Going back in time

 It all started in 1872 when an English doctor, John Braxton Hicks, described the contractions that occur before real labor. Can you imagine constantly thinking,"This must be it," and then it wasn't. Doctors and pregnant women have Dr. Hicks to thank for clearing up all the confusion. 


Yes Dr. Hicks I want to thank you.  I want to thank you for lending your name to something that has come to greatly annoy the "H" out of me.  I say Braxton Hicks and I want to cringe just thinking about it.  Yes the contractions you lent your name to are false and they are just prepping your body for the real thing, but when you have as the article state had "multiple pregnancies" or are "in tune with changes in your body" you recognize these false contractions more.  Not to mention this time around they not only take my breath away, but tighten up my back as well I am not comfortable at all.  I have issues with PTL so to have more than 4 in an hour worries my nurse, but after drinking water and going to sleep NOTHING HAPPENS. So I ignore it.  Plus after DD#2 DH refuses to take me to the hospital unless I am absolutely positive either the baby is coming or in danger.  I honestly don't like going either just to spend $6 on parking and $10 of gas just to get sent home.  


So yes, thank you Dr. Hicks for giving a name to the most asinine pregnancy symptom yet.  Good thing being my 3rd I know what real contractions feel like and I know what it's like when my water breaks so I'm fully prepared to make just one trip and to come home only with a baby not empty handed.


Any other smart guys out there want to diagnose a woman's issue, Keep it to yourself!




Glossary:


PTL - Pre Term Labor


DD - Dear Daughter


DH - Dear Husband

My two front teeth

Well actually it's up to 4 now.  Yes, my precious little baby Khalifah is on her 4th tooth.  She has 2 little chick-lets at the bottom and 1.25 at the top.  LOL I say that because the 4th one is still breaking through the skin.  It's cute until she's crying at like 2 in the morning for no reason.  Literally no real reason because most of the time she is still sleep.  So I will have to put orajel on her gums for her to go back to sleep. Ah well, the joys of mother hood.

Oh happy day....

NOT! so not only was I like soooo behind at work, but I was also starting to get sick.  My throat was starting to itch.    My DD#1 is already sick and lo and behold the little one is teething again with her fourth beautiful tooth (so happy my precious is no longer toothless).

So the perfect end to the perfect day, I am sitting in the bed miserable.  My throat hurts soooo much, my nose won't stop running which lead to a massive nose bleed and my head is killing me.  I took a benedryl to combat the sneezing and the runny nose, not helping so far.  Bright side babies are in the bed.  Just gonna curl up and call it a night.

Pray we get better by Monday, I want to take my babies to the Zoo.

Off to see the doctors...

the wonder doctors of mine, because because because, because I'm 31.5 today :) lol

Yes, ladies and gentlemen I am officially 31 weeks 5 days today and I will be visiting both my MFM and my OB today.  I have my OB first in which I will still be complaining about this insane itching.  :( I am not happy with this.  Alhamdulilah the initial test for the OB colestasis came back negative, but the itching has progressively gotten worse since then and I'm miserable.  I pray this time though that when I get my blood taken I don't look like I just lost a fight afterwards.  See below:

And this was actually only the beginning of the bruising.  Ouch.

After my OB I'm off to the MFM to catch another glimpse of my little person.

MARCH FOR BABIES

The 5th Annual Qhamata March for the Babies has kicked off.  The March of Dimes has released the date of the 2012 March for babies.  Those of you in the Houston area it will be at Robertson Stadium April 29, 2012.  We have already started fundraising and we are looking for Walkers to join TEAM QHAMATA!   


Please sign up to join the team and walk with me or give donations to the cause at Qhamata Family March.  


For those of you that are new to this every year the March of Dimes holds a march/run/family fun day similar to the Susan G. Komen Walk for Breast Cancer.  The difference is this march is to support the research to help determine, prevent and aid in the lives of mothers and children at risk of or born prematurely.  The proceeds also aid in medical research to find the cause and or develop ways to slow or stop prematurity all together.  One of these medical discoveries is the Progesterone shot (17P or Mirena) that helps to keep everything needed to hold in the baby closed so you can make it hopefully to full term or as long as your body allows giving the baby a greater outside survival rate. 


We as a family have participated in the march since 2008 when we first found out about it and loving kids as we do decided to join and raise money.  In 2009 we got a first hand reason to continue our efforts to help other families prevent premature birth or be able to afford the medical care of a premature child.  I know about the shot mentioned above because it has helped bring me my daughter Khalifah who even though I was 3cm dilated weeks before my water broke at 37 wks 6 days I still made it full term before her birth.  I am on them again with this little bundle of joy in hopes of making it the same distance.  


Please Join our family as we continue to fight against prematurity and try to bring every baby into the world with a fighting chance.


Join us here: Qhamata Family March!

Slight After thought

Being swept up in all the excitement of my friends finding out what they are having a tiny little part of me wants to catch a sneak peek at the next Anatomy scan on the 12th.  However I feel like I've held out this long what's another 2 months.

Now I know I'm not due until March 10, but that is such an estimate I don't think I will reach.  DD#2 was 2 weeks early by nature (Thank God for the 17P shots that with the help of God held her off till then) and being that this baby is consistantly measuring 1 week ahead I have a good feeling I'm looking at a February baby not March.  As long as S/he doesn't chose February 29th I will be one happy momma Boy or Girl.

Ps.  I think it's a boy :D

Congratulations!!!!!!

Congratulations !!!!

Congratulations is in order for two of my friends.

First:

Mrs. Penny Lueders who is the proud mother of on Miss Campbell Lyn born yesterday.  I pray you and Randy have all the blessings in the world that can be given by these precious children.  I'm sure now SHE was worth the wait.  Congrats! 

Second:


Ms. Keisha Simon who found out yesterday as well that she was having a BOY!!!! Babies are a blessing and I pray God continues to bless her on her journey to bringing this life into the world ETA May 22, 2012.




Congrats to both of you lovely ladies you deserve the happiness you have been blessed with.


PS.  I chose purple being that one (Team Green) friend found she was having a girl and one found she was having a boy.