Thursday, May 17, 2007
Im having what!?
My name is Tabitha and Im 20years old. Im married to a wonderful man that serves our country in the Marine Corp. We are currently stationed in SC which happens to be the mid-point between where his family lives, Maine, and where my family lives, Kansas. We found out we were pregnant on Christmas day 06! I thought we were just having one boy, this was, of course, before I had my first ultra sound. Corey, my husband, had been threatening me since we found out that we were pregnant that I was going to end up having twins, this is only because I happened to fall into the generation for that on my side of the family. But when I found out we were not having twins, but triplets I got to prove him wrong! Triplets were deffinately not something I had ever thought of. I was ok with the chance that we might have twins but not this! I thought that I was going to pass out when the doctor told me how many babies she saw! At first I didnt really know what to think. I was scared, nervous, excited, and confused all at once. Of course when I told Corey he thought it was great but thats only because he didnt have to worry about carrying them...We called everyone we could think of in a matter of minutes. No one believed us at first and then I sent them the pictures! Everyone was so excited for us and scared at the same time. No one on either side of out family has ever experienced triplets before, so this is a new adventure for everyone! Now that Im 24 weeks along and I only have 10 more weeks until my c-section Ive started to look at it this way, I got blessed with three beautiful children all at once, I never have to get pregnant again because Im having two girls and a boy, my children will always have a friend to play with that loves them just as much as I do, and my life will never be dull or boring and Ill always have someone around that needs me and loves me no matter what. Im so excited to be a mom that I cant stand it! I wish that they were here now, but I know that they need to stay in here as long as they can so they are big and healthy when they get here. Its pretty hard to describe the different feelings I get when i think about these little ones. I wonder how I will ever afford it and I worry that people will see them as "the triplets" and not as Aiden, Chloe and Riley like I do. They all have very different personalities already even inside the womb. That is the biggest reason why I dont want them treated as a group but as individuals like they are. They are all in their own little sack and they stay in their own space and sometimes play with each other. They even kick back at me when I say something or when i poke them a little to get them to move out of my ribs! They make me smile so much already, I cant wait to have the premanent smile that they will give me when they are here!
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Wow - congratulations on your pregnancy ... you have definitely been TRIPLY BLESSED!!!
Breastfeeding is certainly something you CAN do, but it is tough when there are 3 hungry little mouths. I did find that supplementing helped me out when my supply wasn't enough to keep up with them. If you find that you have to supplement >> don't feel discouraged, formula is not a bad word!
Take care of yourself and drink lots of water!! :)
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