25.5 weeks!

September 21, 2011 at 8:27 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

The boy is a wildman! He sleeps in the day and tends to wake up for dinner time. Then he goes to bed for a few hours only to wake up at 8:30pm EVERY NIGHT.

Last night Margot was touching the belly - she would tap twice, and he would tap back twice.

I love feeling him move! It’s pretty slow…he really doesn’t have tons of sharp fast movements like Emmy. I think he’s gotten bigger over the past week or so because I really do see his body moving across my body.

I feel good! I still read into every symptom and have been doing searches on “discharge 25 weeks”, “crotch hurt 25 weeks”, “tired 25 weeks”. All normal stuff though.

I got my chart from the midwives the other day because we’re traveling to Florida and found out that the midwives have dumped me. I was a little pissed that I found out that way… I mean they could have called and said they weren’t comfortable handling someone who has had IVF and reduction.

Supposedly, the reduction puts me at risk for pre-term labor. However, both the doctor that did the reduction and the fetal specialist in Syracuse seem to think as long as I got past 22 weeks it was all good and the baby would be alright.

I figure at this point though that I should stick with the doctors. I know had I not had an experienced midwife last time…I’m not sure what the outcome would have been. Many of the midwives that I have seen seem pretty fresh and don’t have a lot of births.

Just a few more days and we’re off to Orlando! I bought tickets to Sea World, Disney, and Universal the other day. I can’t wait to bust out of here! Of course, I’m just looking forward to doing some reading and sitting pool side! OH…and eating good food!!

The girls are doing great! Graem LOVES school. Her school was selected as a “Blue Ribbon” school by the Department of Education. There are only 300 schools in the United States that were selected and it’s based on the diversity of students and high test scores.

Emmy is going to daycare three days a week and has a few good friends there. She’s still getting OT and social work for some of the sensory stuff. She’s such a funny kid.

It’s 8:25pm and I’m exhausted.

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23ish weeks!

September 6, 2011 at 7:56 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

I’m feeling good. Last week I pulled my back and it was a killer. I bent my fat ass down to pick up a pen and could barely get up! I went for a chiro and massage appointment and a week later was feeling much better.

These days I feel the boy move quite a bit. He tends to wake up at 8:45pm every night and make himself known. I really think he’s going to be big.

I feel myself getting more and more used to the idea of actually having a baby. I mean it’s been such a long road…between going through years and years of infertility treatments, to being pregnant with triplets, to reducing, and now a baby…

I keep looking at viability stuff online and I figure if I make it to 24 weeks he has a 30% chance of living and if he makes it to 25 weeks 50%. I know it’s morbid…but…each week I get closer to having a baby allows me to take an extra breath.

Work is kicking my ass. I’m exhausted - all the time. On days that I work I just want to take a nap by noon. I told my boss a month ago that August 19th was my last day. I keep extending because I really want to get our kitchen renovation paid off before quitting! Even though I don’t make tons of money every little dime helps.

PLUS…I really wanted to be able to make a little extra to get the carseat and stroller! It’s funny what we do for our first kid that will not be happening for kid #3! $250 carseat and $250 stroller - ha ha ha!

I was able to hook up at the Jillian’s Drawers sidewalk sale and pick up some great deals. I think I’m probably going to try to sell some of the diapers back in the family swap next year when the boy has outgrown them.

I’m pretty sure we have a name for him…

Keane.

Still working on a middle name.

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