He has a name!

My new little nephew finally has a name. Jonah Allen Z. His initials spell JAZ. lol. I'm just happy he isn't baby Z anymore. He's doing better. My sis says he's out of the incubator and should only be there another week or so. my step mom went up there today so I should have lots of pics very soon. So thanks for all the prayers ladies!

My Nephew

Hi Ladies, as most of you know my sister, L, was due to have her baby 7/8. She is the one that wasn't seeing a dr but was seeing a midwife. She only had one u/s her entire pg because she was afraid of the effect the sound waves would have on her baby's ears. She also had planned on having her baby at home. Well 7/8 went by and no baby. This past friday we (my family) all received a txt around 2pm from her DF. L had had an u/s and the midwife was concerned about how small baby was so they were going to keep her at the hospital and induce her. My family was so excited that she was having this little one at the hospital now. Such a big weight off of our shoulders. So friday night goes by and we hear nothing. Finally sat morning we hear from her DF and she's 7 cm. We hear from him again around noon and all he says is nothing yet. (Mind you, my sister is in Canada and we're all in IL so we couldn't just drive on over to the hossy to see her. And her DF told my step-mom, M, not to come up until Wed because he wants quality time with the baby and L first. He's an asshole.) So 4 more hours go by and we don't hear from him. M is calling his cell, her cell, the hossy, and gets no info whatsoever. We're starting to get worried. Finally he calls around 7 pm! They had a baby boy. He was only 5lbs 14 oz. The dr said he was only 37w not the 42 we thought he was. His cord was wrapped around his tiny little neck and he had fluid in his lungs. He was whisked away immediately to nicu. He's doing much better now and she hopes to start nursing soon. But as of right now he's still in nic.u in an in.cuba.tor with a respi.rat.or and a feeding tube.

Ladies I'm trying so hard not to be mad at my sister. But I am so fuckin pissed at her! If she would have had the proper prenatal care it is very possible that she could have avoided all of this. She was so worried about hurting the babies ears with the u/s and look what happened, his lungs were filled with fluid instead. She was off of her due date by over 4 weeks! If she would have had the damn u/s in the beginning she would have known better! AND she swore by her hippie dr's at her hippie hom.eopa.thic school that her baby was a girl. So, she being the dumbass that she is, believed them! She decorated the nursery pink and got pink clothes. And now here she is with an adorable baby boy with no name in the nicu. My heart is breaking and I can't stop crying for him. So please say a prayer for my nameless little nephew. And remember to take care of yourselves. Modern medicine is there for a reason!

Small update on me, I'll be 28w tomorrow. I'm exhausted. I only get about 3 hrs of sleep a night and it's not a consistent 3 hours. I want my bed rest! I have a pedi and a prenatal massage tomorrow night so I hope that helps with my sleeping. I go to my dr on Fri to hopefully get some answers about this bed rest crap. So keep your fingers crossed on that one. Other than that I'm doing great. Babies are moving around all the time. I love it! I can't believe in 2 mos I'll be a mom. Time is flyin! Thanks for listenin and be sure to say a prayer for my nephew! :)

3rd Tri!

Yah! Very big milestone for me today. I can't believe I'm here already. They say the babies are most active between 27-32 weeks and I'm feeling that already! Past couple of days they've been bouncin off the walls!

Well yesterday my bed rest request was denied by my employer because they said that twin bed rest protocol is not a medical reason to receive disability. I honestly don't mind working but I have plans now, and I have things that I've been putting of getting done until I'm on bed rest so this is putting a cramp in all of that. So I called my dr's office and the nurse said "yeah that happens sometimes" Uh ok. Thanks for your help. She put a note on my dr's desk to have him call me on Wed when he gets back in. I've kinda had it with my dr and his office. They've had my paperwork for this since my 24w check up and we're supposed to fax it over to me within 2 days so I could get approved for the F.M.LA. Well I never received anything so I called when I was 25w to get a status update and the lady that handles this stuff was out sick so they were going to let her know I was waiting for it. Still received nothing. So when I went in last Thurs I had to ask my dr for it. He said "they didn't fax it to you?" Uh obviously not if I don't have it and I'm asking you for it. And another thing with him, I saw him in the hall before my appt and I waved and said hi. He turned his head and acted like he didn't know who I was. Guess without a chart in front of him he doesn't know me from adam! Then when I was in with him he goes "Next visit, I want you to do your gluc.ose t.est" Uh that's why I'm here today idiot. He rushed me in and out. So with all that, I'm looking for another dr. Yup that's right, at 27 weeks. I got a copy of my medical files faxed over to me yesterday and I've faxed them out to 2 different dr's offices to see if anyone will take me on. I'm hoping I get a call either today or tomorrow on them. We'll have to see. Wish me luck!

Green Foot not Thumb

Still waiting from news from my sister. She is now 5 days past her due date with nothing happening. It's driving our family crazy! She lives in On.t.ar.io and we all live in IL. So my stepmom is waiting for her DF to call and say it's happening then she's buying a plane ticket and getting there asap. But until then, we wait. Ugh!

DH and I got the nursery painted this weekend. It looks very cute. Two shades of green. A lighter shade on top with a darker one on the bottom. He's going to put up a white chair rail in between the colors. I was helping him paint the trim on Sat night so I was standing on a step stool getting above the closet, well when I stepped down off of the stool I stepped right into the pan of paint! My entire foot and ankle were covered in green paint. I had to hop on one leg with DH's help to the bathroom. It sounded like a stampede was coming with my fat ass bouncing down the hall. He also managed to get a few pics of the incident. Pretty funny.

Sadly, this is my last week of work. Thursday is my actual last day before bed rest. I have mixed emotions about it. I know I'll welcome the rest but I just don't think I'm ready to leave just yet. I'm going to miss coming to work everyday as silly as that may sound. But this is dr.'s orders so I don't really have a choice. And in the long run I'm hoping it will make my lo's stay put for as long as possible. Plus I have so much stuff I can get done around the house before they come. I can do that on few hours a day I'm allowed out of bed! DH is getting me netflix to keep me occupied some. I'm also going to put wedding favors together for my sister's wedding in Nov. Some 400 little individual candy boxes. I want to start watching a tv series or 2 with the netflix so if you have any ideas let me know! One's I've already seen are We.ed.s, So.pra.nos, 6 ft U.nd.er, 2.4, C.S..I's, D.ex.t.er, BO.n.es, N.ip.T.u.ck.

GT Results

I passed!!! Yah! One more thing to check off my list. Unfortunately though the nurse said I'm "slightly anemic". She asked if I've been tired lately and well, yeah I have been. I just thought it was from all of the tossing and turning I do at night. Guess it's from not having enough iron in my system. So now I have to get an over the counter iron supplement to take everynight before bed. Not that big of a deal but I'm glad I know about it now. It makes total sense!

This weekend DH and I are finally getting the nursery ready. He's going to do the painting and I'm going to get the room cleaned out and organized. I also have other house cleaning I can do. I can't wait to see how cute the room will be once it's done! Other than that no real big plans. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

GT, Bed Rest, and Kickin Babies

Only a week and a half left of work then I officially go on bed rest! yah! I didn't think I'd be too ready for it by 28 weeks but I was wrong. Bring on the sleep! Between my super sore hips and RLP, I get probably somewhere between 3 and 4 hours a night and that's just not cutting it for me anymore. My dr. just wants me to do 6 hours a day. 3 hours in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. Then the rest of the day i can go about normal business. So there will be no arguing on my end about bed rest. ha, I say that now. We'll see how I'm doing after a week at home!

DH felt our baby girl kick for the first time while we were on vacation then he felt her again Sunday night. Luke kicks all day long then as soon as I get home he stops and his sister starts in! I hope that's not a sign of what's to come! It's pretty cool to see my belly move on it's own like that though. They sure are active.

My sister is due on Thursday and she saw her midwife yesterday. Nothing. Her cervix is starting to thin but no dilation and she still hasn't lost her plug. My other sisters and I are giving her a lot of crap cuz she's always late to everything so it's only right that her baby be the same way. I just can't wait to find out what she's having! DH's sister is pg, due the end of Nov and just found out she's having another boy so we'll have 4 grandkids under the age of 3 by xmas and my Avery will be the only girl. She's going to either be our little princess or rough and tough like the boys. We'll see.

On thursday I have a triple whammy dr. appt. I have my glucose test, an u/s, and a dr. appt. It kinda works out great actually. As soon as I get there I drink the glucose stuff, then i have my u/s and dr. appt. then by the time all that's done it will probably be an hour so my test will be done as well. Pretty sweet deal.