26.3 &26.4

There has been a Good Sam week before Thanksgiving miricle.
I actually found something from food service that is good...Raviolis with meat sauce! Yes, this is true, I am happy to say I will order it again and actually enjoy my meal. This excitement came at a much needed time today.

After a heart rate drop that lead to an additional hour and a half of monitoring, I was pissed. Of course, I am not a doctor and I know they are just being cautious but today I was pissed and felt it over the top. This lead to me having to eat my dinner laying down. Not only is this particularly difficult to do with any meal, but anything with sauce makes it much more exciting. I suggest you give it a try I would love to know how it goes.

Overall, it has been a good week, and Oliver is still cooking away.  I have had some moments of irritation this week where I just have been done with all the monitoring, blood withdrawals, and temperature taking and I want to yell LEAVE ME ALONE!  So far, no one has been injured. Pray for my nurses.

I just started season 4 of Downton Abbey and I am pretty sucked in. Do you think it would be over the top for me ask people to start referring to me as "My Lady"? Maybe even require an English accent? Me either!

Ivy has been having a fun time with Krista (The Nanny), Tt, Vava, Dinha and Daddy. I send my love to all of those who are helping love her and entertain her while I am here.

Thanks Vava for the new boots!

26 weeks!

This will be a quick update.

We made it to 26 weeks!

Monday morning brought some stress as Oliver decided to set off the monitor with an irregular heart beat and several drops. The nurses scared the crap out of me. After three hours of monitoring, he finally calmed down and we were back to stable.  The rest of the day was non eventful....just how we like it!

Tuesday was a day of napping and no major evens. Perfect.

My baby...

Weekend #2 Update

Pretty quiet in these parts. Nothing new on the Oliver front.
Not leaking a lot of waters, I assume he made himself comfortable on the hole again. Good job baby boy! Bleeding remains consistently inconsistent, some days are worse than others. I pretty much have resolved that I have no control, and have just been letting things take their course. It seems the more I drink the better I feel, so I am sticking to that plan. Vodka seems to work the best.  Well, vodka cranberry minus the vodka. I crack myself up!

Debbie sent this reminder...

 And it is true, so I/We keep chugging along and counting our blessings.
This week brought lots of blessings...um...yes... that is what we will call them.

School Mommies visits

Awesome friends bringing meatball subs and much needed paraphernalia to get the attention of the other guests at my resort. Yes, that is a microphone, I am very soft spoken.

 Pictures of love sent friends and family. I love these.

 Finally, happy customer #2 baby Luke got his hat. I made Keith the hat below and thought it would be fun to model it. Well, do not be frightened, I think maybe some sunshine is in order. (It is my first complete grown up hat!)

Tomorrow we will have reached WEEK 26! BOOOOOYA
Keeping my legs crossed and my heart full!

25 weeks 3 days

Here we are...we made it 2 more days.

Tuesday finished up a little sketchy. This put me over the edge and I am pretty sure I had a small panic attack that led to a two day stomach ache or the burrito I ate from Chipotle was too much after all this DELICIOUS hospital food. Either way my stomach is back to normal! PHEW

Wednesday Sucked (except for the Debbie and my container of Rice Krispie Treats!)...we have moved on.

Today was a better day Alyssa brought my drugs (Starbucks), Jen brought cake, and Ivy and Vovo stopped in for some Jello and kisses. Things leaking from my uterus seemed to have slowed and I hope to get a good nights sleep. Well, you know, from 1-6:30.

On a brighter note...I have lost 10 lbs. Best diet ever.  I decided this should be a fat camp model. You don't have to do anything if you don't want. You can eat as much as you want. Just make the food really gross. Why hasn't anyone thought of this?!

Apparently people have high hopes for my knitting, Mallory has requested some Thanksgiving shorts...good thing my mom just delivered some Thanksgiving colored yarn. On it's way Mal!

My friend Theresa also Facetimed with me today so I could pick out some yarn from her collection and keep myself busy...how sweet she is! Selfies when you are laying down are VERY flattering! We decided it was called "keeping it real".

Leslie sent the laugh of the day! I needed it~

 

I would love to knit this...what an accomplishment...but then I thought is $416 THAT much money? I guess so...Keith never acknowledged my text. Whoops, I guess he didn't think it was funny. Although, he did promptly text me the deductible for my hospital stay. Coincidence? Who knows. Bawhahahaha

Goodnight monitor, goodnight dripping shower, goodnight toilet hat, goodnight mesh underwear and goodnight to my little balls of yarn sitting in the chair.

Week 25!

YAY! We have officially made it to week 25! Every day is one day Oliver gets to grow stronger. We are thankful.
The last three days have been pretty quiet up in the uterus and that is just how we like it. No major bleeding, amniotic fluid loss, and no contractions.  Oliver is moving around a lot, and that is a good sign things are stable. They have me on the monitors  3 times a day for an hour unless things look questionable, then we earn and extra hour. Yesterday and today we had 2 major heart rate dips that lead to long monitoring. The monitors showed he recovered quickly and so we are not seeing it as a major distress sign. Lots of things can contribute to the deceleration in heart rate, but most importantly if it happens too often he is safer out than in.

I started wearing some of my own clothes now that I am free of the IV, and it is a lot more comfortable with pants. However, I just cant give up the mesh underwear, I wonder how much I get charged for every new pack they bring me. (Don't judge) ;>

I have now finished 3 beanies, and have had one happy customer! Baby Jackson! (Thanks for lunch Les.)

 I love all my people sending me pictures of Ivy doing her everyday stuff that I miss so much! I know you are looking out for her and it means the world to me!

And, again, a big thank you for the flowers, balloons, food, company, well wishes and love! I have quite the stash!

Weekend update

So we have almost made it two more days!

Saturday was another bad day as far as scares and constant monitoring. The bleeding continued and Oliver had to be on the monitor to make sure his heart was beating without any major decreases. Of course, his heart rate was continuously perfect and he insisted on Jazzercising all day so the nurses were in every 5 minutes to get him back on the monitor. Him moving around a lot is also a good sign he is getting enough oxygen and is feeling well.

At some point if the doctors feel we are going to need to deliver soon they will put us on Magnesium in order to protect Oliver's brain. Apparently this magnesium will make me  to feel terrible while it is coming through the IV. Small price pay.  I am just not ready to hear them say that they are ready to start that IV. This almost happened last night. However, toward the end of the day the bleeding had greatly reduced in amount and we dodged the bullet.

Today, so far, has been awesome! No bleeding, Oliver is moving around, and I am in a much more relaxed state of mind.
Ivy came to visit and we snuggled in bed...I miss her...A LOT!

More updates to come.

Please no visitors his weekend... going to try and keep it low key. xoxo