I found out about a week before Jordan turned 1 that we were expecting again! It was surprising how quick it happened with me still exclusively BF him & with there being 8 years between Haley & Jordan. We were feeling a bit nervous at the thought of having 2 kids so close in age & having 3 kids by the age of 27 & with us both being in school. I thought we can do this, we have all the baby supplies we need since we still had all of J's baby stuff. I went to my first OB appointment at 8 weeks, I lost 13 pounds in 2 weeks from the morning sickness so I got 2 prescriptions for the nausea. When he did the pelvic exam he mentioned my uterus felt slightly big for 8 weeks & I said don't say that my grandma had twins! He said it's common for it to feel a little large & not to worry. 2 weeks later my uterus was already bulging in my lower belly just a few inches from my navel. I told Ronel that I had a feeling that there might be twins in there, but we thought having 2 babies back to back might make it stretch faster. At my 12 week check up a student was present with my Dr & he did the doppler to look for the baby's heartbeat. He pushed it down hard(since at that stage your uterus is supposed to be lying deep in your pelvis) & that made the "baby" wiggle! It kinda scared me to be honest, I didn't think you could feel a baby move that early. Looking back i feel bad because that wiggle I felt was one of my little guys getting pushed on! I told him I really felt bigger than I should & I was worried it could be twins. He told me many women think that and my US was the next day, so not to worry. On November 4th, 2010 I got the shock of a lifetime. I went in for my elective 12 week ultrasound to check for down syndrome/spina bifida with Jordan since I was expecting just a 20 minute US. The second she touched the probe to my stomach I saw 2 babies I said "Oh my god it's twins isn't it?" she moved it around for a few seconds & replied "Oh honey... your having triplets!" I told her there's no way there's 3 in there & she must be counting the same one twice, I wasn't on fertility drugs it doesn't happen spontaneously right??? WRONG! She then counted them out for me as you can see in the clip I will post. (It's a clip of the recording of the US I had, so happy they do that with everyone so I can re-live the shock of seeing 3 in there forever. lol.) I proceeded to cry hysterically(which I don't do hardly ever) and mumble "I don't have 3 arms, I don't have 3 boobs, how the hell am I supposed to take care of 3 babies?!?!". Poor little 14month old Jordan didn't even realize how his life, & mine, changed that moment. Luckily one of the receptionists took Jordan so I could get a 2 hour ultrasound of all the babies. I left in a state of shock to say the least! I had to pick up Ronel from work right after so I held off on calling him. I called my best friend Ashley first & cried to her that definitely helped. When Ronel got in the car I handed him the US pic & asked if he noticed anything. He said "it's a boy?" I replied "no, do you notice the letters?" he said "are those the body parts?" I replied "no, each letter represents each baby" he said "but there's 3 letters?!" I replied "yes because there's 3 babies". We were both in shock for weeks! We're still amazed that WE had triplets.
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