My old coworker Linna and her husband had triplets this past June. I went to visit them in NY (Staten Island) this past week. I've never worked in the same city as Linna (NY vs. SF) but we worked so closely together that we talked every day at least once, shared an office when she visited SF and I was fortunate enough to attend their wedding a few years back. So it's not an understatement to say that I knew all about her ovulation cycle and all the details of her pregnancy! We joked that since she was having 3, her symptoms were tripled. She had morning sickness (barfing into ziplock bags on the bus ride into to Manhattan), terrible acne, backaches, yeast infections, always tired, hungry and had a really bad case of CRS (can't remember s&*%t! - try working with someone like that!). So it turned out probably for the better than she only carried until about 31 weeks - but the babies were born so small that they were all in the NICU for 6-8 weeks. One of her sons had to have an operation on his intestine when he weighed about 4 lbs! About two months after they were born, they were all home. I can't imagine what it was like for the first few weeks and how hard it must be to take care of seemingly fragile 4 lb. babies! So by the time I got there, they were a little more than 5 months old. HUGE babies! The doctors had them on a special preemie formula that was full of nutrients & fat and it sure worked. They were born in this order, Nathaniel -> Nicholas -> Emilee, weighing 3lbs 6 0z, 3lbs 4 oz. and 3lbs 2 oz. respectively. When I met them, they were easily 17lbs, 15lbs and 13lbs! So they are happy & healthy and their personalities are starting to emerge. Nate is the most mellow. He sleeps and eats and poops and starts again. Often during my visit, I would think "where's Nate?"
Nicky is the one who had the surgery, but he's fine and is the most social one. He prefers to chat with the adults and his sister than to be alone in his crib. He's the one with the eyebrows that make him look mad. Emilee was called "the girl" during her stay in the NICU and it has stuck. "Where is the girl?, The girl is crying". She is a typical girl. . .screams loudly, eats in tiny portions, sleeps for short periods of time. . .and has a bit of an attitude! It was surprisingly a pretty mellow 5 days and I am so glad I got to see them. There is a planned road trip from NY to MI this spring/summer, but we'll see what happens!Here are 2 pictures of the kids. More
here.
My old coworker Linna and her husband had triplets this past June. I went to visit them in NY (Staten Island) this past week. I've never worked in the same city as Linna (NY vs. SF) but we worked so closely together that we talked every day at least once, shared an office when she visited SF and I was fortunate enough to attend their wedding a few years back. So it's not an understatement to say that I knew all about her ovulation cycle and all the details of her pregnancy! We joked that since she was having 3, her symptoms were tripled. She had morning sickness (barfing into ziplock bags on the bus ride into to Manhattan), terrible acne, backaches, yeast infections, always tired, hungry and had a really bad case of CRS (can't remember s&*%t! - try working with someone like that!). So it turned out probably for the better than she only carried until about 31 weeks - but the babies were born so small that they were all in the NICU for 6-8 weeks. One of her sons had to have an operation on his intestine when he weighed about 4 lbs! About two months after they were born, they were all home. I can't imagine what it was like for the first few weeks and how hard it must be to take care of seemingly fragile 4 lb. babies! So by the time I got there, they were a little more than 5 months old. HUGE babies! The doctors had them on a special preemie formula that was full of nutrients & fat and it sure worked. They were born in this order, Nathaniel -> Nicholas -> Emilee, weighing 3lbs 6 0z, 3lbs 4 oz. and 3lbs 2 oz. respectively. When I met them, they were easily 17lbs, 15lbs and 13lbs! So they are happy & healthy and their personalities are starting to emerge. Nate is the most mellow. He sleeps and eats and poops and starts again. Often during my visit, I would think "where's Nate?" 
Nicky is the one who had the surgery, but he's fine and is the most social one. He prefers to chat with the adults and his sister than to be alone in his crib. He's the one with the eyebrows that make him look mad. Emilee was called "the girl" during her stay in the NICU and it has stuck. "Where is the girl?, The girl is crying". She is a typical girl. . .screams loudly, eats in tiny portions, sleeps for short periods of time. . .and has a bit of an attitude! It was surprisingly a pretty mellow 5 days and I am so glad I got to see them. There is a planned road trip from NY to MI this spring/summer, but we'll see what happens!Here are 2 pictures of the kids. More here.
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Ok, since I didn't know about your blog last year I'll post a comment regarding last year. I'M GLAD IT'S OVER!!! As always, it was great seeing Jules! She was the one who told me...more belly time!! A month after she was here they started to sit by themselves a little more. The one thing I can vividly remember (bc my memory totally sucks!) was Julie holding Nate-Dog (the one time he was awake) and he was HUNGRY and I was trying to get the milk ready and she was holding the pacifier in his mouth to subdue him but it wasn't working cuz he knew nothing was coming out. So, just picture Julie sitting with big Nate on her lap and she's holding the pacifier in his mouth and he's crying like crazy!! I think you just had to be there. Julie was a trooper. I remember I REALLY missed her when she left that first visit (I don't think I ever told her that). I'm sure she was like "SEE YA I'M OUTTA THIS NUTHOUSE!". I have to say it again....I'm glad that crazy hectic year is OVER! :)
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