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 :)
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