Today we had one of the doctor visits that I really was not looking forward to. It was the downs syndrome test visit. In the beginning, we were not sure if we were even going to get this test done, but at our last visit with Dr. Thorneycroft, he basically said we HAD to do it. Since we really trust his judgement, we went thru with it. We both decided that we would not put a whole lot of stock in the outcome because it really does not matter. Whatever God gives us, we will LOVE whole hearted.
It started out with a visit with a genetic counselor. She told us all about the test that we had to go thru and what it means. They could not do a simple blood test, they had to do a level 3 ultrasound and measure the back of the neck for each baby. We got to see some great pictures of the babies and they looked GREAT!! All three had great heartbeats and were exactly at 13 weeks and 3 days in measurement.
We met with Dr. Dobak from Sacred Heart in Pensacola after the ultrasound. He is a high risk internal fetal doctor, basically a perinatologist. He was great. Very informative and answered a lot of the questions that we had. Stuff like pre-term labor, weight gain, how long we need to carry, so on and so forth. We will have another appointment with him on May 12th and we will start measuring her cervix and we will talk more about what we will have to do going forward. We both really like him and look forward to him helping us.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter Weekend
Had a good weekend going to my moms house for the weekend. We left on Friday after work and got to Jackson, MS about 8:00 that night. My sweet aunt cooked us dinner and we had a great time.
On Saturday, we went baby shopping (didn't find any to take home! lol! Inside joke). Went to Carters and Baby's R US. WOW!! Just a little overwhelming! When Crystal woke up on Saturday morning, she told me she firmly believes that she was able to feel them inside of her. That is sooo exciting. After a long day of shopping, we went back to Mom's to watch the Masters and take a nap. Then off to PF Changs! YUMMY!!!
All in all a great Easter weekend. We are headed to our downs test on Tuesday. Not really sure exactly how I feel about the whole thing. We will see!
On Saturday, we went baby shopping (didn't find any to take home! lol! Inside joke). Went to Carters and Baby's R US. WOW!! Just a little overwhelming! When Crystal woke up on Saturday morning, she told me she firmly believes that she was able to feel them inside of her. That is sooo exciting. After a long day of shopping, we went back to Mom's to watch the Masters and take a nap. Then off to PF Changs! YUMMY!!!
All in all a great Easter weekend. We are headed to our downs test on Tuesday. Not really sure exactly how I feel about the whole thing. We will see!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Background
Now for a little background on how we got to where we are now...
Crystal and I have been married for 4 years now. In the beginning we were not actively trying to get pregnant, but we were not doing anything to stop it. After a few years of nothing happening, we decided to actually TRY and have children. With no success after about a year, we started seeing Dr. Thorneycroft at Springhill Hospital in Mobile. In the beginning Doc determined that this might be a little difficult. It seems as though Crystals parts did not want to work properly. For some odd reason, she would not ovulate. After a lot of tests and MANY ultrasounds, he found polyps on her uterus and had to perform a D&C (her second in 2 years).
After the D&C, Doc started us on Clomid for a few months. That didn't work! Still no ovulation. Then he tried Femara. And another strike out!!! Then Menopur... nothing; then Repronex... nothing, except an allergic reaction. Finally we started follistim ($$$$$$$). We did that stuff for a full month straight ($$$$$$). After 31 days, we were able to take the trigger shot, with 6 follicles viable!
We knew there was a chance that two of them taking but had no idea what was to come. I had to go out of town to Texas for a week when she was supposed to take a pregnancy test. She took one the day I was supposed to leave, which was 4 days early and there was a FAINT line. We got a little excited but tried not to get our hopes up. Her boss INSISTED that she go to the doctor for a blood test. Crystal went to the doctor that afternoon and had the test. I did not find out that it was for sure until I got off a plane in Dallas. I started to cry on the runway when I turned my phone back on and saw the "WE'RE PREGNANT" message.
The next week, Crystal went for another blood test and Doc told her that based on her numbers, it looks like there may be twins in there. We freaked out a little, but somewhere in the back of our minds, we were expecting twins. He mom and dad are both fraternal twins, so it runs in the family. When we finally went for our first ultrasound at 4 weeks, we were fully prepared to see twins. When the ultrasound tech, who we have become very close to, started scanning, it was the coolest thing I have ever seen. She started counting.... "Here is A, and here is B, and then oh wait, here is C!!!" That's about the time that I started freaking out!!! Then it all hit me at once. We are having TRIPLETS!! I sat down fast! :)
When we left, we called all the family and let them know. They were all freaked out as well! I went back to work and my boss's reaction was classic: "What are you doing back here, I would have gone straight to the bar!!" The rest of the day, I was sort of in shock.
At week 8, we had a pretty big scare. One of the side effects of the fertility drugs is over stimulation of the ovaries. Crystals ovary swelled up to almost 14 cm, about 10 cm too big. When she woke up on the Sunday morning of week 8 she could hardly sit up. She was in sooooo much pain we had to take her to the emergency room. Luckily my mom was here to help and stayed with us. Crystal was admitted into the hospital for two days for observation and Doc told us that it would not get any better until week 12. While in the hospital, we were able to get our first look at A, B, & C. That was the COOLEST thing I have EVER seen in my life. There they were, three little babies inside Crystal!!! I was amazed!!!
This week we had our 12 week check up. The babies look sooooo different. We can actually make out little faces, arms and legs. It is sooo neat. I can say, the reality of the situation is starting to set in now. I am trying to to TOTALLY freak out, but it is hard to do. As someone I love and respect says, everything will work out, it always does! I am just trying to enjoy the ride right now.
Thanks for reading the background. I promise the rest won't be this long winded!!
Crystal and I have been married for 4 years now. In the beginning we were not actively trying to get pregnant, but we were not doing anything to stop it. After a few years of nothing happening, we decided to actually TRY and have children. With no success after about a year, we started seeing Dr. Thorneycroft at Springhill Hospital in Mobile. In the beginning Doc determined that this might be a little difficult. It seems as though Crystals parts did not want to work properly. For some odd reason, she would not ovulate. After a lot of tests and MANY ultrasounds, he found polyps on her uterus and had to perform a D&C (her second in 2 years).
After the D&C, Doc started us on Clomid for a few months. That didn't work! Still no ovulation. Then he tried Femara. And another strike out!!! Then Menopur... nothing; then Repronex... nothing, except an allergic reaction. Finally we started follistim ($$$$$$$). We did that stuff for a full month straight ($$$$$$). After 31 days, we were able to take the trigger shot, with 6 follicles viable!
We knew there was a chance that two of them taking but had no idea what was to come. I had to go out of town to Texas for a week when she was supposed to take a pregnancy test. She took one the day I was supposed to leave, which was 4 days early and there was a FAINT line. We got a little excited but tried not to get our hopes up. Her boss INSISTED that she go to the doctor for a blood test. Crystal went to the doctor that afternoon and had the test. I did not find out that it was for sure until I got off a plane in Dallas. I started to cry on the runway when I turned my phone back on and saw the "WE'RE PREGNANT" message.
The next week, Crystal went for another blood test and Doc told her that based on her numbers, it looks like there may be twins in there. We freaked out a little, but somewhere in the back of our minds, we were expecting twins. He mom and dad are both fraternal twins, so it runs in the family. When we finally went for our first ultrasound at 4 weeks, we were fully prepared to see twins. When the ultrasound tech, who we have become very close to, started scanning, it was the coolest thing I have ever seen. She started counting.... "Here is A, and here is B, and then oh wait, here is C!!!" That's about the time that I started freaking out!!! Then it all hit me at once. We are having TRIPLETS!! I sat down fast! :)
When we left, we called all the family and let them know. They were all freaked out as well! I went back to work and my boss's reaction was classic: "What are you doing back here, I would have gone straight to the bar!!" The rest of the day, I was sort of in shock.
At week 8, we had a pretty big scare. One of the side effects of the fertility drugs is over stimulation of the ovaries. Crystals ovary swelled up to almost 14 cm, about 10 cm too big. When she woke up on the Sunday morning of week 8 she could hardly sit up. She was in sooooo much pain we had to take her to the emergency room. Luckily my mom was here to help and stayed with us. Crystal was admitted into the hospital for two days for observation and Doc told us that it would not get any better until week 12. While in the hospital, we were able to get our first look at A, B, & C. That was the COOLEST thing I have EVER seen in my life. There they were, three little babies inside Crystal!!! I was amazed!!!
This week we had our 12 week check up. The babies look sooooo different. We can actually make out little faces, arms and legs. It is sooo neat. I can say, the reality of the situation is starting to set in now. I am trying to to TOTALLY freak out, but it is hard to do. As someone I love and respect says, everything will work out, it always does! I am just trying to enjoy the ride right now.
Thanks for reading the background. I promise the rest won't be this long winded!!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Welcome to our little world!
Well, I have finally done it. Blog that is. I am giving in and starting this thing. I am going to start out by saying that I am by no means a writer. I am lucky if I can spell my name right and put two sentences together. I was always the math and science type. Crystal on the other hand has always been the one that could write, maybe that's why I had her write a few papers for me in college. LOL.
We have decided to start this so that we could tell our story and help keep all of our friends and family up to date on what is happening with the Boudreaux's, all FIVE of us! We will be using this not only for everyone to keep up, but also to be able to jot down those important things that happen, and for that matter, the not so important things that make our lives so unique.
We look forward to sharing our adventure with whomever finds it interesting and welcome ANY and ALL comments, suggestions and words of advise. Thanks in advance to everyone who will help us with these miracles that have been given to us!
We have decided to start this so that we could tell our story and help keep all of our friends and family up to date on what is happening with the Boudreaux's, all FIVE of us! We will be using this not only for everyone to keep up, but also to be able to jot down those important things that happen, and for that matter, the not so important things that make our lives so unique.
We look forward to sharing our adventure with whomever finds it interesting and welcome ANY and ALL comments, suggestions and words of advise. Thanks in advance to everyone who will help us with these miracles that have been given to us!
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