Thursday, June 26, 2008

delivery within two weeks?!?!?!

i had a really bad nite tuesday. contractions three minutes apart, baby had dropped, etc. not good. toughed it out. called my ob the first thing yesterday thinking he'd have me come in and instead sent me to the hospital. got there, contractions were basically non existent, urine was good, and cervix was closed although soft and short. they did a swab for a fFn test. i got dressed while we waited on the results because the smell of the gown was so sickening. i laid down on the gurney and dozed off. the midwife came in and told us the test came back positive. wow! i've had the test done several times w/ all the kids and never got a positive. ok. soooo, they hooked me back up, contractions were weak but more frequent. they switched my meds back to procardia every 6 hrs and i'm only allowed up to go to the bathroom. wow. i'm still just about two months away from my due date......i've had the steroids for baby's lung development but s/he would still probably have low birth weight and i don't want to have to visit my baby in the nicu for weeks. so keep us in your good thoughts.


Fetal fibronectin (fFN) is a protein produced by fetal cells and a type of fibronectin. fFN is found at the interface of the chorion and the decidua (between the fetal sack and the uterine lining).

It can be thought of as an adhesive or "biological glue" that binds the fetal sack to the uterine lining.

Diagnosic test

Fetal fibronectin "leaks" into the vagina if a preterm delivery is likely to occur and can be measured in a diagnostic test.[1]

It is an excellent biological marker of premature (preterm) delivery; a delivery before 37 weeks of gestation.

When the fFN test is considered positive, delivery is likely to occur soon. When the fFN test is negative, it means that there is little if any danger of preterm labour for 7-10 days. The test is easily performed. A specimen is collected from the patient using a vaginal swab. The swab is placed in a transport tube and sent to the lab for testing. The lab can easily produce a test result in less than one hour.

A systematic review of the medical literature found that fetal fibronectin is a good predictor of spontaneous preterm birth before cervical dilation.[2] The test may be run on patients between 22 and 35 weeks gestation.

A negative fetal fibronectin test gives a more than 95% likelihood of remaining undelivered for the next 2 weeks. On the other hand, a positive fetal fibronectin test indicates a higher risk of preterm delivery (61% of delivery before 34 weeks)[3]. So, the fetal fibronectin test can't tell you for sure that you are in labor, but it can tell you that you're not.

Friday, June 20, 2008

why is it so hard?

so i've been trying to get josh's bus situation straightened out for three weeks now. phone calls to this person and that person and this other person. transferred here. transferred there. hung up on. they didn't even go this week because they just couldn't get the stop right. i was told on tuesday that it would be fixed, and as of this morning, nope. so i took plenty of pics of where they want him picked up in relation to our house and we went down to the transpo office. less than 15 mins later we walked out w/ it fixed. i asked her if we'd have to go thru this again in august and at least she was honest when she said "yes". aaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!!!

Monday, June 16, 2008

I WON! I WON! I WON!

i finally gave up on sleeping at 6 this morning after tossing and turning for hours. plunked myself in the recliner, turned on the tv to the channel two news and goofy tim ezell is on the screen. he's the 5th wiggle. lol he was at EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS AT 418 N 10TH ST, 314.241.6565. man that fruit looked so good. anyhow, the drawing was supposed to close at 810. at 750a when they went back to tim and he said they were still waiting for someone to come register i said what the heck. threw on some clothes, brushed my teeth, and hopped in the car. i got there at 810 on the dot. they told me i was one of three people so chances were pretty good. i thanked them and left and they called at 815 before i even made it back home to tell me I WON 4 TICKETS TO THE WIGGLES AND A 50.00 GIFT CARD TO EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS!!!

wooohooo!! joshua is finally gonna get to go!! this is following my 4.37 electric bill i just received last week. wooooohooooo!!

Friday, June 6, 2008

almost 28 weeks....goal 4 weeks left....

so w/ all the problems w/ pre-term labor we've almost made it to 28 weeks. i've had to have my meds changed to terb every 6hrs to control the contractions, hopefully it works better than the procardia did. i got the first shot for baby's lungs yesterday and go back for the second today. so now it's darvocet, terbutaline, zofran since all the pills make me sick, ranitidine, faab tabs, and a random vitamin here and there. goal is 32 weeks. that's a month away. wow. only if she's healthy.

the cost of disobedience.....

the kids love books. they would check out 6-7 chapter books at a time. my concern is they have to be returned, you have that many out, and you can't keep your room clean, and things get lost. so over winter break i told them eff returning to school not to check out a single book w/o permission from me. well, that oldest, miss puddn, checked out one in february on valetines crafts. let some lil girl in her class see it and yep, the book was never returned. so now her report card is being withheld until the book is either returned or they get 19.00 for it! geez! i found it on one website, for 7.66 if i use google checkout. she had 5.00. think i might go that route and then make her work off the rest by scrubbing walls! and she asked for a nintendo ds the other day!

Monday, June 2, 2008

RANDOM PICS..




crazy pregnant dreams!

i dreamed i had a biophysical check up on the baby at 30 weeks and it was a girl measuring about 5 and a half pounds. ok. good. good. and then a little over a week later my water broke at home and we rushed on in because the contractions were strong and i haven't actually pushed a baby out since the oldest, the rest have just slid on out.....and as soon as we got there out comes this 2lb 15oz BOY!! WHAT?!?!? no, that's not mine! do something w/ that and give me a girl! but no, considering the fact the cord still needed to be cut i couldn't deny my tiny son, but i was still in shock! and then it was time to deliver the placenta and instead out comes my 6lb 1oz GIRL!!!

I'M TELLING YOU, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN THEY MIGHT AS WELL JUST KEEP ME AND LOCK ME AWAY ON THE LOONY FLOOR!!

way to go, tatertot!

i cleaned and put her potty chair in the bathroom yesterday. and a few hours later she told twiggi, "pee pee" and made a dash for the bathroom. she didn't quite make it, she was lifting the lid on her chair when she started to go, but we're still so proud of her!! yaaaaayyy for tatertot!