As I mentioned in my "Sisters" post in May, I am one of three sisters, the oldest born Oct. 3, the next (me) born Feb. 13, and the youngest born Sept. 26. My oldest daughter was born Sept. 26, my next born Feb. 13, and just 4 weeks ago my youngest little girl was born on my oldest sister's birthday, Oct. 3. To be honest I really didn't think it would happen - it's just too crazy! But apparently I have a magical uterus.
In late July at 30 weeks pregnant I went into early labor. I started dilating and I was on medication to stop the contractions. By 36 weeks I had made 3 trips to the hospital, gotten 3 shots of tributiline and had dilated to 5cm and it was only the beginning of September. There was just no way I was going to make it 4 more weeks! But somehow, miraculously (and thankfully), I made it to just one day before my due date and Rosalynd Eliza was born healthy and happy. Granted the 10 weeks of labor and bed rest were anything but fun, but it was so worth it for her to stay in there and grow as much as she could.
Harper and Nora absolutely adore their little sister and it is the best thing in the world to see them kiss and cuddle her. They are both very fascinated with me nursing Rosie and Harper keeps asking me if there are hands and spoons inside
me that make the milk.
And speaking of Harper and Nora, they are doing pretty well. Their GI is still having doubts about the Crohn's diagnosis and had them see a rheumatologist at Children's to test for Blau Syndrome (familial sarcoidosis). So far it doesn't look like that's what they have, although the doc did confirm that Harper has arthritis in her knees and ankles (which does happen with Crohn's). She will be starting on a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory in addition to the anti-inflammatory that she takes for her GI tract. Nora has also started complaining about pain in her knees so we'll see what happens with that. The really great news is that both girls are no longer anemic, both inflammatory markers are normal and both are gaining weight (though Nora STILL isn't on the growth chart). They follow up with the rheumatologist and GI next month, and they see an opthamologist (you can get granulomas in your eyes with sarcoidosis) in a few weeks. Over all I think things look pretty good. We are just hoping and praying that Rosie won't have to go through what these girls have. Even if she does end up having Crohn's, hopefully we will catch it quickly knowing what we now know. She was extremely fussy for about a week and her pediatrician prescribed her some meds for acid reflux - I had a horrible flashback to Nora's one month check up when the doc prescribed the same stuff (and was having the same symptoms), but Rosie is eating fine and gaining weight - both things Nora did NOT do. I just have to keep reminding myself that every time she cries it doesn't necessarily mean she has Crohn's....she also gets poopy diapers and other normal baby stuff. I'm just massively paranoid.
