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@DesertDreams88: Ugh what a bad day, so sorry! Please take it easy if at all possible. You need to let your mind and body recover!

@DesertDreams88: so scary! Take it easy this weekend. So glad everything's ok though.

Thanks for all the support, everyone. DH & I took it easy today - went on a movie & lunch date, cuddled and watched Netflix for a bit. Last night I didn't sleep very well, but that could just be the discomfort of the third trimester. Every time I wake up, I stay awake long enough to see if the baby will move - he usually does within a couple of minutes; and then I can fall back asleep. If not, usually getting up to go to the bathroom does the trick.

Anyone have any milestones or baby showers or anything they're looking forward to coming up?

@Sera_87: All the best thoughts and prayers for you, I think you have another big appt coming up this week if I remember correctly

@sera_87: Keeping you and baby in my thoughts. Keep us posted!

@sera_87: that sounds so scary - I'm sorry. I'm thinking of you and baby today and hoping for good news soon.

@sera_87: thoughts and prayers

@DesertDreams88: Sorry to hear about the accident. Hope you had a restful weekend. Have a great week.

@sera_87: best of luck to you all! May you be blessed with calm and wonderful doctors. Update when you can, we're all pulling for you and the LO!!

@sera_87: How scary, I am thinking of you.

@sera_87: thinking of you and baby!

@sera_87: oh gosh! Sending lots of positive thoughts your way!

sigh.

stuck in monitoring limbo. I'm not even technically on bedrest. I'm just not allowed to leave and probably won't leave until baby makes its appearance.

I've gotten one shot of the lungs steroid, and some of the magnesium sulfate for the brain. Iron is finally over 100 though so that's awesome. I'll probably get another treatment while I'm here as well as blood thinners.

I'm in my favourite part of the hospital too - mom & baby. Thankfully my roommate seems to not have her baby with her (okay I know TECHNICALLY that's an awful thing to say, but in this case I'm gonna give myself a pass on that).

Boys are with my inlaws, SO is staying here with me (poor guy but I don't really want him to leave just yet), and my mom (who lives 7ish hours away) is going to leave tomorrow afternoon to be here. I already made burial plans (if needed) last week so that's in place.

NICU doesn't want me delivering. at 410 grams the risk is simply too great and the risk of baby having a severe physical or mental handicap is pretty high too. The doc was advocating for me to try an induction first because a c-section at 21-22 weeks (the size of the baby) is pretty risky. I didn't like him much. He actually said "if we do an induction and he actually survives labour then we know he has a little "extra" something and might do well afterwards".
I just.......what? seriously? you actually just said that? *massive side eye* Also once he goes off shift I'm just going to get another doctors opinion on what we should do anyways so.....yeah.

So that's the info; as to how I'm feeling ..... right now, I'm just thinking it's best to think as if we won't be able to bring this baby home. Sucks, and I'm kinda mourning the name we chose, even though that IS his name. It just sucks that I won't ever get to really "use" it. OK, maybe that was weird to say? or an odd thing to be focusing on....but it's there.
And I'm also mourning the fact that if this one doesn't make it, then that's it for babies for me for at least another 3 years (due to personal life stuff, etc). When you're all ready for another child to join your family, knowing you have to wait a freaking long time for that to happen just sucks.

@travellingbee: baby only grew 47 grams in the last 2 weeks.
The blood flow to the baby and amniotic fluid aren't doing so well, and I've noticed a decrease in baby's movements over the last 24 hours. Actually, I had all but convinced myself he had already passed away before my appointment this morning.

there's a bit of amniotic fluid around the baby's heart too but I haven't heard much about it other than in passing. *shrug* so I have no idea what's really going on with that. Oh! and I forgot to mention, baby's (OF COURSE) breech too. YAY ME.

@sera_87: sorry to butt in, just wanted to comment on the fact your babe is breech! My friend delivered a 23-24 weeker recently in Halifax (you're in Canada right?) and her babe was breech and she delivered vaginally. The doctor told her that a vaginal birth is much better for the baby's head than a c/s. Just thought I'd mention it in case it was an option

Sending you positive thoughts. I'm a NICU nurse and we see tons of IUGR babies. The smallest babe I've seen was 355g at 29 weeks. If you ever want to chat, PM me! Good luck!

@QBbride: totally just pmed

So I had a follow-up level 2 ultrasound to examine the baby's heart arrhythmia, and met with the perinatologist. Like @lauren0817 , the it is due to premature atrial contractions, which is "very common." The perinatologist didn't see the need to escalate to a fetal cardiologist, he just recommended weekly or biweekly monitoring by Doppler. The main purpose is just to make sure that the arrhythmia doesn't increase in severity and the heart rate stays in a safe zone. They say that it is extremely rare for this to develop into a significant issue. I'm fine with the management plan and feeling a whole lot more peaceful about the whole thing, though obviously wish the arrythmia didn't exist.

In other news, the baby is head down, weighs three pounds, and looks to be due within 4 days of my due date. Sounds good to me. 28 weeks down, 12 more to go.

Passed my GD test that i had yesterday, so relieved. I had to take the three hour test with my first and was dreading doing that again. I ended up taking the rest of yesterday off of work, and I finally unpacked, washed, and put away the newborn clothes. Will be setting up the bassinet this weekend (and hopefully finding the bassinet sheets...) I just want it all done by 30 weeks.

At this point I have an appointment every two weeks moving forward so I am thinking the rest of the pregnancy is going to fly by.

Oh oh! I did my a1c & gbs swab - both negative. Yay for any shred of good news

I passed my second 1-hr GD test, but the US doc still wants to monitor me because the baby is measuring large and they think I will deliver early. I have my fingers crossed to make it to New Years - I really don't want to deliver between Christmas and NY.

@sera_87: hurray for good news! AND baby is still in there growing!

Glad to hear so many mommies passed their GD tests & are doing well. I have an ultrasound appointment in a few hours. I'm interested to see what position she's in - I felt a LOT of big movements last week & I've been poking around trying to figure out if she's head down. Also, I think we chose a name! It was our original pick, Clementine. Now we just need a middle name