09.06

The day our lives changed forever. Maybe the date should have given me a clue – multiples of THREE?

Yes people its triplets.

Never in a hundred years did I think I would have MY name attached to the word TRIPLETS. Shocking doesnt even describe the emotion when you get told how many babies you are having.

We got to the clinic bright and early and I was almost hyperventilating from anxiety. So the sister suggested that she scan me quickly just to put my mind at rest whilst I waited for the doctor. She inserted the wand and on the screen we saw what I can only describe as follies on an ovary. Four in total. So she says its definitely twins, maybe triplets and even a possibility of quads. We at least saw 2 heartbeats so we managed to breathe again until the doctor arrived about an hour later. When he scanned me he confirmed that we have 3 good heartbeats (over 150bpm) and we even had a fourth that stopped growing. ALL FOUR IMPLANTED. Can you even handle this? After 6 IVF’s, one of those we put back FIVE and the other two were from donor eggs and we got ZIP. It boggles my mind, totally and utterly boggled.

My doc has already confirmed that I will need a high risk gynae and a cervical stitch inserted. At least I have a good medical aid and also good sick leave benefits at work. I think Im gonna need it.

The problem is that my symptoms are so flippn wishy washy that I was certain we would have maybe 1, maybe none. Nausea is on and off and when I told the sisters that Im not REALLY that nauseous they were rather surprised and said I should count my lucky stars. My bo.obs have been sore but nothing outrageous, a bit of heart burn and hunger thats about it. I thought that these things got worse with multiples?

My next scan is on the 28th June, Ill be 10 weeks then.

PS pics posted in tab above.

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