Weight: -3 pounds
Waist: +1/2 inch
Next doctors appointment: none this week!! (as of now...)
Update on babies: Last Thursday (the 3rd) we met with a pediatric cardiologist to discuss a heart defect that was found in one of our babies (Baby B). He was diagnosed with aortic stenosis. Basically, blood is not flowing through the heart properly and once born, would shortly go into cardiac arrest. There are two major universities in the United States that perform the surgery needed to correct this defect – University of Michigan and Boston University. Both have successfully performed the surgery in utero! Unfortunately, they are unwilling to perform the surgery when there are multiples. Interestingly enough, we are the first parents in the United States to have this defect within a set of triplets. They will have to do the surgery immediately after he is born and there could be a long series of operations. The good news is that they have about an 88% success rate. The bad news is that we will be going to Michigan to be seen in the next few weeks, will be giving birth there when the time comes, and could be there for several months.
Our doctors are also concerned about our girl (Baby C) who is consistently measuring much smaller than her brothers. While it is fairly common for one baby to be smaller in multiples, she has been measuring about 4 weeks behind.
Baby A (the other boy) looks perfect so far!
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