Me: Emma, WHAT is wrong? All we asked you to do was to put on your pjs.
Emma (screaming, wiggling around the the floor, kicking feet, crying): I'm TRYING to be good, but my brain isn't working!!
Translation: OVER TIRED
Jul 4, 2012
Jun 29, 2012
Quote of the day (possibly the year, or my lifetime)
Dan to Me after taking off my shirt: "Whoa! Your huuuuge!"
In his defense, this is the biggest I got because I had Emma at 32 weeks (next week). Not in his defense, he is a dead man. :)
In his defense, this is the biggest I got because I had Emma at 32 weeks (next week). Not in his defense, he is a dead man. :)
Jun 26, 2012
A weigh in (for baby)
At 31 weeks and 3 days, baby Riggs is estimated to weigh (by ultrasound)......3 pounds and 10oz. She is in the 44th percentile. She likes to tap her feet :)
Jun 25, 2012
Mommy and Her Bad Words
Family Riggs encounters another car with a very disrespectful and careless driver making poor choices:
Mommy: "Why do people do that stupid sh*t (yeah, I know....I was raised in a barn)
Emma: MOMMY! You said a bad word! You are NOT supposed to say stupid. It's a bad word. Right daddy?
Mommy needs filthy sailor mouth rehab.
Jun 19, 2012
32 weeks here I come!
My fetal fibronectin test was NEGATIVE today! This means that baby Riggs (the sequel) will likely still be in there in 2 weeks. I can't tell you the amount of stress and worry that just lifts off my shoulders when I get these results. I guess I can hold off from packing my hospital bag for 2 more weeks!
What is fetal fibronectin?
fFN is a protein produced during pregnancy. It acts as a biological glue, attaching the fetal sac to the uterine lining. fFN normally is present in cervico-vaginal secretions up to 22 weeks of pregnancy and again at the end of the last trimester (1 to 3 weeks before labor). fFN usually cannot be detected between 24 and 34 weeks of pregnancy (5½ to 8½ months).
fFN is a protein produced during pregnancy. It acts as a biological glue, attaching the fetal sac to the uterine lining. fFN normally is present in cervico-vaginal secretions up to 22 weeks of pregnancy and again at the end of the last trimester (1 to 3 weeks before labor). fFN usually cannot be detected between 24 and 34 weeks of pregnancy (5½ to 8½ months).
What is the fFN test?
Health care providers give the fFN test to women between 24 and 34 weeks of pregnancy. The presence of fFN during these weeks, along with symptoms of labor, suggests that the "glue" may be disintegrating ahead of schedule and alerts health care providers to a possibility of premature labor and delivery.
Health care providers give the fFN test to women between 24 and 34 weeks of pregnancy. The presence of fFN during these weeks, along with symptoms of labor, suggests that the "glue" may be disintegrating ahead of schedule and alerts health care providers to a possibility of premature labor and delivery.
The result is either positive (fFN is present) or negative (fFN is not present).
What do fFN test results mean?
Most women with symptoms of preterm labor go on to deliver at term, even without treatment (2). The fFN test can help predict which symptomatic women have a reduced risk of premature labor and delivery. Fewer than 5 percent of women with symptoms of preterm labor who have a negative fFN test result deliver within the next 2 weeks (1). Identifying symptomatic women who have a reduced risk of premature delivery is the most valuable use of this test because these women often can avoid unnecessary medical interventions, such as bedrest, prenatal corticosteroids,hospitalization and labor-suppressing (tocolytic) medications (1,3).
Most women with symptoms of preterm labor go on to deliver at term, even without treatment (2). The fFN test can help predict which symptomatic women have a reduced risk of premature labor and delivery. Fewer than 5 percent of women with symptoms of preterm labor who have a negative fFN test result deliver within the next 2 weeks (1). Identifying symptomatic women who have a reduced risk of premature delivery is the most valuable use of this test because these women often can avoid unnecessary medical interventions, such as bedrest, prenatal corticosteroids,hospitalization and labor-suppressing (tocolytic) medications (1,3).
Positive fFN test results in women with symptoms of preterm labor are less reliable. However, positive results allow health care providers and pregnant women to take preventive measures to delay labor as long as possible and to consider labor-suppressing medications.
Jun 17, 2012
Giddy up, Cowgirl
Emma's friend William had a PONY party. That's right. Up to this point Emma would not get on any pony rides. I think all the other kids gave her confidence! I think she thought this was the best birthday party ever.
Patiently waiting to go in...
sitting with daddy, trying to contain herself
Emma and her friend, appropriately named "Mr. Ed"
Why does this image spark fear in my heart?
The hay Pinata: search for candy under the hay
Horse Painting!
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