tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80897895788098025712024-02-19T06:07:12.449-05:00Swann's PondThe Swanns just living life at the Pond.The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.comBlogger699125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-5260238973272618632020-06-21T00:50:00.000-04:002020-06-21T00:50:52.674-04:00Part 2: The Fourth Pregnancy*Not the best birth story to read if you're currently pregnant. Scroll down my blog a few posts and read that birth story. It's dreamy and all things perfect!<br />
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*No pictures. Maybe one day I'll share those too. I gained 60 lbs this time, double what I did the first three times. I was so very swollen. So swollen. My skin hurt. Every step I took it felt like my skin was going to rip apart.<br />
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June 26 started with snuggles despite the ball of nerves I had in my stomach on what today would hold. At 11am my midwife came by and did a membrane sweep. I was a "loose one, not quite two". I walked. I bounced. I tried a Meyer's Circuit despite the horrendous pelvic pain I was enduring.<br />
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I had an appointment with the "wonderful OB" at 430pm. I have a proven pelvis. I have had three vaginal, uncomplicated deliveries. This will surely be easy, just a nudge to kick start my body. All encouraging statements made to me from many in the birth world. I wanted so desperately to believe it. The mom guilt was yelling at me louder though. The OB had what felt to be man hands. Membrane sweep done and foley bulb inserted. I was 3cm. OB appeased me and didn't argue with me when I requested to go have dinner with my children and put them to bed before heading to the hospital. In the parking lot, my midwife gave me the labor inducing concoction aka castor oil and other ingredients to mask the nastiness. We drove to Target where I walked around and picked up some last minute things then we met my mom and girls at Red Robin for dinner. Every time I went to the bathroom, I tugged a little at that annoying foley bulb string.<br />
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Back home, I did my usual night time routine with the girls and knowing this was the last time I would do it before adding a fourth, I was emotional. I didn't want to go to the hospital. I didn't want a hospital birth. I didn't want to be away from my babies. I didn't want any of this. Baby wasn't ready. I had so much mom guilt, already. Once I had girls asleep, I made another bathroom trip and plop, out came the foley bulb! Yay! I was now assumed to be 5cm! I finished gathering my items and we said bye to my mom. The ride to the hospital was a quiet one as I just cried. I couldn't do anything but cry.<br />
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At the hospital, we had to go in thru the ER entrance. My midwife assistant met us there. It was a quiet walk to L&D. Once in the room, midwife joined. They started using all the essential oils and magnesium to help lower my blood pressure. I was too anxious. Around midnight, Lex showed up. We had small talk and then he prayed with us. I remember feeling such peace. I happened to look over at my heartrate and for the first time it was under 100bpm! The Lord was with me. I just needed to remember to pray. Shortly after this, they came in and said I needed blood pressure meds. I asked my options. I was given two and a print out about them. The side effects. More mom guilt. I requested half a dose, 10mg, of labetalol. I was told it would only last a few hours then I would need a 20mg dose. I told them I was very sensitive to medications and wanted to try this dose first. OB agreed. Soon after receiving, my blood pressure dropped to 110/67, my normal. I also did not need another dose at all thru the rest of my induction or hospital admission. I was told if I received a full dose, they would've probably had to give me meds to boost my blood pressure back up so it was good I only got half the dose.<br />
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June 27 now (timeline starts to get a little fuzzy) and OB agreed to intermittent monitoring so I started walking the halls. I walked and walked and walked and walked some more. The OB wanted to put me on the wireless monitor to keep a constant watch on baby while letting me have the movement I needed. Let me first note that with these monitors they have to use like a sandpaper to remove what feels like the top layer of skin so the monitor will stick. I tried five different wireless monitors! Either it wouldn't work or baby kept running from the monitor so the nurses kept switching them out. My belly where this was placed took days to heal. I remained 5-6cm and 50-70% effaced for a looooooong while. I text my cousin at 8am that I was 5-6cm but ctx were not hurting and I felt frustrated that I didn't feel like it was moving along despite the several sweeps I had endured during this time as well.<br />
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Every time the OB came in, the very first words out of my mouth were "I do not want an epidural or a csection". Every single time. I was making sure she knew my wishes and that I was going to put up one heck of a fight to exhaust every single other option before that was even put on the table.<br />
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{Side note - when I labor, I go in. I am quiet. I stay focused. I breathe. I don't make a whole lot of noise until transition and then my breathing just gets louder as I focus on my jaw relaxing by making deep sounds so I can get baby OUT! I said many times during this induction that I just couldn't get in the headspace. I had this mental block. That was a very difficult hurdle to jump.}<br />
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When my mom brought the girls up to visit me, I was a wreck. I missed them so much! It stalled my labor. Contractions practically ceased. It was advised that they not come back to the hospital until baby was in arms. I sobbed. I made a short video telling them I loved them and miss them that evening before bed.<br />
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About 4pm I was a solid 6cm and started pitocin, at a 2. By 7:53pm I was at a 7 on the pitocin. I was contracting regularly but baby was not staying on the monitors so a nurse was literally squatting at my feet and chasing baby around my belly as I swayed and moved. The OB turned off pitocin because she said it was not safe to continue with the lack of monitoring they were able to get on baby. I felt defeated and told her I did not want an epidural or csection, what were my other options.<br />
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Sometime late evening, the OB was back in and wanted to break my water bag and insert a fetal monitor on baby's head. I asked about the concerns for baby. It was the only option presented unless I had a csection. I felt backed into a corner and consented. OB made a pin prick to control fluid draining and water went everywhere! I definitely had too much amniotic fluid! Then fetal monitor was placed. Mom guilt compounding. Still 6cm. Pitocin resumed. With the bag of fluids gone, the pain was so intense. I don't even know how to describe the intensity. I was told to lay in bed and have oxygen because baby needed it. I did. Roll on this side. Roll here. Labor right here in this position. I did. I wanted to crawl out of my skin. I felt like my body was breaking in half. I've had three epidural free labor and births and this felt NOTHING like those first three. I asked for IV meds. They didn't touch the pain but made me sleepy. I felt like this was never going to end.<br />
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On top of all this, the midwife we paid out of pocket for felt like she was more there for the OB support than mine! She left a couple times during my labor too to go home for short times. It felt like I was giving birth in a battle ground, not a peaceful experience in the least and it surely did not add to the head game that labor is!<br />
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June 28, and it is 1am. Another cervical check. I'm getting tired but I inform OB I do not want an epidural or a csection. I'm now 7cm. Progress. Little but progress. I go to the bathroom just to sit on the toilet. It is the most comfortable place and I'm alone. I can feel safe in there. I can just be and labor. A few hours later, I feel the urge to push. I'm sitting on the toilet and my body pushes. Not me.<br />
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8am, the OB comes into the room and wants to do another check. Still 7cm. I told her I felt the urge to push. She said let's go with it!<br />
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The room is now a tizzy with people. So many nurses. Was this really coming to an end? Did I have the energy left to push?<br />
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I sit on a birthing stool. OB is trying to coach me how to push because I can't focus. My body does it once. I try to add another. Midwife hands me a scarf thing to hold onto while I push. My eyes are closed. I'm just breathing. I'm in so much pain. My cervix feels like it is ripping in half. {Charles later tells me that the OB told me to stop pushing so she could literally push my cervix off baby's head because I was not yet fully dilated!} I had to push so long. It felt like forever. It was only 45 min from the last cervical check to baby in arms with 23 of those minutes being me actively pushing.<br />
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At 8:03am our fourth baby took its first breath! I could hear everyone telling me to open my eyes and look at my baby but I couldn't. I couldn't exit that birth moment. Seconds. I finally did and I asked what I got. A girl! Our fourth girl!!! I was relieved it was over. Labor was over.<br />
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Things get really fuzzy here... I was helped to the bed. Baby went skin to skin for a few minutes. We attempted to latch, she wasn't interested. Due to her looking so big, I was curious what her weight was. 10 lbs 13.5 oz! No typos there! Zero tears! Since she was so big, they requested to test her sugars. I didn't think anything of it and agreed. I was told she had low sugars and needed milk. I asked for donated breastmilk. After some phone calls were made, Charles gave her a bottle of donated breastmilk while I laid flat in the bed on the other side of the room hemorrhaging. The crash cart was brought in and the call to prep OR was made all while the OB was elbow deep inside me pulling clots and throwing them on the bed. I was given five different medications to stop the bleeding and two bags of blood. I was coherent enough to have conversations with the nurses and dread the stomach kneading that they did every few minutes. No OR needed!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found out after the fact that he fasted my entire labor in prayer for me!</td></tr>
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I just tried to move past the pain that I just endured. We called my mom to tell the girls the baby was born! They were soon after up to the hospital to meet their new baby sister. Enjoy the video of my big three getting to hold baby for the first time!<br />
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If you're keeping notes-<br />
3cm 5 hours<br />
5cm 16 hours<br />
6cm 11 hours<br />
7cm 7 hours<br />
7cm to baby 45 min<br />
23 min of pushing<br />
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Part 3: NICU stay - coming up another day!The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-88738710335722494692020-06-20T22:23:00.001-04:002020-06-20T22:33:45.179-04:00Part 1: The Fourth PregnancyHere I am. Finally having worked through some big feelings and writing. My fourth is just 8 days away from her first birthday. It took me a long time to work through and it'll be a lot to read. As usual, writing for myself in hopes that maybe it can benefit someone else.<br />
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Just as the first three, we had to TRY to get pregnant. The battle with infertility lingers. I know my "secret sauce" though and it has become easier. It was more difficult in my husband finally was back to work, however his job was now in New Orleans, 6 hours away from me. Thankfully I ovulated on a weekend so I promise it isn't the milkman's! It was only a contract job but we embraced it. We were under contract on a house and the girls and I would be joining him soon. NOLA here we come! He came home on his usual weekend trip and I told him that I was pregnant!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue dye sucks, yes but it is there! Blood test after this said I had 0 hcg though. haha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Line-O-Vision was indeed real!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(I have tests from all four saved!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That wasn't the last test I took either... haha</td></tr>
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I was so excited to have a fourth baby! I had always dreamed of AT LEAST four children! In the midst of our potential move to NOLA that I was busy packing the house up for, he was hired on at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City! Whew. What a change! I moped about that for awhile then decided to embrace it. It was a great opportunity for Charles and Oklahoma had some perks too. We moved the end of December 2018.<br />
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On the two day car ride out, he got an email that due to the government shutdown, he will not be able to start. Here we were, debating what to do... Turn around and go back and wait it out or just hope that it is short lived and we will be on our way sooner than later. We decided to use the time to familiarize ourselves with the area and do some house hunting. We got to our "short term" government furnished rental and settled in. As the days turned to weeks, the stress grew. The stress I carried was so great and I felt so alone so alone I carried it. I prayed. I had to focus on one thing at a time. The first thing was finding a midwife. Being we were in a new state with not a single soul we knew, I wanted a home birth. My last birth was in a free standing birth center and so absolutely incredible, I wanted to have that. Due to the government shutdown taking longer than expected, I was afraid to spend our savings because we needed food too. The Lord provided. Academy co-workers we met in the apartment complex came together and brought us groceries and gave us money to buy groceries. It was a huge blessing!<br />
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The first four weeks in Oklahoma we experienced straight line winds, tornado warning just a few miles from us, hail and snow. The weather stressed me out so much! I am petrified of tornadoes and here I was in the middle of tornado alley in a second floor two bedroom apartment with no access to a tornado shelter nor did I know anyone to go bunker down with them at theirs! <br />
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One afternoon about 16 weeks into pregnancy, I felt off. I told Charles I felt like my blood pressure was elevated, probably stress related. All our belongings minus the clothes in our suitcase were in PODS waiting for us to close on a house and unpack. We ordered one off Amazon. Two days later it arrived and I check my blood pressure. I'm shocked. It was high. I had never had high blood pressure this early in pregnancy. I decided to really dig into the Brewer's pregnancy diet and hope it reversed. It kinda did work. I kept it up until delivery with marginal, at best, success.<br />
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Finding a homebirth midwife was another hurdle... I joined all the local Facebook groups and searched for all the recommendations. I met with one and we did not mesh well. I had many tell me that they were already booked for my birth month. I met with another and really liked her but since she was such a recent graduate, I passed on her. I still regret that though not sure if it would've changed my actual delivery any. I met with another and seemingly my last option so I hired her.<br />
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My 20 ish week scan, all was perfect! Still Team Green but baby actually measured the smallest of the four at the same gestation. I joked that this was going to be the runt. Zero concerns with baby. My blood pressure was behaving so long as I followed the diet closely. I did have a heck of a time with dehydration though. My midwife happened to tell me that every mom she has had come to Oklahoma while pregnant, has had complications. Oklahoma just does something to the pregnant body and unless acclimated it is a lot to battle. I did my due diligence and drank extra, extra, extra water. I tried. I really did. My third also self weaned. No tandem nursing for me this time. I had two months of no one to nurse. I'm sure I was extra dry as I would wake in the morning and feel so parched!<br />
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I had my gestational diabetes test on time and all was perfect then too! Flying by with all things looked great. If only we could find a house so I could have this dream home birth... We put in so many offers and were out bid every time! We finally were under contract! Then we weren't. We had to pull out of that contract. Then we learned of other issues in that particular location so we felt it was confirmation that we did the right thing. We kept searching. We kept driving all over Oklahoma looking at houses. We kept putting in offers. We started looking at rentals thinking maybe we will rent for a year and then try again in hopes the market would slow down some. My stickler though was that we were in Oklahoma and I HAD to have a tornado shelter. The amount of homes located in Oklahoma without a tornado shelter still baffles me. We found a couple and when we tried to pursue them, something would come up and it would fall thru. We felt stuck in this two bedroom furnished apartment in the middle of Oklahoma City. I didn't dream in a million years we would be still in this apartment so all my baby items were packed in the PODS! I had absolutely nothing for baby.<br />
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About my 35 week midwife appointment, my fundal measurement was suddenly VERY ahead. My midwife felt it best to go have my amniotic fluid levels tested and to check on baby. We were seen that same day. My amniotic fluid levels tested all normal and baby looked great, albeit on the above average side of weight. I have big babies though so I didn't even give this a second thought. My blood pressure was starting to creep up more though so midwife recommended some things to try. Unfortunately none really worked.<br />
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Stress. Stress was the name of the pregnancy complication.<br />
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My labs continued to not look great. My liver always looked great but my kidneys not so hot. I could feel my dream homebirth slipping right through my fingers. I was stressed and anxious about how birth would go. Where would the three big girls go? Would I be laboring and delivering alone while Charles was at home with the girls? I could bring them but the hospital said they had to have an adult dedicated to them. That was the problem, I didn't have an adult for them if I had Charles for me! I didn't have the money to pay a doula after paying out of pocket for a homebirth midwife and team. A couple from Charles' work said they would be able to help any way needed. We took them up on it... We asked if they would watch the girls. I was so hesitant as I have two that were very reserved around new people and to add a whirlwind of labor to that, I just didn't feel it would be good for them.<br />
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I cried so much this pregnancy, probably one of the reasons I was perpetually dehydrated! I was just so stressed and worried and anxious about all the scenarios that kept playing out in my head! I prayed so much! I just felt so alone.<br />
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My body hurt so.very.much. Much more than any other pregnancy. Was it due to number 4? Just older than previous? New State? Stress? The stairs I had to walk daily hurt my pelvis so so so so much. I would just cry. I was in so much pain. Sleeping hurt. The mattress they provided was probably the cheapest spring mattress and hadn't been changed in 10 years! Seriously. It was B A D! I tried to remain thankful I HAD a mattress to sleep on with a roof over my head. Driving hurt. My pelvis felt broken. Not exaggerating. It felt literally broken. I was also still throwing up daily because that's what I do when I'm pregnant. Despite all this, I was not ready to give birth. I knew baby had to bake longer and would let my body know when it was ready to come earthside! <br />
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The phone call came. 36 weeks 6 days. I was officially diagnosed with pre eclampsia and risked out of my dream homebirth. Cue a river of tears. The discussion of induction began. Membrane sweeps. Foley bulb. Pitocin. Avoiding magnesium IV. Avoiding csection. Avoiding complications.<br />
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We had been going to Grafted Church. The people were so nice! We never
really got involved though. My body hurt so much, I didn't want to do
anything extra. I barely made it through the days of caring for the
three girls and dog! Once I got this news, we decided to open up at church. When Lex asked if anyone wanted prayer, I raised my hand and immediately began sobbing. I couldn't speak. Charles shared a quick synopsis and we were immediately surrounded by people praying over us and anointing us. I never opened my eyes, just cried and prayed. Hugs abound after. I am so thankful for them, for that moment.<br />
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At 37 weeks on June 24, I went to the highly recommended acupuncturist and had a "labor inducing" session. He too gave me herbs to take to help kick start labor. <br />
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My midwife put a phone call into the "midwive's OB" to discuss my situation. It was my fourth pregnancy with three vaginal uncomplicated births. Surely my body only needed a little nudge to get going and it would do its thing. A plan was developed. I called my mom and thru the tears was able to ask her to fly out to watch the girls so I didn't have that worry. The hurdle we were facing was my brother's wife was pregnant with their first due just one day after me and she was going to head to West Virginia once she got the labor call! We picked up my mom from the airport on 6/25! My 24 hour protein was 396 and my blood pressure was remaining in the 140s/90s. I was basically told if I wasn't induced, it would end with an emergency csection.<br />
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We moved the carseats around and put the Clek Fllo (our infant seat) in Charles' car so my mom could use the van to haul the three older girls around. It was getting real. (We still did not know if baby was a boy or girl but with three older sisters, if this was a boy he had better get used to pink so why not have a pink carseat! haha)<br />
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We told the girls what was going on and how they would get to spend all this time with Nana. The hardest part of my second birth was the one night I was in the hospital. It was gut wrenching for me to be away from my first. I knew this was not going to be easy as that is the one and only time I had been away from any of my children! I just cried and cried, as did my girls when I told them the news.<br />
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Induction is Up Next.The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-65813374590028547062017-03-21T23:04:00.001-04:002017-03-25T09:01:56.750-04:00Smiley Planner Review<div dir="ltr">
I have been on the hunt for THE perfect planner for ME since November 2016 y'all! Not even kidding. I didn't think my 'must have' list was too hard to find but apparently it is....</div>
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I wanted one planner to keep up with homeschool days/tasks/events, everyday life with appointments and extracurricular activities, and room for me to write and put a daily 2x3" picture from my HP Sprocket printer.</div>
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See? Shouldn't be a difficult task.</div>
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The first planner I picked up from Target just wasn't cutting it. No room for my daily picture. But I loved the tabs for each month and note taking room at the back.</div>
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The second planner I purchased was this Smiley planner from Amazon. I had high hopes. Those were crushed when it arrived. The cover felt cheap. The pages were see through while laid flat! No way writing on the pages wouldn't have bled through. The paper was very thin feeling, I felt I had to be careful not to tear the pages when flipping through it. The stickers it came with were plain looking. </div>
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Overall, the planner left a lot to be desired in every area.</div>
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The quest for MY perfect planner led me to personal-planner.com! Charles couldn't believe the many hours and staying up way too late I did to find the Unicorn planner I was on the hunt for! I wanted a planner to keep track of our appointments, extracurricular activities, birthdays and anniversaries along with other miscellaneous life happenings that came up. I also wanted to use it for a daily diary of sorts where I could print my 2x3" HP Sprocket pictures and make notes of special memories from each day to keep forever. And then, also utilize it for record keeping for homeschooling and all that entails! I had a checklist that needed meeting but indeed felt like I was hunting Unicorns with how long it took for me to find one that met all my needs! While I was in sticker shock initially because I'm a cheapskate, I can hands down say it was worth every penny! The price seen includes shipping too which was nice, especially since it is coming from Sweden! </div>
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My disclaimer- I purchased the A4 size (8.2"x11.6") myself. After emailing back and forth in regards to specific questions I had, they ended up giving me a gift card to be used on a future purchase for my honest review. </div>
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So, the planner! The pages are thick, no bleeding through with the several different pens I've used so far! The full sheet of stickers it comes with are just fun! I love using them to brighten up the pages. The planner comes with a full size clear pocket you can place anywhere in your planner that you want. You can order additional pockets if desired. It also comes with a ruler, though it doesn't extend the length of the planner. Lastly, it comes with a strong stretchy decorative band to keep the planner closed.</div>
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One function that I really am missing- TABS! Tabs for each month at the very least would've been wonderful. Or as an add on option to buy would've been super convenient. I tried using the Smiley Planner monthly stickers at the start of each month to kinda make it easier to find each month quickly but that didn't do much either. I miss tabs.</div>
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I ended up using stock images for my cover and actually really like it. The hard plastic protective cover on front and back feels very sturdy. That wasn't what so important me to.... the inside was. Next one I will personalize the covers though, just for some added fun.</div>
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Inside, you have a ton of personalizing options! With my goals in mind, I went to personalizing. I started with January 2017. Regardless of which month you start your planner in, it will run for 12 months. For my January 2017 start, they give you the last week of 2016 and the first week of 2018 as well. I selected the block weekly layout. This spreads on two pages and provides a blank box to be used however you wish and each weekday box is large enough for me to put one or two of my HP Sprocket printer pictures in it and still have room to jot down notes from the day!</div>
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At the bottom of each week, you can customize task boxes or leave blank. I picked 'this week's dinner', blank colored lines with check boxes, 'to do this week' list with boxes to check, and blank lined section. It automatically comes with a month ahead preview and blank notes section. Lots of note taking places throughout the planner! </div>
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I also selected a monthly overview that is large and covers two pages to be spaced out before each weekly layout. This has plenty of room for me to keep track of appointments, birthdays, extracurricular activities, etc. </div>
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At the end of the year, I added a 2018 year overview that I'll use when making appointments, like the dentist, that runs into 2018. </div>
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Following this, I have some lined note pages and then starts my homeschool planner. </div>
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Next is their 'teacher planner add on'. Unfortunately you have to keep two pages that I don't need thus essentially two wasted pages. One is a student name list and the other is a student address list page. Both for 35 students. Seeing as we homeschool, I don't need these pages.</div>
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What I got next, the Mon-Fri planning pages is really what I was hoping to use for our school year but I couldn't include enough weeks to cover the 180 days of school on top of my monthly overviews and yearly overviews along with my note taking pages. Ideally, this Mon-Fri schedule would replace my 2017 overview and I could in one place keep up with which child did what, school day, field trips, extra notes for that particular week and whatever else happens to pop up in regards to schooling. Also, remove the time slots on the sides. Maybe offer washi tape with hours you can quickly roll down each column if you wanted them there.<br />
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If the required two Teacher Planner pages could have been deleted and I could have added like an extra 10 pages, maybe less, I'd have to double check- this would have been enough Mon-Fri schedule pages to get me through the school year and would have been perfect for my all in one planner I've been searching for! I'd have to give up a lot of my note taking pages but since little spaces are available throughout the planner, I don't think it would make that big of a difference.<br />
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Overall, I love that I only have one planner to keep up with and it has room for all my documentation but definitely a couple tweaks I'd do if I could. It feels very sturdy and I will definitely recommend them and do plan to order again! Maybe next time, try the smaller planner though I'm afraid it would be too small. A size between the A5 and A4 would be ideal! An A4.5 maybe?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I received the planner in a padded envelope, which was torn on the corner thanks to the USPS shoving it into our tiny mailbox. I'd recommend reinforcing the corners of the envelope so it isn't easily torn or label fragile in hopes the USPS reads it and takes better care. Larger mailboxes were available for delivery and had it been marked fragile, I'd like to hope it would have been cared for more. You can see the bottom is slightly bent from this. Thanks to its sturdy metal rings, we were able to bend it back to make the pages turn again though you can still see a slight difference in the rings compared to the others.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The planner, stickers, stretchy decorative band closure, rulers, and clear pocket are all that is included with the as is list price. You can order additional stickers, decorative band closures, rulers, and clear pockets if desired.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full month layout. Large boxes that I have easily been able to keep up with appointments, extracurricular activities, and other miscellaneous necessities. Plenty of note taking lines on the side for each month.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently I need to figure out how to turn pictures... Sorry! The weekly option- I chose blocks. I use this weekly layout for my diary and include a picture or two from my HP Sprocket that prints 2x3" pictures for each block and write down the special memories from the day to cherish forever and ever. Like when I cut Little Sister's hair and she turned around and said, "Well, that didn't hurt". I never want to forget these sweet moments.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No tabs. Tabs would put this planner over the top for me! They have color coded the sections in theory of making it easier to find the one you need. My brain doesn't have the space in it to remember what color is for what month though so it doesn't really help me. It is pretty to look at though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I LOVE this section more than I thought I would! The space is actually pretty large and is a great place to keep up with next year (or two depending on what option you select!) appointments/vacations/birthdays/anniversaries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added several blank and lined pages for lots of note taking places! Both sides are actually usable as the paper is very thick and good quality. To be exact, 130g I was told.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where I do my record keeping for homeschool. Keeping up with the days, units, field trips, etc. Quick glance and I know exactly where we are and what we are doing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the required two teacher planner pages. I'll probably use it for note taking or something since it is there but would have much preferred to have more weekly pages as seen in the next picture instead.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hate this is sideways... This is what I wanted to utilize for all my homeschool record keeping but due to a maximum number of pages per planner allocated, I couldn't. I would have preferred no time on the sides as well for the option of further customization. While I appreciate not having a super heavy planner by having the ability to add an unlimited number of pages, I would have found this to work better for my homeschooling record keeping requirements by having the ability to include maybe 10 extra pages so I have enough to keep up with each day of school.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blank note taking pages.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You have the option of including various countries holidays. The print is tiny so it is out of the way but there for reference.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can include personalized printed dates such as birthdays and by including the year, it tells you age! LOVE that! Anniversaries, too. The print is tiny enough to be out of the way but there to be seen. It would have been nice to customize the icon before the name so I could personalize further.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the weekly meal plan is nice in theory, the line seems extra small to me for some reason. I probably will skip adding any of these in future planners and just keep this space blank for using on the fly as needed. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lines on the left I added, can be left blank. The calendars and note section on the right do not have the option to remove or customize in any way. It is a nice option to me though so no complaints there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The personalized birthdays are printed not only in the monthly overview, weekly, but also in the yearly overviews if selected as an option.</td></tr>
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Finally, 7 weeks and 2 days later I am writing out the amazingly perfect birth story that is "New baby's". :-) And editing it 3 months post birth when I have a bit more sleep under my eye lids.</div>
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Baby watch all began at 36 weeks when I suddenly began having bouts of prodromal labor off and on. I just had to make it to Christmas Day when I hit the 37 week mark and could deliver at the new Baby + Co Birth center! Of course, I googled prodromal labor and when Dr Google revealed it is often due to baby not being in the ideal exit position I sought chiropractors trained in Webster Technique and went several times, more walking/being vertical or horizontal, and lots of hands and knees time to get baby in the ideal exit position so these off and on bouts would stop dag gum it and when they would start again it'd be the real deal. So I wished anyways... When nothing was working to stop the prodromal labor and I saw 40 weeks come and go, one of my amazing midwives encouraged me to book a prenatal massage and just enjoy the weekend. It would, hopefully, be the last weekend with just my two big girls fighting for our attention. So, that's what I did. Well, I semi cooperated... I googled more food ways to kick start labor and figured since the girls like to help me in the kitchen why not make it beneficial bonding time and try some new foods to kick start labor? So we made and enjoyed "birthing brownies" and "jump start labor cookies". They were delicious!<br />
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40w <u>5d</u> I woke at 5am with a that-felt-different contraction. I had a couple contractions during the night that woke me but not enough to get me out of bed. I love my sleep too much to loose any for a silly ole contraction. Charles noticed I was up shortly after and decided to join me in the still dark and quiet morning. I told him not to get his hopes up but that I thought it was finally the real deal. I couldn't sit down during contractions nor between, not even on the birth ball which I loved in previous labors. So standing and leaning on the counter is where I remained. We debated on when to call my mom for her to head up since they had to battle Atlanta traffic coming to take over care of the proud big sisters and it was getting close to rush hour.<br />
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At 6:30am I made myself cheese eggs and made myself eat it all anticipating I would need the nourishment for labor, finally! I ended up calling mom to give her a heads up that this may or may not be the real deal. I would call back in an hour or so after we timed contractions and I showered to see if they phased out. The girls woke and wondered why mommy was walking and swaying and not talking for short time periods so we told them it looked like it was THE day! Although still waking up, they were so excited! While I was walking and swaying through contractions, I happened to look outside to see the sunrise and knew with it being as beautiful as it was that God was showing me this was indeed THE day we would meet our newbie! Biggest sister was reminding me of all the positions I could try during contractions that she learned from attending the childbirth refresher course with us and Little Sister was excited it meant Nana and Papa were coming and she could get all the barbies down from the closet to play with. Priorities. :-)</div>
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Not until 8am did I embrace today being it! We were meeting our third miracle baby, finally! Notified my mom between contractions to head on up but baby would be here before them! I called to cancel my pregnancy induction massage that was scheduled for 9am. I had my weekly routine prenatal appointment at 10:30am where we had discussed doing a sweep in hopes of turning the prodromal labor into the real deal. I was so excited none of that was needed now since I really wanted to stay away from interventions.<br />
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8:17am the text I sent our birth photographer to try and time her arrival too! "They are coming closer together but are getting shorter in duration. Like 45-90sec. They were lasting about 2 min from start to peak but sporadic in timing be it every 2 min to 10 min." {We do Bradley Birth so timing of contractions is different than traditionally}<br />
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8:20 am Charles called the midwife on call and was told if we feel like we should come, then come. Keeping in mind my weekly appointment was at 10:30am, I was thinking of holding out until then.<br />
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9am ish Charles felt we should head to the birth center and I was still feeling like it was too soon. I reluctantly agreed telling myself we would just be early for my appointment. I text our birth photographer that we would be seeing her soon!<br />
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10am ish we arrived at the birth center and I was definitely glad to be there. I was choking back tears on the drive there just flooded with emotions. Excited to finally meet this baby after such a trying pregnancy. Excited that the birth I have dreamed about was very probable to actually happen. Anxious how the girls would do without my mom there to watch them. So.many.big.emotions that I couldn't deal with while focusing on contractions!<br />
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Upon arrival I made some chit chat between contractions and then taken back to the birthing suite! It is so incredibly beautiful! So refreshing and inviting. So calming and TUB! Oh the tub! But first, had to confirm baby was head down. Yep and a 6/7! And then I let myself truly focus on birthing this baby. I'm not really sure what was happening as I go in when in labor. Eyes closed and completely block out everyone and everything outside. I focus on breathing and swaying. I ended up having to move rooms but when I entered the new room, I heard music to my ears. The glorious sound of the tub filling with water! I had to choke back tears, again, as this was the birth I've dreamed about for years!<br />
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10:30am I entered the tub! Oh what relief! Being dubbed the midwives epidural is so true! It also had a sprayer and I'm pretty sure they tag teamed as the spray across my belly felt wonderful and only once, when the water got too warm and they had to cool it down, did I notice the pause in spraying. I definitely noticed that pause, it helped so much!<br />
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One time I opened my eyes and asked where the girls were. I could see them sitting in a chair watching a movie on the iPad and was told they were alright, that they were safe and cared for. The room was filled with support not only for myself but Charles and the girls too. If any one of us needed something, someone was more than willing to get it! It was after that moment that I truly felt myself relax knowing the girls were safe and taken care of, as was I.</div>
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I hardly even had to ask for water this time as my amazing support team was regularly offering water or as I found I liked even more, watermelon Honest Co juice boxes. (The last three weeks I was craving watermelon which is super expensive out of season as we came to find out.)<br />
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I mumbled about needing to hold and squeeze something so Charles gave me his hands. I was rocking back and forth in the tub, wiggling my toes, low tones, and strong deliberate breathing. It was my rhythm. I remember mumbling something about my lips feeling weird and was just told it's normal, you're breathing great.<br />
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I started getting little urges to give tiny pushes. I could feel baby moving down the birth canal. The neatest sensation! When I finally vocalized something, "ouch", no one jumped and apparently that's normal when it is during labor. Haha<br />
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10:51am {midwife notes} I vocalized I felt my water pop.</div>
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And then I felt baby kick me from the inside for the very last time. Little stinker kicked me in the left rib for good measure just before swimming to this side.</div>
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11:23am {midwife notes} head visible.</div>
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11:24 am {midwife notes} Three pushes and baby was swimming!<br />
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It took me a minute to finally open my eyes and meet this new baby who was laying on my chest! I could hear my awesome support Team telling me to open my eyes and meet my baby but I just couldn't. When I finally did, I was in love!<br />
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What was this new bundle? And then I hear Charles proudly announce "It is a girl!" Our third Princess! What would we name her? It took us a couple of days to decide but we did....
We affectionately refer to our 9lb 13.3oz 21" long Baby girl Kathryn as 'chunk of love'.<br />
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The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-33756427474167498962015-03-14T21:55:00.000-04:002016-03-12T21:28:21.518-05:00Top 10 phases<p dir="ltr">{I originally wrote this post 03/10/2015 and just now published it!}</p>
<p dir="ltr">Each phase, good and bad, is short lived. I have been in a mommy rut phase. Today, I have decided to push aside my dreams of getting a full time job to "escape" to adult conversations and stain free clothes. I chose to instead look at the moments I have taken for granted with the blessing I've been given, that is being their stay at home mama.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The current top 10 moments that are all just phases and boy am I glad I have not missed out on truly experiencing them! While it is a top 10 countdown, I truly can't rank these as I love each one equally!</p>
<p dir="ltr"> 10. The temper tantrums! Yes, I am thankful for them. The stories I will be able to tell at their wedding.... :-) And they happen, often. Just today Little Sister threw the biggest tantrum yet in public. Embarrassing? Absolutely. Life? You betcha! Will it happen again? I'm not lucky enough of a person to say no. The girls have their individual styles of tantrums but none the less they both throw them. Little Miss' is more for independence and it is a reminder that she does deserve more. Little Sister's is more for me not taking the time to understand her. She doesn't communicate with words as much as actions so I really have to watch her. Literally.</p>
<p dir="ltr">9. Holding their little hands. Little Miss doesn't want to hold our hands as much anymore. She's definitely in the midst of the Miss Independent stage. Little Sister though, that's how she shows us what she wants. She takes our hands and takes us to sit on the bed and read her books, to the kitchen and points to the fridge/pantry for food, or to Princess Fiona to walk her. Their little hands in mine fit just perfectly. I love it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">8. Speaking of books, they both LOVE to read books. I love when the three of us are curled up together reading book after book after book. Little Sister has memorized several so she "reads" with me while Little Sister squeals at each picture as if she has seen it for the first time, every time. I hope they will forever find a love in reading books.</p>
<p dir="ltr">7. Music, especially the Frozen soundtrack. It has a pretty high success rate of stopping a tantrum mid tracks during a car ride the moment it is started. The way they sing their hearts outs, literally. The way they dance with every ounce of their souls. May their love for music, of all types, continue to grow. I am thankful they are currently at the stage that although mama can't carry a tune in a bucket, they love it when I sing to them. I know without a doubt, this is short lived so I savor the times I am asked to sing the same song on repeat.</p>
<p dir="ltr">6. Their love for animals. Dogs. Cats. Rabbits. Goats. Cows. Horses. Lizards. Birds. Squirrels. Monkeys. Elephants. Kangaroos. Alligators. You name it, when they see it we must learn more about it. Thank God for YouTube! Just today, a farm family I follow on Instagram posted a video of their newborn baby goats. The girls squealed and kept asking to see more! So we did! And we incorporated some age appropriate education into it too. :-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">5. The way they insist on helping, with everything. In our tiny apartment galley kitchen, their are more often than not two kitchen table chairs aligned right next to me so they can help with everything from cleaning to cooking! Then in front of the washer in the middle of the hallway, you will find two step stools that they stand on to help me load/unload the washing machine. Little Miss' "job" is to clean out the lint trap while Little Sister hands me clothes to fold. It is our system and I love it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">4. The way they want to be with me every second of every day. The moments mama-needs-to-pee-alone-for-once and instantly little fingers are seen under the bathroom door. Or when eating any meal, I always have one kid on each side of me. So our four seat oval table suddenly has three chairs on one side which means we could theoretically seat 8. I love it. I want them to always want me around.</p>
<p dir="ltr">3. The way Little Miss says, "Mommy, can I tell you something?" Yes baby, anything! Right now, these are usually things like "I know you want me to wear a closed toe shoe with socks but I want to wear my new pretty sandals Nana got me even though it is raining outside". One day, they will turn into more serious topics. I want her to never have a time in her life where I wasn't willing and able to listen to what she has to say.</p>
<p dir="ltr">2. The way they hold their arms out to me. The instinctive, arms out and mama picks up. No words needed. Be it in the midst of a temper tantrum and Little Sister can't find the words to say "hold you" or Little Miss is so upset she can't find the words to ask to be held, the universal arms up means mama holds you. I don't care if Little Miss is 37 pounds, I still carry her and will for as long as she wants me to or my back breaks. Whichever happens first. One day, she suddenly won't want to be carried anymore. One day, mama's arms won't be their "safe place" anymore.</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. The mutterings of "I wuv you" in their own glorious ways to the slobbery kisses to the chubby arm hugs wrapped tightly around my neck. To those that say they don't know what "I love you" truly means, I'll disagree. They know, by example. When they make a bad decision to throw toys, they are reminded that I love them despite their actions. When mama is having a bad day and is a grump, they instinctively cover my face in slobbery kisses and give me extra long hugs while chanting "I wuv you".</p>
<p dir="ltr">They are great teachers of forgiveness. I was asked to wash a specific article of clothing. I forgot to wash the purple sweater with rhinestones. Oh no! Life as we know it has ended! Although Little Miss is crushed, she forgives me and we find another sweater with rhinestones. Trivial to us adults but life shattering to a 4 year old who had her heart set on wearing it. We can truly learn so much from watching our kids. The Lord is the ultimate teacher of forgiveness though. He forgives us and washes our sins away with His blood so we can be white as snow. (Isaiah 1:18) I am so thankful and humbled that the Lord uses a 4 and 1 year old to reach me, a 30 year old.</p>
The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-17507420697763242472015-03-05T22:42:00.002-05:002015-03-05T22:46:01.992-05:00These two...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-77316243310017113372015-03-03T21:21:00.001-05:002015-03-03T21:21:55.859-05:00March First Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-77048848804128698202015-02-24T21:02:00.000-05:002015-02-24T21:02:06.484-05:00Pissed off. {Spoiler, PCOS related}I had full intentions to blog yesterday after my appointment. I couldn't. I've had to work through some things before sharing. Ya know, to more properly gather my thoughts and write with more controlled emotions.<div>
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I worked so very hard to lose almost 50 pounds {from my heaviest} only to gain 30 of it back in the last year and a half. Weight has such an impact on PCOS. Weight is also so incredibly hard to lose with PCOS.</div>
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Why? I know exactly why... The short version.</div>
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Moving to Georgia during all the hoopla we were going through with Charles' work injury and Dept of Labor caused a lot of stress. Stress that my body couldn't handle as it was fighting mold. Mold that wrecked havoc on my body from head to toe. Literally. My thyroid went all out of whack. Food that I was eating that was filled with crap thanks to being in "survival" mode and eating out a ton or eating in-laws meals and they just eat differently than we do. {To anyone that says food does not have an impact on ones body, I invite you to chat and view a timeline of blood work and ultrasounds I've had over the years. Seriously. The proof in black and white.}</div>
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We were not living our "normal" life. The bubble we worked so hard to create to keep me/us healthy. Between the hormones in the crap food I was eating, estrogen mimicker exposures from plastics to dryer sheets, and stress of the complexity the situation was- the PCOS reared its ugly head again and here I am back where it all began in 2006 when I first received the diagnosis.... Heartbroken. Frustrated with myself. Why didn't I fight harder to maintain the bubble's integrity we created? Why did I let myself fall into "survival mode"? For me and my PCOS, just exercising doesn't cut it. I continued my walks. I didn't change any of that. Getting the fresh air that the 10 acres we lived on provided was awesome. Unfortunately it didn't counteract everything else that was going on.</div>
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Frustration doesn't end there, MTHFR Chemical Sensitivity has a part too. I hate that my body is so sensitive to the chemicals in the world today. This was never supposed to be. I hate that I really cannot enjoy eating out as I wonder constantly if the food is genetically modified or has gluten/dairy/soy additives in it. I hate that I cannot go to a shopping mall and walk through a department store without getting a headache from the perfumes or that I have to leave church when someone decides to bathe in perfume and sit right next to me. I hate that I wonder how long I'll be able to tolerate visiting someones house before I physically cannot handle it anymore due to the toxic plug ins/sprays/candles everyone but me seems to enjoy. Toxins contribute to added unwanted weight. Look into it more. Seriously.</div>
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So here I sit, starting this uphill battle with PCOS again. The trial and errors. The expenses of said trials.</div>
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I am thankful that because of PCOS and the battles we've had in conceiving, I treasure so very much the pregnancies I had with both girls and the moments I have raising them. It does make the mundane much sweeter. <i><span style="font-size: large;">And I know without a doubt that if the Lord's plan for our lives include another child, He will work another miracle</span>.</i> <b>Getting pregnant is only a part of the PCOS issue</b>.</div>
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The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-32245109759356347572015-02-13T00:36:00.002-05:002015-02-13T00:36:54.780-05:00Another new DoctorThe last 21 months {aka since Charles' work injury} have been spent in various offices... He's been to Primary Care Doctors, ENTs, Oto-neurologist, Audiologists, acupuncturist, massage therapist, Neurologists, Holistic Dentist, and Craniosacral Therapist. I'm sure I've left out a Doctor or two. We've traveled hours from home for some to half across the country for others, literally. All in the search for healing to no avail, unfortunately.<div>
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While it sucks for him to live day in and day out dizzy with migraines regularly and other miserable symptoms, at least he is here with us. So what if his quality of life stinks most of the time. At least the girls know their dad. At least he is apart of our lives. At least I can crawl into bed snuggled next to him.</div>
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The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-82689154489339439742015-02-10T22:16:00.001-05:002015-02-10T22:16:32.152-05:00Prayers wanted<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Charles and I have had a couple pretty big health concerns come up recently. Without going into specifics just yet, I ask for interceding prayers for Charles on Thursday and myself on the 23. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My heart is burdened with worry tonight as the unknown "what ifs" fill my head. I will share more when we know more.</span>The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-74532524086882128802015-02-08T21:39:00.001-05:002015-02-08T21:39:14.415-05:00Six.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fA0KjYtJRMc/VNgd0C1MTDI/AAAAAAAAMRo/_KpHUKogVWY/s640/blogger-image-1571419950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fA0KjYtJRMc/VNgd0C1MTDI/AAAAAAAAMRo/_KpHUKogVWY/s640/blogger-image-1571419950.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Six. Unfortunately, our updated number.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Six "chemical pregnancies".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Six "could have beens".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Six "I can't wait to meet in Heaven souls"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Six guardian angels leading the army of angels watching over us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Six times I have clung to this Bible passage knowing that He who my soul rests in, is in control.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Six reminders that the two here on Earth were specifically chosen to be here for His divine plan.</div>The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-54641709425925235442015-02-03T21:00:00.000-05:002015-02-03T21:00:26.724-05:00February first day! {Late}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-65088247458735699842015-01-22T21:13:00.000-05:002015-01-22T21:13:00.077-05:00How many kids....?The question comes up many times. If you have no kids, it is "how many do you want?" If you have one kid, "when will you have another to reach that perfect 2.2 kids?" Having two kids, especially of the same sex, "When will you try for that girl/boy third child?" <div>
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We have two girls and surely will try to persuade our odds to have a boy because our life isn't complete without a boy, right? Right in, a son would be awesome! A son would add a new dynamic to our family. A son for Charles, that unique bond. A "mommy's boy". Yeah, a son would be wonderful! </div>
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Wrong in assuming adding another girl to our family is "less than ideal". Believing another girl is "too much estrogen". Asking why we "need another girl"? Saying "we can try again a fourth time for that boy".</div>
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If it is a girl, good thing I'm not sick and tired of pink and purple yet! And we have loads of clothes and glitter to spare! If it is a boy, it'll be a fun dynamic to add to our family! The only thing I know for sure, he will not be named Charles IV! We'll pick our own name, thank-you-very-much!</div>
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We took a road trip to Colorado leaving mid October 2014 and back home early December 2014.</div>
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I'm kicking myself.</div>
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Garden of the gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado.</div>
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Gorgeous.</div>
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Only three QUALITY pictures as reminders of that life changing trip for our family.</div>
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Not to mention the day trips to Nederland where it was snowing or Estes Park with three Elk laying RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROAD or our hikes on various trails up various mountains.</div>
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Guess it means we just need to do it again so I can have proper photo evidence! Think that is good enough of an argument to make my stance to Charles?</div>
The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-10686836591092307012015-01-14T22:35:00.000-05:002015-01-14T22:35:26.830-05:00To be INTENTIONALApparently my one word for 2015 is a "thing". I thought I was being all unique forgoing a list of resolutions that I wouldn't fulfill and instead focusing on one character trait. Nonetheless...<br />
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<i>Intentional.</i><br />
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That's my one word for 2015. Be an intentional wife. An intentional mother. An intentional daughter, sister, friend. Be intentional about my health and taking care of myself. Intentionally seeking the Lord. Just living life intentionally.<br />
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It's hard to break old habits...<br />
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This last year and a half has been the hardest in our 11 and a half years of marriage. Charles had his struggles with learning to function while dizzy thanks to his work injury. I was pregnant/had a newborn and juggling a toddler too. We were very much in Survival mode. That's the phrase for 2013-2014. Literally, I am thankful we all survived to welcome 2015. It was THAT bad that it almost wasn't so. Watching the person you love go through severe depression is hard stuff.<br />
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I withdrew from many family and friends. I could not emotionally handle any one else's issues, I had more than I could handle. Thank the Lord He was carrying the load for me! Looking back, I feel guilty for being selfish and withdrawing. So many loved ones were going through tough times and I wasn't there.<br />
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I was Facebook messaging with one of my cousins a couple days ago when it hit me, My aha moment! "What am I doing? I'm going to let Fiona out and call you" was my very next reply to her. Such a habit of being superficial behind a technology screen. I called her and had the best 1.5 hour long conversation! I laughed so hard, gosh I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard... My cheeks hurt from laughing. That's good stuff folks!<br />
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Being intentional means breaking old "easy" habits. Difficult to do, but totally worth it!The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-27938515043979335142015-01-02T10:00:00.000-05:002015-01-02T10:00:12.010-05:00Happy FIRST day {On the Second Day}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Little Miss and I took turns taking pictures for my comeback 2015 INTENTIONAL blogging post!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy a glimpse into our FIRST day!</span></div>
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<br />The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-11660876121961432372014-09-15T21:27:00.001-04:002014-09-15T21:27:28.077-04:00Obviously I need to update {Tonsil Stones}I cannot believe I'm writing yet another blog post on tonsil stones!!! Seriously. More comments asking if I have found a resolution to these disgusting things than about the details of an IUI cycle! Haha!<br />
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And yeah, haven't blogged for awhile and this is my comeback post?! I'm cool. And yes, I'm semi back to blogging.<br />
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So for those that are finding my blog by way of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/health/01tons.html?_r=3&" target="_blank">NY Times</a> article I was interviewed for, hi! Read my other tonsil stone frustration posts <a href="http://nottheuglyduckling.blogspot.com/2009/01/tonsil-stones-tonsilloliths.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://nottheuglyduckling.blogspot.com/2009/09/ny-times-health-and-me.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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Quick update, how I got rid of tonsil stones? Cut gluten! Seriously! No more gluten in my diet (thanks to my oldest daughter) and the tonsil stones vanish! Give it a try before doing something drastic like removing tonsils! I read several articles linking gluten to tonsil stones and sure enough, for ME that was he correlation!<br />
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Try it and let me know how it works for you in my unscientific poll! :-)The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-51208151900462279502014-03-10T22:15:00.000-04:002014-03-10T22:15:06.290-04:00OverhaulingI feel like our life, every nitty gritty detail, is in the process of an overhaul. Where we live. How we spend our time. What we eat. Doctors. Grocery stores. Routine with everyone home. Heck, even feeling like my blog needs one. After all, it doesn't exactly include Little Sister in the header. With all the changes going on, you would think we were implementing New Years Resolutions! Haha!<div>
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In talking about the changes we are embracing, the most exciting change is the fact we rarely took vacations. Now, we have been given the reminder not to take any day for granted thus our desire to travel and enjoy the days together. Making memories in the little and big moments! Our first trip in the planning? Somewhere with a beach. A real beach, not the imitations Callaway Gardens has. Thinking that's a perfect place to welcome the start of my third decade anniversary.</div>
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The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-43930886923108907262014-02-26T21:43:00.000-05:002014-02-26T22:03:56.986-05:00Another AnniversaryAnniversaries continue to come. Today, well, four years ago on this date we found out we were pregnant with Little Miss! To think it has been a short, yet long, four years is mind boggling.<br />
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Just four years ago, I was staring at a positive home pregnancy test in disbelief. I managed to get the words out that we were pregnant to Charles but not without tears or actually getting up off the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1570578196"></span>toilet<span id="goog_1570578197"></span></a> first.</div>
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Now that tiny <a href="http://nottheuglyduckling.blogspot.com/2010/03/ultrasound-photos.html" target="_blank">spot</a> we saw on our first ultrasound is now our big hearted, high spirited, little mommy, fashionista 3 year old! Every tear shed, pill taken, shot received, ultrasound done, IUI attempted, and 1,509 days we waited for her were worth it!</div>
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And it gets better... 4 years later, I'm the proud mommy to TWO precious little girls! Little Sister turns 7 months today! Please, someone find the pause button!</div>
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The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-33245854240217905172014-02-17T23:31:00.001-05:002014-02-17T23:31:23.754-05:00What's this about 30?!Gotta love Facebook and the birthday reminders. Just about every week, someone else is turning 30. <div><br></div><div>30.</div><div><br></div><div>30 years old.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahhhh!!!!!</div><div><br></div><div>I still have a few months but as I've learned, time passes quickly! I spend a moment reflecting on my goals, dreams, and accomplishments and while I have not met some goals, I've exceeded others. Some dreams have gotten bigger and some within reach. My accomplishments are far greater than I imagined.</div><div><br></div><div>My greatest moments in my 20's revolve around who I am in great thanks to my journey through infertility and overcoming to motherhood. Lowest and highest wrapped in one.</div><div><br></div><div>I will enter the "flirty 30's" confident in who I am. I am the daughter of the King of kings. Imperfect despite trying to be perfect daughter, sister, wife, mother, and friend. I will enter this decade healthier than I entered the last. I will have fun and explore this beautiful life God has blessed me with. I will find my laugh again.</div><div><br></div><div>Bring it on 30! I've got this!</div><div><br></div><div>(Please someone remind me of this on May 29 as I spend my last day officially in my 20's....)</div>The Swann'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089789578809802571.post-49742775168588468092014-02-09T23:23:00.000-05:002014-02-09T23:27:50.955-05:00Andy Pandy Diaper Review and Giveaway {2 winners!}<div style="text-align: center;">
I know I'm not the only mom who has spent hours researching disposable diapers online...Please tell me I'm not anyways! Being a loyal cloth diaper supporter, I was very disappointed when Little Sister was having so much trouble with our adorable cloth diaper stash. {Details dedicated to a different post} When I began truly searching for my perfect disposable I stumbled across <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C9IZVOQ/ref=twister_B00C9IZVM8" target="_blank">Andy Pandy</a> and so thankful I did! What perfect timing too as they have only recently launched September 2013!</div>
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Do you see all those wonderful qualities that make up these super soft diapers? <span class="null">Straight from owner Jessica's fingers, "The bamboo that we use in our diapers is "non-woven"
meaning it is 100% pure bamboo and does not go through the all the
processing that "bamboo rayon" goes through." Add that to their dedication of ensuring quality from every company they work with </span><span class="null"><span class="null">from their bamboo harvesters and manufacturing
facility to other material providers are companies of integrity
(no child/elder labor, no loss of bamboo habitat or affect of the
creatures of the bamboo forest, decent wages, hours, etc). </span></span></div>
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And the icing on the cake? Owner Jessica is an absolute pleasure working with! She is a mom too so she gets it. I have purchased 4 packs of diapers before hosting this giveaway and will continue to do so! The diapers are so incredibly soft and very absorbent!</div>
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Andy Pandy in action! {Please excuse the poor photo quality as we have recently moved and cannot locate the cord to my "real" camera so mobile device had to due} Little Sister was 13 lb 12 oz 2 weeks ago at her six month check up! <i>Ah, crazy!</i> She has put them to the test in rolling, crawling, and pulling to stand and the diaper keeps up better than we do! The absolute best part?! <i><b>The rash that Little Sister had in other diapers, cloth and disposable, has disappeared since using Andy Pandy diapers!</b></i><br />
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We have found size smalls overnights has us running a small risk of leaks come morning smiles, so we use a size medium for overnights and smalls throughout the day and nap without any leaks. She is in the overlap weight range with Smalls running 6.5-17 lbs, Mediums 13-22 lbs, Large 2-31 lbs, and X-Large 26+ lbs!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sporting the Size Small - 6.5 to 17 lbs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And just because I can't resist sharing the cuteness that Little Sister is!</td></tr>
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Ready for the fun part?! Owner Jessica at Andy Pandy is sponsoring a giveaway! 2 winners will be chosen to win 1 pack of diapers in their selected size. USA entries only, sorry. Giveaway ends February 28, 2013 at midnight so hurry and get your entries in!</div>
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