Here we go...

So, I decided to start this so someday I will have some memories for my children. I have been meaning to do this for a while, so here goes!

The big news around our house is the 3 new additions we will have in our family sometime late summer/early fall. That's right. I am pregnant with triplets. What a surprise! We found out I was pregnant late January. I went to my first prenatal appointment on Feb. 5 and had some labs drawn on Feb. 6. The nurse called me that afternoon and told me I had a high HCG level (14,000) which was great. I, of course thought something was wrong (i.e. molar pregnancy or twins). When I asked her this, she immediately told me not to "jump there yet." Two days later I had a second HCG drawn (almost 25,000) and again the nurse told me the number was fine and it was OK it had not doubled because it was so high to begin with. The doctor called me later on in the afternoon and told me we needed to do an ultrasound. He was thinking there may be twins. I was shocked as I told John this, but he was calm as usual. I had the ultrasound scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13th. I scanned the Internet all week looking at typical HCG readings of women who have a single gestation and those with twins. From my numbers, I decided I probably did have twins and began to prepare myself mentally for that news on Friday. On Friday, we got the shock that there were not two, but three! The ultrasound lady wasn't the nicest, but she finally let John come back into the room. We saw three sacs and three heartbeats. Thank goodness for John's calmness and support.The rest of the weekend was a blur of many different thoughts, research on the Internet, and prayers. I have since spoke with two other moms of triplets around here and gathered so much information on hospitals and NICUs and life with triplets. I have scheduled my first appointment with the maternal fetal medicine team next Tuesday. I began taking extra folic acid and will need extra iron. Other than that, I am feeling very tired and nauseous all day long. I'll keep you posted on my progress.

Here is the first picture of the babies. Two of them measured 6 weeks, one day and one measured 5 weeks, 4 days. Their heartbeats were in the 130s and 140s.