Jan/Feb 2011 Mommies (Nov & Dec 2010 early babes)

Congrats Chris! Sounds like everything is going well! Also cant wait for some photos! xx

wow Chris my heart was just racing reading your post!! It is truly amazing what you have done!!!!!!
Also desperate to see photos of your miracles!!!!

Everything sounds like it is going so well and oh my word - 10-14 days in NICU for triplets is unheard of!!!!!! How surreal and incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done on the expressing and try to keep it up!!! It really helps these little nu nu's develop better in the early days and help them to gain that weight they need to go home.

Chris, congrats, you have done SOOOOO well to carry your babies for so long. I cannot wait for pics and I hope that they will be home soon!!

Hello my friends!! i missed you all!!

Just going to update you on how my babies are doing, will post birth story later or sometime this week, just need to lie down and get some rest.

WOW!! What an experience, I will do it all over again! (for now I say this)

Everything was a bit muddled up with their weights. Here is their final info:

Alessandro 1.620
8:21am
43cm
Head circ - 30cm
Apgar 5mins - 9/10
Apgar 10mins - 10/10

Athena 1.770
8:22am
41cm
Head circ - 29cm
Apgar 5mins - 9/10
Apgar 10mins - 9/10

Alexia 1.780
8:24am
43cm
Head circ - 32cm
Apgar 5mins - 7/10
Apgar 10mins - 9/10

Monday they didn't feed, Athena had to be on oxygen as she was grunting a bit when born, which she came off early hours this morning. I went there at 2h30am to deliver some milk and she was off it already, we thought that they were going to take it off some time today and replace it with the normal pipes that hook around the ears. Tuesday they were on 2ml milk/hour, yesterday when I went past to drop milk off the nurses laughed at me and said I need to express more more cos they are now on 4ml/hour. This morning when I went past there, they were increased to 8ml/hour, so my babies are doing so, so well. Iv been trying to express every 3 hours, but at the hospital its difficult to do so, so now while Im at home and can do it more and get a routine going for myself.

The Paed is very happy with them, all we need to wait to come off it the drips, they obviously still have alot of wires attached to them but thats to monitor their vitals etc. I cant wait for the wires to be off so we can hold them properly. We held them today and it was so surreal (as was the whole experience this week), no words can describe. Alessandro and Alexia look alike, Athena is very different, she is alo chubby compared to brotehr and sister.

Alexia was the only one that had dropped her weight after birth, Athena and Alessandro stayed the same, well, Alessandro went from 1620 to 1600, but at least they dont have all that extra weight loss to catch up plus get to 1.8/2kg. yesterday the paed said that they need to pick up weight and maybe....... 10-14 days they can come home!!! WHOA!! That made me very happy, but more because it means they are doing well, I told him that we weren't expecting them to be home before 3 weeks, so as long as it takes for them to be spot on to come home is best. Dh is so so soooo happy and excited, I wanted to burst into tears when he held his babies for the first time, he isn't one to hold newborns, but when I phoned him this morning to let him know we can, oh man, you should of heard the excitement, it really is priceless.

My MIL and my sister went to see them yesterday and Christmas day we going back there, I really cant wait to take my father now, the first thing he said when he came past was "where's the babies?", lol, I looked at hom and asked if he was proud of me cos he didn't think I would manage to carry the 3 and that they will all be fine. I cannot believe I did it, I tell you what tho, last week was a big battle.

Ok, dont want to give too much away for the birth story, you know me, flip, I type too much! LOL.

Im gonna go express now (a little late already - thank you very much!!) and then just rest!! Maybe will come on later.

Many hugs from me and my three

O Chan that is so beautiful. Hubby is saying he is gonna take some photos of me while I am pregnant since he is a photographer, but there is always something else to be done first. Think he will quickly grab the camera when my contractions start.

Carmen - You must enjoy your photo shoot. I am thinking of making my baba a book from pre birth to maybe one year.

Maryke I am so happy your boys aren't giving you a hard time. I can't imagine feeding burping and cleaning two babies all the time, but I think if you are in it you get the strenght to go through it.

Vix- My hart bleeds for you. I cant imagine how you must feel. At our chemist the pharmisist makes a mixture called collic mixture. That really helped for my girls. I gave 0.5ml before every feed and they were like angels I promise. Good luck!!

Yvette - I had both my girl normal. The first one was with an induction but was so horrible that I walked for 42weeks waiting for the second one to come, so I will be doing the same and no epidural I am way to scared for that. My BH comes and goes but when it comes it almost feels like the real thing.
Every morning I wake up I say thanks another night has passed and no baba yet and its a day closer to new year.

Luckily for those of you who have popped already the heat isnt such a problem anymore. Today is terrible, so hot I think its gonna rain any minute.

Just want to see if this photo loads:

Hi all

I will be the last one of our group to pop - I'm only 31 weeks now! So I think it will be pretty lonely for a while for me being the tailender.

Maryke - sounds hectic getiing the bunch going! Thanks for the news about Chris and the A-team.

Ster - you BP sounds fine - slightly elevated but it's ok. You must be so excited baout tomorrow- rest up.

Yvette - how annoying your domestic not pitching!!

Binks, Yvette & Mina - almost there, before you know it you're LO's will be here.

Mina - thanks for the list update.

Vix how are the tweenies, interesting re the colic and fussiness.

AFM - I'm still at work - will not be on leave at all - next week until the 3rd it will be only myself and 1 secretary from our team in the office, we are usually 5 advisors and 2 secretaries.
I have my maternity shoot planned for 6 Jan.