28 weeks! Only six more to go!!!!!!

28 weeks was actually Saturday, but I am just getting to updating my blog. I haven't felt very good in the past few days both physically and emotionally. I usually wake up feeling good, but Saturday I woke up with cramping and had contractions right away. I took a shower in the morning and packed my bag just in case. I am very uncomfortable, have a hard time breathing, and my ribs ache from my stomach pulling on them. It is just going to get harder and harder over the next six weeks. I haven't gotten much sleep and yesterday I had a headache all day and was nauseous. By the end of the night Troy was looking up symptoms for preeclampsia. I talked to a nurse and I had to monitor again. I didn't have blurred vision, so that was good and means I probably don't have preeclampsia. Whew! It must have been exhaustion.
Today is a new day!! I slept better last night and actually feel really, really good today. It is amazing what a few nights of no sleep can do to your body, but it is also amazing what a decent night sleep can do for you body and mood. It certainly gets hard lying on the couch all day, but it is also really tough being alone all day. It makes the day go by so slow. Please send me an email or pictures of what you are doing. It doesn't bother me at all, in fact, it makes me feel better and more connected. I need to hear about other things beside the Swine Flu or what is on The View, Ellen or Oprah.

On a really good note...
We went to the doctor last Thursday. The babies are doing great and really growing beautifully! I feel so blessed that all three are growing equally, are healthy, and I haven't had any complications.
Their weights are: A (Reagan) 2.8lbs, B (Paige) 2.10lbs, and C (Kara) 2.7lbs

I still have to keep them cooking because right now they would have between a 90-95% survival rate which is wonderful, but I want a solid 100%.

Dr. Kirshon was really pleased and said he was amazed at how well the girls are growing and especially that they are so close in size. Usually one triplet is much smaller and can even stop growing. If all continues to go well I will potentially have a c-section at Woman's Hospital on Friday, June 12th. I will know more at each appointment. He is hoping for around 4lbs each. That would be wonderful!! I go back next Wednesday and we'll see how they have grown.

I am starting to worry about Brooke and our adjustment of adding three additional babies to our house. I am very excited about the babies and I know that Brooke will be a big help and will be just fine, but it is just going to be such a big change. She has been the center of our world and my baby for 41/2 years. Our family unit is getting ready for a huge change. I know some of my friends who cried when they were having their second babies. Not because they were unhappy, but because everything they they knew was about to change. I am starting to feel that way, but I am not adding one more baby to Brooke's world, but three! I know in my heart it will fine, but my heart aches for her. At the doctor on Thursday I had to get a glucose test. Troy, Brooke and I were in the lab and while the lady was taking my blood she said, "She sure is going to be neglected." Right in front of Brooke! What??? Troy was upset and said, "No she will not." I was just stunned. People say the most inappropriate things. I know that they don't mean to hurt your feelings and lots of times don't know what to say when they learn you are having triplets, but many things are hurtful. We don't need to hear again that it could be worse, it could be eight or how are you going to do it, I couldn't or too bad you won't have one boy. We feel like God chose us to have these babies and it is an honor to carry them, no matter how hard it is. I know that He will provide for us and already has put so many people in our life to help out through this journey. I already have lots of angels who bring us dinner and care for Brooke. I know we will have more once these little girls are born. I wouldn't have been able to make it through the past five months on this couch if it wasn't for prayer and trusting in God's plan for our lives.

It is going to be crazy around here when they are born, but it will be wonderful too. I am looking forward to it!

I will add some pictures on the next update. The ultrasound pictures didn't look great this time. They look so adorable on the screen, but if they are moving when the picture is taken then their nose looks really wide or they look alienish. I will also put a picture of my belly. It is getting HUGE! I can't bend over at all. If I attempt to, I look like a giraffe trying to get a drink at their watering hole if you have ever seen it. They spread their legs very wide and then bend over. My XL maternity yoga shorts are leaving a ring around my belly! I figured out why the skin around my belly and below hurts so bad... stretch marks!!! I got a mirror to see under my belly and there they were! Whew! It burns so bad. Brooke likes to rub stretch cream or oil all over my belly (and then we do hers).
Have a great Cinco de Mayo!