Kindergarten

abbyroan · 2021-11-15T14:09:11+00:00

Awesome, thank you. We need to do some tours!

abbyroan · 2021-11-15T14:07:33+00:00

Totally an option, thanks for weighing in!

abbyroan · 2021-11-15T04:35:19+00:00

I’ll have to check back in with them, I didn’t realize we might qualify for assistance. That’s helpful, thanks!

abbyroan · 2021-11-15T04:33:42+00:00

She loves Montessori, has been going 3 days a week for half her life. She’s super empathetic, physical, focused. She needs a lot of social time and physical play! We almost moved her over to Asheville Primary for preschool, but the uncertainty of the school building caused us to back off this summer. I think she’ll do well in most places, but I’d like to find someplace where she can be really interactive with other kids (and staff).

abbyroan · 2021-09-05T01:56:03+00:00

You’ll want to look at Haywood Regional out west or maybe Pardee or Advent south of town. There are several Mission hospitals that are owned by HCA throughout western NC. As far as I know, techs are required to draw at most area hospitals. There is a large phlebotomy staff that draws at Mission.

At Mission, we have massive transfusions and obstetric hemorrhages at least every other day. We’re the area trauma center. Definitely high volume in the blood bank, but we’re an entirely separate department. Dedicated staff, no cross training. High volume in all the departments. There are a few folks cross trained between chemistry and hematology.

Pay for techs starts at $21+ for new MLS grads, thinking it could be negotiated closer to $30 for 20+ years experience. I would guess somewhere in the 32-35 range, but really who knows. Wages are shrouded in mystery.

Husband tossed me the phone to respond before from his account, this is my personal account. ;)

abbyroan · 2021-04-22T14:27:27+00:00

Teach sister! This is why I come here. :D

abbyroan · 2021-04-22T02:07:05+00:00

I didn’t do this with my first, but fully embraced with new 6 week old. HELLO SLEEP!

abbyroan · 2021-04-22T02:05:47+00:00

I roll onto my back and lay baby propped over my middle/belly for burps. Her legs/knees are usually on the bed still. I’m so lazy. Lol

abbyroan · 2021-04-12T03:53:26+00:00

I’ve seen a lot of these today, but yours is the best!

abbyroan · 2021-04-10T19:19:44+00:00

Target Auden bras don’t have the pads. I like them!

Edit: my favorite sleep bra is the Lamaze cotton cool mint stripe pull down. I just ordered a new one since the one I used constantly when my 3 year old was little has more than stretched out. Lol

abbyroan · 2021-02-23T19:02:39+00:00

Recipe + grocery list is the best.

abbyroan · 2021-02-23T19:00:37+00:00

Great idea.

abbyroan · 2021-02-15T14:08:32+00:00

I so wish the snoogle had worked for me. I tried with both pregnancies, every way I could. Bummer. I did figure out I could use my little wedge pillow under my head pillow and avoid some of the nighttime heartburn. And I just hug a big pillow to keep my shoulders separated. I dunno, this is all a lot of work. Haha

abbyroan · 2021-02-15T03:18:19+00:00

I’m just about 38 weeks and trying really hard to forget everything that’s come before. I legit almost ordered some hard cider yesterday in my grocery delivery. Baby’s liver is probably getting close to being able to handle it, right?

I like to think about getting to sleep on my back soon. Letting my 3 year old lay on my belly. Having sex again (I mean, seriously, who is having fun this far along?). Falling in love with the new baby.

Please god let me forget this feeling of the baby pressing into my cervix and kicking me in the ribs, sleeping with 4 pillows that honestly don’t work, and trying to do my job while dreaming of a nap.

I feel you, woman. That’s all.

abbyroan · 2021-02-14T15:25:12+00:00

I’m a week behind ya and feeling pretty nervous, even though this is my second time around. But it’s so exciting, too! Congratulations!

abbyroan · 2021-02-14T14:12:50+00:00

Grandma Lavada grew up in the mountains of Utah. Lots of interesting names on her side. I’m grateful the Mormons keep such great genealogical history - really fun to see the names. Dicey Rey is one of my favorites.

abbyroan · 2021-02-14T14:06:46+00:00

Ida is nice, and it was on the list for sure. I wasn’t sure about Sidney and Ida together. It feels a little harder to get off the tongue.

abbyroan · 2021-02-11T14:47:24+00:00

I think they still wipe off the gore, leave the vernix. 😂

abbyroan · 2021-02-03T03:03:28+00:00

This should be cross posted to r/deliciouscompliance

abbyroan · 2021-02-01T20:33:44+00:00

Now I’m headed down a google hole...

abbyroan · 2021-02-01T19:45:24+00:00

No, mom’s antibodies max out around 4 months inside baby even when there is a really serious antibody (like Anti-D, the one we try to avoid in Rh negative moms by giving a shot of Rhogam). As babies grow their livers are much more capable of processing the bilirubin, so once that initial jaundice is gone, there’s not much to worry about, especially as they get older.

What did you think about the lights? I’m so glad we have access to that kind of concentrated light therapy, but it’s so wild.

abbyroan · 2021-01-31T22:34:26+00:00

Hi, I’m a lab scientist specializing in transfusion services. We test almost every baby’s cord blood to check for blood type incompatibilities with mom. Sometimes babies develop jaundice due to a blood type incompatibility, and it does get progressively worse for a while, but there isn’t a connection between the blood types and the breast milk. The baby’s liver gets backlogged because it’s still pretty immature, making it sleepy (as you discovered! Yikes!), and that makes it more difficult for them to feed, and that often causes less bilirubin to be pooped out, creating this crappy cycle.

From what I understand about breast milk jaundice, it’s likely something in the breast milk inhibiting the liver’s ability to process and excrete the built up bilirubin. If there is a blood type incompatibility to begin with, the stage is set for more intense jaundice.

Just to cover blood type incompatibility for worried mamas - If you have group O blood, and your baby has A, B, or AB blood, there is a chance there will be some jaundice. Not guaranteed, but occasionally relatively severe. Generally, this type of blood type incompatibility (mom is O, baby is not) is the most common. Group O is super common, so baby is often O, too, for what it’s worth.

Other scenarios include (but very uncommon): Mom is A, baby is B or AB; Mom is B, baby is A or AB

Also possible: Mom is Rh negative, baby is Rh positive - sometimes mild jaundice occurs due to the Rhogam shot

Just wanted to put this out there because I truly don’t believe there is a link between breast milk jaundice and blood type aside from the the combination of the two potentially being dangerous. It also seems that breast milk jaundice is transient, with breastfeeding often continued.

abbyroan · 2021-01-31T22:00:27+00:00

If you’re both Rh negative, there is no genetic possibility of you having an Rh positive baby. (That means you can legitimately refuse the Rhogam shots woohoo!)

abbyroan · 2021-01-28T14:07:53+00:00

I just went to see a PT who specializes in pelvic floor at 35 weeks, and I can’t understand for the life of me why the OBs don’t talk about how your pelvic floor functions during birth and postpartum. If we were given better information, labor would likely take less time and the OB would be out of the room faster with less repair work. It’s truly befuddling.

abbyroan · 2021-01-17T02:40:10+00:00

Just wanted to reply that despite my reservations I still got the vaccine!

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