Kelly and I went in for our 20-week appointment today, which involved a lengthy ultrasound. As you know we anticipated we would find out what the sexes of the babies were, as well as how they were progressing.
When we found out it was actually anti-climatic. The ultrasound tech just didn't build up the suspense much, which I had hoped for. But I suppose we had built the suspense enough ourselves before the appointment. So, we found out....
We're having two boys and a girl! (Guess you could have looked at the picture, eh?)
Kelly and I had thought we would have two boys and a girl, this was our gut feeling, but we had the babies mixed up how we thought they would come out. Baby C, the upper most baby as it is in Kelly is a boy and the comeback kid - we thought that one might be a girl (check the May 16 blog). But it turns out the embryo that started a little slow has now caught up!
All the little ones were cooperative during the ultrasound and we got some great profile shots. We saw their little hearts beating, their kidneys, brains, spine, diaphragm and stomach. They have all their limbs, and all in all, everything is cool.
Now, we are not out of the woods yet. We need to get to 28 weeks before any labor happens to give the kids the best chances of survival. Two more months is our new focus; after that it's keeping the buns in the oven. They say 33 weeks is about average, so we would really like to get 34, but it's a delicate balance between getting the kids' weight up and how much Kelly's body can handle. If we get to 34, she will be the belly will be the size of a woman who is conceptually 45 weeks pregnant.
So we'll be cookin' some buns, finishing our basement project and generally laying low for awhile. For those of you who voted thanks for building up some excitement for today. And if there was any pool action going on, we want a piece of it!
Thanks for all the kind words and prayers we've received, it's made a world of difference for us. Please keep them coming!
7 comments:
that is crazy cool that you have THREE babies in there! i have been checking all day to see the results!!! yippee for 2 boys and a girl. thanks for posting.
Yay! Thanks for letting us know - I've been anxiously awaiting the results!
When will you be picking out names? Outside of carrying and birthing the babies, that is the hardest part! I'm still confused about our one boy's name!
Are all of the babies fraternal??
How exciting!!! So thrilled for you both and it's great reading your updates, Mike.
You're all in our prayers. Have fun thinking of names for the triplets.
Much love
Stace & Skip
xxx
Great to see you guys the other day...we're so excited for your family of 5 (wow). Keep up your fabulous positive attitude, and all will work out beautifully. :)
3 LITTLE PEEPS. SOUNDS LIKE A STORY BOOK. 3 LITTLE KITTEN THEY LOST THEIR MITTENS. GRANDMA WEBB ALWAYS SANG THIS AND SHE HATES CATS. I AM SO PROUD OF TEAM NORRIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THEIR LIVES. I HAVE NO DOUBTS ABOUT WHAT GREAT PARENTS YOU WILL BE.
In case you need name suggestions:
Peter Paul and Mary
Kukla Fran and Ollie
Huey Dewey and Louise
But of course you will come up with the perfect name for each of the peeps.
It was great to see you in Iowa City -- love to all 5 of you!
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