update!

 we spent some time in the prenatal unit again. the nurses know who were are. i should say they know nate. ha.  nate is so good during these long appointments. so proud!  he helped me monitor his sister's movements by pressing the buzzer and he took this job eigenheer serious. haha

then nate told me my belly "was bigger than big" and we compared belly shots. i think it's a tie. haha

ok. update.  met with a new gyno and went over yesterdays results. great news!  baby girl e is a wonderful-big size! her organs are well formed and there is no problems with her placenta.  if she had to be delivered next week, she would be fine (minus the longer hospital stay and what not) there is still protein in my urine, higher than ok normal but still lower than sat. 

so. the game plan is this, i am now on weekly appointments, blood/urine/fetal movement/stress test etc...and at each appointment the future will be decided for that week. ha.  we are not booking a section but will take it week by week.  which is fine with me. the goal awesome perfect plan would be to have her at 38 wks.  so we will have another update next week

i am to take it easy, stay off the feet (to help with the swelling/water) keep my blood pressure monitored and low and relax

i am feeling better, i think the cold has passed but poor chris. he has it now :(  on top of his redic busy schedule he's run off his feet.  i feel for him

so that's the update!  good news! 

*note that my protein levels started to go down after we prayed.... 5 comments

Posted by mel at 9:58 PM

update on baby girl eig!

we had our ultrasound this afternoon to check on the little miss. she's one busy, active gal!

anyways!  her measurements are

head was right on at 33w4d

belly was at 32w2d
femur of her leg was at 35w1d....long legs!!!
estimated to weigh 4127g = 4¾ lbs which is really good! 

we go tomorrow to meet with the dr to go over today's blood/urine work.  nate funny- nate helped the lady take my blood!  he held the tubes, then helped tie my arm with the band and found a vein, then handed the tubes to the girls and took the rubber band off...he even got me a band aid and a kiss for being so brave. he was so focused the whole time. it was cute to watch!





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Posted by mel at 2:37 PM

sun=splashpark!

we finally had some nice weather today,after nate's dentist appointy he asked to go to the splash park with a picnic lunch

just for fun i told him he can pack the lunch and he did!  he choose pita bread, apples, orange, kiwi, carrots and raisins!  i was impressed!

then he took a nap

while i started this book. it's wonderful good! and requires a whole blog post on it's own! someday...

then he had another nap after playing in the other park....just like his dad

nate took this one of me. not bad!

chris caught what ever ickyness i have and stayed home today, after the park i took advantage of it and got my hair cut!  i got 6" taken off the layers and 3" off the length. i love it. it's much sassier!

tomorrow i have the ultrasound scheduled for baby girls weight and measurements, then i go to have more tests taken. wed i am meeting with they gyno to go over the results and make a plan of some sort. which i think will help me deal with the stress i feel. i am trying not to let it get to me but it does. i have prayed and do not want the baby born before 36 weeks. that's my earliest. ha.  i also refuse to be admitted. haha.  seriously.....i don't want that....BUT i have to focus on good things, pure things! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 4:26 PM

33 weeks!

this am before heading out the door. i am up 2 pounds this week, so the count would be almost 30 in total? or something like that...

nate in his superman cap.  it's not a real superman cape but he doesn't need to know that. ha

my little man. he's growing so fast!

nate cuteness-he was having dreams last night, i blame it on the sugar overload that he was given when we were out last night at friend's.  anyways. he told chris he had a good and a bad dream (or something like that) he was not allowed to kill all the bugs, but i did. haha

then he asked me at 3 am, of fish can swim in salt water, i said the majority do, very little fish swim in salt free water. then he asked why there was no fish in the salt (mineral) pool that we swam in last week (we crashed my parents hotel room for the night and swam in the pool) get it?  he knew we swam in salt/mineral water and wanted to know where the fish were. haha

it's a rainy, quiet sunday around here. we all just had naps, chilling and enjoying the quiet

thanks for the emails and words of encouragement i've gotten the last few days. esp offering to watch nate. i know if there was a stat emergency i have lots of ppl i can pawn nate off on. haha. seriously, your support is encouraging to have! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 4:21 PM

sigh

not how i wanted to spend my saturday :(

back story

i had some pain on tues that continued, progressively getting worse since sat, so i called the prenatal unit and was told to come in right away. we went in go checked out, blood pressure was good,had some tests done and went home to rest.  i got a call around 4:30 with the tests results, i had a higher than ok level of protein in my urine, so i was booked for more tests on fri and to rest on thurs.

fri i went in had the tests done and got a call around 4 from the dr with the results, my levels were even higher than wed and i was to go in today  to be assessed by the gyno and have more tests done

we had company last night, so i was relaxed and really enjoyed chatting, i was well rested and we prayed

today we went in, baby is good! very active. my blood pressure is low and my test results came back a bit higher than normal but lower than the last 2 tests. which is good

i was then ubber pleased to be sent home after 1 instead on being admitted, which was talked about!

the game plan is this. i go back on wed to have more tests and to chat with the gyno about what the bet road is to take.  there are many, many options and i know all of them. i don't want to focus on the negative and upset myself so i will just share the best game plan...

i will have an ultrasound this week to size the baby, take her measurements and see how well she's developing. depending on those results, if i continue on with the protein, swelling, black spots, headaches and chest pain, the worst case scenario will be jacking little miss e up on some steroid type medicine to speed her growth up to deliver her sooner than later...this is a scary but very exciting thought

scary because no one wants their baby to be born this early

exciting! because it will all be over and i will FINALLY have her in my arms, where she will be safe and cuddled

so we wait and see

i rest and try to feel better

baby girls's heart and fetal movement. very active one she is...i wonder who she takes after....hummm

dr nate checking me out!
nate was with me today. i had him with me on wed for 2.5 hrs and yesterday for another hour and 1/3...he has spent 8ish hours this week with me in the hospital and i am so PROUD of him and how he acted
after the gyno was done sharing her thoughts with me this am, she said to me how surprised she was with nathaniel's behavior and that she has a son his age and there is no way he would have been as well behaved as nate, the other dr also agreed and said how well behaved he was all morning, that they couldn't tell there was a kid in the room with us.  i was SO proud!  it totally made my day to hear strangers comment on how good he was. and he was so good!!!  yeah for nate! yeah for god's grace!

and that's today's wrap. back to the couch i go to watch tv with my kid. 

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Posted by mel at 1:46 PM

crazyness!

we had mom, dad, charlie, quinn and cry (when she wasn't working) visit us from sun-tues. some how i was kept so busy i took 1 pic. of the entire visit!  it was a crazy visit. monday was the most redic day!  have you ever had a day where everything was off?!?  well monday everything was off! and so many things went down! it was almost like a train wreck!  but we made it through!

yesterday morning, cause it's been raining for 3 days now! the boys stayed busy making me food! 

now that the house is empty i am trying to clean it back up, that and trying to rid of this cold i have, which i can't take anything for :(  boo for me! 

i am calling today a total t.v day! this mama needs a rest! 
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Posted by mel at 10:54 AM

32 weeks!

ignore the hair. just came in from outside where a mini wind storm

there's the belly. i am up another pound. yeah for steady and smooth weight gain!  i had my 32 wk appointy last week and all is well. i will book the section next week, starting next week i have to have some extra tests done :(  time wasters. ha.  i need to have a stress test, fetal movement and blood work from now to the end.  i am also being watched for the pre-clampsia seeing as the symptoms have already started, water weight gain, swelling, black dots in the eyes and horrid rib pain i would not put on my worst enemy!

all in all everything is well!  can't wait to meet little miss e!  6 more wks to go!

(that is a shadow on my pants!) 1 comments

Posted by mel at 8:12 PM