November Rainbow Babies

[Dahlia2007]

It may be that the hospital they are transferring her to has the specialists and surgical center where, if she needs surgery, it would take place. No matter the reason, it's good to know she's at a place that can take good card of her. I would want my child at the best hospital available. They had no warning of these problems before the birth? : (

 

[B&LsMom]

Nope--they expected everything to be perfect, but she was pretty purple and quiet when she came out--then there was lots of whispering so it became pretty obvious something was up. I guess after the ekg they discovered she actually had a heart valve that wasn't opened all the way, but they gave her a shot to open it up. They originally said she may just need to be monitored 24 hours following but now they are saying it could be 3-10 days in the NICU.

AFM We are team Blue again!!! got AMAZING scan pics but will have to upload them tomorrow. The machine was only 1 month old and had 4-D imaging---so cool!

 

[babyjo]

Congratulations on team blue Blakesmom! sorry to hear that your sil went through that stressful time with her baby. x

 

[Dahlia2007]

CONGRATS ON BABY BLUE!!! 4-d must have been amazing, wish my OB offered it, but they only use theirs for medically special circumstances : (

Your lil niece is in my thoughts

 

[B&LsMom]

Here are the scan pics!! SIL is discharged and heading up to the hospital where baby girl is--they will get to be together soon now!!

 

[DancingSheba]

wow those pics are awesome blakesmom! congrats on being team blue!!

 

[sharonfruit]

Pics are amazing blakesmom! I've been keeping quiet lately! My in laws have been staying with us this week but they leave tomorrow! Had my 3rd anomaly scan and all was fine so don't have to go back anymore! Met my new midwife who is lovely and have to have a new booking in appointment as I have relocated which will be in a couple of weeks where they will do my bloods etc. They gave me a leaflet about booking antenatal classes but I think it fell out of the file so will have to get another and get those booked! Xx

 

[Dahlia2007]

Those are really cool scan pics Blakesmom! and a great potty shot! haha

Sharon- glad you like your midwife, and good news on the scan. I would like to take another birthing class, but they've since started charging for them so now I won't be.

I crochet my first baby hat, and it turned out pretty good. I watched a youtube vid and learned from it. I just tried watching another video for slippers, but gave up. Maybe it's because I am developing a headache.

Well, for the last two days my pubic symphasis has been feeling "loose," reminiscent of my last pregnancy. So yeah, I hope it doesn't get too bad yet. My weekend was pretty boring otherwise.

How's everyone's energy level? I'm still getting tired! Took a short nap today.

Scan day tomorrow...

 

[kleinfor3]

Blakesmom-YAY FOR TEAM BLUE!!!! A little brother for your little man. They will be so close and best friends for sure Your scan pics are great! I want a 4D now lol!

Sharon-So glad your scan came back good and your done with that now!

Dahlia-That's great on the crocheted baby hat. Can't wait for your scan tomorrow!!! You made it thru the wait. Now for that potty shot!

My vent...
DS's 13th birthday was today! He had his last 'birthday party' yesterday and it was rough. We had a swimming party here at the house and it decided to rain and blow up a storm. We had to move it inside about half way though the party. That was 14-13 year olds in my house....NOT TO MENTION FAMILY MEMBERS! Mouthy ungreatful rude teenagers. UGH!!! One of them was smearing cake all over 3 others! I lost it. I had to leave the room. DH HAD TO YELL FOR THEM TO STOP CHANTING FOR A FOOD FIGHT! It was horrible. Last party for DS.......E----V----E------R!!!!

Then today, we took him to his fav restraunt, Hooters, and ice skating. I'm tired, ill and so so moody these days. It was a good day and we had fun but man I'm tired. I haven't had time to even clean up my house from the party yesterday.

On an up note, I slept some last night only waking up once for 10 minutes or so. That's MAJOR improvement from night before last when I was up from 2am-4:30pm!!!
DS's room is almost complete. The lady that is doing the painting should be finishing up tomorrow or Tuesday. Then it will be DONE! YAY!!!

 

[B&LsMom]

I only got an 1 1/2 hours of sleep Thursday night before going to the hospital to see my niece be born Friday morning, and I have had a hard time shaking off this drowsy feeling. Got to visit baby girl in the NICU today--didn't get to hold her, but got to rub on her soft baby skin. She is doing great but is a little jaundiced so she is under the billiruben lights and needs to have a full day of "normal" levels before she is released.

Dahlia enjoy your scan tomorrow!! I've been on a "high" all weekend after having mine on Friday!

 

[DancingSheba]

good luck on your scan! mine is next tuesday and i cant wait. I'm feeling Katrina move all the time now so its constant reassurance i love feeling her kick me i dont think i will ever get tired of that feeling....well maybe when it starts to hurt lol! anyway i am so pissed off right now because we have been going through this thing with OH's sons karate school. Last oct when we registered him we were set up on a payment program that automatically takes out 130 bucks a month from my checking account for the lessons. Well in june after school he went back to live with his mother. And we told them he would no longer be attending and to stop withdrawing the money. They told us we are locked in for the year! so even if he's not going they still take the money out! they said they need a proof of a change of address in order to stop the withdrawls so OH called the mother and told them to call. So i though this was all taken care of then i check my bank account this morning and i see 130 bucks deducted from karate!!!! UGGGGGHHHHH i am so angry! I cant afford to be paying 130 bucks to nothing when we have a baby on the way! So i guess i am going to have to go up there today and cause a pregnant hormonal scene. Maybe if i start crying in front of the other customers they will start listening!!
Rant over.

 

[Dahlia2007]

Hi all!

Team once again! Funny thing is that I thought I'd be more surprised/ecstatic, but since I was already planning on her being a girl I think that padded my excitement Told DH over the phone and he was happy. DD was so-so about it- she told me she already knew it was a girl so it wasn't a big deal lol. The femur has also caught up on growth and everything else is in the middle percentile. I stuck to my plan of drinking the water before, and then having half of a Twix bar about 10 min before the appt so baby would move a bit. It worked.

Afterward I planned on going to get something cute for baby, but had to drop off my brother's GF at the hospital, which I didn't mind. But I did buy a 4th of July headband for her girl and my girl for next summer.

Blakesmom- my ultrasound machine was also a few weeks old and it looked pretty awesome, but I didn't get any 3-D views Baby's face was facing my back so we couldn't get much of a profile shot either. But we got a potty shot. Glad the baby girl is doing alright, sounds like she'll be home soon.
Try to catch a nap if you can!

Dancing- that's really stupid about that Karate business. I think it's ridic that they need proof of an address change. Did you sign something in the beginning that said they may take out the money each month, dependent on the child's address? I would do whatever I could to get them to give you that money back, crying included! ; )
How is DH doing without his son there?

Klein- sorry those boys gave you a tough time! I would feel the same way. FOOD FIGHT? No way!!! Parties are a lot of work, and when you plan it on being outside it's sort of a relief to keep the activity outside But then moving it inside... ah!
My sleep was only terrible last night from nerves. I too was up from about 2-4. Good luck with the finishing touches on the room!

PIC 1- view of baby's back (head on right)
PIC 2- potty shot

 

[B&LsMom]

Dancing--I hope they were fair to you when you went there today--I'm sure they don't want a scene and sided with you as they should!!

Dahlia--congrats on pink again!! Blake told me we should name baby brother "sister" might have to keep searching names LOL. Now your diaper bag will be perfect right?! Weren't you kind of worried when you ordered that you would like it more for having another girl than a boy?!

 

[babyjo]

Dahlia congratulations on team pink. That's a great potty shot too.

Dancing- isn't it great feeling them move a lot. It makes me think what are you doing in there. I think mine favours my left side of my uterus.

Blakesmom the 3d scan looks amazing!

I have to wait till September for my next scan.

Klein it sound like teenagers can be more work than babies sometimes.

 

[kleinfor3]

Dahlia-YAY for team PINK!!! See, you did big by washing DD's clothes!

Here are the pics of DS's finished room. He loves it. So glad lol. Glad to be done!!!

 

[kleinfor3]

All of the green paint is glow in the dark/black light sensative. So it looks really cool when the lights are off or the black lights are on!

 

[DancingSheba]

the room looks AWESOME!!!! i love it! can you do mine next??? hahaha jk
well the karate place is kind of still being a pain in the ass so i intend to call them again today and also to call to my bank to have them put a claim on this transaction. they said they would call his mother again and then call me back. well they never called me back monday night or tuesday so its just getting to be a pain. Also we got his karate pics back and they are so cute! OH saw them and i could tell he was about to cry. I know he misses his son so much right now. Ugh stress Poor OH

 

[Dahlia2007]

Klein- WOW you should be so proud! What an excellent room! Did you do the paintings? DS should have so many good times in that room. What a nice caring family he has to make something like that for him : )

Blakes- yes my changing bag should go nicely with a little girl : )

Dancing- I know it's a pain to be persistant, but that's life I guess. I just spent an hour on the phone with Comcast a few days ago

Here is the name we have:
Savannah Grace
(Grace after DH's motherly-aunt)- Here's the debacle though- our cousin, Grayce's daughter, is also having a girl and she is naming her Isabella Grayce. Would it be odd/rude for our girl to also have the middle name, Grace? In my mind I don't think anyone should mind if middle names are the same. And anyways ours will be spelled more conventionally, GRACE, not GRAYCE.

Other choices so far:
Savannah Rose
Savannah Rae
Savannah IDK!!!!

 

[B&LsMom]

Great room Klein---Can't wait to see the nursery next!!!

Dahlia--I don't think anyone should care if they have the same middle names. My sis in law used Grace (which was top of my girl name list) as nieces' middle name---I told her she better not care when her cousin has that as a first name--but were having a boy so it isn't an issue now.

 

[kleinfor3]

Thanks for the compliments on DS's room! He loves it. I hired the painting out. I choose what I wanted painted and the painter did an awesome job. She will be the one doing the nursery too. Speaking of, I need to call her today.

Dahlia-I don't think it's a big deal to use that for a middle name. I say go for it!

I'm feeling more tired than usual...anyone else have any changing symptoms?
I thought it may be the benadryl I'm taking for sleep. I'm only taking one and its at about 9 pm each night...I feel good when I wake up but as the day progresses I get SO flippin tired. It's just kicked in over the past few days too. I'm wondering if my iron may be going down since I'm craving ice too?!?!

Anyone else have anything new going on?