So This week I have had 2 appointments. One with my regular OB and one with my perinatologist. Because triplets is considered high risk, I have more appointments than a normal pregnancy. I normally meet with my OB every 2 weeks and my peri every 3. After 24 weeks though that will change and ill see one or the other every week. But, since we are going on our Baby moon this coming week, my appointments needed to be moved around. So, its been a busy week! We got to see the babies a lot which is awesome and we feel so spoiled. When we have (get blessed with) another baby and its just a singleton, we are going to be so bummed with how little pictures we get! The boys are definitely still boys and our little girl is still a girl! They are getting pretty cramped in here so the ultrasounds are getting pretty hilarious. We all have to take a second to figure out whose arm is whose. My cervix was measured again and it still has not shortened which is awesome! They also measured my fundal height and im measuring right around 35 weeks. And im certainly feeling like it! Also, i have gained about 32 pounds. They recommend for triplet pregnancies to gain 1.5 pounds a week so im pretty close to following that.
This week the babies have been moving A LOT! Every time I lay down they start kicking and wrestling. Before they would move around a lot but now that there is less room we pretty much know where each baby is. And it is so funny because the boys are on my right side and they will wrestle each other. after a few minutes our little girl starts pushing on my ribs and right side like she's trying to get out! Also, Patrick has started to be able to keel them when he touches my belly! He cant really feel full on kicks but he can definitely feel movement. I can't imagine what it's going to be like in a few weeks.
In other news, we are leaving tomorrow morning for Hawaii!! I can't wait!!
Friday, April 5, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
How We Came To Be: Love and Marriage link up
A few of the bloggers I follow have started a blog series called Love and Marriage that will run the month of April. I thought I would join in and write our story!
In High School I was a very sporty girl and did not really pay much attention to boys. It wasn't that I didn't want a boyfriend, I just focused on other things. Needless to say, I was a tomboy. I had a lot of guy friends but none of them thought of me as girlfriend material. Patrick and I had tried a few dates towards the end of senior year, but nothing really worked and we didn't want to mess anything up. That was until college started. Patrick was one of my best friends from home and we kept in contact the most once moving away. I went off to UC Santa Barbara to play soccer and he went to UC Berkeley for Football. After that first semester (quarter for me), coming home was what changed everything. Once we were able to see each other again I think we both realized what we really felt. After about a week of spending every waking hour together it seemed, Patrick asked if we wanted to get ice cream. (Is it bad that I remember this day like it was yesterday and cant seem to remember what I was thinking 5 minutes ago?!) We had done things like this before but when we started to walk over, he grabbed my hand. He says he was so scared to ruin our friendship but after he did that I knew we felt the same way and started to give him hints. On our way back we kissed. It was amazing and I can say right there that I knew I was going to marry him.
After a couple weeks of awesome we had to part ways again. It was really hard, and since we both were on teams it was even harder to plan trips to see each other. Skype was our best friend. Once summer rolled around it was like we hadn't left. During the next few years we broke up a few times but never lasted for more that a month because we missed each other too much. We both graduated in 2008 and moved back to San Francisco. Once home we I started my own business (a bakery and cafe) and he went off to law school. After 3 more years of dating and after graduating law school he proposed. It was amazing and I was so happy. We were engaged for about 8 months and got married on July 21st 2012.
So there you have it! We have been together for almost 9 years and married for almost 7 months! I can honestly say we are soul mates and I don't know what I would do without him. I can't wait to see what life holds for us and to spend the rest of it with him.
In High School I was a very sporty girl and did not really pay much attention to boys. It wasn't that I didn't want a boyfriend, I just focused on other things. Needless to say, I was a tomboy. I had a lot of guy friends but none of them thought of me as girlfriend material. Patrick and I had tried a few dates towards the end of senior year, but nothing really worked and we didn't want to mess anything up. That was until college started. Patrick was one of my best friends from home and we kept in contact the most once moving away. I went off to UC Santa Barbara to play soccer and he went to UC Berkeley for Football. After that first semester (quarter for me), coming home was what changed everything. Once we were able to see each other again I think we both realized what we really felt. After about a week of spending every waking hour together it seemed, Patrick asked if we wanted to get ice cream. (Is it bad that I remember this day like it was yesterday and cant seem to remember what I was thinking 5 minutes ago?!) We had done things like this before but when we started to walk over, he grabbed my hand. He says he was so scared to ruin our friendship but after he did that I knew we felt the same way and started to give him hints. On our way back we kissed. It was amazing and I can say right there that I knew I was going to marry him.
After a couple weeks of awesome we had to part ways again. It was really hard, and since we both were on teams it was even harder to plan trips to see each other. Skype was our best friend. Once summer rolled around it was like we hadn't left. During the next few years we broke up a few times but never lasted for more that a month because we missed each other too much. We both graduated in 2008 and moved back to San Francisco. Once home we I started my own business (a bakery and cafe) and he went off to law school. After 3 more years of dating and after graduating law school he proposed. It was amazing and I was so happy. We were engaged for about 8 months and got married on July 21st 2012.
So there you have it! We have been together for almost 9 years and married for almost 7 months! I can honestly say we are soul mates and I don't know what I would do without him. I can't wait to see what life holds for us and to spend the rest of it with him.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Triplets Nursery
This has been a big dilemma for us (mainly me). When we moved into our house last year we didn't take the master because we did not need that big of a room and we wanted it to be a kids room or playroom. Our house is 4 bedrooms 3.5 bathrooms with 3 upstairs and 1 down (the guest room). We took one of the rooms in the back of the house because it would be quieter too and its still plenty big! So the triplets will have the front room and we are very happy we have that option because its big enough for the three of them. They have a big walk-in closet and a huge attached bathroom. They also have big windows in the front. The room is about 20x18. Here is an outline from when i was playing around with furniture placement. (the door on the same wall as the closet is to the bathroom).
So you can see its huge! And as for furniture we went with Munire. It is a great company and the cribs are really well made and sturdy. They also convert all the way up to twin beds. Here is the set we got. (Thanks grandparents for helping make that possible!) Obviously 3 cribs and 1 of the others. We also have a changing table and we bought a glider and ottoman last week.
So the dilemma comes with the theme. The three will be in the same room for at least a few years so we wanted to do a theme that works for all three. But, I didn't want to just do something gender neutral. I wanted to have boy-specific and girl-specific elements tied into the same theme. Thats where it became hard. There are not many matching bedding sets for each gender. So now we are going to design our own bedding but the overall theme is still not decided completely.
Last week I was looking at options and something dawned on me: Water, Ocean. Patrick and I both scuba dive and love the water and I have found some very cute things! So for now here is what im thinking. We are getting the room painted when we are on our trip a turquoise color. (Thanks brother!) I love it! From there I have been looking a lot at Etsy and found some awesome under the sea things. We have decided to put whales above each of their cribs with their names. 2 blue for the boys and 1 pink for our girl. We are going to paint a underwater looking mural on the ceiling as well. From there we aren't sure and I have no idea on the bedding yet but I will keep you all posted! Let me know if you have any ideas!
So the dilemma comes with the theme. The three will be in the same room for at least a few years so we wanted to do a theme that works for all three. But, I didn't want to just do something gender neutral. I wanted to have boy-specific and girl-specific elements tied into the same theme. Thats where it became hard. There are not many matching bedding sets for each gender. So now we are going to design our own bedding but the overall theme is still not decided completely.
Last week I was looking at options and something dawned on me: Water, Ocean. Patrick and I both scuba dive and love the water and I have found some very cute things! So for now here is what im thinking. We are getting the room painted when we are on our trip a turquoise color. (Thanks brother!) I love it! From there I have been looking a lot at Etsy and found some awesome under the sea things. We have decided to put whales above each of their cribs with their names. 2 blue for the boys and 1 pink for our girl. We are going to paint a underwater looking mural on the ceiling as well. From there we aren't sure and I have no idea on the bedding yet but I will keep you all posted! Let me know if you have any ideas!
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Pregnancy Update: 22 Weeks
How far along: 22 weeks 2 days
Size of babies: papayas!
Total weight gain/loss: 30 pounds but have another appointment. tomorrow!
Gender: Yes we know! 2 boys and a girl!
Maternity clothes: Yes im pretty much in all maternity clothes if im not wearing sweats or yoga pants and t-shirts.
Stretch marks: Not yet!
Belly Button: Still an innie! It is starting to come to the surface a bit but I think it will be a few more weeks before it sticks out.
Sleep: It is still pretty good. Before being pregnant I would sleep like a rock and nothing would wake me. But now I wake up a few times needing to shift positions or what not but that is the norms for most non pregnant people so i can’t complain.
Symptoms: I am just starting to slow down a bit but nothing too much yet.
What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach! And being able to work out everyday at a pretty high level. Also being able to cook and bake, I am stopping work this week and i will miss it.
Cravings: Fresh fruit as always and chips! Im on a salty fix.
Aversions: Nothing! Thankfully that stopped after the first 2-3 months.
Best Moment: More shopping for the babies and catching up with old friends! They are very excited about the babies! Also Easter was amazing.
What im looking forward to: Our trip to Hawaii! Patrick surprised me with a baby moon trip and got it all approved and we leave this weekend! Its at a resort with a specific baby moon package and I cant wait to get some relaxing in!
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