First off I am very for not posting for so long - but triplets are hard work!
They arrived on 4th Sep. at 11.49, 11.50 and 11.51 and weighed a healthy 4lb 10, 4lb 12 and 4lb 14! We named them Louise, Chloe and Ellie. They are absolutely georgeous (pictures on my profile) and doing really well now at 3 months. I got to my planned date for c-section and then started having contractions about an hour after getting to my hospital bed that morning. I think it had something to do with them saying they had a lot of emergencies and I might have to wait another day - the girls just said no - they wanted out!
The section went well but I lost a lot of blood and ended up having a transfusion about 4 days post section when I realised I was so tired I wouldn't be able to look after the girls without getting my iron levels up. I spent 10 days total in hospital and it was probably the worst 10 days of my life health and pain wise. The transfusion was hell because my veins kept collapsing and i had about 3 different lines in, I had my staples removed the same day without any pain relief, my feet and ankles were so swollen that at times I couldn't walk at all and the babies were doing so well that for the last 3 days of my stay in hospital I was left with all three to look after by myself with no help from staff - my DP had words though and he stayed with me the last 2 nights to help look after the girls.
Oh yeah, and the MIL is driving me INSANE!!! But thats another story....