Here is a link to the poem that I will be putting in N's scrapbook very soon (maybe today). It is titled "A Different Child" by Pandora Diane MacMillan. It makes me cry. I love it.
http://webhome.idirect.com/~pandora1sama/diffrent.html
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
22 Weeks
Today, I have an OB appointment. I am sure she will listen to N's (nini/baby) heart with the doppler. I am excited, because yesterday I was panicky! I only felt him once yesterday morning, and then only last night around 10:30 PM. I do hope he is okay in there. The past several days, except for yesterday, I have felt N kick often, particularly in the afternoon! Yesterday I never felt him in the afternoon and it worried me. Other moms are right. . . subsequent pregnancy is very much a roller coaster! Plus, December and the holidays are coming up. It is very emotional time for me (Sam's birthday, surgery anniversary, ECMO anniversary, one year anniversary of my miscarriage, etc). . . and let's not forget our wedding anniversary!
UPDATE: My appointment went well. N's heartrate was very loud through the doppler, and it was a steady 150, which the OB said was perfectly in the center of "normal". This afternoon after the appointment, N decided to turn a bit, and started poking me around my belly button again. My uterus actually measures above my belly button now, according to the OB. That's why it is finally starting to get incredibly difficult to really bend at the waist. Anyway, yay for N and Mommy!
UPDATE: My appointment went well. N's heartrate was very loud through the doppler, and it was a steady 150, which the OB said was perfectly in the center of "normal". This afternoon after the appointment, N decided to turn a bit, and started poking me around my belly button again. My uterus actually measures above my belly button now, according to the OB. That's why it is finally starting to get incredibly difficult to really bend at the waist. Anyway, yay for N and Mommy!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
21 Weeks - 2nd Fetal Echo, Anterior Placenta
(Warning: Lots of exclamation points upcoming. . .)
Second Fetal Echo -- Everything looks perfect so far - structure overall and function great! Excellent!
The baby Nini is about 4 days ahead in growth overall for gestational age, and is estimated at 15 ounces! Almost a pound! That means he's nearly doubled in size in the last two weeks
I've been worried because I haven't been feeling our little Nini moving as much as I felt Sam by this point. When I have felt him, it's been down near my bladder or up by my belly button. That's it.
We found out yesterday that I do have an anterior placenta (out in front), and the tech said that the baby would have to "punch hard through the cushion". So that explains that. He was moving the entire time once again during the ultraound yesterday.
Last night, I wrote the following message to someone who asked how I (not the baby) was doing. Here is what I wrote:
"How am I feeling? Very, very hungry. However, I haven't gained much weight yet. I've gained back the weight I lost in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy and not much more. I am still dealing with my chronic pregnancy-rhinitis and/or allergies to everything outside right now. Some acid reflux, but it's not bad at all. Craving chocolate like crazy, but not craving ice cream as much as I did while pregnant with Sam. The heat really irritates me, and I am even more sensitive to the sun than I usually am when not pregnant. I am so glad our air conditioning was fixed on Monday - the high temp today reached the high 80s. It's been abnormally warm even for Tucson in November. Maybe cooler high temps in a couple of days, which I am so looking forward to. I want to go walking outside without just feeling sick in the heat. I don't really feel nauseous much anymore, except in the heat.
I am allowing myself to actually dream about bringing this baby home with us. I actually got out the baby mp3 player that Sam was actually given for his Christmas in the hospital by a charity or the hospital's Child Life, or both. A Playschool thing where the actually MP3 is plugged into the rest of the player that can be put in a crib and played for the baby. I had never actually "played" with it myself - just waiting for Sam to come home. We'd saved it for a future baby to enjoy, and suddenly I remembered it the other morning, and got it out. I figured out how to load mp3s onto it. That was quite a leap of faith for me, actually. I just felt compelled that it was time."
Second Fetal Echo -- Everything looks perfect so far - structure overall and function great! Excellent!
The baby Nini is about 4 days ahead in growth overall for gestational age, and is estimated at 15 ounces! Almost a pound! That means he's nearly doubled in size in the last two weeks
I've been worried because I haven't been feeling our little Nini moving as much as I felt Sam by this point. When I have felt him, it's been down near my bladder or up by my belly button. That's it.
We found out yesterday that I do have an anterior placenta (out in front), and the tech said that the baby would have to "punch hard through the cushion". So that explains that. He was moving the entire time once again during the ultraound yesterday.
Last night, I wrote the following message to someone who asked how I (not the baby) was doing. Here is what I wrote:
"How am I feeling? Very, very hungry. However, I haven't gained much weight yet. I've gained back the weight I lost in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy and not much more. I am still dealing with my chronic pregnancy-rhinitis and/or allergies to everything outside right now. Some acid reflux, but it's not bad at all. Craving chocolate like crazy, but not craving ice cream as much as I did while pregnant with Sam. The heat really irritates me, and I am even more sensitive to the sun than I usually am when not pregnant. I am so glad our air conditioning was fixed on Monday - the high temp today reached the high 80s. It's been abnormally warm even for Tucson in November. Maybe cooler high temps in a couple of days, which I am so looking forward to. I want to go walking outside without just feeling sick in the heat. I don't really feel nauseous much anymore, except in the heat.
I am allowing myself to actually dream about bringing this baby home with us. I actually got out the baby mp3 player that Sam was actually given for his Christmas in the hospital by a charity or the hospital's Child Life, or both. A Playschool thing where the actually MP3 is plugged into the rest of the player that can be put in a crib and played for the baby. I had never actually "played" with it myself - just waiting for Sam to come home. We'd saved it for a future baby to enjoy, and suddenly I remembered it the other morning, and got it out. I figured out how to load mp3s onto it. That was quite a leap of faith for me, actually. I just felt compelled that it was time."
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Another Article/Research Report Concerning SSRIs and CHDs. . . Very Interesting!
http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/16154
I found this article quite interesting. I wish more doctors would look into this, and let researchers (money!) to the SSRI and Congenital Heart Defect connection.
*Sigh*
I found this article quite interesting. I wish more doctors would look into this, and let researchers (money!) to the SSRI and Congenital Heart Defect connection.
*Sigh*
Monday, November 9, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
19 weeks - Level 2 Ultrasound
Everything looks good! The baby is perfectly on track for growth for gestational age/estimated due date. The baby weighs approximately 8.5 ounces. All the organs and spine look good! He was moving during the entire ultrasound. He is head down right now, so those kicks I felt yesterday were definitely his feet!
And yes, he is most definitely a boy!
And yes, he is most definitely a boy!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Kicking!!
Today at 5 pm, I felt the baby very clearly kick me just to the left and below of my belly button. Since then I have felt the baby maybe four more times, on the left. I am so excited! Thank you, baby. Mommy's been worrying. . .
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