Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Vets - Take 2! PREG, M/C, CHILDREN MENT'D

[ALP81]

Hi everyone! Wanted to post a quick update, although it will be short since I am on my phone! Hannah Morgan was born yesterday at 11:59 am, 6lbs 6oz and 18 3/4 in. She us tiny but we think she is perfect. Labor went very well. I got my iv and started the pitocin at 9am, contractions weren't bad and by 11:15 was 4cm after starting at 3cm. She broke my water at 11:15 and the contractions instantly got much worse. Started pushing around 11:55 and she was born at 11:59 after 2 pushes. It was such a surreal experience, my ob and the nurse were shocked. I am so thankful my water didn't break on its own at home! No episiotomy or tearing at all this time, thankfully! Hannah is wonderful, nursing well so far and so calm and quiet. We will see if that lasts! C met her last night and just adores her, it was so cute! Thanks for all the well-wishes, will update more when we get home.

[spindoctor]

Alp - Congrats and welcome to Hannah! Can't wait to see pics!!

[writerkms]

bebe- so sorry to hear about Hayden! Thank you for letting us know! I will be praying that she gets better soon. Hang in there and make sure you take care of yourself too! I know how that is the last thought when your baby is sick!

nico- man...I am so bummed for you! I want us both to have #3!!! I still think it is going to happen for you!

tras- I totally feel for you on the behavior issues with Ty! Please share if the consultant has any good advice. We are having such a hard time with Noah. He can be totally sweet and loving but then there are days when he is out of control. He is very agressive and he will walk up to a kid and push him over for no reason. Time-outs are nothing to him. There are days when he spends 90% of the day in time-out and he just sits on his mat. I had a family friend tell me that the problem is that we don't spank but I am not willing to do that yet.

jac- sorry to hear you are having the same problems and feeling sick on top of it! Hang in there!

Just wanted to share that Noah is entering the highest period of recurrence in the next 3 months. 98% chance or the cancer coming back 9-12 months post radiation. But, his oncologist told me yesterday that if he makes it past July with no tumor, his prognisis goes way up!! So, lots of prayers that we make it! Still no clue what is going on with my body. I had TONS of EWCM on Sat but negative OPK. My DH is so sick of BMS. Unfortunately, he will not agree to any type of monitoring.

[spindoctor]

Writer - My thoughts are with you and your family...I am keeping EVERYTHING crossed that Noah doesn't have a reoccurrence!

[bebetime]

Writer- I will be praying daily for Noah. He is such a little fighter. I'm sorry he's been acting out. How is Isaac doing?

Alp- congrats! Glad you are both doing well and that your labor was so easy!! She wasn't even that small, Hayden was 6 lbs 9 oz!

Tras- so glad tys sleeping has improved!! His eating sounds spool similar to the twins! They would live on shakes! I found that high fat yogurt you mentioned and am gonna try it in that smoothie, thanks!! My kids love the mickey mouse club too!

Did u guy see that post on facebook by bryn..not sure her lt name, I think she wass running-girl on here?? It looks like her son Trey has cancer. How horrible. I read her facebook post and was sobbing.

We are doing ok. Hopefully hom tomorrow from hospital. Maddie and conor are both sick with bronchitis (just fount out today). I'm so done with their school program!! We can't catch a break!!

[pilatesgirl]

Bebe-
This is Bryn from FB but that is not my son but the family lives near me and the story was so sad so everyone is posting it for support!
Just wanted to clarify!

[bebetime]

Pilates- sorry I was confused! How horrible for the family, I can't even imagine!!

[cyclegirl]

alp- Congratulations!!! And that's a great weight! I'm so glad things went so remarkably well.

bebe- Oh no!! I'm so sorry you guys have been taking so many hits! Are you home with Hayden yet? I feel for you...Hunter had RSV and it was scary but he pulled out quick.

jaymie- You're always so positive about things and it comes out in every post you write. I always learn a lot from you.

writer- You are always in my thoughts and prayers. I just know Noah is going to beat this! xoxo

tras- You've got a little rascal on your hands!!! All my kids can be stinkers and it's so exhausting sometimes but hilarious too.

spin- You're so right on cutting the kids to the chase early on. Aiden is one that takes a mile if you give just a little so we have to be so so careful. I'm cautiously letting him have some video game time tonight b/c he's been so wonderful today but I'm hoping it doesn't open a can of worms. I've found with him that the more responsibility and freedom I give him, the better his behavior is. Like tonight I let him shower himself completely without any checking/intervention/micro-managing from me and it was such a big deal to him.

So things haven't been so good here....I mean, the kids have been great but I got really really sick last week. It started with a terrible sore throat and then I was a little better after a steroid shot. But then it must have drained into my ears. Thursday night I was up with severe pain and my ear drum ruptured and bled everywhere. I was so dizzy, had major major nauseating pain and could barely walk. Anyway, they gave me a pain killer shot, antibiotics, and diagnosed me with blisters in the ear canal and a severe middle ear infection. So it gets worse. The antibiotics they gave me made me vomit so they switched me to another kind but in the same antibiotic family, stupid if you ask me but whatever, anyway, I had an even worse reaction to that one, vomited violently, lost control of my bladder and everything. It was awful. Finally they switched me to amoxicillin which I'm tolerating but then yesterday things got worse. Not to mention I still can't hear out of that ear and have severe constant never-ending loud ringing. I noticed I couldn't move the left side of my face very well and I knew exactly what it was b/c I had it in college with another bad ear infection. Not sure if any of you have every heard of Bell's Palsy but it's a temporary paralysis caused by severe inflammation pushing on the cranial nerves. So I have a type of "palsy" but not Bell's. Not as severe. It's probably not noticeable to anyone but those that know me well and it's only temporary. I'm on oral prednisone, a steroid, and the side effects from what I've heard are scary!!!!! Oh well, I have no choice if I want my face back....so it's only for a week and I've got 2 days down. So that's what's been going on. I can't close my eye or blink it all the way and I can't press my lips together very well, other than that you can't really tell. I just want it to get better fast and for this ringing in my ear to stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bebetime]

Cycle- oh my goodness, I am so sorry!! How awful!! Do u have help?? I can't believe how many complications you have had! My friend actually had bells palsy after giving birth vaginally to her 12 lb son. She couldn't eat and had to tape her eyelids shut to sleep, much similar to your situation. How soon until they think you regain feeling in you face?? What do you do about your eardrum?

[klc2007]

Cycle - I am so sorry for what you are going through!! I can not even imagine how uncomfortable you must be My sister had a type of palsy when she was in her early 30s. It was scary at first but, of course she was soon back to normal. Hang in there!!

Writer - Prayers with you each and every day!!! I would be over the moon to hear that he makes it past July with no tumor and that his prognisis goes way up!! That would be fantastic. I look forward to each and every update and I love all of the pictures and seeing Noah's larger than life smile