Week 13 Update!

Happy 13 weeks! So, we are ending the first trimester which feels great. I am feeling pretty good other than being completely exhausted. I am definitely showing now, yet I found out this morning I have only gained 3 pounds--so it seems as if everything has just repositioned itself to my middle section :) Today we had an appointment with the specialist regarding the Cervical Cerclage...and the answer is NO! I am pleased to say that I will not need one :) My cervix is great right now and is measuring normal. So, they did more ultrasounds this morning to measure my cervix and then they looked at the babies. They will definitely not win the award for Ms. Congeniality. We are somewhat confused as to what our relationship will be with them so we will clarify that with Dr. Bellardo on Tuesday. I am hoping that this was the end of our relationship today yet the doctor wanted me to schedule another appointment for 2 weeks. I am hoping that I will be able to cancel that appointment after meeting with Dr. Bellardo. I probably just need to lower my standards :) I want everyone to be as friendly as Dr. Bellardo and Patty, our ultrasound lady at NFC.
It was amazing to see our babies again though! I fall in love with them a little more each time I see their little bodies. It is amazing how they are continuing to grow and develop. The babies all have good heartbeats and it was wonderful to hear them on the doppler. I have no reason to think that the babies are not okay, yet it is definitely reassurance when I can see them and hear their little hearts beat. Baby A had a heartbeat of 162, Baby B had a heartbeat of 149, and Baby C had a heartbeat of 157. The babies are definitely looking more and more like babies and I love seeing their little hands and feet. The ultrasound lady also zoomed in to show their stomachs and their bladders. It is amazing to see their development! We are both so in love with these little babies :)
So, after the ultrasound we met with Dr. Graves. She was friendly, yet she was not my beloved Dr. Bellardo. She wants me to stay on the Metformin that I am currently taking. She believes that I will develop gestational diabetes because I have PCOS and my father has diabetes. She said that Metformin is a class B drug so it will not harm the babies if I stay on the medication throughout the entire pregnancy. So, we will talk to Dr. Bellardo about this on Tuesday--I was looking forward to not taking so much medication but it looks as if I will continue. Also--this doctor believes that making it is 32 weeks will be the icing on the cake. She said that 28 weeks is like the bronze medal, 30 weeks is silver, and 32 is the gold medal. She said that if I make it to 34 weeks then it will just be the cherry on top. So, I am still going to pray for 34 weeks and stick with Dr. Bellardo's goal. She said that my first milestone will be 28 weeks though. I want to stay optimistic though and try and maintain the pregnancy as long as possible. 
We also discussed bed-rest yet I am going to wait and talk to Dr. Bellardo more about it before I try to think about it too much :) She did mention that bed-rest does not mean that I can go to the laundry room, get a load of laundry, and then take it back to the couch to fold...haha :) This is going to be difficult for me, yet I am going to try my best for these little babies. 

So, in other news--I still have about 6 weeks left of work and I am trying to finish up my practicum. I found out that I am going to be short a little bit on my hours in 6 weeks so I am going to try and pick up some more hours to finish everything on time. My work still wants me to pursue long-term disability and they want me to fill out the paperwork. I'm not sure it will work, yet I guess I will try. Michael is still looking for a 2nd job for when I become unemployed in about 6 weeks. Hopefully he finds something soon :)
I have also called the insurance and settled everything with them. We are definitely blessed! I have been really concerned about how we were going to pay for all of this yet we do have good insurance so it is not going to hurt as bad as I thought it would! So, we will just take it one day at a time and pay as much as we can right now. 
We are also beginning to collect a few baby items. Some friends gave us some clothes and a changing table. We also bought a dresser off of Craigslist. It needs a little bit of work yet I think it will be cute once we fix it up. We also decided to change bedrooms with the babies so we are going to move all of the furniture around. We are still figuring out how to decorate the babies' room--we have been googling pictures of babies' rooms to try and get ideas. Michael's parents are going to come in June, I believe, to help fix up the babies' room. So, hopefully we come up with some ideas before then :) 

Well, that is all of our news for now. We have another doctor's appointment on Tuesday so I will update with more information then. We are so happy that the babies are growing and developing like they should. Check out each babies page as I am going to add the new ultrasound pictures of them. They are not the best pictures but maybe we will get better pictures on Tuesday :) 

  Here is all 3 of our babies at 13 weeks! I'm not sure if that is their heads or bodies ;)