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I am a 35 yr old mom of 3 living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Rob and I have been together since Feb 08 and everything has been going wonderful. April of 08 I thought that I was pregnant with a Merina IUD in place, which thankfully was not the case, so May 2nd of 08 I had the Dr. remove it. After several cycles of very irregular periods, I finally had a relatively normal cycle (30days) which is what i was pre-IUD. The next cycle i got pregnant. Ultrasound confirmed that i did indeed have a 16 day luteal phase (as i conceived(ovulated)2 days earlier than what all of the online calculators that go with a 14 day LP was telling me). I am assuming then that it would make my due date 2 days earlier than what i was expecting, although since i will be a repeat c-section that doesn't really matter.lol

My children and Rob are very excited about the upcoming baby, everyone has thier own opinion on what it will be and what they want the baby to be, either a boy or a girl....i want another boy, but i think that Rob wants a girl. This will be my last baby as it is my 6th pregnancy. I have a pretty big incisional hernia due to having 3 prior c-sections and they are going to deliver the baby, tie my tubes AND fix the hernia all at time of delivery.

I have 2 angels that returned to heaven in the 5th month of pregnancy. My first angel was delivered on Dec 3, 91 after a premature rupture of membranes at 20 weeks...they induced me at 22weeks. She was placenta previa, and it was a very difficult time for me. My father had ordered me to have a abortion as i was only 17 when i found out i was pregnant, and then when i refused i ran away, shortly before i lost her, i went back home and smoothed things out with my parents, but the night that my membranes ruptured on the way to the emergency room, my father told me that it was "God's way of punishing me for not having the abortion to begin with". I went to the doc a few days later and she made me make one of the hardest decisions i have ever had to make, whether to try to continue the pregnancy and chance infection or to deliver and basically terminate....at just barely 18 i decided to be induced and see what happened. I didnt realise that the pitocin and the contractions would kill her, as the morning of the induction she still had a 148bpm heartbeat. Or it was the morphine pump...if i knew then what i know now, i would have handled it sooo much better. and at times still feel very guilty about her, but there wasnt much of a choice in 1991, as they did not have the technology that they have now. I wanted other children and the way the doctor talked, if i would have continued the pregnancy the chances of infection and sterility were very high.

My second angel baby was delivered on June 16, 98, i had been spotting a little, i don't remember but i believe he was placenta previa as well. That angel joined God 4 weeks before i delivered him, he was considered a "missed miscarriage" by the doctors. I was playing with my daughter and she had accidently hit my stomach, i went to the bathroom and found a brown discharge, so i went into my doc office right away and they couldnt find the heartbeat, so they sent me to have a ultrasound, where the baby was flatline. This was at about 20 weeks, the ultrasound tech estimated that the baby died at around 16 weeks. That doctor wanted me to wait until my body expelled the fetus on it's own, i could not do that, i could not carry a dead baby around so i called my OB that delivered my daughter, he got the records from the other doctor and admitted me to the hospital that afternoon where i was again induced and delivered my 2nd angel baby. Some people think i should have just had a D & C but for me, unless it is a very very early loss that needs cleaned out, i would rather be induced as a D&C is too much like a abortion. especially at the stages that i was at.

My three beautiful children Caitlin, Travis and Hunter were very differant than my angel babies, there was really nothing that happened, i felt movements at 18 weeks for caitlin and travis and at around 16 weeks for hunter. with my angel babies, i NEVER felt movements at all. There was absolutely nothing during the 3 full term pregnancies that would have shown that there were any problems before or after, very normal uneventful pregnancies. If fact the only symptoms i had was a missed period.

With this baby, i was tracking my cycle and so KNEW when i was ovulating and so i made sure to bed at those times....and 7 days before my period i took a home test and found a very very very faint positive, 2 days later it was much darker and a few days after that i got a "yes" on a digital test. the thing that really stinks about finding out soooo early is that you have to wait a extra week or so before you can get into the doc office for confirmation or anything else...lol...thankfully that time has come and gone and i am now starting my monthly appointment and was referred to a local general surgeon so that they can monitor my hernia through the pregnancy as well.

anyhow i have gone on and on, and if anyone wants to know anything else, please ask, my life is a open book, and i have nothing to hide. hope to get to know you all well as we go on our journeys

10-23-08

Went to a OB today, not real impressed with him, so i might stay with my regular OB, not too sure yet. This doctor did a ultrasound and showed i was 8 weeks today. i should have been 7 weeks 5 days. This is the date that i went with on my tickers below.

10-28-08

Went to my regular OB today, they did all of my initial bloodwork and such, they did a ultrasound and showed i was 8 weeks 2days with a edd of June 6th. So they are going to stick with the 6-7-09 due date. Which since it will be a scheduled c-section doesnt really matter than much anyhow, I am not changing my tickers so just add a few days to the days left...lol

11-13-08

I went to my general surgeon on tuesday the 11th and she said that she thinks she can close me up after the c-section so that i won't even need mesh to fix my hernia. i hope that is the case. She also has prescribed a abdominal binder and told me that i can not find a job right now, so she gave me a "script/note" just in case i have to go in and get state help for a little while. she also said that i might have to go on bedrest for the last few months of my pregnancy depending on how things are going. I go in on the 18th to my OB and hopefully all looks well. it is weird that i am nearly 11 weeks already, should be in 2nd trimester around thanksgiving, and i should start feeling flutters around christmas....so exciting. Anyhow i will update after my appt on the 18th...today i have parent/teacher conferences for all of my kids, as well as a home visit with the nurse for maternal infant support through the health dept. so hopefully i wont be too exhausted tonight...i am gonna throw dinner into a crock pot in a few so it will cook all day and i wont have to worry about being rushed....lol

11-23-08

Ok, so the doc appt went well on the 18th, got to hear the heartbeat and although the doc didnt tell me how fast it was it sounded very strong. The parent/teacher conferences on the 13th took FOREVER, as there were 9-10 teachers i had to talk to and roughly 20-30 minutes with each one...i was sooo exhausted when i got home, was glad i did a crock pot meal...lol not too much has been going on lately, so far this pregnancy is very non-eventful...but it is still early. bbs still very sore and tender and i am noticing colostrum already. my next doc appt is on dec 16 and then they will do a ultrasound in january...hopefully they will be able to tell the sex at that time.

1-18-09

Well there hasnt been alot going on, I ended up going back to my regular OB because the one i have been going to for the last several months is point blank....an idiot. I had been concerned about not feeling any/or very little fetal movement and he suggested that to be 100% certain that nothing was wrong that i should be referred to University of Michigan Medical Center, which is at least 3-4 hours one way. Soooo i went to my regular OB and he reassured me that there was a strong heartbeat and everything looks good. We are gonna go ahead and do a quick scan in the office on Feb 11, and see if we can see the gender, as the tech with my anatomy scan could not be sure if it was a boy or girl....lol...as i said incompetent people in this area. Anyhow i am now in my 20th week and finally felt a distinct kick yesterday...not very regular but it was a kick...3 thumps within seconds of each other...no doubt in my mind that it was a kick...lol. anyhow not gonna keep going on, just wanted to update since it has been awhile. My nausea is pretty much gone although i still occassionally gag/dry heave/get sick....when brushing my teeth. am having daily headaches and bbs are still sore at times but not nearly as bad as they were. the worst right now is the itchy nipples which i am using lanolin ointment on them at bedtime...lol i know tmi.hope all is going well for everyone else....

March 21,2009

Ok well after several months of things not going well my so called partner Rob and I decided that there are too many differances between us for us to work things out. So now I will be continuing this pregnancy as a single parent. Aside from the stress of everyday life, things seem to be going well. My kids are now being homeschooled for the rest of this year anyhow, and see how the rest of this year and the summer goes before i decide whether or not they will be continuing homeschooling in the fall or if i will return them to public school. The pregnancy is progressing well, and i feel my lil girl moving everyday. although i am extremely tired all the time, things are well... kids are trying to help out. Took my glucose tolerance test on March 11 and i passed it with no problem. I am now going to OB every other week, which is exciting cause that means that it is just a short amount of time now. I have my crib set up with bedding....i think i have most everything i need for the baby. but still have a couple of things that i would like, such as changing table, pack n play w/bassinet, and a swing. but those are things i am hoping to be able to get during our big yard sale at the coast guard housing in may. plus i am a member of a homeschooling co-op and one of the women there offered to throw me a baby shower... so that should be sometime in April. hopefully she will get ahold of me soon so that i know SOMETHING...lol

anyhow i will update more later... as i think i am gonna try to lay down and take a little snooze.

May 8,2009

Ok well here i am updating again, i am in the final stretch before having this baby... my due date is June 6/7 but i will be having a csection on June 1st... things are going ok, although i am hurting more with this one than i ever did with the other 3. my back, legs, hips all hurt most of the time... especially when i am trying to get comfortable at night, or when i get up to pee (which is a every 1-2 hour thing... i think my body is getting ready for feedings every couple of hours). i also have issues with pain in legs, back, hips, ect... when i am trying to go shopping or do anything where i have to walk or stand for long periods of time... i hate it. i had my baby shower April 28th and it went well, i got alot of larger items although they were all second hand, and needs some repair before i can get them and set them up.. i just hope that it happens before i have this baby. i was told i was having a girl back in feb as well as being told in jan that it was "probably" a girl... but when i went to my last appt (april 22nd) i was told BOY... so who knows at this point.. i have some girl stuff and some boy stuff so i am kinda prepared...lol the only downfall is that when i thought i was having a girl... i bought a carseat/stroller set really cheap, and it is all in PINK, soooo IF this baby is a boy, i will have to strip it down and dye the covers a differant color... can't have a boy going around in a pink carseat/stroller...lol other than the discomfort and such nothing much has changed... this child is still moving like crazy, i swear he/she thinks it still has TONS of room for flip flopping cause baby is constantly bumping into something or another. lol... but at least i know that he/she is doing well if there is THAT much movements... and some days are better than others. where it moves but not quite as much... i mean i am glad that i have a active lil one, otherwise i would probably be in the hospital all the time all worried and stuff. my doc doesnt think i will go into labor on my own since i have not gone into labor with my other 3 kids... but who knows, since all pregnancies are differant and this one is sooo much more differant than any of the others... more symptoms, more pains, just MORE....lol

anyhow i will probably update one or two more times between now and June 1st, and will keep posted as to when this lil bugger gets here... i will be having another u/s on May 15th so hopefully they can take yet another look and see what gender this baby actually is...lol... i HATE not knowing. i have started packing my hospital bag, and i put in a neutral outfit and a outfit for a boy... so even if it is a girl i can put the neutral outfit on her...lol...unless i find out before hand... ugh that is just killing me not knowing for sure. i have NEVER dealt with this before... usually when they tell me that i am having one gender, it doesnt change, so this time around it is irritating me to no end..lol

May 28, 2009

Went into hospital at 5:30 AM got prepped w/ IV fluids, and such. was in the OR by 7:15AM and even though they had a very hard time getting the spinal block in.. took 20 minutes at least to get me numb..i had the baby at 7:49 AM and was back in my room by 9 after spending time in the recovery room. I was in the hospital from thursday to saturday and then i went home... feeling great in spite of the csection.
Daniel Joseph was 8lb 8oz and 19 1/4 inches long at birth.

June 28, 2009

Daniel Joseph is 1 month old today... weighed in on friday at 10 lb 13oz and measured 20 1/2 inches long.