High Risk Pregnancy ~ General Discussion and Support

[Sally2]

Beema, you have done the most amazing job of baking this little one,what a fantastic gestation to get bubs to, you amazing woman
short post, sitting giving our spunky man a bottle while tummy mummy gets some much needed sleep, looking forward to flickers safe arrival

[crumpet]

Thanks Crumpet

It is looking that we might have reached our limit, a number of the tests I had done today were tesing my liver and kidney function, checking for infection and a few other things, so the decisions that are made on Tuesday are going to be looking at babies and my own health and she will determine then whether we can continue for a bit longer or not. Either way I am happy with what we have achieved, I am doing a few things for me, aside from finalising some work over the weekend and writing a CS Birth plan and also a plan of attack for breast feeding after delivery.

Ooohh nearly fortnightly appointments, you are just doing fabulously I'm so proud and happy for you, every day is a new experience

ill be keeping my fingers crossed for some outstanding test results hun!!
but good idea to make sure u have ur birth plans sorted just incase and u know, even if u have flicker next week ur a SUPERSTAR MUMMY!!!!
ive said it before but u inspire me to get as far as i can with as little issues as possible, and have given me the confidence to think i can get to term, so big thank you hun!!

thank you, its just amazing to think of where we are at, im still stunned to be honest!!

my best friend had a baby girl on thursday and we went in and took pizzas for dinner last night, and it was great for DH and i to spend so much time with a newborn, ive realised i think i was expecting a baby the size of a 3 month old to be coming out!!
i changed molly's nappy and wow newbies are a lot smaller than i thought they were, and then i fed her and i was like a stunned mullet!!!
so i guess its fair to say im a bit nervous now!!even though i know the middies will be able to help us a lot, i didnt think id be to bad. but i think ill be asking for a lot more help than i realised.

was a good eye opener for both DH and I..... dont know who is more terrified!

[maybub]

What a road you've travelled Beema. Sending you all of my love and positive vibes for Tuesday. Will be thinking of you and waiting to hear how everything is going. BIG hugs to you hun, I admire you greatly xx

[*Beema*]

Good afternoon all

Thankyou Maybub

Crumpet ~ I hope that out of all of this that my journey can give others hope, we have been hit by nearly every complication in the book, but have still mananged to keep on going and get this far, a lot of medical intervention and monitoring but it has been worth every second!!!

Awww it must have been lovely to have snuggles with a newborn.... awwwwwww...

csab ~ hope you are going along well hun

Sally2 ~ it was the journey your family travelled that was a huge inspiration for me, if you could all do it we could!

AFm ~ I am back and had some lunch, after being in my OB's office for a couple of hours I needed to eat!

We have reached the end of the road...

My body can't keep going like this, we have no where to go with the meds, on the CTG this morning I was getting 2-3 minutes rest between contractions with all the Nifedipine and Crinome on board

The pockets of fluid we had last week are gone

Growth dropped off further

My BT's from Thursday came back good!

So this is where it all ends....

I have had a top up of steroids this morning, so giving those little lungs an extra boost, especially as bubs won't experience the "squeeze" that DD did.

A C-Sec has been booked, the team of Paeds has been prepped (as there are only two Paeds at NECH who will take on bubs as early and size of Flicker), so both will be tag teaming the care of Flicker and another LO. My Prem Mum buddy who is a week further along will be delivering before me, so it will be lovely in some ways that we are going in together, sad that neither of us have made it to term, but both of us have made it further than our previous prems which is pretty darn special . I am thrilled to have made it to deliver at our private hospital and my OB will be doing the delivery and both babies have been told that they must behave, no transfers

I won't be sharing the day or time, but it is before the week is out ~ so will be keeping you all in suspense

I am feeling a sense of relief now, I have an end date/time and I know how much longer I need to keep going. It has been a long road, but I can't be more proud of what we have achieved, and we should be meeting our take home baby very soon

We have everything in place, I am organised and prepared, I have to keep resting between now and delivery so no running out and about and just take it easy - so nothing new.

I guess that is it, the end of this pregnancy journey is near, making sure I get the last belly shots and spend some special time with DD and DH, and enjoy the squirming little bubba in my belly

I won't be leaving the thread completely I will be here keeping an eye on all of your lovely ladies gorwing some beautiful chubby full term bubbas! Thankyou for being sucha great support for me and I intend to continue to return the same support and positivity!

[csab]

Hi all,

Just wanted to update you all.

Fistly though,

Beema - Have everything crossed for some good results today hun, I hope all went well. Hugs

Crumpet - Congratulations to your friend hun, how is everything else going with you. Im sorry I havent been around much. Hug

Well todays scan was ok, was relieved to see that the BPD had come back within normal ranges, still on the small side, but at least on the graph, I think by looking at it about the 10th percentile, way better than like the 3rd percentile. Huge relief. However this time the bubs abdominal circumference has dropped off the graph. Less than the 5th percentile, and bubs weight is sitting at approx the 6th percentile. Est weight is aprox 788gm. Anyhow they are going to do another scan in 3wks time, to see how bub is growing, and I have been told that if the next few growth scans arent very good, then bub will be delivered sooner rather than later. At the moment they are hoping to push it as close as possible to 35-36wks. Yet it all depends on the next growth scan or two, which will be the deciding factors. Ohhh and bub is still breech, which doesnt make any difference for me due to the c/s. I also mentioned to them about expecting bub to be bigger due to the GD, but they said that it can go either way, even though it isnt as common, yet other things could be factoring into the poor growth such as me neing ANA positive.

[csab]

Beema - We both posted at the same time, well almost. lol.

You should be very proud of yourself hun, you have done an awesome job bringing flicker as far as you have. Yay for getting sooo close to 36wks hun, and it will be such a lovely surprise for us when you announce the safe arrival of flicker. Im am super excited for you. May I ask how big little flicker is estimated at weighing?

[*Beema*]

2.5kg just a tad bigger than his/her bigger sister who was 2350grams at 33 +4 weeks, it just happens to be the minimum that the Paeds were willing to accept, so it will be interesting to see how accurate the scan ends up being, we might be in a bit of trouble with the Paeds if bubs is smaller , but the main Paed is the same DD had and he took her on at 34+1 weeks and 2.1kg

[ButterflyForever]

Beema - just want to say, wishing you all the best of luck tomorrow. You are such a strong lady, through all you have gone through this preg and your little one is lucky to have a Mum like you.

Hi to everyone else,

Will try and catch up tomorrow, just been discharged from hossy, had scar pain and now got shortening cervix as well, joy!!!