Had my best doctor's today. My bp was normal and the doctor was pleased that it has been good the last 3 weeks. The only bad thing is I seem to be putting on a ton of weight. I am now 20 lb over my prepregnancy, which means I put on 8 lb since my last appt 3 weeks ago - that means I have been gaining more than 2 lb a week which is really bad with already starting this pregnancy obese. Luckily my doctor didn't mention the weight. I have to go back this week to do the glucose test only cause I refused to do it today because I wanted to get some lunch. I now am seeing my doctor every 2 weeks and an u/s every 3-4 weeks so I am happy that I will be monitored more.
After lunch I had my growth scan and everything looks good with the baby. It is measuring right on track - I think the head and femur measured exact for days and the abdomen was a few days ahead.
The estimated weight is 1 lb and 11 oz. We also confirmed the sex again so now I am 110% that this baby is a girl without a doubt so I am glad about that.
I go back to the doctor on Dec 10 and get another u/s on Dec 18.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
24w2d
I am now less than 7 weeks away from the point I gave birth before and a week away from when I developed pre-eclampsia last time. I go back to the doctor in 3 days and hoping that everything looks good then. I really can't handle being hospitalized now. Business has been busy surpisely. I assumed with it being Thanksgiving weekend that it would have been a slow week like the rest of the month, but that turned out to be not true. I know it is good because I need the money, but it is worrying me since I don't know how much longer I can keep going, plus the next 3 weeks is very busy for dh school wise.
3 days ago we had dd's genetic appt. Everything went well and we don't have to go back for another year. I was hoping that they could test the baby when it is born, but the doctor doesn't feel it is necessary since mine and dh's anomallies are labelled unknown significance so even if the baby did inherit one or both of them we don't know if it will cause a problem or not. So I guess we will just have to wait and see and keep an eye on any development or physical problems.
3 days ago we had dd's genetic appt. Everything went well and we don't have to go back for another year. I was hoping that they could test the baby when it is born, but the doctor doesn't feel it is necessary since mine and dh's anomallies are labelled unknown significance so even if the baby did inherit one or both of them we don't know if it will cause a problem or not. So I guess we will just have to wait and see and keep an eye on any development or physical problems.
Monday, November 19, 2012
23w5d
1 more week until my appt and u/s. Nothing much new to report. My pressures are normal on my bp machine (who knows how accurate that is though). I have signs of any problems. The baby is moving daily, though despite all this it is still easy to forget I am pregnant most of the time. This is in complete contrast to my twin's pregnancy which was on my mind every single of the day.
I don't know if it is because I currently have a child right now that keeps me busy, meanwhile when I was last pregnant I wasn't working or had any children so it was the only thing on my mind.
Yesterday I went through the classes dh will take next semester. Unfortunately none of them are online like this semester, but at least it will be only be 3 courses compared to 4.5 which he is taken this semester (his advisor says 3 is full-time so hopefully this is true) and 2/3 only meet 1-2 times a month, so I am hoping things will work out that he won't miss any school for the birth.
It is still going to be hard though, and I don't know how we will manage for those 4 months.
I don't know if it is because I currently have a child right now that keeps me busy, meanwhile when I was last pregnant I wasn't working or had any children so it was the only thing on my mind.
Yesterday I went through the classes dh will take next semester. Unfortunately none of them are online like this semester, but at least it will be only be 3 courses compared to 4.5 which he is taken this semester (his advisor says 3 is full-time so hopefully this is true) and 2/3 only meet 1-2 times a month, so I am hoping things will work out that he won't miss any school for the birth.
It is still going to be hard though, and I don't know how we will manage for those 4 months.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
22w4d
10 days from viability and 2 weeks from my next u/s. I really hope that everything is still doing well with the baby. This is such a worry. My bp has been good on my home machine so hoping that it is accurate.
These past few days I have been reminded about everything that can go wrong. Had my monthly loss group on Thursday night. I prayed for no new members since I didn't want to tell our story or hear everyone else's again. Luckily there wasn't anybody new - probably the only good thing about the group no longer being done at the hospital and new loss mothers therefore not being told about it.
The latest member who's son was stillborn this summer just found out she is pregnant again. I was so happy for her. It is funny how when people in the general public get pregnant it bothers me, but for these women I am thrilled. Even one has b/g twins after her loss of her first daughter and she is the only twin mom that I am happy for. I didn't add her as a friend though for the longest time on fb though, until just recently. However it doesn't bother me seeing her twins. I think because the boy looks so much different. The whole family is dark haired (being Portugese) and the boy has blond hair. Because her twins look so different it doesn't seem like they are twins.
The women who just lost her son just found out what killed him. I guess his blood left his body and entered hers so he died of profound blood loss. I guess it is a fluke event so she feels better, however me being pregnant this news scares the crap out of me. Here now is another thing that can happen in any pregnancy with no warning and nothing that anybody can do about it if it is severe enough like it was in her case. It is just worrisome that there is never a safe time that everything will be okay and doing all the right things means nothing.
Then just this morning I log onto fb to post a funny comment about dd and I see my one aunt posting to my other aunt making reference that my cousin's newborn baby just died. She was only 10 days old. I can't even imagine that. I must admit I wasn't very happy with my aunt over these past 6 months about how she would post so many status updates about her dd and her big pregnant belly. Not to mention the dd is mentally unstable and has went from one guy to another guy for the past 3 years (getting engaged to the first 2 after dating a month, setting the wedding date for 6 months later, and then calling off the wedding and breaking up with the guy 5 months later). However no one should ever have to bare this pain of losing a child, especially one after carrying for 9 months and being born and thinking everything is finally fine.
These past few days I have been reminded about everything that can go wrong. Had my monthly loss group on Thursday night. I prayed for no new members since I didn't want to tell our story or hear everyone else's again. Luckily there wasn't anybody new - probably the only good thing about the group no longer being done at the hospital and new loss mothers therefore not being told about it.
The latest member who's son was stillborn this summer just found out she is pregnant again. I was so happy for her. It is funny how when people in the general public get pregnant it bothers me, but for these women I am thrilled. Even one has b/g twins after her loss of her first daughter and she is the only twin mom that I am happy for. I didn't add her as a friend though for the longest time on fb though, until just recently. However it doesn't bother me seeing her twins. I think because the boy looks so much different. The whole family is dark haired (being Portugese) and the boy has blond hair. Because her twins look so different it doesn't seem like they are twins.
The women who just lost her son just found out what killed him. I guess his blood left his body and entered hers so he died of profound blood loss. I guess it is a fluke event so she feels better, however me being pregnant this news scares the crap out of me. Here now is another thing that can happen in any pregnancy with no warning and nothing that anybody can do about it if it is severe enough like it was in her case. It is just worrisome that there is never a safe time that everything will be okay and doing all the right things means nothing.
Then just this morning I log onto fb to post a funny comment about dd and I see my one aunt posting to my other aunt making reference that my cousin's newborn baby just died. She was only 10 days old. I can't even imagine that. I must admit I wasn't very happy with my aunt over these past 6 months about how she would post so many status updates about her dd and her big pregnant belly. Not to mention the dd is mentally unstable and has went from one guy to another guy for the past 3 years (getting engaged to the first 2 after dating a month, setting the wedding date for 6 months later, and then calling off the wedding and breaking up with the guy 5 months later). However no one should ever have to bare this pain of losing a child, especially one after carrying for 9 months and being born and thinking everything is finally fine.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
22 weeks
The baby has been very active today. Doing a lot of rolling which feels very weird, but just happy she is moving a lot today since I would be worried if it was the other way around.
My bp have been normal at home here. Not sure how accurate my machine and cuff is. My stupid arm seems to be between the normal adult size and the large size so I never know which cuff to use.
At the doctor's they have been using the large one so I figure now I should try it with that.
Of course I am still worried about getting PE again, but I am starting to wonder how true it was my bp was that on Monday at the doctor's.
Had my WIC appt today. I really hate going down there, though it has seemed to not be as bad as when I first started to go last pregnancy. Now the wait is only 15-30 min compared to 1-2 hours as it was before. Had the mean nutrientionist though today. They made another appt in 2 months time - Jan 3. I will be 30 weeks then, so not too sure if I will be able to make it or not, last time I was put in the hospital at 29 weeks.
My bp have been normal at home here. Not sure how accurate my machine and cuff is. My stupid arm seems to be between the normal adult size and the large size so I never know which cuff to use.
At the doctor's they have been using the large one so I figure now I should try it with that.
Of course I am still worried about getting PE again, but I am starting to wonder how true it was my bp was that on Monday at the doctor's.
Had my WIC appt today. I really hate going down there, though it has seemed to not be as bad as when I first started to go last pregnancy. Now the wait is only 15-30 min compared to 1-2 hours as it was before. Had the mean nutrientionist though today. They made another appt in 2 months time - Jan 3. I will be 30 weeks then, so not too sure if I will be able to make it or not, last time I was put in the hospital at 29 weeks.
Monday, November 5, 2012
21w5d
So I had my ob appt today. Luckily this time I didn't have as long of a wait - 45 min compared to the 1.5 hrs last time. Unfortunately things didn't go as well at this appt. On Friday my systolic bp was 140. I blamed it on walking around for the few minutes before and the cuff being too big. I tried again 3 min later with the smaller cuff (which you would think would give a higher reading since I am just past the min line, but at least it seems to fit better than the large one) and it was 130 so I felt better. Saturday I caught dd's cold (she got sick on Thursday - not sure how she got a cold since last week we only to the library and then out for Halloween - she was at home all weekend and Monday and Tuesday) and was too busy to take my bp. Yesterday I was much sicker and when I took my bp the systolic was 143 (this was after sitting for 30 min so I couldn't use that excuse). I was a bit relieved the dystolic was normal and the fact I was going to see the doctor today. I did read online that a cold could increase the systolic so I tried to blame it on that.
Anyways when I got called in today I told the nurse right away about the bp issues and the dizzy spells from before. She took my bp and said it was normal at 134/85. Yes that may be normal, but that is getting on the higher end of normal and it worries me that the dystolic there was creeping up since it has always been around 70 at home here. It also makes me wonder how great my bp machine is here at home because this morning it gave me a reading of 117/68. My urine dip stick only had trace protein (which I looked on the container means under 30 so who knows how accurate that is).
When the doctor came in though he was all concerned that I am heading into getting PE again. Unfortuunately he is away the next 2 weeks so I can not see him again until the 26th. He did tell me to take my bp twice a day and keep a log and bring it next time (I kept a log these past 3 weeks but forgot to bring it with me since I had to rush out the door). He also booked an u/s for 3 weeks (so it will be on the 26th as well). I hate though that I have to wait this long to get an u/s since it has already been almost 4 weeks so by then it will be almost 7 weeks inbetween u/s. Anyways, it is looking like when I go in 3 weeks I will have to do another 24 hr urine and if it comes back over 300 then I will likely be admited for hospital bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy. This really upset me because I really wanted to avoid this this time. Last time I got put in the hospital at 29 weeks and it would have been sooner if the stupid hospital didn't forget to tell my ob for 3 weeks that I had PE. I really don't want to do hospital bedrest and have a preemie and nicu stay again, but the way things are going this is what is looking what will happen and there is nothing I can do about it which is so frustrating.
To make matters worse it will be really hard to be away for weeks at a time this time. I am self employed and am the only one who takes dd to her therapies. She will also be going through the preschool transition process starting in December - February. We went to the school board on Friday to try and move up these dates but they won't saying that I will still be very far from my due date when they have the first meeting on Dec 3. Ya, maybe for a regular pregnant person 26 weeks is still very far from their due date, but the way things are going I may be admitted by 25 weeks. It also concerns me that I am still 16 days away from viability and another 6 weeks away from the baby having a decent shot of survival (though still high chance of complications and disabilities). I can't get PE already. And further more I really don't want to miss Christmas. DD will only be 2.5 once at Christmas and this is something that can't be made up for.
Anyways when I got called in today I told the nurse right away about the bp issues and the dizzy spells from before. She took my bp and said it was normal at 134/85. Yes that may be normal, but that is getting on the higher end of normal and it worries me that the dystolic there was creeping up since it has always been around 70 at home here. It also makes me wonder how great my bp machine is here at home because this morning it gave me a reading of 117/68. My urine dip stick only had trace protein (which I looked on the container means under 30 so who knows how accurate that is).
When the doctor came in though he was all concerned that I am heading into getting PE again. Unfortuunately he is away the next 2 weeks so I can not see him again until the 26th. He did tell me to take my bp twice a day and keep a log and bring it next time (I kept a log these past 3 weeks but forgot to bring it with me since I had to rush out the door). He also booked an u/s for 3 weeks (so it will be on the 26th as well). I hate though that I have to wait this long to get an u/s since it has already been almost 4 weeks so by then it will be almost 7 weeks inbetween u/s. Anyways, it is looking like when I go in 3 weeks I will have to do another 24 hr urine and if it comes back over 300 then I will likely be admited for hospital bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy. This really upset me because I really wanted to avoid this this time. Last time I got put in the hospital at 29 weeks and it would have been sooner if the stupid hospital didn't forget to tell my ob for 3 weeks that I had PE. I really don't want to do hospital bedrest and have a preemie and nicu stay again, but the way things are going this is what is looking what will happen and there is nothing I can do about it which is so frustrating.
To make matters worse it will be really hard to be away for weeks at a time this time. I am self employed and am the only one who takes dd to her therapies. She will also be going through the preschool transition process starting in December - February. We went to the school board on Friday to try and move up these dates but they won't saying that I will still be very far from my due date when they have the first meeting on Dec 3. Ya, maybe for a regular pregnant person 26 weeks is still very far from their due date, but the way things are going I may be admitted by 25 weeks. It also concerns me that I am still 16 days away from viability and another 6 weeks away from the baby having a decent shot of survival (though still high chance of complications and disabilities). I can't get PE already. And further more I really don't want to miss Christmas. DD will only be 2.5 once at Christmas and this is something that can't be made up for.
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