I found my first gray hair a month ago, when I was about 25 weeks pregnant. Coincidence? I think not.
I don't even know this baby boy yet, but if I had to guess, he is going to keep me on my toes. I think he is playing tricks on me...
After a fabulous weekend RELAXING in Michigan with family, I grew concerned yesterday because my normally very active boy seemed to be laying low and sleeping more than usual. Perhaps he was relaxing too, I thought. Bu then when I didn't feel him kick or jolt or twirl on Sunday at all, I grew concerned, so much so that I woke up in the middle of the night freaking out when I realized 24 hours had passed without me feeling him. So I did what any healthy mom would do. I woke up at 3AM and tried to get him to wake up with me. I ate chocolate, drank coffee and and chewed gummy bears. I was determined to wake him up from his long slumber. To my chagrin, he didn't.
By the time it was 7AM I left a panicked voicemail on my doctors emergency line. She called me back immediately and told me to go to the nearest hospital to get a baby stress test done, but reassured me, that he was probably fine.
So that is how I ended up in the hospital this morning, crying and wondering if this baby was alive. You see, Baby Mac has a two vessel cord and thats enough to make any mother go mad. After reading the "internet" I learned although MOST two vessel babies experience NO problems, there are some cases where they are born stillborn (probably only when gone undiagnosed or in Africa, but still, it happens). Given the frequent monitoring I am getting, its unlikely this will happen to me since he is so closely watched. However, I jumped to conclusions and freaked out.
The hospital nurse hooked me up to the baby monitor to perform a baby stress test. As soon as she found the heartbeat and exclaimed, "You can relax now," I broke down in sobs. After I got it all out, after the relief settled in, the nurse proceeded to perform the rest of the stress test which baby Mac passed with flying colors. Not only is he healthy and alive, he was EXTREMELY active. Go figure. And already playing tricks on me.... The nurse thinks the placenta is in the front of my uterus, therefore the baby must kick really hard for me to feel anything.
Any way, I'll continue plucking the gray hairs until there are too many - then I'll resort to hair dye.
I don't even know this baby boy yet, but if I had to guess, he is going to keep me on my toes. I think he is playing tricks on me...
After a fabulous weekend RELAXING in Michigan with family, I grew concerned yesterday because my normally very active boy seemed to be laying low and sleeping more than usual. Perhaps he was relaxing too, I thought. Bu then when I didn't feel him kick or jolt or twirl on Sunday at all, I grew concerned, so much so that I woke up in the middle of the night freaking out when I realized 24 hours had passed without me feeling him. So I did what any healthy mom would do. I woke up at 3AM and tried to get him to wake up with me. I ate chocolate, drank coffee and and chewed gummy bears. I was determined to wake him up from his long slumber. To my chagrin, he didn't.
By the time it was 7AM I left a panicked voicemail on my doctors emergency line. She called me back immediately and told me to go to the nearest hospital to get a baby stress test done, but reassured me, that he was probably fine.
So that is how I ended up in the hospital this morning, crying and wondering if this baby was alive. You see, Baby Mac has a two vessel cord and thats enough to make any mother go mad. After reading the "internet" I learned although MOST two vessel babies experience NO problems, there are some cases where they are born stillborn (probably only when gone undiagnosed or in Africa, but still, it happens). Given the frequent monitoring I am getting, its unlikely this will happen to me since he is so closely watched. However, I jumped to conclusions and freaked out.
The hospital nurse hooked me up to the baby monitor to perform a baby stress test. As soon as she found the heartbeat and exclaimed, "You can relax now," I broke down in sobs. After I got it all out, after the relief settled in, the nurse proceeded to perform the rest of the stress test which baby Mac passed with flying colors. Not only is he healthy and alive, he was EXTREMELY active. Go figure. And already playing tricks on me.... The nurse thinks the placenta is in the front of my uterus, therefore the baby must kick really hard for me to feel anything.
Any way, I'll continue plucking the gray hairs until there are too many - then I'll resort to hair dye.
That baby's all ready rebelling. So glad everything is fine!
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