Happy Belated Halloween!

Scooby Dooby Doo!!!

Halloween party in Brooklyn..

Other than a super fun halloween party with all of our friends and their babies, it’s been a very difficult week.

Just when I thought things were improving, we had…

Jasper is Six Weeks Old Today!

And no longer tongue tied..(more on that later). But first, introducing Jasper Bear:

So I think it’s true what they say, babies get worse until 6 weeks and then start getting better until 3 months. This past week there have…

Small Legs Big head :(

Sorry I didn’t post sooner, I had a very stressful day.

I woke up early full of excitement about my BPP U/S (biophysical profile Ultrasound) to get a sense of how big the baby is and make sure things look…

Ultrasound Results – Cervix is Closed!

I got the best possible news, my cervical length is still 3.5, which means no change at all since my anatomy scan at 19 weeks! No funneling either, so bed rest is off the table, yay!

I had the sweetest…

Update on Preterm Contractions..

Thank you all so so much for your kind and encouraging words of support.

Saturday night I was still having contractions, but not as much yesterday day… until they got me hooked up for my monitoring at the hospital. The…

Preterm Labor at 30 Weeks

Well, it didn’t take me long to be back in the care of the open door midwives, less than 24 hours in fact!

Yesterday (saturday) morning, I wiped and saw blood, more like a dark brown discharge. I also was…

I passed the GD test, and What’s in a Name?

Thank GOD. I had absolutely no interest in having to do the three hour test, so this is very good news.

The rest of my OB appointment was uneventful. I just told her I was leaving. Didn’t get too much…

Test Results Just In..

Thanks for all your well wishes from my last post.

I finally called in to see if they had my blood work results back.  After the usual bumbling fumbling of my name etc, they couldn’t find them so said they…

CMV – the Scariest Disease You’ve Never Heard of.

I haven’t posted much this week because I’ve been running around between doctors appointments.

About 2-3 weeks ago, I had a really bad sore throat.  I thought I was getting the flu and was grateful that I wasn’t in my…

Big Ultrasound in Less than 24 Hours

I can’t believe than in about 18 hours we will finally know if we are having a boy or a girl!  As usual before ultrasounds, I am nervous that we will discover something is wrong, and I am quite sure I…