Stillborn: Still Loved

August has come and gone... one more month has passed here on earth.  I have somehow, in ways unbeknownst to me, managed to survive now, for SEVEN whole months without my baby boy.  I have gone 7 months without seeing his precious face, without hearing his cries.  I have gone seven months without kissing his toes and watching them as they grow.  In the Month of September, I have now had reason to recognize that many many families all over the world are missing their babies on Stillborn Remembrance Day.  As September hurries by, we are closer and closer coming to the date of The annual Walk to Remember held by the support group I belong to.  Each family in and around DFW, gather their family members and walk to remember their baby(ies).  Each family is give a balloon to release in honor of their baby and a Christmas ornament to hang on their tree.  I look forward to this day.  Also as September progresses, I will once again become a single parent.. to a six year old, and hi

Uses for Magnesium Sulfate for pregnant women: Pre-eclampsia Stops preterm labor and contractions Neuroprotection for unborn babies      Three days into my five day stay at the Houston hospital , a perinatologist, from a team of six,that was taking care of myself and Jake decided that putting me on Magnesium would be in his best interest.  I was told that this would protect him from damage to his neuro-system.    I had previous experience with this particular perinatologist, and was already not her biggest fan.  I accepted her judgment however, and prepared for the hours of feeling bad, this medicine was going to bring upon me.    I phoned my mother, four hours away, and she began the drive to Houston to be with me.    I was able to get up for the first time in three weeks to take a shower, then I was told I must stay in bed and not get up.  I would get to feeling really hot and just altogether bad.  I went from being a strong, somewhat healthy mommy trying to save her ch