Blizzard Baby Update

[raangoli]

Her echocardiogram showed that the vessel responded to the medication!

It's now a pinhead size and she should out grow it.

We're relieved but cautious, but this means nothing further needs to be done.

She (and MH and I) appreciates all the good thoughts sent her way. ❤️

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2/22:

BB took her first bottles today! I was able to feed my baby! She sucked it down like a champ. I'm so proud!

She isn't taking every feeding by mouth still but this is a big step.

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3/1:

We're home! I'm snuggling my sleeping baby in my arms on my own couch!

The last month + has been a blur but MH and I are so touched by the support and love we've received. I sound like a broken record with saying that but it is so true. Love to you all from BB and her eternally grateful parents. <3

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3/9

BB now weighs an even 6 lb and is almost 18.5 inches long. She's getting big you guys!

She's also started to be more awake fur the day and we "played" together a bit yesterday. She isn't find of tummy time but we're working on it

[mbcdefg]

Oh, thank goodness!!!!!

[sfy]

Go, BB, go! Such great news, thank you. Also, can this be her thread moving forward? I would really like regular updates, if you don't mind lol.

[raangoli]

Feb 19, 2016 16:47:07 GMT -5 sfy said:

Go, BB, go! Such great news, thank you. Also, can this be her thread moving forward? I would really like regular updates, if you don't mind lol.

Sure, anything for her MM aunties

[orangeblossom]

That's awesome!

I second sfy suggestion.

Also, as a fellow blizzard baby, I love that you call her that. My birth wasn't quite so dramatic, but the National Guard was a suggestion and distinct possibility of getting my mom to the hospital.

[sfy]

Feb 19, 2016 16:51:18 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Feb 19, 2016 16:47:07 GMT -5 sfy said:

Go, BB, go! Such great news, thank you. Also, can this be her thread moving forward? I would really like regular updates, if you don't mind lol.

Sure, anything for her MM aunties

I already was feeling a little misty eyed at how great she did today, but you know how I feel about being an auntie.  This is too much !

[Mushe]

That's great news!

[raangoli]

Feb 19, 2016 16:53:33 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

That's awesome!

I second sfy suggestion.

Also, as a fellow blizzard baby, I love that you call her that. My birth wasn't quite so dramatic, but the National Guard was a suggestion and distinct possibility of getting my mom to the hospital.

Whoa really? That's crazy! You gals can share stories when she is older

[winnieandwine]

excellent news!!

[explorer2001]

Yay! Great update!

[orangeblossom]

Feb 19, 2016 17:08:02 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Feb 19, 2016 16:53:33 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

That's awesome!

I second sfy suggestion.

Also, as a fellow blizzard baby, I love that you call her that. My birth wasn't quite so dramatic, but the National Guard was a suggestion and distinct possibility of getting my mom to the hospital.

Whoa really? That's crazy! You gals can share stories when she is older

Yup, my mother had preeclampsia, and though they did some tests earlier that day to confirm suspicions, they sent her home.  Though I suspect, my mother insisted on going home, as my older sisters were home alone at the time.  Anyway, they call and say yup, you've got it, come back to the hospital, that's way cross town.  My father was working way across town in the opposite direction.

Somehow, he finally got home and hard to park his car on the main street and walk up the hill to my mom.  They walked back down to the car and slowly made their way to the car and proceeded to get lost on the way to the hospital that he's driven past to and been a million times.

They got there, while my dad went to get coffee, they ended up doing an emergency c-section, and I was born by the time he came back.  All 4lbs 7oz of me.

[Deleted]

Woohoo!! Keep up the great work Bb!!!!!!

My mom calls my daughter Robyn stormbringer. Winter storm babies are the best.

[raangoli]

Feb 19, 2016 17:24:17 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Feb 19, 2016 17:08:02 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Whoa really? That's crazy! You gals can share stories when she is older

Yup, my mother had preeclampsia, and though they did some tests earlier that day to confirm suspicions, they sent her home.  Though I suspect, my mother insisted on going home, as my older sisters were home alone at the time.  Anyway, they call and say yup, you've got it, come back to the hospital, that's way cross town.  My father was working way across town in the opposite direction.

Somehow, he finally got home and hard to park his car on the main street and walk up the hill to my mom.  They walked back down to the car and slowly made their way to the car and proceeded to get lost on the way to the hospital that he's driven past to and been a million times.

They got there, while my dad went to get coffee, they ended up doing an emergency c-section, and I was born by the time he came back.  All 4lbs 7oz of me.

Omg that's crazy and hilarious! I read your story to MH and we're cracking up (all as I hold BB). I hope your mom didn't let your dad live that down!

[orangeblossom]

Feb 19, 2016 17:37:03 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Feb 19, 2016 17:24:17 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Yup, my mother had preeclampsia, and though they did some tests earlier that day to confirm suspicions, they sent her home.  Though I suspect, my mother insisted on going home, as my older sisters were home alone at the time.  Anyway, they call and say yup, you've got it, come back to the hospital, that's way cross town.  My father was working way across town in the opposite direction.

Somehow, he finally got home and hard to park his car on the main street and walk up the hill to my mom.  They walked back down to the car and slowly made their way to the car and proceeded to get lost on the way to the hospital that he's driven past to and been a million times.

They got there, while my dad went to get coffee, they ended up doing an emergency c-section, and I was born by the time he came back.  All 4lbs 7oz of me.

Omg that's crazy and hilarious! I read your story to MH and we're cracking up (all as I hold BB). I hope your mom didn't let your dad live that down!

Happy you got some laughs out of it.  No, my mom didn't let him live it down.  She had a much better sense of direction than him, really, all of us to be honest.

[Pom]

Wonderful news!

[womet]

Yay BB!!

[Susie]

I"m so glad you guys are doing so well!

I tried to give up GBCN for Lent, but I kept thinking of all the people I wanted to keep up on and I couldn't do it. So instead I am restricting posting to when I'm pumping at work, it is my reward for a kind of tedious task.

Speaking of, how are you doing with feeding? Are you still working at the pumping routine? I've been thinking of you and wishing you good things.

[scm1011]

Yay, wonderful news!

[konapoppy]

YAY! Such great news! And please keep the updates coming. Thinking of you often, friend.

[raangoli]

Susie I'm still trying to pump but all I get are drops. I have often gotten to the point of quitting but I read that even drops of BM have millions of antibodies so I hold on to that. And ironically when I'm about to throw in the towel, I get more.

I always said I would give it a month and so I have a week to go. If nothing else, I have a story of determination to share with her.

[raangoli]

poundcake That's so scary! To be both worried about your father and then also having contractions. They do say stress can induce labor and you were in quite a stressful situation!

[Deleted]

So happy to hear! Hurray for Blizzard Baby!!

[pierogigirl]

Great news!

[Deleted]

raangoli, does Blizzard Baby have a name yet? You don't have to share it, I'm just curious ;-)

[fairygodmother]

What a wonderful update - go, BB!

[raangoli]

Feb 19, 2016 21:32:39 GMT -5 @idaholakelady said:

raangoli, does Blizzard Baby have a name yet? You don't have to share it, I'm just curious ;-)

She does, but I don't feel comfortable sharing it at large. She is named after her great grandmother (my mom's mom)

[Deleted]

Feb 19, 2016 21:55:31 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Feb 19, 2016 21:32:39 GMT -5 @idaholakelady said:

raangoli, does Blizzard Baby have a name yet? You don't have to share it, I'm just curious ;-)

She does, but I don't feel comfortable sharing it at large. She is named after her great grandmother (my mom's mom)

I think blizzard baby is a wonderful GBCN name!

[compassrose]

Such a wonderful update! Way to go, BB!

[dreamcrisp1]

This is fantastic news!

[irene adler]

Aw, such wonderful news!

I teared up a bit at the auntie part. <3