Welcome Baby Camryn!!

On Monday I was SO sick... I had some 24 hour stomach bug. Tuesday I woke up and felt SO much better in the puking/pooping department and I had what was to be my last OB appointment, u/s, and NST. I started to have pains in my lower abdomen but just thought it was nothing or a UTI (I never felt contractions before). So I make it to my appointment, made it through the NST and I thought there weren't any contractions (come to find out later in the appt that they were contractions). Next I had a BPP to see how big she was and that was HORRIBLE! She wasn't moving very much on the NST, so I had to lay an extra long time to make sure she was ok. The u/s tech was pushing on my belly and it hurt so effin bad. After like 30 minutes of that she moved enough and then I had my appt in the room with the OB. I waited for like 20 minutes and she finally walks in (I was dying at this point). She checks me and says "OH my...you're dilated to 4 and are 90% effaced!". I was like WHA????? Wow. She asked me if today would be a bad day to have a baby and I was like NOPE! Since I was so sick the day before I hadn't eaten since Sunday so I ran home, met DH there (my mom was already watching the kids) and we went to the hospital where they checked me again at 12:30 pm and I was dilated to a 5 and was 100% effaced!

Waiting for all the prep work for the c/s was miserable! I was so dehydrated from the 24 stomach bug, they had to call in anesthesia to do my IV and couldn't give me any pain meds until I had at least THREE bags of fluid! It was so painful!!

At 1:30 I finally had 3 bags of fluid rushed in and was ready to go to the OR. They took me back, did my spinal (which I didn't have last time b/c it was an emergency). The spinal was a piece of cake compared to the contractions! I laid down and they started the c/s. DH came in shortly after and he sat my my head. I was freezing so they brought me a warm blanket and wrapped it around my head.

At 2:16 pm Camryn Paige was born! She weighed 7 lbs 7 oz and was 19 in. long! She came out crying and it was the best noise I have ever heard in my life. I didn't get to see/hear any of the triplets being born, so this was wonderful. She did great and got all 9's on her Apgars and then they tested her sugar and it was low so she had to go to the nursery after a while (my surgery took about 2 hours). I started to feel pain after a while b/c I had my tubes tied and the OB was fixing an adhesion that formed after my last c/s. She said she was glad that I didn't try for a VBAC b/c my ute was so thin where the last incision was it would have burst open for sure They gave me 2 rounds of demerol and I started to feel a little better, but very dizzy. Finally around 4 something they were done and I got stiched up.

I was wheeled back to my room w/o Camryn and after a little while they brought her in. DH fed her a bottle to get her sugar up and my family and the kids came in. Justin fell in love with her instantly. He wanted to hold her and feed her and kept calling her "My baby Camryn". It was SO cute. The girls are a little indifferent to her but that's ok. She ate just enough to where her sugars went up and she didn't have to go the NICU. They have been fine ever since.

My sugars are still high, so I am still on the blood sugar pill--not the insulin. Recovery was pretty good. They let me go home yesterday I've been doing ok...

I came home to both of the big girls being sick (probably my 24 hour stomach bug ) and my mom stayed around to help which was SO nice since I couldn't lift anyone. Justin is still not sick (knock on wood).

Here are a few pics!!

We will miss you Ashley!

Since the triplets were 3 months old they have had the most wonderful physical therapist. Her name is Ashley and she has been the greatest thing that ever happened for my kiddos. Today was her last day for therapy through First Steps since the kids will be turning 3 next week and transitioning to the school district.

Words cannot express how grateful I am to have had a nice, caring, gentle, loving and knowledgeable therapist for my babies.

Thank you so much Ashley. We will always be thankful for you.

Halloween 2010

Here are a few pics of the kids at their Halloween Parade at school.

Ayva

Anna

Justin

All three pirates....Arg!

Justin and his BFF from school

They had a great time. On Halloween we went to the mall to trick or treat instead of going door to door. That was MUCH easier for mommy and the kids...they got a TON of candy (which I will be saving some to eat myself ;)). Both the grandma's went and lots of fun was had! :)

Small update!

Baby Camryn is doing well so far. Back in September I failed my 1 and 3 hour glucose tolerance test and they diagnosed me with Gestational Diabetes. It's been ok...just rough for me b/c I LOVE me some chocolate! :) Anyways, a week after I got diagnosed they started me on Glyburide, a pill for diabetes, and it's worked ok.... I was having some lows the first few days after they increased my dosage from one pill at night to 2 in the morning and 2 at night and just yesterday I started to get back up to the higher numbers...maybe it's wearing off...? I have another appointment tomorrow for a Non-Stress Test and to go over my numbers. Then I have another appointment on Friday (they are making me come twice a week now) for another Non-Stress Test and a Growth Scan. Babies can tend to be bigger when the mom has GD, so they will measure her and I will just get to see her again :).

The trips are all doing fine! We are going through testing for the school district transition right now, and it's keeping me BUSY! I REALLY love the school that they are at right now, the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired, but I don't think our school district will want to pay to send them there :( I think it would be best for them to be at a school addressing their visual needs first and foremost in the learning process and CCVI knows how to do that better than the school district w/ one vision teacher. I've already decided that I will see how it goes and if I don't like the end result, I don't have to send them anywhere....I mean, they are only just about to turn 3 for heaven's sake!

Also Ayva got a new chair and I will post a video of her in it when I get a chance! It's awesome!

Chiefs Charity Game for CCVI

Tonight is the Chiefs pre-season game for the kids' school, the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired!

Here are some pics I took of the kiddos in their shirts- We are supporting even though we can't go to the game!

Anna

Ayva

Justin

All three

Ayva's EEG results!

Dr. A finally called me today to tell me how Ayva's EEG looked (She had it on Tuesday). He said.... drum roll please........

SHE ISN'T HAVING HYPPSARRYTHMIA!!

She hasn't had it (knock on wood) for 5 months now!!! Since the seizures started, she has never been with out seizures for this long. I know I remember another time, not too long ago, where she almost died in the pursuit of seizure freedom.... you can start reading here if you're a new reader or forgot...(I know I tend to block out bad things).

She is still having another small type of seizure--so she's not entirely SF, but we will take no Infantile Spasms for now ;) He did say that it looked better than the last time so she will stay on her current regime of meds/Keto diet.

Yay! :)

Blogger Award!!

Isaac's Mom at Issac's Big Adventure gave me a blog award!!!! And I almost didn't see it in my comments because of a whole bunch of Chinese Spam comments!!

Thank you so much!

I guess I have to share 7 things about myself as the rules say....

1) I am more exhausted during this pregnancy than with triplets and going to work combined!

2) Ice cream is my most fav thing in the world!!

3) I could eat Mexican food every day for the rest of my life! (and yes, Taco Bell counts!)

4) I am deathly afraid of flying :(

5) I am so proud of my kiddos for being such brave little fighters! They are my inspiration everyday!

6) My fav music group is The Fray. I love me some Fray!!

7) I actually enjoy cooking for everyone but would enjoy it more if I had more TIME!

So now I am going to pass the award on to 2 great blogs. The first is one I read often- another Infantile Spasms buddy at Happy Being Trevy . Danielle is a great writer and she is much better explaining how things really are in this crazy world we live in (much better than me!).

The second person I pass this award to is to Megan at Multiple Baby Pileup . She is an awesome MoM and I am a better person for having read her blog and being able to know her on my MoM chat board. She is an amazing person--so everyone should go check out her blog!