Final Preparations

So, now that we're in the final week, we're doing some final preparations. For example, this morning, we added 3 more car seats into Melissa's car. It's tight, but it works.
The picture doesn't really do it justice. Her car has a 3rd row back seat, where Chase and one of the infants will be. The 2nd row is a 70/30 split seat, so we folded the small seat forward in order to get access to the 3rd row. The other two infants will be in the second row on the "70" side. Anyway, it's kind of humorous to see.

Jan. 21, 2011 Appointment update

Everything is still going well. I left school to go to my doctor's appointment where all looked good. We got all the details for my pre-op paperwork/bloodwork on Wednesday and what to expect on Thursday morning. Dr. Strauss is on-call Sunday so I have given the boys instructions that they can arrival either Sunday or they have to wait until Thursday.

I am back at school finishing up my semester grades so that if something happens over the weekend, there will be nothing for my sub to deal with for the fall semester. I plan on working Monday and Tuesday as well unless something changes.

We have our last appointment on Tuesday at Rex for a BPP to check things out one last time before we go on Thursday. That's all from my end!

Melissa

34 Weeks and 4 days....but who's counting?

I went today for the Biophysical Profile (BPP) which basically just looks to see if all the boys are still growing the way they are supposed to at this point. They are running out of room, which again is no surprise to anyone, so we need to make sure that heart rates, blood flow, breathing practice and movement patterns still look good. All 3 boys passed the BPP test with a perfect score (8 out of 8)! None of us are surprised that our boys are overachievers and competitive by nature! Trip A was 130 bpm for his heart rate; Trip B was 122 bpm; Trip C was 148 bpm. There is no worry with the differences in the numbers. It is actually more common to be in the 120-130 range for triplets at this point but since Trip C is the 'big boy' of the group and has taken an entire half of my body for himself, he has more room to stretch and grow.

Dr. Strauss was actually pleased to hear me verbalize to him today that I am ready to be done. My biggest pain, literally, right now is the skin just above my ribs being so stretched out that it hurts like a bad sunburn all the time. It doesn't matter what touches or doesn't touch, it just plain hurts. He literally laughs when I tell him that I am still working (and yes, I plan to finish out this week and possibly work Monday and Tuesday of next) and is convinced that people are going to think that he is 'forcing' me to work and won't 'let' me go on bed rest. I go back to UNC on Friday morning for another quick check up, then back to Rex for another BPP on Tuesday of next week, UNC for pre-op bloodwork on Wednesday of next week and then C-Section on Thursday! 9 days! 9 days! 9 days! I am down to single digits...I can't believe how close I am. Of course, things can still change before then but we are so close now.

Again, unless things change, I won't post anything new until after my appointment on Friday.