8 weeks 6 days, or 8 weeks 2 days....depending on the tech I talk to

For those of you just tuning in to this program, it's official, and evidently a hard secret to keep.  We are expecting TRIPLETS!!!  I knew the word was definitely out when I got the sweetest hugs from church members whom none of us had told, and a text message from my awesome cousin Jana.  We don't get to talk much so I knew the gig was up :)  I'm hoping to keep everyone up to date here on this blog.  At this point it's no longer even a poorly kept secret so feel free to share with anyone we know...and love :)

As I lay in my bed this morning, waiting for my husband to vacate the shower, I couldn't help but think, "why the heck is he so chipper?  It's too blasted early in the morning to be singing that way!" (I'm At a Pay Phone by Maroon 5, for those inquiring minds)

When he was *finally* done with the shower I snarled some sort of "why you so peppy" comment at him, to which he responded, "It's visitation day with the babies!"  . . . say it with me: AWWWWWWWWWWWW :) After that my typical cranky early morning mood flew right out the window.  What a great dad already!  

Being pregnant with triplets is terrifying but it also has some serious perks, like weekly ultrasounds and heartbeat checks.  I'm so grateful for every extra opportunities we have to check on the. . . nuggets, gummy bears, chachitas, squishies, peanuts, shrimp, three musketeers, three amigos, triplicate? 

Baby A, Heart Beat 173...Gummy Bear

Baby B, Heart Beat 166...Squishy

Baby C, Heart Beat 166...Shrimp

The Gangs All Here...sort of, they are getting too big for one pic together!

So results from today, EVERYTHING IS ALL GOOD!!!  We even got a wave from Baby A!

Despite a little brown spotting yesterday there seems to be no issues.  The babies should be shifting any day now from yolk sac for nourishment to 100% placenta support.  The triplets are fraternal with individual gestational sacs.  This is the preferred, and safest, way to carry triplets so we are very blessed.  

Doc told us last week that we were at 7wk3days, which would have made today 8wk2days.  The tech told us today that we are at 8wk6days, so somewhere in oblivion is a floaty four day period.  Meh, either way these kiddos are coming early.  Our original due date was March 18th.  The DR said that if we hit 30 weeks (Jan7th) she would be happy.  Ideally we want to carry to at least 36 weeks (Feb18th) so that the babies have little to no time in the NICU, but that is a very slim possibility.  So there you have it, somewhere in the frigid, snowblasted, icy tundra that is Chicago Jan-Feb 2014 we will have three new bundles of crazy life!