SAD DAY!

We lost the heartbeat.  :-(  After seeing the heartbeat twice, we were starting to feel confident that this pregnancy would be OK, but we were wrong.  Courtney had cramping on and off since the ultrasound on Thursday and the only thing different was weaning of the Metformin as suggested by the OB.  That was the last time we saw this precious heart beating.  Courtney had a D&C this evening since she is on blood thinners....they didn't want her to miscarry naturally since it would could pose a danger to Courtney. 

We are simply numb right now.....this makes miscarriage number 5!   .......Counting our blessings that we have Nevaeh, our little miracle to go home to and hold close to us. 

8w1d- OB VISIT

Courtney had her first OB visit, which included an ultrasound......the ultrasound tech was upset that Courtney chose a private ultrasound to date the pregnancy over theirs.....in fact her exact words were, "We'll just see if they were accurate.....how far along are you? ....(8w2d)..... Well this is a medical ultrasound and I date you 8w1d....so your due date is August 14th not the 13th!".....geeeez.....so 8w1d it is from the medical perspective. Baby Barnett has a strong heartbeat of 144, which they were able to hear this time via a vaginal ultrasound!

As far as the other part of the OB visit goes, all is well..... Blood pressure 118/80, gained 1lb ( most likely progesterone bloat) and all meds remain the same except for weaning off metformin. ....next OB visit is in one month! .......next private ultrasound is on January 12! ;-)

8 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!

Dear Baby Barnett,

You are developing quickly this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your hands and feet, your eyelids practically cover your eyes, breathing tubes extend from your throat to the branches of your developing lungs, and your "tail" is just about gone. In your brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways.

We are daydreaming about your gender, but your external genitalia still hasn't developed enough to reveal whether Mommy is having a boy or a girl (Nevaeh insists you are a girl...she calls you her sister already!). Either way, you are about the size of a kidney bean and are constantly moving and shifting, though Mommy still can't feel it, but we sure did get to see you wiggle on the ultrasound three days ago!  Made us smile! Mommy is looking forward to the day you are big enough to have your heart beat detected on a home Doppler (I bet she will be able to hear it in a few weeks, like she did with your sister!).... then later feeling those first flutters from you wiggling all over the place!

We love you!
Grandma Dason

7w5d ULTRASOUND

Baby Barnett is growing right on schedule! 7w5d with a strong heartbeat of 134. Our little one is 1.5cm long with arm and leg buds visible in the pictures (head up in top picture and head down in bottom picture). We even saw it wiggle!!!!! Top picture is a front view and bottom picture is a side view with yolk sac.

Blizzard of 2012

The day after Christmas of 2012, a blizzard brought a foot of snow, high winds and near zero visibility!  Mommy working in the medical field and Daddy in the police department meant no time off for them......but I was off for Christmas Break!  I am guessing Mommy will come here after work and spend the night, since it will not be safe to travel home.  Thankfully I just live down the road from where she works.  Daddy on the other hand, will be out all night in this weather...Yikes!

 I remember two other times we had a blizzard.  The first one of the blizzard of 1978.  It was the first time that the city schools closed for snow. I was in middle school at the time and loved every minute of it! We were snowed in for a week!  There was soooo much snow that the drifts covered our front door!  No kidding!  I found a picture on the web from this storm. You can see people standing on a roof of a single story building. 

 The second blizzard happened in 1983.  Our town was closed down for several days.  We had soooo much snow that the snow plows made really high piles on each side of the roads and it looked like we were driving through snow tunnels! Here's a picture I found off the web.  :-)  Gotta love technology!

We've had several other snow storms over the years with blizzard like conditions, but these are the two times I remember the storm being labeled a blizzard!  Now you can say that a blizzard occurred during your " lifetime" when you were just 7w1d gestation! :-)  (In other words, you are/were in the making!)

Thank goodness this snow storm hit after Christmas and not yesterday!  (At least in our neck of the woods!).  We are all safe and sound.....and warm!

7 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!

Dear Baby Barnett,

You sure did make your Mommy smile when she saw you on an ultrasound with a strong heartbeat of 122 at 6w4d!!!! (see earlier post)... According to babycenter.com, this week your hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities I'm daydreaming about holding and tickling! Technically, you are still considered an embryo with a small tail, which is an extension of your tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. You have doubled in size since last week and now measure half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry or a bean.

You now have eyelid folds partially covering your eyes, which already have some color. You also have a tiny nose with tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your brain are growing, and your liver is churning out red blood cells until your bone marrow forms and takes over this role. You also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your growing intestines is bulging into your umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from your tiny body!

Mommy has been very lucky this time around with minor morning sickness...really more of a food aversion, which has been really hard for her around all of these Holidays foods! Speaking of Holiday...Merry Christmas little one! Today is December 25, 2012..... This time next year, you will be 4.5 months old!!!!

We love you very much!
Grandma Dason



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6w4d!!!!!

Look at the difference in quality! Here you can clearly see the fetal pole and yolk sac, not to mention a defined measurable gestational sac! Our little peanut is measuring 6w4d with an estimated due date of August 13, 2013!!!! The second picture shows the heartbeat motion at 122 bpm. They do not listen to the heartbeat this early, rather they measure that beautiful little flicker on the screen in motion waves (see second picture). Courtney was pretty spot on in guessing she was around 3 weeks pregnant when she peed on her first pee stick!!!!

ULTRASOUND

Another ultrasound at the local place with poor resolution.....but at least we have piece of mind! She was able to pick up the heartbeat motion, but we could not hear it. Last week there was no heartbeat motion to pick up. She says that she typically can not hear heartbeats with her machine until 8 weeks and she doesn't measure the fetal poles this early either, due to the poor resolution. :-( Courtney has an ultrasound on Saturday in Columbus at a better place. We should know the exact due date then because their machines are the latest and greatest!

FOOD?

Very little sickness so far!  YAY....but definitely an aversion to foods.  In fact, the only things that taste good are Wonton Soup, Fruits and French Fries.  The oddest part of this....Courtney hates french fries!  Haha!

HCG NUMBERS

The OB's office called today to confirm the good rise in hcg numbers from the emergency room visit last weekend. It is always reassuring to hear a positive from the doctor that all appears to be normal so far with this pregnancy. Next big step is seeing a heartbeat! PRAYING!!!!


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