30wk 5d US today

We had our bi-weekly US for growth today. He's 3lb 8oz and very flexible. He had his hands up by his face and his feet over his head...LOL

The US tech was nice enough to burn some pics to CD for me.

Profile with hand up to face

That blob you see above his forehead is his FOOT...LOL

Full face

Is that a smile??? :)

And the winner is....

Michael had his 4mo appt today. He was 15lbs 4.25oz. That means our winner in the Guess My Weight post is Sue Brandon!!!!!!

Here are the rest of his stats:

Length: 25"
Head Circ: 43.5cm

He is in the 50% for Weight and Length.

Above all, he is healthy and such a happy baby. We are so very blessed!

Dangit, dangit, dangit!!!!

Here I thought I was in the home stretch and would get to go home at 32 weeks. Well, the Dr was here talking about how at 32 weeks there is less chance of labor being so quick that I wouldn't make it back HERE and as long as I lived CLOSE... Ummmm Hello, I live an hour away in Gautier, MS. OH, well you'll be here until 34 weeks then.

So now, instead of having 1 and a half weeks left I have 3 and a half weeks left.

Random pics of the boys

While the boys were here yesterday, we took some pictures. I've also received several pictures over the last week or so that I haven't posted. I'll put them up here for your viewing pleasure. Please ignore my hair. I was over due for a cut before I went in the hospital. Now it is just OUT OF CONTROL. I'll start with the pics from yesterday.

Lounging in the bed with mommy


Mommy, Michael and their bed hair


Ok, I'll stand here, but you can't make me smile.


Snaggin' some of Mommy's lunch


Even a hospital can't mess up a dinner roll


Daddy's arm just isn't quite long enough

30 week pic

We forgot to take the 30 week pic on Sunday. So when the boys were here yesterday, I had Jeff take a quickie with our little point and shoot. It's a bit hazy from the flash reflecting off the door, but at least you get a comparison. Little one is definitely growing.

I had all my boys in one room today!!

Jeff was off work today, Columbus day, and brought the boys to see me this morning. They were here for four hours. YEAH!!! They got here around 9:30 this morning. Michael took a bottle at 10:30 and then slept on my chest for about an hour. That was GREAT. Jack and I snuggled in bed and went over his Thomas the Tank Engine catalog. It's amazing how he knows the names of almost ALL of the characters. For anyone that knows Thomas, you know there are ALOT of them. We had lunch. I walked down to the nurses station with Jack so he could charm the nurses out of some apple juice. Jeff took some pictures and will send them to me when he gets a chance to download them off the camera later today.

Hi folks...

I've gotten a few emails today asking if I'm ok since I haven't posted. I apologize for worrying folks. There just wasn't anything to post. We're still here, no contractions, bleeding etc... The third trimester insomnia is setting in and I'm tired and sleepy most of the time. Being here is starting to wear on me and wear on my family. I know I'm here for a reason and that these weeks are nothing compared to the time we'll have with our child. I just see the toll it is starting to take on my family. Jeff's tired, mom's tired, Jack's acting out... My sister will be here next Saturday and hopefully having someone fresh and rested in the house will help.

Anyway, that is where things are now. We'll be fine. :)

Early morning Tv (aka infomercials)

Ok, so I fall asleep last night watching Dennis Leary on Comedy Central. I wake up at 4:30 to an infomercial for something called "Love Rub" =:O OH MY!

Boys were here today!

It's a bright spot in an otherwise dreary week. I alway feel lighter and brighter when they've been here. Michael was his usual happy baby self. He drank a good bottle for me and we played on the bed with Jack. Jack tried to feed me Cheerios. I took one from him and kissed his hand. He put his hand in his pocket and told me he was saving it for later. :) Such a sweet boy. Here's a very bad pic to took with my web cam on my laptop. It's not pretty, but it's the three of us.

I should be in movies!!!

Or at least my stomach should be in movies. Little man is big enough now that when he gets really moving my stomach looks like something out of the movie Alien. It's really kinda scarey to watch sometimes. I'm going to see if maybe I can catch a video of it w/my web cam and post it later. WILD STUFF!

29 weeks

Well today makes 29 weeks. Evidently the Dr is always still surprised that I'm still here when he comes in to do rounds every morning. He said there is me and one other woman he asks about when he walks onto the floor. Is Mrs. Lucas still here? He said today that he didn't know if it was shear will or just the baby was stubborn little cuss...LOL I'll take it either way. Well, here is my Week 29 belly picture for your viewing pleasure. As attractive as it is... at least I don't look as miserable as I did in my last one.

I'm famous!

Actually my cervix is famous. The Dr came in the morning and told me that the US of my ugly cervix was going to be in a text book he's writing with a colleage. There are three high risk OBs here and this Dr had not actually looked at my US until today. He'd heard from Dr. Baker how ugly it was already. She told him she knew better than to look at the second US because she knew it scared her to see the 1st one. I guess it's by shear will that this baby is still inside me and not in the NICU.

He also said they wouldn't be testing my sugar anymore because they had been text book perfect and at least he can get rid of that torture for me. Evidently, if I was going to develope gestational diabetes, we'd be seeing signs by now.

Not much else going on...

We're still here!

Baby Update

We had an US today to get some growth measurements on our baby boy. He is now 3lbs, up from 1 lb 13oz on September 17th when I was admitted. He's growing at at good rate, so we're hopeful I can keep him in another 3 weeks at least. That will put us at 32 weeks. Of course the bigger he gets, the harder it will be for me to keep him in where he belongs.

So send up your prayers, good wishes, rub your lucky rabbit's foot, dance nekkid in the moonlight etc... etc... We need all the help we can get!

The joys of being in a teaching hospital

You are NEVER left alone. I'm a pretty low maintenance patient. I don't have an IV. I take Procardia every 8 hours and Heparin every 12. But my day starts are 5:30am with the on call Resident coming in my room to ask if I've had any problems overnight. Ummmm nope, if I'd been having ANY problems overnight, you'd have heard from me. I roll over and 6:00am the nurse comes in take my blood pressure, temperature. Then someone else is 15min behind her to listen to the baby's heartbeat and sometime there someone else has come in to give me my Procardia. 6:30am, a Med Student comes in and asks me the same questions the Resident asked me an hour before. Ummmm nope, nothing has changed in the last hour. 7:00am, breakfast. 7:30am come in and hook me up for an NST. If the baby cooperates and stays on the monitor, it takes 30min. If the baby doesn't cooperate or the nurse just forgets about me, it can be anywhere from 45min to an hour. 8:00am Dietary comes in to get your tray and go over you menu with you. I've been here for two weeks, I think I know how to fill the darn thing out. Now, around 8:30am, the nursing students come in to do your vitals again. They are encouraging you to take a shower so they can change your bed linens. But you aren't ready to take a shower because the Drs are rounding and you don't want to miss them. So she comes in every 15 min asking if you're ready to get in the shower. Then they wonder WHY you are napping before noon. UGH!

Mom brought the boys today

I had a loverly visit with the boys. Jack was his usual happy self. He ate about half of the stuff in my snack drawer and charmed the Dr, nurses and med students that did rounds today. Michael is getting so big and is getting very social. He was just talking and talking and smiling. He had a bottle while he was here and fell asleep on my chest. I miss them both so much! :(

Today's Ultrasound

The good news is, there is no change. Cervix is still where it was almost two weeks ago. So, we're still here and our bun is still baking. On a funny note, she also did an abdominal scan to see the baby's heart rate. We caught him sucking his foot...LOL Not his thumb, but his foot. We could also see him trying to breath, so that's a good thing also. He's still active, moving and giving the nurses a hard time when they try to put me on the monitor in the morning. He'll kick the monitor and run deep. They usually have to get the monitor on him and then tie it down tight to pin him down.

They are supposed to do an US for growth early next week. The tech told me they had new machines that had printers with them. Hopefully they'll have them up and running next week and I'll have new US pics to share.

Thanks again for everyone for your continued help and support. We REALLY appreciate it.

Michael's 4mo checkup

Michael's 4mo checkup has been moved from Oct 3 to Oct 17. So we have a few weeks to collect guesses. I see lots of people hitting this blog. Make sure you go to the "Guess My Weight" post and leave your guess.

It will be fun to see who gets the closest.

28 Weeks

Well, today I hit 28 weeks. Jeff just headed home for the week. But, before he left he took another belly picture. Since they are letting me wear my own clothes, you can get a better shot of the belly. I look so happy, perky and attractive...NOT! I guess you can't ask for much more after two weeks in the hospital. Don't expect it to get much better folks...LOL

Anyway, here's the 28 week belly pic for your viewing pleasure.

PS.
Don't forget to go add your guess to the "Guess my weight" post below!

MANY MANY THANKS!!!

I just wanted to take a moment to thank a few people for their help this weekend. I want to make sure I keep up with this before the list gets too long for my feeble memory to keep up with...LOL

Karen-Thank you so much for taking he boys to the picnic on Saturday. You gave my mom a much needed break and gave her a chance to go do some unmolested shopping at Wal Mart.

Kristi-Thanks so much for taking Jack to church with your family this morning. He's such a social little boy and loves being around other kids his age. Just getting him out of the house for a few hours does wonders for him.

Vicki & Jaime-Thank you and your hubbys so much for mowing the yard today. Mom says it looks great and it's one less thing for Jeff to worry about. She also enjoyed the chance to have a few minutes to herself with a cup of coffee and some chocolate pie.

I don't know what we would do without the wonderful people we have in our life.

THANK YOU!!
Pam, Jeff, Jack, Michael & Barbara

Jeff's 2 cents for the day...

Who was the hack who took those soccer pics?
I wonder if our bathroom scale is accurate enough to win the baby weight poll? Hmm...