My Big Fat Preterm Labor, Pre-eclampsia, Gestational Diabetes Pregnancy Update
Hello from the hospital preinatal unit where I will most likely remain until my boys are born. I don’t think I’m going to be able to manage eloquence here but I do want to update everyone and get the facts out. On Friday morning, Aellyn’s second birthday!, I had a non-stress test scheduled. During the test I was having contractions every 5-7 minutes so off to OB triage I went. These weren’t at all painful and I would have called them Braxton Hicks except they were so close together. The hospital was packed and I spent a few hours in Recovery because Triage was...
Read MoreGestational Diabetes: For Real This Time
I “had” Gestational Diabetes (GD) during Aellyn’s pregnancy. I say had with quotes because it went down like this: I failed the 1 hour and then the 3 hour and that’s it. I never had another bad number. My fastings were always in the 70s or 80s. I definitely think I fell into the many women who are wrongly diagnosed with this due to poor clinical diagnostic criteria. This bad diagnosis led to interventions such as looming induction near 40 weeks and continuous electronic fetal monitoring. This pregnancy I’m not likely to make it 40 weeks and...
Read MoreFound a Pediatrician!
Yesterday was such a good day! We had an appointment in the morning with Dr. Lavin of Advanced Pediatrics in Beachwood, Ohio. He was wonderful and our search is finally over! I told him my primary concern was having a doctor who was willing to work with us even if we didn’t vaccinate. He at first talked about MMR and autism (which I’m realizing most people see as the “reason” people don’t vax). His studies, which he had typed up into a report, show that autism is completely out of hand but NOT being caused by the MMR vaccine. He cited a Denmark study,...
Read MoreForay Into Homeopathy
***Canyonlands NP in Utah is the most beautiful place on Earth. Take a minute to tell our leaders we don’t want oil companies plundering this land!*** I’ve always been intrigued by homeopathic medicine. My doctor growing up was open minded enough to offer homeopathic remedies from time to time (he also wrote a bible verse on a prescription pad for my dad, lol). I’ve been reading about homeopathic remedies for children since studies show that cold meds are terrible for them. Well I’ve been researching homeopathy for gestational diabetes and I think I’m...
Read MoreThanksgiving
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. Our family rents a cabin-like hall for all the people who come. It is really great to get so many people together. This year I am thankful for, The blessing of Partnership for Families and Dr. Cynthia Austin for referring us for the grant. For the miracle of God and modern science that makes IVF possible. For my family for standing by me and supporting me during the hard years and sharing our joy during this wonderful year. For my job that is so rewarding and yet so accommodating when life circumstances warrant. I had my appt. with the...
Read MoreCommitted
Thanks everyone for your support and encouragement. I was kind of wallowing in self-pity and worry for a while there but now I feel committed to make this work! I was thinking how unfair it is that IF women have ANY pregnancy complications. It makes me think of a blogger I used to know and follow named Beth. She had struggled with IF and finally got pregnant with IVF. I was so happy for her. Then I read through the months as she struggled with Hyperemesis gravidarum. This is morning sickness times 1,000. Beth was hospitalized because she couldn’t eat or drink anything....
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