Triplet Stalkers

Hey everyone.
Due to 'popular demand' I will set up a thread for general updates on the triplets during the pregnancy.
I was just wondering where should I put this?

Alright here we go. This is what has happened so far:


16th December – First Nana Nap
I started to get really tired over the last couple of days and today I just had to have a nap! I’d had a couple of symptoms such as this, implantation bleeding and a few minor cramps which are all pregnancy signs, but since it was our first month trying, I thought it was all in my head!

17th December – BFP
I shouldn’t have tested this early, but I convinced Ricky that if I did the test and it was negative, then I’d stop having this silly feeling that I was ‘up the duff’. Well Ricky waited outside the toilet while I went and did the pee on a stick thing, and I could see the lightest faintest line ever that I wasn’t sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me. I muttered ‘oh sh*t’ under my breath, when Ricky asked what I said ‘oh nothing...’ About a minute later, there was no doubt that it was a line. Ricky was not prepared for that at all! However I was over the moon and was on the phone to Mum in no time!

22nd December – How Embarrassing!
I think it was this date that I went to the mall and decided to have a glass of juice at the foodcourt. I ended up falling asleep and some lovely lady woke me up! First time I’ve fallen asleep in public (well apart from when I was very little I suppose). How embarrassing!

23rd December – Morning Sickness Starts
I started to get mild morning sickness today. It wouldn’t be until later on that I realised just mild it was!

2nd January – Projectile Vomit!
I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day! I had been feeling quite nauseous and vomited a little in the previous 48 hours. Ricky, my brother Al, and I were sitting out on the deck at the table in sun and I was trying to get some fresh air. I was trying to nibble on some marmite toast. Al was sitting across from me, and about 30 seconds after he stood up – I did an amazing projectile vomit all over where he had been sitting! Oh if only it was 30 seconds earlier, and I could have had my revenge for all the years of being the picked on little sister!

4th February – Midwife
I had my first midwives appointment today. It was mostly just taking medical history so there was nothing that interesting to report. She did feel my abdomen and said she couldn’t feel anything. I’m now wondering if maybe she just didn’t feel it right? As I had been feeling it for a while! She would know more than me though.

15th February – Uh oh... what do you mean there is three in there!?
We had our first ultrasound today. We were both so excited to see the babies! I was slightly worried something was wrong as I had been having quite bad cramps, but I also was still having bad morning sickness so I was hoping that meant things were ok. When the radiologist brought the pictures up on the screen, I did see that there was two ‘sacks’ and 3 blobby round things. Twins crossed my mind, thinking one baby was showing us topview (the one blob was it’s head) and one was side on (so the two blobs were head and tummy). But I also knew that I didn’t know what I was looking at and it could have been bladder or any other crazy thing.
She confirmed that this was our first ultrasound, and then asked if we were ready. My mind was racing ‘oh my, it’s twins isn’t it!’ However she then said “it’s triplets!” We were in absolute shock! She talked to us calmly for a couple of minutes while our minds tried to take in what was said, and then she zoomed in so we could see the babies individually (and they no longer looked like little blobs!).
It was absolutely amazing to see the little ones, wriggling around and waving. Hearing their heartbeats was surreal! I don’t think I enjoyed it as much as I would have liked as I was so shocked, but have since found out we will get extra scans due to there being three of them, so can’t wait until the next scan!
Afterwards I rung Mum from the car and asked if she was sitting down. She replied ‘oh no, it’s triplets isn’t it!’ as a joke. When I said yes she didn’t believe me. It wasn’t until she spoke to Ricky that she started to realise we were telling the truth!
We then went around to see Ricky’s parents. His Dad was home, but we had to wait 2 hours before his Mum came back! It was so hard to keep quiet for that long! We showed them a picture of one of the babies, and then showed them one of the three blobs (see Gallery for images). After squinting and looking sideways for a second, Ricky’s Dad said ‘is it twins?’ and Ricky said ‘plus one’. His Dad just shook his head, and his Mum couldn’t stop grinning for the next hour!
By the time I got home and rung Mum again, I found out she had already rung a few of the aunties and her friends to tell them. I have heard that in the days following she told not only everyone she knew, but also strangers who walked into the shop (she owns a cardmaking / scrapbooking shop in Tauranga). Poor customers!

Oh how exciting. Don't be scared but I have been stalking you all over the place.

I'm am so excited for both you and Ricky

Congratulations! Man! best wishes for a happy and healthy pregnancy, your mum made me laugh.
Definately get on to the multiple birth club, I met a mum who had newborn triplets the other day and she had met all the other triplet mums in the area which is a great support.

Oh, so cool, thanks Zaylah, I will follow this thread with interest! All the best

Yay!! I was hoping a thread like this would pop up!!
I too am another stalker! (although not quite so silently!)
You had me in stitches laughing about the vomit, and in tears about telling your mum! Too cute!!

Haha triple stalking..love it!

And yeah, I was going to say that too (about a blog).. I bet you'd have followers worldwide!

You mean a blog instead of on here aye?
Which would you guys prefer, a thread or a blog? I don't really care which - hopefully won't take me too long to work out how to do a blog! I'm sure it won't.

I actually recon blog it... But could do both, just copy and paste

lol stalker here too. almost cried at the end about telling your mum and OHs parents lol. man wish i owned a scrapbooking shop lol. good luck hun!!!!

and i 3rd making it sticky and i think a blog and in here would be awesome. copy and paste is magic hehe



edit: typing one handed sucks... but i dont want to put down my cuppa hehe

Edited by Kahlia