Hi Everyone!
We are back from the doctor. Baby A is weighing in at 3 lbs. 5 oz (20th percentile), Baby B at 3 lbs. 15 oz. (45th percentile) and Baby C at 2 lbs. 5 oz (less than 10th percentile). For those of you who have been keeping track, this means that Baby C has fallen off her growth curve. Her cord blood flow is still high, but adequate and her breathing is good.
After our sonogram we had a talk with the doctor to "take some decisions". We were basically offered two options - deliver within 48 hours or stay in the hospital from now until delivery at some future time with daily monitoring. The monitoring would be daily BPP sonograms to determine whether Baby C was taking a turn for the worse. From our visit with the neonatologist last week we know that Babies A and B should be fine if delivered now. So I asked the doctor today, if we choose the daily monitoring and see a decline in Baby C would this be guaranteed to be before the decline caused permanent problems? She said no. Therefore, there was no real decision to be made - she is doing okay now and holding her own, why wait for problems? We are home now doing last minute things, then we will drop Harry at my parents and head to the hospital. I will be monitored through the night and am scheduled to delivery tomorrow at 3:30 pm. This time is flexible as is all things to do with babies, but as of now, tomorrow is B-Day for the triplets!
Jon has promised to try to update the journal tomorrow after their arrival - hopefully with some photos too!
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