For a medicated cycle (I'm taking progesterone supplementation), my level should be 15. It's 14.8, so I have to keep taking the darn things... Grrrr.....
Come on placenta, grow and take over!
Jonah and Noah
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Weekly Check-in
How far along? 9w3d, almost a PRUNE!
Weight gain/loss: 0
Sleep? Getting a little more uncomfortable, I can feel a little knot if I lay on my stomach.
Best moment this week? The relief I feel when I let myself throw up.
Movement: Just my uterus stretching.
Food cravings: Not much; our fridge is completely empty. I would like some grilled cheese, though.
What I miss? A calm stomach (I'm repeating this, b/c I had an especially nauseated week)
What I am looking forward to? Can't wait to see the little bugger this Thursday, hopefully arms and legs will be moving!
Milestones: baby moves around, curves fingers around objects and already has fingerprints!
What I'm nervous about: Upcoming surgery
Weight gain/loss: 0
Sleep? Getting a little more uncomfortable, I can feel a little knot if I lay on my stomach.
Best moment this week? The relief I feel when I let myself throw up.
Movement: Just my uterus stretching.
Food cravings: Not much; our fridge is completely empty. I would like some grilled cheese, though.
What I miss? A calm stomach (I'm repeating this, b/c I had an especially nauseated week)
What I am looking forward to? Can't wait to see the little bugger this Thursday, hopefully arms and legs will be moving!
Milestones: baby moves around, curves fingers around objects and already has fingerprints!
What I'm nervous about: Upcoming surgery
Anxiety Setting In...
Don't get me wrong - I'm super happy about the hope this TAC surgery will give me. I'm just having a case of the jitters, cold feet, whatever you want to call it. I will be flying exactly 870 miles each way from home to IND, and driving 370 miles each way from Indy to Chicago. I'll be checking into a hospital, having tons of needles in my body, having my stomach cut open, and my cervix banded tightly. I'll be sewn back up and left to recover.
The reality of the surgery is setting in!!!!!!! It's always felt like so far away, now here we are almost a week away. I have very short moments where I'm almost scared enough to call it quits and just drive to my OB and get the transvaginal cerclage, but no WAY am I going to give up like that.
I want this, and I know it will be worth it in the end. When I look back in a few years, it will just be a blip on the radar. One thing at a time...
The reality of the surgery is setting in!!!!!!! It's always felt like so far away, now here we are almost a week away. I have very short moments where I'm almost scared enough to call it quits and just drive to my OB and get the transvaginal cerclage, but no WAY am I going to give up like that.
I want this, and I know it will be worth it in the end. When I look back in a few years, it will just be a blip on the radar. One thing at a time...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Group B Strep = Positive :(
I got a phone call from my OB nurse yesterday morning right before I was going into a meeting (great timing, right?) and she told me that I tested positive for Group B Strep in my urine. After sending a panic filled email to the Mr. that had some not-so-feminine curse words in it, I ran into the meeting and bit my nails for the next hour. Actually, not literally, I have some pretty great nails that I don't bite. But figuratively, you get my drift.
Fortunately, when I got it together and was able to see clearly and Google something, as well as ask fellow Bumpies, it turns out that it's fairly common (up to 30% of women are carriers) and it doesn't really affect anything until birth. Since we know about it this early on, I will be considered high risk for GBS during delivery and will be pumped full of antibiotics before my scheduled C-section. I've lived with the idea that since jr. high, I've been allergic to penicillin, so I guess I need to get tested somehow to see if that's true. I don't want to risk using a less inferior antibiotic at birth because I might be allergic.
Crisis averted!!!
Fortunately, when I got it together and was able to see clearly and Google something, as well as ask fellow Bumpies, it turns out that it's fairly common (up to 30% of women are carriers) and it doesn't really affect anything until birth. Since we know about it this early on, I will be considered high risk for GBS during delivery and will be pumped full of antibiotics before my scheduled C-section. I've lived with the idea that since jr. high, I've been allergic to penicillin, so I guess I need to get tested somehow to see if that's true. I don't want to risk using a less inferior antibiotic at birth because I might be allergic.
Crisis averted!!!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Weekly Check-In
How far along? 8w4d, I believe we're almost an olive!!!
Weight gain/loss: 0
Sleep? Not as much, the drop dead exhaustion is getting a little more manageable
Best moment this week? 3rd ultraound showed a perfect baby with a heartbeat of 180 BPM!
Movement: Umm, definitely not!
Food cravings: Finally craving healthier food (fruits and veggies) like I did the whole time with the twins
Belly button in or out? In, hopefully for awhile
What I miss? Nothing really
What I am looking forward to? Surgery Day
Milestones: arms and legs are sprouting!
What I'm nervous about: Trying to have another anxiety-free week, so... nothing!
UPDATE on the "mass" - my RE said that it just looks like a corpus luteum cyst and it's getting smaller, so nothing to worry about. My right ovary was much bigger than my left, so it's still there, but she says it's nothing to worry about. Good news!
Baby looked great at u/s today, s/he actually looked like a curled up cocktail shrimp - I can't wait for the bean to get bigger so we can see arms and legs waving around! The surgery date is coming VERY quickly and I'm trying to make a list of things we have to get done before we leave the state for a week, but by the time I get home, I have no energy to do anything besides throw something together for dinner, clean up the kitchen (perfectly, since we've been having ant invasions) and read Sookie Stackhouse novels. I just finished #10, so I'm pretty sad about that. I started My Antonia by Willa Cather, but it's definitely not pulling me in as much as the Stackhouse novels... Hmmm, classic novel vs. mass market vampire thriller. It's like Kashi vs. Froot Loops for your health.
Weight gain/loss: 0
Sleep? Not as much, the drop dead exhaustion is getting a little more manageable
Best moment this week? 3rd ultraound showed a perfect baby with a heartbeat of 180 BPM!
Movement: Umm, definitely not!
Food cravings: Finally craving healthier food (fruits and veggies) like I did the whole time with the twins
Belly button in or out? In, hopefully for awhile
What I miss? Nothing really
What I am looking forward to? Surgery Day
Milestones: arms and legs are sprouting!
What I'm nervous about: Trying to have another anxiety-free week, so... nothing!
UPDATE on the "mass" - my RE said that it just looks like a corpus luteum cyst and it's getting smaller, so nothing to worry about. My right ovary was much bigger than my left, so it's still there, but she says it's nothing to worry about. Good news!
Baby looked great at u/s today, s/he actually looked like a curled up cocktail shrimp - I can't wait for the bean to get bigger so we can see arms and legs waving around! The surgery date is coming VERY quickly and I'm trying to make a list of things we have to get done before we leave the state for a week, but by the time I get home, I have no energy to do anything besides throw something together for dinner, clean up the kitchen (perfectly, since we've been having ant invasions) and read Sookie Stackhouse novels. I just finished #10, so I'm pretty sad about that. I started My Antonia by Willa Cather, but it's definitely not pulling me in as much as the Stackhouse novels... Hmmm, classic novel vs. mass market vampire thriller. It's like Kashi vs. Froot Loops for your health.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Posted Jonah and Noah's Story
They deserve their own tab, so you will see it above. I copied my story from my personal blog of the horrific week when I lost them, rather than re-type the entire thing. I will miss them forever, and re-reading the story and seeing their gorgeous and perfect little bodies makes me hurt for them all over again, but they are the reason I am moving forward. Their memory gives me strength and courage to fight for their earthly siblings' futures.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Surgery Details!
We'll stay in a hotel Wednesday night, September 8. I'll be checking into the hospital at 10 am on Thursday, September 9. The surgery will take place that day, I'll stay overnight, and hopefully be discharged the next day, on Friday! Dr. H recommends staying in the city for one more day just in case I need to get back to the hospital quickly, so we'll most likely fly back home on Saturday. This will be a VERY quick trip for such a life-changing event.
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