Baby Jace has arrived

He arrived April 13th at 9:24 pm weighing in at 7lbs 2.7oz and is 17" long.....He is in the NICU for breathing issues but for him being delivered at 34wks 5days he is doing great.......that makes him 5 wks early........He honestly looks so tiny.......I got to see his eyes today when I got to go down to the NICU.......He is on the vent as he is having troubles with his breathing.......Not exactly sure what troubles he is having (daddy knows, LOL) He went down to see him this morning when I was still stuck in bed because of the spinal.....The setting on the vent is at 25% and room air (the air that you and I breathe) is 21% so he is almost ready to come off of it........They did start feeding him but only 5 ccs at a time.......Which I am aggravated with the post partum floor about.......I requested a pump last night and got one brought in.......I am boung and determined to breastfeed this baby.........I pumped got about 15 ccs which at first I was discouraged about but now I have found out that it is normal for that amount.....but that is 3 feedings for him at this time.......UGH........Nicu didn't know that I was pumping so they went ahead and gave him his first feed........

Right now I am watching him on the tv in my room.........They have closed circuit tv here for moms with babies in the nicu, you can call down and have him placed on the camera and you can see it.......It really helped in the middle of the night when I couldn't get up and see him........

The big news is that I might get to hold him tomorrow........neither Kent nor I have gotten to hold him yet I am really looking forward to it........But for now here are some pics of the newest member of our family........Enjoy!!!!

The other news is that he was born on his great grandmother's 86th b-day........she is absolutely tickled pink........

Baby update

I didn't come and post on thursday when I got home.......things are kind of crazy around here........
My dr's appt didn't go so well..........I have gained 10lbs in a week and the placenta is showing signs of deterating (spl)..........Jace is not moving the way he had been.........So doc set down and had a talk with Kent and I........He said to pack a bag and to come back on monday......Instead of going once a week, we are now going twice a week.......He decreased my metformin (diabeties meds)...........If my blood sugars get to low, then again we can have damage to Jace and that just isn't happening...........

Lets see now........
My bag is packed except a pair of socks, which I highly doubt I will need.......especially if I continue to swell...

I have washed the car seat cover..........a small load of Jace's clothes..........Missing a shirt to one of his new outfits.........I know it got into the clothes hamper but I am not sure if it ever got out and I am not digging for it..........I also washed the blanket that my grandmother made for my oldest son, Clayton.......All of my kids have come home from the hospital with it............Its hard to believe that next month it will be 16 yrs old......Got Jace's baby book in my bag.........Got the extra cell phone charger packed as well.........I will put the laptop in the bag before we leave.......I have the 35 mm camera packed as well as 4 rolls of film...........I was going to borrow a friend's digital camera as mine is not working (thank you kids) but she is having surgery tomorrow and will not be home til the weekend.............I kind of hope that I hold out that long.........Next monday/tuesday sounds good.........I will be 36 wks then.........Each day I give him in is 2 days less in the nicu that he could have.........I still need to add socks to his bag along with his coming home outfit......Oh and a regular recieving blanket again something that Great Grandma made..........I love these blankets they are huge and perfect for swaddling..........I swear they must be a yard of material before she puts the trim on it............They are the best for swaddling my big babies........But over all I think I am ready...........I can't think of anything else that needs to be done besides the corner beside my chair cleaned out so I can set the pack n play there or the bassinet........Will probably do the bassinet for awhile..........Just because it is smaller and easier to move around over there.........Oh and I still need to call a number to find out if the travel swing has been recalled............If it has I just have to wait a bit for something to come in for me to go get another one..........Ok now that I have all this typed............I am not ready for him to come regardless........Emotionally I am not ready..........Physically I am.........Its scary the thought of having a 35 wker...........I mean seriously even Alyssa held out til 36 wks 5 days...........Clayton we born the day before his due date........Joshua and Austin were both born at 38 wks..........Austin however did have a 3 1/2 day stay in the NICU due to blood sugar issues so its not like I am new to the NICU scene........Its just more stressing..........I am delivering at one of the better hospitals in tulsa plus it has one of the areas top NICU so it could be worse............ but why do I feel like I need to run away from the dr's appt tomorrow........I hope he stays put for awhile...........I just need to get through this week and then I think things will be ok with me emotionally.........

Specialist appt today

We have a date of May 5th which is exactly 8 wks from today..........My blood sugars have been giving me issues.........Starting on the 24th of last month I noticed that Jace hadn't moved that much so on the 26th, I spent an hour in labor and delivery getting monitored.......He is fine they said he moved on me........Fastforward to the 27th.......I got a really high blood sugar ready (339), I talked with my dr on monday at our appt.....I had an appt for the specialist for tuesday so she didn't do anything..........I had been watching it very closely so we knew what was going on..........I went in for my specialist appt and had my u/s.....Sure enough he had flipped around, he is now head up.......Little stinker.....He is basically folded in half.....His feet are by his mouth.........Which explains why he isn't moving all to well........And she played with my insulin........She said that the long acting insulin was not lasting long enough........So she decreased it in the morning to 6 units (was 10 units only in the morning) and added 6 units at bedtime.......So basically she just added 2 units..........And it was then that we got the numbers to the dr that my dr actually wanted me to go to............I had an appt for him today.........He is happy with my blood sugars.......And once he explained why it made total sense........He said the only side effect of it is a big baby.......I grow my babies big anyways but back to why he didn't want to mess with it........He said if we get them back to normal that it will do more harm to Jace and could end up in a stillbirth..........Our blood sugars are varying greatly right now so when mine is in the 140's Jace's is around a 100......So basically we need to leave them alone.....Fine and dandy with me..........However my bp has been up but not much......its steady which is a good thing.......140/86 and its been like that for the last 2 wks.......However he decided to add another bp med in there that has a water pill in it which will help the swelling that has started........Awesome news to me........I have actually only gained 13lbs so far and I am 30 wks.......I lost 11lbs durning the first 11 wks of my pregnancy........which I have gained back plus another 13lbs.......So over all it isn't a bad weight gain given my history......hehehehe........When I checked out we set the date for my c/s........But he says that I may not make it that far.......I want to make it another 7 wks (thats 37 wks) and he will not allow me to go any farther then 38wks.........

Baby Jace

Baby Jace is his nickname, LOL.......The kids are all calling him that........Its hard to believe that in less then 2 mths he will be here......So far so good.......Just the normal swelling so far.........Last night the skin on my feet hurt from swelling but tonight even though I was up making banana bread and potato salad, help cleaning the house and dealing with every crisis that my children decided they needed momma to deal with........they are swollen but not hurting as much.....So I don't know......Maybe the past week of running, running, running has finally caught up with me........And my week this week is packed full of stuff to do........Monday I have to take Kent to the VA and on tuesday I have to go to Tulsa to meet my new specialist.........Though it doesn't really matter, I have a feeling that they will take a peak at him.........I love seeing him.....I have to get the new pics scanned and put up here but my scanner is not working with vista so I have to use a friend's scanner to get them on here.........At last week's u/s he was folded in half......Or at least it looked like it......he had his foot up by his mouth........his butt was down, his head was up.........he turned just like the hospital and Dr. Perry had said he did which is why I wasn't feeling him move so much............But apparently he has either turned again or he has managed to get a foot loose to kick me in my umum......He has managed to make it very painful the last couple of days, LOL..........Its like he was before he turned and I didn't feel him for those 2 days.......I have told everyone that its like he is punching my c/s scar from Joshua (his is in a different place then Alyssa's and Austin's) and that every time he would hit it, it would hurt........yep he is doing it again.........I will be glad when they go in there and clean out the scar tissue again........Its starting to stretch (suppose to) and hurt (not suppose to, lol) But overall I am loving every minute of my pregnancy including the heartburn that you get near the end..........Because I know it is all worth it in the end.........

Update on the last couple of days

Yesterday I had an awesome dr's appt with the specialist who I have been seeing for just the level 2 u/s.........They still haven't gotten all of his measurements but he is doing great and growing like a weed........According to the u/s he weighs 3lbs 7oz......I know that they say that they can be off by as much as a lb but seriously with my history of growing big boys, I don't think that is the case..........I have figured by his rate of growth in the last month that he will be close to 10lbs when he is born if not more.........Joshua weighed 9lbs 12oz when he born so I am thinking that he is going to be the same way..........I got him his car seat, his coming home outfit (0-3mths, cause with Joshua the newborn clothes didn't fit, LOL) and some bottles just in case bfing fails again this time........Hopefully it won't, I have talked to a bfing consultant, got some more ideas, made new internet friends who have made suggestions on how to help increase production so we will see...........
Now on to the news about the dr........I got the phone numbers for the dr that my regular ob was wanting on to come back.......I have an appt with him on tuesday.........Still not at the hospital I wanted to deliver at but one of the better ones in tulsa.........So I am quite pleased.........

Alyssa had an eye dr appt.......It went awesome.........the eye that they have been working on to strengthen is within normal ranges even though it is still turning out a bit.........Her glasses are staying the same strength as her eye sight hasn't changed any........And she got new glasses, the last pair we got apparently has an issue with the metal being to thin, We have adjusted them, they tried to adjust them and they just kept springing back.........So they were really loose on her face.....So in about 2 wks we will have new glasses and hopefully they will work better for her.........We have another IEP meeting next week.......Well sort of..........We are meeting with OT because they want to discharge her and they haven't done much of anything to begin with.........They meet with her once a month for maybe a half hour if that.........and they gave her a pencil grip because they think she holds her pencil wrong.........She holds it the same way I do.........So does that mean I hold my pencil/pen wrong to??? At the time I thought they were being nitpicky now I think it is just a waste of time for her to be pulled out of class..........They are doing nothing for her..........Plus on the paperwork that they gave to the school, it said that they spoke to the teacher and she has no concerns at this time........They never talked to them........She hasn't even met her goals that they had set for her......UGH........I have decided that I will work with her at home instead of what they are doing..........Heck I don't think I can do any more damage, LOL.........Wish me luck........She is just as stubburn as her momma.......Could it be the Leo showing up?? Or the fact that she has both her momma and her daddy in her and she has a double dose of stubburness..........hehehehe