"The Triplets Are Coming"

By the time I finished my 24 hour urine sample I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, and it was official I would be staying in the hospital until the babies made their appearance. This was all happening so fast, I wasn't mentally ready for the babies to come yet, I needed more time!

We rushed to get things in order, my son went and stayed with my mom while Gabe set up last minute baby things at home. My sister and Gabe took turns staying the night with me in the hospital and I took full advantage of naps and showers.

Don't be fooled, hospital bed rest is no joke. There's vital checks every two hours, you can only lay in bed or sit in a chair, numerous blood draws, calling for help each time you have to pee and don't forget monitoring all three babies twice a day. I have to hand it to the ladies that have to be on bed rest for days weeks and even months. Shout out to you all for doing time to keep those babies cookin, it's hard work!!!

My second day of bed rest I was getting contractions, so they hooked a bag of fluids up to my IV to try and stop me from going into labour. I was 33 weeks pregnant and my c-section was scheduled for 35 weeks. Cook babies cook just two more weeks.

Easier said then done they had to stop my contractions two more times. My Dr ordered me a round of steroid shots. This helps the babies lungs to develop faster. They warned me it wouldn't feel good but they didn't tell me it would hurt like a mother ******. You could feel the medicine flow into your leg muscle and then feel as if your whole leg was on fire. Just one more shot in 24 hours. The things we do for our kids!

Then the Dr told me I was severely anemic. I needed to have an iron transfusion before my surgery. He said it was as if I already had surgery and lost a lot of blood. This needed to happen ASAP he said just in case I go into labour, so I can avoid having a blood transfusion.

Day four on bed rest. I was 34 weeks and 1 day and my contractions started back up again. My nurse hooked a bag of fluids up and we waited to see if they would stop. They were 15 min apart, then 10, then 6 then holy cow they were 1 minute apart and strong. This happened within about an hour and a half time. They went from bairly feeling my stomach tighten to eyes watering having to breath through each one.

The on call Dr checked me and I was 3 centimeters dilated. "were having babies today" she said. My sister called Gabe and told him to get here NOW while the oncall Dr called and informed the NICU, OR and my Dr that "the triplets are coming".

Nurses started pouring into my room to get me prepped for surgery while my contractions were getting stronger by the minute. We were almost ready to go and we were still waiting on Gabe and my Dr. they were both stuck in traffic and the babies were not wanting to wait.......