Gas Passers big and small

This weekend Brynn had a tad of a temperature from her vaccines, but it quickly went down with some good old tylenol with the dose the pediatrician recommended. My husband and I are battling an icky cold and although I'm feeling a ton better already I seemed to have lost my voice completely over the last couple of days. My husband thinks that this is hilarious because he says he is sharing his house with three girls...none of which can talk or ask him to do things, LOL! (Neela our dog, Brynn - the baby and me of course). Recently the CRNAs (nurse anesthetists) from work had a baby shower to welcome Brynn to the "gas passing" community. One of my coworkers was nice enough to have it at her house for all 50 or so of us. Several people brought their children so you could say that there were many people who are used to "passing gas." Little ones doing it at the very event (phew!) and many of the rest of us big Gas Passers coming from work, LOL! Being around all of the great people made me miss work a bit and made me realize I need to figure out when I'm going back eventually. I can't believe I've been off 8 months already between bedrest and maternity leave.

We chowed down on Mexican food and margaritas and the chocolate raspberry cake was super yummy. The CRNAs also generously got us our convertible car seat, our jogging stroller, exercauser, diapers, Dreft, wipes, and a slew of other things. The girls went all out and we are so fortunate!

At the end of the day we all were ready for a little nap!


Pumping still is going well - I seem to be able to get about 8 oz more per day than Brynn is taking in so I'm trying to get a good stockpile in the freezer. I seem to like the bags from Lansinoh the best and the organizer from First Years makes them flat and easy to store as you freeze them. As much as I do like pumping, I have to admit that there are times where I am double pumping home alone and Brynn is crying next to me because she needs something. I'm unable to get to her at just that moment until I am done pumping and that is frustrating. I find I often cut my session short because I can't stand to her her cry- it makes me feel too bad to see her upset.

Although we didn't quite get the 10 inches of snow this weekend - we did get a good 8 inches or so. We're supposed to get another 5 tonight and I think I'm finally getting a little "snowed out" and am ready for spring. I can't wait until I can take Brynn out in her stroller and go for a walk around the neighborhood. Thanks again for the input on the spotting question I had. My OB said that we'll watch it this week and if it's still there then we can do another transvag ultrasound to see if anything is going on as well as draw a few of my hormone levels. I'm not sure what exactly would cause this that would show up on hormone levels - but I'm sure that they know what they're talking about. Thanks also for asking about Brynn's LFTs (liver function tests). We haven't had one drawn too recently as this is just something that her pediatrician is going to trend over time. The last one was 2 weeks ago and it was still double what it should be, but had come down. Her next appointment is next week and we're hoping for a good level. So please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers. It is so appreciated!

If you get a chance go say hi and keep the girls on the bedrest category of Lost and Found company. I remember how much it brightened my day to get a little comment from someone new to my blog when I was on bedrest. Also, I've mentioned her before...but go say hi to Megan at Two Shorten the Road who is a fellow unicornuate girl on bedrest in the hospital. She has been through the ringer. I'm slowly but surely trying to check in on people...it's really great to see so many people doing so well!