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Topic: How's Prox doing?
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lioneye68 Knowflake Posts: 6062 From: Canada Registered: Apr 2003
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posted September 01, 2003 06:34 PM
Hello! I was just wondering how Ms. Prox and the beloved Scatbug are doing? In particular, how are you feeling, Prox? Any morning sickness/hormone surges/unexplained crying or euphoria? Also wondering if you guys told the fams yet, and what their reactions were????IP: Logged |
scatbug Knowflake Posts: 82 From: Registered: Jul 2003
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posted September 02, 2003 12:18 AM
Yes Corri is doing well! and so am i! Morning sickness? nope! thank god for that! Moodiness?! YES! but its nothing we cant manage! She has space alien hunger urges where she woudl probbaly kill soem one over a sandwich or a bowl of soup or maybe even atic tac.... we never know when they will strike!! We've had some sadness, mostly hormonal, and its usually when we are discussing a topic we are unsure of how to handle (ie BAH money and how to split it up so she gets money to help with rent and books etc etc.) Told her family and tehy are all happy and suppourtive and full of lots of love! thats all from me! if Corri has anything to add she'll prolly post after she reads this. laters!IP: Logged |
Lunargirl Knowflake Posts: 1513 From: Registered: Mar 2003
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posted September 02, 2003 02:23 AM
Here is your space alien! with Lunargirl <doing a happy Lunargirl dance under a full Mars> IP: Logged |
Nerwin Knowflake Posts: 54 From: Kuwait Registered: May 2003
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posted September 02, 2003 05:02 AM
Hi Proxy hope ur doing okay, I'm so happy for you.. believe me ur life is not complete until u have a child of ur own to loveIP: Logged |
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posted September 02, 2003 08:21 PM
Hey Lioneye and Lunargirl and Nerwin Yep, I'm doing fine. The little crisis in my life right now is that I remembered a ticket that I got for expired tags that had to be paid by the 28th of August that I forgot about w/ everything that's been going on... I'm pretty sure I'm going to lose my license. Riding to work and school on a bike is sure to be tons of fun. I think that I'm having one of my hormone surges right now There's been no morning sickness (yay! I fall in the lucky 30%!), but the mood swings have been a blast. I cried for about half an hour over the fact that Jase won't be here starting in early October, and he held and sang to me until I stopped. I'm going to go freak out over having no license now. IP: Logged |
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posted September 02, 2003 10:24 PM
Ohhhkay. My lil' pregnancy-induced manic-depressive swing has subsided a bit now.Re: the fam?: Well, we've told my side... here's the run-down (in order of those told): My Little Cancer Bro - He was the last one to hear about our getting married (his Cappie Moon reaction being, "I'm the last to know about everything,") I told him first. Directly after we talked about the marriage, I said, "Well, you can be the first to know about this...guess what I found out last Friday..." *comprehending look* "Yoouuu're...pregnant?" "Yup - how's it feel to be an uncle-to-be?" "Heh - Cool, actually, although I'd always figured that Emily (my younger sister) would've been the first to make me one." My Mom (Pisces/Saggie/Cancer) - (w/ Jase there) Soo...yeah. We found out Friday that we're pregnant." *mid-bite* (we were eating lunch) She stared straight ahead, did a double-take, and then said, "You're pregnant?" "Yup." "Really?" Jason, "Yep, we are." A beat of silence, and then my Mom said, "Ohmylord," in the way that only a southern woman can say it. "You're pregnant. Wow." It went on like that for a while, becoming the jokey banter that my family resorts to in times of stress. A heavily contemplative cloud fell over my Mother. I took off my shoes, illiciting a quizzical look from Jason. I giggled, scampered over to the kitchen, and said, "Hey, Mom - guess what I am!" She nearly choked on her sandwich from laughing. My Grandma (Mom's Mom) - She was stern at first, as expected (an Aqua w/ a Taurus Moon and Cappie Rising), and said, "Well, you two are just so young...and, really, how long have you known each other? I just think that there is a better way to go about things." "Yes, Grandma, we know this - but this is the way that things are, and we're dealing with them as they come." She withdrew for a bit, and went off to run some errands. When she came back, she looked through the window connecting her dining and living rooms, dangling a Post Office gift bag. "Hey Mom and Pop - I've got the kid's first gift," and, with a gigantic smile, pulled out a 9/11 Memorial Teddy Bear. When I left her house, she winked at me after we hugged. (to be continued) IP: Logged |
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posted September 02, 2003 10:46 PM
My Little Sister (Emily - Virgo/Scorpio/Aqua) - My Mom had told her. I said, "Hey, did you hear the news?" "Yep." "Did it freak you out?" "Yuh-ep," she laughed.My Step-Sister (Gemini/Taurus/Cappie) - We were walking up to my Pop's to tell him and my step-mother as she drove out to go to a party. We told her (mostly to see her reaction - they're priceless), and she...let's see if I can describe it...all of the following is her: "Ohhhhmyyyyygoooood! Ohmygod, ohmygodohmygod!" (while waving her arms in front of her face, her hands fanning around her mouth). "Are you SERIOUS? No way! NO WAY! Oh, wow, ohwowohwowohwow. I'm gonna be an AUNT!!! Oh, whoa - have you told your dad yet? How about my Mom?" "Nope, not yet...that's what we're on our way to do. Jase's afraid that Pop's going to shoot him." Brianne, to Jason, "Oh, come ON! He will not! He'll be happy, watch. I mean, if you ever hurt her, you'd be a dead man, but he'll be happy about this." "Yep, but very stunned," I added. Brianne chimed in, "Well, yeah." Faltering, Jason, "I'm still a little nervous..." Ignoring that, Brianne said, "Oh, my Mom'll FLIP! She'll be soooo happy. She keeps saying, 'Hurry up, Brianne, I want a graaannnddchiiilllld!' And I say, "Oh, no - I'm 19, Mom." Soo...the lil' goof called her Mom, who was still at work. My Step-Mom (Pisces/Saggie/???) - We were watching "The Two Towers" with my Pop (waiting until Connie got home to break the news), when the phone rang. My father answered, finding Connie on he other end of the line. "You want to talk to Corri? Um, OK...Here, Corri - Connie wants to talk to you..." "Oh, hiii Connie." "Yeah. Brianne said that I should call the house and ask for you? C'mon, c'mon, c'mon...what's up?" My father, concerned, "Why does Connie want to talk to you?" "Oh, I think it's something to do with your birthday," I whispered, motioning for silence and making my way to the outside front porch. After I slid the door shut behind me, Connie asked, "Soo...what's the news...???" "Yeah. I found out last Friday that I'm pregnant." Screams of, "OHHHHHHHHHMYGAWWWD! YOU'RE PREGNANT! YOU'RE GONNA BE A MOMMY! JASON'S GONNA BE A DADDY! I'M GONNA BE A GRANDMA!!!" flooded through the reciever. This went on for, oh, a while, and then we hung up until she made it home. (to be continued) IP: Logged |
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posted September 02, 2003 11:11 PM
My Pop (Libra/Cancer/Virgo) - Connie skipped through the door over to my Pop, and said in her wonderfully subtle as a bag of bricks to the head way, "Quick, quick, rightnow, pausethemovie - your daughter has something to tell you!" My Dad gave a bemused look, "Really?" Jason and I sat huddled together on the corner of the L-shaped couch, laughing. "Yep! She has something to tell you and you've got to listen, now," enunciated perfectly, said as she sat on his lap. "Sheee's...pregnant?" "Yep," as she broke into a huge grin and a faery laugh. "Out of wedlock," he said gruffly. "Ohhhh, c'mon, Chuck!" Me, piping up, "Well, we had planned on getting married in September before we ever found this out; we didn't know until Friday night, er, Saturday morning." Connie helped, "Yep, they had planned on getting married already...be happy!" My father sat a bit stunned with a hint of a smile on his face as we explained the plans we had managed to flesh out by that point. Connie continued her ebullience while my Pop continued his nearly mute amazement. I told him Jason's fear, and he echoed my step-sister's words by saying, "Oh, no - don't worry, you're safe. If you were one of those a-holes and ran, leaving my daughter and saying that it wasn't your problem, you'd have a target on your head, but I like ya now, boy. When we left, he shook Jason's hand and gave me a hug (we very rarely do so, so that was significant).My father's parents don't know yet, although my Grandmommy probably will as soon as she sees me next. She'll take it in stride, being an ever classy Leo with a Pisces Moon, but we're planning on telling my Grandaddy that it was a 7th-Month baby. He's a Gemini; I don't know the rest of his chart, but he was at one point a Deputy Asst. Secretary of the Army, and those who worked beneath him apparently still remember him with no small amount of awe and trepidation. He can be a hard-charging man. At 91 his protestations would mainly serve to torture most everyone else, so there's no pressing need for him to know quite yet. Iiii'll let Jase explain about his family. IP: Logged |
Lunargirl Knowflake Posts: 1513 From: Registered: Mar 2003
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posted September 03, 2003 01:58 AM
Thanks for sharing that! I felt sure it would go well, but now I almost feel like I was there when all that happened! You sure have a gift for writing dialogue, proxieme. You have the "ear". I also liked the original typo you corrected -- about how your Gran "...went off to run some errors..." -- she sure did, and she thought it through, and came to the right conclusions before she came back! I'm gonna swipe it as a malapropism. Blessings, peeps! Lunar IP: Logged |
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posted September 03, 2003 06:52 AM
re: How's Prox doing?...Maybe not that great. Shortly before midnight last night I saw that I was lightly but persistently bleeding. Jason and I talked on the phone until I went to sleep (at about 1, since I had to get up at 5:45 AM). I didn't know that I could have *that many* tears all at once; poor Jason. He sounded so heartbroken at the possibility. When I woke up the cramps were still with me, and I'm still light headed and bleeding. I feel weak and shakey. My body hurts. This is Jase's away message: sigh.. i cant even begin to explain... edit: that's so funny. I feel horrible but keep going back and editing the mistakes in this post. i keep forgetting parts.
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Sylven Knowflake Posts: 160 From: Of Elvenkind Registered: Jul 2003
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posted September 03, 2003 07:29 AM
Sweety!!!! Take care! Are you going to the doctor's/hospital asap? IP: Logged |
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posted September 03, 2003 07:36 AM
No money for the deductible right now. If it gets worse, I will.I called into work; told them I'd be a bit late. IP: Logged |
Aphrodite Knowflake Posts: 4992 From: Registered: Feb 2002
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posted September 03, 2003 09:29 AM
My pumpkin Corri *sighs* IP: Logged |
silverbells Knowflake Posts: 1506 From: The second star to the right (which shines in the night for'eer) Registered: Apr 2003
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posted September 03, 2003 09:51 AM
Corri Jason-"Yep, we are(pregnant)" That is one of the coolest and sweetest things.IP: Logged |
juniperb Knowflake Posts: 6830 From: Blue Star Kachina Registered: Mar 2002
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posted September 03, 2003 10:05 AM
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1scorp Knowflake Posts: 2251 From: Registered: Feb 2003
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posted September 03, 2003 10:08 AM
Awww.. Prox. IP: Logged |
lioneye68 Knowflake Posts: 6062 From: Canada Registered: Apr 2003
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posted September 03, 2003 11:11 AM
Prox, don't worry...breakthrough bleeding is quite common. On the other hand, do be prepared. quote: What are some of the causes of first trimester bleeding? by Robert James Gallo, MD, FACOG The first three months of your pregnancy are referred to as the first trimester. Each trimester lasts approximately three months, so there are three trimesters for each pregnancy. Vaginal bleeding bleeding in pregnancy at any time is a significant event, and you should inform your OBGYN if you experience vaginal bleeding of any kind. As many as one out of every three women will experience vaginal bleeding, so if you do, don't panic. Notify your OBGYN and follow through with the recommendations that are suggested.
There are many reasons for vaginal bleeding during the first trimester, some are serious and significant, some are less serious and pose no threat to the pregnancy. The most benign type of bleeding is called "implantation bleeding". This is bleeding from the site in the uterus where the developing fetus has chosen to implant. It is painless bleeding and occurs often. Your OBGYN will more than likely ask that you restrict heavy activity, and avoid sex. You may also be placed on modified bedrest to increase the chances of a better implantation. Occasionally, an early ultrasound, or sonogram will be ordered to make sure that the pregnancy is proceeding normally. This type of bleeding is also referred to as "threatened miscarriage", since there is always a possibility that the bleeding will increase in severity and that the pregnancy will miscarry. There are no medications or treatments that will make you "hold" a pregnancy. Increased bleeding, passage of clots, and the presence of worsening lower abdominal cramps are signs of impending miscarriage, and must be reported to your OBGYN immediately. In most cases, with ample restriction of activity, the bleeding episode will pass, and you will be allowed back to full activity again. Sometimes, though, the implantation site will continue to bleed and you may be restricted for longer periods of time. The progression of bleeding usually associated with more severe cramping may be a warning of an impending miscarriage. The chances of miscarriage in the first trimester are approximately one in five. Some miscarriages are the result of a pregnancy stopping because there might have been an improper combination of genetic material in the fetus. There is also a possibility that the implantation site for the pregnancy in the uterus was not a good one, or that there might be some type of problem within the uterus. These answers are rarely apparent at the time of a miscarriage, but sometimes become obvious afterward when genetics reports and pathology reports are available to your doctor. I am always saddened by patients who blame themselves for the vaginal bleeding that occurs during the course of a pregnancy. "If only I didn't exercise so much," "If my husband wasn't so insistent on having sex last night," are all unfortunate attempts to explain why vaginal bleeding occurs in pregnancy. It can probably be said with certainly that a pregnancy that is a good pregnancy will not miscarry even in the face of physical activity, and that a pregnancy that is a doomed pregnancy will not be rescued by even total immobilization and bedrest. So why do OBGYN's suggest bedrest when we are informed by our pregnant patients about bleeding ? Consider the fact that the placenta attaches to the uterus with an attachment process that is akin to two pieces of Velcro adhesive. Minimize the movement of the "velcro" and the placenta and uterus stay better attached. There are, of course, other reasons for bleeding in early pregnancy which are not considered as a threat for the continuation of a pregnancy. Any irritation of the cervix and vagina may produce bleeding. When you are examined by your OBGYN, a thorough inspection of your vagina and cervix with an instrument called a speculum (the same one that is used for Pap Smears) may be done. Hormonal changes in early pregnancy make the vagina and cervix slightly more "delicate" and may produce some light bleeding which may be treated by vaginal creams, or not treated at all. In summary, vaginal bleeding in the early stages of pregnancy is a fairly common event. You must inform your OBGYN about any bleeding, even light "staining" may indicate a problem and should be respected.
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trillian Knowflake Posts: 4050 From: The Boundless Registered: Mar 2003
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posted September 03, 2003 11:17 AM
Sending tons of white healing light for Corri, Jason and the baby... please be well. Please seek medical attention asap. There are ways to make the money thing work out. Heck, I'll send you some, whatever I can, just get to the doctor and if you need a loan let me know. IP: Logged |
trillian Knowflake Posts: 4050 From: The Boundless Registered: Mar 2003
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posted September 03, 2003 11:24 AM
I'm serious. IP: Logged |
Aphrodite Knowflake Posts: 4992 From: Registered: Feb 2002
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posted September 03, 2003 12:52 PM
Trillian,You rock You are a fabulous woman. Bright Blessings Aphrodite IP: Logged |
Lunargirl Knowflake Posts: 1513 From: Registered: Mar 2003
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posted September 03, 2003 12:57 PM
more healing Light for proxieme, scatbug, baby and families... but get thee to a doctor, nurse, somebody... this is a serious health matter. Borrow a salary advance from the petty cash at work, perhaps. Take trillian up on her offer.Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Light Lunargirl IP: Logged |
Harpyr Knowflake Posts: 2255 From: land of the midnight sun Registered: Dec 2002
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posted September 03, 2003 04:12 PM
nuturing healing love and light is being sent your way prox.. you , the wee one and jase are in my thoughts.. IP: Logged |
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posted September 03, 2003 04:44 PM
I hope you're doing ok Corri.. you and Jase have been in my thoughts for most of the day. Be well IP: Logged |
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posted September 04, 2003 08:43 AM
Hey ya'll - All those well-wishes must've done some good, ya'll Thanks to all of you who thought of us. Various members of my fam have said to contribute to picking up the balance (which ended-up not being too much; this looks like it's going to be covered under an "Emergency Room Visit" instead of being counted as a pre-natal/maternity visit). Er, or as a couple emergency room visits...I was sent several places. It was a "Threatened Miscarriage". We now, apparently, have about a 50/50 chance of carrying past the 1st trimester. Right now I'm sitting at work. My supervisors have forbidden me from picking up anything heavier than paper; they're great guys. An advance from my job isn't a possibility, but they were going to take up a collection for our bills. The only problem now might be that I have to go back in for a bloodtest to re-measure my blood hormone levels (to make sure that they're still going up). The day at the hospital(s) ended at about 9/9:30 PM. Jase was with me the whole time. When I was in a wheelchair waiting to be wheeled from the ultrasound waiting area, he massaged my feet w/ peppermint oil. They weren't even initially going to let him in that area (they whisked me away saying that he wasn't allowed before either of us knew what was happening), but it seems that he found the Doctor who had seen me before and said something to the effect of, "She's my wife, this is my child - I will be allowed back there," and she made sure that he got in. Eh, so what if he was temporarily "Mr. Russell"?
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posted September 04, 2003 09:54 AM
Sending love and healing white light your way ------------------ ~~Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves~~ *Sir James Barrie* IP: Logged | |