Today seems like a great day to make my first post. A year ago today we found out we were expecting triplets. It's so hard to believe it has been a whole year. That day was full of a variety of emotions. I was laughing one minute and crying the next. I still vividly remember cracking jokes in the waiting room while we were waiting to see the Dr. after the ultrasound. It was all I could do to keep from crying hysterically in front of the full waiting room.
We had a miscarriage in October of 2009, so we went into this visit with the mindset "Are we really even pregnant?" Having been pregnant before with Madison, I am realizing this ultrasound is taking extremely too long. I keep staring at Jerry trying to get a look of assurance that he can see something on the screen...but nothing. The sonographer finally starts asking questions.
Have y'all been doing fertility treatments? No
Have you been taking Clomid? No
I begin to think I had a false postitive pregnancy test. She then says so y'all just did this all on your own. I start to panic...Oh my gosh, we're having twins is running through my mind. She then precedes to tell Jerry to please sit down because she doesn't need two patients in the room. I am now certain that she sees twins. My heart is racing!!! After Jerry sits down she says "Well...I see 3". Jerry says "Jesus" and the sonographer tells him that is exactly who we are going to need. I just keep saying "What?" and "How did this happen?" Now that she has told us, she needs to get some more images. This seemed like the longest time ever. I just remember staring at the signs on the wall that stated "Live...Laugh...Love". I remained focused on these words for the remainder of the ultrasound so I wouldn't cry uncontrollably. I didn't realize it at the time, but those three little words are so extremely important to survive life with multiples. If you do those three things, life is truly wonderful and it helps keep stress at a minimum.
Big sister Madison seemed to know the entire time that it would all work out perfectly. As I am crying and trying to talk to my mom, Madison says "It is ok Mommy, you'll hold one, I'll hold one, and Daddy will hold one. It will be ok." My how smart she is. Over the next few weeks, I struggled with a mixture of emotions. I didn't know how to feel. Everyone had the same words of encouragement. 1)Everything happens for a reason 2)God doesn't put more on you than you can handle. I would jokingly say "He's been very busy. I don't think he's been paying attention to me." Oh and I can't forget 3)Better you than me. #3 is NOT actually words of encouragement in case anyone was wondering, but we still heard it often.
So, here we are a year later. The triplets were 6 months old Feb. 14th and we are ALL 6 doing fantastic! This was just a little peek into how our adventure began and I am excited to blog about our lives in the future. It will help me document all of our wonderful memories.
Kristin
