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Julianna (Moderator ?)
	Age: 37 Country: US Province/region: Minnesota City: Twin cities metro Partner: Dan, 47 Children: Yes, 3 Pregnant: No Occupation: medical insurance recovery
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5/28/2008

I added NEW PHOTOS of my beautiful boy again! I just can't get over how much I love that little boy!

4/30/2008

Hey all, sorry I haven't updated in a while. Nicholas is doing awesome! He is such a big boy! He has his 9-month check up next week (yes, I am late with it) so we'll see how he's grown. I fully expect that he will weigh over 25#. He is still such a happy boy. His little personality is so cute. He is now trying to communicate his desires to us with little noises and facial expressions to go long with it. I guess you have to see it to understand, but just for instance, he will look at the door and then make a little noise and then go over to the door. He's telling me he wants to go outside. He says "mama, dada, num num & wow wow" (for bow wow or dog) He has 6 teeth and is working on more. He LOVES his food and is nearly on table food now. He only gets a bottle when it is nap time & then at bedtime at night otherwise he drinks out of a sippie cup. Our biggest milestone......He's walking!! TA-Dah! He's still VERY wobbly, but he's doing it! I knew from the start that he'd be walking at 9 months...I just had this gut feeling. I love him more and more every day and my biggest joy is watching him grow and develop as well as watching his big brothers & Daddy interact with him. I never imagined having this feeling again! I added some photos to my album for you to look at :) See how big my little man has gotten!

3/11/2008

New pictures of Nicholas added to my page today. Take a look-see at my handsome lil' man :)

3/3/2008

I can't believe that just 3 weeks ago Nicholas learned to crawl forward finally and now he is puling up and walking around furniture. We are fairly certain he will be walking unassisted by nine months. His gross and fine motor skills are pretty advanced for his age. He says "mama" and "baba". he probably doesn't know what he's saying, but I like to pretend that he knows that "Mama" goes with me :) He just turned 7 months old last Tuesday and I just can't believe some of the things he is already doing. I told him to stop, but he won't listen :) I am starting a new diet this week, as soon as my diet plan comes in the mail. i have a diet buddy and we'll be keeping tabs on each other. I am excited to be a HOT MAMA again! I want to be a beautiful beach babe by June 15th when the sumer season officially starts on the river.

01/21/2008

This child of mine is growing in leaps & bounds! He has outgrown his infant carrier car seat and I had to go buy a new convertible seat for him. It is so sad to see him grow up so incredibly fast. I just feel like I got ripped off because he was never small. He was the size of a 3-month old when he was born. He really loves his new seat and even fell asleep in it on his first car ride.

I did a lot of research and even took him in to fit him for the right seat.

Here's what I ended up buying and I am happy with my purchase. Installation was a SNAP with the LATCH system! It is actually darker in color than this add shows and is more along the lines of Tan tones rather than the gray that it appears. I will take a pic of him in it as soon as I am able.

http://toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2734224

01/10/2008

I went out and bought Nicholas a high chair yesterday. He is now eating baby food 3 times per day and my mom is having a tough time feeding him in his portable swing. He absolutely loved it! I took a few pictures and added them to my page as well as a few Christmas pictures. Also there is a picture of my new Great-Nephew Noah out there. I can't believe he is 4 weeks old today. I was thinking he was only 2-1/2 weeks but the calendar doesn't lie. I need to get up to see him again as I know all too well how fast they grow. I've made so many friends on this site and although I am no longer TTC or pregnant, I still come out here to talk and check up on all of you. I SO apprecuate all of you...you know who you are and I love every one of you!

01/03/2008

Guess who got his first tooth over the Holidays?? The crazy thing is that we didn't even know he was teething. There were none of the classic symptoms such as stuffy nose, cough, fever, runny diapers. I was just playing with him on the bed & looked in his mouth. Lo & behold he has one of his bottom front teeth peeking through his gums. I will try to get a pic as soon as he will let me. My baby is growing too fast. It makes me want another!

12/20/2007

Thank you all for your thoughts, encouraging words & prayers! I know Landen is at peace and will hurt no more. We are awating info on funeral arrangements at this point. John & Megan have been so strong through all of this and, although younger than I, they have taught me so much. I have gotten a silver lining this morning, which is the birth of my first Great Nephew. Noah James was born at 6:28 this morning weighing 7lbs. 7oz and 20inches long. The family who lost their child yesterday are the best friends of my nephew (we are each others favorites) whose child was born this morning, so you can see how this is a double edged sword.

12/19/2007 I am SO SAD!

Please everyone pray for this family... Jesus has called Landen home after 11 weeks of fighting! You can view his story & all of the updates since his birth.... www.caringbridge.org/visit/landenjohn The parents of this child are very close friends of my family. I am just beside myself right now because there is nothing I can do for them! I feel guilty because I have a happy healthy baby without trying and they wanted this so bad and theirs was taken away! It is just NOT FAIR!!!!!

12/08/2007

I took Nicholas to his 4-month check-up on Tuesday. He is weighing in at 2 ounces short of 20 lbs and is 27 inches long. I call him my little pork chop. I added a couple new pictures to my photo page. take a look :)

11/04/2007

Nicholas got an exersaucer. Take a look at my photo page to see how he likes it:)

11/01/2007

I added his halloween pictures

10/22/2007

I chopped my hair off on Friday. I added a picture to my photo page. The photo was taken after work so I am pretty droopy from a long day, but I wanted you to all see my new short hair

10/09/2007

I added a few more pictures again. We had Nicholas baptized on Sunday. He rolled over for the first time last night. He went back to tummy over his left shoulder. It was so fun to watch. Both Dan and I got to see it together!

10/04/2007

Hi all. I added new pics to my page today. Take a look at my beautiful family!!

9/28/07

Hello everyone, I haven't updated in a while (except pictures). Nicholas had his two-month check up on Wednesday, his 2-month birthday :) He is a strong, healthy little boy. He weighed in at exactly 14# and is 23-1/2 inches long. He is in the 95th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height. I cried when he got his shots. I tried not to, but just couldn't help it. He cries so infreequently that it makes it even more heartbreaking when he does cry. He is such a good baby...and he's is a GOOD eater, taking 6-8 ounces each bottle! He is sleeping through the night. He gets a bath and then his bedtime bottle. He is usually sleeping by 9:30-ish and doesn't usually wake up to eat until after 6am when Grandma gets here!! My mom is doing our daycare for us and she comes to my house so I don't have to get him up and take him out so early in the morning! He loves his time with Grandma. He is talking up a storm and loves to sit in his Bumbo seat, too. I had forgotten how much joy a newborn brings to a home...a family! He is such a blessing, and has made our lives so much more complete! We couldn't love him more!

9/10/07

More new pics have been added to my photo page. Nicholas is growing and changing so fast!

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Hi Everyone. I thought I'd update and let you know I gave birth on July 26th at 11:23pm to Nicholas Daniel. He was 9 pounds 5 ounces and 20-1/2 inches long. I will add my birth story and pics later as time permits.

My birth story ~~~ as condensed as I can get it :)

I went in to the hospital at 9pm on July 25th for cervadil. They admitted me as I was being induced in the morning anyhow. They started my pitocin at 6am on the 26th and I labored until noon with not too much change. At noon my doctor broke my water & that is when things got interesting. Nicholas began to have serious decelerations in his heartbeat with each contraction (down below 70 at times). They monitored this for almost 3 hours and decided to stop the pitocin as it was complicating the labor. At that time I was already in a great deal of pain so they first administered my epidural. Then they put in a catheter, then they did what is called an amniotic infusion where they put saline back into my uterus with the hopes of "floating" the baby up enough so he wasn't compressing his cord (this is why his heart rate was dropping with contractions). It worked. I was able to relax, his heart rate stabilized & they started the pitocin again. Finally around 10:55pm, I felt the urge to push. The nurse checked and I was, in fact, completely dilated. At 11:05 they had the bed set up for me to begin pushing. I pushed through about 4 contractions and they told me I had to stop or they weren't going to be able to break the bed down for the delivery. Nicholas made his appearance at 11:23pm. I pushed for less than 20 minutes :) I have to say that all together it was a great experience. Dan cried and because he cried, so did I. He is a wonderful daddy so far, and especially for this being his first child at the age of 47.

Hi all! As you can see by my profile, I am 36 years old and already have 2 boys ages 16 & 12 from my marriage to their father, who was abusive, and I left him nearly 3 years ago. After a blighted ovum at 11 weeks in 1996 and then several (4) early miscarriages (before 7 weeks) since October 2005, I became pregnant in October 2006 with my third son, who is due July 19th. I have had several ultrasounds because of my history of pregnancy loss and so far the baby's heartbeat has been strong and healthy. This pregnancy had been very eventful in the first 12 weeks as I lost a twin very early on..never even saw the heartbeat. I am blessed that all seems to be going well now! Dan and I have been together for 2 years and this will be his first child. Dan has always wanted a family of his own and now I get to be the one to share that with him. I can't wait until my precious baby boy is born.

Me & all 3 of my boys. Dan, Christopher at age 15 & Andrew at age 11.

Here's how we spend our summers...on the St Croix River!

And these are our "furbabies". They are all purebred Dachshunds . The 2 in the picture on the Left are Kirby and Heidi. They just became parents on 2/7/2007 to Maggie who is in the picture tot he right of them. She is 3 weeks old in the picture. See my Feb 7 entry for birth detalis.

Here's two new pictures of our tiny Furbaby. They were taken on March 18th. She is 5-1/2 weeks old in the pictures and in the first one she had fallen asleep playing with her favorite new toy. It almost looks like she is snuggling it. She is just the cutest thing on the face of the planet. You can't help but love her adorable little face!

January 14, 2007

I am 13 weeks 4 days today. I don't go back to my doctor until February 1st and I am getting very anxious! With all of my difficulties at the beginning, I was having ultrasounds every week. Now I haven't had one in almost 3 weeks and it just feels strange! I am counting the weeks until I can find out the sex of this little one.

Also, finally a pic of my belly. This was just taken today 1/14/07 and it is the first one I have taken. It is a little distorted. It kind of doesn't look like me, but you get the idea, anyhow. I look like I should be about 5-6 months!

February 1,2007

JUST MOMMIES IS WRONG...and so is fortunebaby.com. I had an OB appointment today and my Dr saw the telltale "cone" on the ultrasound. He is 70% sure it is a boy. I think the chance is much higher than that even. I have a level 2 ultrasound in 4 weeks and he will check again, but I think he is right on the money! I have been having boy dreams for about a month now! His name will be Nicholas but we don't have a middle name yet. I am SUPER excited to have another little boy:)

February 7, 2007

The dog finally gave birth this morning. She had an emergency c-section at 3am. There were 2 pups and only 1 survived. It was a VERY rough night!! We were afraid for a while that we were going to lose Mama AND the babies. She is tired & the pup is groggy from the general anesthesia, but they are doing okay otherwise.

February 8, 2007

I had another OB appointment today to go over my quad-screen results and determine if an amnio is necessary. For someone my age, the numbers were great, actually lower risk than average. The doc did a quick u/s just to check brain development and see if he saw any abnormalities that would prompt him to encourage me further to have the amnio but he said everything is PERFECT as far as he can see! NO AMNIO for me! YAY. He would not verify gender but he said when I have my level 2 on March 2nd he will double check for me then.

March 2, 2007

I just got a call from my OB's office. My appt today has been canceled. We got about 14 inches of snow yesterday (and it's not done yet) and my doctor is stuck in Iowa. I-35 between Albert Lea, MN and Ames IA is closed. Almost all of the State & County highways south of the Twin Cities are closed. They will call me on Monday to reschedule. I was SO looking forward to this appointment.

March 5, 2007

Had my level 2 U/S and the doctor said everything with my little boy looks perfect!! He pointed out all of the organs (including the one between his legs) and showed me all 4 chambers of the heart. We could see all 10 fingers & toes. It was really cool! His name will be Nicholas (we STILL don't have a middle name yet).

March 23, 2007

Today was my screening for gestational diabetes, which I knew I would fail and did fail. I have to go to a diabetes education class and they will put me on a special diet for the remainder of my pregnancy. Bummer part for me is that summer is coming and I LOVE my fresh fruit. I will have to lay off from that a bit until Nicholas is born. I was borderline gestational diabetic with both Christopher & Andrew and we controlled it with diet. This time because of my age I will have to test my blood very freequently and if we can't control it with what I eat then I get to give myself insulin injections. Oh the joy!

New belly picture taken 3/24/2007 at 23 weeks, 3 days

March 29, 2007

Today I had my Gestational diabetes education class which went fine. The hardest part is going to be eating everything they say I should and writing everything down. It shouldn't be too hard to actually follow the diet, though. I also had my OB appointment. He did a quick u/s to check position & heart rate. Everything looked great. Heart is 142 bpm and he's still laying crosswise, which at this early stage is fine. I'm 24 weeks 2 days and I measured 23 weeks yesterday which he said is fine..no cause for concern or reason to change due dates. I go back in 2 weeks for a full u/s and he will review my blood glucose to determine if I need insulin or not.

April 1, 2007

Another puppy picture. This is her Easter sweater. It is her first new sweater :) Isn't it just beautiful on her :)

April 12, 2007

I had an OB appt today and my Doctor determined that I do need to do insulin shots. I am very upset and still kind of in denial also. I just can't believe that the diet isn't controlling my glucose levels! I have to pick up my supplies this weekend and then meet with his nurse on Monday to show me how to administer the injections. To start, I will take insulin only before breakfast, but he said that because gestational diabetes is progressive that by the end of my pregnancy I will probably have to give myself shots before every meal. I am just in utter disbelief! On a positive note, Nicholas is doing well. His growth is just a bit ahead of schedule but nothing to be alarmed about at this time. Our goal is to keep him under 8 pounds and if he starts getting to big my doctor and I will discuss induction. Today he was estimated at 2lbs 3 oz and is already starting to take his practice breaths which my OB told me they don't usually do until about 32 weeks.

May 8, 2007

It has been a while since my last update to my page. Honestly there is not much to report. Nicholas is getting big! I am counting down the weeks at this point. I have an OB appointment this Thursday and I believe he will do another ultrasound to check on baby's size again. We are monitoring that closely. I also believe they will start doing non-stress tests at least once a week becasue of my gestational diabetes. I have the first of 3 baby showers next Saturday and I am really excited about that. I think there will be a lot of people there! We are expecting about 30 guests. There will be just about the same number of people at my shower for work and then I have one more where I am guessing about 20 people. I know I REALLY need to get going on getting his room ready because I have run out of rrom for baby stuff and I haven't even had a shower yet! I never got a shower for either of my first 2 so It is humbling to me to have so many people excited about the impending birth of my son! I will update again after my OB appointment on Thursday (if there is anything exciting to report). I hope all of you mommies & babies are doing well!!

May 10, 2007

I had my OB appointment today and another ultrasound. I just love seeing him and knowing that he's okay in there. I also love hearing my OB say.."He's healthy and just as perfect as can be!" His weight is approximately 3lbs 11oz - 4lbs. He is slowly changing position towards head down . My OB did slightly change my insulin dosage because my sugars are still high in the morning..not super high, but just enough above normal that he changed things just a little. I do, in fact, start going every week now for non stress tests. I will be having an appointment every Thursday from here on out! Nicholas measures exactly 30 weeks today so he's not getting too big because of the diabetes. I am so glad! Only 10 weeks remaining...the countdown is on :)

May 17, 2007

I had my OB appointment . The doctor is beginning to get concerned that the baby is not going to turn into the head down position. If he doesn't turn within the next 3-4 weeks we will begin discussing our options. I don't think I want to have him try to manually turn the baby. I think if he doesn't turn on his own, I will opt for a c-section.

I finally chose my nursery theme. I don't have the bedding yet, but I had it on my Babies R Us registry and someone has purchased it. I have a shower tomorrow, so I am hoping that I will be getting the gift tomorrow and I can put the final touches on the crib. I finally got the nursery all put together. I just have to decorate now!. I can't believe how close it is getting!

May 19, 2007

Today was my first of 3 baby showers. Dan's sisters hosted this one and it was absolutely wonderful! There were a lot of people and everyone was SO generous! I posted a picture of the gifts below. Also, here's a picture of Nicholas's crib with the new bedding in it. My nursery is nearly complete now!

May 24, 2007

Had an OB appointment today. Nicholas was so active that they could not get a good reading on the non-stress test so my Dr. had to do a biophysical by ultrasound. The baby looks GREAT! My OB said he is doing all of the things he should be doing at this point and he said based on how regular his breathing (of the amniotic fluid ) was, his lungs are probably strong enough to breath on their own if he were to be born early. My glucose levels are finally starting to regulate themselves with the help of my 2 insulin injections per day. Oh yeah, I almost forgot...he turned. He is now head down. He's getting ready for his big day! I figured he was up to something yesterday (turning head down). He felt like he was trying to claw his way out! 8 weeks left and counting!!

May 31, 2007

Gosh, my page is getting long. I had my 33-week check today. The NST went fine and I had another ultrasound. The minute the doctor stepped into the room, his first question was "So when do you want to have this baby?" He is essentially letting me choose my day at this point because of all of the complications I have had. He did another ultrasound to check size and Nicholas is now estimated at 4.5#, however there was another concern that came up which we will have to check again next week. Although the baby is head down, his head is not in my pelvis...there is something (possibly placenta) blocking him from becoming engaged in the pelvis. If it is placenta, then I will have a c-section. We are going to take another look next week to see if he can figure out if it is ligaments, muscles or if it really is part of the placenta. So it looks like I may only have 4 weeks left instead of 7. I chose July 1st as my delivery date, whether by c-section or enduction, because that is Nicholas's Daddy's birthday. I will update again next week after I know more from my Dr appointment.

June 9, 2007

Yes, another update. Not too many of these left. My appointment on Thursday went well. I don't have placenta previa, however Nicholas is back in the breech position. My OB stated that he has plenty of time & plenty of room to turn again so not to worry at this point. He thinks that with my gestational diabetes that maybe we should wait a little longer for delivery (if he doesn't come on his own). My doctor said that if I don't deliver before, he will deliver me at 39 weeks which is July 12th. Nothing much else to report this week. Hope you are all well!

June 12, 2007

My OB is going out of the country for 2 weeks so I had my appt early this week. Honestly I have nothing to update. No changes since last week. I suppose that is good news :) I will see his associate on the 21st of June. Then only 2 more appointments until I deliver. With my induction or c-section on the 12th of July, that means that I have only 30 days left. I just can't believe that he's almost here!

June 21, 2007

He's back head down! I am dilated to 2cm, but my cervix is still long & firm which means I have a LONG way to go still. He looked great on the NST! His heart rate was perfectly reactive with movement! Looking forward to my visit next week when I can say that I only have 2 weeks (14 days) left until my scheduled induction!

July 6, 2007

So I had my last weekly appointment today. Nicholas looks great. I am still 2cm dilated, but the change is that I am now 50% effaced. I wasn't dilated quite enough for my OB to sweep the membrane, but that's okay because honestly, it probably wouldn't have done too much. We confirmed the induction schedule. I am going for gel at 3pm on Tuesday the 10th and if it doesn't put me into labor then I go back to the hospital at 7am on the 11th for pitocin! SO..I get my baby one day sooner than we had originally planned :) Only 5 days left maximum. I will still work on Monday and Tuesday and I will go straight from work to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon. The nerves are wearing off and excitement is setting in.

July 10, 2007

I go in for the gel on my cervix this afternoon and get induced tomorrow. I can't believe this is FINALLY here!

July 11, 2007

I can't believe it!! The day came, and it went......The induction didn't work and I was sent home after being on IV Pitocin and contracting all day. There was little change in my cervix and when they did take me off the Pitocin my contractions stopped pretty quickly. I have instructions from my doctor to relax tomorrow and go see him in his office on Friday. I just want to cry!!! I THOUGHT I was having a baby today!

July 19, 2007

Here I am at my due date and STILL pregnant. I see my doctor again tomorrow and we are going to try induction again next week. I get gel twice on the 25th and Pitocin on the 26th. If it doesn't work on the 26th then I am going to have him do a c-section. My first son was 8 days past his due date & the placenta had started to break down. His umbilical cord was barely attached. I am not taking that chance with this baby! I will keep you all up to date and hopefully I will be posting pictures of my little Nicholas Daniel next week :) (update after my appontment...He is going to try to sweep the membranes on Monday if I have dilated past 1.5 which I have been at for over a week now)

July 24, 2007

I am now 40 weeks and 5 days. So much for getting this pregnancy over with a little early as my OB had suggested over a month ago! I had my membranes swept yesterday and from what I can tell it really didn't do anything. I have another appt to have it done again today. I am now hoping that, at the latest, I will have this baby on thursday when they put me on Pitocin again.

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munkobaby - Thursday, 3 July
Hey sweetness, how are things? Are you ready for the 4th celebrations? I can't wait to have the family and friends together... should be a great time. Can you believe that Ally's birth is finally here? She went into labor yestrerday and I am dying to see pictures and hear how everythign went. So exciting. Now, it's just Amanda left and I can't wait for that either. Amazing how much time has flown by since I've known you girls! Anyway, just wanted to send some love. xoxoj

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