HI

Hi everyone just a quick note to say hi. No new news really. We moved to a hotel closer to the hospital, the room here is just as small and the bed is awful, but oh well these are the things we do for our kids. I had a bad day yesterday very emotional for some reason, but feel good today. We got to go to breakfast with some GREAT friends today. It was so great to see them and I can not begin to thank Jennifer and Heath for everything they are doing for us. I think we have decided that the dogs would be best back home so I think Adam is going to take them back some time soon. I met another mom expecting a CDH baby. Her name is Catherine, she is having her first baby and it will be a girl, she lives in San Antonio, please keep her in your thoughts as well. I think we fixed the whole photo thing today so I will try to post some pics tomorrow I am too tired tonight. Well I guess that's all for today. Bye bye everyone, thanks for reading.

Dr Appointment update

Hey everyone, Adam and I are doing well. We had a sonogram and a Dr. Appointment today. We really didn't learn anything new. Despite all the contractions I am not dilating, basically because of all the fluid. We had a Biophysical profile today and Jackson scored 8/8, so that's good he is still extremely active. My AFI (amniotic fluid index) was 32 which is growing but only by a little bit, they say they can take off fluid if I become too uncomfortable. When the doctor measured my tummy it measured 45wks even though I am only 38+wks, again because of all the fluid. Like I said earlier my cervix is not dilated and not "favorable" for an induction right now. So we are going to shoot for a March 7th induction. He said he could probably put a small hole in amniotic sac then and start pitocin (contraction) medicine then. So that's like 13 days from now so that's ok. Well I guess that's all the news for today. We tried to post pictures but this computer does not recognize my camera. I think if I download the program that came with the camera we will be able to post pics, so that's what we are working on. We move closer to the medical center and downtown on the 24th. I will post then and let everyone know about our new hotel room. Well I guess that's it for now. Adam and I love to hear from everyone, so post comments, call or e-mail or whatever. Thanks everyone
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Kimberly

Hi

Hi everyone, no news today. I am still contracting a lot, but not really doing anything. I think the baby will come very soon, Adam says I will go to my due date. We will see, I guess Jackson will come when he wants to. I wanted to add some prayer request. I want everyone to keep Jennifer and her unborn baby girl Audrey from the Dallas area in their prayers and also Lauren and her unborn baby girl Avery from Canada (Toronto) in their prayers. Having these other mommies to talk to has helped me a alot and we all need to pray for each other. Thank you everyone, we will keep in touch.

HISTORY

Hi. Ok now that I think this is working I am going to post more. Well Adam and I (Kimberly) met in 1996, started dating in 1997, got married in 2001, got pregnant in 2005, and will deliver baby boy Jackson Devore Burgess in late February or early March 2006. We were so excited when we found out we were expecting our first child, words can not describe the joy we both felt. Our joy however shortly turned to concern for our unborn child. When I was approximately 29-30 wks pregnant (late December 05) we learned he (Jackson) had a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). This is condition where the diaphram does not close completely. When this happens it allows abdominal contents to go into the chest cavity. The abdominal contents in the chest do not allow the lungs to grow and develop at a normal rate. They also push the lungs and heart to one side of the chest. For more information on CDH please see my links. Jackson's defect is on the left side causing his heart and lungs to be pushed to the right. Also because the defect is on his left side, the left lung is more affected then the right. We immediately started receiving more specialized care. Including a fetal echo (sono of baby's heart) and fetal MRIs. From our MRIs at this point it looks as though he has very little left lung tissue. The national statistics for babies with this condition is about 50% survival rate, and occurs in approximately 1 in every 2,000-5,000 births. I was very lucky to find a web site of another mother who had experienced this herself. She was also from the Dallas Texas area. She posted on her website about a hospital in Houston that had pediatric surgeons specialized in this problem. I was able to make appointments with the doctors in Houston, and shortly after those appointments knew he had to be born in Houston to receive the best care. We made the decision to deliver in Houston at the end of January. We actually got to Houston on February 12th, and are there now awaiting his delivery.

baby Jackson

Hi this is Kimberly and Adam. We are trying to set up a blog to keep all of our family and friends updated on baby Jackson's progress. We have been in Houston for a couple of days now and things are going well. We went to the doctor on monday and they siad he weighs about 7lbs 5oz. I was 37wks pregnant on monday and they said the baby's head measured 41wks, I think he has Adam's Head. We are hanging out in our hotel room playing with the puppies waiting for me to go into labor. We are getting out of the hotel some every day and take the dogs on at least one walk a day. I am contracting but nothing like labor just practice. Well this is all I am going to post for now and see if it works. If it does I will post more later and even some pics of the hotel room and my gigantic belly.