalon (an anti-nausea drug) to try and help keep things down so I could try to start putting on weight. The only problem was trying to keep down the tablet as this would often just come up as soon as I had swallowed it.
Pregnancy Symptoms: Growing breast (now wearing maternity bras as my underwire bras were leaving deep red mark), and of course constant vomiting and nausea...
I knew the morning sickness was really hitting me hard as the scales had told me I had lost 2kg in the last couple of days, with the endless nausea and vomiting I was not completly surprised. At work I was finding it really difficult as the vomiting did not stop here either, after becoming very weak and barely walking I was told to call the doctor to get an appt straight away. I did as I was told as I knew it wasnt a good sign to be losing weight for the sake of my babies. I got to the doctors and she check blood pressure and weight etc and could tell I was struggling physically and emotionally. As I was still so early on in the pregnancy she thought an emergency scan was in order just to check the babies growth and my biggest fear if they were all still alive. After calling Kane in tears due to the worry about the babies wondering if I was doing enough, should I be drinking more or resting more I was eager to see them on the screen so I knew they were alright. He met me at home before the scan I could tell he too was as worried as me but trying to keep that brave face.
Kane's voice: "Aside from being broke with the ongoing layby bill to pay for all the major things a baby requires (x3) , i was crossing my fingers as the 12 week mark (supposed safe period ) was approaching that things would be ok and all babies would be fit and healthy . Like ange when we first found out I thought that it might not be a bad thing if one or two passed on to make things easier for us but after a couple of days I was attached to having all 3 . I was getting used to seeing ange with her head in the toilet every day before work it usually started with a cough and she was off to the toilet, I felt sorry for her as the ginger nuts I was delivering her before work weren't really helping . I think it was around week 10 when I got a phone call from ange to say she was quite sick at work and worried about the babies , so I left work for the day as she was sent for an emergency scan , it was a long train ride home thinking about the what if's."
As soon as the scan started I could see the three babies moving around having fun it seemed, the look on Kane's face was just priceless. He was staring at the screen watching his three little bubba's move around with the biggest smile I have ever seen. From that moment on I knew that I wanted nothing more than these three little beans to be safe and to grow up to be healthy and strong little fighters.
I was put on three days bed rest to try and hydrate my body and to rest. These days were spent sleeping, eating, watching TV and vomiting. I was given Maxalon (an anti-nausea drug) to try and help keep things down so I could try to start putting on weight. The only problem was trying to keep down the tablet as this would often just come up as soon as I had swallowed it.
The start of my growing belly at 10 weeks
Pregnancy Symptoms: Growing breast (now wearing maternity bras as my underwire bras were leaving deep red mark), and of course constant vomiting and nausea...
Monday, 20 May 2013
Is there a cure? - Week 9
As my morning sickness was still going strong, I wasnt. I really was starting to struggle with work and being so sick all of the time. I was asking everybody who I knew that got bad morning sickness if anything worked for them, I tried ginger nuts, the natural morning sickness tablets and i knew deep down it was just a phase and soon it would pass. By this stage I had been experiencing morning sickness for about a month and my body was barely coping. Bile, liquids and foods were brought up daily and I was now having to look healthy at work and pretend my constant trips to the toilet were not because I was vomiting. Then one of the girls questioned my regular visits "Are you pregnant Ange?" "No way, just a weak bladder." Not sure if it was believed or not but didnt take long for another couple to ask if I was ok and was I sick because I didnt look to well.
Kane and I wanted to keep everything under wraps until at least 12 weeks as we knew once it was out that would be it, but i knew it wouldnt take long for the girls and work to put one and one together and the rumours would start, so at 9 1/2 weeks I annouced to my workmates that Kane and I were expecting Triplets. There responses were amazing and they were all so supportive. It was actually nice being able to talk freely about it at work but still decided to keep it from my parents and the children i look after.
We knew with having one baby is an expense but 3!! So Kane being Kane, knew we must get sorted and so we headed to the baby shop to price up some gears. We decided we would go with bassinetts as I looked into co-sleeping although i didnt like the SIDS rates and perferred to go with the safer option. The ladies were very surprised and exciting to hear we would be having three babies and helped us out straight away. We both agreed on the bassinett we got just a plain white one x3. And the next task was car seats, they recommended a couple of models but after Kane measured up our back seat I think it was down to just one. So we went with that and laybyed them all to start getting sorted.
Pregnancy Symptoms - ALL DAY SICKNESS, felt like I never got a break :( My face broke out with a face full of pimples.
Kane and I wanted to keep everything under wraps until at least 12 weeks as we knew once it was out that would be it, but i knew it wouldnt take long for the girls and work to put one and one together and the rumours would start, so at 9 1/2 weeks I annouced to my workmates that Kane and I were expecting Triplets. There responses were amazing and they were all so supportive. It was actually nice being able to talk freely about it at work but still decided to keep it from my parents and the children i look after.
We knew with having one baby is an expense but 3!! So Kane being Kane, knew we must get sorted and so we headed to the baby shop to price up some gears. We decided we would go with bassinetts as I looked into co-sleeping although i didnt like the SIDS rates and perferred to go with the safer option. The ladies were very surprised and exciting to hear we would be having three babies and helped us out straight away. We both agreed on the bassinett we got just a plain white one x3. And the next task was car seats, they recommended a couple of models but after Kane measured up our back seat I think it was down to just one. So we went with that and laybyed them all to start getting sorted.
Pregnancy Symptoms - ALL DAY SICKNESS, felt like I never got a break :( My face broke out with a face full of pimples.
NZ and back to reality - Week 8
My time in NZ was special, I got to say my final goodbyes to Oma, and catch up with my extended family. My family also nicknamed me McSpewie while I was there due to my constant vomiting!! All my family were overwhelmed with out news and in the evenings could even see the start of my growing belly. The week went fast and it was time to head home, I was eager to get back to see Kane, but also dreading how I was going to manage work with my morning sickness becoming ALL DAY sickness.
We also had a scan when I got back to check to see if I was still carrying three babies, I went alone to this scan and I was just as nervous as the first. I could see as soon as the scan started that there was still three beating hearts. I felt a huge sense of relief. Kane eagerly waiting for my call after the scan as I told him the good news we were still carrying three babies.
As week 8 was coming to an end I kept telling meself they say after 12eeks the vomiting will ease... I was on the countdown. Poor Kane really had to step up at home which he did without hesitating, apart from work my life was in the bathroom. Once I was home from NZ Kane had to take on all the cleaning, washing and cooking of dinner as once I had survived the day at work I was home to bed to stop moving to try and ease the effects of morning sickness.
Bump update week 8 -
We also had a scan when I got back to check to see if I was still carrying three babies, I went alone to this scan and I was just as nervous as the first. I could see as soon as the scan started that there was still three beating hearts. I felt a huge sense of relief. Kane eagerly waiting for my call after the scan as I told him the good news we were still carrying three babies.
As week 8 was coming to an end I kept telling meself they say after 12eeks the vomiting will ease... I was on the countdown. Poor Kane really had to step up at home which he did without hesitating, apart from work my life was in the bathroom. Once I was home from NZ Kane had to take on all the cleaning, washing and cooking of dinner as once I had survived the day at work I was home to bed to stop moving to try and ease the effects of morning sickness.
Bump update week 8 -
Pregnancy Symptoms - Morning sickness and it was only getting worst vomiting on average 3 times per day and had bearly any appetite espeically in the evenings.
Coming to terms with it - Week 7
So many questions went through both of our heads, can we do it? how will we cope? will they all survive? and the list went on. We had been told that miscarriage of triplets is high and it is quite common to fall pregnant with them and then lose one or two. At the start I thought I could cope with losing one or two least I would still have one, but it didnt take long to become attatched to all three of my babies and from that point on i knew that i would be devastated if anything would happen.
By now my morning sickness was taking over vomiting was a daily thing especially mornings and in the evenings. Work was becoming hard with the constant nausea and I had only told my assistant Tamika and my boss the news that I was pregnant with Triplets. So i kept going putting on a brave face and dealing with it.
Later in the week I was informed my Oma (grandma) had taken ill and was put in hospital given that day to live. As she is in NZ with all my family I decided that I might be heading back to NZ sooner than I thought. She lasted another 5 days before passing in her sleep. I was on the next flight to NZ, I was lucky that my older sister Alanah had come to Perth so we were able to fly back together. As my morning sickness was in full force I knew the flight wasnt gonna be fun! I vomited twice before getting into the car and thought hopefully im done. Waiting in the lines to check in I said to Lana watch my bags I need to go, vomited once again and then just getting through customs another visit to the bathroom. At that point I knew i was in for a fun day! After the flight arriving into Dunedin I had very mixed emotions was glad to see my family but wasnt the best situation.
Pregnancy Symptoms - Morning sickness, extreme vomiting and nausea, back pain and several trips to the toilet during the night.
Bump photos... first one 4 weeks pregnant and second one 6 weeks pregnant
By now my morning sickness was taking over vomiting was a daily thing especially mornings and in the evenings. Work was becoming hard with the constant nausea and I had only told my assistant Tamika and my boss the news that I was pregnant with Triplets. So i kept going putting on a brave face and dealing with it.
Later in the week I was informed my Oma (grandma) had taken ill and was put in hospital given that day to live. As she is in NZ with all my family I decided that I might be heading back to NZ sooner than I thought. She lasted another 5 days before passing in her sleep. I was on the next flight to NZ, I was lucky that my older sister Alanah had come to Perth so we were able to fly back together. As my morning sickness was in full force I knew the flight wasnt gonna be fun! I vomited twice before getting into the car and thought hopefully im done. Waiting in the lines to check in I said to Lana watch my bags I need to go, vomited once again and then just getting through customs another visit to the bathroom. At that point I knew i was in for a fun day! After the flight arriving into Dunedin I had very mixed emotions was glad to see my family but wasnt the best situation.
Pregnancy Symptoms - Morning sickness, extreme vomiting and nausea, back pain and several trips to the toilet during the night.
Bump photos... first one 4 weeks pregnant and second one 6 weeks pregnant
I know that there is no bump but good to see these to compare once my bump did grow :)
Dating Scan - Week 6
This has felt like the longest two weeks in my life!!! From finding out to our first scan, the time has come that we get to see our little peanut growing. At my previous doc appt my blood tests had came back that my HCG levels were higher than the dates I had given... My instant reaction (not knowing stuff all about it) YAH im further along ... How wrong was I?
That weekend after going out for tea getting a little ahead of ourselves we talked about names for our little baby, I said to Kane I just have a funny feeling i'm having twins as i could only think of two names together (must have been my materal instinct kicking in)
Both Kane and I were also very nervous walking into the room with the scanner machine.. So many thoughts were running through my head and Im sure they were for Kane. I had to have an internal ultrasound done as I was in early days, feeling a little uncomfortable I lay there and nervous Kane beside me.
Kane's first thoughts - "I knew something was up straight away cos we had been looking at scans of twins in the pregnancy book and my heart starting racing when we could see clearly two baby's heart beats".
I could see it there on the screen, my baby's beating heart!! and another one right beside!! SHIT i was thinking I was right Twins how the heck am I am going to deal with this one.. Meanwhile I am still looking and notice the doctor trying to move it all around. I had no idea I could see two heart beats in little sacs and then something moving in the background. It wasnt until he looked at both Kane and I and held up 3 fingers!!!!
3? I said... "Yip you have three beating hearts all appear to be growing at the same rate.. TRIPLETS!!!!!!!!!!! "Fuck" I said, "Fuck" said Kane and then the doctor turned around and said "Yea fuck is about the only word for it".
The drive home was far from expected.... I didnt no whether to laugh or cry, let alone anything about triplets. Kane and I were completed shocked and i dont think the shock left for about the next 2 weeks.
That night we decided it was time to let both of our parents know the news, as we set up the skype we sat on the couch looking down at the photo of our scan thinking how the fuck do we tell them its triplets. As we were talking to kane's mum and dad first we couldnt think of the words to say so I held up the scan photo and kane's mum Jackie said straight away, who's having triplets? We looked at each other and quietly annoucned that we were. Next skype call was to my parents and i dont think ive ever felt so nervous, my sister Mel answered the call, why use ringing. My voice prob shaky as ever explained that we had some news and for mum and dad to come in close. I hear Dad in the background yell "you're pregnant? arent ya" I said Dad get a whisky and come to the screen as they are all looking at Kane and I, I nervously show the photo of our scan. Mel says that looks like scan but its different to my ones. I said there is no easy way to say this but 'we're having triplets'!!
This is the scan photo we first got of our triplets...
Pregnancy symptoms - Back pain, sore boobs, and vomiting & nausea ...
That weekend after going out for tea getting a little ahead of ourselves we talked about names for our little baby, I said to Kane I just have a funny feeling i'm having twins as i could only think of two names together (must have been my materal instinct kicking in)
Both Kane and I were also very nervous walking into the room with the scanner machine.. So many thoughts were running through my head and Im sure they were for Kane. I had to have an internal ultrasound done as I was in early days, feeling a little uncomfortable I lay there and nervous Kane beside me.
Kane's first thoughts - "I knew something was up straight away cos we had been looking at scans of twins in the pregnancy book and my heart starting racing when we could see clearly two baby's heart beats".
I could see it there on the screen, my baby's beating heart!! and another one right beside!! SHIT i was thinking I was right Twins how the heck am I am going to deal with this one.. Meanwhile I am still looking and notice the doctor trying to move it all around. I had no idea I could see two heart beats in little sacs and then something moving in the background. It wasnt until he looked at both Kane and I and held up 3 fingers!!!!
3? I said... "Yip you have three beating hearts all appear to be growing at the same rate.. TRIPLETS!!!!!!!!!!! "Fuck" I said, "Fuck" said Kane and then the doctor turned around and said "Yea fuck is about the only word for it".
The drive home was far from expected.... I didnt no whether to laugh or cry, let alone anything about triplets. Kane and I were completed shocked and i dont think the shock left for about the next 2 weeks.
That night we decided it was time to let both of our parents know the news, as we set up the skype we sat on the couch looking down at the photo of our scan thinking how the fuck do we tell them its triplets. As we were talking to kane's mum and dad first we couldnt think of the words to say so I held up the scan photo and kane's mum Jackie said straight away, who's having triplets? We looked at each other and quietly annoucned that we were. Next skype call was to my parents and i dont think ive ever felt so nervous, my sister Mel answered the call, why use ringing. My voice prob shaky as ever explained that we had some news and for mum and dad to come in close. I hear Dad in the background yell "you're pregnant? arent ya" I said Dad get a whisky and come to the screen as they are all looking at Kane and I, I nervously show the photo of our scan. Mel says that looks like scan but its different to my ones. I said there is no easy way to say this but 'we're having triplets'!!
This is the scan photo we first got of our triplets...
Pregnancy symptoms - Back pain, sore boobs, and vomiting & nausea ...
We're Pregnant!!! :) - Week 5
Walking out of the doctor's after getting my blood tests back was the strangest feeling. I am pregnant, SHIT! Excited, nervous, and so many other feelings. Finally Kane also believed in fact we were pregnant and that in 9 months would have a baby.
I always had this theory that Pregnancy was beautiful and wonderful and now I was getting my turn to give it a go... I mean how hard can it be? Lots of woman of varying ages all go through pregnancy and do just fine... Surely this will be easy I kept telling myself.
Both Kane and I knew the chances of miscarriage are rather high and can happen for a number of reasons, we decided to keep our news to ourselves for the time being.
Pregnancy Symptoms - This is when my boobs started to get a little sensitive and achy and in the mornings I was becoming slightly nauseous...
I always had this theory that Pregnancy was beautiful and wonderful and now I was getting my turn to give it a go... I mean how hard can it be? Lots of woman of varying ages all go through pregnancy and do just fine... Surely this will be easy I kept telling myself.
Both Kane and I knew the chances of miscarriage are rather high and can happen for a number of reasons, we decided to keep our news to ourselves for the time being.
Pregnancy Symptoms - This is when my boobs started to get a little sensitive and achy and in the mornings I was becoming slightly nauseous...
Are we?? Or Aren't we?? - Week 4
On the way to do groceries I say to Kane that I feel a bit funny.. maybe I'm pregnant? He brushes it off, and says back "how do you know you havent been before". Point taken so at the supermarket got a 3 pack of pregnancy tests to see what they would say.... I was so eager to do one so as soon as we were home off to the bathroom (leaving Kane to do the loved job of unpack the gorceries).
Waiting, waiting, and more waiting... when I think to myself am I seeing things? I yell out out to Kane "there is two lines"!!
As I show Kane he brushes it off once more dont get too excited how accurate are those tests. Over the next two days and 5 more pregnancy tests, my inital thoughts are confirmed. "We're going to have a baby!" Kane still a little bit unsure was waiting for my doctor appt and bloods to be done before he believed anything.
Pregnancy Symptoms - Nil this week
Waiting, waiting, and more waiting... when I think to myself am I seeing things? I yell out out to Kane "there is two lines"!!
As I show Kane he brushes it off once more dont get too excited how accurate are those tests. Over the next two days and 5 more pregnancy tests, my inital thoughts are confirmed. "We're going to have a baby!" Kane still a little bit unsure was waiting for my doctor appt and bloods to be done before he believed anything.
Pregnancy Symptoms - Nil this week
Introduction
I am starting this blog as we have found out we are having Triplets, after the shock wore off I wanted as much information as I could get and found a lot of it was rather depressing apart from other people's storys of their journey through it and the wonderful prize at the end.
I am Angela Blankestyn, 25 years old engaged to my wonderful partner Kane Adam. After not knowing each other that long we moved to Australia where we started our lives together and we have not looked back since.
This is going to be as truthful as I can make it, a week to week diary of my pregnancy. Please leave me feedback as I am going as I have never done a blog or anything along these lines.
Happy Reading
I am Angela Blankestyn, 25 years old engaged to my wonderful partner Kane Adam. After not knowing each other that long we moved to Australia where we started our lives together and we have not looked back since.
This is going to be as truthful as I can make it, a week to week diary of my pregnancy. Please leave me feedback as I am going as I have never done a blog or anything along these lines.
Happy Reading
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