So update from yesterday-
I now have another appointment every week for an umbilical artery doppler study for Kiersten. I had one yesterday while at my ultrasound so I need to have one next week. The problem is, the company I have to have my ultrasounds through is based out of Sacramento and they only come to Chico once a week and are already booked. SO we have to drive to Sacramento next week for our next study but hopefully we can book the remaining studies in Chico for the following weeks. So I have added 3 extra appointments a week in the last week alone! Haha, it'll be worth it. I'm just happy that it isn't her organs or any structure that requires surgery and a long recovery time!
The reason we have to go through the Sacramento practice is because Chico does not have anybody with high-tech equipment to do these ultrasounds.
So, I'm headed to Sac next week where I will get the largest Sonic's Strawberry Slush available that I will cherish while I devour it!!! And hey, I have an air conditioned car now! This might not be too bad.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
My week of appointments
Its been a tough week! Monday started it with my headache and scared the heck out of me. Yesterday I went for my non-stress tests and the boy almost failed because his heart wouldn't go 15 beats above baseline. The nurse stood there the entire time and it kept me wondering why she wasn't leaving and then she started gently moving my stomach on the right side and I finally asked- sooo what exactly are you doing? She said trying to make his heart go 15 above because it had only gone 10 above till this point. Well right then it went 15 above and I laughed and said, all you had to do was ask him! Then five minutes later my test was over so we made that one by the skin of our teeth haha.
So today we had a scare with our ultrasound. I think I took it more grimly because our technician was rude and she just rubbed me the wrong way. I asked why is it so dark? My last three haven't been this dark! She said, well hun, I don't know what you want me to tell you and I don't know what your looking for. Techs have their different setting and preferences.
So she spent a long time on the umbilical cord of twin B- AKA our little girl, and then she asked me to hold my breath which I thought was really weird. So after a while and a few tests of bloodflow she moved on.
The Doctor came in to go over results and she said that our girl wasn't having proper blood exchange in her cord and that the flow wasn't as good as it could be. It could probably be because the cord is in a tight spot or that her placenta is giving out. I'll fax this to your dr now and he'll go over what the game plan is. If you haven't delivered in 4 weeks, which you probably will, reschedule for another measurement.
...What?? I freaked! So I called my stepmom who I go to for comfort usually and she freaked me out even more!! So I try to get a hold of my dr and say please call me tonight!! All I know is that the placenta could be giving out and this might be why she is so much smaller than the boy. Well, that's not too comforting! The dr finally calls back and says, hmm haven't gotten a fax in yet so did she say to go to the hospital? No. Did she say to be on bedrest? No. Well what did she say? Well, that you would go over it and tell me what to do. Well, it can't be that bad if she left it up for me.
So he's going to go over it tomorrow and then I'll get a call. I'm worried, but at the same time, every blessing that I have had since I've been pregnant said that my babies would be healthy. So in the meantime, the non-stress tests are the best thing I can do.
So Bradley is 4lb13 oz and Kiertsen is 3lb 8 oz. Geez! He is 3 oz shy of five pounds!! can you imagine if he went another 8 weeks? He would be 10 pounds by himself!
Soo happy thoughts until I talk to my dr again : /
So today we had a scare with our ultrasound. I think I took it more grimly because our technician was rude and she just rubbed me the wrong way. I asked why is it so dark? My last three haven't been this dark! She said, well hun, I don't know what you want me to tell you and I don't know what your looking for. Techs have their different setting and preferences.
So she spent a long time on the umbilical cord of twin B- AKA our little girl, and then she asked me to hold my breath which I thought was really weird. So after a while and a few tests of bloodflow she moved on.
The Doctor came in to go over results and she said that our girl wasn't having proper blood exchange in her cord and that the flow wasn't as good as it could be. It could probably be because the cord is in a tight spot or that her placenta is giving out. I'll fax this to your dr now and he'll go over what the game plan is. If you haven't delivered in 4 weeks, which you probably will, reschedule for another measurement.
...What?? I freaked! So I called my stepmom who I go to for comfort usually and she freaked me out even more!! So I try to get a hold of my dr and say please call me tonight!! All I know is that the placenta could be giving out and this might be why she is so much smaller than the boy. Well, that's not too comforting! The dr finally calls back and says, hmm haven't gotten a fax in yet so did she say to go to the hospital? No. Did she say to be on bedrest? No. Well what did she say? Well, that you would go over it and tell me what to do. Well, it can't be that bad if she left it up for me.
So he's going to go over it tomorrow and then I'll get a call. I'm worried, but at the same time, every blessing that I have had since I've been pregnant said that my babies would be healthy. So in the meantime, the non-stress tests are the best thing I can do.
So Bradley is 4lb13 oz and Kiertsen is 3lb 8 oz. Geez! He is 3 oz shy of five pounds!! can you imagine if he went another 8 weeks? He would be 10 pounds by himself!
Soo happy thoughts until I talk to my dr again : /
Monday, August 17, 2009
Appts out my ears!
What a busy week! And they are getting busier....
My doctor wants me to do the non-stress tests twice a week until I deliver. So I will have three appts a week. Then Adam is going to the Chiropractor three times a week and he starts school next week. Aaaah! SO busy!!!
At my last appt the Dr measured me and I grew 6cm in TWO WEEKS. so I am now 44cm and i sure do feel it! With all the stares...I was at the mall this weekend and I passed a group of teens and they said holy cow did you see how big she was?? So I turned around and said why thank you! And yes, I did hear that!! I feel like not going out in public anymore. I think I'll stick only to church, meetings, and Dr appts.
So I had a baby shower this Saturday. Not that many people showed up but I had a lot of fun! We played a game were you molded a baby out of bubble gum. I wanted to do it also just for fun although I had to judge. Mine turned out horrible! The first was supposed to be a baby crawling which turned out to look like a flea. The second attempt was a swaddled baby which looked like a blob. So Kimberely and Julia tied. Kimberely made a set of b/g twins and Julia made a very detailed baby with clothes, hair, and a pacifier. They were very cute! Everyone said that Kimberely cheated with the twins haha.
Adam went on a camping retreat with the Band Staff to plan the next years band activities. Boy was I nervous! Two and a half days without him and absolutly no cell phone reception! What worried me the most was Sunday afternoon checkout was at 2 and it was a two hour drive according to mapquest. So five rolls around and his cell is dead so can't get ahold of him and the guy he is driving up there with has his phone off too. I ended up leaving a note and going over to Stacie's for dinner without him and just waited for him to call because it was better than sitting and waiting at home.
So while at church Sunday I met a new person who moved into our ward- Adam's new teacher at the University who is in charge of music education- which is what Adam is majoring in. So I ditched my normal classes to get to know her a little better. She seems really nice and enjoyed having me go with her to RS. It was funny, I was excited that she was in our ward so I did a no-no and texted Adam during sacrament meeting haha.
So Anyways...I had a bad day today! I woke up this morning and I could not get out of bed because I was in so much pain! I had to wait till Adam got home at 8:30 to help me out of bed and then I could barely walk down the hall! Every joint hurt and I couldnt bend my hands to move my pillow where I wanted it. I tried picking up a pillow off the floor and it hurt soo bad because I couldnt grasp on to it. I also had a really bad headache for a couple of hours and had to make phone calls which really hurt! My stepmom told me that headaches were bad news being preggo so I went to the dr's to get my bp checked and my first was 168 then when she re-did it the 2nd was 140/70 which is still high for me. So I was told to go home and stay in bed all day and take tylenol and if my headache didnt go away then I was to go to the hosp. But since I am already going to the hospital tomorrow for monitoring I didn't want to go in for my small dull headache because it did get better from that morning and I didn't want to be there for hours tonight because I'll be there for at least an hour and a half tomorrow.
Well, I am going to go to bed because its way passed my bedtime :)
Goodnight!
My doctor wants me to do the non-stress tests twice a week until I deliver. So I will have three appts a week. Then Adam is going to the Chiropractor three times a week and he starts school next week. Aaaah! SO busy!!!
At my last appt the Dr measured me and I grew 6cm in TWO WEEKS. so I am now 44cm and i sure do feel it! With all the stares...I was at the mall this weekend and I passed a group of teens and they said holy cow did you see how big she was?? So I turned around and said why thank you! And yes, I did hear that!! I feel like not going out in public anymore. I think I'll stick only to church, meetings, and Dr appts.
So I had a baby shower this Saturday. Not that many people showed up but I had a lot of fun! We played a game were you molded a baby out of bubble gum. I wanted to do it also just for fun although I had to judge. Mine turned out horrible! The first was supposed to be a baby crawling which turned out to look like a flea. The second attempt was a swaddled baby which looked like a blob. So Kimberely and Julia tied. Kimberely made a set of b/g twins and Julia made a very detailed baby with clothes, hair, and a pacifier. They were very cute! Everyone said that Kimberely cheated with the twins haha.
Adam went on a camping retreat with the Band Staff to plan the next years band activities. Boy was I nervous! Two and a half days without him and absolutly no cell phone reception! What worried me the most was Sunday afternoon checkout was at 2 and it was a two hour drive according to mapquest. So five rolls around and his cell is dead so can't get ahold of him and the guy he is driving up there with has his phone off too. I ended up leaving a note and going over to Stacie's for dinner without him and just waited for him to call because it was better than sitting and waiting at home.
So while at church Sunday I met a new person who moved into our ward- Adam's new teacher at the University who is in charge of music education- which is what Adam is majoring in. So I ditched my normal classes to get to know her a little better. She seems really nice and enjoyed having me go with her to RS. It was funny, I was excited that she was in our ward so I did a no-no and texted Adam during sacrament meeting haha.
So Anyways...I had a bad day today! I woke up this morning and I could not get out of bed because I was in so much pain! I had to wait till Adam got home at 8:30 to help me out of bed and then I could barely walk down the hall! Every joint hurt and I couldnt bend my hands to move my pillow where I wanted it. I tried picking up a pillow off the floor and it hurt soo bad because I couldnt grasp on to it. I also had a really bad headache for a couple of hours and had to make phone calls which really hurt! My stepmom told me that headaches were bad news being preggo so I went to the dr's to get my bp checked and my first was 168 then when she re-did it the 2nd was 140/70 which is still high for me. So I was told to go home and stay in bed all day and take tylenol and if my headache didnt go away then I was to go to the hosp. But since I am already going to the hospital tomorrow for monitoring I didn't want to go in for my small dull headache because it did get better from that morning and I didn't want to be there for hours tonight because I'll be there for at least an hour and a half tomorrow.
Well, I am going to go to bed because its way passed my bedtime :)
Goodnight!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Blessed
So lately I have been really worried about gathering all the things we need for our twins. All we had was a crib under construction, a dresser, car seats, and clothes. When we had our shower in Modesto we got a lot of nice things but not our major essentials.
I had been depressed lately from all the mix of hormones, stress, and being miserable from being so huge! (I grew 6 cm in two weeks from my last appt- huge jump!!) So today was a particularly bad day because I ached all over and just let stress break me down and I started crying. I had a meeting to go to tonight but because my feet and legs are so swollen I decided to stay home instead. And besides, Adam has to go to work at midnight tonight so that would mean I would have to drive myself to the meeting and I hate driving the stick.
So Adam and I went to bed around 7:30 so he could wake up early and I left my cell phone in the living room and I had a feeling I should go and get my phone but didn't. So around 9 we heard knocking on the door and they wouldn't stop knocking. At first we thought, they'll go away but the knocking got louder and kept going. So I sent Adam out to investigate and thought I should get dressed too and see what was going on.
Well, two sisters at the meeting that I go to knew that I was having a tough time gathering things so they asked their ward for any baby things they had and they had borrowed a truck to drop everything off. I wasn't answering my cell so they couldn't warn me that they were coming over and because they were borrowing a truck, they had to drop it off tonight. They had collected so much stuff from their ward for me!! They brought two pack and plays, two bouncers, and tub full of just boy clothes, a bag that has several things of formula, and other things. One of the bouncers was older so they made a new cover with jungle animals and new dangles and it turned out soo cute! I am so grateful for the boy clothes because we had only gathered a majority of girl clothes up to this point. Also Krisha gave me a box earlier in the week of some much needed cute church clothes for boys.
I am so grateful to be a member of the church!! If it wasn't for the church, I would not have met so many wonderful people from our ward and stake who have provided so many things for us. I am grateful to pay tithing because every month we have been able to get all of our bills paid by some unexpected means. I am just SOOO GRATEFUL right now and all of these blessings could not have come at a better time! It is so touching that when I was at my lowest yet the Lord provided for us. What a testimony builder!!
I had been depressed lately from all the mix of hormones, stress, and being miserable from being so huge! (I grew 6 cm in two weeks from my last appt- huge jump!!) So today was a particularly bad day because I ached all over and just let stress break me down and I started crying. I had a meeting to go to tonight but because my feet and legs are so swollen I decided to stay home instead. And besides, Adam has to go to work at midnight tonight so that would mean I would have to drive myself to the meeting and I hate driving the stick.
So Adam and I went to bed around 7:30 so he could wake up early and I left my cell phone in the living room and I had a feeling I should go and get my phone but didn't. So around 9 we heard knocking on the door and they wouldn't stop knocking. At first we thought, they'll go away but the knocking got louder and kept going. So I sent Adam out to investigate and thought I should get dressed too and see what was going on.
Well, two sisters at the meeting that I go to knew that I was having a tough time gathering things so they asked their ward for any baby things they had and they had borrowed a truck to drop everything off. I wasn't answering my cell so they couldn't warn me that they were coming over and because they were borrowing a truck, they had to drop it off tonight. They had collected so much stuff from their ward for me!! They brought two pack and plays, two bouncers, and tub full of just boy clothes, a bag that has several things of formula, and other things. One of the bouncers was older so they made a new cover with jungle animals and new dangles and it turned out soo cute! I am so grateful for the boy clothes because we had only gathered a majority of girl clothes up to this point. Also Krisha gave me a box earlier in the week of some much needed cute church clothes for boys.
I am so grateful to be a member of the church!! If it wasn't for the church, I would not have met so many wonderful people from our ward and stake who have provided so many things for us. I am grateful to pay tithing because every month we have been able to get all of our bills paid by some unexpected means. I am just SOOO GRATEFUL right now and all of these blessings could not have come at a better time! It is so touching that when I was at my lowest yet the Lord provided for us. What a testimony builder!!
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