This was a very boring day, I just rested all day.
Dianne brought over my dinner so I didn't have to cook. Tonight is Al's bowling night so he won't be home till 9:30 PM. At least I have Mandy to keep me company. It's not too bad, I do call different people so the day goes a little faster.
Tonight Al is calling his brother to tell him about the triplets.
My Uncle Andy and Aunt Marion just called to congratulate us. They said they told all my cousins and everyone was excited.
It's still hard to believe. I guess it will sink in when I see three little babies.
Monday, October 20, 2008
January 7, 1985
My girlfriend, Dianne, drove me to my doctor's appointment. Al met us there. This was the first time I was seeing my doctor, Dr. Zelnick, since I found out I was having triplets.
When Kathy, his nurse called me in she couldn't believe it. Then Dr. Zelnick came in and said he was very surprised to find out. Dr. Zelnick said the pregnancy is completely different now since we are dealing with a multiple birth. He said complete bed rest but didn't give a due date. Dr. Zelnick said usually multiple births come premature. He wants me to eat and gain at least 10 more pounds. So far I have gained 19 pounds. Al and I asked a lot of questions, such as, can Al be in the delivery room. Dr. Zelnick said yes. He told us I am going to have a c-section and an epidural. My next appointment is next Monday and next month I am to come in once a week. I told Dr. Zelnick I wanted Dr. Tanis as my pediatrician.
Dianne then took me to my work, Edison Press so I could tell them I have to quit earlier then planned. I picked up my last check and told everyone good bye. It was very nice of Dianne to drive me since I was told not to drive.
When Dianne and I got home there was a boutique of flowers on the doorstep. It is the cutest arrangement. There are three little soft dolls, amongst the flowers. The dolls have three different colored outfits on blue, yellow and pink.
Al and I are waiting till after the birth to ask the people we want to be the Godparents.
When Kathy, his nurse called me in she couldn't believe it. Then Dr. Zelnick came in and said he was very surprised to find out. Dr. Zelnick said the pregnancy is completely different now since we are dealing with a multiple birth. He said complete bed rest but didn't give a due date. Dr. Zelnick said usually multiple births come premature. He wants me to eat and gain at least 10 more pounds. So far I have gained 19 pounds. Al and I asked a lot of questions, such as, can Al be in the delivery room. Dr. Zelnick said yes. He told us I am going to have a c-section and an epidural. My next appointment is next Monday and next month I am to come in once a week. I told Dr. Zelnick I wanted Dr. Tanis as my pediatrician.
Dianne then took me to my work, Edison Press so I could tell them I have to quit earlier then planned. I picked up my last check and told everyone good bye. It was very nice of Dianne to drive me since I was told not to drive.
When Dianne and I got home there was a boutique of flowers on the doorstep. It is the cutest arrangement. There are three little soft dolls, amongst the flowers. The dolls have three different colored outfits on blue, yellow and pink.
Al and I are waiting till after the birth to ask the people we want to be the Godparents.
January 6, 1985
Al and I went to church. It is getting harder getting up and down. After church we went to breakfast with the Zrelack's. We came back to church because they were getting ready for the flea market and there was a crib I wanted. Who knew we needed to get two more cribs.
Tonight we are taking down the Christmas tree and decorations. Al and I were wondering what next Christmas will be like.
Tonight we are taking down the Christmas tree and decorations. Al and I were wondering what next Christmas will be like.
January 5, 1985
My dog, Mandy was very excited that I wasn't leaving her. She was very happy we were going to be in bed all day. I made some phone calls to friends I hadn't told the news and they were excited.
January 4, 1985
When I was getting ready for work I felt a pain in my abdomen. I thought it would go away. On the way to work the pain got worse so Al took me to the doctor's office. The doctor wasn't there yet and Mary said it was a ligament and had me lay down on one of the tables. The pain subsided while I was horizontal, which was good. Al had to go to work so I waited for the doctor. Dr. Schram came in and said it was a ligament stretching because the babies are growing. Dr. Schram said complete bed rest and wants me to be on a 3,000 calorie diet.
I called Al and told him what the doctor said, then I called work and told them I was required to go on complete bed rest. By the time I got home I was exhausted and went to bed.
I called Al and told him what the doctor said, then I called work and told them I was required to go on complete bed rest. By the time I got home I was exhausted and went to bed.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
January 3, 1985
I don't know where the time went from my last post, well I do but . . . anyways, I finally found my journal so I will continue with my story.
Today started out like any other except it's Al's birthday and I was scheduled for a sonogram at 11:00 am.
Both of us went to work, I work for a printer as a typesetter, Al works at Memorial Regional Hospital as an Investment Manager. I had the car so at 10:30 AM I left work and headed for the hospital to pick up Al. We arrived at 10:55 AM (yes I am into times and dates, which I am very good at ;-), I signed in and waited. Fifteen minutes later, Mary, Dr. Schram's nurse called us in to do the sonogram. After I was ready, I got onto the table. Mary came in and started the sonogram. Mary found a head in my lower abdomen. While she was searching for another I felt like I was going to faint, so Mary told me to sit up. I did and felt a little better. I laid back down and she proceeded to look again She found another baby at the top, I felt faint again and had to go to the bathroom. I sat up and started to go towards the restroom. I couldn't make it because of feeling faint. Mary told me to sit down and gave me some coke to drink. After I drank it I did feel better. Al said my color was coming back so I went to the restroom. I came out and we went back to the examining room to wait. While we were waiting Mary called Dr. Schram (my doctor was out of town) to tell him she found twins. He came in and introduced himself, this was the first time meeting him. Get this, he was in his tennis outfit, yep white shorts and shirt lol. I laid down again and he used the sonogram. Dr. Schram found a baby at the top and followed the head to the spinal column but instead of the spinal column he found another head. Then he headed (no pun intended) towards the bottom and found another head and announced: "I believe it's triplets!" Well, Al and I didn't say anything. To say the least . . . we were just shocked!
Dr Schram said he wanted to confirm it was triplets so he called Radiology Consultants for an ultrasound. Radiology Consultants is across the street from Memorial Regional Hospital. We had a 2:00 PM appointment. We had time so we went to lunch at Memorial's cafeteria. We didn't tell anyone about me possibly carrying triplets because we wanted confirmation as well. Around 1:50 PM we headed out and got there a little before 2:00 PM. Our appointment was with Dr. Schneider. Al signed me in and we sat in the waiting room for just a few minutes. We were called in and taken to the room. Dr. Schneider was waiting for us, I got onto the table and he proceeded with the ultrasound. The machine was unreal . . . we were able to see facial expressions and their little hands, it was an experience we'll never forget. Dr. Schneider was so nice to us. He took 9 ultrasound pictures, he measured each one of their heads and bodies. All are/were the right size for 26 weeks. Dr. Schneider said they are all healthy and whatever I was doing to keep it up. After the ultrasound Dr. Schneider wanted one x-ray to be taken of my abdomen to make sure there wasn't a baby hiding. He said it wouldn't harm me or the babies. The x-ray technician took it and it same out perfect. It was amazing to see all three in one shot. I was concerned about them being Siamese but Dr. Schneider said no, that all three are separate and it looks like they are all in one sac. So that means identical!!
Al and I walked back to Memorial to tell everyone in his office. They were all excited and just couldn't believe it. Then it was my turn to go back to work and announce the news. I came in through the front and told my boss Mr. Schantz. Then went through the shop telling everyone . . . they had the same reaction, nobody could believe it. Of course I couldn't work the rest of the day, I was still in shock.
I went back to Memorial to pick Al up. We went to our friends house, Fred and Martha. They asked how the sonogram went and Al said that twins were ruled out then I held up three fingers. They couldn't believe it, just like everyone else.
After we left Fred and Martha's we went to dinner, Tony Romas to celebrate Al's birthday and our recent discovery. We left the restaurant and went home. The phone was ringing and it was my sister Kathy, to wish Al a "Happy Birthday" and to find out about the sonogram. Then Al came in and I went to the other phone, after they sang Kathy said well . . . is it twins? Al said they ruled out twins, it's triplets! Jeff (brother-in-law), was also on the phone, they couldn't believe it. Al explained what happened then we hung up. The phone rang again, we thought it was Mom and Dad but it was Dianne. Al said about the twins being ruled out and its triplets! We said we would come down to see them after we called Mom and Dad.
We called Mom and Dad, Mom answered and the first thing she asked . . ."What did the doctor say?" I said put Dad on, We heard Mom tell Dad I bet it's twins! When Dad got on they wished Al a Happy Birthday. Then Al said they ruled out twins, and Dad said what triplets? We said yes! They couldn't believe it and were so excited! Mom said she just knew she wouldn't sleep tonight. Dad said he wouldn't either.
After we talked to Mom and Dad we walked down to Frank and Eileen's to tell them the news. They had the same reaction as everyone did, they couldn't believe it. Then we left and went to John and Dianne's. Al told the whole story again and John's mom gave us a baby gift. We opened it and it was a stuffed teddy bear. After that, we walked home and just went to bed we were exhausted!!
Today started out like any other except it's Al's birthday and I was scheduled for a sonogram at 11:00 am.
Both of us went to work, I work for a printer as a typesetter, Al works at Memorial Regional Hospital as an Investment Manager. I had the car so at 10:30 AM I left work and headed for the hospital to pick up Al. We arrived at 10:55 AM (yes I am into times and dates, which I am very good at ;-), I signed in and waited. Fifteen minutes later, Mary, Dr. Schram's nurse called us in to do the sonogram. After I was ready, I got onto the table. Mary came in and started the sonogram. Mary found a head in my lower abdomen. While she was searching for another I felt like I was going to faint, so Mary told me to sit up. I did and felt a little better. I laid back down and she proceeded to look again She found another baby at the top, I felt faint again and had to go to the bathroom. I sat up and started to go towards the restroom. I couldn't make it because of feeling faint. Mary told me to sit down and gave me some coke to drink. After I drank it I did feel better. Al said my color was coming back so I went to the restroom. I came out and we went back to the examining room to wait. While we were waiting Mary called Dr. Schram (my doctor was out of town) to tell him she found twins. He came in and introduced himself, this was the first time meeting him. Get this, he was in his tennis outfit, yep white shorts and shirt lol. I laid down again and he used the sonogram. Dr. Schram found a baby at the top and followed the head to the spinal column but instead of the spinal column he found another head. Then he headed (no pun intended) towards the bottom and found another head and announced: "I believe it's triplets!" Well, Al and I didn't say anything. To say the least . . . we were just shocked!
Dr Schram said he wanted to confirm it was triplets so he called Radiology Consultants for an ultrasound. Radiology Consultants is across the street from Memorial Regional Hospital. We had a 2:00 PM appointment. We had time so we went to lunch at Memorial's cafeteria. We didn't tell anyone about me possibly carrying triplets because we wanted confirmation as well. Around 1:50 PM we headed out and got there a little before 2:00 PM. Our appointment was with Dr. Schneider. Al signed me in and we sat in the waiting room for just a few minutes. We were called in and taken to the room. Dr. Schneider was waiting for us, I got onto the table and he proceeded with the ultrasound. The machine was unreal . . . we were able to see facial expressions and their little hands, it was an experience we'll never forget. Dr. Schneider was so nice to us. He took 9 ultrasound pictures, he measured each one of their heads and bodies. All are/were the right size for 26 weeks. Dr. Schneider said they are all healthy and whatever I was doing to keep it up. After the ultrasound Dr. Schneider wanted one x-ray to be taken of my abdomen to make sure there wasn't a baby hiding. He said it wouldn't harm me or the babies. The x-ray technician took it and it same out perfect. It was amazing to see all three in one shot. I was concerned about them being Siamese but Dr. Schneider said no, that all three are separate and it looks like they are all in one sac. So that means identical!!
Al and I walked back to Memorial to tell everyone in his office. They were all excited and just couldn't believe it. Then it was my turn to go back to work and announce the news. I came in through the front and told my boss Mr. Schantz. Then went through the shop telling everyone . . . they had the same reaction, nobody could believe it. Of course I couldn't work the rest of the day, I was still in shock.
I went back to Memorial to pick Al up. We went to our friends house, Fred and Martha. They asked how the sonogram went and Al said that twins were ruled out then I held up three fingers. They couldn't believe it, just like everyone else.
After we left Fred and Martha's we went to dinner, Tony Romas to celebrate Al's birthday and our recent discovery. We left the restaurant and went home. The phone was ringing and it was my sister Kathy, to wish Al a "Happy Birthday" and to find out about the sonogram. Then Al came in and I went to the other phone, after they sang Kathy said well . . . is it twins? Al said they ruled out twins, it's triplets! Jeff (brother-in-law), was also on the phone, they couldn't believe it. Al explained what happened then we hung up. The phone rang again, we thought it was Mom and Dad but it was Dianne. Al said about the twins being ruled out and its triplets! We said we would come down to see them after we called Mom and Dad.
We called Mom and Dad, Mom answered and the first thing she asked . . ."What did the doctor say?" I said put Dad on, We heard Mom tell Dad I bet it's twins! When Dad got on they wished Al a Happy Birthday. Then Al said they ruled out twins, and Dad said what triplets? We said yes! They couldn't believe it and were so excited! Mom said she just knew she wouldn't sleep tonight. Dad said he wouldn't either.
After we talked to Mom and Dad we walked down to Frank and Eileen's to tell them the news. They had the same reaction as everyone did, they couldn't believe it. Then we left and went to John and Dianne's. Al told the whole story again and John's mom gave us a baby gift. We opened it and it was a stuffed teddy bear. After that, we walked home and just went to bed we were exhausted!!
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