Pregnant (& TTC) After Preemie Check-in!

ShannonSky · July 2011

Welcome to the check in group for Pregnant After Preemie! This group is also for those who are actively trying to conceive, planning on it, or just thinking about it...

So, list your first name, due date if you're pregnant or ttc timeline, preemie's name and gestational age at birth as well as the reason for their prematurity.

Pregnant:

KCBaby - DS#1 Anson born at 31 weeks due to pPROM, Baby #2 due July 22nd

ijack, Ivory - DD Emma, born at 29 weeks due to placental abruption, DD #2 due August 9

princessheath17 - DS Jaxson, born at 34 weeks, Baby #2 due August 26

ShannonSky, Shannon - DD Ellie, born at 33 weeks due to pPROM, DD #2 due September 15

mrsmikey, April - DS Eli, born at 32 weeks due to pPROM, DD due September 16

albertabride06 - DS Dylan, born at 32 weeks due to short cervix/PTL, Baby #2 due September 26

maybenextyear2 - Twin DC, born at 31 weeks due to PTL, Baby #3 due October 7

beyoga, Deidre - DS Reid, born at 24 weeks due to unkown causes, Baby #2 due October 11

beachykeen1723, Rachel - DS Cooper, born at 30 weeks due to pre-e/HELLP, DD due October 30

miafromab, Mia - DD CJ, born at 23 weeks due to severe pre-e, Baby #2 due Oct 23

PDXGal7868, Haley - DS Cole, born at 34 weeks due to unexplained PTL, Baby #2 due Dec 12

faeriequeeneonwow, Melissa - DD Sophie Jean, born at 30 weeks due to non-immune fetal hydrops, low amniotic fluid, and pre-e, Baby #2 due Feb 2

kimberlyd546 - DS Alex, born at 34 weeks due to pre-e , Baby #2 due Feb 3
TTCing:irishbaby0708 ? DS Jack, born at 30 weeks due to PTL and bicornate uterusbecketts, Rebecca - DD Norah, born at 34 weeks due to severe pre-eerikaja6, Erika - DS Jordan, born at 33 weeks due to IC*Sweet Pea*, Jamie - DD Skylar, born at 29 weeks due to pre-e/HELLP lgmom2010 - DD Lyla, born at 28 weeks due to severe pre-e and bicornate uterusSnowPea25 - DS Baby N, born at 32 weeks due to severe pre-eThinking about/Planning on TTCing:SWMcFarland - DD Lily, born at 34 weeks due to HELLP, TTC summer 2010 or the end of the yeargoblue, Kristin - DS Jake, born at 27 weeks due to pPROM, TTC at the end of 2010sucrets4, Danielle - DD Emmalynn, born at 33 weeks due to unexplained PTL, TTC summer 2011weezie825 - DD, born at 33 weeks due to pPROM, TTC summer 2011jcsntms06, Jen - DD Annabelle, born at 33 weeks due to pre-e, TTC late summer 2011JrzyMeeba1, Karen ? DS Hunter and angel baby Parker, born at 26 weeks due to PTL, TTC at the end of 2011 Mommies (again)!njkaren, Karen - DS Brandon, born at 26 weeks due to fetal distress due to twin's loss at 20 weeks, DS #2 Wesley born full term!

mrsfriend, Dawn Marie - DS Parker, born at 34 weeks due to pPROM, DS #2 Braden born full term!

justme04 - DS Ryker, born at 34 weeks due to severe pre-e and HELLP Syndrome, DS #2 Max born at full term!

lemen99, Kathy - DS Andrew, born at 26 weeks due to IC, DS #2 Elliott born at 35 weeks due to PTL and an unknown rash!

kamcfarlane, Kate - DS Ryan, born at 32 weeks due to placenta previa, DD Ellen born full term!

ctrickey03, Christina - DS #1 Michael, born full term, DS #2 Christian, born at 32 weeks due to polyhydraminos and IUGR, DS #3 Benjamin, born full term, DD Serenity born full term!

luvdv8 - DD, born at 34 weeks due to pPROM, DD #2 Elizabeth born full term!

Clotho!, Janet - DS Robbie, born at 34 weeks due to pre-e, DS #2 Simon, born at 34 weeks due to PIH and PTL, DS #3 Charles, born at 35 weeks due to PIH

mek10976, Megan - DS Simon, born at 32 weeks due to pre-e/pPROM, DS #2 born full term!

sweetpea18, Sara - DD Reese, born at 34 weeks due to pre-e, DD #2 Grier born full term!

magdalina.h, Maggie - angel baby Aidan, born at 28 weeks due to failed cord, DS #2 Lucas born full term!

Hailie, Meg - DS Nolan, born at 33 weeks due to pPROM, DD Maren born full term!

FemmeNat01, Natasha - DD Elena and DS Lucas, born at 33 weeks due to severe pre-e, DD#2 Alessandra born at 31 weeks due to HELLP/placental abruption

Gwenypher7, Jen - DD Abigail, born at 32 weeks due to HELLP/IUGR, DS Cullen born full term!

Heather1979, Heather - DD Olivia, born at 34 weeks due to pPROM/pre-e, DS George born full term!

Tierelieber, Stephanie - DD Charden, born at 30 weeks due to pre-e/HELLP, DD#2 Adrienne born full term!

IAM4UK - DD Katie, born at 33 weeks due to pre-e/IUGR, twins Abigail and Emily born full term!

Sweets2005, Katie - DD Abby and DS Brady, born at 32 weeks due to placenta previa/bleeding, DD #2 born full term!

mrssnflwr - DD born at 32 weeks due to unexplained PTL, DS born at 36 weeks!

ShanaNChris, Shana - DD Lily, born at 31 weeks due to pre-e/HELLP, DS Liam born full term!

Luvpinsanity, Ashley - DS Brennan, born at 35 weeks due to PTL, DD Addison born full term!

FaithRocks, Kelly - DS Trig, born at 32 weeks due to pre-e, PTL, and placental abruption, DS #2 Grayson born at 35 weeks!

Denesdia, Diane - DD Zoey, born at 25 weeks due to PTL, DS Ben born at 35 weeks!

sabloja - DS Hayden, born at 30 weeks due to pPROM, DD Madison born at 36 weeks!

RRHsMom - DS Ryan, born at 35-36 weeks, DD Meghan born full term!

msalinardi, Margot - DD Angelina, born at 26 weeks due to pre-e, DS Vincent born at 35 weeks due to pre-e, IUGR!

Aidge, Adrienne - DS Sam, born at 29 weeks, DS #2 Ben, born at 35 weeks!

mhop, Martha - DD Campbell, born at 27 weeks due to pre-e, DD #2 Maggie born full term!

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News: GL to all our ladies in the 2ww! Congratulations to njkaren on the birth of Wesley Matthew!

Updates: Last week, I had a VBAC appt with the OB and was considering which route to go - VBAC or RCS. ijack had her 34 week appt and though baby girl wasn't very cooperative, all is well! beyoga hit 25 weeks (Reid was born at 24) and is doing well. mrsmikey is getting anxious as she approaches the 32 week mark where her DS was born, but is otherwise doing well. njkaren's son Wesley Matthew arrived on 6/29 at 9lb 7oz and went home with his family 3 days later - congrats!

QOTD: Did anyone have a cerclage placed? If so, when was it removed?

If you'd like to address a question to the group, please feel free to page or PM me.

ShannonSky · July 2011

Congrats, njkaren!

Sorry I'm posting late today, ladies! I got bit by the nesting bug and DH had the day off, so we've been working hard on purging the house - starting with the laundry/storage room. Ick. Plus we've discovered a mouse moved in while we were vacationing over the long weekend, so we've been dealing with that.

Babywise, so far, so good! She's kicking right now and has been getting the hiccups a lot lately. I've got my next midwife appt on Friday and then I'm on the every-two-weeks schedule. We'll be talking NSTs/growth scans. DD1 is now officially in her big girl room, so I've been poking around in the nursery, too, getting that started. SO WEIRD to be in there and not have it be Ellie's room. Bittersweet.

QOTD: Sorry, no cerclage for me! I think I remember lemen saying she had hers removed around 34/36 weeks, though, you could try paging her!

jcsntms06 · July 2011

Shannon when did you get to 30 weeks. I feel like you just announced! 10 more weeks to go! Keep up the good work.

LittleD8081 · July 2011

Ladies, Ladies! I miss checking in with you and hearing your updates! I hope everyone is well.

As for us, we are doing very well and trying to settle into a routine at home. Having a "full term" baby is soooooo much different. It's also different just having 2 kids compared to 1. But, I'm loving our little family and I'm feeling very good about things in general. I plan to post something on my adventures the past few weeks, but I've got to try and find the time. One thing's for sure...I'm not as nervous a mother as I was with Parker. I used extra monitors and never let him out of my sight. Was that because he was a preemie, or because I was a first-time mom? I'll never know. But, I'm enjoying not being so overprotective right now.

Can't wait to hear from you all!!!! Bake those babies!!!!!!!

mrsmikey · July 2011

Congrats njkaren!

Hearing about take home babies after a preemie is so comforting to me. I'm getting more and more nervous about this baby coming early. I have no reason to believe she will, but I guess it's just that irrational side of things. I was fine up until about a week or so ago, and it will probably only get worse in the next few weeks. Fortunately, I think I'll feel a little better after about 34 weeks or so. It's just getting to the point where we're really starting to prepare for her, and that's freaking me out.

Other than driving myself crazy, things are going great! Still getting my weekly p17 shots, I only have 6 to go! I have a growth u/s next week, and I'm not sure what happens after that. I think I start going every 2 weeks, but otherwise don't know if I'll have any more u/s or cervical checks or NST's or what. Hopefully I'll feel a little better after seeing her next week.

Still working on a name, we've narrowed it down to 3 I think. And still working on the nursery. We did alot at first, and haven't done anything since. But DS is going to visit my mom in a couple of weeks and I think we're going to take that opportunity to get everything out of storage and washed up so we can see where we stand. Vacations are over so we have no excuses now!

ijack · July 2011

Sounds like everyone is doing well! Nothing to report for me, just chugging along and definitely getting to the uncomfortable stage!!

No cerclage for me either - my cervix has actually grown this pregnancy

ShannonSky · July 2011

jcsntms06:
Shannon when did you get to 30 weeks. I feel like you just announced! 10 more weeks to go! Keep up the good work.

lol tell me about it!!!! I just keep thinking that we're less than 4 weeks away from where I was when Ellie was born. ACK!!!!! I'm so not ready, but I'm hoping I will be in the next month!

Clotho! · July 2011

Congrats njkaren! I'm also glad to hear you ladies are doing well.

I too miss checking in with you ladies. Now w/ having three boys at home seems like I hardly have time for things. We're dong great and ds#3 is chugging along. He was 16 lbs 11oz. at his last checkup in June!

Hope everyone continues to do so well.

beyoga · July 2011

Update: I am 26 weeks this week and FEEL pregnant. Violet is beating me up. LOL She seems to enjoy pummeling my right lower ribs. She is also kicking so hard you can watch my belly bounce.

QOTD: I had a cerclage at 20 weeks and my doc wants to remove it at 34 weeks. I think that's a little soon.

njkaren · July 2011

We have settled in at home. It is a completely different experience having a full term baby after a preemie.

QOTD: I didn't have a cerclage with this pregnancy but did with my last pregnancy after I lost Brandon's twin. I made it from 20 weeks to 26 weeks when they had to remove it because Brandon was in distress and had to be delivered.

faeriequeeneonwow · July 2011

Checking back in again. I had my first u/s on Thursday and all looks well with Little Bit. We measured right on track at 10 weeks and had a healthy heartbeat at 185 - Little Bit was being very active. Seeing those tiny little legs and arms going was amazing.

Met with the doc for the first time today, and I really like her. Expressed concerns about being monitored and how things would go throughout the pregnancy. She decided to have me do a 24 hour urine catch to evaluate my output and kidney function and run lab work. Should get results back sometime this week.

My next appointment is August 5th, and we should go back about two weeks after that for an attempt at gender identification Big Smile