Can you imagine carrying triplets?? I can’t. Lauren posted a link to a blog about triplets. I also wonder how they keep the babies straight in utero? The woman talks about tracking the development of each baby (Baby A, B, and C). I wonder how the doctor knows which is which. What happens if babies A and B swap sides one day? It’s not like they are wearing little name tags in there or something.

And how do you put 3 car seats in your car??? We installed the car seat in the Saturn today and it’s snug in there. I realize the Saturn isn’t exactly a mini-van… so I guess that’s what you need for triplets.

Zig takes up enough space in me without adding any more. I’ll take my babies one at a time, thank you very much :)

I’ve had several people ask about my 39wk appt, which means I guess I’ve been a slacker for not posting sooner :)

The 39wk appointment on Monday was another SMA (group appt), so they measured weight, belly size, and baby’s heartbeat. All very good. No internal exam (lovely) so no update on dialation or anything.

I did learn something interesting though. Apparently the story about more deliveries on full moons isn’t fully accurate. My midwife said that there is a high correlation to deliveries around storms (due to the low pressure systems that cause storms) AND storms often occur around full moons. Soo… my theory about the 23rd being *the* day may be flawed (well, more flawed than it already was). So keep an eye on the weather and lets see if a low pressure system comes by shortly after the 17th. You can also keep an eye on Intellicast’s “official” Labor/Birth Index. I have no idea how scientific this is, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

I worked from home yesterday and it was so nice and relaxing (the fact that it was a beautiful day didn’t hurt either!). I decided that I’m going to officially start vacation time on May 16th – assuming zig doesn’t come before then. Once I made up my mind on that decision I’ve felt very relaxed and happy with it :)

Alan and I now have a little nursery in the house with a crib, changing table, and dresser. Sometime soon we are going to hang the pictures we got from the babyshower and the quilt that Alan’s mom made (with embroidery help for others). Once that’s done I’m going to take a few pictures and put them up. I also am way overdue for a belly shot. My mom and sister both said this weekend that I hide the belly well. I pulled up my shirt and mom said “wow!”. :) Hehehe… good belly! I’ll post new pics sometime soon. I’m at work now and don’t have any handy.

But anyway, I’m glad to see at least a few people read my ramblings. They aren’t very artsy or poetic or anything, just plain ramblings :)

T minus 6 days and counting!! (or maybe it’s B minus…. hmm….)

For those already engaged in the story, here’s the lowdown… I got nothing!!

For those not engaged – Mom bought us a $5 lotto ticket as an anniversary gift (well, as a very small part of the anniversary gift). I scratched if off and won $5. Yay! So I traded it in for another $5 ticket – which won me $10! Sadly, the next store we stopped at didn’t have $5 or $10 tickets, so I got 5 $2 tickets (in hindsight, I think this was my downfall). Scratched them and won $2 :) Almost forgot to trade it in before we left NY, so we stopped at the last gas station on the border. Traded it in for another $2 ticket and won nothing :( Very sad. But it was a good adventure for the weekend :)

I think it’s been awhile since I’ve posted an update. We went down to Franklin for the weekend and had a very nice time. Joyce just got home from college (I think she wanted to see the big belly!). We ended up getting a sweet hotel room too :) And I finished knitting my first ever sweater!!! Yay! I’ve tried grownup sized ones and never finished, but the baby sized one went much quicker :) I’ve even started a second baby sized one.

We are now officially 9 days from the big day. I met an old friend this weekend who said she had both of her babies on their due dates! I told her that’s just amazing. Statitics show that only 5% (I think) of women deliver on their due dates – and she did twice! I thought that was pretty cool. We went to a child fair sponsored by the hospital down there this weekend. Got lots of free samples and met people I know. Crazy.

Anyway, I’m tired now and I have a long day tomorrow, including my 39wk appointment. I’ll post more later.