re: ~*Official May 2013 Due Date Thread*~

Quoting HamHam:" Quick version of an update: went home with mild pre-e on Friday afternoon. Things went crazy and by the ... [snip!] ... but my blood pressure won't cooperate enough to allow me a trip to NICU. It's frustrating, but rewarding to get to hold him."

Congrats! Glad to hear both you and baby are doing well! Hope he has a short NICU stay.

Not sure why my OB didn't recommend iron fusions. Maybe it's something insurance won't cover?
Trying really hard to raise my iron via diet, but we'll see I guess. Ug.

Hey ladies   I'm due May 3rd and stopped by to see how everyone is feeling.   We are getting so close!

<blockquote><b>Quoting HamHam:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting clay matthews:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting HamHam:</b>" ... [snip!] ... the pregnancy going? Hopefully you haven't been taking on too much with the home projects you mentioned before ( I think?) ."</blockquote>




It is hard leaving your baby in the NICU; hopefully you don't live too far away. DDZ spent 5 long weeks at CHW-Milwaukee which was 2+ hours away from us so I couldn't be there every day since I had DS to take care of too.

My biggest issues are stress right now; besides my job itself being a high stress environment, we were finally told our projected furlough days (starting just as I hit 36w) meaning I'll have a 20% pay cut right off the bat and lasting until at least the end of Sept. Adding a newborn is going to make things extra tight, but we'll make it work; we always do

<blockquote><b>Quoting clay matthews:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting HamHam:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting clay matthews:</b>" ... [snip!] ... until at least the end of Sept. Adding a newborn is going to make things extra tight, but we'll make it work; we always do"</blockquote>

You have such a good attitude despite some things being stressful. I hope everything gets worked out!

<blockquote><b>Quoting HamHam:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting clay matthews:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting HamHam:</b>" ... [snip!] ... do"</blockquote> You have such a good attitude despite some things being stressful. I hope everything gets worked out!"</blockquote>




I try to. There's nothing good that can come out of a "woe is me" attitude. Plus DH and I have weathered worse in our marriage (8th anniversary is a week after my EDD). Found out we were expecting DS 2 weeks after he left for his 2nd deployment (we were only about a month into our relationship). Got married 6 months to the day from when we met. I went thru my pg basically alone and DH didn't meet DS until he was 4 months old (by then we had been married 7 months and had been apart pretty much the whole time). He deployed for the 3rd time when DS was 13 months old, came home for R&R about 12 weeks later and then we didn't see him for 11.5 months because their deployment got extended.

He got out of the Army, we moved back to the US (oh yeah, I spent that whole deployment in Germany with our toddler alone). Found out I was pg with DD. he worked a series of PT jobs and we were pretty much always broke. Had DD and all of her medical issues (including 5 weeks in the NICU 2+ hours from our home and not being able to see her every day b/c we couldn't afford it, her seizures, AND her 3 surgeries (at 3 days old, 10 months old, and 2.5 years old)). When she was 13 months old, I got this job and we moved 3 hours away from our support system and everyone we knew b/c this (was) a good job.

We made it thru all that and haven't divorced each other yet   This is just another bump in the road

Sorry- meant to quote first.

<blockquote><b>Quoting clay matthews:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting HamHam:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting clay matthews:</b>" ... [snip!] ... this (was) a good job. We made it thru all that and haven't divorced each other yet   This is just another bump in the road"</blockquote>


Wow, what an incredible journey. If you managed to get through all of that, it seems you can find a way to get through most anything. Kudos to you guys for remaining committed to your family and one another. It couldn't have been easy.
We are so fortunate to live in St.Paul, right near Amplatz. I always joked about how DH is such a true Minneapolis boy because he wanted our kids birth certificate to show their birthplace as Minneapolis. He never requests anything with conviction, but this was something he really wanted, so Amplatz happened to be our hospital choice, even though we have 4 other hospitals right by our house. How lucky we are to have our son at this hospital. I'm told they have the best NICU. We signed up to get extra support from a former NICU parent. She sounds so nice and our sons have the same name  Hearing from some of the parents in the NICU who can't easily get to see their baby, or have other obstacles that make things even harder, I realize each parent experiences this so very differently. I was missing DS so much last night... I can't imagine being far away from, especially if he had to go through surgery like your little one did. You're a mother with a lot of strength and heart. Your family is very lucky 

Quoting HamHam:" <blockquote><b>Quoting clay matthews:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting HamHam:</b>" ... [snip!] ... to go through surgery like your little one did. You're a mother with a lot of strength and heart. Your family is very lucky "

I'm glad little man is at the best NICU and didn't need to be transported anywhere else AND that its near to your home   CHW-Mke didn't have any type of "mentorship" program with previous NICU parents (or if they DID, it wasn't offered to us). We have had a tough road, but we've been very fortunate along the way, especially with DD. Her urologist at CHW is world-renouned and literally wrote the book for the treatment of kids like her. He had JUST moved to Mke about a year before she was born because his son is a dr at CHW and he wanted to be closer to his family (he was previously at Seattle Children's). After he retired (it'll be 2 years in May), we switched care to Mayo in Rochester and have been very fortunate that her new urologist is a personal friend of the original guy  

I hope that you guys have a non-eventful and short NICU stay. NICU time feels at LEAST twice as long as "regular" time. I also wrote down every dr who treated DD since there was an extensive team and I wanted to make sure we were all on the same page with her. Since I couldn't be there daily, I called twice a day and spoke with HER nurse to see how her day was going. She had a great team of nurses, but there was one in particular whom we just LOVED and seemed to treat DD as her own child and really advocated for her when we weren't able to.

Due 21st May and have just started being really uncomfortable and not sleeping more than 3 hours per time at night now....getting close for us ladies

Quoting DaniFraser:" Due 21st May and have just started being really uncomfortable and not sleeping more than 3 hours per time at night now....getting close for us ladies"

I don't feel uncomfortable while sleeping yet but I hardly get any sleep...just because I can't sleep lol!

hey ladies just wanting to check in. I do try to read back and see whatever everyone is posting. I just dont really know what to post back when theres a long convo between ladies and i dont want to intrude lol! congrats to the mama whos baby was born and I am keeping yall in my prayers because I know its so early! I hope everyone else whos uncomfortable and dealing with stress are feeling good today! I am 32 weeks today and after a stressful week (if you read my doctorless post the other day youll know what happened) everything is going better. My new ob will be seeing me again next week (a month after my last ob appointment ugh) my primary did a urinalysis for me on monday because I complained about the color of my urine being VERY dark and it actually hurting when my bladder gets full. It came up with positive for a UTI and they told me it had some protein in it. So they sent it over to my new ob so he can check into it next week. I am already taking the keflex (it was for a throat infection which was caused by sinuses) and that should clear up my UTI as well and if its what caused the proteins hopefuly they will be gone on wednesday and my urine will be clean and healthy. Merida has been kicking and being active randomly throughout the day. I have noticed alot of her movemnts are strong near my left hipbone (the side) she should have plenty of time still to turn the right way because i got a feeling shes laying sideways or breech right now. i always go overdue so i am expecting at least another 9 weeks probably to go. have a great evening ladies!

Earlier I thought maybe Ninja flipped. Now I've got no clue. Had a lot of BH earlier but I seem to be doing OK now. His movements are SUPER strong now  

Quoting clay matthews:" Earlier I thought maybe Ninja flipped. Now I've got no clue. Had a lot of BH earlier but I seem to be doing OK now. His movements are SUPER strong now  "

painful! i know what it feels like. lol

Quoting lilmzzgreeneyez *NMOA*:" hey ladies just wanting to check in. I do try to read back and see whatever everyone is posting. I just ... [snip!] ... breech right now. i always go overdue so i am expecting at least another 9 weeks probably to go. have a great evening ladies!"

I am also 32 weeks. im due 4 days before you with my first.. i have a feeling though i wont make it to the 37th week mark.