Finally the day of our ultrasound. Remember from an earlier post, we'd had an ultrasound in early June when I was only about 4 weeks along and the tech said I was pregnant and it sure looked like 2 babies to me. She wouldn't confirm that and said we'd come back in 4 weeks....the long 4 weeks was up!
We got right in and headed to the ultrasound room. As she was doing the ultrasound she got a little quiet...she asked me a few questions which made me a little nervous. She first asked if this was my first ultrasound. My answer: no, I was here 4weeks ago and you did the ultrasound.
She then asked in a strange, calm voice: What did I tell you at that last ultrasound? So I'm thinking.....great, I'm not pregnant and there is nothing there. It seemed to me that she wasn't seeing anything. My response was : You told me I was pregnant and I think there were 2 babies but you wouldn't confirm it. At this point my heart was racing. It was taking her forever to freeze the screen so I could see the baby.
I will never in my whole life forget the next 5 minutes of that appointment. I can still hear her voice.....She looked at me and smiled and said "Congratulations, you're having TRIPLETS."
Then she froze the screen and we saw this!!!
I cried.....sobbed actually. That doesn't make me a bad mother, just a scared one! I was happy, nervous and scared all at once. Ryan was his typical calm self. I can still hear him saying.... IT'S FINE! EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE!! DON'T WORRY EM! IT'S FINE!!
She finished the ultrasound and said everything looked great. We sat waiting for the doctor and I'm pretty sure we didn't say much for a few minutes. We were in shock...and so was Dr. Eastman. He couldn't believe it. He was very calm and up-front with me. He told me that a triplet pregnancy is nothing like a twin pregnancy...I would probably be on bedrest..and would probably deliver at or around 35 weeks. He also told us to expect the babies to be in the NICU for a month. Very upfront but I was ok with that. We were to go back in 4 weeks to see him again.
I'm pretty sure we were a little quiet walking to the car....We were anxious to call our parents but nervous too. I called my parents and siblings first. They were all in Minneapolis vising Jake. They couldn't believe it. Mom cried. She is a worrier like me. Later that night, she even got sick. She was so worried she made herself sick! Ryan's family was excited too. They didn't even know we were pregnant. I had told my family on the 4th of July so they were anxiously awaiting the call.
Such a fun day...a day I'll always remember. Our lives were about to change forever!
Isn't it funny how they are all sly about what they see on the US screen? Waiting 4 weeks was enough suspense... geez!
ReplyDeleteAlthough its all a little hazy as my mind was racing in 1000 directions..I'll never forget my US either. The tech's .1st words were "How many follicles did you have again?" And I said "Please God don't let there be 5!" "Not 5... JUST 3!"
But we are both so amazingly blessed!!