My babies are eighteen weeks old now and I have had all three home with me for three weeks. Little Blaine came home after 11 weeks of being in ITU, then HDU. It all seemed a bit of a doddle really, how can anyone say motherhood is tiring? He was such a good boy; no crying or fussing, went to bed with no problems and only got me up a couple of times in the night for feeding.
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Final Entry
4 weeks ago I was wondering if anyone wanted to get on this roller coaster for me just to give me a break they’d be more than welcome. The doctors and nurses warn that there will be ups and downs over the weeks and months ahead but it never really prepares you properly. You can’t [...]
Week 26
There are lots of clichés about things happening for a reason, what’s for you won’t pass you by, what’s meant to be is meant to be and your destiny already being mapped out. Fine, but it doesn’t mean it’s less of a shock when things happen and you realise everything you thought you had [...]
Week 25
It doesn’t matter how old you are or how much of a confirmed daddy’s girl you are, which I am, sometimes a girl just needs her mum. After the pram stress I rang mine and she was a rock. Just a bit of a weep and a rant made things much brighter and clearer. I [...]
Triple Trouble, Triple Cost, Triple Stress
I have been in the best of moods up until this week. I have been beaming from ear to ear on finding out I had won the ‘Shloer Blog 2009’ competition. I’m really proud of myself because I’ve never won a competition before and certainly never for something I’ve written. I’ve been telling everyone that [...]
Week 21 and struggling to get up off the sofa
The girls are planning an escape route and I can’t quite convince them that they are going in the wrong direction. They feel as though they are trying to pop out of the top side of my right ribs. There has been lots of little kicking and wriggling this week which is really funny and [...]
Triple Trouble Week 20
Week 20, 14 to go and counting. I’ve another scan coming up next week and I can’t wait. I feel very fortunate to be able to see the babies so often, this will be scan number 5 and I have to go every 2 weeks from then on.
I’m not sure how I feel about the [...]
Week 17 and Scan Number 3
Phew, my concerns were set aside after my last scan, all babies are growing fine and are all growing at the same rate as each other and to the average growth of singleton babies. The first thing my doctor did was listen to their hearts which relaxed me imediately, then she got on to measuring [...]
Triple Trouble Continued…
I’m 15 weeks now and the shock of triplets is wearing off. We’ve had time to get used to it and start thinking of the practicalities. I can’t wait to get started on decorating the nursery and I’ve started buying bits and bobs. Our family have started on a baby box for us and a [...]
Triple trouble
Finding out that I was pregnant was a suprise to say the least. My husband, Blaine and I had discussed maybe thinking about starting a family next year. I was in the process of applying for new jobs in to senior leadership and he was happy coasting along as a 45 year old without any major responsibilities except washing up before he was asked…