Cervix of Steel!!

Hello! I am sure everyone is familiar with legs of steel, back of steel and even perhaps buns of steel but Katie has officially earned the distinction of having a CERVIX OF STEEL!! We had two doctors appointments yesterday, it was a busy day to say the least! The picture above is of Baby A, the girl, it is the first decent shot we have been able to get of her face. She is low and right next to Katie's cervix, often times with her back to us. Yesterday she was in there breech with her butt pressing against Katie's cervix.

We went to our first appointment in the morning with Dr. Limoscenero, we were a tad concerned because Katie had lost 5 pounds in the past two weeks. The doctor wasn't too worried though. Since we were going in the afternoon for measurements and stuff on the babies, we did not do a sonogram, we essentially just took vitals and visited about her pregnancy. Katie's blood pressure has remained EXCELLENT throughout the pregnancy, her blood pressure yesterday was 110/70, which is important because high blood pressure can lead to complications, early delivery, etc. We also discussed her work and personal schedule, the doctor is concerned about getting her off her feet and eating more each day and eating healthy meals. I was surprised when she told us that at 23 weeks with triplets, Katie already has the uteran mass of a woman pregnant 40 weeks and full term, wow! We were going to go on a tour of the NICU but the Dr. had a flight to catch and she asked if we could postpone it till next week.

In the afternoon we went to see Dr. Zaretsky, we told him about the weight loss and he wasn't concerned either. He just stressed eating healthy meals on a consistant basis to keep her weight up. He checked out all the babies and they looked really great! Baby A (girl) is 1lb 1oz, Baby B 1lb 6oz and Baby C is 1lb 2oz. Heartbeats were 144, 144 and 153. The normal range is between 100 and 160, so all the hearts are doing great. The key thing that he was looking for yesterday was cord blood flow, all three babies had VERY strong cord flow, which meant that they were getting ample nutrients and the blood was flowing great to and from each placenta. The doctor was very pleased with everything he saw, this guy is such a straight shooter and very, very cool if there were anything to worry about he would put it right out there. Actually, he told us yesterday that if there were going to be major complications with the pregnancy it would be very likely that we would already be seeing some signs of that happening and we're not, so that is great. All three babies were very active in there too, actually more active than he normally sees, which is great!

During the cervical exam, he was very, very happy with they way her cervix is holding up. There are NO signs of "funneling" or weakening of the cervix. He pushed down on her stomach and her cervix just stayed just as it was, no weakness! If there is weakness in the cervix that can lead to pre-term labor, etc. not good. The doctor said, "Wow, you have the cervix of steel"! I thought, "Brilliant! That is going to be the title of our blog this week!" Ta da!



This image is of Baby C, with his little arm and hand up to his head. He was just ALL OVER THE PLACE in there yesterday and it was real hard just to get this image. The doctor takes these pictures "real time" so you have to catch them just at the right moment in order to get a good view. There was too much craziness going on in front of Baby B yesterday so we could get any good shots of him.

I am going to paint the downstairs nursery next weekend, Katie picked out a real nice light blue-ish color. We got a nice changing table and hutch last week and we are on a hunt for glider for the room. We're going to get a new ceiling fan in there and also hang an old quilt that Katie got from her old Voca/Mason days. I keep promising her that I'll have everything set and ready! No problem!

We are doing great and getting real excited. We continue to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers! They are obviously working! We both hope that everyone is doing well, have a wonderful week!

Love,

Todd and Katie