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can we talk about triplets please?!

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201418 · 22/05/2014 08:28

Just had an early scan yesterday and its triplets!

All the babies have their own sac but they don't know how many placenta there are yet. I'm getting scanned every two wks.

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CoolCat2014 · 22/05/2014 08:32

Wow exciting! I can't offer any experience, just think that's exciting. How do you feel about it?

weatherall · 22/05/2014 08:36

All I know is that the average gestation is 34 weeks.

So I'd prepare yourself for a c section, scbu, at least part formula feeding, and a high chance of disabilities down the line.

Maybe contact tamba now and start bulk buying nappies!

vitaminC · 22/05/2014 08:38

Congratulations! My best friend had triplets last year (B/B/G). It's hard work when they're babies but it gets easier as they grow up. Make sure you have a support network in place before they arrive.

My friend got the best support from a local branch of a twins&multiples association. They even lent her a triple buggy!

I have another friend with 15yo triplet girls and I love how close they are :-)

Firstpregnancy2014 · 22/05/2014 09:09

Wow congratulations :) I know nothing about triplets but how exciting!
Were they conceived naturally?
Wishing you an easy as possible pregnancy :) xx

MummytoMog · 22/05/2014 11:21

I know two sets of triplets - all born with good birth weights (around 4lb) and no disabilities in the bunch of them. However both mothers were on bedrest for weeks and weeks at the end of their pregnancies, so that's worth bearing in mind.

idontlikealdi · 22/05/2014 13:21

Congratualtions!! Check out your local twins / multiples club and get as much advice as you can. TAMBA has a specific triplets & higher order multiples area as well as a for sale board where you may come across triple buggies etc.

Weatherall - 'a high chance of disabilities down the line'? Where did that come from? I know three sets without any disabilities...

imip · 22/05/2014 13:24

I know another lovely set of triplets, born around 34 weeks, all very healthy! Congratulations, I am very Envy.

FoodieMum3 · 22/05/2014 17:26

'A high chance of disabilities down the line' Shock

I wouldn't agree with that at all.

Congratulations OP. I would suggest finding and joining a multiples support group.

Mind yourself, plenty, PLENTY rest.

rockstars12 · 22/05/2014 18:25

Wow and I thought being pregnant with twins was scary enough! Congratulations!! I hope all goes well. How far along are you? I'm 12 weeks with twins and have had the usual sickness and tiredness. My tummy is expanding quickly. A whole family in one go. Do you have ny other children as well? X

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PickledSprout · 23/05/2014 13:13

Congratulations!

I have triplet brothers. A friend also breastfed her triplets until about 18months so it can be done...

201418 · 27/05/2014 09:48

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201418 · 27/05/2014 09:52

Thanks, I'm 8+6 and feel very good no sickness but do get tired easy. We also have a Ds who is now 4. My only concern is when to finish work, I've been reading that alot of woman finish between. 18-24wks and having a planned section c section 34 wks.

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Minibagel · 27/05/2014 18:33

I have read that there is an accepted link between premature babies pre 37 weeks and later learning difficulties/adhd but that may be skewed by the babies that are spontaneously born early rather than with triplets which are a planned section and the stats are also affected by babies born at 24 weeks who have far more learning and health problems. So please don't worry about what you have heard, you have enough on your plate with a 4 year old and 3 on the way! Congratulations on your pregnancy, how exciting for you and your family

rockstars12 · 27/05/2014 18:37

You will have triplets earlier, 33-34 weeks is about as far as the current advice says to go. Be prepared for bed rest and maybe even hospital bed rest for monitoring. Obviously so much of this depends on individual pregnancies, but you will probably be advised to finish and get comfy.
I think you can officially go on maternity leave about 11 weeks before due date, maybe before this you might be able to go on sick leave as opposed to maternity as you will be advised medically to rest. Though as you have good medical reason for starting maternity early, it might be maternity leave straight away. I'm sure someone else will be able to clarify this.
You just have to take each milestone as it comes. You will be in a better position to know what is going on with the babies come the 16 week scan, 12 weeks is obviously important for nuchal and dating and getting an idea of how they are growing comparatively.
Very jealous you have escaped the sickness so far!

stinkingbishop · 27/05/2014 19:07

Huzzah! I 'only' have twins, but:

Google your local twins and multiples club. Get there NOW to meet people and register your interest in cast offs and to get top tips eg what you need 3 of, what you can do without.

On which note, I had 72 muslins. Go figure.

Join TAMBA, if nothing else for the members' discounts you get.

Make a list of everything you need and set up saved eBay searches. eBay is your friend when it comes to multiples, otherwise you is broke my friend. Similarly buy baby-related BOGOFs now when you see them in the shops.

Get Prem size nappies off Amazon as most shops don't do them. JoJo do nice prem clothes and there is a 20% discount with TAMBA.

If you haven't got a tumbledrier, get one, and investigate switching energy supplier as you will have machines running all the time.

Start looking into maternity nurses if there's any way you can afford it and, if not, consider asking people to contribute rather than buy cuddly toys. I know you've already had a baby - so had I. And I had a loving DP. But unless you're some sort of latterday miracle you are going to have a CS and be somewhat incapacitated which is tricky enough when you have one baby to nurse, let alone 3. They help physically, they let you get the occasional 5 mins sleep, and most importantly mine helped me establish the Holy Grail with multiples which is the routine. I think I would have even less sanity left had the twins not been in a routine (and sleeping through) from about 7 weeks. One demanding baby is hard enough, but 2 or 3, whose demands will likely otherwise be on different timetables...doesn't bear thinking about!

Get 3 lifesize baby dolls from a carboot and practice with them how you'll transport your little brood round the house, how you'll feed them together, bathe etc. I have one triplet Mum who was on her own most of the time and actually made the executive decision NOT to bathe them for the first few months having done this, and just gave them a quick wipe each night. On which note, I do think a lot of multiple parenting is like that - ruthlessly pragmatic, not aiming for perfection, just to get through each day with everyone alive and, mostly, happy Smile.

Everyone will be super excited about triplets - friends, family, colleagues - and rightly so and will offer to help. Rather than brushing them off, say, oo, actually...draw up a list of tasks you can delegate eg cooking ready meals for the freezer, driving round to pick up second hand cots you found on eBay etc.

And for all of this, get on the case early. As PPs have said, 34 weeks is the latest you'll go, it might be earlier, and you don't know how you'll be feeling towards the end. Even with twins I had to stop work at 30 weeks because I just couldn't go on anymore and was practically bedridden with SPD and swollen ankles and the lot. So take advantage now when you're feeling OK.

And congrats again. You'll rock it Grin.

zoemaguire · 27/05/2014 19:17

weatherall Hmm what a miserable comment! There is not a high chance of disabilities if a baby is born at 34 weeks, but an extremely small chance. Triplets perhaps up the risk, but hardly something to prepare yourself for!

aroha77 · 27/05/2014 20:58

Congratulations :)
I love being a twin, I'm sure your children will love being triplets!
Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy Xx

stinkingbishop · 27/05/2014 21:02

Oh and please can we name them?! I have soooooo many names I was banend from using!

201418 · 28/05/2014 12:03

Thanks everyone so much great advice!I worked out that IF I could possibly work until (I work 2 days only) 26wks that would take me up til end of sept and my new holidays start 1st Oct I could take that time up until my c section.

I too scared to buy anything at the moment as they said there was a risk of mc up until 14wks and with the babies being in their own sacs is great but we still don't know how many placentas there are its still early days. I'm getting scanned every 2wks from 8wks.

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