When I found out I was having triplets, we sat down with my OB-GYN (Dr. B.), and talked about how difficult this pregnancy was going to be. Dr. B had experience with multiples, but as far as I know he’s not a multiples expert.
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First thing he said was let’s not focus on anything negative. Which meant that all my worries and what ifs, where negative things that really aren’t going to help me through this difficult pregnancy. At that time I had so many questions that his comment had me a bit upset. I’m not someone who dwells on the negative, but I need to be informed of all the possibilities, so I can feel prepared. So I bought books and read a ton online and got all the information and answers to the what-ifs, and yes it was scary!
However, I didn’t need to know any of this negative information, but it did help me focus on the fact that I needed to keep these babies in as long as possible. So I drank a ton of water, rested and did everything my Dr. told me to and call it luck, genetics, or preparation, I carried my babies for 35 weeks, 6 days. Their birth weights were 4lbs. 3oz, 5lbs. 7oz, and 5lbs. 4oz. – All healthy and home at 7, 8 & 12 days from when they were born.
I did not have any complications during my pregnancy, I ate well, did exactly what my Dr. said, didn’t gain a TON of weight and made it past my personal goal of 32 weeks. I was not put on bed rest, only house rest, which meant that I needed 6+ hours of inactivity and I wasn’t to go out of the house unless it was for a Dr. appt. Being pregnant with triplets was NOTHING like being pregnant with one. Everyone at the Doctor’s office and hospital is on high alert, and of course my family was freaking out, which intensified my concerns. I looked like I was due when I was 6 months pregnant, so I often got “Oh you must be due any day” from strangers in the hospital on a regular basis. I loved the look on their face when I told them I had 3 more months to go! My abdomen grew so fast that the stretching was so painful. I found out I had ligaments in places I didn’t know existed, and the ligament pain got so bad at times, I thought I was in labor and was instructed by my Doc to head to the hospital. After an hour of intense pain, they told me it was ligament pain and sent me home. I guess it’s common, but who would think that the stretching of a ligament would feel like someone stuck a knife into your body. Near the end of the pregnancy I was getting ultra-sounds every week, so I was able to see that the babies were doing good which helped me focus on the ultimate goal of staying pregnant as long as possible.
Having a 2 1/2 year really made this pregnancy more difficult because we always played together and went to the park, and now I could hardly move off of the couch. Thankfully my mom came over and would play with littleBee1 so I could rest. My husband is such an awesome guy, and really stepped up during my pregnancy. He took me to each Dr. appt, came home early when he could, did all the grocery shopping and took littleBee1 to special events on the weekends, like carnivals, fairs, basically anything to get her out of the house to have some fun. It was a very hard time for everyone, and I’m so very fortunate to have such a great husband, family and friends, we could not have made it through this without them, nor would I have wanted to try.
Pregnant with Triplets; yes it's real!
So drink your water - so much that you think you couldn’t possibly drink anymore. Focus on you, get as much rest as possible, keep your eye on the ultimate goal and keep those babies in as long as possible. Don’t let the ‘what-if’s’ keep you up at night – you’ll wake up one day to realize that all the worrying was just a big waste of time!
~Sue
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