10 weeks today!

This is the photo surprise I made for my Husband's parents last week. We presented it on Sunday! Boy were they surprised! Not the kind of reaction I had expected since they sort of freaked out at first about 3 babies coming but after a few hours, they warmed up to the idea and were finally happy to have 3 more Grandbabies on the way the end of this year. I tried to post a pic of each ultrasound picture here but the frame will do...it has all pictures from my Week 9 ultrasound from last Tuesday!

So last Tuesday we had our 2nd ultrasound. My husband and I were both very nervous for totally different reasons of course. My husband was nervous that the nurse would find a 4th baby (LOL!) and i was nervous that 3 would have turned to 2 or 1 or none.

I have been eating a lot lately...I am starving every few hours so when I got weighted in last Tuesday I was shocked that I was 2 lbs less then my last appt 2 weeks ago. Blood pressure was excellent too!

I had a different NP for this appt who did my second IUI so she was happy to see me again but pregnant! She did the ultrasound and immediately saw all three babies! All three have strong heartbeats, little heads and cute butts. It was AMAZING to see their heads and butts on the monitor! My husband was in awe of such a sight and how much they have changed since we first saw them 2 weeks ago. I think it's cute that all three have different due dates...all 2 days apart!

The NP did discuss that I more then likely will be told to go on bedrest at 20 weeks =( I am so not prepared for that!!! What the heck am I going to do with myself for 3 months on the couch. Ugh! My work knows and is prepared for my leaving. I really wanted to have all that time to walk around and show off my belly to the world but instead it will be parked in front of the TV LOL! Oh well....luckily it's not forever!

The NP said that everything looked great and that I was graduating from the RE clinic. A little bitter sweet but looking forward to moving on. She recommended a high risk doctor for me and sending them a message to call me. I am also still very anemic (I have been all my life) and for me to double my dose of iron pills. When I was leaving two of the nurses ran out to say Goodbye to me and were so thrilled that all three babies were doing well. Yeahhhh!

My jeans have become a little too tight and I cannot button them now so I bought a belly band thing for now until I am ready for maternity pants and shirts. My stomach has grown a lot I think since the last picture I took last week. It just keeps growing and growing! I'll have my husband do a 10 week picture this week.

I am making frames for my parents this week. I bought a bunch of scrapbook material and some stickers and fun things to put the ultrasound pictures in. We told my husband's parents/family on Sunday, my Dad this coming Saturday and my Mom's family on Easter Sunday. They are going to be SHOCKED! I saw my Mom and brother last weekend and they have no clue...I hate lying to them but it will make the surprise that much better ;)

No other things really to report! I have a Nutrition class this coming Thursday at my hospital that will be exciting to go to. On May 2nd, I have my first appt with my new high risk Ob/Gyn that I am really excited about. I can't wait to meet the doctor who will be taking care of me and my little ones for the next 6 months or so. Then on the 3rd I have an NT scan where they do a very long ultrasound to see if they can detect any kind of birth defects like Down's Syndrome. Totally not looking forward to this appt...I hope that everything comes out okay! I worry about that! I have been trying to drink more water since I am reading that the more water I drink the better it is for me and the babies. Trying to drink 128 oz of water a day...which is HARD! I have been doing what I can and I pee all the time now. It's not comfortable.

My boss had been discussing with me my mandatory bed rest that will be coming up probably around July. Our regional manager is bugging my boss about getting an exact date. LOL! I can't do that....not even my doctor really knows when it will exactly happen. Luckily by law, I don't have to give an exact date and I won't. When my doctor says I am ready to be off work, then that is when it will happen. I am not going to feed into his demands and stress myself out....it's not worth it!

Hoping to get a picture of my big growing belly this week to post! For now...all is well in the land of Triplets!