Low Lying Placenta

I just had a growth u/s this afternoon and after the u/s tech was finished she called the dr to come in and check on me. He came in and told me that I have a low lying placenta. He said that my OB would definitely be keeping an eye on this and I'll definitely have more growth u/s to see how it progresses. The results should be submitted to him this afternoon so I'm going to call him tomorrow to discuss this. The baby is looking very good and is a little on the larger side. He weighs 2 lbs and is in the 82% percentile. Johnny was always in the 50% percentile so it will be interesting to see how much bigger will he be than Johnny. Here are my 2 belly shots at 25 weeks to compare.


25 weeks with Johnny


25 weeks with Baby #2

2 U 2

After 5 months since my last blog post, I wanted you all to know some great news!

Johnny is getting a baby brother on or around September 7!!!!

I'm expecting baby boy #2!!!

John and I are very excited with our newest member of the family. I am 20 weeks along today. I've been feeling very good. This pregnancy has been identical to Johnny's. It's like I'm pregnant with Johnny all over again. At first it was really hard because I was extremely tired and couldn't rest when I wanted to because I had Johnny to take care of, but ever since I've been in the 2nd tri, I've been feeling so much better. I found out on April 9 that we are expecting another baby boy!!! I was hoping for another boy. Johnny and his brother will only be a year apart and I really wanted him to have a brother to play with.

When we told our family the news most of them were in total shock. They couldn't believe that we were expecting again while Johnny was only 4 months old. Many of them even asked us if it had been an accident, but no this baby was very planned just like Johnny.

After I got pregnant with Johnny and things were going really well, John and I had decided we didn't want to wait to long for baby #2. I know some people say it's easy to get pregnant after you have a first but I have also heard stories about people who have had a hard time. At my 6 week post-partum appt I had a talk with my Ob and asked him how long should I wait until I start TTC #2. He said as long as one delivery is 12 months apart from the next it's okay. So John and I started to think that we would start trying soon. I stopped pumping when Johnny was 2.5 months and shortly after that John and I began our TTC #2 journey. I waited for my first period after Johnny and that same very cycle we tried. On our first cycle we got a BFP! I tested on Christmas Eve and got a BFN so I figured that we had to wait next cycle. I had no symptoms at all so I totally thought that cycle was done. A few days later, no AF so I decided to test again and got a BFP. I called my Ob/Gyn and the next day I started my betas. So far everything is going really well with this pregnancy. My Ob is still monitoring me just like he did with Johnny. I see him every 2 weeks instead of once a month. I have to say I treat this pregnancy so much different. I'm not as cautious as I was with Johnny. I lift things, and I do things that I would of never done with Johnny. Is this good or bad? I don't know but I just feel so good about everything.

I know it's going to be a hard year. I can't imagine having 2 little boys only one year apart. I can only imagine that it will be a lot of work but I think in the end it will be worth it. Luckily I have my mom and sister who live very close to me and are always willing to help me out. Like I mentioned above I really wanted another boy and I'm so thankful that I am expecting another boy. Johnny and his brother will be sharing the same room. The little brother will be using all of Johnny's clothes and hopefully they will grow up being best friends.

I'll keep you all updated on this pregnancy as it progress further along.

Hello Everyone!!!

Gosh I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since the last time I blogged. WOW!I really need to update my blog more often.

Things here are going great. I can't believe Johnny will be 10 weeks on Friday. I can't believe how fast time flies when you have a baby. My days are so occupied with him. I'm still at home on maternity leave and loving every minute of it. I never thought I would love to be a mom as much as I do. It's the best thing in the world.

Johnny has grown a lot. At his 1 month appointment, which he was only 3 weeks, he weighed 8lbs 8 oz. The pedi was very excited with those numbers. He just had his 2 month appointment and he weighs 12lb .5oz and is 23" long. I have to say he eats like a champ. He eats 6 oz of milk every 3 hours and at night before he goes to bed he eats a full 8 oz bottle. We don't have a schedule, he eats when he wants but it's always 3 hours. He basically sleeps and eats all day, just like a newborn. He will be awake for maybe 30 minutes after his bottle but than he will fall asleep and sleep until his next feeding.

He has totally out grown his 0-3 months clothes so he is now wearing 3-6 months. I have to say, it was pretty sad putting away all of his newborn and 0-3 months clothes. It's definitely a good sign that he's a growing boy.

He got his shots and I have to say he did pretty good. He was sleeping (of course) when the nurse came in and as soon as she stuck the needle in his thigh he started to cry and scream. My heart ached when I saw that, that I started to get tears in my eyes and basically I started to cry. I'm horrible when it comes to crying. After the shots, Johnny fell right back to sleep until his next feeding. At night he was a little cranky and was crying quite a bit. You can definitely tell he was in pain. John and I just tried to soothe him as much as we could. The next day he was back to normal.

He's finally starting to smile and it melts my heart. It's the cutest smile ever!
I can't want until he starts to laugh and giggle. It's so adorable.

Well I'll leave you with a few pictures of him!!!

Birth Story

Thursday, August 27
My induction begin on Thursday night, August 27. John and I checked into L&D at 8:00 pm that night. We were put into a room and checked in. The nurses started hooking me up to the NST monitor and to an IV and asked me a bunch of questions. At about 9:00 pm the OB on called came to see me. She did an internal and of course no progression on my part. My cervix was completely closed. She gave me a medicine that hopefully would get my cervix to begin dilating and make progression. The medicine was like a tampon that was placed on my cervix. That night I could barely sleep. Every 20 minutes nurses kept coming in to read the NST and my blood pressure was being taken every 20 minutes automatically. Every time I moved from side to side, the NST would lose the heartbeat and they had to come in to adjust it. So it was definitely a long night.

Friday, August 28.
At about 6:00 am one of the nurses took out my medicine because my OB would be in around 7ish to examine me.

At about 7:30 am my OB arrived and did an internal on me. At that point I was 1-1.5 cm dilated. I thought to myself, wow it's going to be a long day. I couldn't start on pitocin right away because I tested positive for the GBS so I had to be given penicillin first before the pitocin so the nurse started me on a bag of penicillin.

At about 9:00 am when I was done with the penicillin she started the pitocin on me. Every 30 minutes the pitocin dosage was gradually increasing but my pain was not. The nurses kept coming in to ask me my level of pain and I had no pain at all although I could feel the contractions coming.

At noon, my OB came back in to check me and I was still at 1-1.5 cm dilated. At that point he thought maybe he would break my water, but than he decided to give me another bag of penicillin. Again the contractions were coming but I was in no pain at all.

At about 1:30 pm the nurse asked me how I was feeling and I told her I was in no pain. They kept telling me, this is not good. So she increased the pitocin so that hopefully things would start progressing. Well that definitely helped because at 3:30 pm my water broke and I was put into a delivery room. That was when the contractions started coming on quick and strong.

At 4:30 pm the nurse examined me and I was 4 cm dilated. An hour later, I was checked again and I was 6 cm dilated but I could no longer take the pain of the contractions. I was getting a break between them but when they came they were strong. I had 4 cm left to go and from what I had read the last 3 cm are the most painful ones. The pain was getting stronger with each contraction that it was bring tears to my eyes. I wanted to try to go as long as I could without the epidural but at this point I was starting to think twice.

At 6:00 pm I asked the nurse that I wanted an epidural and about 30 minutes later the anesthesiologist arrived to give me the epidural. I knew that my progression could slow down but I wouldn't be in pain. And once the epidural started working I was in heaven. I could still feel the contractions coming but I had no pain which was nice.

At 7:30 pm my OB came in to check me again and at that point I was only 6 cm dilated. That's when I realized the epidural had definitely slowed down my progression. My OB told the nurse to increase the pitocin so that I could keep on progressing. John's mom and step-dad arrived shortly after and they hung out with us for awhile. At that point, I kept feeling a lot of pressure everytime a contraction was coming although it wasn't painful.

At about 9:10 pm the nurse said that my OB wanted her to examine me again to see where I was. At that time, I was 10 cm dilated and she said, I'm surprised this baby hasn't come out yet. She said your OB wants you to start pushing. John and I were in shock that in just a few hours I was fully dilated and ready to push. His parents went outside in the waiting room, John called my family to let them know I was going to start to push, and the nurse was getting the room ready. My OB arrived and around 9:20 pm I started pushing. I pushed for about 15-20 minutes and at 9:39 pm my little boy was born; 6 lbs 8 oz and 21.5" long. John cut the umbilical cord and shortly after he was placed on me. It was amazing when I saw him for the first time. I felt like my miracle baby was finally in my arms.

About 30 minutes later my family and John's family arrived to see Little Johnny and they hung out with us for awhile.

Because I delivered after 9 pm on Friday night, I had the option to stay an additional day at the hospital which I did. I was released on Monday, August 31.

It's now been 2 weeks since he's been born and things are going really well. I tried breastfeeding but had no luck with that, so I pump and bottle feed him. He's still getting my breast milk which I'm happy with. The nights are not bad at all. I thought they would be much worse. He gets up once or twice in the middle of the night and that's it. I still get a pretty good night sleep. John has been home with me since he was born so Monday will be our first day alone. The days go by really quick now because I'm always doing something, between feeding him, pumping, and doing laundry. But everyday John and I thank God for such a beautiful baby.

And here are a few pictures of him.

His going home outfit from the hospital


Sleeping on Daddy's chest


A few hours after he was born


Sleeping on Daddy's chest again


The new family of 3

Baby D has arrived!!!

John Patrick D III, was born last night, August 28 at 9:39 pm. He weighed 6 lbs 8 oz and is 21.5" long. He officially shares his birthday with his mommy. He was born yesterday on my 31st Birthday! Both him and I are doing good. I'll post some pictures and my birth story once we go home.

Induction has been scheduled!!!

Lately I feel like I've been riding on a roller coaster that just won't stop. Between all the NSTs that my little guy has failed, the high bp, the L&D trips, and all the b/w, I'm glad to say this is all coming to an end.

My OB last week had told me no more NSTs because the little guy has been failing every single one of them. So instead, I was going in for BPP u/s. Well this morning my little guy decides not to cooperate at the u/s and fails the u/s. This kid is not out yet and he's all ready driving me nuts. He was such in a deep sleep that he was not moving nor was he practicing his breathing. I must of been on the u/s machine for 40 minutes and nothing. Eventually he did move, a little, but at least enough to record. His breathing, he did not do and totally failed that part. The u/s tech called up my OB and guess what? He sends me for a NST at the hospital. Are you kidding me? After all the times he's failed that. So I drive to the hospital and go see the nurse. She was all ready waiting for me because my OB had called her to tell her I was on my way. I get on the machine and guess what? Not only did he pass the NST with flying colors, the nurse said that was one of the best NSTs she's ever seen. Do I understand this little boy? So after that I went to go see my OB.

He did another internal and no progress at all. He has no intentions of coming out anytime soon. My OB told me if he had failed the NST as well this morning, that he was going to send me to L&D to be induced today. So the plan is as following; repeat the BPP u/s tomorrow morning. If he fails that, I will be induced tomorrow. If he passes the u/s, I will be induced Friday (August 28 which is my birthday). Thursday night between 6:30 - 7:00 I will have to check myself in in L&D and Friday morning the induction will begin. Looks like my little boy will share his birthday with his mommy. Because my cervix has not made any progress I need to go in the night before so the nurses can start giving me medicine to see if things can progress. My OB said that with everything that has been happening lately and with my history of MTHFR, he doesn't want to wait any longer.

So before this weekend I will meet my little boy!!! I really need to start packing and make sure I have everything ready for the big arrival. I'll keep you all posted on how everything goes tomorrow and the rest of the week.

Single Digits!!!

We are in single digits now. 9 days left to go until my due date! I can't believe how close we are getting to meet our little boy.

I have a BPP u/s this morning and than I'm off to my OB for an appt.