ER

We had a little too much excitement on Thursday.  I woke up at 4:00 AM to go to the bathroom and realized I was bleeding.  More than just spotting.  It was like I had just started a heavy period.  I woke the hubby up and told him. He asked what we should do.  I told him, I'd call my doctor's office as soon as they opened.  I then tried to go back to sleep, but ended up just staring at the ceiling assuming the worst.  I cried and cried, then finally around 5:30, I got up and went downstairs.  I started reading through my baby books and looking online to see what I should do.  I finally decided to call the on-call doctor.  He told me he thought it'd be best for me to go to the ER, so I got the hubby out of bed and we headed out the door.

We ended up spending 4.5 hours there.  They got me into a bed pretty quickly and took my vitals and quite a few vials of blood.  The nurse came in with a Doppler to see if she could pick up a heartbeat.  She was able to get one, which was a relief to know that I was still pregnant, but I was still nervous not knowing the status of all three.  The nurse explained that I would soon go in for an ultrasound and then they would probably do a pelvic exam and have to give me a catheter so they could get a blood-free urine sample.  No fun.

After about 2 hours, they finally got me in for an ultrasound.  Our ultrasound tech was really good about finding all three babies right away and showing me their heartbeats.  As soon as I saw that they were all three still alive and kicking in there, I felt an overwhelming sense of relief come over me.  The tech spent about 45 minutes looking at everything.  He never was able to figure out the cause for the bleeding, but was able to conclude that we had 3 strong heartbeats and 3 babies all measuring normally.

We went back to my room and waited for the doctor.  He came in and said they were still waiting on some of my labs.  They decided not to do the pelvic exam or urine sample, which was absolutely fine with me.  Finally around 11:00, they gave me a snack (I was starving and not allowed to eat or drink anything) and then let me go home.  I was given instructions to be on pelvic rest (no sex) and bed rest until Monday.  

So, everything turned out to be okay, but it was definitely a very scary ordeal.  I think it was the first time when I felt that I really needed all three to be okay.  Up until this point, the idea of triplets has scared me to death and I always wondered how I would react if something happened to one.  Now I know.  I would be devastated.  These babies....all three of them, are a part of me.  Seeing them waving their hands around and kicking their legs about was just amazing.  I was so glad to be able to go home knowing they were okay.