Well.. Today didn't go so swell. I prayed so hard for a miracle... And although this wasn't what I had in mind, I'm sure is still in gods plans!
Jai looks great- getting plump! He no longer has alien, skeleton features.. More like a little Danford!
He however is trying to come out far to early! My cervix from the inside is funneling. The mass is still there & i am having hydronephrosis, which in addition to contractions, the reason for back pain.
After the ultrasound, he did a pelvic check to see is I was dilating from the bottom. Sadly, I am fingertip-1cm. :( I didn't see this coming for a long shot.. I'm bed ridden until further notice! Also at 24 weeks I'll be getting steroid shots, to help jai's lungs develop!
All I can ask is for plenty prayer! I need to keep him in as long as possible!! Please please pray!
Monday, April 2, 2012
veggie tales & Jai's room!
wow! we have been seriously doing so muchh! Last Thursday we went to Veggie tales live with Cherish & Avery! It was so much fun for me to just watch Julian smile & laugh watching them! I thought he was going to jump out of his skin when they started playing the theme song!
Crib & toy box
window with valance & matching Lamp & picture frame
on his dresser. oh & his bassinet.. this will move to my room once he is born
closet
right side...some clothes.. chair for our table..RUBBER BOOTS(of course)
pacNplay & bouncy Jumper horse
left side is car seat bottle warmer swing & walker! all this stuff
will be put together when it's closer!
then Uncle Jake & Aunt Angela came to visit us on Sunday! I was in horrid pain all night & all day yesterday. Something with my lower back. ( not your typical prego pains, trust me... i was in tears!)
After spending the day in agony- i finally called my doc to see what pain meds i could take( i don't do pain meds normally).. He instructed me to head to the ER.. but i didn't listen. when he called to REcheck on me he supported my choice to stay home & told me to move my appointment from Wednesday- up to today. He is going to check me for a bladder infection and few other things before diagnosing me with something & give me a pain medicine. They will also be doing a ultrasound to check the ' unknown' .. and seeing about referring me to a Fetal Maternal Specialist...-( ill update on this topic after my 1:30 appointment today!)
Anyways.. Jake Angela, Ju & Josh slip & slided in our back yard for a while, then headed to the beach. I stayed in bed...
When they got back i had rested some & was ready to eat- after not eating all day! so Josh started whippin up the baby on the grill! :) yum!
Jake and Angela also brought Jai a changing table!!! I didn't have one for Ju but always wanted one!.. so here it is.... Just want to paint it white to match the rest of the room. But i will do that later!
:)
The next day we headed to this AWESOME consignment store where i got Jai 12 (like)new outfits! :) got his crib all loaded up... then headed home!
On Saturday we fiddled around the house & worked in Jai's room a good bit. There are still some things to be done.. so it's not complete.. however I'm really excited with the progress!
Picture below was before i put his valance on the window...
on his dresser. oh & his bassinet.. this will move to my room once he is born
pacNplay & bouncy Jumper horse
will be put together when it's closer!
After spending the day in agony- i finally called my doc to see what pain meds i could take( i don't do pain meds normally).. He instructed me to head to the ER.. but i didn't listen. when he called to REcheck on me he supported my choice to stay home & told me to move my appointment from Wednesday- up to today. He is going to check me for a bladder infection and few other things before diagnosing me with something & give me a pain medicine. They will also be doing a ultrasound to check the ' unknown' .. and seeing about referring me to a Fetal Maternal Specialist...-( ill update on this topic after my 1:30 appointment today!)
Anyways.. Jake Angela, Ju & Josh slip & slided in our back yard for a while, then headed to the beach. I stayed in bed...
When they got back i had rested some & was ready to eat- after not eating all day! so Josh started whippin up the baby on the grill! :) yum!
Jake and Angela also brought Jai a changing table!!! I didn't have one for Ju but always wanted one!.. so here it is.... Just want to paint it white to match the rest of the room. But i will do that later!
Jai's room is almost complete. Just need to hang shelves, do some arts & crafty things for his walls.. get his rug, and touch up the pain on the ceiling(oopsy from daddy..lol)
:)
Monday, March 19, 2012
busy weekend..
Our weekend was super busy! First we tended to car shopping for me. We orginally intended to wait to car shop for a while, but after one week of being down to one automoble... we quickly changed our mind!
Friday we headed to the bank, and to some car lots, and dealerships. After the sun went down and it was nearly 8 oclock we decided to head home, eat some dinner & call it a night. Julian' was basically crying because he was so hungry, so we opted to just grab fast food. Checked his sugar...and headed home..finally. once in down town ocean springs, i went to grab his meter remote from the back seat to treat him for his happy meal..
The meter was not there. We pulled over..searched..searched... it was gone. Turned around went back to every dealer/carlot we went to. Sat in each and every car... retaced every foot step... still nothing. I sat in the front seat, & the bundled fustration broke. The meter had just been in the car when we checked..how could it be gone?? Josh asked Julian where it was. Julian replyed.." out the wimbo, when daddy going fast". Josh & I both knew he must have thrown it out the window while going down the interstate. I called the animas company where they so nicely agreed to send us one free of cost,- but explained that this would be the only 'gift' meter. the next will cost us $200.00! OuCh! Needless to say... The windows are now child locked & Julian's medicine does not go in his diaper bag anymore- always in my purse!
Saturday- we began our car hunt again. And found me a hot ride. :) i really like my new mommy mobile
the same day- we made out first trip to lowes in my new car! The space- WE LOVE. Josh can recline his seat w/o getting in Julian's leg room... and we had so much room in the back for a lawnmower,weedeater, bricks, plants, molch & potting soil! -- would have never been able to do this in a camry!( although i loveeeeeeeeeeeed my camry)
Sunday- we busted butt in the my flowerbed!!! really-- it was so bare & ugly before. It's still not finished. we fell short a few bricks & i counted wrong for my plants, so i need one more little flower in the front & then we are starting on the flower bed on the other side the house. but here is some pictures of the one by our walk way..
Remember how ugly?
As a treat- I brought Ju to the snowball stand up the street. We been wanting to go- but just hadn't... the entire way there i was plotting how i was going to keep his sugar down.. bc lord knows all the sugar in a snowball would have him through the roof!
But to my surprise- the man there had ONE sugar free flavor- Cherry. I got it for Ju and explained to the man that Julian had type 1 diabetes & exactly what a normal snowball would do to him. He asked Julian what all his favorite flavors were- because for now on he is going to keep Julian's favorite flavors in sugar free- just for us! :) how sweet is that? :)
Friday we headed to the bank, and to some car lots, and dealerships. After the sun went down and it was nearly 8 oclock we decided to head home, eat some dinner & call it a night. Julian' was basically crying because he was so hungry, so we opted to just grab fast food. Checked his sugar...and headed home..finally. once in down town ocean springs, i went to grab his meter remote from the back seat to treat him for his happy meal..
The meter was not there. We pulled over..searched..searched... it was gone. Turned around went back to every dealer/carlot we went to. Sat in each and every car... retaced every foot step... still nothing. I sat in the front seat, & the bundled fustration broke. The meter had just been in the car when we checked..how could it be gone?? Josh asked Julian where it was. Julian replyed.." out the wimbo, when daddy going fast". Josh & I both knew he must have thrown it out the window while going down the interstate. I called the animas company where they so nicely agreed to send us one free of cost,- but explained that this would be the only 'gift' meter. the next will cost us $200.00! OuCh! Needless to say... The windows are now child locked & Julian's medicine does not go in his diaper bag anymore- always in my purse!
Saturday- we began our car hunt again. And found me a hot ride. :) i really like my new mommy mobile
the same day- we made out first trip to lowes in my new car! The space- WE LOVE. Josh can recline his seat w/o getting in Julian's leg room... and we had so much room in the back for a lawnmower,weedeater, bricks, plants, molch & potting soil! -- would have never been able to do this in a camry!( although i loveeeeeeeeeeeed my camry)
Sunday- we busted butt in the my flowerbed!!! really-- it was so bare & ugly before. It's still not finished. we fell short a few bricks & i counted wrong for my plants, so i need one more little flower in the front & then we are starting on the flower bed on the other side the house. but here is some pictures of the one by our walk way..
Remember how ugly?
Josh & Ju cutting the grass! :P
As a treat- I brought Ju to the snowball stand up the street. We been wanting to go- but just hadn't... the entire way there i was plotting how i was going to keep his sugar down.. bc lord knows all the sugar in a snowball would have him through the roof!
But to my surprise- the man there had ONE sugar free flavor- Cherry. I got it for Ju and explained to the man that Julian had type 1 diabetes & exactly what a normal snowball would do to him. He asked Julian what all his favorite flavors were- because for now on he is going to keep Julian's favorite flavors in sugar free- just for us! :) how sweet is that? :)
Juju enjoying his sugar free snowball!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Anatomy Scan!
Well.. Today was my long awaited anatomy ultrasound! Most mommy's look forward to this ultrasound, to find out the gender of their unborn baby. We however, already knew we were having a little baby boy, so I looked forward to seeing his growth, making sure the bleed hadn't come back & to check on the ' unknown' in my uterus.
First and for most- my baby boy is growing quite well! Most 19 week baby's weigh 9-10oz... where as Jai, he weighs 13! LOL he is still measuring almost a week early ( today 20w1d ). All of his little organs were perfect, even his fingers, toes, & nose! :) I was so happy to hear that he is doing well. Also, i found out why today- that im only feeling slight movement on my sides( not in the front of my belly). My placenta is in the front, so it's a cushion for his jabs and kicks! Maybe as he gets stronger i'll feel them better(hopefully).
As for my bleed-.. what bleed? ;) it is still healed!! THANK you LORD!
&& the 'Unkown'... well i know that it is not a cyst, that it is a solid mass of some type.( so i shouldn't worry about it popping.) Today it did appear that there was blood flow to it,or through it. It's really hard to explain, because even the tech herself, couldn't explain it well. She still does not know what it is. But we do know that it is not effecting Jai in the least. So as long as it stays this way, that is all that matters to me. They are going to continue to follow & check this 'unknown' for the next visit and then send me over to NOLA or Mobile to see a maternal fetal specialist. The 'unknown' did grow slightly, but not enough to cause a fuss.
I was suppose to see my doctor after to talk about this specialist, and also ask him about my bed rest/activity level-- but he had to leave for a delivery & surgery. So he wouldn't be back for hours. They told me he will review my chart when he returns and if he wants to see me sooner then my already scheduled appointment, then he'll call. Next appointment we will be doing another ultrasound to again check this unknown && go from there.
Thank you everyone for continuing to pray for us! I will keep everyone posted!!
oh.. PS i will post ultrasound picture soon!
First and for most- my baby boy is growing quite well! Most 19 week baby's weigh 9-10oz... where as Jai, he weighs 13! LOL he is still measuring almost a week early ( today 20w1d ). All of his little organs were perfect, even his fingers, toes, & nose! :) I was so happy to hear that he is doing well. Also, i found out why today- that im only feeling slight movement on my sides( not in the front of my belly). My placenta is in the front, so it's a cushion for his jabs and kicks! Maybe as he gets stronger i'll feel them better(hopefully).
As for my bleed-.. what bleed? ;) it is still healed!! THANK you LORD!
&& the 'Unkown'... well i know that it is not a cyst, that it is a solid mass of some type.( so i shouldn't worry about it popping.) Today it did appear that there was blood flow to it,or through it. It's really hard to explain, because even the tech herself, couldn't explain it well. She still does not know what it is. But we do know that it is not effecting Jai in the least. So as long as it stays this way, that is all that matters to me. They are going to continue to follow & check this 'unknown' for the next visit and then send me over to NOLA or Mobile to see a maternal fetal specialist. The 'unknown' did grow slightly, but not enough to cause a fuss.
I was suppose to see my doctor after to talk about this specialist, and also ask him about my bed rest/activity level-- but he had to leave for a delivery & surgery. So he wouldn't be back for hours. They told me he will review my chart when he returns and if he wants to see me sooner then my already scheduled appointment, then he'll call. Next appointment we will be doing another ultrasound to again check this unknown && go from there.
Thank you everyone for continuing to pray for us! I will keep everyone posted!!
oh.. PS i will post ultrasound picture soon!
Monday, March 5, 2012
our weekend!
wow. time is flying now that i am able to move around & get things done!! This past weekend my mom came to visit us with my nephew, Alex. Sadly, the weather was damn, misty & chilly. We had to remain inside most of the day. We took a trip to wal mart to get the goodies for Crawfish & shrimp stew... and when there they had high chairs & boster chairs on sale. The high chairs were only $28 and the boosters were $19. My mom told me if i wanted one for Jai, she would get it for him. I had a hard time choosing. I wanted the highchair, but wasnt sure how much i'd like that in my dinning room.( im funny and dont like cluttered rooms) So i stuck to what i knew i was okay with, and got a booster seat. It's almost exactly what we had for Julian, just a little more snazy with toys on the tray.
He obviously wont use it for the first few months, and will be fed from his bumbo,walker or bounce chair. but still something that was very vital when we had Julian, and im so thankful to have another to use for Jai!
Also,
Josh's co- worker sent him home with some really nice clothes for Jai. Along with a bottle warmer, pack of diapers, halloween costume, a new pack of paci's.
most of them still have the tags on them, or havent been worn bc her baby grew out of them so quickly! I am very thankful ! :)
Also, we also went to the beach for the first time here. We had so much fun !
it was such a beautiful day! We cant wait to go back again soon!
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