Into week 20!!

Yay I am so happy that I am going into the twenties! At the end of the twenties, it will be crunch time and the babies could potentially come at any time! I am just so excited for all that is to come! For some reason, in my heart, I really feel like I am going to defy the odds and make it far into this pregnancy! I know that we could not do it without all of the prayers and support we have gotted from you all!

You know, I really do have to say that this experience is amazing! I love to think of all the blessings that are to come.

Well here is the update for the babies this week.

Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. And, speaking of the diaper situation... baby's genitals are now fully formed!

We had an appointment this morning and it was another amazing appointment! My cervix grew again! It grew from a 4.7 to a 4.87 this week! I just cannot believe how much we are being blessed! All of the babies looked fabulous and they were very active this morning. I have gained 10 pounds in the last two weeks! Crazy huh? I told you I wasnt playing around about gaining the recommended 45 pounds by 20 weeks! I am up to 30 and my goal is to gain 10 more pounds by my next appointment on December 5th! And with a yummy Thanksgiving dinner to eat, I have a feeling that wont be a problem!!!

As for how I have been feeling, by the night time I feel like I am going to explode! The doctor checked my uterus and it is measuring 28 weeks in the morning so I am sure by the nighttime I am like 35 weeks! My belly button feels like it is being split open. Bed rest makes you really really sore so by the time I get into bed I just toss and turn for an hour.

On a positive note, I am feeling the babies more and more. Trever still cannot feel them but hopefully that will come soon! We are making great headway on all of the things we need for these babies!

Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! We love you all!

19 Weeks! Coming right up!!!

Well let me just say that today's appointment has put me on cloud 9. It was really really amazing. It was a 2 hour ultrasound that measured every anatomical part of each of our babies. The heart chambers, head, brain, arms, thighs, feet, toes, hands, fingers, and bellies. And the miracle of it is that they are all 100% perfect! I just really am so deeply in love with them!

I was really really nervous about my cervical length measurement because that could be considered the most important factor in determining when my hospital stay will begin! As I have previously mentioned, 2 weeks ago it was a 3.8, last week it grew to a 4.1 (which is great), and this week it was a whopping 4.7!!! We were so ecstatic! This bedrest is really paying off and I am really getting the assurance that all of this lying down is helping! 34 weeks here we come!

We also got some fantastic news from our high risk doctor today! Well, as you all know, we have really been hoping to avoid me living at the hospital until after Christmas. Unfortunately, we have been told that at 24 weeks (Christmas Eve) I will be there to stay until the babies are born. Well he told us that he will be out of town until the 29th of December!!! So this means I will not be going in until at least 25 weeks! We are so ecstatic! I get to spend my Christmas home with little Eva and my hunk Trever (as long as I stay on my best behavior lol :)). I really have a positive attitude about everything now and I am looking forward to this new family we will have!

I figured we were overdue for a belly pic so here it goes!

I have gained a total of 25 pounds as of today so I feel like I am doing pretty good. I am starting to feel the babies a whole lot more so that has been really neat!

All of the babies weighed 8 ounces except for Parker who was 9 ounces! You go boy!

And here are the pics of the babies today!

Dahlia

Preston

Parker





Madelyn

Last weekend Trever's Mother, grandmother, and some of their friends threw us a baby shower down in Austin! It was so wonderful and there were so many wonderful women that came to support us! Thank you to all of you who took the time out to help us! We truly appreciate it! And again, to my hosts, you ladies are amazing! Thanks so much and you are welcome in our home any time!

My hosts (My beautiful mother in law in the blue)

Some of my wonderful friends decided to nix a night on the town that they had planned and instead they spent girl's night in my living room last night! We all ordered sushi (I had cooked of course) and talked about some really interesting things :) lol!! I just wanted to personally thank Neysa, Jennifer, Jessica, Melissa, Cindy, Amy, Carrie, Mandie, and Mindy for doing that for me! It really meant so much!

Thank you to everyone who has brought meals and given us things for our babies! Casey, Kristi, Neysa, Holly, Melanie, and Anita Bell we cannot thank you enough!

Eva and her cousins Gavin and Sierra

Eva cooking mommy dinner! Daddy's favorite Sous Chef

Eva and Ally

We are finishing up our volunteer lists so if you are interested, make sure you email me at jkingheritage@yahoo.com. These are being compiled only for after the babies are home as of right now! Thanks to you all!

In my 18th week now!

I had to start with these beautiful blues! Goodness girl, where do you get your good looks :)?!

I am so very excited to be in my 18th week! There is just something about that number that makes me feel good lol! Maybe because that was the age I felt all grown and stuff lol! Little did I know............

So I really hate this sweet potato picture especially since it has hairs on it lol! Believe me our babies are alot cuter than this right now!

Today we had the most amazing appointment! First of all thanks to Tanna for watching Eva! Trever now has to wheel me in a wheelchair everywhere and it would be so difficult with Eva. I gained 4 pounds from my last appointment which I was so so happy about! That puts right at a total gained of 19 pounds! Dr. Luke says that 45 pounds by week 20 is optimal but I am hoping to really tack some on in the next couple of weeks. I feel good about my progress so far!

So then we had an ultrasound and the babies have grown so much from even last week!!! At one point in the ultrasound, Madelyn headbutted Parker. You could tell he got mad because before she did it his hand was in a fist by his face and when she hit him he opened up his hand and reached it in her direction! It was really so cute! I always tell Trever that our girls our going to be the fiesty ones (just like him) and the boys are going to be the sweet ones (just like me) lol ha ha ha!!! JK.......

So as you all know from the last post that I am on home bedrest now. I am so so so so glad I got put on it this early because last week my cervix length was at 3.8 and this week it grew to 4.1! The doctor was ecstatic! I really think this early bedrest is going to buy me hospital and pregnancy time! I cannot believe how much of a difference it has made! Now that I never put that pressure on my cervix from standing up, I can really feel just how much weight those babies put on it when I do sit or stand! It is almost painful!

Eva all dolled up for church!

Eva and daddy getting ready for church. I cried my eyes out because I wont be going for a really long time!

Eva loves her spaghetti!

And below are some pictures of my shower 2 weeks ago! It was so much fun and so many people came out to support us! We got so many great things! Thank you so much to all of my hosts! I wish we could have gotten pictures together!!!!

Our little pumpkin patch cake.

My mom, me, my best friend from high school and her mom at my shower.


Me and my honey bunches of oats!

Casey and I! She is the fellow quad mom that is my good friend and mentor!

Dahlia

Preston

Parker

Madelyn (looking straight at you)

Happy Halloween!!!

First of all I just wanted to say thank you to all of the awesome comments we got from our last post! I am so glad that we have such an awesome support group out there!

I just wanted to take the time to post pics of Eva trick or treating tonight! She acted like a pro! She would run up to each house and bang on the door! She came home and I let her eat a sucker and man was she sticky!!! Here are some pics of her!

Come Dad you are going to slow!

Trick or treating with Daddy

Eva Carving out her pumpkin

Time to eat Mom!!!

The time has come!

The time has officially come where I am on strict bedrest! The doctor said I can only get up to use the restroom and shower. Nothing bad happened at my appointment but both of my doctors are telling me that we really need to be cautious so that the babies stay inside for as long as possible. I am so glad that we got a new laptop because now I can blog from the couch!

Well we accomplished 16 weeks yesterday, so we are officially in our 17th week! This pregnancy is really flying by and we are so excited that our family will be expanding very soon. So for all of you who thought that it was way too early to tell the genders at 13 weeks, we have great news..... STILL 2 BOYS AND 2 GIRLS 100%. We are so so relieved! Especially after we just completed both of the adorable nurserys this weekend!

I was especially nervous for today's appointment. I am not sure why, but I guess with being pregnant with 4 babies it is hard for me to believe that everything could keep going so perfectly! Well today's appointment went very very well! Our ultrasound was very long (which we love) and we got awesome pics of each of the babies:

Dahlia Colleen

Preston Wayne

Parker Elden

Madelyn Lila

Both Dahlia and Madelyn weigh 4 ounces and Parker and Preston weigh 5. It is funny that the boys weigh the same and the girls weigh the same. We also asked my high risk doctor when he thought I would go on hospital bedrest and he said around week 24. Week 24 is Christmas Eve so we are sure that we could go in after that. I just have to be on my best behavior until then lol!

Last week we got to take a tour of Plano Presby's NICU. This place I am sure will be our home for many weeks after the babies are born. It really was amazing how much they cater to the parents! They have 8 pods, each consisting of 6 rooms for 6 patients. They will put all 4 babies in the same pod and so we will pretty much have our own suite! It really was a nice place! The definetly make a scary situation a little more relaxing!

We had the world's best baby shower on Friday! We got so much and it really helped us to feel so much more prepared! Thank you Neysa and Emily for the wonderful food! I know how hard it must have been with new babies at home! Believe me that the things y'all have done for us do not go unnoticed! Thank you to Nan and Pop for making us all of those freezer meals! I know they will come in so handy! Thank you Mel and Brian for the cribs, yummy root beer, and all of the clothes for our kiddos! Especially Eva's since we know we have to prepare her for the wintertime too! Thank you to my mom, Asa, and Aunt Gail for the shower and all of the time you spent to make both of our nurserys the cutest on the planet! Also, thank for the gazillion clothes you bought! We had a blast with you! Thank you Alisa for renting the clubhouse for us! And thank you to all of you who took time out of your busy schedules on our behalf to spend that evening celebrating our new family!!!!!!! YOU ALL ARE AMAZING!

I will leave you with my latest belly pics! Farewell and we love you all!

Week 15!

Yay! Pretty much in my mind we have made it to our half way point. I would love to make it farther, and believe me I am going to try my hardest but it seems like around 30 weeks is when a lot of quad moms seem to have their babies.

We are long overdue for a post so I thought you all would like to see the fruit our babies compare to at this point.............
And here are some fun facts about our growing little ones!

"Continuing the march towards normal proportions, baby's legs now outmeasure the arms. And, finally, all four limbs have functional joints. Your fetus is squirming and wiggling like crazy down in the womb, though you probably still can't feel the movements.

So exciting! Wait until you see what next week is lol! Its no wonder I already look like I am 20 to 25 weeks pregnant!

I had my surgery on Friday which went really well. I had to fast until after my surgery which started at 3:30 and that was so miserable! Poor Trever hadnt eaten all day either so I sent him to the cafeteria to eat while we waited for me to go back (as long as he ate in the cafeteria too). You know I was hungry, because I found delight smelling his fried chicken breath lol! I was put on bedrest for about the first 4 days and then I have been taking it really easy ever since.

Today I had a doctors appointment and it went really really well! We got to see each of the babies squirming around. Unfortunately we didnt get too many pics but we did get a really great profile shot of Madelyn (Baby D). Here she is:

And here is a picture of all of the babies. You are looking down on the tops of their heads:

Well, while I was waiting to see Dr. Herzog, I read my book about Twins, Triplets and Quads. I havent read it in quite a while and so I definetly needed refreshed! Well I am way way behind my recommended weight goal and I really really want to try to meet each of these. So my first goal is to gain 45 pounds by 20 weeks. Well, I have only gained 12 and I only have 5 more weeks! So I have 40 days to gain 33 pounds. No more skimping on this 4500 calorie per day diet! I want to have the biggest babies I can possibly have and I am gonna take this seriously from here on out!

My doctor and nurses were very encouraging today but Dr. Herzog is definetly on the cautious side of things. When he came in the room he asked me what my average day was like and said I really need to chill lol! I guess you could say I am on bedrest without fully being on bedrest. He also sent a shocker our way.... 6 more weeks until he is planning on me being in the hospital. It is so sad because I was really hoping to make it through Eva's first Christmas (that she can recognize) before I had to go in. I guess we will just have to set up a Christmas tree in my room. Trever and I decided to go ahead and get all of her Christmas presents in the next couple of weeks, that way I can at least be a part of that.

I am really really excited for our shower on Friday! Thanks so much to everyone who is doing so much for all of us!

Oh... and here is the crazy ole belly.

Special Thanks to these people who have really truly been there for us!

Shannon Sharp- For the boxes of clothing you have given us! Thanks so much!

Shannon Porter- Diapers and wipes! Thank you we will put them to use!

Neysa Otts- That yummy spaghetti and freezer meal! And always offering to watch Eva!

Sister Bell- OMG! We ate at a 5 star restaraunt in our home those 3 days you brought us meals after my surgery!

Amy Forrest- For the most adorable boy clothes and excersaucer! OMG you really didnt have to do that! You are amazing!

Debbie and Sarah- Thank you for watching Eva during my surgery! I didnt have to worry at all!

Danette Ek- For the very very yummy dinner you brought during my recovery!

WE KNOW THE GENDERS!!!

INTRODUCING OUR 4 BABIES!







Baby A: Girl (Dahlia Colleen King)



Baby B: Boy (Preston Wayne King)



Baby C: Boy (Parker Elden King)



Baby D: Girl (Madelyn Lila King)


I cannot believe we are having 2 boys and 2 girls!!! We are ecstatic! We are just prancing around on cloud 9! This is just amazing. Now it is not 100% yet but the doctor seemed pretty sure!


So I just had a routine appointment with Dr. Herzog, and what was going to be a pretty routine appointment turned into a very long and serious one! When we first got there, they took us back to meet one of Dr. Herzog's other patients that is expecting triplets and she had a cerclage placed today at 12 weeks. Well since I am 13 weeks pregnant with quads I just knew it was going to come quickly for me! So he did an internal exam and said that my cervix was already shortened to half of the length it should be!! The doctor seemed kind of alarmed and immediately left the room to tell my nurse to schedule the cerclage (stitching the cervix shut) for Friday. So Friday at 2 I will be at Baylor in Frisco doing that. It is an outpatient procedure but I have to be there long enough for the epidural to wear off. Hopefully I will be out that evening! Oh and Dr. Herzog said my uterus is measuring like an 18 week pregnancy!


So then he sent me to my high risk doctor to get an ultrasound done! I was so excited because I didnt think we were gonna get one today! Dr. Albert asked us if we wanted to know what the genders probably were, I said Heck Ya to that! Each baby looked great and was measuring 3 days ahead. They were wiggling around it was so cute! He checked the fluid behind their necks and all of those looked normal as well. This can indicate abnormalities in the baby, but everyone looked great. He measured my cervix and said that according to the ultrasound, it looked great, but that Dr. Herzog was very experienced and it would not hurt to go ahead and do the cerclage.


Our babies are now the size of a......



Here are some facts about our little ones:

Your adorable little fetus is busy with thumb sucking (baby b was doing this today), toe wiggling, and (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over the body for warmth.



I am growing so rapidly. Still the nausea has not left but my Zofran prescription helps a ton! I have had a couple of days of excruciating pain on the right side of my belly down to my groin. I found out today that this is Round Ligament Pain do to the uterus stretching at such a phenomenal rate!!

Thank you so much Neysa for watching Eva! It really means so much, I cannot tell you! To know that she was with a family that loves her and she is safe and having fun is simply priceless! I missed her so much while we were away. I cannot wait until she gets to meet her brothers and sisters!