No glasses required. You might need to tilt your head, squint and use some imagination, but at least you don’t need funny-looking glasses, right?
Today was my weekly cervical length ultrasound (4.3cm-4.9cm! yay me!), and after the sonographer was done with the serious business she asked if I had somewhere to be because I was her last appointment of the day and she thought it’d be fun to look at the babies.
Pause to inform that the ultrasounds that check my cervix don’t allow for much movement because the ultrasound wand is jammed up my funbits. For baby-peeking ultrasounds, a better range of motion – ON MY BELLY – is needed.
I’m no fool, so of course I gave into her request.
Then she said, “Good! I want to play around with the 3D to see what it looks like with triplets.”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m not entirely positive if getting a 3D ultrasound is a normal thing, but I’ve never been offered a 3D ultrasound before as part of the regular checkups. It was my understanding that 3D ultrasounds were a fancy pants thing people pay extra for.
But, once again, PB&J have turned me into an allstar patient, and I got some special treatment today.
First thing’s first – the still shots she printed out aren’t nearly as cool as seeing the 4D views (3D viewed in real time is 4D – or so I hear). But THEY ARE STILL FREAKING COOL.
Second thing’s second – these shots are normally taken after another 10 weeks or so of growth, so my babes look teeny and scrawny because they’ve just starting putting on their baby fat. BUT THEY ARE STILL FREAKING CUTE.
Third thing’s third – I was going to go all fancy and point out things in Photoshop when I was resizing/cropping/cutting & pasting into one image, but MEH. I didn’t feel like it after scanning them all in. I think the two most difficult photos in which to tell what’s what are the third and seventh. The third photo shows Baby A looking up and kind of to the left. The seventh photo, in the right portion, shows Unknown Baby’s elbow, belly, butt, legs and feet. If you can’t figure something out, go ahead and ask, and I’ll try to ‘splain it.
Or maybe I’ll re-edit the image. Who knows?
Oh, one more thing. Poor Baby C only has one photo. She’s currently squished into a wee little space. You might be able to make out one of her arms and one of her legs in the photo of her (her face is off to the right, looking left). I think she’s going to be a yoga master when she grows up. Well, yoga master by day, ninja by night.
Let’s see, what else? Oh, popular question! How am I feeling? GREAT! I had a full day today, complete with running errands, and my back is still relatively pain free. Aside from normal growing aches and pains, I feel pretty normal. It’s difficult to bend, and I’ve had to get creative when I get up from laying or sitting down, but I’m learning how to maneuver around this growing belly.
In other news, PB&J and I are all showered with gifts. I’m currently doing inventory of what we have and what we still need, but HOLY CATS, I have amazing friends and family. These kids have so much already, it’s truly breathtaking.
Also about the showers, I’m collecting photos to put together an entry about how awesome my family and friends are. It’s taking time. I’ll do it – I promise. To hold you over, check out this entry written by one of the excellent hostesses of this past weekend’s shower, Beth Anne. It has some great photos, too!
So. Cool.
Golllly.
Cutest triplets EVER!!!! I can’t wait to see them!!!
So adorable! I love 3D baby sono pics! It will be fun to compare them to the babies when they are born!
Babies!!! Three of them! That still amazes me.
Jeez. These kids of yours….they will be adorable outside of the womb if they are nearly bringing tears to my eyes in these pictures! YEAH BABIES!
Omg, coolest thing ever!
Seeing this makes me ache for February when I can finally hold those babes in person.
SO AWESOME!!!! And so totally cute already!
SQUEEEEEEEEE!
So cool! What gorgeous feti (fetuses? feti?)… babies! you have.
So incredible awesome!! Wow! They are just adorable!!
3 cheers for cute triplets! The wee ones are looking a bit like aliens as of yet, but they’re still the cutest triplets I know. Yay!
Oh good gracious. They are so cute already!!!!!
they are adorable!! I can’t wait to love on them!!
Look at all those babies
Gorgeous!!
ohmygosh! That 4th photo, they are right in each others’ face! It makes sense seeing as how there are 3 babies & not much room, but still so cool to see.
They are so amazing
What an awesome day!
Jenny! These are amazing! I can’t even stand how cute they are :). Xo
Couldn’t see the photos at work. Just got peaks of the babes ~ they’re so cute & little & awesome! Yay!!!
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3D photos are so freaking cool!
First – cool pictures!! 😀 So glad you got the allstar treatment!
Second – A lot of the time they are fancy pants things…. but with all the risks to baby due to my health issues, I’ve gotten free (to me) 3D ultrasounds both times I’ve gone to have ultrasounds done at my peri’s office, because it gives them a better view of some parts of the baby. So who knows, you may end up continuing to get them!
There are sooo many kids in the world who need a loving home… to think of all the hoops you went through just to contribute to the already overpopulated world. It’s your right to do whatever you want with your reproductive health, but this is my opinion. If I couldn’t conceive and wanted a family, I’d have to go the adoption route. I do wish you and your fetuses the best of luck and health in this RISKY pregnancy, but I have to fundamentally disagree with your choice. It seems like you were more concerned with having the experience of pregnancy and childbirth, and spreading your genes, then the idea of forming a loving family with children who need help.
Fanny Mae, thank you for taking the time to call my husband and I selfish & irresponsible. If you’re truly interested in our story, you may want to check out this entry, written earlier this year: http://jennandtonica.com/2010/05/its-complicated/.
In it, I link to another blog and discuss the very (ignorant) point you’re trying to make.
Also, if you’re honestly concerned with overpopulation and helping kids who need homes, your ability to conceive shouldn’t be in question. Adoption isn’t reserved only for the infertile. It’s for those who feel it’s the correct choice for their family.
Dear Fanny Mae,
It’s obvious that you’ve never been through infertility else you would never write such a horrible comment on someone’s blog who suffered for so long. Adoption isn’t a cure-all for infertility. Yes, the end result is a baby/child, but adopting doesn’t erase the pain and heartache of infertility.
Jenny didn’t choose to have three babies. It’s what happened. Just like people don’t choose for their one embryo to split to two. It just happens. It disgusts me that you are essentially calling her selfish solely because she chose to continue fertility treatments instead of completely letting go of her dream to be pregnant and birth her child(ren).
Another thing you obviously don’t know? Adoption is expensive. Very expensive. And it’s not covered by insurance. A domestic adoption can cost $30,000 or more. So unless you’re willing to fork up the money for someone to adopt instead of littering the world with their genes, keep your ignorant comments to yourself and stop suggesting that as a “fix.”
As Jenny said, nothing is stopping you from adopting yourself. But apparently it’s easier to be a hypocrite.
Eff off.
Beautiful babies and beautiful mama! xo
Awww, look at PB&J – they are snuggling up together already!
Fanny Mae, I don’t know if you are a regular reader of Jenny’s blog, but I suspect you aren’t because of your insensitive comments. What you’re basically saying is: everyone has the right to their own decisions about their reproductive health, BUT your decisions are selfish and “RISKY” and wrong. You may have meant no harm, but even dressed up in your trappings of politeness, what positive effect do you think your comments possibly could have made here? Were you hoping that Jenny would
a) abort the triplets and jump on the adoption waiting list,
b) feel guilty about making the best choice for her family, or
c) just be in a really, really bad mood all night because of your judgy comments. You know, with the RISKY pregnancy hormones and all.
I agree that adoption is a wonderful thing, but it isn’t just the no-brainer solution for all couples facing infertility. And P.S., it’s not a crime to want to have the experience of bringing a child (or 2, or 3 or even *gasp!* 8) into the world.
Fannie Mae- say WHAT? It kills me when self righteous ignorant annonies leaves nasty comments condemning something they CLEARLY have no idea about. Yes, Jenny, we all knew that you are a horrible person for choosing to grow three blessings. *eye roll* Please, for the love of cheetos, ignore the uneducated.
Fanny Mae is a failure as a commenter as well as a government sponsored enterprise.
Suck it!
I, for one, am thrilled beyond thrilled about these three miracles & everything they represent & will become.
Fanny Mae, it’s unfortunate that you won’t be adopting into your own family. Because I hear that self-righteous snatch baskets are generally frowned upon in the approval process.
FM – your comments prove how ignorant you are. It appears that you think only couples with infertility should adopt? Since you are so concerned about the “over population” are you going to try to have a baby yourself? Are you just going to adopt? Actually do us all favor and don’t reproduce. We don’t want any more ignorant people then we already have in this world. Also, please go away. Jenny doesn’t need your miserable attitude around here!