Yesterday marked 6 weeks for wee little BB.  Right now s/he should be the size of lentil bean and all the major features and organs are under development.  The teeny tiny heart should also start beating this week-- so crazy ( Read more... )

5w3d and all seems to be well.  Had the blood draw this morning and just found the results online.  HCG beta level was 7914.  Numbers definitely went up, big jump from last week.  From what I can find out online, at 24 dpo the average is 2637, with a typical range from 540- 10,000  IU/L ( Read more... )

5w1d, still pregnant and still no sign of nausea.  With the other two, and with the two miscarriages, I was feeling a low-grade nausea before even hitting the 4 week mark, pretty much within two days of implantation.  With both my current babes, the full-blown nausea and the vomiting hit by 5.5 weeks, so I will be bracing myself to give up all ( Read more... )

Might be.  Not planned.  Very mixed feelings.  Feelings all over the place.  Up and down, happy and sad and scared.  And a bit crazy ( Read more... )

Well it has been FOUR weeks now since we participated in the 'complex behavioural assessment' and I am finally at the point where I can talk about it without crying, so it is time to journal out some thoughts.  At the conclusion of the assessment, Rylan was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Rylan has ASD.  We officially are a family with a ( Read more... )

I really don't intend to abandon my journal, I just FAIL at keeping up.  I've lately done a few private entries just to help me process some stuff I've been challenged with, but other posts haven't come together.  I have a lot to update on, but for now (as I rush to get ready for work and the kids to preschool and the babysitter), I am just going ( Read more... )

It's completely crazy that we are flying into fall already.  I didn't manage to complete ONE entry during summer either.  Pathetic.  I started several and never found the time, energy or motivation to finish and post one.  Damn.  I still love to read Livejournal entries during my afternoon tea/downtimes and manage to keep up quite well with the few ( Read more... )

Once again, I am absolutely emotionally DRAINED. Parenting an atypical child is not for the weak, to say the least. Today I was given some MORE new information to process, so I'm back at the keyboard to get some of my thoughts written out, in hopes of releasing some of what is rolling around in my crazy-momma head...  I just do NOT do well when I ( Read more... )

Once again, I've been meaning to update since the last boo hoo post about Rylan's anemia, but I just haven't gotten it together. I have just been bumbling through my days lately, more so than ever before, accomplishing with struggle only the bare minimum of tasks. My children are fed, clothed, played with, loved on and happy, but pretty much ( Read more... )

All these thoughts swimming around in my head... I decided to use this journal for it's original purpose and get some thoughts jotted down, in hopes of releasing my poor, very full head. Of course I started this entry 3 days ago now and have already lost my momentum... When did I completely lose my love for writing? Probably something to do ( Read more... )