Tuesday, July 1, 2008

A new life - A new person...

I had an endocrinologist’s appointment about two weeks ago, to check up my thyroid levels. I was in the waiting room and a few minutes later the doctor came out of her office and came into the waiting room and as soon as she saw me, she goes like:

“ ….So your girl and you are the miracles of the 23rd?”… Come in; let’s see how are you doing…

Once in her office she told me she was shocked when she knew about my emergency (because it had been a great pregnancy with no issues or complications AT ALL) but even more in shock to knew that our daughter is, first of all, alive, and that she recovered the way she did. She told me that it was truly a miracle considering my placental abruption’s high grade and therefore all the lost blood.

….Then the first time we saw the pediatrician in his office he also told us to consider ourselves very fortunate because it really wasn’t common to have the outcome we had, considering the circumstances….

WOW, it really gives me chills everytime I think about it and I really have no words to express how grateful I feel.

When I was first diagnosed I had my first meeting with IF world and I was changed,

….then we got pregnant on our own, surprisingly, and my life took a new path….

….then, after 8 months of an incredible pregnancy I had an extreme emergency and survived, with the best possible outcome….. That, that gave me a new life and made me a new person ....

… A woman with the most beautiful scar on her tummy, to always remember the presence of God in her life.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

A half-fixed computer and the update...

I've got my computer back... it isn't totally fixed, it seems it is more expensive to fix it than to buy a new one, so I believe I will be asking for a replace. Hopefully this one won't crash again before getting the new one...

OK, on to better things,.... the update.... and some pics!

On Friday May 23rd our daughter had her 1st month check-up with her doctor and I am extremely happy to report that she is doing great. They gave us the blood work results of a test they perform to look for over 60 congenital illnesses and everything was normal. I was curious to see how her thyroid results were, considering I have hypothyroidism, but hers seem normal, at least up until now.

Then, last Monday June 23rd, she had her 2nd month check-up, and everything looked fine so far. She is gaining cheeks, - perdon, weight so it seems that my milk is doing what it is supposed to.

It amazes me how fast she is growing!!!… I believe she doesn’t look like a newborn anymore. It is really incredible how much she changes every day. These are her weights and heights:

Apr 23rd : Birthday - 2.820 kg (6lb 3oz) - 48cm (18.9in)
May 9th : 16 days - 3.100 kg (6lb 13 oz) - 50cm (19.7in)
May 23rd : 1 month - 3.550 kg (7lb 13 oz) - 51.5cm (20.28in)
June 23rd : 2 months - 4.515 kg (9lb 15 oz) - 53cm (20.86in)

On the feeding side, this week she is starting to sleep through the night, or at least she has done so for the last couple of nights. She is starting to smile sometimes when we talk to her..... My heart melts and I can't wait to see her interact more..... the fun is just starting and the best is yet to come!

I finally found the cable to download the pictures, here are a few of them. They will not be here forever, I will remove them later but for now....ENJOY!

One day old, this was the day I got to see her for the first time. She was placed under the CPAP respirator....


Three days old, got intubated and was placed placed under the ventilator that also helped to give her shots to help her lungs mature...


YAYYYY..... ventilator free!!!....



One of the lasts days in the NICU. She was using an open bassinet and was already nursing, almost ready to come home!...




5 weeks old and cross-eyed!



I can't wait to catch up with your blogs, I have missed so much!!!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Still alive....

Yes, I am still alive....
.....with a crashed computer!!!....

That's why I haven't been updating and I haven't had a chance to follow your blogs this past 2 weeks. Hopefully I will have my computer back next week, for now I am using T-Boy's laptop but I don't get that much time because he uses it a lot for work, weekends included.....

Ok, for now I just wanted to report that we are doing fine, I am still on maternity leave enjoying every minute spent with our daughter who, as you can imagine, is growing very fast, working every day in doing an extra effort to make her cheeks bigger!