allshookup
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Our youngest was born at 37 wks.They don't know when I lost most of my amniotic fluid but, suspect it was somewhere around the 7 month. Because of my age & diabetes I had regular ultrsounds and that is when they caught the loss of amniotic fluids and the IGR (she had stopped growing for a few weeks in the middle of my pregnancy).
They decided she had a better chance out of me then in me.
When she was born she was smaller then *Bitty Baby*!!! LOL! Less then 15" and 4 1/2 lbs. All of my other babies (even the ones born a couple of weeks early) were 8 1/2 lbs.
She couldn't hold her blood sugar or her temp but, other then that was fine! Since I had used the same pedi for all my children (they were 21, 18, 10 & 3 when she was born) he let me take her home after 36 hrs. I did have to take her into his office everyday for a couple of months, then every week, then every two weeks, then once a month for a couple of years....... At first it was blood work & height/weight then it was just height/weight checks....
She is still small... BUT, she has grown more in the last 6 months then she has grown in the last couple of years!!!!!!! She is now 42" tall!!!!!!
She still suffers from low blood sugar and she will get migraines that have her down for up to 3 days from it..... It was really bad when she was little (2 - 4) and we didn't know what was causing her migraines. Now that we know we shove a couple of spoonfuls of peanut butter in her along with a couple of tylenol!
That's very scary! I'm glad you found out the reason for her migraines. Poor baby!
DS was about 4.8lbs when he was born, but the only real complication was his difficulty breathing. They put him in NICU overnight & by the next morning he was doing great. I still had residual high blood pressure for a few months, but it finally dissipated.
Sydney was 4lbs, 1.8oz when she was born. She also was 18.5" when she was born but the next day was 17.5"She spent 3mo in the NICU while we argued with the neonatologists about her....
Three months in NICU is a long time. I can't imagine what a difficult time that must've been for you!
A mover and a shaker I am, eh? SO ... I can see it now... I'm being set up "to blame" for the next major EARTHQUAKE ... where-ever it might happen in the world.
( yuk-yuk-yuk ).... so am I being a bit paranoid? Well... no... I prefer to think in terms of guarding my carefully crafted and stubbornly defended INNOCENCE!
And as for the 4 / 10 option... I think it's wonderful! Everything about it makes good sense to ME... as you gain a 3 day weekend ... and you cut the wera and tear on car, fuel budget and body from the commute ... and to that I can only openly muse - when will they dream up the 3 day 13.3 hour work week?.... or even better is the 2 day 20 hour work "week". Oh shoot... lets' just jump to the 6.6 day 24 hour work MONTH! Oh wait a minute - don'[t firemen ge something like that already? I've GOT IT!!! I wanna be a FIREMAN when I grow up... and I'm still hopeing to "grow up" some time before I turn 80!
Now how many months will it take for me to earn a FIREMANS' PENSION if I choose to work a few months STRAIGHT THROUGH? Lets see... 20 years... cut by 3 days = 1 ... well it's quite simple ... 20 years service with 7 years STRAIGHT service minus a few days for leap years.
Ooopss.... math alert!
OK... on another point... today is my daughter's last day at school... a half day. I am picking her up - and taking her to a daddy daughter day out. I'm thinking of doing lunch at her favorite Chinese restuarant in town then maybe Disneyland for the afternoon. Then a late dinner with my Dad if shes' awake half way home Mom and the younger one have already flown out to Boston for the week - and a birthday party for my niece. I'm flying with the older daughter tomorrow to join them. And as I understand it we might be doing a mini-DIS meet out there with Mary Ann (Magiroux) hosting for maybe Diane (allshookup), Chrissy (mkygrl), and maybe Penny (psm729). I remain flexible for the day and times - but Monday had been suggested.
Yay we get to do a mini-meet too!!!
OK - I gotta run now... gotta long date with my daughter today - shes' been good in school and her academic year is done! Well... for our flight I did buy a 2nd grade activity work book - doing 2nd grade math, reading, writing, science, and so on ... and I bought a dedicated 2nd grade math book. Plus some new washable markers, twist up crayolas, and a fresh drwing pad for our flights friday and next week wednesday. So her academics resume on Friday... <wink>.
Have fun on your date!
Oy doesn't sound good M!
Oh, my!!! The Dr had told me that if it had been my 1st...2nd or 3rd child she would have been staying in the hospital a while.But, he had known me a long time and knew that I really would take her to see him everyday!
FIL - is going to be released later on today. He has an infection -- intestininal -- and his ulcer is acting up so, he is on an antibiotic and a prescription pepcid (?).
Dh said he was extrememly dehydrated -- I told dh to remind FIL that rum & coke doesn't count as a liquid!
Dh is still with FIL and is going to be the one to handle all the details.
One of the funniest things (at least ot dh & I) is last night before dh left FIL was panicked.....FIL --- *I don't have any cash on me.*
Dh told him not to worry that that he didn't need to tip the nurses during the night and they didn't have a bar! LOL!
So glad to hear they found out what is ailing your FIL. Hope he gets better soon!
He grew up in a coal mining town during The Depression - really, really poor. He ended up doing very well financially and always had to have gobs of cash with him. He didn't want to spend it, he just wanted to have it! He paid cash for the house he bought when he retired - and it was a big house. It is actually sort of funny - my Dad still has the receipt for Nana & Grandpa's house!
