Thursday, October 04, 2007

One last thing and then I'm moving on...

My super ahhhsome doctor called Wednesday to check on me, but to also let me know that they did some preliminary testing on the baby we lost and they determined that it did not have a breastbone, and the ribs were not in the right place. So basically it had nothing to protect it's heart and if it would have survived, it would not have had an easy life on the outside. He also briefly mentioned something called Turn.er's Syn.drome and although I only did a little bit of research, I learned that it only affects females and am now beginning to wonder if we indeed lost a girl. Definitely a question I'm going to ask next week. While I'm definitely comforted to know that this was caused by a chromosomal anomaly and not something that I did, it upsets me to know that I'm an now a statistic.


On a totally different note, and one in which probably deserves it's own post but I'm too lazy right now to do that, Ava had her 18 month check up last week. All is well, except the little squirt weighs about the same that she did at 15 months. A whopping 21 pounds. It appears that all the chicken nuggets, french fries, and hot dogs that I've been feeding her have only made her mommy fatter. Not fair indeed.

All joking aside, she's really changing alot and I know that's what they do at this stage, but I just can't get over how much of a person she is. She's really good now at communicating what she wants to us, and she's even better at showing us when she's really pissed off. I can't even list all of her new words because she has about 10 new ones a day. She's starting to interact with the dog alot more, and she now calls him "Harwee" instead of puppa. She frequently shows her disgust with him by pushing him aside, and the other day she even smacked him on the nose screaming "no" at him because he ate her chicken nugget. She looks more and more like her daddy every day and acts more and more like her mommy. And I know we will pay dearly for that later. She's still really not walking much. She can, and we've seen her do it, she just has absolutely no interest in it right now. But give the child a ladder and she will be up it faster than you can scream "shit." Oh, and did you know that she can now climb right on out of her crib? Because she can. I found her playing on the floor the other morning when I went to get her out of bed. Do you think it would be child abuse if I gently handcuffed her to the sides, because I'm not quite ready to put her in the toddler bed, and even if I was I have no idea where the instructions are to change it.

She starts a mother's day out program on Monday and I'm really looking forward to it. I have no idea how she's going to handle it but I'm all about having 4 hours to myself. Can you say toddler free time at the grocery store? Oh I can hear angels singing now. It's going to be nice to put the frozen stuff on the conveyor belt without having to explain why it looks like a mouse got a hold of everything I have. I'm also hoping that it entices her to WALK. She passed her August deadline, and she's a flower girl in a wedding next month and I'll be damned if she doesn't walk down that aisle. I refused to push my 19 month old child in a wagon. Not gonna do it.

I guess that's it. 5 more days until we hopefully get to hear the heartbeat on our other baby. I guess the good news is that since all of this has happened, I have felt 1000 times better. No more headaches, no more backache, no more nausea (for the most part) and my appetite has returned with a vengeance. I guess I should have listened to my body that was telling me something was wrong. Naturally I just didn't want to believe it. And now I'm anxiously, and impatiently waiting for that first kick, a sign that all is well in there.

6 comments:

TEACHBROECK said...

HERE HERE for first kicks! Glad you are feeling better. That mother's day out thing sounds DREAMY! Funny we don't think of getting a pedicure or gettting our hair did....we look forward to peaceful GROCERY SHOPPING!

Lisanne said...

I *so* hope that you'll feel those kicks soon and that your next OB appointment will reveal a strong, happy heartbeat. Holding good thoughts for you! Hmm, based on that research, then yeah ... maybe it was a girl. Interesting.

Unknown said...

Turner's does only show up in girls. So, I'm thinking you're right about the gender.

Glad to hear the aches, nausea & bleech is over.

Yay for Ava keeping you on your toes more. It's coming. And, when she walks, it gets worse!

I hope the heartbeat on the baby eases your concerns. You're still in my prayers.

Anonymous said...

That's good that you found out what happened w/the baby~I *know* it still doesn't make the experience any easier, but you can stop beating yourself up wondering if it was something you did/didn't do (although I think it's natural when something like this happens for Moms to think we did/didn't do something~I did when we lost our baby). You will always mourn the loss of your baby & NEVER forget your baby, you will move on.

I'm glad that Ava's doing so well & I hope you & she enjoy the Mother's Day Out program. As much as we love our children, ALL Moms need a break now & then :) It sounds like Ava is doing really well developmentally & that's great!

I know that you can not wait to hear your baby's heartbeat next week. Are they going to do another ultrasound then too? I'm glad that you're feeling better these days & hope it continues. Maybe soon you'll get a kick from your miracle baby telling you he/she loves you ;) Keep us updated & let us know how the appt. goes next week. Take care!

((((hugs)))

Midwest Texan said...

Glad to hear you are feeling better physically! It also sounds like you have a really supportive and kind doctor; I'm sure that is helpful. Good luck with next weeks' appt.

Mother's Day Out is WONDERFUL! I have had J in a program since June, and I just love it - he does too. It's nice to have some alone time during the week.

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