A Little Background

Just a little background to catch everyone up........Brian and I had been trying to conceive for over 4 years. I was diagnosed with endometriosis. After 2 failed IUI's (Artificial Insemination) and 1 failed cycle of IVF (In Vitro Fertilization), we tried another round of IVF in March.......and it took! We transferred three embryo's back into my uterus and all three took. After the dreaded two week wait, on April 7th we got the news we were pregnant! My HCG levels were pretty high......695 at 17 DPC (days past conception)........we were thinking, twins perhaps........but never thought triplets! All I could say was Oh My God........Oh My God. My HCG numbers were more than doubling the rest of the week......yeah!!! April 22nd was our first ultrasound to see how many heartbeats there were. The minute the ultrasound popped up on the screen, I knew it was triplets. I saw 3 "dark spots" right away. Gulp. I didn't say a word. The NP went through each sac and there were definitely 3 heartbeats! I couldn't see Brian's face since he was behind me........and I was almost scared to look at him. It didn't really sink it at first - for me anyway. Brian was all smiles. Needless to say we were feeling all sorts of emotions. Shock for one........but we were so happy it was finally happening. We were cautiously optimistic.