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TRIPLET PREGNANCY

For a long time I had a promise to get married, but the years went by, and I was 41 when this promise was finally fulfilled in 2015. Then we held on to a promise together, to have a child, and the years went by, and nothing was happening, and with every year I was progressing into my forties, the chances in the natural sank that it was ever gonna happen. BUT GOD!

On our 4th wedding anniversary end of February the pregnancy test came back positive. We were elated! On the first ultrasound we could see that it was twins! Awesome God! On the next ultrasound 2 weeks later, there were 3 heartbeats visible! I could hardly believe that we were having triplets, as one egg had split into two! Our God is the God who goes beyond anything we can ask or imagine!

I knew that a triplet pregnancy at 45/46 was high risk in every way. For that reason we were not allowed to return to Mali, even for a short time. Instead I had weekly hospital visits to make sure everything was alright, and the triplets were developing wonderfully.

In week 12 I suddenly started having high blood pressure and was put on medication. I was pumping twice as much blood in my body than before! In week 24 I did a glucose test and was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, which I was high risk for, and is not unusal with multiple babies. After a week of measuring my blood sugar 4 times a day, I was kept in the hospital at my weekly check-up, as the numbers were too high. I was put on insulin, injecting 5 times a day, and they kept increasing the dosage and wouldn't let me go home until they were satisfied with the results. I spent nearly a whole week in the hospital before going home on August 14, when I was exactly 28 weeks into my pregnancy.

I spent a week at home, and my blood sugar numbers were great, thanks to being able to eat right for gestational diabetes (the hospital food is horrible). When I returned to the hospital a week later, my doctor was even shocked at how good my numbers were. We were gonna set a date for the c-section for September 24th, as they don't go beyond week 34 with triplets. Then she did the ultrasound - and was worried. Twin 1 had some issues with blood flow in the umbilical cord which is dangerous. She told me I had to stay in the hospital (again!). I was devastated. That was this last Wednesday. They told me the c-section would be on Friday. On Thursday I had another ultrasound, and the baby was fine again. I was told I could go home Friday if the next ultrasound was also good, and come back Monday for a check-up. The ultrasound on Friday was like the one when I had to stay. With the weekend ahead, the c-section was scheduled for good for Monday, August 26th, at 9:30 am Austrian time. So today is my last day to "relax". Tomorrow they are starting a high dosage IV drip of magnesium that lasts the 24 hours leading up to the c-section; my first stay in the hospital, my bed neighbor cried the whole time because it made her feel so bad.

So please pray for us all, for everything to go well, so we can welcome our three little ones on Monday! Make sure to connect with me on Facebook, where I post daily updates. I will also try to send another email with their pictures and names soon.

If you'd like to help us financially, which is really what we need most right now, after prayer, in America send a check to our ministry address (in the left column) and write WILSON in the memo line. In Europe, please make a transfer to this bank account:

Dr. Claudia Wilson
Bank Austria BKAUATWW
AT03 1200 0509 1014 6800

Thank you all so much! And by the way, we're still waiting for the government's decision whether Randy gets a permit to stay in Austria or not.

Trusting HIM,

Claudia (& Randy)

Twin boy 1              Twin boy 2             Singleton girl