Friday Appointment Update

Hello all!
I just wanted to post a quick update to let you know that our appointment went very well today! The stitches are in tight, there are no signs of infection and we were able to retain 2.74cm of cervix. (anything over 2.0 is good!) We are thrilled! Just keep praying that those stitches hold tight until we have to remove them for a December delivery.

1 week of bed rest down! I'm thankful to have some time downstairs today. It's a gorgeous day, so I'm thrilled to be able to enjoy the sunshine!

Have a great Labor Day weekend!

Bedrest

Three days of bed rest down 123 more to go in order to reach our goal of December 30th.

We have a follow up appointment with the Doctors on Friday morning. They are just checking to see how the stitches are holding and for any infections from the surgery. Please pray that we don't have any surprises at this appointment. I am kind of of looking forward to this appointment because it will be my first day downstairs in a week, so I will get to see how Peter is keeping up the house...

I am hoping the weather is nice on Friday, so I can maybe lay out side for a while since I am already downstairs.

Please pray for our appointment on Friday and we have our routine appointment next Wednesday to check on the girls and see how they are growing.

We will update again after our appointments.

The Jonswolds +3

Looking to help contact info

We are so overwhelmed by all of the offers of support, time, meals, cleaning, etc. If you do have the ability to help out with a meal (lunch or dinner), good snack, time to chat with Ali, diapers for future use, prayers, etc. please contact Peter's sister Meredith. Meredith will be staying in touch with Ali to schedule help for the coming months. No need to contact Meredith to coordinate prayers, when ever you feel up to it we need 'em.

Again we are so overwhelmed by all of the generosity and thoughtful calls and e-mails we hope to be able to offer the same support in the future for others.

Meredith Seaberg
612-695-4009
meredithseaberg@gmail.com

Thanks again!

Peter and Ali +3 little girls

Ali is home

Ali came home this afternoon and is very excited to be in her own bed again as I am I excited to be out of that hospital chair.

The grandpa's and I spent the afternoon transforming our upstairs into Ali's new domain.

She will have a laptop tomorrow to start communicating with the outside world again, so for one more night you are all stuck with me.

The Dr's checked the babies out again today and they looked great, they have actually now discovered that they are not alone in the womb. We were able to watch 2 of them trying to touch hands, touching each others faces and what seemed like a kiss through the membrane. it was incredibly cute and fun to watch.

We have had many calls and requests inquiring on how you can help. We are going to coordinate that through my sister Meredith. I will put her contact information on here tomorrow.

If you are able to stop by and spend some time with Ali, bring a meal, etc. we would be so incredibly grateful and won't be able to thank you all enough. We have been blown away with the calls, e-mails, and conversations with you all and how gracious everyone has been...you all provide an incredible light in this journey for us.

Thank you again for your prayers, thoughts, and calls this weekend and please keep them coming.

Ali will sign on tomorrow and I am sure you will get a re-cap from her as well.

Surgery Update

Ali had her surgery today at 10am and it took about an hour for the procedure.

Ali did great and so did all 3 little girls.

The Dr was able to put in 2 stitches in Ali's cervix to help hold the little ones inside for as long as possible. We thankfully are being watched extra closely (thanks to Grandma Klein and her nurse connections) so they were able to put the stitches in as a preventative procedure instead of a "rescue" procedure. Now we just need to pray that the baby's don't cause any trouble and try to get out until we go and get them in December.

Ali is spending at least tonight at the hospital for monitoring and we will find out tomorrow what the plan is for tomorrow. The concern is that since they have been messing with her she may start to contract so they want to monitor her closely. She had no signs of pre-term labor today so we were very thankful.

They checked in on all 3 girls before and after the surgery and they were all having a great time waving and kicking. All of the grandparents were in the room and were able to see their first live shots of the grandchildren.

Thank you all for your prayers and please continue to pray for all my girls for health, strength, growth and what ever else you can come up with.

Ali will be home on bed rest until the babies come so if you are in the neighborhood feel free to stop by and chat with her for a while or give her a call on the phone to break up the day. We are converting one of the bedrooms up stairs in to her new living room/kitchen since she can't go down the stairs at all so any new faces besides mine and the dog I am sure will be very exciting and welcomed by her.

Thanks again!

The Jonswolds +3

It's a Girl (x3)

Hello all, Peter here...

We had a good appointment this morning and all 3 babies looked great. It was confirmed that we will be the proud parents of 3 little girls. Hopefully they look like their mom! All of their measurements were great, they each had all of their hands, fingers, feet, toes, etc. It is a little early to do much in depth looking at their hearts but each girl had 4 chambers so we are looking good. All 3 babies took time to wave at the camera as well, it is so fun to watch them squirm around and wave their hands and feet. The Dr's kept saying how photogenic our little girls are already.

The Dr did say that baby C (one of the identical twins) had 2 blood vessels in her cord compared to the normal 3. This is fairly common in multiple births but is also possibly a sign (10%) of birth defects. All of her measurements looked great and their was no indication of any problems, just one more thing to watch and worry about. Her umbilical cord was connected on the side of the placenta instead of in the middle which could be the reason she was a little smaller. So please keep these things specifically in your prayers.

Lastly, the Dr ordered a cervical cerclage (a couple of stitches in Ali's cervix) for Ali to help keep the babies in side the womb until we want them to come out at 35 weeks. The procedure is tomorrow morning at 10am, we don't know yet when Ali will come home. It could be a day or they may keep her for a few days if she starts to have contractions due to the surgery. This also means the start of bed rest for Ali, this is about 3 weeks earlier then we expected.

We are extremely excited that all 3 babies looked healthy and strong.

Please pray for Baby C and her health specifically as well as the health of the other 2.

Please pray for Ali as she prepares for surgery tomorrow and a long road a head of staying in bed.

We are hoping to make it to December 30th which would be Great Grandma Jonswold's birthday

We will update this site soon with new photos from today and on how the surgery went.

Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers!

Surprise (x3)!!!

Surprise! You're expecting...triplets! We found out we were expecting on May 31st-Memorial Day! It was definitely a day to remember. We were told our HCG levels were pretty high, which in my mind meant...okay, so prepare for twins. On June 19th we found out triplets are on the way! Wow! What an overwhelming blessing! We will have 2 identical babies and 1 fraternal. (2 eggs=3 babies)The sexes are still TBD. We have an ultrasound on August 24th to find out if pink, blue, or a little bit of both is in our near future. We are very excited to welcome our babies into the world, but are praying that they will not be born until after 33 weeks. (Which would be December 16th) Please pray for their health and strength and for the perfect birthday for our little ones. 33 weeks sounds young for a singleton, but it is absolutely great for triplets! If we can hold off until then, we'll be singing songs of praise! :) Alison will be going on bed rest in September until the little tykes are born. Feel free to drop her a line, she will have lots of time on her hands! We will keep this website updated with new information and ultrasound pics. Thanks so much for your love and prayers!