Fall Festivities
November 4, 2011 at 2:24 AM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | Leave a commentTags: asl, baby sign, crochet, fall, halloween, handmade hat, pumpkin
I have become an infrequent blogger. Our family has been enjoying all things fall and fall festivities. To quickly sum up the past few weeks, a few weeks ago we trekked out to the Maryland Renassance Festival, followed by the pumpkin patch with friends the next day. The weekend after that we had a pumpkin carving party and the baby shower for a good friend. This past weekend we enjoyed some down time at home and met some friends for food to celebrate their run in the Marine Corps Marathon.
Whirlwind tour but a ball none the less. I actually wrote a blog about all of this but my phone hated me and decided to delete it all.
Kamran LOVED the Renaissance Festival. He rode around in his snuggli complete with pumpkin hat and got all of the attention a little guy could hope for. We should have turned it into a drinking game. “Take a drink every time you hear someone reference Kam’s pumpkin hat.” I should have gotten ahead of the pumpkin hats because they got more compliments than any hat I have made to date. When we got there, the little guy cooed, and ooohed more than I’ve ever heard I’m sure the 2 hour nap in the car seat on the ride there put him in a brilliant mood. I’m so glad car rides are no longer a scream fest!
I was personally SO excited about our trip to the pumpkin patch. I love everything fall and could not wait to take pictures of our little guy on haystacks with pumpkins. We met up with Kayvan’s co-workers and their 9 month old, Jackson and photograph we did! I made Jackson a hat to match Kamran’s and they looked like two adorable little pumpkins. Kamran got to see a momma cow and learned about how the farmers milk her. Momma friends, be jealous. A momma cow can pump a gallon of milk in 5 minutes!!! Bet you want that pump! Kamran also got to see the baby cows and watched them eat the milk that was just pumped. Then we met a big ole piggie and man did she STINK! Of course the adults got their fill of kettle corn (my favorite), apple cider and dominion root beer. Yummy! On our way out we took pumpkin pictures and picked out 3 baby pumpkins to take home. I still have to go through those photos but here is a cute picture of the boys talking.
The following weekend we went to a baby palooza pumpkin party at a friend’s house. Kamran met a new pint sized friend while we were there and hung out with his old bud Jackson. We carved a witch pumpkin and ate some fantastic food. Here is a picture of our pumpkin all lit up!
For Terri’s baby shower to celebrate the anticipated arrival of baby Autumn, we had another long drive and baby boy was a champ! He slept the entire way! It was great to see Terri and she seemed to enjoy meeting Kamran for the first time. Autumn is due a few days after Christmas so I made her a hat to fit the season!
This past weekend was a much needed low key weekend. We cleaned up the house, had dinner with NICU friends on Saturday and met with Millie and Linda to celebrate their marathon run on Sunday. To be able to run such a distance is admirable and I’m so proud of my friends!
On the developmental front, I’m so proud of my boy. He sits unassisted now, waves hi, but only to daddy, holds his own bottle, scoots, spins, twists, turns and rocks on his knees and has established a favorite stuffed animal–his giraffe. He is getting pretty mobile. Also something I am incredibly proud of is that Kamran is starting to sign back to us. We started sigining to him when we started on rice cereal at 5 months. Now he has started signing “milk”! I walk into his room in the morning, he smiles and once his eyes have adjusted to the light he will sign “milk” to me. He also just got his 3rd tooth, it is on the bottom left and is still working on the tooth on his top right.
Day 80: BUSTED!!
March 13, 2011 at 5:51 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet, Sookie the French Bulldog | 2 CommentsTags: Baby, bed rest, crochet, dog, french bulldog, handmade hat, hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital, hospital stay, nursing student, pets, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnancy, pregnant, PROM
Oh man, I’m so busted. This morning I woke up feeling some kind of awful. I was so congested. My throat was all mucusy, my nose was absolutely stuffy, my throat was sore and I had no voice. I couldn’t wait to jump my morning hurdles and take the hottest shower possible. When I got in the shower, I knew I hadn’t seen the doctor yet. As a matter of fact, I heard him knock on my door and come into my room as I was getting into the shower. Thankfully he wasn’t a nursing student. Well, the doctor just came by again and the first thing he said was, “That was not a 10 minute shower! I came by 3 times.” I laughed and told him I heard him knock as I was getting into the shower and added that I was feeling pretty congested and needed the steam. I promised him that not all of my showers are that long. They aren’t. But I know I break the 10 minute rule all of the time! What are they going to do? Come in and drag me out? I would rather that to a 10 minute water shut off timer (which we don’t have here). Talk about one pissed pregnant lady! Continue Reading Day 80: BUSTED!!…
Day 77: No More 4D Pictures for us
March 10, 2011 at 2:49 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | 11 CommentsTags: Baby, baby hat, crochet, handmade hat, hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital, hospital stay, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnancy, pregnant, PROM
I had an ultrasound bright and early this morning. I think I was the first one on the list. It was so early that I almost confused the ultrasound tech for a food service manager. I was about 5 seconds from asking why food service was in my room at 8:15 a.m. th en I made the connection. Oops, in fairness I had just woken up 15 minutes before. In the chair I went, down the hall, hair a disaster, sleep in my eyes for an ultrasound. The early morning wake up call was all worth it. I got the good ultrasound tech. All of the doctors and nurses want her to do their scans. I’ve only had her once before and she was all business. This morning, she was really fun. Before I even got on the table she said she would see if she could get a 4D picture for us. I didn’t even ask! She poked the ultrasound probe around my belly taking a million pictures of my placenta. I think I’ve seen more of that thing on the ultrasound than I have the baby. The she poked over all of his body parts just to see where everything sat. Continue Reading Day 77: No More 4D Pictures for us…
Day 76: Lent
March 9, 2011 at 6:43 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | 2 CommentsTags: Baby, baby hat, bed rest, crochet, handmade hat, hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital, hospital stay, non stress test, pets, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnant, PROM
I’m not Catholic but I would LOVE to give up this hospital stay for Lent. I would be so good at it too if it weren’t for the whole requirement of starting the deal today. Because I can’t.
All in all today is a pretty good day. Baby was quick with his non stress test today thank goodness because I was SO tired–but for no reason. I had one of my favorite night nurses and was able to sleep well last night. It is interesting that how well I sleep at night completely depends on the nurse I have. I was a bit sleepy at 11:30 last night and asked her to do my vitals 30 minutes early then went to bed. Since I’m used to waking every 4 hours I got up at 3:30 for a potty Continue Reading Day 76: Lent…
Day 69: Chugging Along
March 2, 2011 at 9:21 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | 2 CommentsTags: Baby, baby hat, bed rest, crochet, dog, french bulldog, handmade hat, hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital stay, non stress test, pets, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnancy, pregnant, PROM
Knowing that the boy is doing really well cooking on the inside, I no longer feel guilty counting down the days. We don’t have an official induction date yet and am told we will get that next weeks sometime. BUT. I can count down to 36 weeks. So that means we have 2 weeks 6 days to go! Yesterday the Nurse Manager checked in with us and Kayvan asked about the record for the longest stay. I am very happy to announce that I will NOT be beating the record of 110 days. 110 days. Poor woman. If I go to 36 weeks exactly it will be a little over 90 days in the hospital and that is including recovery from the delivery. Continue Reading Day 69: Chugging Along…
Day 61: 32 WEEKS!!!
February 22, 2011 at 10:03 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | 13 CommentsTags: Baby, baby hat, bed rest, crochet, handmade hat, hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital, hospital stay, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnancy, pregnant, PROM
We have hit another huge milestone and I cannot believe it. I AM EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT!!! I’m doing a darn good job of keeping my New Year’s Resolution so far. I hear reminders from the nurses at least once a week as to how far we have made it on this journey. It really is insane to think that we came in at 23 weeks. We HAVE come a long way. I am so thankful that Kayvan has been here for me every single step of the way. I know I have said it again and again but family and friends have been so amazing to us as well. Watching our pets, keeping us fed, keeping the hospital food out of my mouth and helping us prepare for the boy who has made it more than evident that he simply cannot wait to meet you all.
Baby is in a good spot–much better than the prognosis of “If you can make it to 24 weeks the baby will have a 50% chance of survival.” According to the ultrasounds he should now be able to breathe on his own outside of the womb. Hopefully he will soon have the ability to maintain his temperature and eat on his own as well. Kayvan and I were just talking last night about the fact that we went from the possibility of having a preemie in the NICU for months to having an almost full term baby hopefully come home with us…or worst case in the NICU for a few weeks. The kid isn’t here yet and we won’t know anything about how he will do until he is born. All things considered so far, we have a lot to be thankful for. Our next big milestone is 36 weeks. That is only a month away. I expect that the doctors will give me an induction date about 2 weeks from now.
I mentioned yesterday that I made quite a few new hats. They are now up for sale on Etsy. Click the photo below to be taken to the listing. I am also working on a custom order for a dinosaur hat and papoose. I can’t wait to finish it and show it to you! I should have it finished tomorrow. Don’t forget to enter the contest for a custom made hat. The deadline of February 25th is rapidly approaching!!
Now that the boy is at 32 weeks the non stress tests are a bit different. Instead of 10 and 10s, which I explained earlier are that baby has to increase his heart rate by 10 beats per minute 10 times in 10 minutes, he has to do 15 and 15s. Same concept but replace the “10” in the previous sentence with “15.” …or something like that… But, he didn’t get that memo today. He showed us lots of good variability but wasn’t quite pulling 15 and 15s. I sat on the monitors for an hour before the nurse took me off and asked if the strip looked okay enough or if I had to go for a biophysical profile ultrasound. Doc cut him a break and said the strip looked good enough.
Another new thing today is that my legs turn PURPLE after I take a shower. Mind you, I am supposed to sit on a shower stool and I do what I’m told since I don’t want my shower privileges taken away. It seems my legs have gotten used to this whole bed rest thing and figure I no longer need good circulation. Since that isn’t really the case and I would prefer to avoid blood clots should I end up with a c-section at the end o fall this, I got a new accessory to my hospital wardrobe. Compression sock thingies. They are pretty neat actually. They aren’t really socks but cuffs that go on each legs. They act sort of like a blood pressure cuff, squeezing and releasing on each leg to encourage circulation. It feels like a massage so I told Kayvan that he can now get away with only rubbing my feet. Hope these work!
Day 58: Time for a Housekeeping Rant
February 19, 2011 at 9:53 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | 2 CommentsTags: Baby, baby hat, bed rest, crochet, handmade hat, hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital, nursery, paint, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnancy, pregnant, PROM
It seems the last two nights or so of going to bed at 1 a.m. caught up with me and by 9 p.m. I needed toothpicks to keep my eyes open. I was working on a flower for a hat and just could not concentrate. Rather than fight it, I put the flower down and went to sleep. I was up by 7:30 this morning and took extra care to be really, really quiet so Kayvan could sleep in his little cocoon next to me (he sleeps with the blanket over his head in here). The nurse came in and whispered “Do you need anything?” to me out of courtesy to him. I whispered on the phone when I ordered my breakfast and even left the lights off as long as I could–which wasn’t long.
Who wasn’t quiet or respectful this morning? Housekeeping. Seriously lady, what theee eff. You are early. Normally, housekeeping doesn’t come until lunch time. When you knock and I say “come in,” rather loud I might add. Don’t knock again and open the door before I respond to you a second time. Then, when I whisper to you “Could you please fill the soap in the bathroom?” take a freaking hint. As if the man sleeping next to me with a blanket over his head isn’t clue enough. Also, after I ask you if you wouldn’t mind closing the door behind you as “Code Dr. Red” blares over the PA system in the background, do not fill the napkin dispenser in my room and SLAM it 4 times in an attempt to close it. Even I saw that you had the thing too full. So your real problem was not that it needed to slam closed. You could also be nice like all of the other housekeeping people too. There, I’ve said my piece.
Awesome hubby headed home to finish the paint job on the baby room and he did an AMAZING job. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it. We’re way closer to ready for baby than we were 8 weeks ago. Sure, there is still a lot to be done like baby laundry, assembling all of the baby stuff, steam cleaning the carpets in the baby room, etc. But really, we are well on our way and some of the stuff that still needs to be done can wait if it absolutely has to. Though, I’m sure it is NO FUN to assemble a baby swing. The directions are hard enough to follow on a full night of sleep. I don’t want to imagine figuring it all out in a sleep deprived stupor. Check out the room! We still need the monkey decals for the walls, but that will come later. The rocker recliner hasn’t made it into the room yet but that will come once the carpets are steam cleaned and dry. The little shelf that is currently next to the crib will go next to the rocker recliner.
I have a couple more hats done now too. These two are actually custom requests.
The non stress test went well today…until literally 2 minutes before I was going to come of. I had a stinkin contraction and they made me start all over, which means sitting on the monitor for 20 minutes. Baby reacted well to the contraction which is good. His heart rate dipped a little but it was at 120 which actually isn’t too bad. I may complain about it, but I really don’t mind the non stress test. I actually look forward to them because I get to hear my boy and it gives me peace of mind that he is doing OK in there.
Day 57: Oops I forgot to tell you…
February 18, 2011 at 9:50 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | 3 CommentsTags: Baby, baby hat, bed rest, crochet, handmade hat, hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital, non stress test, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnancy, pregnant, PROM
I cannot believe I forgot to mention that yesterday was officially 8 weeks on the inside. I’ve been sitting in the same place for 2 months. That is absolutely nuts. Never in a million years did I think I could do this. What is even more nuts is that I have another month to go before I’m done. I’m still not sure I can handle that, but it looks like I’m going to have to! This whole crocheting thing Continue Reading Day 57: Oops I forgot to tell you……
Day 56: Perspective
February 17, 2011 at 10:41 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | 3 CommentsTags: Baby, baby hat, bed rest, crochet, handmade hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital, hospital stay, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnancy, pregnant, PROM
Last night I turned on the television show “I Shouldn’t be Alive.” I couldn’t sleep and Kayvan likes the show so I decided to be a nice wife and share the TV. I was only half paying attention to the show but the guy on last night’s show spent 70-some odd days at sea…in a teeny tiny little inflatable boat. His life went to hell after a divorce and looking for escape he left for a long sail to some tropical island. He ran into trouble at sea and found himself lost at sea in a dingy. This guy had essentially no food, ran out of water and started drinking salt water to stay hydrated. He was stuck in the scorching sun, at risk of being eaten by sharks or attacked by pirates and didn’t know if anyone would ever find him. He Continue Reading Day 56: Perspective…
Day 55: Hats, Hats and More Hats
February 16, 2011 at 6:13 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi, Crochet | 12 CommentsTags: Baby, baby hat, bed rest, bio physical profile, bpp, crochet, handmade hat, hat, High Risk Pregnancy, hospital, pprom, pre-term labor, preemie, pregnancy, PROM
So the IV is finally out, thank goodness. I no longer have anything to whine about…which is good. I hate being so whiny. I’m back to typing on the computer, which means you get new hat pictures! Check them out and click the photo to see the ETSY posting. I have made a couple of bunny hats and came up with the pattern myself, which I am pretty proud of. I should probably work on a shamrock hat though, considering our little guy is going to be here in March instead of April. Maybe I will make a little leprechaun hat! Or maybe I will finish that blanket I started for him…one day. Hats are so much more fun! Continue Reading Day 55: Hats, Hats and More Hats…
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