Jumping back in

[MapleMomma]

Hey ladies! I used to be on F15 at the dump, but then life got busy and I kinda disappeared (especially with the switch).

Anyhow, my LO is Jessalynn and was born 2/17.

[cougarette]

Hey there! Nice to see you again.

[mands1125]

Welcome back!

[miniwheat]

Welcome back!

[WittyLittle]

eyoooo! Welcome back! How have things been going other than crazy busy?

[MapleMomma]

Jun 11, 2015 9:27:27 GMT -5 WittyLittle said:

eyoooo! Welcome back! How have things been going other than crazy busy?

Well DH had major back surgery in December which I think was about the time I disappeared. His recovery was tough and complicated. We found out J was breech at 38 w, and had a failed inversion. She was delivered via C-section at 39 weeks. That went well, except she was born with displaced hips which were corrected with braces. Then we jumped right into maple syrup season and farming season. Now we are waiting for our last calf of the season to be born and next week we should be in full swing with strawberries.

So its been busy but very good.

[missys]

So happy to see you!

[PikoPiko]

MapleMomma, you weren't kidding about being busy!!!

Welcome back!

[taberbtb]

MapleMomma welcome! We are beef farmers with 1 more calf to come any day! Come on little babies!

[kartish]

Welcome back!

[jensoprano82]

Helloooooooo!!!! Congrats on a heathy little one even if the drama was a little thick!

[jensoprano82]

Mmmmm maple syrup season. I just realized my career is meaningless

[MapleMomma]

Jun 11, 2015 10:57:13 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

Mmmmm maple syrup season. I just realized my career is meaningless

Were those two separate thoughts?

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Welcome back!

We found out LO was breech at 38 weeks and had a Cesarean at 39 weeks too. And she also had hip dysplasia, but only in one hip and so far it has been correcting on its own without the brace.
The braces are so heartbreaking to see, even though they supposedly don't bother the baby at all. I'm sure glad they exist though. Congratulations on making it through all that!

[MapleMomma]

Jun 11, 2015 12:38:26 GMT -5 @ellteejay said:

Welcome back!

We found out LO was breech at 38 weeks and had a Cesarean at 39 weeks too. And she also had hip dysplasia, but only in one hip and so far it has been correcting on its own without the brace.
The braces are so heartbreaking to see, even though they supposedly don't bother the baby at all. I'm sure glad they exist though. Congratulations on making it through all that!

I'm glad yours is correcting on its own! At first the office that provided the brace put it on her incorrectly and she was very uncomfortable (5 weeks), but once it was installed correctly, she had no problems. She only had to wear it for 6 weeks 24/7 and then it took 4 weeks to phase her out of it. Hopefully her xray in August it's clear.

When does your lo get re checked?

[MapleMomma]

Jun 11, 2015 12:38:26 GMT -5 @ellteejay said:

Welcome back!

We found out LO was breech at 38 weeks and had a Cesarean at 39 weeks too. And she also had hip dysplasia, but only in one hip and so far it has been correcting on its own without the brace.
The braces are so heartbreaking to see, even though they supposedly don't bother the baby at all. I'm sure glad they exist though. Congratulations on making it through all that!

also curious how did you find out that your lo was breech? Did you try an inversion?

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Jun 11, 2015 18:22:01 GMT -5 MapleMomma said:

Jun 11, 2015 12:38:26 GMT -5 @ellteejay said:

Welcome back!

We found out LO was breech at 38 weeks and had a Cesarean at 39 weeks too. And she also had hip dysplasia, but only in one hip and so far it has been correcting on its own without the brace.
The braces are so heartbreaking to see, even though they supposedly don't bother the baby at all. I'm sure glad they exist though. Congratulations on making it through all that!

I'm glad yours is correcting on its own! At first the office that provided the brace put it on her incorrectly and she was very uncomfortable (5 weeks), but once it was installed correctly, she had no problems. She only had to wear it for 6 weeks 24/7 and then it took 4 weeks to phase her out of it. Hopefully her xray in August it's clear.

When does your lo get re checked?

We have an xray in August too, and if it's clear we are good to go. She was well within the measurements for 3+ months when they checked her at 3.5 months, so hopefully everything is fine. So sorry they fit yours incorrectly at first, and glad it got corrected! That's pretty bad.

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Jun 11, 2015 18:23:12 GMT -5 MapleMomma said:

Jun 11, 2015 12:38:26 GMT -5 @ellteejay said:

Welcome back!

We found out LO was breech at 38 weeks and had a Cesarean at 39 weeks too. And she also had hip dysplasia, but only in one hip and so far it has been correcting on its own without the brace.
The braces are so heartbreaking to see, even though they supposedly don't bother the baby at all. I'm sure glad they exist though. Congratulations on making it through all that!

also curious how did you find out that your lo was breech? Did you try an inversion?

I had gestational diabetes and she had been measuring large when they did a growth check at 34 weeks. So they did another at 38 weeks to see how big she might be, and she had turned breech! We didn't try an inversion. It sounded like it would be pretty painful with her size, a slim chance it would work, and have a good chance of ending up in an emergency C section, so we decided it would be better to just schedule the C section.

When they did an ultrasound before the surgery they saw that she was in a split! She made it pretty clear she wasn't coming out the usual way.

[MapleMomma]

Jun 11, 2015 19:45:45 GMT -5 @ellteejay said:

Jun 11, 2015 18:23:12 GMT -5 MapleMomma said:

also curious how did you find out that your lo was breech? Did you try an inversion?

I had gestational diabetes and she had been measuring large when they did a growth check at 34 weeks. So they did another at 38 weeks to see how big she might be, and she had turned breech! We didn't try an inversion. It sounded like it would be pretty painful with her size, a slim chance it would work, and have a good chance of ending up in an emergency C section, so we decided it would be better to just schedule the C section.

When they did an ultrasound before the surgery they saw that she was in a split! She made it pretty clear she wasn't coming out the usual way.

I'm so glad you birth were safe!

I work at the hospital where my doctor was and at 38 weeks, he offered a peak just just see her as a freebie when we discovered that she was breech. We never expected her to be 9 1/4 lbs when she was born and in the end I was glad I had a C-section. I'm still disappointed that our hospital doesn't offer a vbac option.

[jensoprano82]

Jun 11, 2015 12:12:08 GMT -5 MapleMomma said:

Jun 11, 2015 10:57:13 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

Mmmmm maple syrup season. I just realized my career is meaningless

Were those two separate thoughts?

Haha I meant it like "creating something as amazing as maple anything is so noble, my job is dumb"