Bedrest:

Apparently it means I am supposed to ask Will to do almost everything for me while I lie down all day & night.  I can get up to go to the bathroom and to go to our weekly doctors appointments, but that's about it.
This includes eating all meals in bed.  It was fun at first, but it's actually pretty uncomfortable.  On the upside, I get to have Will's cooking for every meal.  Most of you know Will is a foodie (food snob)... which always makes eating with him a fun, glutinous adventure.  Now that he's cooking every meal for me (and I actually have to consume as much as Will) I couldn't be more grateful for his taste.

It also means that I have started monitoring for contractions with a home monitoring contraption.  As it turns out, I am having contractions throughout the day, but they are not frequent/strong enough to get me admitted to the hospital or put on meds...which is what we are trying to avoid for as long as possible!

I really am keeping quite busy.  After monitoring, eating (a lot), reading up on how the heck to raise triplets, working on computer projects and doing lots of other little things - the day is gone.  Thanks to friends, family and neighbors, I've had great company and lots of treats!

Due date???

When are the babies due?

I would be due February 15th (40 weeks) if there weren't 3 babies...
With triplets, it's much harder to predict. We do know they will come early...hopefully between 32-35 weeks, if there are no complications.

My goal is to make it into January (34-35 weeks along) when the babies would have the best chance of doing well enough to avoid a stay in the NICU or High Risk Nursery..
Will's goal is to make it to December 31st, ahem, for tax purposes.
Of course it's not up to us... the babies will certainly decide that along with most other decisions from here on out!

Even though I haven't had any complications so far, there is always the possibility of the babies coming too early (earlier than 32 weeks).  So we literally take it day by day.  Working in a NICU has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for my mentality at this point...

Doctors

Since we found out about the trio, I've been going to doctor appointments and having ultrasounds every week.  I see an OB and a Perinatologist (maternal fetal medicine specialist).  Between the 2 doctors, we are all monitored very well.  It usually takes about 30 minutes to check out each baby's growth and development, so Will and I get to sit back and watch our little acrobats perform every week - our favorite sitcom!
As the babies grow, it gets harder and harder to monitor them.  Now it seems, everytime the doctor finds the body part of the particular baby he's measuring, another baby's foot or arm floats into the screen.  Will and I think it's pretty hilarious, but I'm sure our doctors feel differently.

A, B, C

We are very happy to say that babies A, B & C are all doing well.
We know which baby is where in my belly, so we've already started to see differences in their growing personalities.
Baby A - biggest and most laid back.
Baby B - small but fiesty.
Baby C - wild and sneaky. This is our baby who went unseen at the first ultrasound... Already hidding from it's parents. Yikes.
I just love how active they all are!  I don't think I could ever get enough of their movements, despite the warnings I've gotten that I will be begging them to stop once they are a bigger..  Until then, I'm going to enjoy their dance parties!

24 weeks

We made it to one of many anticipated milestones for the babies' development - 24 weeks!

This week I received 2 steroid shots to help boost the babies lung development.. I was more than happy to get these just in case the trio comes too early.  I was also able to get my H1N1 vaccine... hopefully Will can get his next week.

24 weeks also marked the beginning of my bedrest.  I felt lucky I was able to work up until this point... yet very relieved to not have to make it through another day at the hospital, especially in the NICU!

"Wait a minute... ... ... there's 3"

When we found out I was pregnant we were thrilled!

Two weeks later as I was having the first ultrasound, we heard,
"Well, the first baby is measuring well and the second is..." 
'What did you say?! There's a first AND a second?!'
"Yup"
'Like 2 babies?!  Like twins?!'
"Yup"
Much to our surprise I was pregnant with twins and we were thrilled! 

A week or so later when we went back for another ultrasound we heard,
"Wait a minute... ... ... there's 3".
We were speechless.
So we then found ourselves stunned and overwhelmed... but most of all, thrilled!