Mixing It Up

(15w4d)

This pregnancy seems to be defying the odds at every turn.
First I actually GOT pregnant (seemingly a miracle in and of itself)… with FIVE babies… including a set of poorly-progressing monochorionic twins in the worst placement possible-- over the cervix… then we lost the two and managed to keep the rest of the pregnancy… then I fell into the 30% of asthmatics who have their asthma worsen in pregnancy… then I started having problems over the weekend-- the same symptoms Dr. Peri would expect if I were getting ready to miscarry as a complication of losing the twins, yet my uterus appears to be locked down tight (Yeah!).

So why should I think the guessing of the sexes would be any different?
Well, I didn’t.
I have been looking at boy as well as girl crib bedding.
Because although Dr. Peri gave us an 80% chance for each of them that they would be girls (60% chance that all three would be girls), I was well aware that meant we would likely fall into the 20% category… at least once.

I wasn’t expecting twice.

Yep.
At this point, it appears we have two boys and a girl!
Dr. Peri is pretty confident.
And pretty surprised… “I’ve never been wrong TWICE in one pregnancy!” He said.
Natalie’s response when I told her? “That’s because he hadn’t met you yet.”
Don’t worry.
Considering the pregnancy I have been having, I’m not holding my breath…

More importantly, they are all progressing well. All limbs are in place, all brains are developing normally, and their hearts are very developed for their gestational age… ah yes, the bragging starts in utero :-).

We couldn’t be happier.
And I would gladly be on “increased rest” for the next four months if such good news would just continue.

P.S. As you can see, I added the widget off to the left showing the development (grossly) of the triplets. Instead of using my actual due date, I used 34 weeks. Because that is the latest I will be allowed to go before having my c-section. So although it seems to be cheating a bit, it gives me the actual # of days I have left to go.