Things get a bit interesting...

Hello, hope all is well with everyone!  This morning Katie and I had our appointment with our High Risk OBGYN or Periantologist, overall and we both believe that things will be fine in the long run, but we had a bit of a curve ball.  During these visits they take all these measurements of the babies, brain, skull, abdomen, femur, arm bones, etc. and they plug them into the ultrasound machine and the computer generates estimated sizes and weights based on the measurements.  They do this for all three babies, then at the end of the visit we look and see how they are doing.

During today's visit after all the measurements, the Girl, Baby A is showing growth that is behind where she should be at this point and she is smaller than the two other boys.  That is the not so good news.  The good news is that the heartbeats are still great, about 145bpm for all babies, the fluid in all the placentas is great and there is very good cord flow from each of the babies to their placenta.  Baby A's cord flow is still very good, her heartbeat is fine and the placenta is holding up great as well, so we just have a little growth issue nothing else real medically going on, which is great.

Katie is doing great, her blood pressure was 120/78 and her cervix is still at 38cm which again is cementing her crown as the Cervix Queen!  She has only gained 5 pounds so far and we need to get some weight on her and get some more caloric intake.  That may help Baby A grow a little bit and get bigger, so we are concentrating on getting as much food and as many calories as we can in her to put on some weight, the babies are just taking it all out of her!  Katie is working on getting 3-4 Carnation Instant Breakfasts in her routine each day to increase the calorie intake.  She can do it!

The doctor was a bit concerned and cautious, but not yet to the worried stage.  We have been going back to him every three weeks, that is now going to once a week at his office to look at the cord flow and the fluid.  If the cord flow in Baby A drops it could lead to a hospitalization situation, then Katie would be checked and measured on a daily basis instead of weekly.  Right now the flow is good, no problems but hospitalization could occur down the road.  We're shooting to get these kids to 34-36 weeks which would be the middle of July so we have a little ways to go.

On another subject, the progress in the nursery has increased substantially!  The painting is complete, the changing table is assembled, the ceiling fan is hung, the quilt is on the wall and Katie's chair and ottoman has arrived and is in place!  Paul helped me a ton this week when he and Judy were in town. Never underestimate the delight of Judy Branches homemade beef and chicken enchiladas! WOW!  They really have no idea how much their assistance helped us out, we are both very grateful.  Here are some pictures of the nursery in its current form, Katie is in charge of getting stuff on the walls.  We are considering some shelving on a wall somewhere to hold and keep stuff organized.

Please continue to keep Katie and the babies in your thoughts and prayers!  We are in for some ups and downs before and after the babies are born and we are working on getting prepared for those.   We hope this note finds everyone well!  Have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend!

Love,

Todd and Katie