Breydon did get into a crib last night/early this morning. Now we wait!!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Just Mommy
I have had someone with me here in Fort Wayne up to this point. Until he is discharged Ill be by myself now, just me and Baby Breydon. Time goes faster when there's company.
Breydon did get into a crib last night/early this morning. Now we wait!!
Breydon did get into a crib last night/early this morning. Now we wait!!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Day 10
I would like to come home.
I don't want to complain, I have SO MUCH to be thankful for, but after 11 days away from home... I'm ready to be done.
Today Breydon is allowed to eat ad lib, which means whenever he's hungry he can eat, and he can eat however much his little heart desires. They put clothes on him, and wrapped him up in a sleep sack. He maintained his temperature ALL DAY until his 8:00p assessment (where he was going to get switched over to a cradle) and the nurse thought he was a LITTLE too cold. So... no crib yet. He has taken all feedings by mouth for about 48 hours now, so thats good! The little guy is strong... he lifts his head off my shoulders and holds it up on his own for quite some time to look at me. I like that. :)
The next things to accomplish are 1. to maintain his temp long enough to move to a cradle... 2. to keep eating from a bottle/maintaining or gaining weight... 3. have a pneumogram done... 4. pass the carseat test.
We have a way to go still.
Pray for us.
I don't want to complain, I have SO MUCH to be thankful for, but after 11 days away from home... I'm ready to be done.
Today Breydon is allowed to eat ad lib, which means whenever he's hungry he can eat, and he can eat however much his little heart desires. They put clothes on him, and wrapped him up in a sleep sack. He maintained his temperature ALL DAY until his 8:00p assessment (where he was going to get switched over to a cradle) and the nurse thought he was a LITTLE too cold. So... no crib yet. He has taken all feedings by mouth for about 48 hours now, so thats good! The little guy is strong... he lifts his head off my shoulders and holds it up on his own for quite some time to look at me. I like that. :)
The next things to accomplish are 1. to maintain his temp long enough to move to a cradle... 2. to keep eating from a bottle/maintaining or gaining weight... 3. have a pneumogram done... 4. pass the carseat test.
We have a way to go still.
Pray for us.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Labor/Delivery
I'm finally getting a chance to update this... its been a busy few days!
Ill start with the labor/delivery part of the story...
On Wednesday at 5:00 I was admitted to Labor and Delivery at Dupont Hospital in Ft Wayne. They gave me Cervadil to soften my cervix more, and they checked to see if I was dialated at all. Apparently, when I arrived I was already 1 cm dialated. Soooo... Dr. Wheeler decided that since I was already moving on my own, he would start Pitocin at 9:00. I layed around, and attempted to color (it was hard to color with an IV in my right forearm...) and we waited. At 9:00 Dr. Wheeler came in and broke my water (still at 1 cm). They also started me on the Pit. Around 10:30 the contractions started getting harder, and I got the epidural. They checked me then, and I was between 1 and 2 cm. The nurse came in about 2 hours later to check me, and she was VERY surprised to find that I was 9 cm!! She told me that if I felt the urge to push to call her back in. I felt it faintly about 3 times, but it was so slight that I felt like I didn't need to call her in. She came rushing in saying she had a "hunch" about 10 min after that. She checked, and we were fully dialated. At that point, we had people RUNNING into the room, getting tools out and everything ready. At about 2:00 am on Thursday people were almost ready... we started pushing. I pushed through 2 contractions, and at 2:14 he was here!! They layed him on me, and suctioned him off and then took him to his bed. They cleaned him up, and helped him breathe a little bit. He was screaming, obviously not a happy camper. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 inches long. :) Then they took him away up to the NICU and got him settled. They moved me to my new room and around 4:00 we got to go up and see him again. It was hard... he was hooked up to machines and had wires all over him... but I got sick and asked to go back to my room. I fell asleep... and that was my first night!
Ill start with the labor/delivery part of the story...
On Wednesday at 5:00 I was admitted to Labor and Delivery at Dupont Hospital in Ft Wayne. They gave me Cervadil to soften my cervix more, and they checked to see if I was dialated at all. Apparently, when I arrived I was already 1 cm dialated. Soooo... Dr. Wheeler decided that since I was already moving on my own, he would start Pitocin at 9:00. I layed around, and attempted to color (it was hard to color with an IV in my right forearm...) and we waited. At 9:00 Dr. Wheeler came in and broke my water (still at 1 cm). They also started me on the Pit. Around 10:30 the contractions started getting harder, and I got the epidural. They checked me then, and I was between 1 and 2 cm. The nurse came in about 2 hours later to check me, and she was VERY surprised to find that I was 9 cm!! She told me that if I felt the urge to push to call her back in. I felt it faintly about 3 times, but it was so slight that I felt like I didn't need to call her in. She came rushing in saying she had a "hunch" about 10 min after that. She checked, and we were fully dialated. At that point, we had people RUNNING into the room, getting tools out and everything ready. At about 2:00 am on Thursday people were almost ready... we started pushing. I pushed through 2 contractions, and at 2:14 he was here!! They layed him on me, and suctioned him off and then took him to his bed. They cleaned him up, and helped him breathe a little bit. He was screaming, obviously not a happy camper. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 inches long. :) Then they took him away up to the NICU and got him settled. They moved me to my new room and around 4:00 we got to go up and see him again. It was hard... he was hooked up to machines and had wires all over him... but I got sick and asked to go back to my room. I fell asleep... and that was my first night!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Good Baby, Bad Vessel
Doctors appointment went well. He has me going back on Wednesday afternoon and is most likely going to admit me to Labor/Delivery to start getting my cervix ready for labor. He checked it today, and its soft, so thats good. Also, the baby has dropped and is engaged, so thats also good. We have a good shot at a vaginal delivery which we WANT! :) Baby is great, but apparently "the vessel carrying him is not", as Dr. Wheeler says. So... I track my blood pressure over the weekend... get the last necessary items before he's here... clean the house really well... and relax!! Im not on strict bed rest now that we aren't trying to keep me pregnant longer. So I am allowed to enjoy my last weekend without a baby.
APPARENTLY hair loss like I had this morning is "normal". Hearing it was normal doesn't make me feel much better about it, but at least Im not dying. :)
Back we go on Wednesday... and unless I miraculously get better between then and now... we'll be havin' a baby!
APPARENTLY hair loss like I had this morning is "normal". Hearing it was normal doesn't make me feel much better about it, but at least Im not dying. :)
Back we go on Wednesday... and unless I miraculously get better between then and now... we'll be havin' a baby!
A Post Pretty Much About My Hair.
This has been a terrible morning and I need to vent.
Firstly, My blood pressure was in the high 180's this morning. That not only means that going to the doctor is going to be a blast, but that I have a massive headache and get to sit in the car for 2 hours. Yay.
Secondly, and the thing that upsets me the most, is that I lost a large chunk of my hair while getting ready this morning. I washed it, conditioned it, and dried it, all as I normally do. I ran my fingers through my hair, and much to my surprise, and dismay, I had a large chunk of hair in my hand that had all come from the same spot on my head. GREAT! Thats wonderful. Right now my other hair covers it up, but in a few weeks, when my hair grows a little, it will be sticking right out from my head, and I doubt my other hairs are going to be able to mask that, as hard as they try.
Needless to say, its not been a good morning. Im hoping this isn't foreshadowing of the day I have ahead of me. I would like this doctors appointment to go well. I guess we will see.
AGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
<<< I just realized that I talk about hair on here quite often. Breydon's hair, my hair... I promise I'm really not obsessed with hair! >>> :)
Firstly, My blood pressure was in the high 180's this morning. That not only means that going to the doctor is going to be a blast, but that I have a massive headache and get to sit in the car for 2 hours. Yay.
Secondly, and the thing that upsets me the most, is that I lost a large chunk of my hair while getting ready this morning. I washed it, conditioned it, and dried it, all as I normally do. I ran my fingers through my hair, and much to my surprise, and dismay, I had a large chunk of hair in my hand that had all come from the same spot on my head. GREAT! Thats wonderful. Right now my other hair covers it up, but in a few weeks, when my hair grows a little, it will be sticking right out from my head, and I doubt my other hairs are going to be able to mask that, as hard as they try.
Needless to say, its not been a good morning. Im hoping this isn't foreshadowing of the day I have ahead of me. I would like this doctors appointment to go well. I guess we will see.
AGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
<<< I just realized that I talk about hair on here quite often. Breydon's hair, my hair... I promise I'm really not obsessed with hair! >>> :)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Perfect, Hairy Baby.
We went up to Ft. Wayne today for another check up. We had another Bio Physical Profile done on Breydon (this was the test they did in the end of July that he scored a 6/10 on). I'm assuming that he did better this time, because they didn't wisk us away to labor/delivery like the last time. :) The Tech said he looks amazing and healthy. He is measuring right with his gestational age, and he weighs 4 pounds 9 ounces. I was skeptical about wether or not that was accurate, just by measuring his bones, so I asked. She said that they are usually within a few ounces either way. So Im happy that it looks like we have a 4 pound-ish baby already!! The nurse was laughing about the fact that its maybe a good thing we aren't going full term, since he's already to that weight. I asked that the ultrasound tech take a picture of his hair when they were doing the test... there's even MORE of it than the last time we saw it!! And she said that it went all around his head. HAH! I love that. It makes me verrry happy. :) Just watch him be born bald after all this fuss about his hair.
We go back to Dr. Wheeler on Friday. The midwife I saw today put me on bed rest. Official bed rest. The kind where I can only lay and get up to go to the bathroom. Im not thrilled about that much at all... but hopefully when I see Dr. Wheeler on Friday, HE will tell me that I can go back to doing my normal "modified" bed rest, which meant that I could go places, just not be real active. But as of right now, Im couch or bed ridden. The midwife told us that Dr. Wheeler will probably schedule an induction date Friday, for the following week, or he'll have me come back next week and schedule it then. Either way, it looks like we are getting close to having an induction date set, which makes me very happy. I like to plan and know there's an end in sight. :) Looks like there is!
We go back to Dr. Wheeler on Friday. The midwife I saw today put me on bed rest. Official bed rest. The kind where I can only lay and get up to go to the bathroom. Im not thrilled about that much at all... but hopefully when I see Dr. Wheeler on Friday, HE will tell me that I can go back to doing my normal "modified" bed rest, which meant that I could go places, just not be real active. But as of right now, Im couch or bed ridden. The midwife told us that Dr. Wheeler will probably schedule an induction date Friday, for the following week, or he'll have me come back next week and schedule it then. Either way, it looks like we are getting close to having an induction date set, which makes me very happy. I like to plan and know there's an end in sight. :) Looks like there is!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Paint, Paint, and More Paint
No new baby news... but we have house news!! :) My dad (bless his little heart) has spent the last 4 days there painting... painting... and painting some more! He got the baby's room completely painted, the guest room completely painted and the master completely painted. We LOVE the way it looks!! He did such a good job! I especially love the baby's room. The colors are sooo cute together, and everything will look especially great once the new carpet goes in, in a week or so. Thanks dad!! I know it wasn't the ideal way to spend your vacation. :)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
We Get Another Week!
Today's appointment was much like the last one. Still +1 protein in the urine, still high blood pressure, still headaches, ect. Breydon looks very good. Practicing breathing... moving around, hiccuping, good fluid, good tone... we even saw him doing something weird with his lips. It sorta looked like he was making a fish face. Whatever it was, it was cute, and I liked it. :) Today was the second ultrasound in a week, where someone mentioned his hair. Apparently he has enough that its showing up as a fuzzy area around his head! I like that he has hair, but it frightens me that we are only 31 weeks, and he's got enough hair already to be note-worthy on an ultrasound. Oh well, Ill work with whatever he's got. :) For now, all is the same. He's still going to be early, we just don't know how early. Unless things get worse it's looking like he'll be here mid August. He'll be big enough by then that his hospital stay will be short- and he may even get to come home with us!! Time will tell! Hang in there little guy!
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