September 2014 Moms
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High Risk Check in July 31st
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Happy last day of July fellow high risk ladies! I feel like we have had alot of things come up in terms of high risk things the last few weeks so please feel free to check in if you want!
1. How far along are you? Remind us why you are high risk if you are new
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2. Rants/Raves?
3. Upcoming appointments?
4. Any major milestones?
1. How far along are you? Remind us why you are high risk if you are new
? 2. Rants/Raves?
3. Upcoming appointments?
4. Any major milestones?
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Re: High Risk Check in July 31st
34 Weeks and 2 days! Im high risk for 2 vessel cord (aka single artery cord), low lying placenta (which I think has moved up now), and a full water rupture at 28 weeks.
2. Rants/Raves?
Currently have the worst head cold ever...snot galore is not my thing right now!!
3. Upcoming appointments?
Ive got weekly appts on Mondays. So I anxiously await those. This weeks we had our growth scan, he's 5 lbs 9oz! My little chunk!
4. Any major milestones?
2. Rants/Raves? Made it another week pregnant! Raves: contractions seem to be a bit better with the Procardia I am taking. Hoping that trend continues. Rants: Back pain, hip pain, and when I do have a contraction they are STRONG.
3. Upcoming appointments? Not until the 11th-they don't want me traveling an hour to the office and they don't want to do any internals for the fear of irritating things further. So for now, I sit and wait.
4. Any major milestones? I think hitting 32 weeks is huge-that was our first goal when all of this started. Now our main goal is 34 weeks....
34w. VCI, IUGR,
2. Rants/Raves?
So went in yesterday for my weekly nst/bpp. Failed, ended up in the hospital for monitoring. Got released and headed back for monitoring this am... I still have my MFM apt tomorrow. I guess my rant is that the MFM couldn't get me in earlier. MFM will give me more guidance on what they want to do proceeding forward. I hoping she cooperates and moves during the u/s today and I don't have to go back to triage.
3. Upcoming appointments?
Today monitoring, tomorrow MFM
4. Any major milestones?
I'm 31 weeks and a few days (Due 9/29/14), and I'm high risk because of type 1 diabetes and hypothyroidism. However.....I'm now adding preterm contractions/false labor to the list!
2. Rants/Raves?
I spent monday night and tuesday in the hospital with contractions every 1.5-2 minutes. I was OK'd to go back to work on Wednesday and ended up leaving early when contractions started again every few minutes. I've been OK'd to go back to work for my shift tonight, but told to "take it easy"...really?! I'm a pharmacist and normally on my feet all day, now will be trying to sit at the counter as much as possible. I'm shocked they haven't told me to take any time off of work (except Tuesday when I was inpatient). Anyone else have the same experience? Not that I want to be on bedrest, as that eats into my FMLA, but I feel like I could have used a couple days off to see if they subside. Still having contractions, but spread every couple hours at this point.
3. Upcoming appointments?
August 6th, monthly MFM appointment and twice weekly NST
4. Any major milestones?
Fetal fibronectin test came back negative today!
2. Rants/Raves? Rants - hospital stay last week! Raves - not in the hospital anymore, and baby is still inside! Doc put me on procardia for contractions and it seems to be helping, they're getting farther apart and less painful. They still kick up if I overdo it, so I'm being good about my bedrest, but overall I definitely see improvement.
3. Upcoming appointments? OB on Monday, MFM is on the 15th. my OB seems to think the 15th is pretty far away and the MFM is being really optimistic, but we'll see.
4. Any major milestones? I had DD at 32w4d, and today I hit 33w. So super excited to get past that mark with little dude still inside.
DD1, born 4/10/11 at 32 weeks
Cooking #2
2. Rants/ raves? I got to come home today! I have to go in for a check up at 2 and check up in L&D at 8:30. Then another check up in the morning at 8. My cervix is still 85% effaced and dialated to 2.
3. Upcoming appointments? Besides all the checkups I don't go in until the 14 unless I have a problem before then. Then I'll go in every week after that.
4. Any major milestones? Nope not that I can think of except getting to come home and keeping baby baking!
2. Rant is my managers keep scheduling me to do things that involve extend periods of standing/walking, despite me telling them multiple times that I need to sit as much as possible.
Rave is my OB is comfortable taking me off pelvic rest in 2.5 weeks once I hit 37 weeks.
3. Next appointment is on Tuesday. Normal check-up.
4. No major milestones, just glad I haven't been dilating more!
1. How far along are you? Remind us why you are high risk if you are new
34+5; high risk due to PTL
2. Rants/Raves? My hips have been killing me and I have pitting edema in what used to be my ankles. I've kept an eye on my blood pressure which is fine but my pulse has been all over the place lately. And I have court tomorrow as a witness. I wonder how many pee breaks the judge will allow before he dismisses me...
3. Upcoming appointments? Weekly appts start the 5th and dr said he's going to do (another) cervical check, and see baby's positioning. Then I see my endo same day for hypothyroidism. It'll be my last appt with him til after baby's born.
4. Any major milestones? 1 week til my 36w milestone where he will no longer stop labor. I've been contracting daily but no more false labor episodes since last week.
2. Rants/Raves?
3. Upcoming appointments?
4. Any major milestones? Nope.
They're upping my monitoring checks to 2x a week. Main focus is making sure she's reactive and that there is good blood flow in the cord. If the levels become 'elevated' then they'll probably decide to induce. If they become non existant or reverse, then she will be delivered that day. If she is showing signs of distress, we will probably do a c/s because the cord/placenta will not be able to handle contractions/labor. If she's just showing 'elevated' levels we may be able to shoot for just inducing. If she makes it to 38w, with no signs of distress we have no reason to not attempt a vaginal birth. Either way they'll be paying extra attention to how she reacts during labor because there is a much higher risk that she won't be able to handle it.
I still need to talk to the local ob about the hospital's nicu and what they can handle, so I can decide where to deliver if we do have to go before 38w. With her size, I'm guessing that it may be best to choose the hospital further away.. b/c if I have to have a c/s and she's whisked away, I want to be in the same hospital, not left alone while baby and hubby go off.
32w, 2 days. My pregnancy is considered high risk due to the baby having HLHS and DORV - complex congenital heart Wedefects. LO will need three open heart surgeries by the age of 3.
Rants/Raves: Rant - we found out that it is highly suggested that the baby doesn't go to daycare until after recovering from the second open heart surgery (which will be around 4-6 months). We'll have to pull DS as well. This is due to any sort of cold will put LO in ICU and with it being cold and flu season (s)he should have limited exposure to other kids. Rave - we met with the surgeon and feel much more at ease about everything. The hospital staff seems great. I really think we'll be in good hands.
Upcoming appointments: nothing until Aug 13 and then weekly (or more often) from then on. Growth scan Aug 20th and fetal echo Aug 26th.
Milestones: nothing at the moment.
First Son - born 2013
Third Son - due June 9, 2018
I am 34 weeks today ! Totally getting nervous
2. Rants/Raves?
My chiari doesn't allow me to have a natural birth (can't push) and I can't have a spinal or an epi so I have to go under general ( which scares me) and when I wake up there is nothing numbing me - so I'm pretty freaked about all of that
3. Upcoming appointments?
Wednesday I have my next appointment
4. Any major milestones?
My house is in complete OCD order ... Feeling proud of that but now I am getting anxious not having something to organize