Back Home Again

Well, last night was hospital visit number two. Good thing we like Edward's Hospital! Thankfully, we were only there for two hours and then sent home.
I had experienced a sudden onset of vision problems. Nothing major, just a "floater" of sorts. Unfortunately, that is a warning sign of preeclampsia, a dangerous complication for me and the babies. I called and spoke to the on call nurse and we decided that if that was the only warning sign, that I could wait until morning and be seen in the office. Well, a few hours later and a headache (the pressurey, behind your eyes and forehead kind) started. A call back to the nurse and it is confirmed, I am to head to the hospital for them to evaluate me. When Jason got home from class to take me, he took my blood pressure - 152/90. Not good, especially with the symptoms I was having.
On the way to the hospital, Jason and I prayed that God would reveal to us how much bigger he is than the doctors and nurses and that we would trust in Him for his protection and nurturing of our three precious children. Each day, I am reminded anew of what a gift he has given to us. As I remember all that we went through to get pregnant, to be here, God gave this to us. He chose us to parent these three, to fall in love with them, even now while they are still in the womb. There is no question in my mind how I became pregnant with triplets. It still blows me away, but I have no question of who to thank for this blessing. Well, last night was no different. Once we got to the hospital, they took my blood pressure - 119/68. Really, 119/68. That is lower than my blood pressure has been for the bulk of my pregnancy. For someone who usually has "white coat" syndrome of high blood pressure at doctor appointments, this is amazing. God is amazing.
And we did enjoy the perk of having to monitor the babies heartbeats as well! During my pregnancy, I have loved the galloping horse sounds of my three babies heartbeats. There is no sweeter sound - especially when I am so worried for them. Our nurse was amazed at how active they were - almost needing to bring in an ultrasound machine to check on them. But after a few minutes of listening to them move around and not being able to hear much more than the amnio fluids swishing around, they settled down enough for us to hear each of their hearts beating. The nurse also got to feel quite a bit of the movement, which just makes me so happy to know that they are getting bigger and stronger each day.
Oh, I guess you want to know the outcome of our visit. Time to add another doctor to the schedule. I need to see an eye specialist. Could be regular vision changes during pregnancy, but we need to rule out that there is anything wrong with my eye. Absolutely no complications to the pregnancy.
We will get through this pregnancy one day at a time. And today, we are one more day closer and praising our God for that.

More Bed Rest

Well, it has been 4 weeks since I was put on bed rest. Up until now, things were going really well. At our doctor appointment yesterday, we learned that my cervix is starting to shrink again. We are praying that I will be able to keep these babies in for at least 5 more weeks, but would prefer to make it 9 more. Well, even at 9 more weeks, I would be settling, since I wanted to make it to 37 weeks (14 weeks away). But the prognosis for the babies is greatly increased at 28 and then again at 32 weeks. So that is what we will pray for! In the meantime, I will continue laying around on the couch.
So, now for the exciting part of our last two weeks. I finally started to feel the babies moving last week! It was a long awaited treat, to say the least! It started out as just the slightest "touch" type feeling - on the inside, which was weird at first. Quite hard to describe too, but somehow as a mom, you just know it is your baby you feel. Then this week the movements became quite a bit stronger. Finally, on our way to the doctor on Tuesday, I had Jason put his hand on my stomach, just to see if it was strong enough for him to feel anything - and he did! He was able to feel Haley moving around, stretching and kicking! Christina moves around quite a bit too, but because of how low she is, I think it will still be a little while before Jason can feel her. Joshua doesn't seem to be moving as much, unless he is like Christina, and it is just a positional factor - because I don't get to feel him very often, but boy when we have an ultrasound, does he move!

Bed Rest Projects

I have finished my first bed rest project! Now I need to send Jason to the store for supplies so I can work on the other two! I don't know the last time I finished a project in such a short amount of time. I've only been home for a week and a half! How fun!

Unfortunately, Jason doesn't have the luxury of working on nice, leisurely projects. He has been busy emptying out the nursery, putting on the first coat of paint (thanks for all of your help, Cindy!) - who knew it would take two coats, doing dishes, sweeping the floors, making all the meals, being my taxi driver for doctor appointments, working at the firehouse, going to school, and I am sure a million more things I am forgetting at the moment. No wonder he is running out of steam. I have an amazing husband, and am so thankful for the care that he gives me!