A Tale of Two Mamas
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October 7, 2011 at 8:03 am · Filed under Uncategorized
So we have 9-12 weeks before this baby gets here! It’s going by really fast now! I feel good. There are times that I get anxious and think that at any point the baby could come…but then I realize that there really aren’t any indicators of that and typically it’s just my mind getting the best of me.
My last day of work was Wednesday! Emmy will stay in daycare Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Graem is off today and Monday. So I haven’t really had a day “off” yet. I plan on making my list and really trying to tackle things on our “to do” list.
I really wish I could have survived at work a few more weeks to help with the expenses of vacation…but after extending my maternity leave almost a month it was getting harder and harder to manage the trips that I make out.
The boy is still pretty chill. Every once in a while he will make a big wiggle but just does little movements throughout the day. I have another ultrasound in a week or so. I feel like he’s still breech most of the time and really do hope that he flips.
In other news…I got kicked out of the midwives. I didn’t even realize it until I got my papers for traveling. Approved for MD delivery. I was pretty upset that they didn’t even tell me personally and that I found out by getting my records. Either way though…I really think it’s for the best. There’s only one midwife who has been there and has experience. The other ones…I could do without.
Must get the chitlins ready for the day! Emmy’s going to school and I’m going to take Graem to the booksale, lunch, and to Dolphin Tales movie.
October 7, 2011 at 7:57 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Over the years I have been on numerous medications. The majority of them have been for infertility. The doctors always claimed that they were safe. But, boy would I be in a heap of trouble if years down the line they realized something differently…
I just read up on the Crestor lawsuit. AstraZeneca is the maker of a high cholesterol and heart disease medication that is now causing kidney failure.
It seems like it takes the FDA years and years to approve medication and so I just don’t understand how in the trials none of these symptoms were discovered.
I guess at some point they have to weigh the benefit versus the harm and figure out if the medication is still a feasible solution.
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.
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.
August 21, 2011 at 9:43 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
All I can say about today is the boy has legs and he knows how to use them!!
The past few weeks I’ve been talking about how calm and mellow this boy is…
Today was quote the exception! He’s all over. I felt him testing every corner of my belly, tapping, and even rolling around!
The beast is awake!!
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