Christmas Day

This was a very hard year. It is also a very blessed year. God gave us the greatest gifts of all. Merry Christmas to everyone.

Bath Time

Bath time is a lot of work when you have a three baby production line to get them done. Emilia likes the bath but the boys are a little more fussy. Today went good, there was no boy time fountain during the bath.

My ultimate baby wrap

While I am asleep daddy is trying out my wrap I bought online. Aiden also gets spoiled by daddy.

Christmas pics with the kids

We finished decorating our tree today. Then it was photo time, the chances of getting all six kids picture perfect was impossible but we did the best we could. Seth was hungry, so he was the hardest to get normal. I am sooooo blessed to have the family I have, even though I am very very very very tired.

Reoccuring Dream

My whole life I have had a reoccuring dream. I always get bit by a snake. It is always a rattlesnake but this time it was a coral snake. I ended up cutting its head off this time, though. Not sure what it all means but it is not the best of dreams to have.

Your small like me

Babies are starting to notice each other now...it is too funny.

Watchin' QVC

Aiden and I are napping during QVC...I had to sneak a pic or two. He is getting the cheeks that Emilia already has. Went to Skyler's playoff soccer game today, and I missed them sooooo much.

After a good feeding

Feeding them is hard when you do it on your own...you hope that only one wakes up at a time but that rarely happens. I dont know what I am going to do when Anthony goes back to work. Thank god for the kids, as well. All three help me so much!

More pics

Babies are crying for food so not much time to write...sorry.

Went to the doctor today and all is good. I now have to go to a neurologist to have a look at the siatica I have. Basically I have a nerve that hurts in my lower back that makes it hard to walk. Everything is doing better each day. I love my little angels but it is very very hard. I would not change it for the world!

Withdrawals

This has been a very rough few days. I finished my use of oxycontin. The most wonderful drug but I didnt realize how horrible it would be when it ended. Now I know why my dr refused to refill. I didnt realize how powerful this drug is. It made all my pain go away and then made me able to do it all. Now, I am in so much pain I cant do anything. Advil does nada, now trying tylenol. Plus advil is hurting my belly. I have a rib that keeps poping out, a pinched nerve near by tailbone and my incision hurts like heck and I cant eat. Not to mention the whole body aching thing. So my suggestion, dont take this drug unless you really need to. I would make a horrible addict. I was like those withdrawal scenes you see on tv last night. Thank god for all my help with the babies and thank god for my husband!!!

I did however, have the nicest shower on Sunday. I purposely saved a few good pills to get through that but I was already starting to show withdrawals signs from stopping the day before. I will write more about that soon. My list of thank gifts and cards dissapeared while I was in the hospital, so I will be sending out thank you cards as soon as I get the new ones I ordered.

Big Cheeks

I was wondering where she got those big cheeks from...

All three are home finally

All three are home. I never thought this day would come, but it has. I have been so truly blessed. I think these next six months are going to be very very hard. Physically, mentally and financially. I am still having trouble recovering from the bed rest and surgery. I am about half way there, but run out of pain killers tomorrow and the dr wont refill it. So it is just advil from here on out. I am very nervous about that. It still takes me a good 15 minutes just to get out of bed. Are these kids cute or what!!!!

Waiting on boys

Anthony and mom went to go see the boys. Aiden was allowed to go back to community hospital to be with Seth. It looks like Aiden will be the first one home now. Maybe early next week. He is now the largest of all of them.

Wow, Cream of Wheat

Today I had to force myself to eat Cream of Wheat. Okay, what can I add to it to make it remotely taste good. I have been told by my nurse to eat this cause I am so enemic. Basically, weak and dizzy cause I have half the blood cell count I should. Of course, it has to taste terrible. Yuck! Well I have to go pump and then feed Emilia, so far she has been quite the eater. Aiden is going great at valley childrens, he is still being tube fed but is doing better each day. He actully weights the most now. Seth is out of the incubator and can maintain his temp, but still can be picky about his eating. Dad said that Aiden will be the most active of the bunch. He went last night to visit and goes back again today. I am still in great amounts of pain, have the most sore swollen ankles and can not go number two. BUT I LOVE my babies!!!!

Emilia first DR visit went great!

Finally home..it is soooooooo nice. Emilia is doing good, just waiting for Aiden and Seth to come home.

really that big

Okay, I did not get my ultrasound until 10:00pm and it finished at 11:30pm. So I am still not believing what the technician told me and I guess we wont know for sure until they are born but he said I had one 5 plus and two 6 plus pounders in me. That would total 17 lbs of baby, right. Maybe that would explain why I am so miserable. When he measured the little femurs it showed that they are long for their age too. I guess with a tall daddy and and tall momma one should only expect a tall baby. I still dont belive it though. My Dr is going to check me early Saturday morning and if I am showing labor signs, he will deliver me. I pray and am asking everyone to pray that I am showing the right signs of labor. So maybe the three will be born November 3rd. Time will tell.

Happy Halloween

It is hard to be by yourself on a holiday. It does let me know how blessed I truly am and have been in my life. I cant write too much cause I got a new iv site and it hurts to type a bit. I miss home. Tomorrow I get an ultrasound to make sure the babies are doing okay. I will let you know any updates. I am starting to hate being here but at the same time having panic attacks of the fact that I will have three babies to take care of within the next two weeks.

Earthquake or Magnesium Sulfate

It was just after Anthony left to go home...a little after eight. I was lying in my bed and felt like the room was swaying. My first thought was earthquake but then I just looked around and thought stupid magnesium sulfate. It wasnt until later when the nurse came in and asked if I felt it that I realized I wasnt just going crazy. The quake was decent around 5 I guess, up near San Jose. In my life I have been through hurricanes, flash floods, earthquakes and tornado's. Flash floods scare me the most.

Don Williams

Just one of my favorite songs that makes me think of mom and my husband and my babies

My three scorpios

Well, Dr. Helm is back from vacay and said he will not deliver until 36 weeks. Sooooo, unless they want out on their own it looks like November 11-16ish. I was always thinking October babies but looks like November babies. Their birthstone is topaz, very pretty orange color and their zodiac is scorpio. They seem content in my belly latley just moving around. Emilia kicked hard at the nurse today as we tried to find her heartbeat, she has the strongest kick of them all. Her heartbeat was good but had moved lower down my abdomen, so maybe she is not breach anymore.

34 weeks today

Crazy, today is 34 weeks and the kids feel larger than ever. I am actually exhausted just by getting up to go to the commode or just laying in bed. Seth has been very active, I think his bum keeps trying to go higher and higher but I keep telling him that he will not be able to move my rib cage any further. My skin is so stretched that it hurts most the time, kinda like a slow paper cut at times. My dr is back on Tuesday so I will try to find out then how long he will go before delivering me...I think he is willing to wait to 36 weeks. I am just taking it a day at a time. Anthony spent most the weekend with me...I sure do miss him. He said the tree I bought has turned beautiful for fall. That is good to hear, that is why I bought it...the leaves are suppossed to change to a bright yellow...maybe next year I will see it. Now it looks like we will be having November babies and have them home by Thanksgiving even. Crazy, I tell ya. Who would have thought!

calm day

today I woke up calmer than I have been the past few days...contraction are still only 5-6 per hour on average. Some are more intense than others..sadly biggest complaint of the day is how long it takes them to clean my commode when asked. I only ask when I stink up the room...which is not an everyday thing. It is hard getting up to use that thing cause you have no privacy...anyone can walk in at any point and see me chillin on the commode. So if you visit...call first please. Yesterday I got to take my first shower in 27 days...it felt soooooo good but was also very hard. My legs were shaking and I had to sit most the time. Not to mention my IV (2) had to be bagged and both started alarming during the shower. I had to silence them every minute while trying to wash myself with one hand. The worst was that my belly was so big I could not even turn around in the shower.
Emilia is burrowing herself into my left side almost to my back. Seth is chillin just right of my belly button, while Aiden is super low...punching at areas I rather not mention. Lately, Emilia will punch like crazy. I think her brothers are crowding her and she does not want to share space...lol.

false alarm

I have been having some strong and painful contractions but it still seems to be jut not much more than that....Anthony came by but I sent him home for the night...the nurses have different opinions of when I should deliver. I would like to wait until my dr gets back off vacay but if there is one thing I have learned it is that ...I do not have a say when these babies are coming out...they do! Hopefully soon and hopefully everthing goes okay. I will keep you posted. I wish you could see how crazy my belly looks when three different babies are moving around in my belly. Luv and miss everyone.

an emotional day

I wont sugar coat my blog...I was pretty bad today. I cried about three times due to no sleep the night before. Just a bad day but the night time is here and I feel better. I wish I could show how far away my hands have to be cause of how big my belly is. It is kinda funny. I look forward to Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. I dont get into wheel as much...I am the type that can have one letter left and still not be able to solve the phrase. All I know is that I have yet to see someone win the extra phrase at the end yet and I have been watching for 3 weeks now. It is now dancing with the stars time, I think this season sucks compared to the others but seriously have nothing better to do...it is truly amazing how much law and order is on tv...I swear it can be seen at any time of day. Damn, they are really showing the boobies off tonight on dancing with the stars. I get to look forward to pumping mine soon to help with the cost of formula, hopefully. My dr is going out of town for 3-4 days so I dont think he is worried about me going into labor, sadly I think they will be closer to Halloween babies. I would rather wait a day and have them on Nov. 1st than on Halloween.
Even though that would make their fathers day. Halloween is Anthony's favorite holiday. He gets more into it than xmas. Hopefully Seth, Aiden and Emilia will let me sleep tonight without too much pain.

Week 33

It has been hard to go from being a person who planned out the next three weeks to living a day at a time, but that is what I have to do to remain sane. My mom has been kind enough to get me laptop and internet access while in the hospital. It has been hard to rely on other people for every little need, especially when I always got pride in the fact that I didnt use others. My biggest dreams are of babies and sweets. I crave an icee, donuts, cake and cheesecake. My diabetes should go away once the babies are born. I cant wait, not to mention, not having to give myself shots 4 times a day and testing my blood sugar 5 times a day. I am still doped up on mag sulfate and terbutaline but still have occational contractions. My biggest change is how the babies move. Once one starts the other two will react,to any movement or sound. At 4am my terb pump started beeping and the sound sent the kids into a frenzy for about an hour. (that is about how long it took to find more terb due to a shortage of refills) Good thing I have great nurses that can improvise. Certain nurses have been my strength here at times...Sylvia, Eli, Xong, Thary and See. Not to mention the cleaning lady and aides. Mom and dad came by this morning and Anthony should be here soon for the day. I miss him and home more than I ever thought possible. Well I need to do a bed bath and get ready for lunch. Thank you to everyone for prayers and thoughts. I love my flowers from back east and cards...thank you soooo much...it really does help make me stay positive.
(flowers from Uncle Paul, Grandmom , Debbie and little Paul)

Delgado Family Shower

Nothing beats family

Nothing beats time spent with family. This week I have been blessed to spend time with my grandma, Uncle Kenny, Aunt Rose and baby cousins, Nicole and Shannon. I can not think of anything that means more to me than my family. It is even more special cause I only get to see my family from PA every year or so. I think I have the cutest cousins in the world. It is so nice to be able to hug my Uncle Kenny, even as a little kid I always felt he was there for me...and still is.

My grandmas house is one of the few houses I consider home. I can remember being in her house from day one and can still go visit it to this day. I may have moved a lot growing up (try four states and six different schools) but Clifton was my one rock growing up.

Lonely with but getting kicked

Like this loner pelican, sometimes I feel pretty lonely during these times. It is weird when I was the one working, organizing and doing all day. Now my main job is to chill and just let the little ones keep kicking inside me. It makes for some long days and nights. I know it will only get worse and have to keep my head up. Emilia, Seth and Aiden will hopefully always be there with me, at least until they hit middle school....lol.

Back from camping

Had a great time camping in Pismo Beach with all the family. It was so cool at the coast. Within minutes of coming back my ankels swelled like a elephant. It is amazing how the heat affects a pregnant lady. Now all the laundry and unpacking begins. I hope we can go next year, but will have to see how we are doing with the babies. Oh, and their names are Emilia, Seth and Aiden. Skyler got to feel the first kick. They have been very active in my big, growing belly.

What they are.

We finally found out that we have two little boys and a princess. They are still moving like crazy, but that is a good thing. Looks like the girl, will be named after her grandpa and great grandpa, the two greatest men in my life, besides my hubby, of course. Emilia Ann Delgado
The names of the boys is still in progress, I really thought I was having all girls and did not really think about boy names too seriously....silly me. Wow, my hands will be full but very blessed!

Name Game

Well, with finding out what the sexes are this coming Tuesday we have our top name picks so far...

1. Isabel
2. Emilia
3. Jessica
4. Lydia

1. Benjamin
2. Alexander
3. Seth

With a great dinner, the babies are now very active in the belly. I wonder if they are fighting or playing.

Our new rooms

With the impending new family members on their way, we decided to turn our garage into two more bedrooms. They will be Jake's and Skyler's. This will free up one room for the babies. Thanks to Gary Anderson for his help in this project.

Baby girl #1

Well it looks as though we have at least one baby girl coming our way. She is baby C and is the one on top of the other two. Guess she will be the boss of the others. Wow, I can't believe a girl. I was really thinking I would only get boys. We find out on the 17th what the other two will be, hopefully. The other two were moving around too much and not being as coopertive today. One of them waved at us though. Our next visit is with the high risk OB in Fresno. He will be the one that delivers them as Fresno Community. I should make it, hopefully, to week 32 to before delivering (Mid October).

Relaxing Sunday

A relaxing Sunday at my house. Per doctors orders I am to take it easy this weekend, which kinda sucks cause we were going to go to the coast for the weekend, but oh well. I thought I would take pics of my house live ins, to help show just how relaxed we are. Anthony was on his way to Fresno to see Skyler play in her traveling basketball team. Just me, the critters and trading spaces on the tube.