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ShannonSky
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Pregnant (& TTC) After Preemie Check-in!
ShannonSky
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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:
luvdv8 - DD, born at 34 weeks due to pPROM, Baby #2 due April 14
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 due April 26
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 #1 due May 3
kamcfarlane, Kate - DS Ryan, born at 32 weeks due to placenta previa, DD due May 9
lemen99, Kathy- DS Andrew, born at 26 weeks due to IC, Baby #2 due June 18
mrsfriend, Dawn Marie - DS Parker, born at 34 weeks due to pPROM, Baby #2 due June 24
VTPurity, Karen - DD Soledad, born at 35 weeks due to pre-e and placenta issues, Baby #2 due July 6
njkaren, Karen - DS Brandon, born at 26 weeks due to fetal distress due to twin's loss at 20 weeks, Baby #2 due July 8
ijack, Ivory - DD Emma, born at 29 weeks due to placental abruption, Baby #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, Baby #2 due September 15
mrsmikey, April - DS Eli, born at 32 weeks due to pPROM, Baby #2 due September 16
albertabride06 - DS Dylan, born at 32 weeks due to short cervix/PTL, Baby #2 due September 26
TTCing:
PDXGal7868, Haley - DS Cole, born at 34 weeks due to unexplained PTL
irishbaby0708 ? DS Jack, born at 30 weeks due to PTL and bicornate uterus
becketts, Rebecca - DD Norah, born at 34 weeks due to severe pre-e
erikaja6, Erika - DS Jordan, born at 33 weeks due to IC
*Sweet Pea*, Jamie - DD Skylar, born at 29 weeks due to pre-e/HELLP
lmurphy08822, Laura - DD Natalia, born 34 weeks due to pPROM
Thinking about/Planning on TTCing:
SWMcFarland - DD Lily, born at 34 weeks due to HELLP, TTC summer 2010 or the end of the year
goblue, Kristin - DS Jake, born at 27 weeks due to pPROM, TTC at the end of 2010
weezie825 - DD, born at 33 weekds due to pPROM, TTC summer 2011
JrzyMeeba1, Karen ? DS Hunter and angel baby Parker, born at 26 weeks due to PTL, TTC at the end of 2011
kimberlyd546 - DS Alex, born at 34 weeks due to pre-e
Mommies (again)!
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! Congrats to Mek10976 on the birth of her baby boy! Welcome to new member Weezie825!
Updates: Last week, I had a not-great first midwife appt, but did get to see baby on ultrasound. Mrsmikey was also on the fence about doing the 17P shots, as well as figuring out extra monitoring. ijack had a minor freakout over lack of movement, but all is well and she's 19 weeks in! mrsfriend's final cervical length check went great and she's now a "normal" OB patient! *Sweet pea* is on to cycle 3 - GL! Mek10976 had her baby at full term! njkaren is 23 weeks and had her OB appt yesterday. Weezie825 joined our group and is thinking of TTC in the summer. lemen99 is the most pregnant she's ever been and had a GREAT cervical check! Clotho! is still avoiding pre-e, but just barely with elevated b/p and headaches - her doc is hoping to make it to 36 weeks.
If you'd like to address a question to the group, please feel free to page or PM me.
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Re: Pregnant (& TTC) After Preemie Check-in!
I am doing MUCH better today. This past week was full of minor freak-outs (as evidenced by all the posts here about 17P, etc). Anyway, I had pretty much made up my mind to get a 2nd opinion with the OB who does my annuals (I go to them for annuals b/c they are much closer to my house - they happen to specialize in high risk pregnancies). So when I called to get the prenatal paperwork faxed over to set that up, one of the midwives called me back and discussed my history, what happened with DD, what we should do in this pregnancy, etc. at length. I think I'm in love, lol. She put me SO at ease, I wish I had seen her for my first appt. Basically, she said that for pPROM patients, they do recommend probiotics, so I'm going to pick those up tomorrow, along with some extra vitamin C. I told her my concerns with DD's fetal distress at birth and she thinks that there was an infection in my amniotic fluid which caused not only the pPROM, but also the fetal distress. She does not think the two are related, but she totally understood my fears that that will happen again, so she proposed weekly NSTs from 30 weeks on - music to me ears! If anything looks amiss, I'll go for a biophysical profile at that time. I also asked about the 17P shots and she didn't just shoot me down - she did some research, called their consulting physicians, and then called me back several hours later to tell me that none of what she found leads her to believe the shots would be helpful in my case. Which is all I wanted in the first place - a reason WHY we weren't doing them, and for them to be considered. She also said they can get me a referral to consult with their MFM at any time (which I will probably take her up on).
So I'm feeling much, much better about continuing my care where I am. I really think my first appt was just with a midwife who happens to be a bit too inexperienced to really know how to handle my particular case. Based on my last pregnancy, I really don't think that's the standard of care there, and I trust all the other MWs (and the inexperienced one doesn't do anything but the first couple of visits, anyway, no deliveries, so I shouldn't see her again). I also got my script for my first GTT....fun times. And I'm definitely feeling baby movement this week! I've gotten really good at finding baby on the doppler, too, and that's helping to keep me sane from day to day.
All good things! Sorry to write a novel
Congrats on your daughter! Are you thinking about TTC already?
Still nothing to report. My appt isn't until the 24th (seriously, 4 weeks is SO long to go between appts) so until then I just wait
Need help with high fat food ideas? Chunky Monkey
Glad to hear everyone's updates! I'm swimming along over here. I'm down to double digits (YAY), but I have to admit, I'm getting a little anxious as time goes on about having this baby early. I ended up getting the rest of my 17P injections filled this week so that I could get them at the compounding pharmacy before this Makena thing goes into effect. I need 11 more injections and I'm really hoping that things keep going so well. I'm hoping to step up the house stuff this weekend so I can get DS's big boy room done by the end of the month. Once that is done, I can start working on the new baby stuff. I've got to go through some towels, clothes, new baby stuff, etc., and get things ready for when this LO arrives. I feel like I need to be prepared this time a month early...as I was not prepared at all when Parker came. We had NOTHING ready. I had just had my shower 4 days prior and everything was in bags/boxes. Thank God for my in-laws who stayed with our dog and washed baby clothes, etc., or else we would've really, really been in trouble. ...which makes me think that I need to get a plan together for when I go into labor. It seems silly to be planning that so far in advance, but like I said...I'm getting a little anxious and I'm feeling like I need to get prepared just in case. Ugh...the residual effects of giving birth premature...
OMG YES to all of this!!!! I want to be done, done ready to go, bags packed, carseat in the car before August. If this baby comes 6 weeks early, too, that puts us at the first week of August, so I really want everything wrapped up no later than the end of July.
justme04- DS Ryker Born at 34 weeks---Severe Pre E and HELLP Syndrome DS #2 Due June 6th
Everything is looking good so far. I'm pretty OCD about checking my Blood pressure and watching for symptoms though!
I hope I am not too late! I havn't seen this group before.
Thomas2013- DS Brandon born 26 weeks- unknown reason for birth- DD due June 29 2011!
I have new doctors this time. Everything is going well. I have had to be hospitalized for Pyelonephritis which I am taking a daily antibiotic for intill I deliver. I also have cervix lenght checks every two weeks and placenta placement. Fingers crossed!
Checking in late!
Not much new to report here. I called the OB's office about the 17p shots and even though my OB and I haven't made a final decision about them, they went ahead and called in a prescription for me so I wouldn't have to deal with the new Makena prices. I kinda feel guilty about doing that, since it hasn't been decided yet for sure that I need them, but I just felt like I had to do something with everything that was going on. So now I figure since I have them I might as well take them, can't hurt anything.
So now I need to call back and get those appts scheduled b/c I'm supposed to start getting them at 16 weeks, but my next appt isn't until after 17 weeks. Which doesn't make much sense to me anyway. I'm supposed to be going every 4 weeks and I was last seen at 11 weeks. Then I get seen again at 20 weeks. So I think that 17 week appt is supposed to be at 16 weeks anyway.
I think I'm starting to feel a little movement, I've had a few different episodes where I'm pretty sure it was baby and not gas or anything else. Haven't heard/seen the heartbeat since 7.5 weeks so feeling movement is an awesome reassurance!