One of the reasons I have not been regularly blogging is because I found out in early September that I was pregnant with triplets and it has been a bit overwhelming. We went through many of the stages of grief I guess – not because we were sad, just because it was quite shocking news to receive. While we were trying to have a baby, we weren’t trying to have 3 at once! After the news was broken to us at the 10 week ultrasound, I mourned the loss of skiing through my 7th month of pregnancy and really, just being a normal pregnant person! We’ve totally accepted the triplets now and are even excited (terrified, but excited!). It is quite a unique and special thing to have “spontaneous triplets.” Look that up if you feel the need to ask “are they natural?” It’s like being part of a special club? I think! Anyway, because I miss the old days of adventuring, I thought I’d make a list of all the cool things the triplets have done in utero:
1st Trimester
- Rode Mr. Toads Wild Ride, Van Sickle, and the Bench
- Downhill mountain biking at Northstar
I opted not to hit this jump at Northstar, but this girl styled it! I started practicing turning down unnecessary risk pretty early since that has never been easy for me!
- 3rd Place at the 4th Annual Angora Lakes Triathlon
The start of this years Angora Lakes Triathlon
- A lot of sailing on Lake Tahoe
- Learned to be a pretty good waterskier!
I got to waterski about 8 times this summer/fall and really started to improve!
- Wakesurfed
Surfing Lake Tahoe is always fun!
- Whitewater kayaked a few Class 3 runs
This is my pal Amanda hitting up Hospital Bar on the South Fork American… I had hit the same line 30 seconds earlier.
- Rode the Downieville Downhill
Riding the technical section of the Downieville Downhill the day before I found out about the triplets.
- 3 day backpacking trip in the Hoover Wilderness
2nd Trimester
- Ran 4 miles in the Chicago Marathon
I’m all smiles here, but a few hours later I realized I wouldn’t be running a lot during this pregnancy!
- Surfed in Santa Cruz
Surfing at the hook on a mellow wave day. Best part was the sea otters swimming nearby!
- Sailed in the SF Bay
Rachael Burks and I sailing in the San Francisco Bay. Photo by my buddy Greg Marsden!
- Road bike ride in the Oakland Hills
- Skied at Mammoth, Heavenly, and Kirkwood (7 resort days)
We hit Mammoth on opening day so I could ski as early in the pregnancy as possible! My jacket still fits in this photo!
- Backcountry skis at Carson Pass and Echo Lakes
- Swam a lot of yards – still doing this!
- Mountain biked Corral loop, Tahoe Mountain, and Powerlines
Evening ride with preggo partner in crime Nira on Tahoe Mountain.
I still have a few weeks till my 3rd trimester as technically I’m 25 weeks pregnant, but things happen a lot faster with triplets. They say add anywhere from 10-14 weeks so if that is true, I look and feel like someone due in about a week! The goal is to make it as close to 36 weeks as possible. Most pregnancies are 40 weeks. I’m slowing down quite a bit and walking and swimming seem to feel the best at this point. But at this point, the triplets have been exposed to quite the variety of outdoor sports and should be pretty well rounded athletes! I’ve been debating whether or not to start a triplet specific blog or just momentarily cover this journey here. I think the most interesting thing will be the comeback so I’m leaning towards business as usual on meghankellyteles.com. If you have an opinion, let me know!
This is me just 10 days ago and just under 24 weeks along. Yep, super pregnant!
Meghan Kelly Teles! 