Hi. Here's my story. My husband and I met in 1992. We were married in 1993. My daughter was born in 1995 after an easy pregnancy. She was a "perfect" child who, other then inherited attitude, had no problems. I had a miscarrige in 1998 that just crushed me. I found out that I was pegnant with my son in October of 1999 after a year of ttc.
I was very excited to be pregnant, but I was also very scared about the possibility of another miscarrage. The pregnancy was very hard. I was sick a lot and had a lot of pains, cramps etc. At 36 weeks, we found out that my son had turned sideways in my stomach. The doctor was able to turn him, but in the process of turning him, my pelvic bone seperated. I was in so much pain! I couldn't walk or play with my daughter. After much begging, I was induced at 38 weeks and Andrew came into the world on June 8, 2000.
The first week he slept almost constantly. After that week, he cried constantly. He wanted to nurse every 1/2 hour and nothing would make him happy. My daughter was having emotional problems and it was a nightmare. Our doctor finally figured out that he had a milk protein allergy and put him on Nutramigen. Things got a little better, but he was still screaming all of the time and spitting up a LOT. He was then diagnosed with reflux. We have to go to the doctor every week to get him weighed.
He's now on two medications for the reflux and is doing much better. He doesn't scream as much now, but he still doesn't sleep much during the day and wants to be held constantly. This has been a complete shock to my family after Alyssa's perfect babyhood. I have quit my job so that I can be at home with him during the day and i go to school at night. Many days I get so overwhlemed and tired that I just sit down and cry. I know that things will get better and I'm just doing my best to hang in there until they do.
Trish
Alyssa 9/16/95
Andrew 6/08/00
