Newbie here...

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• Lowri

  May 11, 2007 1:56PM

  Going through the same - found out yesterday that I might be carrying triplets after having a scan because I thought I was miscarrying! Only 5 weeks though so we've got a little more time to get used to the idea! One part of me is really excited but there's another part that is already worrying like crazy about how we'll cope. Luckily my husband is amazing and is being really practical and supportive!

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• hannah28_12_06

  May 11, 2007 2:16PM

  Congrats! It must be such a shock. We found out 3 wks ago, and it still doesn't feel real to me. It is so much easier when you have a supportive husband in any pregnancy. Do you have any other children? My son told me I was pregnant before I had even done the test, and then said that there were 2 babies inside (at which both my husband and I just laughed). We went for a scan at 7 weeks, and asked them if there was another baby, as we could only see the one, and they said no. At our 12 week scan, the specialist said that both our babies were fine, which completely caught us off guard. You can see it as clear as daylight in the scan though, so it must be true...
  
  I hope things go smoothly for you.

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• Lowri

  May 11, 2007 5:27PM

  No other kids yet, and probably no more after this! It's come as a complete shock - I'm still expecting to wake up from the dream.
  
  Maybe you should ask your son what tomorrow nights lottery numbers are going to be?!!?

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• hannah28_12_06

  May 12, 2007 5:30AM

  If I really thought my son could win me the lotto, I really wouldn't have waited this long to ask him... Especially with the cost of having twins now! I can imagine how you feel with the cost of triplets. Even though this is a really exciting time, and we are blessed, it is daunting.

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• Lowri

  May 12, 2007 5:49AM

  Have spent most of the last 2 days swinging from being deliriously happy, to being in floods of tears, to worrying about how we'll cope because I'm going to have to give up work, to laughing hysterically because it all seems so unreal...... There's also the thought that one of them might not develop, so I'm really confused because on one hand it would be easier with just two, but then I feel really guilty for feeling like that and really upset that I might lose one!
  
  Thanksfully I 'm seeing the doctor at antenatal clinic tomorrow so I can talk things through with her.
  
  Congrats on being past 12 weeks, hope the next 6 months go smoothly

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• hannah28_12_06

  May 12, 2007 8:30AM

  I can relate to all that you are saying. I even worry with just the 2 of them, as they are sharing a placenta. I am even more neurotic in this pregnancy, as I had a little girl in December 2006, who was delivered at 5 months. Hannah had anencephaly. That was an absolutely devastating time for my family. It came as a huge surprise that we fell pregnant so quickly after losing our daughter. I was checked thoroughly at 12 weeks for both anencephaly and down syndrome as I have been told by the specialist that she doesn't want me to have the triple test. We still wait very anxiously for 16 week scan to be told about spina bifida. I have been on extremely high doses of folic acid, but I really don't think you stop worrying about your little ones until they are safely in your arms.
  
  I really hope all goes well for you, and all your questions get answered.

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• Lowri

  May 14, 2007 5:35AM

  Started to bleed a little Saturday night and again this morning.... Seen the doc and I just have to wait and see what's going on in there!
  Have a new scan date for this Thursday though (instead of next Thurs) so I'll hopefully get to see what's going on again.

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• hannah28_12_06

  May 14, 2007 11:01AM

  So sorry to hear that. I know it's easier said than done, but do try to rest, it could be anything. Hold thumbs on Thurs for you. Hope all is well until then.

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