Chaz Moms and Moms-to-Be Chat (everyone welcome)

[Taqroy]

She is much prettier now that she is stable enough that they gave her a bath last night.

LOL. Falon was much much prettier after her bath. Babies come out super gross. I really hope you get to hold her today!

Feel free to ignore me but if you're pumping, ask for a hospital grade pump and make sure you have the right size flanges! And this stuff: Earth Mama is really super awesome to keep the stupid flanges from sticking to you.

 

[milos_mommy]

I'm basically all ready for baby to come (still have a few little things, need to install the car seat and want to get it checked at the firehouse, need to wash receiving blankets, test the baby monitor, pack the hospital bag), and it's making me super-bored. I've been out of work for like 3 weeks, except doing part-time office work from home for like 10 hours a week.

I know I'm supposed to be enjoying the pre-baby time and resting and relaxing and stuff, but I'm not very good at that. Plus it's been horrendous weather (lucky if it hits 50, raining) for the past week +.

 

[AllisonPitbullLvr]

Didn't realize it had been so long since an update:

Everleigh was transferred yesterday to a level two hospital where she's continued to blow everyone away with how fast she's recovering. As of now, she is tube and line free and is off all her monitoring equipment. My milk is coming in and we are nursing well every three hours. Hoping we are headed home today!

 

[jenv101]

That is so awesome! Glad to hear she is doing so well and I really hope you get to go home soon!!

 

[milos_mommy]

That's great news! She looks very strong and healthy ( and cute!) in the pictures

 

[stardogs]

Yay Everleigh!! (and yay mom for being a rockstar with all the challenges and still breastfeeding!)

 

[Paige]

She is perfect mama. I hope you get to go home soon.

 

[AllisonPitbullLvr]

They kept us for an extra day to make sure she keeps eating well but hopefully home tomorrow!

 

[milos_mommy]

I saw a new midwife yesterday, and I didn't really care for her - I hope she's not the one to deliver my baby.

She was trying to get me to get ANOTHER sonogram. First she was like "I can't feel the baby's head...I think it's because it's really low, but I want to check position". I said I already had a sono to check position.

Then she was measuring me...I don't think she could even feel the top of my uterus under my ribs, she was feeling around for like a million years. Then she asked how tall I was and said I was measuring small. She wanted to do a growth scan. I was like "I just HAD a sono and they checked growth." She was like "oh, okay, good"

The rest of the appointment proceeds, and at the end, she's like "I want you to get another growth scan..." I was like "I don't want one. I don't need one. I just had one." She said when I go back next week if I'm still measuring small I need another sonogram. I'm pretty confident I won't be...I know my baby is going to be a little on the small side, but he/she's been measuring on-track the whole time, and I don't need another stupid sonogram to tell me this.

 

[Paige]

They did that to me and I did NOT have small babies. Stick to your guns. I stopped growing outwardky both times at 32 weeks and had fat babies. If you just had one and dont want another be firm about it.

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[milos_mommy]

OMG Paige, he's SO adorable! I didn't know he got a haircut

Yeah, I'm not sure if I'd even want another scan if I'm measuring small next week. I know if the baby stops growing, it can mean the placenta is deteriorating or whatever, and they might induce. I REALLY REALLY did not want an induction. I've pretty much heard 50-50 mixed stories from people who were induced due to a small growth scan/stopping of growth - half of them say the baby was born perfectly fine and they could have waited, the others say the placenta or cord DID have a problem and inducing was definitely the right choice.

 

[Paige]

I think if you have measured small/behind the whole pregnancy its safe to assume its not some random issue just at the end. just that you do not get as large as other ladies. I measured teeny both pregnancies. Obviously my kids were both born fine at about 8lbs give or take. So if its the norm for you, its probably ok.

 

[milos_mommy]

I think if you have measured small/behind the whole pregnancy its safe to assume its not some random issue just at the end. just that you do not get as large as other ladies. I measured teeny both pregnancies. Obviously my kids were both born fine at about 8lbs give or take. So if its the norm for you, its probably ok.

I haven't measured small throughout the pregnancy. They did say my fundal height was behind by a week at one appointment, but the next time it was on target. All my sonograms have measured a normal size, including one done two weeks ago. I have a feeling if I got another sono, it would read normal size. Fundal height is notoriously inaccurate, and the baby was so low the midwife couldn't feel his/her head. I'm just not keen on having excessive sonograms in pregnancy, but I suppose it'd be better to make sure if the height is still small next week.

 

[Barbara!]

They kept us for an extra day to make sure she keeps eating well but hopefully home tomorrow!

Home yet?

 

[AllisonPitbullLvr]

Ahhh! It's been so long since I updated! We came home Tuesday and Everleigh has been kicking ass and taking names ever since. Midwife just left, and she has regained her birth weight plus an ounce! She is a week old today.

The first night home was pretty much sleepless but last night we coslept and she was perfect. She is nursing like a champ and I, apparently, am part dairy cow.

Here are some recent pics:

Milk drunk:

Sleeping beauty:

And since this is a dog forum, I should say that Obi is head over heels for her, incredibly appropriate in his affection for her and surprisingly astute in his knowledge that she's a little baby. I swear he tiptoed around the house all day yesterday. He gets very worried when she screams and tries to lick her legs. We have started calling him Nana.

 

[Torch]

Allison, she is gorgeous!!! I am so glad she's home with you all now.

Do the doctors think she will have any long term affects from that scary time she wasn't breathing and CPR was being done? I know CPR is designed to keep blood and oxygen flow normal, but I can only imagine how terrifying it was.

ETA: Obi, you rock.

 

[AllisonPitbullLvr]

They won't know for sure but they are going to watch her closely for the next year. Based on the tests they did, it looks like she wasn't deprived of oxygen long thanks to CPR and being intubated right away. There's been no seizure activity and her head ultrasound looked good except for some flattening of the vessels in her brain, which may or may not be related. So right now it looks like no lasting effects but they can't say for sure.

 

[Torch]

They won't know for sure but they are going to watch her closely for the next year. Based on the tests they did, it looks like she wasn't deprived of oxygen long thanks to CPR and being intubated right away. There's been no seizure activity and her head ultrasound looked good except for some flattening of the vessels in her brain, which may or may not be related. So right now it looks like no lasting effects but they can't say for sure.

Well I definitely hope she stays on the right track. I thought about your little family often and pray she stays strong and healthy!

 

[Paige]

Such great news! She is a beautiful little one.

 

[AllisonPitbullLvr]

Thanks guys