Triplet Update - Six months old - New Photo (1/25)

I'm delighted. I 'm worried.  I'm freaking out.  I'm sort of having PTSD a little bit, as is my husband.  It's still a secret on social media but since it is going to be announced this week and I figure nobody here knows the players, it's probably okay to talk about it.

My daughter, who is a twin, is a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy.  She has been married for 10 years.  She is stationed in California.  She and her husband decided to start a family late last year.  My husband and I were told that she is pregnant back in late January in the cutest way:  She had her two sisters go to the scrapbook store near my house and buy a bunch of baby stuff, then bring it over while she and her husband were on FaceTime watching my reaction.  So that is awesome news, what a delight and blessing.

She went for her first OB appointment week before last. Her  husband came with her, which was a good thing because:

MY DAUGHTER IS HAVING TRIPLETS.

T-R-I-P-L-E-T-S.

Not that it really matters, but this was completely spontaneous, no fertility treatments of any kind.

So she is at 12 weeks tomorrow, everything going well so far.

But her dad and I, while delighted and kind of cackling about the whole thing, are SO SO worried.  When I was pregnant with her and her sister, there were so many complications, and it was so high-risk and honestly traumatic.  Everything turned out reasonably okay and here we all are, but it's hard not to be just so worried.

She is doing very well and trying to do what she can now, while it's still possible.  They have told her that she will be fortunate to make it to 32 weeks, so they are looking at mid-late July if that's the case.  

Anyway, triplets.  TRIPLETS.  I thought twins were a lot.  I am very careful what I tell her, as it's already overwhelming for her, but there's a lot she honestly doesn't know/realize.  Example:  Last week she had a headache that wasn't going away with Tylenol, so she called me to ask what to do. I  suggested increasing her caffeine a little but also calling her docs before she did anything.  I was pretty sure they would have her come in.  YUP.  Labor and Delivery for monitoring.  This shocked her.  (And they did say to increase caffeine but also called in some meds for her.)  I told her that she is not going to have the traditional 2024 Instagram pregnancy experience, though she can certainly have elements of it.