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That Pregnancy Glow
And why you should capture it. Because you should. And now that I have all of my maternity pics back, I wanted to share why I think every mom to be should capture this time. First off I should note that if you don’t already know this, I am a photographer. Mostly as an adjunct side business, but I still hope someday, I can make it more full time. My specialty is portraits so I’m wholly in favor of capturing people in their element at any stage. But these landmarks, they are the best. So yes, I will be spending the money to have someone else document my trio with…
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MFM & OB Appt Update 5.20.21 – 28.5 Weeks
I’m backtracking here because it’s been a whirlwind and there just wasn’t time before. So to catch you up…We saw our OB and MFM on Thursday, May 20th. With back to back appointments, we hauled our laptops with us and worked in the hospital lobby between visits instead of going home in between. My OB appt was up first. They just did a quick sono to check heartbeats and we got a couple of pics because they knew the MFM would be doing a much more detailed scan that afternoon. My blood pressure was a little high that day and they found a trace amount of protein in my urine.…
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MFM & OB Update 5.6.21 & 5.7.21 – 26.5 Weeks
A little late in posting this but it’s been getting tougher now to get things done. I am more and more uncomfortable each day as I near the size of someone who is full term with one baby. And pregnancy brain is most definitely a real thing! Last week we saw the OB on Thursday and then the MFM on Friday so I’m combining these into one post as they were relatively short visits in the grand scheme of our appointment types. At the OB I had my glucose screening, so I got to drink a lovely bottle of something that tasted like extra sweet, slightly flat orange Fanta. It…
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MFM Appointment 4.15.21 – 23.5 Weeks
I’m a bit late in posting this but we had our fourth visit with the MFM (Maternal Fetal Medicine) doctor last Thursday. It was a fairly long visit – they did full measurements for each baby and then a fetal echo on each baby as well. For the measurements, they measure certain body parts – the head, the belly, the femur, and I think a couple other smaller parts of the brain. They combine all the measurements together to determine each baby’s weight and overall size. Last week all three babies weighed the same, 1lb 3 oz. They fell into the 15th, 16th and 17th percentile for overall growth. It…
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Middle-Aged & Pregnant
On Sunday, the three little fetuses inside me turned 23 weeks and on Monday, I turned 47. I can tell you with complete certainty that I never expected to be pregnant for the first time at this age. Not in my 20’s when I thought that surely I would be married by 30. Not in my thirties, when my mom said to me casually that she no longer minded if there was a significant other present. To be clear, there was never any pressure – my parents always told me to do what made me happy, not them. And while I knew I wanted to be a mom, the idea…
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OB Appt Update 4.7.21 – 22.5 Weeks
Today we visited the OB for another relatively quick visit. But it was the best sonogram yet, because Andres was able to capture video of a precious moment when Baby A (Liam) yawned! I’ve included it below. Otherwise it was a pretty uneventful scan – the babies all had heartbeats in the 140’s and they all looked bigger. They didn’t do any measurements on the babies since we go back to the MFM next Thursday for a lengthy and detailed scan. They did measure my cervix again and it was 5 cm so that was great news, it’s even a bit longer than last week. Baby A (Liam) was head…
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MFM Appt Update 3.30.21 – 21.5 Weeks
Yesterday we went in for our third visit with the Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist. This was a slightly shorter visit than the last two as they didn’t do quite as many measurements this time around. They checked everyone’s heartbeats and they all measured somewhere in the 140’s to 150’s, which is great. They each got a good once over to check their amniotic fluid, body position (all head down yesterday) and just a few other overall wellness checks. Everyone was super wiggly yesterday so it was a little harder for them to grab photos, especially of Baby Boy C. He was also hiding his face a lot. It’s always incredibly…
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MFM Appt Update from 3.17.21
I’m going to start sharing quick updates from our doctor’s appointments for anyone following along, or wanting to know a bit more about what’s different in a triplet pregnancy. The two big things are that we see doctors a lot more often, including regular appointments with a maternal fetal medicine specialist (high risk doctor) and we have a lot more sonograms than any normal pregnancy. My friend who is 34 weeks right now just told me today that she will have a total of 3 sonograms for her whole pregnancy. We have a sonogram at every single appointment we go to and we are at an appointment somewhere no less…
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Bump Friendly Fitness
Being pregnant with triplets didn’t seem like that much of a challenge until the last week or so. Suddenly as I finish 19 weeks, I am really starting to feel the aches, pains and heaviness of my growing belly. Early on, many people asked me if I would be able to keep up a regular fitness routine, if I would be on bed rest for a large portion of my pregnancy, even if it was safe to carry three babies at almost 47. My answers, with a couple caveats, are easy: yes, no (at least I hope not, and not so far), and yes, absolutely. Let me start by saying…