Being a Triplet Mommy

Today, I have decided to share some Tips and Tricks from my own experience, to mothering triplets.

This is a transition process, from pregnancy to birth, to nursing, till when they become independent.

My friend Akin Gave me this idea and I believe a lot if intending triplet mums will benefit from this too

Please get ready for my story telling again.........LOL

PREGNANCY

Hmmmm... I remember, sometimes in April 2011, I was already pregnant, I went for a transvaginal scan and the doctor said " i see three sacks" and he showed me and I saw 3 black dots, I actually didn't understand until he told me " madam, you are having triplets" . I was shocked and excited at the same time, my mind just kept racing here and there, I was imagining many things, when I got home I told my hubby, he was so excited , I then asked him "are you not scared" he laughed and said "why should I be scared, God will not give you what he knows you are not capable of handling" i agreed with him. We then celebrated.

The first thing I did was to browse the Internet, I did a lot of research, on how to survive and cope with this multiple pregnancy, thanks to Google, I got so many sites, I read pregnancy books, and they really helped me to understand my body change.

I had morning sickness too, but mine was in 3 folds, I Stayed away from sweet foods like chocolate, fizzy drinks( which were my specialty before ) no drinking of tea, coffee, no drinks or fruits that contain aspartame( orange, pineapple, citrus fruits) because they could induce labour.

The second thing was not to listen to all what so many people had to say, because everybody just wanted to give advice, or tell you what to do and how to carry the pregnancy, I know they meant well so all I did was nod and agree, but in my mind, I knew what I what I was doing.....lol

I remember, when I used to go for antenatal, they will say I should come for exercises, and I had read that women carrying multiple pregnancy shouldn't do rigorous exercise, better still should avoid it, I used to run away and come back when it's over.......lol

The third thing I noticed was the fast change in my belly, which should be expected, my belly grew big fast, at 3 months I was already looking like 5 months.........lol

I had a little experience when i was 10 weeks pregnant, that I still marvel at God's grace in my life, 

On this day, my driver received his salary and decided to go get drunk, I took the car from him and decided to drive home from work, I was still with Globacom then, I left my office at around 9 pm, I was in traffic for about 4 hours, I had to stop on the road to ease myself after holding it for too long, I didn't get home till like 12:30, I was so tired, and I slept, I woke up at about 5am to urinate and I felt a chunk of blood drop out of me, it was like my whole world had crumbled. I called my hubby, I told him what happened and we called the doctor, the doctor said I should be on bed rest, it was election day,no movement, we had no choice but to hope and pray. 

I stayed on bed rest till Monday, because my doctor was out of town, so all we relied on between Saturday and Monday morning was God.........lol

When I got to the hospital, the doctor performed the scan himself, he said my babies were fine. I jumped for joy, I wept for joy........ MAY OUR EXPECTATIONS NOT BE CUT SHORT IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

MAY OUR JOY NOT BE TURNED INTO SORROW IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

I learnt a lot, from this little experience, it was God's grace that I didn't have a miscarriage. Don't start behaving like a SUPERWOMAN, you are carrying multiple children you have to be careful, if possible don't drive, don't stress yourself.

The fourth thing is my medications, I took them everyday, I hated medications but I just knew I had to take them, not for me but for the babies, don't say they make you vomit or it's irritating you, remember you have plenty heads, legs, eyes, hands, e.t.c that you want to be properly formed.

I didn't take agbo (herbal drugs) reason being I don't know what was mixed, I just didn't want to take any risks.

The fifth thing I did was a cervical cerclage ( also known as a cervical stitch, is used for the treatment of cervical incompetence (or insufficiency), ^[1] a condition where the cervix has become slightly open and there is a risk of miscarriage because it may not remain closed throughout pregnancy. Usually this treatment would be done, in the second trimester of pregnancy, for a woman who had either suffered from one or more miscarriages in the past, or is carrying multiples.)

Culled from Wikipedia 

The sixth thing, is I always went for my antenatal check ups, for me it was every 2 weeks, for other pregnant women it was monthly, I used to ask lots of questions, I'm sure my doctor was tired, I listened to heartbeats too. That was really fun.

The seventh thing I did was to prepare my mind for delivery, I knew it was going to be through ceaserian section (CS) I watched videos online, and I also checked the sex of my babies, although they may have been wrong, but I checked so I could know how to shop for them.

And lastly , Prayer , hmmmmmm it only God that started it and I relied on him to finish his work, I prayed endlessly.

My pregnancy was a great experience, a memory to behold. I pray many of you experience better ones in Jesus name.