May 2013 Babies

[ILuvBabies200]

Cute stuff Amanda!

 

[Tournesol]

Hi ladies! I made it past 24 weeks!

Mizz, glad you're doing well and loving the positivity, keep it up!

Pad, you poor thing! Glad you're feeling better now though, good thing you mentioned your shoulder or it could have ended up being worse.

Courtney, well done for putting your foot down and changing docs, boo to your old practice!

Amanda, you are much too organised, you make me feel very lazy in comparison! Gorgeous stuff though.

And hello and to the rest of you!

I'm sat in front of the fire, quietly getting snowed in. I wouldn't mind, but I'm supposed to be flying to London next week to see friends and family for post Christmas, pre baby celebrations so I really hope it doesn't stick around.

 

[padbrat]

Happy V Day Tour! The snow is coming down here too... good luck with your travel plans!

Amanda what lovely stuff.. her nursery is going to be gorgeous! We have just got our first set of bedding and are waiting for his nursery furniture to come before we set it all up. Have also ordered his travel system and car seat! OMG this is so real!!!!

Manu when is your Birthday? Mine is the 5th March.

Hey Mizz... hope you are still taking it easy!

morning Court and Iluv!

 

[padbrat]

OMG I am an aubergine!!!! 25 wks today!!!!!!

 

[EMTAmanda]

Thanks girls!!! I saved all my big things from my 2nd son which is only 14 months old and all unisex so I figured I would splurge on some cute girly things for her I'm jealous of you ladies snow! We had horrible rain here for days last week but no snow as far as being organized I'm FAR from it lol we still have to move, paint the whole inside of the house, set up the nursery, have a baby shower, etc makes me wanna scream!

 

[MizzPodd]

Happy V day tour!!! Woohoo!!!

Amanda everything looks wonderful! Your nesting instincts sure are kicking in!!! I love the diaper bag; it's different and unique

Pad I'm still bed resting hubby and my daughter keep me company all day on the weekends for the most part

Looking forward to being 23 weeks in a couple days and going to my appointment on Wednesday morning I pray everything is good!!!

 

[MizzPodd]

I'm a little on edge this morning. Just stupid stuff. So my sperm donor abandoned my brothers and i a year ago and doesn't speak to us. Unfortunately some of my important mail goes to his address from when I lived there when I was 18... Instead of forwarding the mail, they ignore it which is so damn immature. I'm supposed to remain stress free as possible but I'm starring to lose that because I need these documents for taxes and other stuff. My hubby said he is sending a email asking for this stuff and then I will do an address change so this does not have to happen anymore. I hardly vent to anyone and being on bedrest I don't have anyone to talk to really. So when I try to get this stuff of my chest my mom doesn't have time she says to listen. I always listen to my family members problems and the one time I need to talk about it I get shut down. I have so much suppressed and its starting to unhinge because I never have an outlet. Wooh! Okay this felt kinda nice typing this out! Sorry for the rant lol

I'm currently doing the 24 hr again becuz doc wants to see if pre e is getting worse or staying mild. Have important appt tomorrow for length check and possibly ultrasound to check on baby growth. I'm supposed to be going to a fmf specialist too sometime in the next few weeks. I'm just excited about my appt tomorrow. Ill update after the appt. it's so much going on but I am staying positive no matter what although at the moment it's very hard!

 

[Courtney917]

Aww Mizz . Sometimes family members can be complete assholes. They should be making sure you're as stress free as possible and not adding to the stress you already have. Don't let them drive you nuts, def change your address so you don't have to be dealing with the nonsense anymore! PLEASE vent to us, we are here to support one another, so this is the place to go.

Keep us posted on your appointment, I am sure all will be okay, you're a week away from 24 weeks which is an amazing milestone. Baby will be okay even if born early, so hang in there

 

[EMTAmanda]

Big big big hugs mizz!!! I'll be thinking about you and your appointment!!! Keep us updated!!!!!

 

[MightyMom]

Mizz: You know you can do an address change online? It's much easier. And if you feel better about it, you can re-do the address change every month to make sure the post office is still forwarding the important mail. Once you get the forwarded mail, you know who to call to get the address changed. Try to relax, hopefully most of the tax documents you need haven't come yet. (Most institutions don't have them ready until the 20th of January anyway, let alone mailed and delivered!)

 

[MizzPodd]

Mightymom thanks. I will look into that today
My birthday just passed and I need my registration renewal notice number (rin). It's almost February and I need it before tags expire! They r very immature! What adults hold that type of information? Sperm donors wife is the one who usually sends it to me so she should just do it already!

 

[EMTAmanda]

Midwife appointment today went well except my weight gain. :-/ I've gained quite a bit of weight I swear it never fails as soon as I get preggo j start packing on the pounds she started me on my calcium and magnesium supplement that is supposed to assist with labor and next visit is my nasty glucose screening

 

[robinson380]

I failed my glucose screening by 1 point so now I have to go back tomorrow for the 3 hour test

 

[Courtney917]

I am so not looking forward to that screening.

 

[Courtney917]

How ru Mizz?? You got me worried :/. Hope all is ok.

 

[padbrat]

Urghhh Tour!

Mine is scheduled at 28 wks so the 11th Feb... am not looking forward to it!!

 

[EMTAmanda]

Oh no Robinson! Good luck hun!

 

[MizzPodd]

Hi ladies... Very interesting last few days. Had my cervical length check appt. cervix had shortened and I was 1 cm dilated. I cme back that night becuz of pains in lower abdomen and back .... Monitored for hours pumped with fluids. Explained about preterm labor sent home. Next early morning went to get progesterone shot when three of my doctors informed me not eat or drink anything becuz they wanted to get a cerclauge.... Long story short they did one, and I'm recovering now. Just resting and takin some pain meds. Have appt next weeks with specialist... Oh goodness what an overwhelming unexpected turn of events. The spinal didn't even fully numb me so I could feel the procedure. It was very painful but I had a feeling the epidural wouldn't fully worked (happened with my mom lol). Anywho I took it like a trooper. During recovery I was having terrible contractions and it was mainly becuz I couldn't pee! My bladder was completely full but the numbing affect wouldn't wear off... So 6 hours later right when they were putting a catheter in I just started peeing right there in bed!! Lol it was awkward lol I peed for at least an hour... That's how much my bladder had filled. And the contractions went away almost instantly! They have me the meds to help prevent contractions along with pain meds.
My baby has been kicking me in the bladder and right on the middle ever since I emptied my bladder last night... I mean non stop. Lol so it is an uncomfortable sensation but I'm so glad everything turned out good. I had not expected this at all and I was so happy I didn't eat an early breakfast. It was like I knew they would operate that day lol

They will remove stitches at 36 weeks. I really pray this works and I end up going that long! I'm on my same bedrest so I feel confident this cerclauge will help me out a lot. I'm so thankful of my doctors becuz they moved so quickly and didn't want risk me dilating more or my cervix shortening more. I've never been in a hospital that every department is nice and kind. My experience was amazing as far as bedside manners goes. Before operation I had to get these heart tests becuz of my heart condition and my platelets checked because of me having gestation thrombocytopenia.... But everything was a go
I'm officially with the IC ladies but I'm proud! Lol I have a cerclauge to help and I'm confident that it will get me to the 30 weeks at least.

Sorry I'm just now responding but I am just getting back from hospital after the few days of back and forth!

Have a great weekend girls

 

[Courtney917]

You sure have been through a lot! Thank god for proactive doctors and a mommy that pays attention to her body. Hopefully you will get much further along...good thing is that you are a few days away from V Day so that must be comforting to you .

I'm glad everything with you and baby are okay!!!!! Keeping you in my thoughts....

 

[MizzPodd]

Thank u Court!! I'm so happy I went back that night becuz that's when I was told about the dilation. I feel super good about everything and I am almost to 24 weeks!!! Woohoo!!!!