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@MapleMoose: Oh my gosh, so sorry you had to go through all that! Hope the Neocate helps him and he's better soon And I'm with you with 3 under 4... it's crazy town around here most of the time, but I'm loving it (except for the fact that we've all been passing a cold around for the last month!).

@bubblegum: I'm a photographer, so most of my work is at home, but I started taking sessions again last week. This is my busy season (I live at the beach= lots of vacationers wanting family photos). Hope your transition back is smooth and your first day went by quickly! Hugs! I went back to teaching 8 weeks after my oldest was born and I know it's hard.

I need some love and support ladies.

Today we went to Evie's 4 month checkup with the Pediatrician. Unfortunately all was not normal - her head was measuring large, so they sent us for an ultrasound of her brain.

The ultrasound shows hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain," meaning that her CSF isn't circulating well and is backing up in her head.

We went to the ED and saw the Pediatric Neurosurgeon who wants to put in a VP shunt this coming Monday.

We of course didn't see this coming, and it's a particularly painful setback after everything we've been through with the delivery, NICU stay, NEC scare, etc. We really thought we were on our way to normalcy.

The bright side is she is doing well though, and it was caught early enough that we don't have to have it done emergently.

I just can't believe they have to put holes in the head of my beautiful little angel. She doesn't deserve any of this.

@yellowbeach: Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry. I'll be praying for her and your family. A family friend's grandson had the same thing happen (head measuring large, hydrocephalus, shunt placed, etc.) at just a few weeks old. In fact, I had just done his newborn photos and the next day, he was airlifted to a children's hospital. Anyway, this was back in November and he's doing amazing now. Hoping and praying for the same for your sweet girl.

@yellowbeach: Sending love and prayers for dear Evie. She has proven she's a trooper after all she's already overcome. I have faith she will sail right through. Hugs.

@yellowbeach: How's everything going?

Today is my first day back to work. My boss and work BFF are out today though so I feel like there's really nothing to do. DS did great with daycare drop off this morning, and I'm currently pumping - so at least I remembered all my parts. Daycare is on site at work so I'll go nurse around lunch time. Overall pretty boring day which I suppose is a good thing.

@yellowbeach: glad to hear it! I hope everything continues to go well

@littleblessings: hi! What a cutie!

We're doing pretty good here. 9 weeks today!
Had a scare that I saw blood in DD's diaper and sent it off to be tested,but everything came back negative so phew. Cat naps are starting to hit now, blegh. But I was able to get her to take a 3 hr nap today in the bouncer and I just had to bounce her every so often back to sleep. How is sleep for everyone else going?

@yellowbeach: I just saw your update! I'm so sorry! How is she doing? How was surgery follow up?

Everything is going well over here. Still working on the nighttime sleep situation... He just wants to eat often so we are following the moms on call schedule and hoping he starts sleeping longer. I'm exhausted!

@MOMTOLITTLEB: I'm sorry about your recovery! I hope physical therapy helps you, they are miracle workers at helping to heal the pelvic floor. I wish every doctor automatically referred women to pt, we have no guidance in how to heal properly.

DD is 10 weeks old now and mostly doing great. I'm probably jinxing us, but she's currently sleeping through the night (about 9-10 hours). This is crazy to me because my middle child was a TERRIBLE sleeper until 12-15 months, but I'll take it!

@MOMTOLITTLEB: I'm sorry to hear about your tough recovery. I hope PT helps.

We're doing great. Ian is an amazingly easy, happy baby. Ive been back at work for 2 weeks now and I miss him so much during the day

@yellowbeach: so glad she's doing well. I teared up when I watched the video - Sending her off to surgery must have been so hard! I can't decide if it's harder for you or easier because you and DH are both doctors! Too much info or is it reassuring? Xo. Lots of hugs for sweet Evie!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: Nova sleeps pretty much all through the night. She wakes once for a feeding and she sleeps quite a bit throughout the day too. She is only awake for like 2 hours before she naps.

Out of curiosity, has anyone restarted their cycle yet?

@yellowbeach: Nope. It didn't return until 11 months with DS1 and 10 months with DS2 (I nursed until 13-14 months both times). I know you were talking about doing another IVF transfer early next year, so I hope it comes back soon for you if that's what you want! FWIW, both times I got pregnant super fast once my period came back.

@yellowbeach: Not yet. With DS1 I got mine back around 3-4 months pp. It was shortly after returning to work and around when he stopped nursing during the night. If it goes the same this time mine should be showing up any day now...

@MOMTOLITTLEB: I've often found that emotional health is so tightly related to physical health. Hopefully you'll feel more like yourself once the pain is under control. *hugs*

@JennyPenny: I think that makes a lot of sense I my case. I can't move on because I'm in pain all the time. Things are not exactly like I expected they'd be 3 months out but that's probably not unusual with new babies! I'm lucky that my second is an easier baby.

@abbydabbydoodlebug: mine was not a good sleeper until more recently but I will say that schedule sounds familiar. It didn't last long... We started getting some longer first stretches at around 12 weeks (7-2, 8-4!) And then he was going back down until 5-6 which wasn't horrible. He's in a growth spurt right now so he was up at 1:30 and 4:30 (and 6 and 7!) to eat. Yawn!!!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: I love that app! For my older son it was always pretty accurate. And it says my little guy is in a leap right now, which seems right! Fussy and hungry! Isn't it so funny how 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep is good enough now?! Haha I got 6 the other night and felt like I had slept for days!

@yellowbeach: how funny! Ask and you shall receive! I don't blame you for not using the ring if you did IVF the first time. I never went back on any BC after my first because I didn't want to deal with the normalizing period coming off of it again. It took me a year to get regular so I didn't want to go through that again.

@yellowbeach: ️️️