I will fill you all in on the details of the delivery day soon. Let's just say, it had some eerie familiarities.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Happy Mother's Day!
Guess what I got to bring home for Mother's Day? Yep, I ended up having my c-section 1 week early and got to bring our Beautiful baby boy home on Mother's Day, of all days. He was born at 36 1/2 weeks weighing in at 8lbs. 3oz.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Anxiety
Boy, I am really bad about posting. Has it really been that long?
We had our first rounds of weekly non-stress tests yesterday and I have to say it bared to many resemblances to before. At first they weren't seeing the spike in heart rates when the "little tummy toad" moved, but that quickly resolved. What was mostly worrisome was that the NST was showing I was having contractions. They checked my cervix and it was fine -no thinning.
The problem and anxiety for me is, I can't tell I am having these contractions (or BH), so when they tell me to monitor myself and keep time of them, I feel helpless. How can I monitor something I can't even tell is happening.
They say there is a good 98% survival at 32 weeks, but that goes with a 2% not good rate, which is worse odds than Makenzie had. Sigh....
Hang in there buddy!!
We had our first rounds of weekly non-stress tests yesterday and I have to say it bared to many resemblances to before. At first they weren't seeing the spike in heart rates when the "little tummy toad" moved, but that quickly resolved. What was mostly worrisome was that the NST was showing I was having contractions. They checked my cervix and it was fine -no thinning.
The problem and anxiety for me is, I can't tell I am having these contractions (or BH), so when they tell me to monitor myself and keep time of them, I feel helpless. How can I monitor something I can't even tell is happening.
They say there is a good 98% survival at 32 weeks, but that goes with a 2% not good rate, which is worse odds than Makenzie had. Sigh....
Hang in there buddy!!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Happy New Year!!!
Well ,the holidays have passed and my anxieties over this pregnancy have returned. With the help of some hiccups. I got a call from the nurse the day after Christmas letting me know that the results from my AFP (spinal bifida) test came back high. Not knowing much about this test, and actually not educated about sinal bifida, I made the simple mistake of asking "what does this result mean". Oh boy, she had plenty of SCARY scenarios.
Needless to say, I broke down after the call ended and found myself in the throws of that all familiar "hopeless feeling". I called the nurse back and had her fit me in to Dr. W-onderful's day. I needed to hear the facts from him! (we were on the road, heading home from relatives out-of-town) As soon as he came into the consult room he put our minds at ease. He informed us that A) numerous women get higher results that turn out to be nothing B) my results were not nearly as bad as the nurse made it out to be C) I had already had a Level II ultrasound (along with about 9 others) that showed a very healthy spine and neck- no indication on SB. After he spent 45 minutes going over the facts with us- we decided to do another level II to ease any worries. That u/s has taken place and it all looks fine. Shewwww.......
By the way, doc did say he would speak with the nurse.
On another note, I failed the glucose tests. Which I did with my previous pregnancy also. I am able to control it with my diet, so hopefully that will continue.
Oh, and I don't believe I have said that we are carrying a BOY! We found out at 14 wks during an u/s. I have to say, "we were a little shocked at first, I think we truly thought this one would be a little girl" after about 24 hrs it sunk in and we began to envision him. We are now 20 1/2 weeks>>>but who is counting? LOL.
Needless to say, I broke down after the call ended and found myself in the throws of that all familiar "hopeless feeling". I called the nurse back and had her fit me in to Dr. W-onderful's day. I needed to hear the facts from him! (we were on the road, heading home from relatives out-of-town) As soon as he came into the consult room he put our minds at ease. He informed us that A) numerous women get higher results that turn out to be nothing B) my results were not nearly as bad as the nurse made it out to be C) I had already had a Level II ultrasound (along with about 9 others) that showed a very healthy spine and neck- no indication on SB. After he spent 45 minutes going over the facts with us- we decided to do another level II to ease any worries. That u/s has taken place and it all looks fine. Shewwww.......
By the way, doc did say he would speak with the nurse.
On another note, I failed the glucose tests. Which I did with my previous pregnancy also. I am able to control it with my diet, so hopefully that will continue.
Oh, and I don't believe I have said that we are carrying a BOY! We found out at 14 wks during an u/s. I have to say, "we were a little shocked at first, I think we truly thought this one would be a little girl" after about 24 hrs it sunk in and we began to envision him. We are now 20 1/2 weeks>>>but who is counting? LOL.
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