9 Weeks Already?

I've always wanted to journal this crazy journey of ours ~ and have done so a little bit along the way but only in the privacy of my own diary. After three years of one heck of a rocky road, we finally have some news that I might feel like we can call "real". I guess it's time to do some real journaling to commemorate the occasion. Afterall, we couldn't be more excited and feel any luckier, having just heard THREE strong heartbeats of our little angels a few days ago. Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes - it was the most wonderful sound I have ever heard and one that I will never ever forget.

At this writing, I am 9 weeks and 2 days pregnant - with three little beans. There are two identical twins and one singleton - I guess that means that they are both identical and fraternal then ~ what a concept! So far, I feel awesome! Very limited morning sickness and generally not too much more tired than normal. I'm an early to bed kinda girl anyway so not much has changed. Chuck would contend that my snoring has become worse over the last few weeks - but I beg to differ on that point. Nonetheless, sleep is a precious commodity and I look most forward to going to bed each night.

It was sad to leave my old home at Shady Grove Fertility. The day they discharged me (last Monday at 8 weeks) to an OB, I was really caught off guard. I was not prepared to leave my comfort zone. These guys were like family to me! The doctors and nurses are like old friends. They took such good care of me for 16 months. Lord knows we spent plenty of time and money there - yet I owe them so much. I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out what to do for them - thank you notes and cookies at the very least. I'll go back to visit next week ~ I have to drop my sharps container full of old needles off anyway. That's a good excuse to drop in.

We saw Dr. P on Monday - he's perinatologist #1. He looked at the babies and gave his assessment on their positioning, size and overall health at this point. Although early yet, he believes that they all are looking good and situated fairly well in their little sacs. Their heartbeats were all in the 180 range, and they are all within one day of each other growth wise. We discussed the elevated risk of the identical ~ due to their sharing of the chorionic sac, they will be watched extra closely. But in an identical twin scenario, they are looking like most others do.

I'll be seeing a new OB on Tuesday, next week; Dr. H. My OB bailed on my insurance so we're being forced to switch. As Mom quickly said, it must be a blessing in disguise; not many docs are equipped or experienced with trips, so we feel like we will be in great hands. I have a zillion questions and really am looking forward to meeting with him to get some answers on things. I've tried reading a bit but the books I have scare the hell out of me so I stopped reading for now. Understanding that we will be very high risk (due to age and triplets), I would rather go on the advice of my doctors than read too much. You just never know how accurate things you read are.

I went to my acupuncturist tonight - she's so amazing. It was so relaxing and such a good way to get all of the cobwebs out ~ I've been seeing her at least weekly since early January and it's time to back off to once a month. She usually only likes to see her pg patients once a month or so. I will definitely go into withdraw ~ but it will certainly be easier on the wallet! Amazingly enough, she claims that she can get a good idea of the sex of the baby by my pulse. When I asked her tonight, at first she didn't think she would get a good read since there are three. But she definitely had a strong sense of the sex - I'll hold off on what she said for now....

I'm getting spoiled by my weekly sonograms ~ there's nothing like seeing those little miracles moving around in there. I can barely wait until Tuesday to catch another look! I don't know what I'll do when they become fewer and further between. Once I get a little further along, I assume that they will be checking every couple weeks though. We hope!