Week 30 Milestone

From my last post I talked about Fion's week 24 viability baby shower.  I couldn't believe that we successfully took this pregnancy to week 30, another major milestone in triplet pregnancy.  At this gestational age, the survival rate of triplets was thought to be at 95% or greater.  Whew...  What a BIG relief!!!  Below are some updates about our 3 little "beanies" - a term used by Fion :).  Note: no ultrasound will be shown because they won't show well (too big for a full body pic) and are very expansive to purchase - $30 for every 5 shots!

Beanie #1 (Fetus A):
Position: Right Lateral
Average size: 30.4 weeks
Est. weight: 1,680 gm (50 percentile) * At PAR

Beanie #2 (Fetus B):
Position: Left Lateral
Average size: 29.6 weeks
Est. weight: 1,470 gm (40 percentile) * Eh Yaya...  Fetus B is always the smallest one among the three.  Grow baby grow!!!

Beanie #3 (Fetus C):
Position: Top Transverse
Average size: 30.6 weeks
Est weight: 1,700 gm (55 percentile) * Our little GIANT

Overall: 
All babies are striving well and within reasonable of weight discrepancies.  We had been told that any percentile within 20% was considered reasonable.

Unlike week 24 (viability), we did not plan to formally celebrate this milestone.  In fact, we were extremely busy with more planning and shopping activities that made the past 6 weeks passed by like a blink of an eye!  The following contained some of our shopping highlights during the past 6 weeks. Well, I must said Fion and I both enjoy shopping very much.  We love shopping for our triplets!

1) 2014 Honda Odyssey - There aren't many triplets-friendly vehicle in the market.  Imagine, trying to fit 3 car seats in a vehicle?!?!  Unfortunately, none of the vehicles I currently own will fit 3 car seats and guess what?  That only lead to one answer - A new vehicle!  I am not going to go over all the features of the vehicle and why we thought it is a good fit for us, as I am pretty sure that I will touch on this in details in the near future.

2014 Honda Odyseey

3 car seats fitted perfectly in the middle roll (not our car seats - just some random pics from internet)

2) Strollers - We faced the a very similar dilemma choosing our strollers as we faced in selecting the vehicle.  There are many strollers that allow you to carry two children at ease.  Well, to be more specific, 2 children at different stage, say an infant and a toddler.  Knowing that our options are very limited for triplet strollers - we have decided to go with a two strollers option.  We chose to go with a Baby Joggers City Select for its ability to carry 2 car seats in 16 different configurations and a Uppa Baby Cruz for its compact size and extra large basket.

Babyjogger City Select w/ 2 backward facing car seats (ours is in RED)

The 16 different alternate configurations of the City Select Stroller

The compact Uppababy Cruz!  Very big bottom storage unit!

3) Maxi-Cosi Mico AP Infant Car Seat.  Despite being one of the most recognized car seat brands in safety, we like this car seat because it is also light weight and fit snugly with both of our chosen strollers above!

Maxi-Cosi Micro AP Infant Car Seat

4) 3 cribs from Toy-R-Us.  The safest way to secure your baby is to put them in the crib.  One baby per crib.  Absolutely NO double / triple occupancy!

5) 3 Graco Travel Lite with Stages.  We have learnt from our prenatal class that it is a good idea to keep our babies within very close proximity to our bed at night.  Also, we thought that it is a good idea to have some sort of portable cribs, which would allow us to move them around when we need to.  We found this wonderful crib that can grow with our babies over 3 different stages.  Stage 1 - bassinet for infants staying close to us at night.  Stage 2 - Bassinet for bigger infants to stay just around everywhere we need them to be, including our parents' place!  Stage 3 - Playard for children that need to be contained in an isolated safe heaven, where you know that the babies will be safe as long as they are in it.

Graco Travel Lite w/ Stages

6) Baby Bjorn Bouncer Balance Soft.  We found this gem from one of the local stores located at downtown Whitby.  It is so compact and can be folded down to nothing and carried easily with us wherever we go.  The extremely well ergonomically designed bouncer is thought to aid babies to develop the their motor skills and balance.  It can be elevated to 3 different stages and is suitable from babies and toddlers aged 0 - 2.

Think green???  No batteries required.  It only bounces when you baby moves...

So versatile with 3 adjustable setting, fold down and threw away in sec!

We begun our preparation based on information we gathered through various sources, such as parenting website, books, information brochure provided by our hospitals, and last but not least, online blogs from other multiple parents!  I must say that I found the online blog the most valuable of all, as multiple parents generously shared their real life challenges, mistakes learnt and emotional ups and downs throughout their pregnancy and parenting experiences.  These readings were also the inspiration that led to the creation of this online blog!  I look forward to our next milestone - week 32!  Let's keep our fingers crossed...  We can do it!