Weekly check-in, 4/23

[FastHands]

Apr 24, 2014 12:51:59 GMT -5 andthentherewere10 said:

I guess this is my last update here. I would be 38 weeks tomorrow but my baby was born on this past Saturday. He is still in the NICU and I hope none of you ever have to experience the high of child birth followed by the low of not holding your baby for days ;-(. He is getting better, though, and we can hold him for short amounts of time. I am hoping to nurse him tomorrow!

You've been on my mind almost constantly. I've been resisting the urge to badger you with updates. I'm glad to hear that your boy is improving and that you can finally hold him! Yay for nursing! I'm sure that's a big step on the road to coming hoooooome!

[azurely]

andthentherewere10 I'm so glad to see a positive update from you. I've been praying for you and your H and your little guy. I'm glad to hear he's getting stronger, hopefully you can get him home soon.

[FastHands]

dana2006, how did your appt go today?

[anna7602]

andthentherewere10, sending good vibes your way!

I have no specific baby updates. I just got back from a trip to Paris and the jetlag is kicking my pregnant arse big-time. I can't even remember if I am 25 or 26 weeks today? Anyway, started seeing the other doctors in my ob/gyn's practice today and will now have appointments every 2 weeks until the end of my pregnancy. This is getting serious!

[andthentherewere10]

FastHands azurely anna7602 - thank you for your positive thoughts and prayers. Thank goodness for competent nurses, doctors, and NICUs! Hope you guys continue to have uneventful pregnancies

[dana2006]

Apr 24, 2014 17:39:03 GMT -5 FastHands said:

dana2006, how did your appt go today?

Thanks for thinking of me. The baby has grown some, but not enough to completely allay the doctor's concerns, so they're moving me up to weekly monitoring. I'm also getting a steroid shot at my next ob appointment to help mature his lungs, just in case they need to take him out early, which is more likely than not. He's barely holding on to the 15th percentile, and the protocol is to take them out when they fall below the 10th percentile. I'm feeling pretty good though, and he's been more active lately, so I'm carrying on as usual and try to stay optimistic. I drank an entire glass of whole milk in an effort to boost my caloric and fat intake, even though I never liked whole milk. Almost immediately after I started to get really gassy. Oh well, lol.

[linz]

Apr 24, 2014 12:51:59 GMT -5 andthentherewere10 said:

I guess this is my last update here. I would be 38 weeks tomorrow but my baby was born on this past Saturday. He is still in the NICU and I hope none of you ever have to experience the high of child birth followed by the low of not holding your baby for days ;-(. He is getting better, though, and we can hold him for short amounts of time. I am hoping to nurse him tomorrow!

Oh girl my prayers are with you.

[persa]

I guess I'll do an intro as well. I wasn't going to until my next set of labs but it would be nice to have people to talk with during this weird phase.

I just did my second IVF (after 2 unsuccessful IUI's and 1 IVF) and it worked. I'm still super nervous since I'm so high risk for miscarriage but I'm trying to be hopeful. My serial HCG numbers were good, almost too good, haha. We transferred 3 embryos so I think we won't be surprised that if things continue in a positive fashion, that there may be more than one in there.

andthentherewere10, I haven't been following your story but I hope your baby is home with you very soon.

[kershnic]

Apr 24, 2014 12:51:59 GMT -5 andthentherewere10 said:

I guess this is my last update here. I would be 38 weeks tomorrow but my baby was born on this past Saturday. He is still in the NICU and I hope none of you ever have to experience the high of child birth followed by the low of not holding your baby for days ;-(. He is getting better, though, and we can hold him for short amounts of time. I am hoping to nurse him tomorrow!

No need to leave if you don't want to - I haven't completely!

I hope your baby is doing even better today.  I just want to say that I went through some of the same things - one of my daughters I didn't get to hold for 2 days and it was a few more days before she was ready to be held for more than a few minutes.  Touching her at all got her worked up and mad and her O2 levels dropped in those first days.  8 weeks later I'm typing one handed because I'm nursing her and it feels like a dream from the past.  I am jealous reading people's stories about their easy first bonding days, so I just wanted to let you know you're not alone.