So, you know you are getting big when:
- the front of your shirt gets wet when you wash the dishes because your tummy rests on the bench
- your tummy gets very warm when cooking on the stove because your tummy rests on the bench
- your son wants to talk to you, he takes a step back to tip his head up and see my face
- your nephew (5yrs) states "you know what Aunty Tamala? Your tummy is getting REALLY big"
- and when someone innocently says you look like you have 2 weeks to go...when you actually have 8 weeks!! But in a way they were kind of right, as my 32 week weight and waist measurement was the same as my 38 figures while pregnant with Lucas! (there is a photo of me at 40 weeks Lucas on a blog post
here)
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| 32 weeks with baby #2 |
All that has happened to me since our last baby update (and some beforehand too). At the time of writing we are 33 weeks pregnant, so only 7 weeks to our due date.
Last week Friday we had another KEMH appt and this one wasn't quite so positive. We were told part of the liver has moved up into the chest cavity. This is very serious as the liver is a dense organ and will impact on the ventilating of the lungs post birth. Our specialist reminded us again that our baby may not survive. Its pretty scary and emotional when you doctor speaks the plain truth like that! However, after numerous talks, emails, messages and the like, we are starting to feel more positive again. We have received tremendous support from friends we have made who are also on the CDH journey, or have been there. One friend also reminded us, as did our specialist, that there is no one thing that determines whether a CDH baby will survive or not. Its one of the difficult things about CDH...a baby with a small hernia may not survive, while a baby with a big hernia may. It all depends post birth how they ventilate and stabilise.
After our KEMH appt we headed over to PMH for a tour of their NICU. We were also talking to a specialist there who reminded us that surgery is not the be all and end all. Its not vital that our baby receive surgery within hours of being born. It does NEED surgery, but it doesn't really matter when it gets, so to speak. So basically this baby may be 3 days old when it has surgery but it may be 10 days old too.
While walking through the NICU we were surprised at the lack of monitors and tubes. We were expecting a lot more, and for me, i was expecting it to be very sombre and scary (much like walking through "A" ward at Albany hospital). But it wasn't. Its a very comfortable area. We also found out more about visiting rights etc, which i will be posting about later.
Then Sunday was a different type of day. My mum and sisters are here for the week, and they asked me at about 2pm if i wanted to go to a different church, that started earlier. I was okay with this idea and so headed off to the FRC Darling Downs. We had Rev Hart preaching on Lord's 10 on God's providence and care. In his sermon he referred to many examples, including how we often take the birth and health of a baby for granted. In his sermon, Rev Hart touched on the fact that we need to be humble and remember that God IS in control and that everything he sends us is for our benefit, whether we come to understand what the benefit is or not. It was such an applicable sermon for me at the time. And also shows that God is in control. It was a spur of the moment decision to attend another church instead of my own...and then happened to have a sermon on that topic...it was just a pity that Chris was babysitting Lucas and wasn't able to hear it too.
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The above photo is the profile of the baby at 33 weeks. It was the best ultrasound photo that scanned in. Unfortunately the 3D ones went blurry so i decided not to upload those.
We hope all our readers have an enjoyable week :)
'Til next time...
