Home Sweet Home

We are back home again after a long weekend at Abbott. The doctors won't admit until 24 weeks. (viability)

Ali is still feeling some contractions, but the doctors still felt confident in sending us home. We will now have home monitoring twice a week on top of our weekly appointment. We will be continuing with bed rest and continuing to pray that the stitches hold. The girls turned 22 weeks today.

Thank you for all of the prayers over the weekend!

We will continue to update this site but feel free to e-mail and/or call the house to chat with Ali to break up the days.

Peter and Ali +3

Change of Plans

Well, Ali went in again this morning since she was feeling some irritability and contractions. The doctor's measured her cervix again and it was holding tight at the stitch, so they hooked her up to the contraction monitors and they were seeing what she was feeling. So they admitted her to Abbott this morning for at least the next few days and possibly the duration which we are now hoping for 30 weeks or November 25th.

Ali is doing well at the hospital, currently they have her in a standard Labor and Delivery room and will hopefully move her to a long-term room tomorrow. She will then have a fridge and shower as well as a cot for me!

Please continue to pray for Ali and her comfort in the ever so comfortable hospital beds, pray that the stitches to hold and the girls to continue to grow and stay healthy.

We will continue to up date this site, when we know what her room phone number will be we will post it here.

Thanks again

Peter and Ali +3

Appointment Update

Ali and the girls had another appointment today and the girls are doing well still.

The doctor did say that Ali's cervix had shortened and was now being held shut by the stitch they inserted a little over a month ago now. (There is no cervix left, just the stitch) Ali was not having any contractions which is great news, but we are concerned about the shortening again. We are hopeful that the stitch will hold strong and that her cervix will gain some length back again this week.

So our plan now is to continue with the bed rest and continue to pray that the stitches hold strong and that the babies hold on until early December. Please continue to pray for Ali as she continues bed rest and for the girls that they find a way to stay inside until December.

Thank you for all of your support and we will update again after our appointment next week. Our appointment next week is another complete ultrasound so we should have some good shots of the girls to post again.

Peter and Ali +3

Thumbs Up!

Well, we have a few more photos of each girl for their baby books. They were all pretty normal profile pictures, arms, legs, etc. But in one photo Baby "C" (our little angel with the 2 vessel cord) is seen here giving us the thumbs up from inside. So she knows we have all been praying for her and she just wants to say back everything is cool guys just keep laying on that couch mommy!

We also took a quick photo of Ali on one of her trips from the couch back to the bed for the night. This is taken at 21 weeks with 1 month of bed rest down and 3 more to go!

We have another appointment (field trips for Ali) on Wednesday, so we will update the site after that appointment again.

Thank you all for the continued prayers, phone calls, e-mails, food, etc. it is amazing!

Love Peter and Ali +3

Beautiful Hearts

We went in yesterday for our weekly appointment and they did in-depth ultrasounds on all of our girls hearts. They look perfect! We're so thrilled! It occurred to me this morning that in 3 months (give or take) we'll have three kids! It blows my mind how lucky we are!!! I just can't wait to meet these little ones. The babies have definitely discovered each other. Yesterday we got to watch them kick, touch hands, and play. They're loving their sisters already! It was truly amazing! Please continue to pray that the next 10+ weeks go quickly and we are blessed with health. Thank you again for your amazing support and prayers!!! We'll continue to keep you updated.

Thank You

Well one more week done and another good appointment this week.

We had a quick appointment this week and everything is still looking good, so the bed rest is helping. Thank you for all the prayers, we are now scheduled for an appointment every week so that will keep us busy.

We want to thank you all for your prayers, meals, diapers, social visits, phone calls, e-mails, etc. It has been amazing the past few weeks to see things pop up on the calendar (Thank you Meredith for handling the schedule) and diapers coming in the door. Please know how grateful we are for all of your support and prayers.

We will continue to update this site as things progress along.

Thanks again!

Another Good Appointment

We had another great appointment today! All 3 girls are growing healthy and strong. Baby "A" is 8 oz, Baby "B" is the biggest weighing in at 9 oz, and Baby "C" has caught up with her sisters weighing 8 oz. They looked at the babies brains, kidneys, hearts, arms, legs, feet, fingers....we got to see it all. All of our girls are doing great!!!
More great news....my cervical length has grown. GO BED REST! Looks like all of this laying around and daytime TV is really helping! We are up over 3 cm!!
The babies are doing so well, we don't need another ultrasound for 1 month. A break in the action!
Thanks again to all of you for your amazing support and prayers! Peter and I truly feel blessed to have such amazing support in our lives.
You are all loved!