Time is ticking away and with that I get some relief as I know the babies are growing and developing. With making adjustments from having diabetes I was trying to manage my new food intake. Although I was doing well with my sugar levels I still was closely watched as carrying triplets my insulin needs can change and I need to be prepared for what might happen. The doctors who visited me daily were pleased with all my obs they were very stable, also talked about my c-section, they told me until I get to 30 weeks they won't make a date for it as high chance I will need an emergency one once I go into labour. I also had to sign my c section forms so they have them on record. I have known from round 12 weeks that this is how the babies will be delivered but the whole thought makes it so real. I think I am a bit nieve about things sometimes like that it would be crazy for me to have these babies any time soon however I think that medical team are trying to prepare me, the ped doctor came to talk with me about preterm babies which to them is being born prior to 35 weeks gestation. She was very professional and upfront about statistics of babies born at my length of pregnancy, 2 out of 10 babies born at 26 weeks don't make it compared to 4 out of a 100 at 28 weeks. Also prior to 32 weeks there can be significant eye problems, brain bleeds and breathing troubles. I was pretty taken by this information and even though I feel like I've come so far 28 is the biggest goal we need to achieve. I am positive that I will be able to get past this date I'm just hoping my body agrees. Also on Sunday ill be 27 weeks this is the start of my third trimester maybe this will be the one that is kind to me.
Magazines, tv series, Facebook and game applications help me fill in my days, the meals are now getting repetitive and I often talk about all the food I would love to eat (some of the food items I'd love is real pasta, pad Thai, pizza, nachoes, chicken pie and lots others). Visiting my neighbor also helps fill in my day, I've now spent 3 weeks in the maternity ward and time is going by quicker than I thought I still know that I'm here for up to another 7 weeks and with each day being rather similar I'm getting a little restless.
I got another dose of steroids to help the babies prepare for the outside world, the only thing now with the steroids is it affects the way your body can process sugar levels. After my jab my reading started to go really high they did expect this but I had to be given a couple of insulin needles to help get down the levels. Which worked so they were happy.
Well another week had gone by so was time for another scan, I was really excited to find out how big our bubbAs were and if course what my cervix was doing. I get picked up by wheel chair and get taken to the scan, while in the waiting room I was sitting beside another couple and her sister, not talking to them I overheard them talking about multiples I think she was having twins and they obviously thought that was enough, they started saying how they had known someone who had triplets, the response was stuff that, I feel sorry for her, don't know how people cope with that etc I was a little offended by this but decided ill just sit back it's their opinion. They then went onto to find a photo of her on Facebook to show how big she got, and were saying imagine her stretch marks, would take so long to get your body back. I felt like saying to them at least with a big belly her babies are growing is that not more important but I didn't. I just rubbed my tummy why thought how lucky I was to have my 3 no matter how many stretch marks I would get and how long it would take me to get my body back. What's more important at the end of the day?? When my doctor/sonographer came to get me jokingly said oh I need 3 hands for this with a big smile. I hope they clicked and realised maybe b careful what you say around other pregnant woman. (Rant over sorry!)
Everything looked great with the babies Baby A is head right down as far as she can go at this stage so was really hard getting her measurements, they said they tried to be as accurate but her weight maybe less than what they estimate. Close by baby B was is in a good position even got to see her cute face makes it seem so real, then up the to laying directly across my top belly under my ribs is baby C he too was posing for the camera and got a nice pic of him :) the estimated sizes of the babies are Baby A - 2 lb 2oz, Baby B - 1 lb 15oz and baby C - 2lb 1oz = just over 6lb of baby at 26 weeks no wonder I'm huge!! Plus the three placentas + fluid! As for my cervix it was stable and unchanged :) :) :) yah please get me past 28 weeks I told it!! I was so happy 3 healthy bubs growing nicely what more could a mum want.
This morning my dietician came to see me and ask about my eating and diabetes. She still thinks I need to eat more through the day and at my meals. I'm no sure how cos I already seem to feed my face :) with the babies now starting there main growth fattening up stage they said I need to fuel them. Also working with my diabetes to ensure I'm not eating to many carbs or sugar..
Sorry no photos this week due to my writing this on my iphone, so there maybe some sentences that don't make sense quite hard to navigate on here .
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