This is one of those things you hear and you immediately have to have a conversation with someone about this.  It would start like this…..”Have you heard about this 66-year-old woman in India who just gave birth to triplets?!”

After some discussion and a quick Google check the realization would sink in.  Holy menopause that is just 4 years away from 70!  Okay, here’s an article…..

66-year-old gives birth to triplets in Haryana

Hisar, June 13 (IANS)

After nearly 44 years of a childless married life, a 66-year-old woman in Haryana has given birth to triplets, becoming possibly the oldest woman to do so.

Bhateri Devi gave birth to the triplets – two boys and a girl – May 29 at National Fertility Centre here through In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) technique, officials at the centre said on Sunday, adding she was possibly the oldest known mother in the world to give birth to triplets. “According to the birth certificate issued by a government hospital in Rohtak district, Bhateri Devi was born on May 21, 1944 in Madina village of Rohtak. This birth proof is authentic and therefore she has become the oldest mother in the world to give birth to triplets so far,” Anurag Bishnoi, who supervised the whole process, told reporters. “Bhateri Devi was coming to us for the last many months for the treatment. She has become mother for the first time and conceived only in our third attempt through IVF technique,” he said. “For the first two attempts, only two embryos were transferred in each cycle. But in third attempt three embryos were transferred in her uterus, resulting in the birth of three children by a caesarean process.” However, the doctors said that triplets, weighing 1.2 kilogram, 1.1 kilogram and 800 grams, were underweight and they were kept in the intensive care unit of the centre. Bhateri Devi is a resident of Satrod village in this district, some 300 km from Chandigarh. Her husband Deva Singh, 64, is also very excited on becoming father at this age. “Bhateri has fulfilled my dream of having a child and gave my family an heir. She was my first wife and after she failed to conceive a child, I married twice but again I did not have any child from my other wives also,” he said. “I am very happy and I would provide all the best facilities to my children in the coming years,” he added. In November 2008, 70-year-old Rajo Devi, a resident of a village in Jind district in Haryana, made headlines after she gave birth to a girl child through IVF technique at the same centre. She had conceived a child after a long hiatus of over 54 years. Both mother and child are in good health at present. This is really amazing.  I wonder if OB’s and fertility specialists in the States would treat a 66 year-old-woman?  If you have the time and the will.  Maybe you can find out here.  (I would check but, Mama needs a nap today.) I can’t imagine the strain on her body!  I mean, it’s hard enough at 28.  Oh, almost 29 actually, just thought of that.  Wow!  I’m getting old.  Well, I guess not….

When we registered for our wedding we were on scanner gun toting mission.  Crate and Barrel had never seen the likes of this trigger happy Bride and Groom.  The destruction at Tombstone after the Gunfight at the OK Corral was nothing compared to the damage we left.   No waffle iron this side of the Mississippi had a prayer.

It wasn’t until we got a registry once-over by our mothers that we realized we needed a little more organization.  We got it together by rounding things out at other stores with a little more restraint.  

So, for Baby we’ve done some homework.  After we found out she was a girl we went to Babies R Us and Pottery Barn Kids to look around.  

Daddy picked out a dress for his girl.  

So I have to go to bed soon because I’m working early tomorrow.  I call Greyson on the way home from work and ask him to pick up dinner.  We decide on Panera Bread and I tell him what I want.  I said, “Oh yeah, I want a cookie too.”  I get home, and take a shower getting pumped for my cookie.

Okay, we’re not really “livin’ on a prayer” but, it goes so well with “halfway there!”  And, tomorrow we’re 20 weeks!  Halfway there baby!

On her son’s 1st birthday my friend Heather wrote “What she had learned the first year of being a Mom” on her blog.  She sent it to me the other day.  Enjoy!  (Check out her son Travis.  He’s so stinkin’ cute!)

It inspired me to write a list of things I’ve learned in the first half of my first pregnancy.

1.  Morning sickness is a misnamed affliction.–  I felt sick in the evening.  I didn’t want much dinner at all.  I consider myself EXTREMELY fortunate because I never once actually puked.

2.  Prenatal vitamins are worth their weight in gold.– I read in What To Expect Before You’re Expecting that taking vitamins several months before conception can reduce morning sickness.  I believe it, and my nails have never looked better.

3.  Do not plan a vacation in the First Trimester.– Don’t get me wrong.  Greyson and I had an AWESOME time on our 5th anniversary Vegas trip.  But, we went right as I was getting to 13 weeks.  Seriously, if I had waited just one more week I would’ve felt that much better and had more energy.

4.  The Second Trimester rocks!– I seriously have not felt that pregnant until the last two weeks or so.  I have way more energy to work out, do things around the house, and be with friends.

5.  Pregnancy hasn’t been like putting on a “fat suit”.–  I guess I just assumed I would immediately blow up when knocked up.   So far I’ve gained 3 pounds.  (Although more is coming for sure!  I am hungry now!)  I didn’t really show much at all until 18 weeks or so, and 99% of my clothes are still my old clothes.  I have some jeans I don’t wear without the Bella Band and one little dress.

I consider myself extremely blessed so far.  I pray my good fortune continues.  I felt her move this week!  That seriously has to be what it is.  Okay Baby, here’s to another 20 weeks full of good fortune!  (Picture me lifting a glass of chocolate milk.  That’s my newest thing, chocolate milk.)  We’ll see how our list changes in the coming months.

So remember how I was telling you how awesome our group of friends in our neighborhood are?  I mean, seriously they are the greatest.

Well, Mike and Erin found out yesterday they’re having a Boy!  That’s exactly what they were hoping for and I couldn’t be happier for them.  It’s like our baby’s first friend.  Yeah!