I had my second OB appointment today. I’m officially up 20 pounds from when I started my treatment protocol for this cycle, and my belly is measuring at 20 weeks. I’m not sure if that’s small or big for textbook standards on triplet bellies, but my OB was pleased as punch.
The nurse tried to hear heartbeats from PB&J on those handheld dopplers today, but she gave up after a few minutes and declared it too difficult to differentiate between the three. She said an ultrasound would give them a more concrete difference and then asked if she could sit in on it because she had never seen triplets on an ultrasound before.
I wonder if it was truly difficult for her to pick up three heartbeats on the doppler. 
Whatever the case, I got to see PB&J again – this was my ninth ultrasound, one every week since the first one at six weeks. Because I’ve seen them so often, I wasn’t that upset that the machine was crappy, I could barely see the screen, and I took home three terrible photos. I did see that all were moving around in there, and their heartbeats were all strong. Babies A and B both measured at 156 bpm – the first time Baby A has matched up with anyone else (but also the first time Baby A has been super active instead of being so laid back!), and Baby C measured at 150 bpm.
It was a quick ultrasound just to confirm three heartbeats. Next week’s appointment at the perinatologist’s office will include growth measurements.
It’s been so nice to have great reports on all four of us at these last few appointments. I hope the trend continues for a very long time – at least into January of next year!
p.s. Those of you who frequent blogs written by The Pregnants may be wondering why I’ve never hopped on the pregnant surveys people fill out each week. Frankly, it’s because my answers would be boring. Sure, my weight goes up each week, but I haven’t had any cravings (aside from fruit), aversions, no labor signs, no movement, no official guesses about the sexes (I’m pretty sure I don’t have three of a kind because I have absolutely no “feelings”), I only miss Advil, and I’m looking forward to a long pregnancy.
I keep looking at the survey, and seriously. My answers never change. It’d be boring for me to fill out, and it’d be boring for you to read.
p.p.s. I lied about the aversions. Lettuce smells disgusting. I can eat it. I just don’t want to smell it while I’m putting together a salad. (thanks, @measamommy! :-P)
Glad the appt went well!
Woohoo! Sounds like a great appt! Way to grow some healthy babies! Keep up the good work, momma!
I’m glad the little ones were moving around for you to see today! So neat! Also? I had an aversion to EVERYTHING green while pregnant. I’m sure I lost so many nutrients because of that.
Yay for another great appt Mrs A+++!
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I love that you’re showing so much at 13 weeks! So happy PB&J are doing so well!
So glad everything is going well! SO excited for you!
ALL Mommy wanted to eat while she was pregnant was watermelon. Seriously, she ate it as fast as Daddy cut it up for the fridge.
Glad everyone is doing great!
So glad you had a good appointment! It’s cool that you don’t have too many food yuckiness other than salad. I mean who wants to eat salad when they’re pregnant anyways? I think so many other things are better like ice cream, LOL! Hang in there….you look fabulous!
Yay! I would have killed for some extra ultrasounds (we did get 3 snuck in).
Since I say the same thing in every comment, and I just typed 2 sentences that started the same way as they always do, I’m going to end here.
With a ((((Hug))))
great to hear everything’s going dandy! I had the weirdest aversion to the thought of salad. I never really had morning sickness, but thinking about salad gave me the queasies (the problem with making up words is I don’t know how to spell them!)