22 Weeks- Finally Meeting the OB!

Dear Bundles of Joy,

After work today, I was able to have my first appointment with an OB-GYN... the person that will deliver you guys! Since I am already 21 weeks, it is definitely late to be seeing the OB for the first time, but it has been a struggle even finding a doctor who would accept this case, apparently. I had called 3 or 4 OB's and they all said that they "don't do triplets". Strange. Dr. Elliott (the specialist) made me feel more comfortable throughout this so I wasn't too worried and he said he'd find an OB.

He found me Dr. Moore I had my routine female check-up, a urine sample, and my vitals taken. All seemed well. They also ordered a 24 hour urine sample. Apparently this is normal for a multiple pregnancy. It was... interesting to say the least. I had to take a plastic orange jug and keep it for 24 hours to collect my samples haha. It was strange to take it to work... :/ Glad its over and hopefully it shows that everything is okay. They're doing it to make sure I don't have pre-eclampsia since it is more common in a multiples pregnancy, especially early on.

Anyway, after speaking with Dr. Moore, I felt more comfortable. I had asked him if he had done a triplet pregnancy before and he said he had. He also said he's done a couple quadruplet pregnancies. This made me feel better about who was going to be taking you guys out. We'll see how it goes, but he said that if I deliver before 28 weeks then I'd go to Banner Desert but if I can hold out until longer then I would be delivering at Chandler Regional. He says we're going to be aiming for 35 weeks. I told him that I keep telling you guys that... "Stay in there until 35 weeks, kiddos!"

I keep hoping and praying that you guys stay safe. I love you already.

Love,
Mom