So the report from the doc on this last Friday was that each of the babies weighs about 17 ounces, which still puts them about 5 days ahead of average. They checked my cervix and it remained at 3.5 cm, which was the measurement two weeks ago as well! So this bedrest thing is working! Previously I was loosing about 1 cm every two weeks and now I only lost 0.5 cm in one month! Much better results!
We were able to meet with our neonatologist on Friday as well! He seemed to be a really neat guy! Seems that the consensus between him and the OB that 30 weeks is our minimum goal! I will hit 30 on July 31st, so that is our next big target! Every day that we can keep them in my belly is worth days of care in the NICU, so we are going to do our best to keep them in there!
So here are some more belly pictures! I think this first one is a repeat, but it is interesting to see how it grows and changes shape! The other night I had a big lump right next to my belly button. I am not sure what body part it was or heck, even what baby it was. I thought I had it all figured out until our last ultrasound when they were all twisted around in there. It is pretty crazy as they kick and move around in there!
May 17, 2011 ~ 19 weeks and 2 days ~ 44 inches
May 22, 2011 ~ 20 weeks ~ 44.5 inches
June 5, 2011 ~ 22 weeks ~ 46 inches
It actually measured 46 when I hit 21 weeks, so yes, 1.5 inches in one week!
I have been emailing with another mother of triplets and it is amazing how with a single pregnancy you count the weeks where with a multiple pregnancy you realize how much each day counts!
I had to include this too! At the baby shower a friend of mine has been razzing me about what it is like to carry one baby at a time so we took a picture of these bellies! L.F. is pregnant with one little girl and is 23 weeks and obviously me pregnant with three little girls at 22 weeks. That is quite a difference! Apparently she just hasn't gotten the memo that it is much more efficient to have 3 at a time instead of just 1! (I have to find a way to tease her back) Besides that, I will be done carrying mine 1-2 months sooner than she will too.
Thank you to everyone who came to the baby shower! It was so fun to see everyone (especially after being cooped up in your house for a month)! I wish I would have had more time to talk with everyone as it is so great to catch up! I will get some of the silly pictures up here in the next couple of days. We really appreciate everyone's support, prayers and generosity!
So an update on the flood...
First I have to say that what fabulous timing for such an ordeal. For those of you that don't live near Bismarck to hear all of the chaos, I'll give you a little update. It was announced about a week and a half ago that Bismarck was going to flood. We believe their should have been more warning of this, but for some reason there wasn't. The people in charge finally got real about how bad this was all going to look at the end of last week and thank goodness the predictions haven't gotten any worse since then. I believe our house is sitting at an elevation of 1637 ft and the predicted level of the water when it hits the high by early next week, will be an elevation of 1640 ft. The city has built a dike around where we live, and is in the process of adding in a secondary dike on the south side of us. Thank goodness for that!
Our prayers go out to J.M. & B.M. whose home is right on the bank of the river as well as E.D. who is evacuating her house as well!
Craig with the help of many family members and friends have been busy evacuating our house just in case it gets even worse than predicted or if the dikes cannot withstand the 150,000 cfs speed of the river. If my predictions are right, the water should be moving approximately 20 mph, which is really fast for water! I believe more of our belongings are being moved out this evening and Craig continues to box up as much as he possibly can from the cupboards and closets. What a mess, but thank you to all those who have helped box things, move things, and given us garage space to store our belongings!
Ms. Preggo (a.k.a. me) did spend a night in the hospital with some chest pain about a week and a half ago. I went in really hoping they wouldn't find anything and that it was all caused from the stress of all of this! We figured out that my iron and thyroid levels were low, so we made some adjustments with the supplements to make up the difference. The doc said it could also be that the babes could be going through a growth spurt, which I think was evident in the 1.5 inch growth in belly in one week. We are happy to say that the babes are good as well as mama, so that was the most important thing!
Thank you again to everyone who has been helping us so much over the past week(s) as we prepare for the flood and these wonderful babies!
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