Today is my 7th day of bed rest. Boo. It has been extremely difficult for me and I know it has been difficult for Baby J. He loves being outside and I feel bad that I can not be the one to take him out and play. The most I have been able to play with him is cars because I can lay on my side and move the cars around with him. I showed him how he can play cars with his brother so he sits next to me and pushes his little cars over my belly. It is so cute when he gets excited about his brother. Just the way he says it is so cute. "Brother, brother, brother!" That is what he will say. He does very well saying different words, he can't quite get them to form sentences yet. That will come in time.
I have been trying desperately to think of a name for this baby. I had all these girl names picked out because EVERYONE I knew or met was so sure I was having a girl because of my "look". Since they were all wrong (even mom and my grandmother), I have been looking for a name non stop. I listen to all the suggestions but I am really looking for something unique... something not many people will be calling out on the playground. That was my criteria for Baby J. Had to be something not many people had because I don't want ten kids running to me when I call out his name on the play ground. We were looking at Spanish names for Baby J and this time I want a more American name. The name that I am loving is Emerson but the Hubs isn't feeling it. We were thinking about another name but its one that my sister would want and I can't take her name from her. So we are left at square one with no name and a baby that will be here by December (which is coming soon). Hopefully he is healthy when he comes out and he won't have to stay in the NICU too long.
How did you decide on your child's name (if you have one) or how do you think you will pick a name when the time comes?
-J
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Bed Rest- Ugh!
Okay, so October came and went and I really don't know what happened to the time! I think from being pregnant and going to all my appointments and having a one year old who just started walking, all my time flew out the window! I feel like I say that every time I post, but its true... just how I feel.
November started off rough so far, and its sad that it has because it is only the beginning! Last week I went for my usual check up with my Dr... everything was fine he said. Well he was wrong! The following day I had an ultrasound and CL (cervical length) check and while my CL was being checked I noticed something was wrong. The tech kept taking measurements over and over... of the same thing. I knew something had changed. I was going every 2 weeks for a while and my CL did not change at all so they stopped checking for a while. Over a month passed and this was my first CL for a while and it changed so much. I went from 3 to 1.5 which means its no good. I was rushed up to Maternity and Delivery and hooked up to monitors to see if i was having contractions. Thank God I wasn't! I was there for several hours then was discharged to go home. I left a little sore because of an injection I was given in case I give birth early. So I had to go back the following day to be hooked on monitors, given a second injection, and to have a test run on me. Its scary when you have one pre term child and you have all these people monitoring you and it wasn't good enough. I got the results back from the test which were negative. That means that I have a 99% chance I will not give birth in the next two weeks. It also means bed rest till the Dr says I can have this baby. This is so not fun! I thought for sure that I would be able to keep this kid in there till he's fully ripe! I guess even with monitoring there is nothing you can do when your baby is ready to come out.
Do you know anyone that has had a pre-term baby?
-J
November started off rough so far, and its sad that it has because it is only the beginning! Last week I went for my usual check up with my Dr... everything was fine he said. Well he was wrong! The following day I had an ultrasound and CL (cervical length) check and while my CL was being checked I noticed something was wrong. The tech kept taking measurements over and over... of the same thing. I knew something had changed. I was going every 2 weeks for a while and my CL did not change at all so they stopped checking for a while. Over a month passed and this was my first CL for a while and it changed so much. I went from 3 to 1.5 which means its no good. I was rushed up to Maternity and Delivery and hooked up to monitors to see if i was having contractions. Thank God I wasn't! I was there for several hours then was discharged to go home. I left a little sore because of an injection I was given in case I give birth early. So I had to go back the following day to be hooked on monitors, given a second injection, and to have a test run on me. Its scary when you have one pre term child and you have all these people monitoring you and it wasn't good enough. I got the results back from the test which were negative. That means that I have a 99% chance I will not give birth in the next two weeks. It also means bed rest till the Dr says I can have this baby. This is so not fun! I thought for sure that I would be able to keep this kid in there till he's fully ripe! I guess even with monitoring there is nothing you can do when your baby is ready to come out.
Do you know anyone that has had a pre-term baby?
-J
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