The next couple months in a nutshell

What's the first thing I did after that first appointment?  Oh, looked up pictures of Octomom when she was pregnant.  Some advice... DON'T DO THIS!  You should also stay away from "triplet belly before and after".  Scary.  Be afraid.  I'm praying since I'm "young" I'll have some elasticity in my skin.  And I might have to start selling those skinny wraps.  Sorry in advance.

So, after learning I was pregnant with triplets, my doctor said he wanted to see me once a week until I was 12 weeks along - then he'd send me to a specialist.

The second doctor appointment a week later - THREE HEALTHY HEARTBEATS!!!  I couldn't be more excited, David couldn't be more terrified.

The official announcement... Yes, we announced pretty early but I was already showing.  I was about to fly home for Christmas and knew I'd have a definite belly.  So what's better than announcing we're pregnant with triplets than announcing it on Thanksgiving?  Oh nothing!

This lovely picture of our three little raspberry size linklets got 285 "likes" and 166 comments.  With every single like and comment, tears of JOY were flowing down my face.  This was it.  It was MY TURN to be pregnant and now everyone knows.  Yes, there was a slight fear that now everyone knows and if something goes wrong everyone WILL know.  But I felt at peace with our decision to announce early.  To this day, I still go back and read those comments, one by one.  Tears every time!

A month later - home for the holidays.  This past Christmas we went home to my parents house in California.  I thought I'd be smart and pull the triplet card at the airport.  Got to preboard the plane and sit in the very first row.  I really wasn't feeling well and it was much safer to have me at the front of the plane near the closest restroom.  But could I have survived in the middle of the plane squished between who knows what?  I guess. But instead this girl was sitting all by myself in the very first row with tons of leg room and no shame.

We had a wonderful Christmas at home.  Spent time with family and friends as our last Christmas as just the two of us.  Weird concept I tell you!

The next couple of months flew by.  I was seeing the specialist once a month and my regular ob every two weeks.  The specialist was there for the babies making sure they're growing and healthy.  My regular ob was making sure I was okay.  Week after week, the babies just keep growing.  They were all growing at the same rate, which was great.  They all have their own placentas - which is awesome!  I was doing great both physically and mentally and tried to be as upbeat as possible!  I was NOT going to let myself be negative during any of this.  It truly is such a blessing that we're getting our instant family of 5 with one pregnancy.  I only have to lose the weight once! :)