tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312212012024-03-24T02:10:04.846-05:00 THE CHRISTIANSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221201.post-64360798379961952182016-08-19T00:40:00.000-05:002016-08-19T00:40:39.819-05:00Desmond - 2 Years Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Desmond - My sweet little rolly polly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />I can't look at him without having my heart melt a little. He is so so terribly sweet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />He eats and eats and eats. He may be the shortest, but he's also the heaviest. His belly is no joke. He's my one and only squishy baby! After every meal, he gets out of his table, then immediately comes over to our table to see what other food he can take. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />He has such a happy and pleasant demeanor. It seems like he walks around with a smile on his face all the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />He is very sensitive to a lot of things, but has learned how to deal with those things on his own. He hates really loud noises, so when Spencer is using the drill to hang some pictures, he will back up until his feet are in the next room over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He chipped a big chunk of his front tooth off while playing in the bath tub. He's definitely the most accident prone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've never met a kid his age be so obedient. He does everything I ask of him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The poor boy has the most uncoordinated run I've ever seen. Arms up in the air, basically hopping up on his toes. I will be so sad when I can't see it with my own eyes anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While he likes things like cars and animals, he really loves characters like Elmo and Mickey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When he sees a new adult, he will walk up to them, about 6in away, then just look down and wait until they pick him up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He gives hugs and kisses to anyone and everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Every night, after I put his pajama pants on, he runs away as fast as he can to avoid putting his shirt on. Until I ask him to come back, which of course he then obeys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When he throws a fit, he starts spinning around in circles, and eventually ends up on the ground, kicking his legs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His speech is a tad behind. It's hard to understand anything he says unless he's pointing to a picture or using sign language while he says it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He demands to hold the phone the second he sees Grandma and Papa on FaceTime. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If he has his mind set on doing something himself, he will throw a FIT if someone helps him do it. Then he'll have to restart everything and do it himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His favorite things to say are "Melmo"(Elmo) and "Cacka"(Cracker)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He loves looking at books - but especially those tiny mini cardboard books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He is a plasma car professional driver. I kept thinking he was definitely going to crash, and every turn he made was just lucky - but he has proven that he knows exactly what he's doing. He flies around corners on that thing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And now, a year's worth of pictures(in no particular order):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My little curly haired boy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I always thought that Nash was such a mama's boy. However, he has been showing some serious admiration for Spencer lately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His voice is the sweetest. Often times he says something while in the other room, and for a second, I think it's Eleanor. Their voices are so similar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Looooooves cars and trucks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Still loves to be outside. I always know when it's time to take him out to play, because he just gets so bored when he's inside for too long. He could stay outside playing forever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Loves riding his tricycle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He's got a pretty good throwing arm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The second he is naked, he is taking off throughout the house. Freeeeedom!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When he gets mad and throws a fit, he, straightens his arms down to the floor, pushes his belly out, and yells. He actually has quite a bit of anger in him - hoping it's not too big of a problem in the future. He also starts picking things up just to throw when he's mad. And hitting things. We're working on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He gives unsolicited kisses, revealing the true sweetheart that he is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you can catch him off guard by scaring/startling him, you will get some of his best laughs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is quite good at jumping, and is getting braver with what he jumps off of - so far it's been chairs and couches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He does this adorable little hip twisting walk as he swings his arms to the side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's nearly impossible to catch him looking at the camera. He is far too enthralled in his own little world to get his picture taken. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He loves watching videos and looking at pictures of people he knows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When asked to smile, he scrunches up his nose, and gives a giant open-mouthed smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of my very favorite things that he does is lie down on the floor, on his belly(as if he were going to sleep), and roll his car back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. I stare and watch him every time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He plays really well with other kids. He's quite friendly and is always sharing his toys with friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">Once we get on </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">the</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"> road, he is in heaven. He gets to see cars, motorcycles, taxis, trucks, trains, and bikes all in a matter of minutes of driving through our streets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lately he has been talking up a storm. His favorite things to talk about are "blue trucks", and "yellow bus", and things of the sort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anytime he tries something he thinks is cool(like jumping off something or blowing bubbles), he says, "WATCH! WATCH!" until I acknowledge him and tell him I'm watching. He picked this up from Eleanor saying it to me all the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I try to tell him to say "I love you", this is how it goes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: say I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nash: I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: Love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nash: You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: No, say love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nash: You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: LOVE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nash: You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nash: (silence)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And now, in no particular order, are a million photos of Nash from his second year of life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Triplet A vigorous upon delivery with spontaneous cry. Brought to warmer, dried, stimulated. Bulb suction applied to mouth/nares. HR>100, RR 50's. Cord clamped and trimmed by Father. Baby banded, wrapped, and shown to mother prior to transport to NICU in isolate. O2 sat 100%, HR 140s prior to transport.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 Minute: HR:2 Resp:2 Tone:2 Reflex: 2 Color:0 Total:8</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5 minutes: HR:2 Resp:2 Tone:2 Reflex:2 Color:2 Total:9</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nashy Nash!! Eleanor calls him Nashy, and I love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nash stole my heart the first time I saw him. He was so aware of me, and still is to this day. If I am in the room, he is watching me. I catch him looking at me all the time. My heart melts every time. It feels so good to feel so unconditionally loved by him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was the chillest little newborn. There were MANY occasions where I thought or said out loud, "Thank goodness for Nash!". He was always the calm in the storm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It seems like most people are drawn to him. Especially kids. In my opinion, he has a young spirit. I always felt Eleanor had an old soul. Well, Nash, he's just a baby soul. In the cutest way possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He likes to be happy. Even when he is miserable and crying, I can get him to smile or laugh. It wasn't until I had and got to know Nash that I understood why people loved the baby phase so much. He was the kind of baby that made other people want babies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He rolled over the first week he was home from the hospital. Which means he was 3 weeks old. Which means he really wasn't even supposed to be born yet(36 weeks gestation). It wasn't even a fluke. I think he rolled over like 4 times that first week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He never tolerated formula well. He would puke it all up. And then get super constipated. That got old, so he got almost all breast milk for a pretty long time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He loved to nurse. I was the saddest about weaning him, because he loved it so much. Oh, and I just loved the way he would look up at me while nursing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nash had hair when he was born, but after it fell out after about 3 months, it hasn't really grown back. He's so cute without hair, I can't really picture him WITH hair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dimples! He has dimples!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His eyes looked pretty blue for a while. They slowly started changing, but I'm still not sure what color they are. I think they'll be brown, but they are still a grey/brown/blue/hazelish color. Yeah, I don't know. And most girls would kill for his long, curly eyelashes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He had the hardest time when we started sleep training. First of all, when I went to just put his pacifier back in, he would quickly grab my finger and grip so hard that I had to pry his fingers off. He was so quick! He just loved having that reassurance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Started sitting up unassisted at 6 months. Scooting at 7 months. Crawling at 8 months. Pulling up to stand sometime after that. Walks along the furniture at 10 months. How am I supposed to remember all these milestones?! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His back is super ticklish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is strong, and doesn't realize it(duh, he's a baby!). His body is pretty solid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Toy rattles were made for this kid! He loves anything that makes noise. You will hardly ever find him without something in his hand as he makes his way around the house, banging the toy against the ground with every move. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The shortest distance from point A to point B is a straight line, and that's how he lives his life. He will plow through anything to get to where he wants to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He went through a woody woodpecker laughing phase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He 'barks' back at the dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He loves to give kisses. Especially to his siblings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My guess is that he'll love to entertain people. Just like his dad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When he first started eating table foods, he would concentrate so hard on getting his two fingers directly on the food to pick it up(pincer grasp in full effect). As opposed to the other two babies who would grab with their whole hand and shove in their mouths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pretty sure he'll be a snorer and drooler for life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He loves bath time. He's gone under water a few times and was totally unfazed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We always know when bath time is over for him because his chin starts to quiver and lips turn blue. He gets cold so easily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is so determined. When he gets his mind on something, he will not stop until he gets it. My dad was emptying the dishwasher. He obviously wanted to play in it. I picked him up and took him to the hallway to let him crawl around and play. He immediately turned around and made his way back to the kitchen. This happened 3 times in a row. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was first to figure out how to knock down and climb up the gate guarding the stairs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When he gets in to things, he's pretty quiet about it. I will come in to a room where he's been, and every cabinet will be open and every single thing pulled out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He says "mama", "baba", "papa", "dada", and signs "more".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This kid loves being outside. He belongs outside. Almost the entire first year of his life was spent inside, away from germs and cold weather. He often goes to the window to just stare out. Whenever we've gone outside to take pictures, we literally can't get him to look at the camera because he is too busy taking in his new surroundings. Or playing with leaves. He is captivated when he's outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If I could, I would snuggle him night and day. There is something about him - he just feels right when in my arms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Triplet C (Audrey) delivered in cephalic presentation, transferred to warmer with transformer pad in place in vigorous condition. Good tone and respiratory effort with fair color and HR>100. Several short pauses in breathing requiring continued stimulations but otherwise good respiratory effort. At 4MOL infant developed deep subcostal retractions and nasal flaring. CPAP 5 at 40%FiO2 initiated with pulse ox placed and sats of 78%. Retractions proved with CPAP and FiO2 titrated down to 21% for saturation of 95%. OG tube placed with copious clear amniotic fluid returned. Infant intermittently with desats to mid 80's requiring oropharyngeal suctioning and FiO2 titration. Transported to NICU at approx 25 min of life on CPAP5 at 25%FiO2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5 Minutes: HR:2 Resp:2 Tone:1 Reflex:2 Color:1 Total: 8</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Audrey Girl. Sweet, sweet girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a feeling Audrey is the dark horse. Watch out for this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From the beginning she has seemed that she was somewhat behind. She had a hard time learning to breastfeed, she was the smallest at birth, she had the most adverse events in the NICU. Then once we got her home, she was usually last to reach milestones. I was never worried, because she wasn't behind on her adjusted age timeline, but of course I can't help but compare her to her brothers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, Audrey is one of those girls who sits back, watches, then takes off and passes everyone. I won't be surprised if she's the first to walk. She is sneaky and scrappy. And I love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While in the NICU, the nurses would tell me that when she didn't like something(usually taking baths and dirty diapers), she would let everyone know. The first time I heard that high pitched scream, I knew what they were talking about. She could scream at a higher pitch than I've ever heard. It made me laugh every single time I heard it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She was so fragile. Her little legs were so skinny and wrinkly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now at 1, her eyes are finally proportional to her head. But in the beginning, it seemed like her eyes took up half her face. They are so big and beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She is a pacifier girl. She loves her pacifier as well as any other pacifier she can get her hands on. She started putting her own in her mouth at 5 months. She takes any chance she can to steal her brothers' pacifiers as they are sitting next to her, or even crawling past her. She is quick with her hands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She has long skinny fingers(she got those from me). She has always been great at picking up food. Her fine motor skills have always been on point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She used to be really smiley, then she got to be more chill. And now, when she does laugh, it's like a rare, hidden gem. It makes it that much better knowing it doesn't happen all too often. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She is content sitting in my lap and watching tv. It's nice to have one who doesn't have to be moving all the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When she first started solids, if she didn't like the food, she would raspberry it out of her mouth until it was all gone. There was one time I gave her avocado, and she just left her mouth wide open, refusing to close it until I got it out. She held it open for at least a minute! It was pretty funny. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When she finally started scooting, she could only go backwards. For a long, long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This girl is scrappy. She gets what she wants. I sit back and watch her interact with her brothers. If they have a toy she wants, she goes in, finds a way to grab the toy, snatches it, then either fends off the others as they try to get it back, or crawls away with it as fast as she can. It's pretty impressive. The boys will usually cry/whine if something gets taken from them, but if someone takes something from her(which hardly ever happens with her kung fu grip), she fights back for it until she gets it. Proud mom right here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She'd rather feed herself than be fed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When she hugs you, she'll say "ahhhhhh".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She had the best stretches as a baby. She stretched from fingertip to toes. I looked forward to it every time I got her from her crib.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She loves baby dolls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She loves blankets. I will put her in her crib, and she'll immediately grab her blanket and wrap herself up in it. Most of the time she gets it around her shoulders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The girl knows how to eat carbs! She loves anything bread. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think she has a silly side to her. It's just starting to show, but my bet is that she'll have a good sense of humor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She was first to get teeth. She has 6 right now - still in the lead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She says "mama", and signs "all done". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've got so much love for this girl. I can't even express how I happy I was when we found out that Baby C was a girl. Evening out the genders perfectly. She is the perfect little balance to our trio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first night with Desmond wasn't bad. I think he slept in a boppy lounger in our bed. He liked to be propped up. Eleanor loved holding him in the bouncer. Oh, he was just so tiny!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Out of the triplets, Desmond reminds me most of what Eleanor was like as a baby. Both with his looks and his personality. He was(and still is) the hardest baby. He cried a lot in the beginning. It seemed like he was crying all the time if he was awake and not eating. And this kid cries LOUD. The only thing we could do to calm him down was to bounce him on an exercise ball. Thank goodness we discovered that, because it worked like magic. It just got a little tiring for whoever was doing the bouncing. I noticed that he spit up the most, and not just after eating. He spit up all the time. I asked a few doctors about it, but they said just to try thickening his feeds. Still, nothing seemed to help. Once we got to Alabama, my doctor let me try giving him Zantac, and in a couple days we witnessed a miracle. I put him down in a little pillow, and he sat there completely content for like 5 minutes. A miracle, I say! The medicine worked wonders for him. That poor kid was in pain all that time. Broke my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was born with a big red birthmark on his right eyelid. It has since faded, but it was one of the easiest ways to tell him apart from the others. He also has a brown birthmark directly on his left kneecap. And a little dimple on his right ear that makes it look pierced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Desmond was the first to start laughing. Those first laughs are amazing. After giving and giving and giving everything to these little people, you finally get something back that isn't crying, pee, poop, or spit up. So with Desmond, it was glorious. I think he was 3 months old. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was first to sit up unassisted at 6 months. Maybe because he's so little, it was easy for him to hold himself up, but it was so cute to see such a tiny little baby sitting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Desmond is my worst sleeper. He woke up the most, but most of the time was easily put back to sleep with his pacifier. Every now and then I had to pick him up, rock/bounce him, etc. So happy those days are over. I'm loving my sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He melted my heart when he started cooing. His little voice coming out of his curled lips was the sweetest thing ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel like he is a little hyperactive. He's always getting really exciting and breathing really fast. He used to lay down on his stomach and start kicking his feet like crazy - kind of looks like he's a swimming frog or something. It was the cutest. He started crawling at 8 months, and hasn't slowed down for a second. At 10 months, he could stand up for several seconds unassisted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was scooting all over the place at 7 months old. He would sometimes gets in downward dog position and tries to walk that way, but it didn't really work. Before he was belly scooting, he was bum scooting. While he was sitting, he'd rock back and forth and inched his way forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He might be allergic to penicillin. He was prescribed antibiotics for a possible ear infection, and then the day after he finished the medicine, he broke out in massive hives. They think it's the medicine. Hopefully not - but I guess we'll see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He has this funny, forced grimace he makes when he's not happy. Hopefully I have a picture of it somewhere. He also has a hilarious face he makes when he doesn't like a certain food. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He opens his mouth nice and big for every bite and hardly makes a mess. And he's like a little bird - he leans forward with his mouth open, waiting for the food to come. It's the cutest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He got his first tooth at 8 months. At 10 months, he had 4 teeth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have I mentioned his amazing laugh? Yes, I did. It's the best. And when he laughs, he scrunches up his nose. Gets me every time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He gets genuinely excited when he sees Spencer on the phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He loves music, and almost always calms down when he hears it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think he'll be the most sensitive. He has a hard time when his brother or sisters get in his space. Good luck to him on that one. He's also more sensitive to light and sound.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They all slept in rock n' plays for the first few months. Desmond would straighten his legs and push himself to the very top of it. And later, he'd be turning his body completely over in it(I didn't buckle them in). He is the reason we transitioned them to cribs when we did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When he gets tired, he grabs my face with both hands and pulls me in until our faces are smushed together. Sometimes he'll try to make out with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is very hot blooded. He sweats really easily, and is always happy when he gets undressed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He loves to watch Eleanor. They all do, actually. She gets them laughing faster than anyone else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are times when I look at him and think that he has thoughts. Is that possible for babies to have thoughts even though they don't know words? He processes situations and really observes and internalizes. Eleanor was the same way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He has this face when he furrows his eyebrows and stares you down. Hilarious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He will literally eat for as long as there is food in front of him. He is the littlest baby, but eats way more than the other two. Now that I know how much he likes to eat, I wonder if he cried to much as an infant because he was always hungry. Only problem is if I had fed him more, he would have thrown up more. Oh well, glad those days are behind us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He greets you with a forehead touch. Often times he'll follow it up with a kiss. He is so loving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is always so gentle. Instead of pulling hair, he strokes it. Instead of hitting my face, he just touches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When he gets in to trouble, he gives it away by giggling. Most of the time he'll find Nash, who is already in trouble, and Desmond will follow along side him, but laugh the whole time. Thank goodness, because that's my clue that they are up to no good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He has tried my patience time and time again. He, alone, has made me question if I could really handle triplets. He has made me lose more sleep than anyone else. But oh, how I love him. I couldn't imagine life without him now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's be honest. Triplets are hard. I've been wanting to get caught up on the blog, but every time I get a free second, I'm either eating or napping. We're trying to get them to bed earlier to give me some free time at night, but it's a work in progress. Not to mention the fact that we were renovating our house in Hawaii, then moved to Alabama with a 2 week pit stop in Georgia. Things have been busy. Now on to the updates(that actually happened 3 months ago).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am hesitant to say this, because I know how hard the NICU can be for most parents. But for us, the babies' time in the NICU was about as good as it can get. Each baby had their own room. It was never crowded, and I had an electric recliner and pump in each room. It really was a beautiful facility.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nash was on room air from the beginning. Desmond on CPAP for 1 day, Audrey for 2. It seemed like every visit, we were getting good news, then better news. One day we came, and they would ask if I wanted to hold one. Uh, yeah. And then a couple days later they were asking if I wanted to hold all three of them together. Uh, yeah again. You don't have to ask me twice. They had 'care times' every three hours of the day. During that care time, they got their temps and blood pressure taken, a new diaper, and their milk. Spencer and I were able to take their temps and change their diapers every time we were there. They kept progressing every day. Eventually they had their IVs out and were in open cribs. The only thing keeping them in was their NG tubes. Basically, they needed to learn how to eat. I told the nurses that I would like to try to establish breastfeeding before they started giving them bottles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First let's talk about my milk(for those of you who care). My milk came in gradually, which was weird to me. That is not at all how it happened when I had Eleanor. The babies took every bit of colostrum I could provide, then they received donated breast milk for the first week. After the first week, they had to start on formula, because I just wasn't making a lot of milk. It just came in a little at a time. I was pumping every 3 hours, and the doctor had a little heart to heart with me about how 70% of moms of multiples can make enough milk for their babies - talk about pressure! - and advised me to start pumping every 2 hours. Every time I pumped, I would hand express every last drop and completely empty out. By doing that(and taking Fenugreek and eating lots of oatmeal</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">), I practically doubled my production in a short amount of time. Every day, the nurses were so impressed with how much milk I was bringing in. So, there's my advice on that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Starting at 34 weeks, we started non-nutritive breastfeeding. Basically, I would pump first, then try to get them to get a good latch. And let them stay on for as long as they could. I was shocked at how quickly Desmond caught on. It was so easy for him. Nash was pretty good, and Audrey really didn't care at all to eat. All she wanted to do was look at my face. I feel like this practice time was essential. It gave me the opportunity to really make sure they were getting good latches. And if they couldn't, it was ok, because they still got their milk through their NG tube. I did not let them settle for anything less than a perfect latch, and because of that, I haven't experienced even one ounce of pain. Tender mercy right there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At 35 weeks, we started nutritive breastfeeding, where we would get them to latch and eat. If they stayed on for at least 10 minutes, it was considered a full feed. Desmond was a champ. He'd stay on for 20 minutes. Nash, again, was pretty good. And Audrey, again, was not at all interested. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The day before 36 weeks, Desmond was taking all his feeds by mouth and got his NG tube removed. He just loved to eat. Nash caught on as well, and was getting all his feeds by mouth the next day. I tried tandem nursing the boys, which they got on the first try. They are definitely boob boys. Desmond was sent home first, May 7, exactly 36 weeks, then Nash the next day. Nash could have come home with Desmond, but we all agreed it might be an easier transition to do one at a time. Audrey was still lagging behind, and the nurse was thinking she still had at least a week in there to get better. But lo and behold, all it took was one good nursing session for a lightbulb to go off, and after that she started taking every feed by mouth. She came home on Sunday, May 11th. Mother's Day. What a gift! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were some small issues that come with preemies in the NICU. Due to the NG tubes, and especially after they started taking some formula, they were all having reflux issues. Those reflux issues would cause what they call <a href="http://preemies.about.com/od/preemiehealthproblems/g/bradycardia.htm" target="_blank">Bradycardia</a>(or Bradys), which is when their heart rate drops below 100bpm. Audrey had them most often, especially when she was spitting up or eating. None of them had any that required any intervention, which was good. They had to go at least 5 days with no episodes in order to come home. I did get worried that it would take a while to get past that, but eventually they all were Bradys free. Also, all three had to have phototherapy due to jaundice. Desmond had to do it twice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last thing they had to do before they left was pass the car seat test. While still hooked up to their monitors, they had to sit in their car seat for 90 minutes without having any alarm go off. Because 2 of my babies can have quite the temper, which can make their heart rate go up, we tried to do it when they'd usually be sleeping. And it worked the first try for all of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I loved hearing from the nurses their observations about my babies. Their personalities were showing already at such a young age. Nash was chill. He hardly ever cried. He's the one that the nurse wanted to take home. Desmond was loud and high maintenance. While we were at the beach, a nurse called and asked if she could give him a bottle(before I tried breastfeeding), because she didn't think he was getting satisfied with just the NG tube. We could hear him screaming his high pitched scream in the background. Of course I said it was fine. Desmond was also the one who was always wanting to eat before the 3 hours was up. He usually got hungry every 2-2.5 hours. One time when I came to visit, before I even got through the NICU doors, I heard a baby screaming. It was LOUD. And of course, I walk in and find out that it's my guy, Des. He's my high maintenance baby, and has been from the beginning. On more than one occasion, different nurses told me that Audrey was a firecracker. She was usually sweet, but when she had a messy diaper, or had to take a bath, she had to be heard. She's got a good pair of lungs like Desmond, but just doesn't use them quite as often. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Eleanor came with me often to visit the babies. She loved being there. She would go up and hug every nurse she passed, then peak her head through the glass doors to see all the babies. She always had to hold at least one baby with every visit. There were moments, though, where she went completely crazy. Temper tantrums, running down the halls, loud crying. One time she got kicked out because of how loud she was. The nurses were so great and patient with her. They gave her candy, stuffed animals, and all other types of distractions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now let's talk about the nurses and doctors. Those nurses are some special people. I could not have asked for a better staff to be taking care of my three little loves. They really, genuinely cared for my kids. They told them they loved them. They told me they wanted to take them home with them. And not only that, they were so enjoyable to talk to while we sat around all day taking care of babies. If we had stayed in Hawaii longer, I'd have hung out with some of them(or not, but I would have liked to). When the babies were sent home, there was a teensy part of me that was sad to not be able to hang out with them every day. They made such a difference in our experience there, and I'll be forever grateful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I read a lot of triplet blogs before going into this, and most of them talked about the hardest part was leaving the hospital without their kids. Some of them broke down and cried. I don't mean to sound like a terrible mama, but that totally wasn't me. I was ready to get out. Ready to get back to my house after 2 months in the hospital. Ready to spend some quality time with my husband and 2 year old before the chaos of the triplets being home came into play. I was ready to recover from the c-section - because holy cow, that was brutal. I took full advantage of my babies being in good care. I got a massage. Got my hair cut. Went on a date with Spencer. Had a family beach day. It was so perfect for me to heal and recover both physically and mentally. By the time the babies were ready to be home, I was completely prepared. I'm telling you, it made all the difference. And it didn't hurt that the nurses were practically pushing us out the door in support of our decisions to go out to a movie. Those nurses - I just loved them. I made sure to go back any time we were at the hospital to say hi, drop off pictures, etc. And if any of you are reading this....Hi!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We did a photo shoot of the babies while they were all hooked up. I had my friend and fellow photographer come out to do it. I wanted to remember just how tiny they were, and document the 3 week experience in photos. I never really had a chance to take pictures because I was going from baby to baby, changing diapers, nursing, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall, our NICU days came and went pretty quickly. Our babies were incredibly healthy, and for that, I could not feel more blessed. I wish every triplet mom could have a positive experience like ours, but unfortunately that is not how it works. For you who deal with the pains of a roller coaster ride the entire time, my heart and prayers go out to you. And not even just triplet moms - any parent who has a child in the NICU for any reason - it is scary. I saw a 24 week baby in the room across from ours, and it was easily the saddest thing I have ever seen in my life. I don't know what happened with him, but every day I said a prayer for those poor parents who didn't know if they'd ever be able to bring their baby home with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">More updates to come as I get some time.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221201.post-561706051418088632014-05-16T01:32:00.000-05:002014-05-16T01:32:49.735-05:00The Triplets' Birth Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's time to get this story documented before I forget and before the babies are home and my life is pure chaos. So here goes...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />First things first. A few months ago, I was going through my phone calendar. I scrolled to April to get an idea of how far along I would be at what week in April. I was setting goals and trying to get an idea of when my mom should come. I saw that there was an event on April 19th. I was confused what I would have planned that far in advance, so I opened it. All I saw were a bunch of jumbled letters and numbers. Eleanor had gotten to my phone at some point and put it there. In my weird mind, I decided that that was Eleanor's prediction of when the babies would come. So I erased her letters and wrote exactly that: "Eleanor's prediction of babies?"<br /><br />My doctors had planned to deliver me at 34 weeks 6 days. At first I laughed in their faces and told them that would not be possible. There was no way I would make it that far! But then I thought about how far I had already made it, and I had never believed I'd ever be that far, so I agreed and took it day by day. Most of the time, I kept my eye on the prize. I looked at the big picture of how every day really does make a difference for the babies' growth and development. So most of the time, I was ok sitting in bed all day, getting bigger and bigger by the second.<br /><br />But one day, I had a bad day. It was my 33 week milestone day(Wednesday). A day I should have been celebrating, but instead, I was a mess. I felt nauseous, I had absolutely no appetite, and I was so uncomfortable. By that time, I could only sleep on my left side or at in incline on my back. For some reason if I slept on my right side, all my insides would be killing me. I had a full cup of lemonade on my tray that got knocked to the ground and spilled all over the place. I was so frustrated, but then an idea popped in my head. What if I called the nurse, showed her the mess, and told her my water had broken? It was a very real thought for about 5 seconds before I realized how ridiculous I was being. So, in my time of crazy mindedness, I called my mom that morning to tell her she needed to convince me to stay pregnant so she could be here by the time they were born. I vented my frustrations, and by the time I hung up, I was a little emotional. Then my doctor walked right in unexpectedly. I didn't want him to see me crying. I didn't want him to give in to my complaining. I knew it was just a bad day. I also knew that he had triplets himself, and he probably knew exactly what I was going through. I didn't want him to deliver the babies because he felt bad for me. I did tell him that I wasn't feeling well, and he decided to order some blood and urine tests. Now fast forward to Thur.<br /><br />Thursday I woke up feeling great. I knew all I needed was a good night's sleep, and the start of a new day. I found out that my blood work came back saying my blood platelet count was low. It was still in a safe zone, but needed to be monitored. It could be a sign of preeclampsia. Another sign of preeclampsia is high blood pressure. Mine had been slowly rising the last week or so, but it was still in a normal/safe zone. Thursday I also started a 24 hour urine collection. Not so fun, especially since we had to restart it twice. But whatever. That's what comes with hospital life I guess.<br /><br />Friday I felt great again. I started getting more confident that I could definitely make it to 34 weeks. Just a weekend and a few days away. Spencer and Eleanor came to visit that night because some friends from church were bringing dinner to us. We visited and ate and had a nice time. After our friends left, a nurse came in and told me the protein in my urine was very high, and that after I finished eating dinner, I shouldn't eat or drink anything. When she said that, I was like "Wait, you mean don't eat because I could be delivering babies tonight!?" And she said yes. Wait, what? Not possible. I felt completely fine. Just another day being pregnant with triplets. I started freaking out. I didn't want to deliver that night! Surely it couldn't be that big of an emergency. It felt like forever before 2 nurses came in lugging their lab work and vital signs cart. I knew something was up. First thing the nurse said was "Now, you have a choice since this is your body. The doctors want us to draw some labs and have you go upstairs(to Labor and Delivery)". I told them I wanted to talk to a doctor before anything happened. I have fought to go upstairs before, I was not afraid to fight again. Not long after, my doctor came down and told me pretty much right away that she thought I needed to deliver tonight. She said her seniority had advised immediate delivery after seeing my lab work. She was calling it severe a-typical preeclampsia. A-typical because I wasn't showing a lot of normal signs like high blood pressure, swelling, headaches, etc. I was starting to regret ever complaining to the doctor on Wed, because had I not, the lab work wouldn't have been done, and I would have kept on being pregnant and growing babies for who knows how long. I really didn't see it as an emergency situation. She told me I could either deliver now, or wait 6 hours, and be on magnesium during that 6 hours. I wasn't mentally ready for delivery at that moment, but that magnesium is of the devil, so it was a tough choice. At this time, it was 8:00pm, and my doctor said if we do it now, she can ensure an entire NICU team that would be awake and rested(instead of waking them up in the middle of the night). I seriously considered waiting the 6 hours because then Eleanor's prediction would have been right! Am I crazy? Maybe. But I decided it wasn't worth it, so the 18th of April it would be. 33 weeks and 2 days. Also, my doctor(who I really really liked) really wanted to deliver my babies. So I accused her of trying to get me to deliver that night just because she was on the schedule for c sections that night. She claims that it was her seniority's decision, but yes, she was not wanting to give me up. She wanted this surgery.<br /><br />When the doctor said 'delivery now', she really meant it. Like I said, at that point, it was 8:00. She said delivery would be at 8:30(but then to the side she said more like an hour later). So yes, of course I really started freaking out. They took my vitals, and my blood pressure had gone way up. We took some pictures of my 52 inch belly. I'm pretty sure every inch is equal to a week of being pregnant, so I was measuring 52 weeks pregnant with a singleton. Not sure if those pictures should be shown here. We also did some last minute family pictures. Spencer called his dad to get there right away to pick up Eleanor. I called my mom and texted my siblings to tell them it was 'Baby Time!'. After some blood work and a change into my gown, we made our way upstairs to Labor and Delivery. My nurse upstairs name was Stacy. Even spelled the right way. We both kept getting confused when people were saying our name because we didn't know who they were talking to. I told them I wanted to weigh myself to know how much I had gained - I hadn't been weighed since about 29 weeks. We go to the only scale available, and it didn't turn on!! So I have no idea how much weight I gained for this pregnancy!! The closer it got to delivery time, the more nervous I got. I started getting the shakes really bad. My anesthesiologist came in and started asking me a bunch of questions. I started meeting a bunch of people who would be in the room with us. They kept warning me just how many people would be in there, and that it would be extremely crowded. Spencer got dressed in his scrubs and we had a brief moment to talk about what was about to happen. They wheeled me into the OR and asked me to lay down on my left side on this really really skinny table. I really thought I was going to fall off because I didn't think I could keep my balance on it. They gave me my spinal(which I don't even remember much of. I don't think it hurt at all). They scooted me over to another skinny table and did the ice test to see if I could feel the coldness on my stomach. Everything happened pretty fast after that. I could kind of see in the reflection of the lights what was happening on the other side of the curtain. I actually wanted to see. At one point the reality and the emotions set in, and I just started crying. Spencer kept asking me if I was ok, and I assured him I was. I couldn't believe it was happening. After all those months of being in the hospital. All the things I had to give up. All for this moment. It was overwhelming, and beautiful, and so so scary. The doctors say "uterine" when they are about to cut the uterus open. That was Spencer's cue to get the camera out and stand up to take pictures. Baby A was out first. 10:21 pm.I remember seeing in the reflection a big gush of fluid when they broke his amniotic sac. All at the same time hearing it. He came out crying - and I couldn't have been happier about that. That just made me really start crying. Pretty sure I was a big mess of emotion while on that table. They handed Baby A over to his team of 3 doctors, then went to work on Baby B. I couldn't tell if he came out crying because I could still hear Baby A in the background. They were right in telling me the room would be crowded. Each baby had a team of 3 doctors. And I had at least 3 people working on me. And apparently there were more people behind me that I couldn't see. So it was kind of chaotic. Babies coming out, handing them over to wherever they go. All the babies stayed in the same room while they assessed them and gave them the proper immediate care that was needed. Baby B was born at 10:22pm. While Baby C was ready to come out, there was one group of doctors telling Spencer to come cut the chord behind him. At the same time, the doctors working on me were telling him to come back because Baby C was coming right then, at 10:23pm. So Spencer was rushing back and forth, all the while trying to take pictures. Chaos I say.<br /><br />Apparently Spencer got really scared for Baby B. He said he didn't look good at all coming out, and his team of doctors seemed really concerned. Spencer says he heard the baby's alarm going off, but then heard from someone that it was going off because he wasn't hooked up to a certain monitor. And then another doctor said he couldn't hear the heartbeat. But that was because the alarm was too loud. So Spencer didn't really know how serious it was, and if he should be concerned or not. Now that we know more, it turns out Baby B scored a 2 on his first APGAR score. He was in fact blue and not breathing on his own. But his second score was a 7, so at least he recovered quickly.<br /><br />At one point someone brought over Baby A all swaddled in a blanket and told me he was on room air and doing great. I was so happy. Then Baby C was brought over, and all I remember was seeing her face so close up, and thinking of how itty bitty it was. Such a tiny little thing!<br /><br />Eventually people started leaving the room with the babies. All that was left was the doctors sewing me up, and the anesthesiologist. This guy was a talker. He never stopped talking. He asked me how I was feeling, and I told him that I couldn't breathe through my nose. It had gotten so congested just while laying on that table. He said "Let me see what I can do about that", then attached something to my IV. Literally within minutes I was breathing clear as day. That guy was a miracle worker.<br /><br />I felt like I was lying there FOREVER while being sewn up. I asked if anyone at that end of the table was qualified to give me a quick tummy tuck. Wouldn't that be nice? I remember seeing my doctor put some strips on my incision, and she was talking about "from personal experience, these work really great", and I wondered if she had had a tummy tuck or something. She told me I had great skin that went back together very nicely. In my mind I was thinking how you could give that compliment to someone who had stretch marks covering almost every square inch of their stomach. But I decided to just be grateful for an incision scar that might not be so bad.<br /><br />I also heard a guy behind me say that that was one of the heaviest placentas he's ever held. When I asked about it, my doctor said one of them was about as big as the baby, and that the placentas were actually kind of merging together. That seems confusing to me since I thought they were in different sacs, but oh well. What do I know?<br /><br />So, to announce these babies and finally give them a name other than A, B, and C, let me introduce you to my triplets:<br /><br />Baby A: Nash Emerson Christian. Weighed 5lb.,18 inches long.<br /><br />Baby B: Desmond Grant Christian. Weighed 4lb 4oz., 18 inches long.<br /><br />Baby C: Audrey Carol Christian. Weighed 4lb 3oz., 17 inches long.<br /><br />I had to be wheeled to a room and put on magnesium for 24 hours. I felt like a little kid kicking and screaming to not go in that room. They told me it was to give my body a higher threshold if I were to have seizures caused by preeclampsia. The doctor told me a story scary enough that I agreed to do it. But still was not happy about being on it for a full day.<br /><br />It actually wasn't bad for the first several hours. I wasn't getting super hot like I did in the past. Just kind of felt woozy. My speech was slightly slurred, and my vision got a bit blurry. But not terrible. I tried getting some sleep, but my nurse had to wake me every few hours to start pumping. The NICU doctor came in at one point to give me an update on the babies. He said Nash was his baby, and that he was winning. My first thought was how dare you take credit for all that work I put in to making him! But I went along with it. He had the highest birth weight and required no breathing assistance. Desmond and Audrey both had to be put on CPAP to keep their lungs expanded and help the flow of their oxygen. They were breathing on their own though, so required no additional oxygen. I was so happy to hear they were all doing so well.<br /><br />A couple hours later, that same doctor came in and woke me up. I was so tired and amped up on mag that I really wasn't all the way with it. But when he said "We need to talk about Audrey" in a serious tone, I got really scared. He said that her platelet counts were low - but mine had been low for the week before, so it was expected. But hers were really low. They usually give blood transfusions for anything between 10-15(I think these numbers are in the thousands), and hers was a 7. I got so worried, especially since before I was going into my surgery, I had to sign a form saying I was ok with a blood transfusion for myself if needed. My doctor said she only does it as a last resort because she doesn't like mixing blood. So here I was presented with the though of giving my little 4lb daughter a blood transfusion. He had told me if her platelet count was that low, she is at a major risk for brain bleeds and many other things. I told the doctor I trusted his opinion, and sign that form. He told me they were going to do one more test to be sure, and that before he did anything he would let me know those results. He came back a little bit later and said "Good news. The second test showed her platelet count was 305. So no blood transfusion will be needed". So a 7 compared to a 305! That's quite a jump. Apparently, the blood sample in the first test had already started clotting, so they were joining together, which is why it tested as less. So that was our first(and only) scare that really turned out to be nothing.<br /><br />I was pretty good that following morning. I still didn't have an appetite and was still in decent spirits. But once lunch time came around, I was feeling so terrible and frustrated that I let my nurse know exactly how I was feeling. Bless her heart, she was the sweetest girl ever. She came in and said "How are you doing?", and then I gave her an earful. "I'm frustrated! I feel terrible. I have no appetite, I am tired, and all I want to do is see my babies!!!" I had no cell phone service in that room. All I wanted to do was talk to my family and friends, send them updates of how everyone was, and just feel connected to the outside world. Physically, I really did feel terrible. I got the closest to throwing up since...like middle school or something. Seriously, I haven't thrown up in at least 15 years. But every time I sat my bed up to pump, I was sure my record would be broken. It was terrible. In my mind, I was picturing Spencer seeing all the babies, holding them, etc., all without me. I didn't know what he was up to because I couldn't call him. It was driving me crazy. I wanted out of there. So, my sweet nurse said "We don't usually let patients on mag out in wheelchairs, but let's see if we can take a little field trip". I'm telling you, she was the sweetest.<br /><br />Sure enough, she came in with a wheelchair and wheeled me down to the NICU. It was the best field trip ever. Spencer wasn't in there(apparently he went back to my old room to take a nap). I was a little sad to be seeing them without him there, but it wasn't going to stop me. I saw Audrey first. She had her CPAP mask on, so I couldn't really tell what her face looked like. She was so tiny and sweet. I reached my hand in her isolette to touch her and talk to her. I was scared to do anything more. I didn't know the rules here. Didn't know what I could and couldn't do. Then I went to meet Nash. Right when I got to his room, Spencer walked in, which was a relief to me. This was a moment I wanted to have together. His little face was perfect. I opened the window to his isolette, and started talking to him. Instantly, he opened his eyes and found me. He was so awake and alert. Like he knew me. I asked if I could hold him(it was less scary to ask knowing he didn't have anything attached to his face). The nurse took him out, and I unbuttoned my gown to put him up to my skin. Nash didn't take his eyes off of me. My heart melted. He stole my heart at that very moment. I thought he looked so much like Eleanor when she was first born. I passed him off to Spencer for a while. The whole time he followed our voices. Once we left his room, he went right back to sleep.<br /><br />Lastly we visited Desmond. He, too, had the CPAP mask, so I couldn't really tell what he looked like. But he looked so tiny compared to what his brother looked like. He had the most hair, and also the darkest. I couldn't believe all three of these perfect little babies were mine. And bless that sweet nurse for taking my phone from me and photographing the meetings.<br /><br />Seeing the babies made my day, and I didn't care anymore about sitting in my room on the mag. I had accepted that was what had to be done, so I just kept replaying those tiny little faces in my head, and looking at all the pictures I had of them. Since I had started the mag at 11:00pm the night of delivery, I was expecting to get off at 11pm that night. But at about 4:00, one of my doctors came in and said "So, do you want to get off the mag?" You don't have to ask me that twice! YES! Things just kept getting better. I felt better almost immediately. And by that night, I was able to (very slowly and awkwardly) walk to the bathroom. I am assuming that I wasn't in pain from the leftover IVs from delivery, because my incision wasn't hurting. I was only weak and wobbly from the delivery and magnesium.<br /><br />The next morning I was able to go back to my old room. My home away from home for the previous 2 months. It was great to get back to that familiarity. Back to the nurses who have become friends. Spencer ended up going back home to be with Eleanor. I quickly realized that I would not be ok without him that night. Since I had walked to the bathroom the night before, they assumed I could walk on my own every time I needed to go. The bathroom was much further away in my room now, and my nurses seemed to be busy. I called for Spencer to come back and stay the night with me, and I'm glad I did.<br /><br />Recovering from a c-section was so much more painful than I expected. I think I might have tried to do too much too soon. Plus, I didn't stay on top of my pain meds like I should have. I used a walking cane for the first few days after. I was discharged on Monday morning, which is really early for a c-section, but I think my doctor knew I was anxious to get out of there! Part of me thinks it would have been wiser to stay at the hospital and let the nurses take care of me a little longer, because once I got home, I was pretty pathetic. I couldn't change positions in bed or stand up from sitting position without feeling like I was being stabbed. I was sore and weak. I think part of the reason I had a harder recovery was because I was on bed rest for so long. My body had become weak in that time. And now I have a major surgery and think I can just jump right back to life. I wanted to get around mostly because I wanted to visit my babies. There was one time while visiting them that the nurse was taking Audrey's IV out, and Audrey was screaming bloody murder. I was there holding her hand and telling her it would be ok, but then I literally almost passed out. I got so faint. I fought and fought until the IV was out, then had to go as quickly as I could to my purse to get a painkiller. My advice: take those painkillers ON TIME.<br /><br />Even though this might sound horrible, I have to say, it was kind of nice to be able to have time to recover and relax before the babies were home. I knew they were in good hands, and I knew that if they were home, I'd be so overwhelmed - maybe at an unhealthy level. But even in just a week, my hormones settled down, and I wasn't in nearly as much pain. My mind became more at ease, and I was more mentally prepared. That would have been so hard to bring them home with me. But now I get them home with me to love and kiss on any time I want. It will be challenging, yet so rewarding. How many people get to love on 3 babies at once? So here goes nothing. And here goes everything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those of you who look to this blog for my updates, forgive me for the lack of posts the last few weeks. My hotspot ran out of data, and my husband took the computer home for a while to work on some things. But now we are back in business!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I am 33 weeks and 2 days. Everyday I am surprised that I am still pregnant. Even the doctors and nurses look at my belly and can't believe that I am still holding these babies in. But I'm just going to keep at it one day at a time until delivery day. The doctor decided that day would APRIL 29!! That will make me 34 weeks, 6 days. I kind of wanted to ask if we could do it on day later to make it an even 35 weeks, and a better date of the 30th, but apparently there are no openings in the OR that day. So as long as these babies don't come on their own beforehand, the 29th will be the big day. It is so nice to see an end to all of this. It has been quite an interesting pregnancy for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been in the hospital for 7 weeks now. Most of the time, I'm ok with it. I try to keep my eye on the big picture and understand that I am here for a reason - to let these kids grow. But there are days and moments when I just breakdown. The most recent was this past Wednesday. It should have been a happy day because I had made it to 33 weeks. Instead, I woke up from a rough night's sleep. I didn't have any appetite at all, and when I did eat, I felt nauseous. I was sick of the hospital food. Sick of doing NST's every day, sick of not being home with Eleanor, sick of knowing there are a million things at home I could be doing to get ready for the babies, but instead, I do nothing. I called my mom to tell her she needed to convince me to not beg the doctors to deliver me that day. After I hung up, I got my lunch tray brought in. When moving my table, my lemonade fell and completely spilled all over the place. For a second, I thought maybe I could call the nurses to tell them my water broke. I knew it wouldn't work, but that's where my mind was. One of my doctors came in unexpectedly after I cleaned up the mess. I was kind of on the verge of tears, so I had to toughen up and cover my emotions. He and his wife had triplets, and I didn't want him to see me cry and feel bad for me and deliver me. Even though I did, I knew it was smarter to keep the babies in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After telling him I wasn't feeling well, he decided to run some tests. Turns out my platelet count is low, which doesn't necessarily mean anything, but it COULD be a sign of preeclampsia. My blood pressure has also slowly been creeping up. They said if I did have it, they would move up the delivery date. So far, my labs have been stable, and they are not planning on moving my date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to say, I am overwhelmed at how many people are emotionally invested in this pregnancy. One little comment about a bad day on Facebook, and I have an outpouring of messages of support and love from hundreds of people. It really does make a difference. I feel like I'm not only growing these babies for their health, or for my satisfaction, but I'm doing it for everybody who's supporting us and praying for us. I don't want to let them down! But mostly I do it for the babies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do you know what other date got moved up? Our moving date! We don't know exactly when it will be, but we did find out that Spencer will have to go to Virginia for 4 weeks sometime in July. That's all I'll say about that, because I really don't know how we are going to manage these babies, packing, moving, etc a month earlier than planned. I'm just not going to stress about it until the time comes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Invest in a massive water bottle. I got this 64oz bottle from the drug store, and I have used it every single day. I wanted to know exactly how much water I was drinking to make sure I was getting enough. I have tried to drink 1.5-2 full bottles every day. I also like that this one is super easy to drink from, and it's not a problem if you're laying down in bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Fish Oil. There are so many benefits to fish oil, I don't know why doctors don't include it in their prescriptions alongside pre natal vitamins. For triplets, I feel it especially important because almost all triplets are premature, and fish oil helps with brain development, and any extra development you can get, the better! And while I'm on the subject of pills(and not to bring so much obvious attention to it), I would absolutely recommend taking Colase regularly. I take it 3 times a day, and feel like any less only causes me unnecessary discomfort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Pregnancy Pillow! Get one! My mom got this for me for my birthday this year, and it has been a lifesaver. Sleeping is getting more and more uncomfortable, so being able to have a pillow that I can tuck under my belly, between my knees, and anywhere else I need it, has been such a help. I also like it for when I'm sitting in bed on my lap top, I can just wrap it around my waist and have it be my lap top table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Lotion. Whatever kind you like. I tried the cocoa butter, but it made my stomach break out like a mad man. I don't know if it was too thick and clogging my pores or what, but my skin did not like it. When I was home, I used a mixture of coconut oil and olive oil, which I loved, but it took forever to absorb, and stained my clothes easily. My friend gave me a sample of this lotion, and I have loved it. It is so silky and not greasy at all. It's made with coconut oil and aloe, so it soothes my skin almost instantly during my itching attacks. I knew I wouldn't find a miracle cream to prevent stretch marks, so my main goal was just to alleviate the itchiness, and this has done the trick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. Protein. It is recommended for triplet pregnancies to eat a high protein diet. Since the beginning, I have tried to always have protein bars and protein powder on hand. I've tried several different kinds, and like most of them. As for protein powder, I would add it to smoothies and oatmeal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7. Leg compressors. This is more for if you are on bed rest, but even if you aren't on strict bed rest, near the end of a triplet pregnancy, you are probably going to be off your feet a lot anyways. The ones I use here at the hospital hook up to a pump and inflate every 20 seconds or so. It actually feels pretty good; like a massage. But if you are home, it's good to have to prevent blood clots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Get informed. Read up as much as you can. I wanted to know every possibility of what could happen with a high risk pregnancy. I wanted to know what I could do personally to better my chances at a longer gestation and higher birth weights. I read books and blogs. I read a lot of really really tragic stories, but I wanted to to know the reality of the situation. Once I read everything I thought necessary, I decided to only focus on the positive stories. I got in touch with a girl who carried her triplets until almost 38 weeks. I used her as inspiration and asked her for advice throughout. When I was admitted at 24 weeks, and all the doctors and nurses thought I was going to have these babies, they told me all the statistics and complications that could arise. I was not surprised. I already knew everything. So I just shook my head and remained calm. The other triplet mom here when through the same thing at 23 weeks, and she told me that she started crying like crazy when they started telling her everything that could go wrong. Mental preparation makes a big difference!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You have to eat a lot. Like I said above, a high calorie, high protein diet. Instead of eating because you are hungry, eat to fuel your body and your babies. Especially in the beginning, when your stomach isn't smooshed. If I had an apple for a snack, I'd make sure to add some peanut butter. I tried to incorporate protein as much as I could. I've read that gaining weight early on, and doing it in a healthy way can help power up the placentas, as well as provide a good storage for later when your stomach can't handle as much food as it needs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Listen to your body. This has been pretty key. Know when you need to sit down. Know when you need to call your doctor. I have been trying to really pay attention to the correlation between what foods I eat and how it affects contractions. I have found that my lactose intolerance is back, and when I eat dairy, I have way more contractions the next day. Or sometimes I have to lay back and try to put myself to sleep just to relax my body if I've done too much that day(mostly when Eleanor comes to visit and is jumping all over me the whole time). Taking a few deep breaths can do wonders. Sometimes, it's the opposite. If I've been in bed too long, my body is screaming for me to move. So I'll stand up, pace my room a few times, and stretch as many joints and muscles as I can. And it feels amazing. Sometimes you just need to get a little blood flow. Don't be afraid to be in charge if you are confident you know your body better than the doctors. If I didn't stand up to them last week, they may have well wanted to take the babies out when it wasn't necessary!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- If you're at the hospital, bring your own towel(the one they provided could hardly wrap around my right leg. I would have had to use at least 3 to wrap around my belly), toilet paper, pillows, entertainment, and snacks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Always have a list of things to do so you never get bored. Not once have I just sat in bed and twiddled my thumbs. I always have a tv show to look forward to, or a book to finish, or a blog to write, or a person to call. Don't allow yourself to have down time, unless you need a nap. In that case, sleep away, and get some rest!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221201.post-12333665416522073382014-03-19T20:08:00.000-05:002014-03-19T20:08:06.034-05:0029 Weeks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today marks 3 weeks of being in the hospital, and it seems that this whole bed rest thing is actually working out really well for the babies.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just had a growth scan today and got an idea of how big the babies are. If these things are accurate, I've got big babies! Here are the results:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's talk about me first. I've gained 57lbs! Holy cow, wasn't expecting that much, but I'm ok with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Baby A: 3 lb 15 oz - measuring 31weeks 5 days. He's the biggest of the 3, and by a long shot. I was so happy with these results. That's almost 3 weeks ahead of schedule! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Baby B: 3 lb 3 oz - measuring 30 weeks 0 days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Baby C: 3 lb 5 oz - measuring 29 weeks 5 days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now looking at my 57lb weight gain, it makes sense. I've got over 10lb of baby, plus 3 placentas, and massive amounts of fluid in each sac. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All of them are measuring ahead of schedule. A and B did take their time to show us their practice breathing, but eventually they came through. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is another triplet mom that is 2 doors down from me that I've become friends with. Her due date was exactly 1 week ahead of mine. She just delivered her babies this past Monday, which was another reality check for me. These babies could come any day now, but we are still hoping they hold off for another few weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I still have contractions every day, which is still frustrating, but it hasn't been regular enough to think pre term labor is a concern. I haven't had my cervix checked since I've been admitted -and I'm ok with that too. I don't think I could do anything any differently if it were shorter or even if I were dilated. In fact, if I did find out I was already dilated, I'm pretty sure I would start worrying about it, and worrying would only cause more contractions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I still haven't gotten the feeling of being totally bored here. I started watching Scandal, and got caught up to the current episode. I have visitors almost every day - Spencer, Eleanor, and Gary come at least every other day. I had one minor breakdown after Eleanor had spent the day with me, and she was so sad and emotional the whole time. It broke my heart thinking of her being sad without me being home. She's getting used to the set up now, and can spot "mama's doctor" from the highway. I save her my cups of peaches and Capri Suns from my meals, because that's what she goes for first thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I appreciate everyone's support that keeps pouring in. I really can't say that enough!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221201.post-51790217928455473602014-03-12T15:47:00.000-05:002014-03-12T15:47:35.163-05:00Letting Go and 28 Weeks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We've made it to the 28 week mark, which is a big deal in the triplet world. Viability skyrockets - so the babies have a very good chance at survival if they were to be born now. Also, today marks 2 weeks in the hospital - and surprisingly, it's gone by pretty quickly. Small victories!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you have a little girl at home, you might be hearing the phrase "Let it Go" a million times a day. I know I do. It's her favorite song. The more I hear it, the more I think about how it relates to my current situation. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've had to let go of a lot. Mentally and physically. Luckily I had some time to prepare for it. When I found out I was having triplets, I knew I would experience a lot of change, so I've tried to anticipate these changes with a positive attitude. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Physically, I've had to accept the fact that my stomach would never look the same. Ever. I started growing very quickly - even right after I got my positive pregnancy test. And us Cheesman girls - when we get pregnant, we don't have cute little petite baby bumps. We get pretty large. Even with one. So I knew I would get massive with 3. And I have. This past week the stretch marks have started taking over. It's like one day my skin decided it had reached it's limit. Ever since then I have seen new marks every single day. While it is hard to accept and look at, I try to tell myself that the more stretch marks I am seeing, the bigger my stomach is getting, which means the more the babies are growing. And that's what I want! I am a little nervous because I still want to make it 4+ more weeks, and I can't really imagine what my stomach will look like at that point. But again, I'm letting go. Now is not the time to worry about stretch marks and future saggy skin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've also had to let go of any and all productive goals I had set. It is hard not to be home washing baby clothes and getting things ready for the babies. It's hard to not be taking pictures both for clients and myself. It's hard to not be the one at home potty training my 2 year old(although I'm sure many parents would love to hand that duty to someone else...*duty - get it?). It's hard to sit in a bed all day and try to think of things that I can do to make me feel productive - like organizing emails, pictures, etc. blogging, online shopping, etc. However, I am letting go. I am telling myself that I will never get a time like this to just relax. Relax and grow these babies. When I really think about it, this just might be the absolute most productive time in my life. A time so crucial to these 3 lives. Everything I do, don't do, eat, don't eat, etc. effects them for the rest of their lives. My goal is to give them the healthiest possible start to life, which means I HAVE to lay here and be what I used to think of as unproductive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being pregnant with triplets is not easy. Being on bed rest is not easy. But I do want to make one thing clear. I'm no hero for doing this. I don't consider myself strong or superwoman for going through all this. I'm doing what ANYONE would do if in my same situation. I'm doing what is necessary. I have a lot of people who tell me these things, but I know that they would do the exact same thing if they had 3 lives in their hands(or belly). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The 'Letting Go' will not stop once the babies are born. As you can imagine, life will probably be quite hectic once we are home with all 3. I'll write about it when the time comes, but for now, I will just have to prepare myself for what's to come. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221201.post-3086677029666104222014-03-08T02:35:00.002-05:002014-03-08T02:35:55.064-05:00Just the Three of Us<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before Eleanor joined our family, I wrote a post titled "Just the Two of Us". You can read it <a href="http://spencerstacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/just-two-of-us.html" target="_blank">here</a>. It's a documentation of what our easy, laid back life was like before Eleanor arrived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't help but think of how drastically our lives are about to change with adding 3 more kids to the mix. I think that if it were just one more, it wouldn't be such a big deal to write a post about. But 3? That's huge. So now I want to write about what life is like with just the 3 of us, pre triplets(and pre hospital stay). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On weekdays: Spencer leaves for work around 6:30-6:45. Eleanor will usually wake up anywhere between 7-8. When she wakes up, I wake up. She usually likes to sit and cuddle for a little bit before starting the day. We make breakfast and watch some tv. She always prefers for me to lay on the couch with her and cuddle while we watch. After a cartoon or two, we get dressed and ready for the day. We'll either go to the park, library, beach, or sometimes a friend's house. I try to get her out of the house every day so she's tired enough for a nap in the afternoon. We eat lunch, then it's nap time. Sometimes for both of us. If I don't take a nap, I'll catch up on cleaning, laundry, blogging, photography, etc. Pre-pregnancy, I would often get a workout in. She'll usually sleep 2-3 hours. When she wakes up, I try to entertain her with coloring, toys, play dough, or anything that doesn't involve the tv/computer/kindle. If I'm on top of things, I'll start planning dinner before Spencer gets home. But let's be honest, that usually doesn't happen. Once Spencer gets home, he'll play with Eleanor, catch up on PTI, SportCenter, or any game that he is interested in. He'll usually get a work out in. Dinner is thrown together, then it's bath time and bed time for little miss Eleanor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a pretty routine schedule, and I love it. I spend so much time one on one with Eleanor and feel so much pride with how intelligent and sweet she is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On weekends: If the weather is nice it is almost always a guarantee that we'll be headed to the beach. We pack a lot more than we did when it was just the two of us, but it's always worth it to bring the extra toys for Eleanor. The beach itself isn't as relaxing as it used to be, but it is so much more fun to have a kid to play with in the sand. We have found a system where we can take turns watching Eleanor while the other takes the SUP board out or go for a swim. So at least we get a little bit of free time. Overall, it's a different experience, but not at all any worse than pre kids. Just different. Eleanor loves the beach, loves the water, loves all the dogs of other beach goers. To see her so happy there makes us so happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I try to imagine how life will change with 3 infants. I don't think we'll make it to the beach while still in Hawaii. Like not even once. I just can't picture it. I don't even know how often we'll be able to make it outside! But hopefully we'll get the hang of it quickly and be able to settle in to our new life with the 3 additions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted to document our family of 3 to represent the last couple of years here in Hawaii. So, when I heard that Natalie Norton, a photographer whom I have always admired, was coming to Hawaii and offering mini sessions, I jumped on board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well folks, I'm back in the hospital. This time for the long haul. But this time, I have internet(thanks to a friend who got me a hotspot)!!! So back to blogging I go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I went to my regular appointment last week Wednesday(at 26 weeks), and the whole day seemed to be a case of deja vu. First we did a growth scan, and the babies all looked really great. Baby A measured 2lb 4 oz(67th %tile) Baby B was 2lb (52nd %tile) and Baby C was 2lb 1oz(57th %tile). Actually, I didn't write the exact numbers down, but it was something in that ballpark. For that gestational age, those are really really good numbers, so I was a happy mama. Then it came time for a cervix check, and this is when I relived that day a week and a half before. Cervix was shorter, contractions were coming regularly(still didn't feel most of them), so they decided to admit me right then and there. Went to labor and delivery and got hooked up, and everything was the same except for the didn't put me on the magnesium this time. I practically begged them not to, and I think they knew that it wasn't active labor since I had already experienced it before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Luckily this time I had prepared ahead of time and put aside all the clothes that still fit me as well as any toiletries or other things I'd want in the hospital. This way Spencer could just pack it up and bring it over. I'm now settled in to my long term room, and I've already been here a week. It went by quicker than I anticipated, but I have a feeling that the longer I'm here, the slower the days will drag by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm getting to the point where I'm getting pretty nervous about a lot of things. I'm nervous the babies will come a lot sooner than I hoped. I'm nervous there will be long term complications if they do come early. I'm nervous that even if I do carry to at least 32 weeks, I'm going to have 3 babies, and I don't know what to do with 3 babies! I'm sure that having so much alone time is probably the root of the problem for all this uneasiness, but it's getting close to baby time whether it's next week or next month, and that is scary. I get Braxton Hicks all.the.time. I'm getting pretty sick and tired of them. It makes my stomach morph into all sorts of shapes and sizes, with the babies practically sticking out of it. It looks crazy, and feels uncomfortable. I have learned that when I get them, it usually means I need to use the bathroom, or have changed positions too quickly, or the babies are just moving too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spencer and Eleanor can come visit any time they want. They can even spend the night if they want. We're trying to wait on that one though, so she can get used to saying goodbye and not think she can spend the night every time she comes. Yesterday when she came, she walked through the door, stopped, had the most excited look on her face, then sprinted to my bed. I wish I could have recorded because it was the sweetest thing ever. She loves to just sit in my bed with me, watch tv, and eat my snacks. She's getting better about saying goodbye. Most of the time if we bribe her with an Oreo, she'll gladly say goodbye and walk out the door. She's had a few nights where she has woken up in the middle of the night crying for me, and somewhat inconsolable. I told Spencer to not tell me about that anymore because it completely breaks my heart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't really gotten bored yet. I think a lot of people are worried about me getting bored, but I have enjoyed catching up on movies, magazines, and books. And the staff is always in and out all day, so really I don't even get time for a nap even if I wanted. I have to do a NST(non stress test) every day, which sometimes can take up to 2 hours(like today). They have to get all 3 babies on the monitors, and keep them on for 20 minutes. If one of the babies comes off, they have to start over. I think there has only been 1 time so far that all 3 babies stayed on the monitor for the set amount of time. Every other time, there is always one stubborn baby who is doing flips and refusing to stay on, which makes it a very long process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is what the average day for me looks like:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5:45am - doctor comes in to check on me. checks my lungs, heart, and feet for swelling. asks if i've had any leakage of fluid, bleeding, or painful or regular contractions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6:15am - another doctor comes in and pretty much does the exact same thing as the first doctor. I've asked them why they do it twice, but have never gotten a good explanation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6:30am - nurse or medic comes in to take my vitals</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8:00am - nurse comes in to give me first dose of meds. I watch Live with Kelly and Michael.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9:00 - 11:00am - things usually slow down by this point. I shower and get dressed, read a book, get my vitals taken again at some point, and if I didn't sleep well the night before, try to get a quick nap in. This is also a good time to text/call family or friends and catch up. There is also a show on MTV called Ridiculousness that is so addicting, I can't stop watching it. It's an entire 30 minutes of youtube videos. Mostly the ones where people are doing stupid things and getting hurt, but there are also funny baby ones, etc. I get a good laugh every time I watch it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">12:00pm - lunch is served, nurse gives another dose of meds. Spencer works close by, so he'll often come here to meet me for lunch. Sometimes Gary and Eleanor meet us for lunch as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1:00 - 2:00pm - NST time. We have found the babies to be somewhat calm during this time. I also use this time to catch up on facebook/instagram/blogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3:00pm - watch Ellen</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4:00 - 5:00 pm- either watch a movie(Spencer's been bringing me RedBox movies), read a book/magazine. Probably get vitals taken again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5:30pm - dinner is served</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7:00pm - There is usually a tv show I look forward to at this time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8:00pm - nurse gives another dose of meds. They'll also bring in the doppler to check all the babies' heart rates. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10:00pm - one last dose of meds. And then it's 'healing hours' for me. Which means I tell the nurses and techs that I don't want anyone coming in until 6:00am. That doesn't always work out for me. Sometimes housekeeping comes in to empty my trash, sometimes there is a medic who is filling in from a different floor who doesn't get the memo, and turns on all my lights at 4am to get my vitals. I try to be polite, but most of the time I pull off my sleep mask and say "why are you in here!?!?!". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10:30pm-5:45am - try to get comfortable, fall asleep, wake up, realize I'm thirsty, get some water, go to the bathroom, probably have a few contractions, try to relax, change positions about a million times to get comfortable again, fall asleep, etc. etc. etc. repeat repeat repeat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So as you can see, it really isn't THAT bad. I found out I do have hospital privileges, which means I can take the wheelchair outside for some fresh air. You better believe I'll be taking advantage of that! In the mean time, I appreciate every text message, Facebook message, phone call, etc. They keep my spirits up and make every day better. So thank you! For now I'm taking it one day at a time. I have one more week to make it to my next goal of 28 weeks. Keep the prayers coming...we can do this!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221201.post-80664597860890130972014-02-18T16:30:00.000-05:002014-02-18T16:33:44.582-05:00False Alarm Round 1 - The Good and Bad of My Brief Hospital Stay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had been looking forward to last Wednesday since I found out I was having triplets. Last Wednesday was my 24 week milestone, which meant anytime after that day, the babies were considered viable and had a chance at surviving outside the womb.<br /><br />Well, Wednesday came, and I had my weekly appointment. Before we get into that, let me backtrack a little. Knowing that we were nearing a time when the babies could come, I probably did a little too much the previous days. I wanted to live it up a little before the crazy began. Saturday night we went out to dinner with one of Spencer's mission friends. Sunday I went to an hour of church, then that night we drove down to do a nice little scenic sunset walk. Monday I went to the beach with some friends, and Tuesday we made a Costco run. And another backup point. My father in law is here to help. He came a few weeks ago, and is staying until the babies are born. He has been a LIFE SAVER already. He cleans, does laundry, cooks, and entertains Eleanor. Seriously, my life(and house) would be a disaster at this point without him. He came with me on all these outings, which helped, but still, I was leaving the house too much.<br /><br />Ok, back to the appointment. We did the usual ultrasound. All the babies looked good. They check the heartbeat, fluid, bladder, and lastly, they do a cervical length measurement. This is where they got concerned. It had shortened from the previous week, even though it wasn't a scary short, they thought it was at least concerning. While they were measuring it, they asked if I was having a contraction. I didn't feel a thing, so I told them I didn't think so. They told me they were going to admit me and keep me for a few days for monitoring. While I agreed that it was the smart thing to do, I was supposed to go get a massage immediately after my appointment, AND my birthday was the next day. What a way to bring in my 30's.<br /><br />They put a monitor on my belly to track all the contractions. Apparently they were coming every 3-4 minutes. I only felt about every 5th contraction, and even those didn't hurt. I could just tell an obvious tightening of my stomach. The staff got very concerned at this point and put an IV in. They had me on magnesium to stop the contractions. That stuff was terrible. Literally felt like my blood was on fire. And they didn't want me eating or drinking while on it. So now I'm hungry and on fire. They gave me a steroid shot to help the babies lungs develop if they were to be born in the next few days. That sucker hurt! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the doctors comes up and literally one of the first questions out of his mouth was this: "If one of your babies is in distress, do you want to deliver all 3 to give that baby a fighting chance, or do you want to let that one go to give the other 2 a better chance?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wasn't expecting that one. I literally wanted to just say, "Hold on, let me ask my mom. I'm not old enough to be making decisions like these". But I didn't, and told him I'd like to talk to my husband about it. After that doctor left, I had at least 2 other people ask me the same question within an hour or so. They had the NICU doctor come up and tell me everything that could possibly go wrong with the babies if they were born that day(or week) starting from their head, down to their toes. While it sounds overwhelming, the whole time everybody was coming in and out and asking all these scary questions, I was feeling really calm about it. I knew I wasn't going to be having these babies that day(or that week for that matter). I knew these weren't the same type of contractions I had when I went into labor with Eleanor. The doctors were going off those silly contractions, which is their job, and which is why they were way more concerned than I was. I did sometimes get scared when I thought about what would happen if the contractions DID turn into labor contractions, but luckily that never happened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started begging for food, because at this point it was about 5:00, and I hadn't eaten since breakfast. And, well, I'm carrying THREE WHOLE BABIES. They finally brought dinner, and what do you know, the contractions started slowing down after that. Spencer, Eleanor, and Gary came to visit, and once they came, contractions basically stopped. Eleanor was a little confused. I think she knew something was wrong, because she was very lovey on me. She kept trying to snuggle in with me and tell me to go to sleep, and then she would close her eyes and try to go to sleep. It was so cute and so sad. When it was time for her to leave, she had the most heartbreaking cry. I knew at that point it would be really hard if I had to be admitted long term.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stayed in L&D for the night. It was miserable. The bed was uncomfortable. I had a hard time going to sleep on the magnesium. They came in at 1am to unhook me from the magnesium, then again at 2am to take out the catheter. After that, it took me another hour - 2 hours to go to sleep. Then they were back at 6am. They did another cervical length check, and my cervix had remained the same and stable, even after all the contractions the previous day. That was great news. That's actually all they care about. They say I can contract all I want, and as long as my cervix isn't changing, I am good to go. So, I was thinking maybe I'd get to go home soon. Nurses thought the same thing. But no. The doctor on call had a different plan, and told me he wanted me to stay until delivery. Booooo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stayed one more night in L&D. I had high hopes of getting better sleep since I wasn't hooked up to anything. Midnight came, and I had a knock at my door, and a nurse to come take my vitals. I turned all diva on her and asked why she was there, and was this really necessary. I need to sleep! Taking vitals doesn't take long, but once I'm awake, I have to use the bathroom, and then it takes a while to get comfortable, and then the babies are awake and having a dance party in my belly. Once morning came, and the doctors came to check on me, I told them I really didn't want anyone disturbing me at night. I also asked to get the IV needle taken out of my arm since they hadn't used it since the first day. They say they keep it in as a precaution. But seriously, that thing was annoying and sore. Such a princess I am. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Made my way down to my new, long term room. It had 2 beds and a nice view. The bed was way more comfortable than the one upstairs. Ok, I'm getting tired of typing, and most of the details to follow are boring. So let's wrap this up. The girl in the room next to me was also expecting triplets, and admitted until she delivered. I went and introduced myself and had a good long talk with her. She is only a week ahead of me, and had been in the hospital for 2 weeks already for the same reasons as me. She was already sick and tired of being there, and desperate for some fresh air. It was good for me to get an idea of what a long hospital stay can do to a person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once Saturday came, a new doctor was on call. I've always liked this one way better than the one who was in charge during the week. He comes in to my room and gets straight to the point. He said there is no evidence that being hospitalized prevents pre term labor. There's no difference in laying in my hospital bed as opposed to my own bed at home. As long as I knew what signs to look for that could potentially be pre term labor, and to come to the hospital ASAP if I experienced any of those signs, I was free to go home! He also said he didn't want me laying in bed ALL DAY LONG, because that puts me at risk for blood clots and muscle atrophy, but I still need to take it easy. No cooking, cleaning, carrying Eleanor, etc. And if I do go out, I have to use my wheel chair. I packed my bags as fast as I could and told Spencer to come get me! We did do one last cervical length check, and my cervix was still the same, so I was on my way home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So now for the good and the bad. The good. There is comfort in knowing that if anything happened, I was already at the hospital, and I could get immediate care if needed. Call me crazy, but I also liked the food. I liked knowing I was getting plenty of calories, with a good balance of proteins and veggies. And really, it didn't taste bad to me at all. I liked having all that food without having to put a single ounce of cooking or preparation into it. I liked getting to know the doctors and nurses. They were all so sweet - especially on my birthday where they made me signs and brought goodies. I loved that hospital bed. Getting in and out was so much easier than my bed at home. I loved being able to adjust the back at night to give myself a nice incline. I liked being able to take showers and talk on the phone and take naps without being interrupted by my 2 year old. I missed her like crazy every other second, but it was nice to have a little rest and relaxation. Another good thing I am beyond grateful for is that I don't have to worry about money with any of this. I'm at a military hospital(a very very nice one), so all costs are covered. I can't help but think that I would be stressing out so much more if I had to think about paying for the hospital stay. I can't imagine the worry some parents go through if they didn't have good insurance(or none at all) and had to add financial stress to this situation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The bad. I missed Eleanor like crazy. She came to visit every day, and every night she had to leave, she left with tears streaming down her terribly sad face. I would not be able to handle that for 2 months. It was hard for this mama to handle. Once I got home, I was SO happy to be woken up by a very happy 2 year old jumping on me and saying "HI MAMA!" as opposed to a doctor or nurse who just wants to ask a few questions. No wifi. Seriously! What hospital doesn't have wifi? Luckily I had my phone, so I did have some access to the outside world, but that was kind of a game changer for me. Every time I tried to take a nap, it seemed another doctor or nurse was coming in for one reason or another. We had to do Non Stress Tests every day. Basically they put one monitor for each baby on my belly to track their heart rate. They have to strap it on to stay for at least 21 minutes. If one baby gets off the monitor for more than a minute, they have to restart the entire 21 minutes. This became kind of stressful everyday because my babies are very very active. I actually don't think they ever got 21 minutes straight with all three babies, but every NST ended with a "that will have to be good enough" from the nurse. Overall, the NST would take at least an hour every day. Knowing that you don't even have the option to go outside is a tough pill to swallow. To be cramped up in a hospital room for a long amount of time can get to be quite depressing, so I am so happy to have only stayed a few days, and not a few months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now what? I still go in every week for my appointments. There is still a chance I could go in this week and get admitted again. It could happen at any time. So I'll just be grateful for every day that I get to come back home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll be 25 weeks tomorrow. The next big goal is 28 weeks - when the survivability goes way up for the babies. Then the next goals will be 30, 32, and 34 weeks. I'd love to make it to 34 weeks - that is golden. But for now, every day these babies stay inside is something to be proud of. </span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is a 2 year old still considered a baby? She's still a baby to me...but maybe that will change once the other babies come.<br /><br />Eleanor is so great. I love getting to spend all my days with her. She is growing and changing so fast. I am loving every second I have with giving her all my attention.<br /><br />She loves to sing. She sings all day long. Her favorites are Frozen's "Let it Go" and the ABC's. My favorite part of the ABC's is the 'LMNOP' where she just wiggles her tongue around before getting to P.<br /><br />She knows all the signs for all the letters, and practices them on her own all the time. This was all her - I never encouraged her to practice them. She just loves those letters.<br /><br />As you can see from the pictures, she loves makeup time. She stole my eyebrow kit and ran to the living room, then put it on as lipstick.<br /><br />She really is so sweet. I know I say that a lot, but here's an example. One morning, I was putting my shirt on, and I popped my head through the head hole as a 'peek a boo' type thing. She looked at me, smiled, then helped to pull my shirt all the way down, then said "theya go mama". Then soon after I started coughing, and she looked at me concerned, started patting me on the back and said "otay mama?".<br /><br />She doesn't really like going to nursery at church anymore, but she tries so hard to be brave. She knows me or Spencer will have to leave, and so she will cry a little, ask for a hug and a kiss, walk away a little, come back for another hug and kiss, etc. One time she literally came back for about 10 hugs and kisses, and then bravely walked away from me.<br /><br />She got pink eye for the first time. Aren't those pictures so sad? Her poor eye was so swollen! The first picture she is smiling because she was happy she got a 'yucky' from her eye.<br /><br />Speaking of yucky, I decided that since I'll be staying home so much these days, I might as well try potty training again. It's going great so far. I'll be so happy if I don't have 4 kids in diapers!<br /><br />Usual conversation:<br /><br />Eleanor: "Outside?"<br />Me: "You want to go outside?"<br />Eleanor: "Yes, mmhmm, do, OTAAY!!!"<br /><br />Her favorite food is pizza. She asks for it all the time. She ate an entire slice of Costco pizza the other day. And if you know Costco pizza, you know how impressive that is.<br /><br />She is starting to mimic people - whether it's kids at the playground, or the way Spencer sits on the couch. It's so fun to see her observe others the way she does. She went down the slide head first for the first time after watching a little boy do it. It was a big deal for a girl as timid as she is on the playground.<br /><br />I reminded Spencer the other day that almost everything she does - whether it's good or bad - is just a phase. It's good to be reminded of that for the hard/annoying things, but it's also sad to know that some of the adorable things won't last forever.<br /><br />So far, I've gotta say, I'm a big fan of 2.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel like right now is the most paranoid time for me. The babies don't have a chance of survival until 24 weeks. We're so so close! If something were to happen now, it would be heartbreaking. But I'm not counting on any of that drama, so let's just keep going with this pregnancy business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In case you didn't know about triplet pregnancies, here are some facts:</span><br />
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<li style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.babycenter.com/0_preeclampsia_257.bc" style="color: #5fb1c1; text-decoration: none;" title="">Preeclampsia</a>, a disorder characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine, develops in roughly 10 to 15 percent of women carrying twins, twice the rate of women carrying one baby. The condition tends to develop earlier as well. And once it starts, it can be especially severe. When preeclampsia is severe, it can affect many of your organs and your placenta and cause serious or even life-threatening problems.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So obviously there are still things to worry about even after 24 weeks, but we are thinking positively over here and hoping for the best. As for me, I feel great these days. I am huge, there is no denying that - and with that hugeness comes the usual discomforts of having to roll off the couch/bed, get creative with how to shave my legs, itchy skin, and just carrying all the extra weight in front. Luckily I got a maternity belt that has helped for the times when I am walking around. The doctors now want me to take it easy. I had to ask them to be more specific with that, and they said I should only leave the house 2-3 times a week, for 2-3 hours at a time. So, that means I get to go to church on Sunday, my weekly perinatal appointment, and then one other outing for my pleasure? I'm not going to lie, I haven't really done the greatest job heeding that advice - but I am trying. I am taking it much easier than usual, but sometimes I just need to go shopping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My father in law will be flying out hopefully next week. He'll be here until the babies are born, and I know it will be so helpful! I mostly feel bad for Eleanor since I can't take her out as much - so it will be great to just send them off to the beach or park or zoo and know that she is having fun while I get to rest. Also, I'm not allowed to pick her up anymore, which is sad, but we find ways to get around it. She likes to be held a lot still, so when she does, I just sit and hold her, or we'll lay down together and watch a movie. I'm loving all this one on one time with her and will miss it terribly in a few months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We started buying baby stuff. I found the pimp daddy of all triplet strollers on Craigslist in almost brand new condition. It has a steering wheel for crying out loud! Only problem is that I have to find that brand of car seats to snap into them, and they just so happen to be the most expensive kind. I'm sure it will cause quite a scene every time we take it out, but all the other triplet moms online that I researched raved about this stroller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We don't have names yet. We are throwing around several possibilities, but nothing is set. I actually don't think we'll even reveal them until they're born. To be honest, I don't want to deal with people's reactions of pretending they like them or giving us their opinion about them. And we have to come up with 3 names! That's a lot! So, don't get your hopes up that we'll be revealing names any time soon. Just expect them when they're born. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel the babies move all the time. I used to feel Baby C the most, but now Baby B has taken over as the most active. Baby A is very very low, so when he moves, it feels kind of funny, and almost tickles. Sometimes I can feel 2 at a time, but I don't think I've felt all 3 at once. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to determine which is which as they get bigger and take up more room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's compare what my belly looked like at 21 weeks with Eleanor compared to 21 weeks with triplets. 2 extra babies makes a big difference!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today was a good day. Today was my big ultrasound to measure their growth and make sure they are developing as they should. For singleton pregnancies, this ultrasound usually takes 45 min- 1 hour. My doctors kept telling me to prepare for this to take 3 hours! I guess one hour per babe. Luckily my sonographer was amazing, and all the babies cooperated for her. Seriously, seeing these babies on the screen is incredible. It really is a miracle that my body can support all three babies. Today, I was dang proud of my body.<br /><br />As a little background, I had a growth scan at 16 weeks as well, and they told me their guesses for the genders, but weren't 100% sure about Baby C. Today, they were confirmed. Also, at the 16 week u/s, they discovered that Baby A had a marginal umbilical insertion, meaning the umbilical cord is actually attached to the edge of the placenta instead of the center. It could cause growth restriction, but it could also be irrelevant. They also found that Baby C's placenta is bi lobed, meaning it's kind of separated in two pieces, but still attached. This is also something that could be risky for growth restriction, or irrelevant. They could only monitor it.<br /><br />So, today, we got good news. Baby C's placenta looked better, and not as worrisome as before. Baby A still has the marginal insertion(I don't think it's possible that it can get better), but Baby A is actually measuring biggest of the 3!<br /><br />In other good news, my doctor told me he'd give me a temporary handicap parking pass. Boo ya.<br /><br />Ok, before the genders, as a round up, all the babies look great. Today, I am exactly 19 weeks. Baby A is measuring 19 wk 3 days and 11 oz. Baby B measuring 19 wk 2 days and 10 oz, and Baby C measuring exactly 19 weeks and 10 oz. My fluid levels are great, and my cervix is a whopping 5 cm, and closed(very good news!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've gained a total of 26 lbs. Holy cow, that's a lot, but I am proud of myself for it! With triplets, the most important time to gain weight is in the beginning, so I am really happy with that number. There is evidence that with a hefty weight gain in the beginning, the babies have a longer gestation and are born at higher birth weights. So if gaining weight is what I need to do, I'm going to do it. I've been really trying to up my protein intake. It'd be so much easier to gain it off of cupcakes and doughnuts, but I don't think that's the best way to do it. Lots of protein and whole grains, veggies, etc. A high caloric intake is key. And lots of water. Before I was pregnant, I was lactose intolerant, but by a small little miracle, since I've been pregnant, my body has been able to tolerate dairy! I am LOVING it! I eat cheese and ice cream on the regular. I'll be sad when those days are over.</span><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One last thought. After 24 weeks, babies can be born and have a chance at survival. For me, 24 weeks is next month. The day before my birthday. That is NUTS. I could have babies NEXT MONTH. I told Spencer that the other day and he kind of freaked out a little. Reality check! Whew! I haven't done one single thing or collected one item for these babies. I've had a lot of people ask if I'm registered anywhere, and to be honest, I feel a little silly posting this on here, but if you've made it this far in my blog, then you're probably someone who cares. Anyways, I've been making lists on Amazon of things I'll be needing in Hawaii. And I think I'll do another one under Spencer's name of things we'll need in Alabama. This takes some serious organization! </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/registry/baby/3L39DUU340SSO" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Here</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> is my list of things for Hawaii. In all honesty, I am wide open to hand me downs and Craigslist buys if they are in good condition. So let me know if you find a good deal elsewhere! This list is a work in progress that I'm sure will be changing often. I'm trying to do research on what's really necessary for multiples. Trying to keep things at a minimum here. If you have any experience or advice on baby products you couldn't live without, I would love to hear from you!</span><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ok, now for the exciting news! Instead of showing off all the private parts, I'll just include the latest profile pic.<br /><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We literally could not be more thrilled. This was my ideal situation. Now we will be perfectly evened out with 2 girls and 2 boys. </span><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is so funny seeing them on screen. There are arms and legs everywhere. This picture was my favorite. If you look closely, you'll see that Baby C is resting her leg on Baby B's head. Or maybe kicking. I've seen them kicking each other plenty of times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This Christmas was exactly what you'd want in a Hawaiian Christmas. We of course went to see the Honolulu Christmas Lights, as we have every year we've been here. Eleanor freaked out every time she saw a trolley drive by covered in Christmas lights and filled with people singing and waving. She wanted to get on so bad. So after we had finished walking around, we asked and asked and asked around until we could figure out how to get on a trolley ride. We finally found it, and apparently people had reserved their rides online days and weeks ahead of time. We got on a waiting list and hoped and prayed they would call our name while Eleanor impatiently waited. Finally, FINALLY they called our name, and Eleanor was in little Christmas light trolley heaven.<br /><br />We took her to see Santa at the mall, and while it wasn't as disastrous as last year, she still wasn't thrilled with the idea of sitting in his lap. She warmed up to him a little when he offered her a candy cane. She then talked about Santa Claus almost every day. And every time she saw a candy cane, she was talk about Santa. So maybe by next year she'll like the guy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Christmas day was as chill as could be. It is sad not being surrounded by all your family members, but if that's not an option, it's nice to sit back and just enjoy a quiet day. Eleanor came out and saw what Santa brought her. We opened all our presents, ate breakfast, then just watched her play with her toys for a few hours. Later that afternoon we met up with some friends and went paddle boarding. It was a beautiful day, and I can't help but enjoy these last quiet holidays before our family doubles in size. Speaking of the triplets, my Christmas day belly was 17 weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We made the long trek across the Pacific and even across the country to visit home for Thanksgiving. We spent the first half in Georgia with Spencer's family, and the second half with mine. The colder weather was nice for about 3 days, and then I was over it! I had to go buy a new coat and Eleanor some new boots during our time there because we weren't prepared enough.<br /><br />While in Georgia, we took Eleanor to the aquarium. Let's just say that it rocked her world. She was in heaven. Every fish was a Nemo or Dori, and throughout the day she'd be staring at the fish and saying "Wow!". It was a fun day for Spencer and I to just watch her be a kid. She got more compliments on her outfit that day than I think I've gotten in my entire life. That's what a cute hat can do for you, folks.<br /><br />Time with Spencer's family was fun, as always. There are so many nieces and nephews now, that it becomes kind of a wild house when everyone is together. But wild in the best way possible! We attended the annual extended family Thanksgiving dinner. Delicious. Surprised Gary with a cake for his 60th birthday. Happy Birthday, Old Man!<br /><br />We also made sure a sushi party happened with our Atlanta friends. Always a good time with them.<br /><br />I didn't take too many candid/fun photos because I had a long list of people who wanted their family pictures taken, and I wanted to save my memory card space. It's ok by me, I love taking pictures for family and friends.<br /><br />We made our way to Alabama to see my family and their new house. It is in the process of being renovated, which made for an interesting stay. I think at one point there were 21 people staying there, and only the basement is really livable. Some unfortunate people had to stay up the unfinished rooms. Thanks to everyone for letting my little family have a real room! Our time in Alabama was really chill. We don't know anyone in Alabama outside of our family, so we spent a lot of time watching sports, shopping, and even getting out for a sibling group date to a movie.<br /><br />We got to see all of Spencer's siblings as well as all of mine. It was such a wonderful trip to spend quality time with our families.<br /><br />Unfortunately Eleanor got sick while we were there and was completely not herself. She was grumpy, grumpy, grumpy. It was colder weather than she's ever experienced, and she was surrounded by all new people. So not only was she sick, she was overwhelmed. She ended up puking 3 times on the plane ride home. Poor girl just couldn't catch a break. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221201.post-74041701132259157932013-12-31T03:47:00.002-05:002013-12-31T03:47:58.602-05:00Perhaps the Biggest News of our Lives: We're Expecting Triplets!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's true. It took me a few weeks to really believe it, but there are definitely 3 babies growing inside of me.<br /><br />We started trying for #2 a few months after Eleanor turned 1. Nothing was happening on our own, so I went to the doctor and told them we'd probably need fertility treatments again. She agreed, and said we should just do what worked for conceiving Eleanor. What worked for Eleanor was taking Clomid and doing an IUI after a positive ovulation test.<br /><br />The first month didn't work. The second month I never got a positive ovulation test, so we never even tried. The third month worked, and worked very well.<br /><br />I started popping out almost immediately. I knew that with second pregnancies you start showing earlier, but I didn't think it'd be as early as 6 weeks! I even told some people that my stomach was already pooching out, but they all told me I was probably exaggerating or something. And just as a side note - the doctors told me that when taking Clomid, you have a 10% chance of twins, and a .3% chance of triplets. I thought those numbers were pretty low, so I never really thought there was more than one.<br /><br />Because we did a fertility treatment, we had an early ultrasound at 6 weeks. I joked with Spencer in the car on the way there and said "what if there are 4 babies in there?". It was all just fun and games. We got to the room, and started the ultrasound. I immediately saw the 3 sacs, but I tried not to read into it too much, because let's face it, who knows how to read those screens? After the doctor verified that I did take Clomid, I knew there was more than one. And then he said "well, I see 3 sacs".<br /><br />I freaked out. "THREE? ARE YOU SERIOUS?? OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!!". I looked over at Spencer, and he had his arms folded and just starting straight ahead at the screen. No emotional reaction whatsoever. I tried grabbing his arm, but he didn't budge. The doctor looked in each sac and found a baby and a heartbeat. I really couldn't believe it. I asked Spencer why he was so emotionless about it, and he said he was just taking it all in. Or maybe he said he was crunching numbers.<br /><br />It took me at least 2 weeks to really believe it. I would sometimes wake up in the morning and think it was a dream. And then I would see the ultrasound pictures and be assured that it was in fact reality. Spencer later admitted that he felt the same way as when we went skydiving...he was super chill about it the whole waiting time - even after we got on the plane. It didn't hit him that he was about to jump out of a plane until he saw me do it, then he freaked out a little. So with the triplets, he said it probably wouldn't hit him until he saw all three babies. I immediately got on to him and said that there is no way he can wait until the babies are here to be emotionally prepared for them! He has since come around and understands the craziness that is about to ensue.<br /><br />I had ultrasounds about every 2 weeks until 12 weeks. Pretty much every appointment I have, they do an ultrasound, which is pretty fun. The longest I have gone without seeing them is 4 weeks. It is really amazing to see how quickly they are growing! I guess it's not too surprising because my stomach is growing just as fast.<br /><br />We debated on whether we should surprise our family with the news when we went home for Thanksgiving, but decided that it was just too big a secret to keep that long. So we told our immediate family right away. Slowly we would start telling our friends, and it became one of my favorite things to do. People's reactions to news like this is pretty fun to be a part of. I eventually had to just make an official announcement at 10 weeks because there was no way to hide my growing belly.<br /><br />The first trimester wasn't as terrible as it could have been. I was extremely tired. I had to take a nap every day while Eleanor napped, and even after that, I was in bed by 9 o'clock. Sometimes earlier. I had no energy whatsoever. I felt pretty crappy, but never threw up. I didn't realize just how crappy I felt until I got into the second trimester and felt amazing. So really, no complaints. My appetite was almost completely gone, but I forced food down because I'm supposed to be gaining a lot of weight in the first 25 weeks(which so far is REALLY hard to do!).<br /><br />Now I am in my second trimester and ready to party! My energy is back, my appetite is back, and I only have a limited time to do anything before I become a beached whale! I am currently 17 weeks but look about 27 (or more) weeks. I sometimes don't understand how my skin is going to stretch enough for all the growing I still have left. I sleep pretty well at night. I only get up to go to the bathroom once, if that, which is a big improvement from first trimester when I was getting up 1-2 times a night. Really, other than being very large, I feel pretty amazing right now.<br /><br />People are already asking me when I'm due. When I tell them how far along I actually am, their mouths drop open in disbelief. And then when I explain that it's triplets, it drops open even more. I would have to say the most common response to hearing that it's triplets is "WOW!". They don't even know what to say.<br /><br />Now for some commonly asked questions:<br /><br />Do multiples run in the family?<br />- No, not really. The Clomid is to blame here.<br /><br />When will they most likely be born?<br /> - A triplet pregnancy is very high risk for several reason. The scariest risk is preterm labor. So, if they are born before 24 weeks, they won't survive. If they are born after 24 weeks, they have a chance of living. The average length of a triplet pregnancy is 33 weeks. My goal is to make it to at least 33 weeks, and keep them in for as long as I can.<br /><br />Will I have to go on bed rest?<br /> - I don't know yet. They will be checking my cervix at every appointment from now on to see if it is shortening or opening. Some women don't have to go on bed rest...the lucky ones. Other women may have to be on bed rest for months! So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to(for long anyway).<br /><br />Will we have help when the babies come?<br /> - Yes. If I go on bed rest (even if I don't go on bed rest - let's face it - how productive can I be with a massive belly!?) Spencer's dad is going to come out to help take care of Eleanor and do household duties. Once the babies are born, my mom will come out to help. Then a few months later we will move home with my parents and have lots of round the clock help!<br /><br />Does Eleanor understand what's happening?<br /> - A little. If asked if there are babies in mommy's belly, she says yes. She kisses my belly 3 times, one for each baby. She kind of gets it, but I don't think she'll really get it until she sees all three. And I have a feeling she's going to love these little babes.<br /><br />Are we excited?<br /> - YES! Very! It is so interesting, because I don't think ANYONE wishes for triplets. But once you see them on the screen and hear their heartbeats, you know they are yours. After the first appointment, Spencer turned to me and said, "ok, you have to keep all these babies alive." The pressure, right?! But really, we already loves these little babies. We don't want to come home with anything less than all 3, healthy and happy.<br /><br />Are we scared?<br /> - YES YES YES! I'm actually terrified. Eleanor was a hard baby. She cried and cried and cried for the first 3 months. When I imagine 3 crying babies, I get knots in my stomach. I think about all the sleepless nights we'll have, the transition of having so much time with Eleanor to not having as much, feeding times, blow out diapers, etc etc etc. Yes, it is safe to say we are scared. Especially since Spencer will be leaving for A YEAR in October. I know I'll have my parents, but they both work, so I'll be doing a lot of the work myself. The good news is I've been through one baby before, so I know that things just get easier every day. That will be comforting to have that knowledge.<br /><br />Do we know the genders?<br /> - I'll wait until I get a confirmed answer at my next ultrasound. We do have an idea though, and if it's true, it's pretty exciting.<br /><br />Have we thought of names yet?<br /> - Still a work in progress. Nothing set in stone. That's a lot of names to think of!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think that about sums it up for now. I'll try to write more often to keep people updated with our progress. And now for some pictures:</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221201.post-5614327030805731832013-12-27T14:54:00.002-05:002013-12-27T14:54:55.881-05:00Eleanor the Unicorn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's be honest. I care about the people who read this blog to stay up to date with our lives, but the main reason I do this is so I can have a reference for when I print out my yearly books. So we're going to press the rewind button real quick and catch up on some past events.<br /><br />This Halloween Eleanor was a unicorn. I tried to think of cute and creative costumes, but nothing really came to mind. Then I saw that costumes were $5 at Old Navy for a day, and I went and got whatever was her size. And that just so happened to be a pink and purple unicorn.<br /><br />She refused to wear it at our church trunk or treat party, so it was a pleasant surprise when she happily put it on for the real Halloween. We went back to Kaneohe to let her trick or treat at our friends' houses. One of our friends(basically her second parents out here) gave her a purple bike for her birthday. Best trick or treating treat ever! Most of the houses we went to, I'd tell her what to say, and she'd whisper in a very very quiet voice "tick o teet". This girl is pretty cute.<br /><br />After Halloween, there were a few nights when she'd be crying in her crib at night and want to wear her unicorn jacket. Sometimes we'd let her wear it, and it was the funniest thing ever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A little late on the announcement, but if I want this printed in my yearly Shutterfly book, it needs to make it on the blog.<br /><br />We bought a house! It's an old house (1949) with a lot of character, but also a lot of land! We really love it. I'm still trying to decide if I love the city we're in, but that's still to be determined. It has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, about 3 living rooms, 15,000 sq feet of land, and a massive greenhouse that I'm still trying to figure out what to do with. We have some really amazing neighbors that have already been a big help with yard work and babysitting Eleanor. Really, we couldn't have asked for better families to share a driveway with!<br /><br />It's been a bit of a change since it's about 30 min from our previous house. The weather is different, the beach is further away, and we don't really know too many people yet. BUT, we're pretty excited that we own a property in Hawaii. The plan is to rent it out when we leave, and then if the stars align, make it back here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted to do something special with just the 3 of us for her birthday this year. I didn't feel like planning a party, so instead I made reservations at Disney's Aulani. They have a character breakfast buffet that I thought Eleanor would love. She enjoys Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so I assumed it'd be a hit. I was wrong. She was terrified.<br /><br />When you first walk up, you get some one on one time with Mickey. She was extremely hesitant to get close. She didn't want to give high fives or hugs or anything. It got worse from there.<br /><br />We sat down for breakfast, and Goofy and Minnie were making their rounds from table to table. When Goofy approached, I picked her up to get a little closer. She started screaming "No, No, No, No, No!!!" in a very pathetically sad voice(see above video).<br /><br />She ended up liking seeing the characters from far away, and even waving to them, but wanted nothing to do with them when they were within 10 feet of her. She marched in Minnie's parade, and did the birthday hula. She clapped her hands to the music, and waved her napkin in the air. So, I guess it wasn't as big of a failure as it could have been. She was very happy to say goodbye to everyone at the end!<br /><br />She decided to forego her nap for the day(I think first time ever). Maybe she was scarred from the morning's experience. Maybe she knew it was her birthday and was too excited. Who knows. So we painted pumpkins instead.<br /><br />Once Spencer got home from work we had dinner and opened presents. I had taken her shopping with me earlier to see what interested her. She had spotted this dog walking Barbie that she didn't want to let go of. I bought it, then hid it until her birthday. When she opened it, she started saying "Wow, wow, wow!!" It was the exact response I was hoping for! It is so fun that she is starting to understand this world and emotions. So so fun.<br /><br />This little girl of ours is such a gift. So happy to have her in our lives.</span></div>
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2 best years of my life. Hands down. This is why:<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">She says "HI!!" so enthusiastically.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Reads books to herself - is starting to memorize them.</span></span><div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Was totally potty trained for a week, then gave up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loves to run.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Has to have outside play time every single day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loves popsicles.<br />Mickey Mouse, Up, Backyardigans, Little Einsteins, Super Why, Word World are her favorite shows.<br />Jumps on couch/bed, and prefers to have someone watch her do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Likes to hide under the blankets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If i'm talking to someone, she'll grab my face with both hands, turn towards her, and tell me something very important.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loves nursery - is so sweet to the other kids - getting in their face and saying "HI!" or standing by them and holding their hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Has to have ALL her animals/babies in crib at night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Likes her water cold. More specifically, with ice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When i tell her i love her, she responds with "TOO!", but holds up two fingers. She also just learned to sign it on her own after working so hard to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Still loves dogs - is getting braver around them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loves to do fun things, but once it's time to stop, she throws MAJOR tantrum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tries to control her anger - but sometimes hits herself - or hurts herself. Sometimes throws herself to the floor and just lays while she breathes it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Counts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Can say all of the letters, and spots letters everywhere we go. She'll start spouting them out.<br />Loves when i do "this little piggy" to her toes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Warms up to friends/family/visitors quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Starting to bring me clothes she wants to wear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">E</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">asily bribed - can get her to eat anything with a bribe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loves to color/draw/paint/play dough - is pretty good at drawing an "o".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tickles us on bare skin - arm, neck, and especially belly.<br />My favorites: "oh nooo" "yeah, do!" "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tickles other people - and most of the time they don't pretend laugh like her parents do.<br />Often says(and sometimes sings) "mamadaddymamadaddy" while walking around the house, playing with toys, etc. She must love us. She also identifies a lot of things with a mama, daddy, and eleanor (leaves, pumpkins, balloons, etc).<br />Loves when we're all together as a family - family hugs.<br />In a smothering stage - if I am in the same room as her and sitting down, she has to be on top of me and crawling all over me. It gets exhausting!<br />Favorite songs: row row row your boat, head shoulders knees and toes, john jacob jingleheimerschmidt(sp?)<br />When the car stops, she'll yell "GO!" or start patting her legs like Little Einsteins to make it go.<br />She's getting better at sharing, and when she does, she'll follow it up with a loud "thank you!"<br />I bought her an alphabet puzzle because I wanted one that would challenge her a little. I thought it'd be too hard for her, but after 3 times of doing it with help, she mastered it.<br />Always asks for her pink shoes.<br />Will randomly want to play ring around the rosie - out on walks, shopping, etc.<br />She now smacks her lips when she kisses.<br />She loves to be chased and captured.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She is simply beautiful. Her hair is often a mess because she hates to have it done and refuses to keep bows in, but she is still beautiful.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Eleanor is sweet, smart, and downright lovable. She is pure joy. From the moment she wakes up(which means we wake up) she brings a smile to our faces that lasts the entire day(minus the few tantrums). Eleanor, you're the best. Seriously. The very very best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spencer's parents, aunt and uncle, and grandmother came to visit. We have to treasure all the family time we can get since we don't get to see them very often anymore. Especially now that we have Eleanor. I want her to know her Gran and Grandad! She became quick buddies with Uncle Mike and loved having house guests to play with.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That b/w picture of Grandmoo with Eleanor might be my new favorite!!</span><br />
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