The Sass Sircus: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

Update

I had a doctors appointment this morning. The good news is my cervix is still closed. However, it has softened quite a bit. Which means I probably have been having contractions sometime between 2 weeks ago and today and not even realized it. My doctor decided to monitor me and the baby to make sure I wasn’t contracting and once again that he isn’t under any stress. Thankfully no, I am not currently having any contractions and Logan looks great on the monitor! I am currently 28 weeks along and on the monitor she said he looks like a 34 week baby. So he’s very mature! YAY! As of right now she said our goal is to make it to at the very least 32 weeks (we hope to make it much longer). I really hope we can make it to full term but we just have to wait and see. She said she is happy with where we are for the moment and I am doing everything I am supposed to be doing. So right now it is just a waiting game. Unfortunately we can’t predict the future. I go back next week and will have another FFN test. Hopefully, it comes back negative and the worrying can go down just a little but we will see what happens (yes that is a possibility that is could come back negative even after a positive result). If it does come back negative that would mean we would have a 95% chance of NOT going into labor in the following two weeks after the test is done. And that would definitely give us peace of mind! Until next week I will just continue to take it easy. We thank and praise God for a good report today!

We want to thank everyone who has reached out to us, called, texted, sent us Facebook and twitter messages, came to stay and help with Kamryn, etc…it is so much appreciated! We are overwhelmed by the support from both family and friends! We are once again reminded just how lucky we really are to have such great people in our lives. Thank you all!!

Friday, April 20, 2012

The curveball….

Where to begin…..

Mike and I went to my routine check up on Wednesday morning and when my Dr asked how I was feeling I told her “ehhhh…okay just tired and crampy”. I wasn’t really worried because I remember being crampy off and on when I was pregnant with Kamryn, this time I just thought it was happening a little more frequently possibly because I have a 2 year old. My Dr decided to check my cervix and do a couple tests to rule out preterm labor just to be safe. Never ever thinking of what would happen next. My cervix is closed so we thought everything was fine. She told me to lay down as much as possible and she would see me again in 2 weeks instead of 4 weeks to check me again. Mike and I came home and just relaxed for the remainder of the day. By 4 o’clock I got a message from my Dr to call her back asap. I called the office and much to my surprise the FFN test came back positive. What this basically means is my body is leaking fetal fibronectin and that preterm labor is likely to occur. The fetal fibronectin is basically the glue that binds the fetal sac to the uterine lining. This could mean labor could happen soon or not for a few weeks. I could even still go full term but the odds of that are very unlikely at this point. I was instructed to get to the hospital immediately so we could do a fetal non stress test on the baby and check for any contractions. They also have to now give me steroid shots to help the babies lungs develop faster. I got one shot on wednesday night and one thursday night. Luckily, baby is doing great and I am not currently contracting. The nurses even told us last night that on the monitor Logan looks like a 32+ week baby…he’s super healthy and his heart is nice and strong. GREAT NEWS! Especially if he does make an early appearance. For now I am on moderate bedrest. Which means I am stuck either in bed or on the couch and can only get up to use the bathroom, take a shower or long enough to make a sandwich. You can imagine this is super tough with Kamryn but thankfully my mom and sister are here for the weekend to help. Kamryn is all up in arms and doesn’t understand whats going on at all. Poor baby! It just breaks my heart. For now we will take it one day at a time and hope and pray Logan stays put for quite some more time. I’ll do everything I am instructed to do to make sure he is as healthy as possible but as of now the future is unknown and completely out of our hands!

Please keep us in your prayers!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Happy Easter

It seems like every year the holidays get more and more exciting. Not just for Kamryn but also Mike and myself. We found ourselves counting down the days and getting that feeling we remember having as kids. She’s right at that age we’re she’s starting to get it and its so much fun!!

Saturday night we decorated eggs before Kamryn went to bed. This year she was much more into it than she was last year and could participate. She loved it!

We woke up Sunday morning to find this all of this great stuff!

Of course, the Easter Bunny spoiled her rotten….as usual. (this will be her last holiday as an only child)

These are the only pictures we got of her in her dress without her jacket over it. Right as we were about to run out the door. Not the best…but they will have to do. (don’t mind the disaster of toys that take over my family room)

It was a very busy day. We had breakfast here with my Dad, Dee and Zack. Then went to see Mike’s Dad, brothers and Grandmother.

We then went to Grammy and Pa’s for the annual Easter egg hunt. Where we saw all of the Donga family, including my Mom, John, Zack (again) and Lexi. Kamryn also got to see her cousins who are all around her age. She gets so giddy and excited when she’s around them…its awesome!