Week 32- Here we come!!!

Well, it's been a tough week but I'm finally feeling better. The only problem I can really complain about during this pregnancy is a sinus infection. It really took me down for a few days and since our computer was also down I was unable to update the blog and won't be able to post any new pics of my enormity.

My doctors visits now last about 2-3 hours on Tuesdays. Needless to say I'm completely whooped afterwards. I have a mini-ultrasound, monitoring, and then an office visit. I spend the majority of my time in a section of the hospital with the nicest people. The nurse was so sweet and reassuring about my needing an additional test on Baby C since the monitoring wasn't working well with her. My belly looks hilarious with all these monitors and belts holding them in place!! I wasn't the least bit worried about it, with three babies in there it's got to be hard to get the proper readings. She just kept going over and over how nothing was wrong that they just needed to use another method to get their readings. So, of course all was fine and she took my blood pressure and I was ready to head up for my office visit. Well, the blood pressure was high- NOT good!!! She calmly says to go up, let the doc run his tests but there was a good chance I could be admitted immediately. How in the world is my blood pressure suppose to go down if she just freaked me out like that??????? On my long walk to his office all I could think of is: one- I'm not ready, two- it's too early for the babies, and three- I didn't wash my hair!

The blood pressure was down and all the office tests they run each week were all good so no hospital yet. But I did learn that despite my research on all of this, that if I go into preterm labor or my blood pressure goes up (and stays up) I will have the babies- end of discussion. I was under the impression that they might keep me at bay with drugs to help the girls grow longer in the womb but the doc said that works well for singletons but not as well for multiples. I'm sure my blood pressure rose pretty high from the stress of that comment. I am completely freaked out now. I am NOT ready for all of this to change! I have been planning and preparing for months but now knowing that it's literally ANY DAY NOW I just feel that I'm not ready. It all could happen so fast! At best, if I go into the hospital they might hold me off for a few days to give me steroids to assist with the girls lung development but then it's a C-section, 4 days in the hospital and then I would be sent home with my angels staying.

It was also mentioned that I am doing very well and it's completely out of my/our control if I go into preterm labor or the blood pressure rises. Barring those two complications, I could still go for about 4 more weeks. That makes me happy and keeps my spirits up. I know you all reading this would like to lay down all day and eat close to 4,000 calories but it's really hard to do for such an extended period of time. I am also on very restricted driving- only close to home and no highways. Close to home means to the grocery to pick up no more than 3 items- no more shopping trips or WalMart runs. My belly is one inch from the steering wheel! Elle now takes my car to school except on Tuesdays so I can go to my doctor visits.

At least I'm in good company with being worried about having the girls soon- we are all freaked out at this house. There is a new urgency to get things done. It's all little stuff but all the daily chores just get in the way. Dave and Elle are doing everything, along with getting me food and refilling my water. Elle is great with running errands (grocery store, Target, getting me donuts) and Dave is doing all the inside and outside chores plus finishing what he can on the bathrooms. I can barely help at all, it's very frustrating to lay there and watch and not be able to really help. Plus, sometimes they make noise and I can't hear what's happening on Desperate Housewives!!!

I took Dave's car to the Safety Stop at Children's Hospital last week to see if 3 car seats would fit on the bench of his car- WOO HOO, IT WORKED!! I sat in the front seat as the lady installed them all and just cried. "Oh! Honey, are you overwhelmed at the site of three car seats?" Hell no! I'm crying because I'm so happy we don't have to shop for another car!!!! I was so tired, it was after my doctors visit, and the thought of one more huge purchase was too much. It would be so difficult to have to buy a car right now on top of everything. It was a huge relief for us to have that work. But of course, they did not have the car seats in stock that begin at 4lbs so I could not purchase them... another trip down to Children's! Getting the car seats that start at 4lbs is just a precaution- babies do come home from the NICU between 4-5 lbs if they are physically ready in all other ways.

Oops! Almost forgot to update their weights! These weights, and all the earlier weights, have been estimates with a margin for error either way. They measure the head, stomach, femur, and some other stuff and then use a formula to determine the estimated weight. It is now getting hard to measure the girls so the weights are all different. They had me in some strange and difficult positions to try to get Baby A's measurements and Baby C is located under Baby B so it's hard to read her too.

Baby A: 3.3lbs, up 13 oz
Baby B: 3.15lbs, up 1.3lbs
Baby C: 3.5lbs, up 10oz

I am figuring that the girls are in the middle- about 3.8lbs each. I am hopefully that they are all as big as Baby B- she is the easiest to read since she is on top and can be accurately measured. They all have their own placentas so it's not like Baby B is hogging all the food. Oh, almost forgot- Baby C was cracking up the lady doing the additional monitoring test. They used a hand-held ultrasound to finish getting the readings and Little C was using her tiny feet to push off of Baby B. She did it over and over and the lady just laughed and laughed. They are definitely up to no good in that womb!

I hope our old computer gets fixed soon so I can post a belly pic. Elle almost cried she laughed so hard at it- I'm wearing my favorite navy dress and was just thinking I was about the cutest little preggo chick ever... but then she ruined! She compared me to the girl in the Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory ( the Gene Wilder version) that turned into a blueberry. Her comment is accurate too- as mean as it sounds I do appear that I could roll away! So glad to be having more girls- they are so darn sweet!

Probably won't have much to post after tomorrow's doc. visit- but will try to keep things up until I head to the hospital!
Thanks for the prayers and support!!