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Paradisemoon
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**JoDoc**
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Anybody hear from JoDoc? She had a peeing question a few days ago that many of us thought was her water leaking.
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Re: **JoDoc**
Hi, it's me! Well first off, thanks for all the advice and concern. You all are awesome. I hadn't had a chance to check back in before my appointment. So, let me start from the "beginning".
You all now know I had the leaky bladder question. We already had a scheduled OB and ultrasound for that afternoon, so we went to the ultrasound first. The OB was out and we were going to be seeing the nurse practitioner. We did the ultrasound which took longer than normal (35 minutes rather than 15-20) then went into the appointment with the NP. She said she needed to talk to us because Baby A (Nemo) was scoring 4 out of 8, rather than his usual 8 out of 8. She asked if there were any changes, I mentioned the bladder leakage and she said she wanted to examine me. I got up on the table (leaving little "happy puppy" puddles on the floor) and then she said "yeah, I'm not going to probe too far, we'll have a flood" Still hadn't fully explained anything to me and left the room. Her assistant poked her head in and said "What did you eat today, what time, how are you feeling?" I answered all and then she said "Well, it looks like we're having a birthday today" Still not fully understanding my first thought was, "Great, you're bringing me a piece of cake?" The NP came in, said 'Get dressed, we're taking you to the hospital, one of the waters has ruptured" So, across the street my husband drove me, I checked in around 5pm and they said "You have to have fasted for 8 hours before surgery, so you'll have them around 8 or so"
They wheeled me into surgery, gave me a spinal and I had the boys! There is so much more to the story, but it's long and frankly I don't remember a lot at this moment, but here's what I DO know:
Elijah Joseph born 11-19-13 @ 8:25pm 4lbs 8oz 18 1/4" long
Gabriel John born 11-19-13 @ 8:26pm 4lbs 15oz 18 1/2" long
They are both in NICU. Initially just Gabriel was as his blood sugars were low and he didn't want to eat properly. Elijah joined him last night since he didn't want to keep his body temp up and his food down. So, they are together but we are able to go and hold them for their feedings which is amazing. They are eating fairly well but have been given antibiotics to fight a minor infection, so they'll be in for a minimum of 10 days. We are hoping Gabriel can come home November 29th, with Elijah to follow on December 1st (based on that 10 day timeline of antibiotics).
Thank you all for your prayers, we all really appreciate it!
If this works, the picture of the 3 of us is myself, my husband and Elijah. The one of just me with a baby is myself and Gabriel....the first time to hold either of them.
A- 09/2006 I- 04/2010 N- 04/2012 M & G- 01/2014
First pregnancy - DS 01-Apr-09;
3rd cycle Clomid/IUI after 2 years TTC
TTC #2 since ~June 2010
IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid/IUI - BFN
IUI #3 &4 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFN
IUI #5 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFP!!
EDD: March 22, 2013
It's triplets!!
Mono/Di Twins - Due March 3, 2014 (Realist EDD - Feb 5, 2014)
Mommy to Jericho - 2 Years Old.