'Marvelous Multiples'

Today Michael and I attended a 'Marvelous Multiples' class at IU North.  It was very informative and I'm glad we had the chance to attend.  The biggest benefit of the class was getting to see the Level 3 NICU where the babies will most likely spend some time.  They will each have their individual room, which is very different from what we were thought it would be.  The facility is, welcoming, family friendly and we feel comfortable with the babies being brought into the world at this hospital.  

We had to get geared up for the class after having a rough night with Taylor the night before.  She came down with a temperature yesterday afternoon and woke up at 11:45p and vomited for the first time.  Happy Friday the 13th, right?   We were up one more time with a fussy baby, but I feel like we escaped with one in the win column as far as the vomiting goes.  She seemed to be much better this morning when Mia kindly woke her up shortly before 7a.  :)  Mamaw was kind enough to be with her for the day while we were at class.  Mamaw also had some fun playing with Taylor's hair...

Taylor's hair in pig-tails for the first time!  

I'm 16 1/2 weeks into the triplet journey and still feeling well.  I also took it upon myself and measured the circumference around my midsection at my belly button.  I measured 38 inches around! And only half way??!?!  Does that mean I'll be 76 inches around at 32 weeks??  I promise I'll post those pictures too.  :) 

Food for thought:
- A woman of childbearing age has a 1 in 7,000 (1 in 539 with fertility treatments) chance of having triplets
- Just about 2.9% of all births in the U.S. are multiple births- there were 64,335 sets of twins, 2,370 sets of triplets, 117 sets of quadruplets, and 17 sets of quintuplets births in the U.S. in 2003 (latest data available per my book with a copyright of 2007)
- 80% of triplets go the NICU following their birth
- The average hospital stay for triplets in 30 days (typically ranging from 11-90 days)

We could only be so lucky to have three more babies that are just as happy as our Miss Taylor...

Stay warm!
XOXO