April 23rd, 2008 (28 weeks)

Well, it has been a very trying week for me this past week. I had a lump forming between my nose and my eye, that suddenly became very enlarged, and was pushing on my eyeball, placing very painful pressure on it.

After a couple of trips to the eye hospital, I ended up having a catscan. (This is safe at 29 weeks of pregnancy, but they also placed a lead blanket over my belly to protect it). It clearly showed a complete blockage of my tear duct all the way up to my rear sinus, where a cyst had formed and become infected. Therefore, this sudden enlargement had pushed my eyeball out of it's socket, as was clearly visible on the catscan. At least that explained the immense pressure and pain that I was feeling.

I require surgery to fix this, however, while they can operate while pregnant, for the doctor and myself this was just not an option right now, as neither wanted to face the risks involved.

To provide me with some form of relief for now, he numbed my eye - OUCH!! Then he suctioned out 5mL of mucous (sorry, GROSS!) from my eye. But THAT HURT SO MUCH!!! (even though it was numb). He explained that this was because of the "negative pressure" as it was releasing. SO painful. Anyway, the cyst has gone down a little for now, and I am on antibiotics & eye drops to kill the infection. Now I just have to hope that it stays that way for now, and doesn't grow quickly again.

We will schedule some surgery for soon after the baby is born to fix the problem.

It just goes to show how much expectant Mums are willing to go through to protect these precious bundles that we have on board!

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July 4th, 2008 (39 weeks)

I might as well do one final post. I'm bored out of my brains waiting, and so many people on this site have disappeared, as they are the fortunate ones to have had their bubs.

Well, firstly, my eye is okay right now. But it has been flaring up every now and then. Not much longer to put up with it now anyway.

Secondly, looks like I'm in for another big baby. I had an ultrasound last week, as my stomach measurement hadn't really been growing much, so they just wanted to check that the baby was still growing. WELL, it CERTAINLY is!!! They estimated that it was already about 8lb 4oz as of LAST WEEK - 38 weeks! So imagine if I go to 41 or even 42 weeks! I guess as I have not gained any weight this whole pregnancy, that must be why my stomach measurement hadn't changed too much, probably losing some of my own belly.

I actually have a head cold at the moment, so I suppose it's a bit of a blessing in disguise that I am not in having the baby right now. Although the waiting is difficult, I would rather be healthy for the labour. I do have 3 cheeky boys to keep my days occupied, especially seeing as it's school holidays right now. But I still find myself with too much time to think about the journey ahead. So I can only imagine how hard it is for all of you gals who don't have anything BUT time on your hands. Oh well, I guess it's so close now, that realistically within 2 weeks, I SHOULD be holding my precious bundle. Can't wait! :)

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JUSTMOMMIES GENDER PREDICTION QUIZ:

92 % chance of having a girl

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JUSTMOMMIES LABOUR PREDICTION QUIZ:

I know you were hoping we weren't going to say this, but don't expect this baby to come early. Your baby is nice and comfy tucked away in your womb and has no interest in joining the rest of the world. We predict your baby will be born after its due date. Your baby will most likely be born in the morning. Justmommies predicts that your baby will weigh approximately 9.3 pounds and that your labor will be about 10 hours long.

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