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So, I haven't been playing Alpha a whole lot these past couple weeks - sorry to disappoint my Twitch.tv followers! I also have not been participating on the forums nearly as much - neither these, nor the brand new ones on goblinworks.com.
But in all seriousness, here's the quick story about what happened:
- On Tuesday, July 15th, mommafox was having some contractions again, more than recent ones, associated with lower back pain this time. Not good to have when 32wk+6day.
- We called her doctor, who advised going to the hospital to check things out. We did, and she was 2cm dilated. They put her on Magnesium to delay labor, and started the steroids for fetal lung development. Because we don't have a NICU in our area, they flew her to Phoenix immediately, anticipating delivery soon. We're glad they did.
- Labor indeed stopped, and they stopped the magnesium after the recommended 72hrs of steriods. As of Friday night, we were just playing a waiting game. We weren't sure if it would be days or weeks before things would progress. I got to participate in the escalation party that night. Woo!
- Mommafox had some small cramps those few days, but nothing that seemed similar to the contractions she'd been having for the past 10 weeks.
- On Saturday, July 19th (33wks, 3 days), mommafox had some small cramps start at 4:30pm, so the nurse put her on the monitors to watch. This time, they did indeed barely show up as contractions, so at 4:45pm, the nurse came back, explaining that they called the delivery doctor to come, and... suddenly her water broke at 4:45pm. Full-blown labor contractions started immediately.
- No time for wheelchair, they pushed her whole hospital bed down the halls to L&D ward. Barely enough time to start an I.V., for the doctor to barely get there, and Mary Lynn <last name redacted> was born at 5:11pm without cesarean. 4lbs 4oz and 17in. A respectable size for a preemie!
- By 5:45pm, mommafox was literally back on her feet again (after stitches and all that crazy stuff - very respectable for a first-time mommy!), and I was down in the NICU with my new daughter.
- Okay, here's a real picture of her.
The NICU here is great. Babyfox is doing well. Lungs were fully developed, so no issues there (except the typical 48hr mark problems associated with "I never had to breathe air before, why do I need to do so now? I'm gonna take a 20-second break because I'm tired." thing - which is resolved using caffeine). She just got off the I.V. yesterday, and her only issues right now are holding down her food completely. She's even been holding her own temperature, so no assistance required there anymore either. It's amazing how far she's come in the last 6 days of her life.
We'll probably be here another couple weeks, still, because she's gestationally only 34wks 2days at this point. They need to be 100% sure that she can hold her own, without any assistance or electronic monitoring, when they send her home with us.
So, long story short, I'm about 3hours from home right now, and away from my gaming rig and the ability to live-stream Alpha. I'll be away for the next couple weeks, likely.
And in regards to that other thread that had all the Congratulations posts: thank you! The kind words were certainly appreciated.
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Thank you all again for the well wishes, prayers, and congratulations! :)
BabyFox is doing great. She was discharged from the NICU on Friday, Aug 8th, and we've been home since with the little bundle of joy (and puke, poop, and everything else that comes with these bundles...). ;)
We're starting to figure out sleep schedules and such, and otherwise taking life one day at a time. I'll be returning to work Monday, ad returning to Alpha this weekend (tonight, maybe?). Mrs. Fox is trying to learn how to sleep through the various strange noises that babies make while sleeping (e.g. "What was that? Is she choking? *listens more intently* ... still breathing... still breathing... still....").
I'm really excited to read the patch notes this week - seems like a really good time to get back into Alpha, considering my slightly-negative reputation (for shooting Nihimon in the back too many times during Adventure Time with Bonny a few weeks ago) should heal quickly now.
And a final note: HOLY CRAP FORUM EXPLOSIONS. So many pages and pages of new and updated threads to read through. And just when I thought I was done here... There's a whole new set of forums for the Alphas! -_-
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Again, thank you all! Baby and family doing great.
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