Another story about TAC

I encountered this blog post from a quadruplet mother. She had a TAC put in place by the doctor I am seeing. :) I love success stories!

TAC Surgery
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Weekly Inspiration

As I grow to understand life less and less,
I learn to love it more and more.

Jules Renard

Second Guessing

I suppose this is true with any mom, but I feel like I'm always second guessing myself.

Peanut has been sick most of the last 4.5 months. He didn't have classical symptoms (was gagging and couldn't sleep), but was diagnosed with a sinus infection via CT Scan. He had one long bigass sinus infection. After 3 strong rounds of antibitoics, the last round being 3 weeks long, he finally got better....for a whopping 10 days.

And now he's sick again. Tomorrow will be day 10. He's doing okay but cannot eat much (gags and pukes on table food), won't drink much, and sleeps with Benedryl.

I question myself. Is he just being normal and going through first time exposure to germs needed to build an immune system? Is his reflux contributing to his sinus infection? Is his immune system too weak? I had both a friend and a pediatrician (friend) mention this possibility to me based on his recently chain of events. Should I request a blood test? I mean, hasn't he been stuck enough and had enough tests? Is it a normal preemie thing? An abnormal preemie thing? Not a preemie thing?

I guess it doesn't matter. It's a Peanut thing. But it makes me sad for him. I'm thankful that this is all the bigger issues we have, and I remind myself every day how fortunate we are. I know we'll get through it together.

Waiting

This is totally TMI, but I'm entering my first fertile phase of our first TTC cycle. It's weird to think I could be pregnant this month. Eep! We're both very excited at the possibility and to find out what's in store for us!

Here we go again...

Now that Peanut is 18 months old and getting a little more independent (we ditched the bottles this week!), my husband and I are thinking about #2.

One part of me thinks we're crazy to think about this so soon. We've had a really difficult year and a half.

The other part of me is very excited and hopeful to try again. I want to experience being pregnant, big belly and all. Peanut is so much fun and to think of having another makes me happy. I like the idea of kids being close in age and getting passed the newborn stage. We originally wanted 3 kids, so we'll see how #2 goes.

If things don't go smoothly, it'll be really difficult handling whatever situation is handed to us while taking care of Peanut. But we have to believe things will go as they're meant to, hopefully smoothly, or we'll never get through this sane. We also have a huge support system in the area.

And so it begins. We are officially not avoiding. I think He'll take care of us.

Weekly Inspiration

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
Doug Firebaugh

New Discovery Health Series on NICU

I can't wait to see this new series about the NICU and prematurity on Discovery Health. It airs on Thursday, July 15th at 10 PM.

The series follows real families as they experience the roller coaster of emotions that come with having a baby born too soon or with other complications. During the broadcast, viewers can use their mobile devices to text the word “hero” to 20222 to donate $5 to the March of Dimes.

We don't have cable but I think it'll be on Hulu.com. Click the link below:

New TV Series on Discovery Health NICU Highlights Struggles of Premature Babies & Families