24 weeks or just about

Here we are well over half way through pregnancy. Our twins will be at 24 weeks come Tuesday 4 September and our little single one will be at 22 weeks. I am so thankful to our surro mummies L and K and of course Dr Shivani and SCI for taking good care of our babies.

Andrew and I have started the paperwork process with hubby spending some time at the Melbourne CBD Indian visa office. He is going to apply for a medical visa so we are giving ourselves plenty of time to get this organised. Our accommodation in New Delhi is confirmed and half paid for. We have got ourselves a lovely 3 bedroom apartment in Great Kailash 2 and we got a great deal. Luckily we are able to extend our stay in Delhi into the New Year without creating too much of a financial headache as the place we are staying is extremely reasonable.

The nursery is progressing well and we have one cot assembled already. The Pooh mobile is also attached to the cot. I cant wait to properly dress the cot as I have some really cute cot sheets. All of our babies will have their own Winnie the Pooh theme for their cot. I keep going into the nursery and turning on the cot mobile and every time I do I tear up ..... if we came this close and something happened to our little ones I know we would be so devastated......it's still really hard to believe it is going to happen. I know all of us here in surro land have had these feelings.

Thought I would share some more nursery photos . Here is first cot assembled. We havent bought brand new and the cots are all different. We have cleaned them and polished them up with wood polish and of course bought new mattresses.

I got this great bassinette off Ebay as it was barely used. Have just laundered it at dry cleaner and really happy with it. So cute in a beige colour with bumble bees. The bassinette has some other great functions such as heartbeat sounds, a nightlight and calming water sounds as well.

 And finally on the wardrobe door we have affixed this felt cut out of Winnie the Pooh....thank goodness for sticky velcro dots...they worked a treat!

Tomorrow is Father's day here in Australia. I wish everyone a Happy Day. I have a little something for my hubby and Daddy in waiting.

3D of Number 3!!!

It was so delightful to receive a 3D Scan of our No.3 Seedling this week. This bubs is measuring at a little over 19 weeks now and seems to be tracking about 2 weeks behind our twins. Not sure how that works given implantation in both our surro mummies happened at similar time.

Regardless, we asked the fabulous team at SCI and Dr S for an update regarding our dates and it does seem  in all likelihood that we wont make it back to Australia in time for Christmas.....I wont let that stop the festivities though as I have already thought of some ways to have a very Happy Christmas whilst we will be in Delhi.....

Hope everyone is well.....3D Scan of Seedling No 3. below - what a cute little nose!!!

Nursery Fun

Hubby and I have gradually started work on creating the Winnie the Pooh nursery for our 3 seedlings. We have been collecting items for a few weeks now so it's nice to start to see it coming to life. A couple of weeks ago my 21 year old niece gave Andrew and I a gift. She had hand crossstitched 2 pictures for the nursery - 1 of Eyeore and the other of Tigger. I cried when she gave them to us. They are so beautiful and it took her 4 weeks to finish the pictures.

This is the same niece who has offered and will be coming to India with us for baby pick up. She really is an angel. My sister and her husband have done a wonderful job in raising their kids and I hope we are at least half as good in the parents category as they are.

In our nursery we have also put up the Winnie the Pooh Shelf that I mentioned on here a few weeks back and also a wall decal.

 (3 little penguins for our 3 little seedlings)

We are planning on getting our carpets steam cleaned over the next couple of weeks so wont be putting any nursery furniture up until this is done, Hopefully we will complete it by mid September. Will post some photos when completed.

Hope everyone is well out there in blogland. 

Dreaming at the Footy

Hubby and I are sitting at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne watching a footy game. We are both smiling as we are watching parents with their kids. We just turned to each other with the same thought......wont it be great when we can bring our kids along to the footy? We are in wonderment about what teams our precious little ones might end up barracking for.......life is so amazing

Splendour in 3D

Hubby and I just got home from having a wonderful time at our niece's Big Fat Greek Feast which was a celebration of her 18th Birthday. To our delight we just received 3D Scans of our Twins. Our beautiful surro mummy "L" is doing very well and everything is progressing normally.

Now hubby thinks these two little seedlings are boys....I just keep falling in love with our babies over and over again. I cant wait to be back in India and to think we are likely to be parents this time in 4 months is so surreal. Hope everyone is well out there is blogland. Enjoy these pics xxxxx

Sweet 16!!!!!

Yahoooooo...yep that's right here we are at 16 weeks. That's gone faster than I expected.  I told my cousin last week of our journey and our success and she was very very happy. She has put her hand up to babysit at any time which is so lovely. Still haven't said anything at work and not going to until a month out before I leave.

My work has been really good. Just recruited last person to the team so now we are at full capacity. My team and I have really been kicking goals over the past 3 months so I don't want anything to derail that....if I say I am leaving in 4 months then naturally people will start to detach from me and the work we are doing.

Wow I cant believe that this time in 4 months we will be heading back to India as our twins are expected to be born by c-section around 20 November 2012. Of course this date is likely to change and we will have confirmation closer to the 30 week mark.

I am gradually building up my album of "Bless us with Bubs" which is essentially a diary with photos of India, entries including some of the posts within my blog as well as the various scans etc of our bubs growing. I plan to show this to our children one day, when they are old enough to explain how much we wanted them.

I am still quite scared to be so close to realising a lifelong dream, that this could all be cruelly taken away from us at any moment.......to L and K (our beautiful surro mummies) and to my Mum and Dad above in heaven, please look after our bubs..........we loved you before we even met you (yes stealing that from the Savage Garden song)  little seedlings. XXXX

Hairdresser Baby talk

I went to my hairdresser last weekend a thing I love to do and would do every week if I had the money. For many of us girls having a good hairdresser is a very personal choice and I rate it up there with the importance of choosing a good doctor. Anyway, I was sitting next to another client who told them she was 15 weeks pregnant.......I wished her congratulations and found out she is expecting at a similar time to us. I then proceeded to tell my hairdresser the following...."Hey guess what hubby and I are expecting triplets at about the same time" My hairdresser nearly fell over as she knows our history. I then went on to explain. I had the whole salon including the client who was 15 weeks pregnant absolutely fascinated and excited.

It was so wonderful to share the news. My hairdresser is so excited for us and gave me a big kiss and a hug. When I explained that our donor was of Indian descent she said "Oh my god...they will be stunning looking babies then with curly black hair...." It was such a lovely lovely experience and I was close to tears receiving all the love and warmth.

Whilst sitting alongside the client she told me what she did for a living. She is a Youth Worker. She asked me whether she could retell my experience to young girls she was working with who at young ages become pregnant and then take no responsibility for parenting. She said she wants to use my example to demonstrate the other end of the scale in terms of the level of commitment, bravery and motivation towards becoming a parent. Many of us on here fall into this category. Bernadette and Duane continue to be the shining stars in determination and resilience.

At the end of the 3 hour appointment ( yes it was a dye job, haircut and pampering), this new client and I had formed this lovely relationship with a common bond. It was evident in our discussions that whilst physically I am not carrying a baby and she is, we both are emotionally attached, have same worries, same excitement and that we are both already expectant parents.

I am so thankful for this experience. It has enriched my life ......