Yesterday we got a super soft blanket from Joan House. Joan and her husband Ed are both such wonderful supporters of Dan and I through our marriage, his cancer and our attempts to have a baby. I am glad Dexter will have something to roll around on and play with that was made with love!
This weekend is my baby shower and I cant wait to see my mom this weekend and have some silly baby shower fun with my friends in Dayton.
Met with the doc today, my hemoglobin is up from 9.5 to 9.8 so they are happy it went up instead of down. They are going to repeat the blood work in a few weeks to see any new changes. Dexter's heartbeat was nice and strong in the 140-150s and everything else about the visit and lab work was normal. She wants me to try and drink a lot more fluids though because a couple times this past week about an hour after waking up I was getting really dizzy/faint and that's probably a combo of my low hemoglobin and not getting fluids during the night. She said if increasing my fluids doesn't help or it starts happening more than just the mornings to come in and they would probably just give me IV fluids. In 2 more weeks (March 6th) I have my 32 week doctor visit and growth ultrasound scheduled.
Big Happy 1st birthday to Holly's son Rowan today!
Wow, finally in the home stretch here and cant wait to actually met Dexter! He is swimming around a ton in my belly and while 3rd trimester is going well its defiantly different than the previous two. Sleep is becoming pretty spotty at times trying to find a position that is comfortable and I feel like my belly has really exploded outwards. I already have 1 stretch mark on my belly (dear god what will it look like in 10 more weeks). I got my Rho-gam shot today since I am B- blood type and tomorrow I see my doctor for a check up. I am sure I will have something to post tomorrow about that. Until then!
Well for the last month I have been on iron 3 times a day to boost my hemoglobin levels. It was 11 at 14 weeks, 10 at 24 weeks and is now down to 9.5 at 28 weeks. My doc wasn't happy that it continued to drop despite all the iron. All my other labs were normal so basically I just wasn't absorbing all the iron I was taking. So now they switched me to a different form of iron to see if I can absorb that instead. However, Dexter seems unphased by this (perhaps he is stealing all my iron) and is growing beyond schedule. He is currently following in his cousin Cole's footsteps of being in the 90%+ percentile for growth. His head circumference and long bone measurements put him at 29weeks 4 days (vs 28weeks 1 day which I really am). He also measures about 3 pounds.
Above is a nice face shot of Dex. You can see his eyes, nose and mouth pretty clearly. We are now on every 2 week doctor visits but I wont get another growth ultrasounds for 4 weeks since he appears to be doing just fine. So Feb 19th I see my doctor again and I get more lab work to check on my levels. She said if they continue to drop she will give me IV iron. Thats about it from here. Everyone is doing great and hope you are also!
I had my 9-month post-chemo CT scan on Friday 30-Jan-2009, and have just spoken with Cindy in the Oncology department. She read back the results of the scan, and they indicate a stable lower quadrant with no evidence of cancer. I have an appointment with the Oncologist at the end of the month to prepare documentation for a possible extension to my Code-C profile (they call it C-Code, but that means something else to a programmer =P). So far, so good.
Last week I also found out that an article I wrote had been accepted into the Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (PPNA) journal. Journals are generally regarded as more important than (most) conferences because they are peer reviewed and highly selective. This is a huge milestone toward my doctorate, and relieves a lot of pressure. I still have to submit two more articles, write the dissertation, and defend my work before I can graduate.
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