June 5th.......

Ok so its June 4th today, I'm due tomorrow and I'm 2 cm dilated and cervix is still sitting posteriorly. Wonderful! So no such luck of delivering on or before my due date. BOOO!!! We're are scheduled for induction on June 10th. We'll start with a dose of prostaglandin gel around 11 AM to ripen my cervix. At 4 PM or so I will return back to check progress and be given another does if necessary. If this does not put me into labor, around 8 AM on the 11th, I will be induced by pitocin. Hopefully we don't have to go that route though. So in about a weeks time I will officially be a mommy holding her newborn son. YAY! I'm still scared shitless at this point but...I'm also ready to get this over with.

Having my membranes stripped = BIG TIME OUCH!

So I'm just about 39 weeks so I figured while I had the time I would post this quickly.From Family Planning "You've reach the final weeks in your pregnancy (if you haven't delivered already!) Your baby has probably reached her birth weight by this week in your pregnancy. Most babies weigh somewhere between 6-8 pounds when they are born. Boys are usually longer and heavier than girls.

Not much has changed from last week, all his internal organs are ready to support him in the outside world, he's developed healthy amounts of baby fat over the past week, his immune system is developing and will continue to develop after he is born. "

From the bump, "Baby's brain is still developing rapidly, and his skin has taken on a paler shade thanks to a thicker layer of fat around the blood vessels. (Don't worry; he'll change color again soon after birth.) He's now able to flex his limbs, and his nails might extend past his fingertips."

Well I'm up to 173 lbs. I was about 130 before pregnancy. :::sigh::: I can only hope it drops off quickly. I don't feel like or feel that I look like I gained that much. At yesterday's appt with my mid-wife she did an internal and told me I'm a little over 1 cm dilated and my membranes are bulging (SO JUST BREAK DAMMIT!). She also tried to stir things up and stripped my membranes. I just about landed off the table. It was ridiculously painful and she said "this is only a taste of what labor is like, I guess its happy epi for you!" I think she's right. OMIGOD! Plus I'm so fearful of the unknown and I don't think I was expecting it to feel like she had her whole hand in there trying to rip things out. I'm a little bummed that my pain tolerance is not that great and that I will be most likely getting an epidural.

After I came home last night I started having contractions that were about 5 minutes apart lasting for about 30 seconds. I decided that I was exhausted and needed some sleep if this was real so I went to bed at 9 and didn't get up till 8:30 this morning. The dogs were extra lovey as well. I called off of work because I was pretty crampy and felt like shit! In all honesty I didn't want to be at work feeling like that. I wasn't having contractions but I have been since 1:00ish so after this I'm going to go walk and see if they pick up any. They are just uncomfortable and I'm starting to feel some discomfort in my back as well. :::Crossing my fingers & toes:::

I'm terrified that after I give birth, I'm not going to feel like this is my baby. Like all of a sudden I'm terrified that I'm responsible for this little one. Its ridiculous! This is what I've wanted and dreamed for for so long. I'm not sure where the feelings are coming from if its just added hormones or what.

So there's the big update. I hope I don't have to give too many more before Baby Landon arrives. :::BIG HUGS::: to everyone who's followed us along this journey! :::BIG HUGS::: to my girls on the nest & the bump who have been so supportive throughout this difficult journey of TTC & pregnancy.

Still counting...12 days

The bump says "The last bits of vernix caseosa (the white goo keeping baby's skin moist) and lanugo (downy hair) are slowly shedding into your amniotic fluid. Baby's head is about the same circumference as her abdomen, and her head could be covered in an inch or so of hair."

Family Planning says "You've reach the final weeks in your pregnancy (if you haven't delivered already!) Your baby has probably reached her birth weight by this week in your pregnancy. Most babies weigh somewhere between 6-8 pounds when they are born. Boys are usually longer and heavier than girls.

All her internal organs are ready to support her in the outside world, she's developed healthy amounts of baby fat over the past week and her immune system is developing and will continue to develop after she is born. Her fingernails and toenails have reached the end of her fingers and toes and might even need a trim after she is born!"

Ok any day now....I'm so ready to meet this little boy. Not really ready to go through labor. If I don't think about it I'm ok but as soon as I start thinking about it I think of all the possibilites and what could go wrong.

This week, besides my typical back, hip, pubic bone, and down there pains...I have sciatica in my right butt cheek. Also my ankles and hands are starting to swell but the nurse wasn't concerned since I have no sugar or is it protien in my urine. She says "just keep pushin the water". UGH! For someone who never really liked water I've been pushing it. So I usually switch between that and milk because I LOVE milk.

Saw my OB this week. He did an internal..really no progress..1 cm dilated and a "soft" cervix. Head is still engaged, so he suspects I'll go before my due date. I'm not holding my breath because his head has been engaged for a while now. He also thinks he'll be approximately 7 lbs 10 oz. We'll see just how close he is. He jokingly said "I'm usually about 4 lbs off". I told him if he's a 10+ baby he isn't coming out down there, he'll be cutting him out. I told him I was ready to beg him for anything he could do to help this process because I'm just so damn uncomfortable. I swear men don't understand this process at all. He just smiled and said see ya next week. I left in tears I was so frustrated! I should add that this day last year, I had my D&E for a b.o.

So I see my mid-wife on Wed and I can't wait! I'm hoping she'll be more helpful!! Other than those things I can't think of anything else.

Full Term....

Let's get the show on the road!




The bump has this to say "At week 37, your pregnancy is considered full term, meaning baby is likely to thrive after birth. Baby spends these last weeks in preparation for the outside world… meaning careful refinement of the blink, suck, inhale and exhale. Meconium, which you’ll probably find in the first diaper, is accumulating in the intestines. If (okay, as) you worry about giving birth, consider what it’s like for the little one. During the journey out of your womb, baby will produce more stress hormones than any other time in life."


Family Planning has this to say about week 37, "Congratulations! Your baby is now considered full term. Most babies weigh 7 pounds by week 37 and measure around 20 inches. Remember, by this point in a pregnancy there tends to be variability between babies, some weighing more than others. Boys, for example, are typically heavier and longer than girls.

If your baby were to be born this week, all of his internal organs would be developed enough to function outside of your body. Also, from week 37 on, your baby will only be adding a few ounces of fat to his frame each week."

Well since I'm full term...I've decided I'm ready for this baby to be born. I dunno if I'm mentally prepared for labor, sometimes I think I'm in denial and other times I'm like "oh shit, I really do have to push this baby out, don't I?" Its scary but I try to remind myself that millions upon millions of women have done what I need to do.

Sunday, Mike bought me flowers and a card from Landon & the dogs for Mother's Day. He also promised he would get me my diaper bag. We'll see about that one. :-) My mom also sent me this really sweet card that surprisingly didn't have me in tears, it was that sweet.

Tuesday, Mike and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary. We went out to lunch at Dockside and sat out on the deck. It was a beautiful day!!

Wednesday, I had my OB appt and saw my awesome mid-wife. My GBS is negative which is great! I also learned that baby is facing posterior which is causing all my tail bone & sacrum pain that started in the past week. If baby Landon does not flip this may mean more "complications" (we'll call it), for Mommy during labor and birth. Which is just what I need to add to all my anxiety and fear. Incase you don't know what a posterior baby is...it means he will be born face up rather than face down. You can read all about it at Babycenter.com

I've also noticed in the past week I've been overly emotional! I'm also getting up every 1-2 hours to pee every night. So overall, I'm pretty miserable. Just stating the facts and not trying to complain (too much). So I think thats pretty much what's been going on. Other than trying to prepare the house for the arrival of our son.

Hope everyone is doing well!!

36 week excitement....

"Your baby continues to grow and develop inside of you, measuring over 17 inches long, and weighing about 6lbs! During week 36, your baby's most important job is to keep putting on weight. Actually, that's his primary job from now until delivery.

You probably have another 4 weeks to go until delivery, especially if this is your first pregnancy but "Full Term" refers to the period between 37-41 weeks, so your baby could be coming any time now! Your due date is probably a good guideline to determine when your little one is coming. Even though few women deliver on their actual due date, many women deliver in the days just before or after."

Another 4 weeks....UGH! I'm so uncomfortable at this point its not even funny. Sleeping isn't bad (finding a piece of wood to knock on) but sitting & standing kills me. My back (sacrum/tail bone region) and pubic bone continue to hurt, some days worse than others and I have this horrible waddle to compensate. I'm just ready! However, the whole labor and birthing process has me completely anxious and fearful this week. After baby classes I was like "I can do this" and now that thought has gone right out the window.

So Thursday, I saw my mid-wife. Mike wasn't able to go so instead my mom went with me. We listened for the HB which was in the 150's. He hates the doppler, he tries to squirm away from it and a lot of time all you hear is him moving. I measured 34 1/2 weeks, well WNL, since I was 35 1/2 weeks. We tested for GBS and I had my first internal....I'm a fingertip dilated. Hey, every fingertip counts in this process, right? Also head is down and engaged. Let me tell you how uncomfortable the internal was, I about jumped off the damn table.

I also had a lot of questions which were answered. My mid-wife recommended two herbal supplements beginning this week. 5-W and Prem-rose oil. I believe these are to soften the cervix, I can't remember exactly what she said about them individually, but at this point, I'm gonna give it a try. OH! Also lots of nipple stimulation and sex at this point. But thats a whole other story. I find that sex just hurts and DH has been disappointed in the whole intimacy department lately....So thats all I'm gonna say.

After the appt I started to spot, which didn't surprise me too much. But after that for the next day in a half I started spotting mucusy brown stuff. I'm wondering if my mucus plug is starting to deteriorate. Which would be nice!

So after having a good appt Wed. Thursday night I started with BH contractions 5-6 minutes apart at work. After an hour and a half (sitting) I decided it was time to go home and see what they would do if I laid down. It wasn't until another hour and a half at home that they finally stopped. So Friday morning I called after they started again...this time inconsistent and now having severe tail bone pain. They told me of course to come in and get checked. I was hooked up to the monitor. Baby was moving all over the place and of course it showed no contractions. I might have had one BH contraction while being hooked up but I was so pissed. Because they start when I'm up on my feet, moving around but slow when I'm laying down. So frustrating.

So after that I decided to go to Mike's office and get adjusted. I just started crying at his office due to frustration and pain. I decided it was better to stay home and relax after the past 24 hours. I felt like a big baby but just need some "me time" to clear my head. I came home and read some of Breaking Dawn and watched Twilight to make me feel better. :-P

I forgot to mentioned that I finally dropped between Wed and Friday. Everyone at work was telling me how much lower I looked. Thank goodness. I'll take everything I can get right now. Finally my boobs no longer rest on my tummy.

34 weeks and counting....

"Your baby continues to grow and develop inside of you. Measuring over 17 inches long, he now weighs over 5lbs! And from this week, until 2 weeks before birth, he will continue to gain about a half pound of weight every week. Unlike the first trimester, the weight between all babies in the third trimester is much more variable. Some babies weigh more and are taller, some babies weigh less and are shorter.

Also unlike the first trimester, by week 34 not much is changing. Your baby continues gaining weight through the development of subcutaneous fat and with that weight, is probably gaining strength in his movements. You may even be startled by a sudden jab to the ribs or be able to see a punch to your belly from the outside!"

I'll be honest. I've wished for the Dr. to put me on bed rest this week. I'm so physically, emotionally, and mentally tired its ridiculous. Working 40 hours a week, cleaning, doing laundry, preparing for a baby (nesting), pubic bone pain has me so worn out. I just want to stay in bed some days. However, I wake up with all kinds of aches and pains in the middle of the night....but just to be able to relax and not do anything would be freakin fantastic. Can you tell I'm tired of being pregnant? I just want my body back.

So I had my OB appt Thursday. Everything of course is great, besides some minor swelling in my ankles. I'm up 32 pounds, baby's HR was in the 150's, uterus measuring 34 cm, and baby remains head down. (Now I just wish that he would drop so things would get rolling.) I go back in another 2 weeks at 36 weeks and hopefully the mid-wife will give me some tips.

Incase anyone is interested I did get a maternity belt which seems to help some of my pubic bone pain. I ordered it from www.tummywear.com after doing a lot of research it is called "Best Prenatal Cradle". I would also recommend buying the mini cradle as well because you can't wear the Best Prenatal Cradle under everything due to the suspenders. But for now I'm just sucking it up and next pregnancy I'll buy the mini cradle. I think that its pretty comfortable but than again I may not have a problem with it due to all the dance costumes I wore growing up. It was just something I got use to.

So Friday I came home an hour early because all day I was not feeling good. I had an upset stomach and by the end of the day felt like I was going to puke. So I came home to find that our weim, Jake had busted through our bedroom window. We live in a ranch, btw. I have no idea what, when, how or why this happened. My best guess is he saw an animal in the back yard, lunged at the window and either a) went through the entire window (double panes & screen), ending up in the back yard and having to jump back in (I think that would explain why some of the glass was inside) or b) just lunged at the window and it broke. He had a nice gash about 1/3of the way up his right leg so I ended up rushing him to the vet before they closed at 5:30. He has about 8 staples and a nice cone around his neck. I will try and post a pic later, I hafta figure out how to download pics off my phone. He's already back to his normal self. We've kept it bandaged because he already broke his cone and I had to fix it with mailing tape.

Anyways...thats our excitement for the week. Now I'm gonna go work in the yard a little and later today work is throwing me a baby shower. YAY!

Never ending fun....at 32 weeks

"Your baby continues to grow and develop inside of you. Measuring 16.5 inches long, he now weights over 4 pounds! And from this week, until 2 weeks before birth, he will gain about a half pound every week.

He is sleeping approximately 90 to 95 percent of the day. Most of his wrinkles are disappearing, especially on his face, as more fat is deposited under his skin. His hair is becoming thicker with each passing week and you may even be able to see it on an ultrasound! He will also begin to settle in the head-down position, as his birth is fast approaching."

All I hafta say is this baby is not sleeping 90-95% of the day unless he is punching and kicking and moving while he is asleep.

So this has been a long, frustrating end of the week. I'll start from the top...Thursday I had my first 2 weeker appt. I saw the CNP, Nicole. I'm up almost 30lbs and she said I look great and haven't gained that much weight (umm ok). Baby T's hb was in the 140's, his head is down, and my uterus is measuring right on time. I think they'll soon send me for my last u/s. WOO HOO! I can't wait. We discussed my pubic bone pain that I've been having. She suggested a maternity belt for the next few weeks and she warned me of the possibility that the ligament that connects the pubic bones is stretching and that in some women it can actually damage the ligament. GREAT! So...I'm to monitor the pain and if it becomes more and more consistent I will be going on a modified schedule. Oh boy! So other than that the appt went well.

I'm at work later that afternoon and realize I am once again soaking through my panty liner onto my undies. No I'm not talking my normal discharge. I'm talking about a clear watery discharge soaking onto my undies. I went through this 2 weeks ago when using monistat and we (CNP, Nicole and I) contributed it to the monistat when the strip test for amniotic fluid was negative. So I immediately call my Ob's office at 1:30 and explain the history to the secretary and ask for Nicole to personally call me back. I get a call back at 2, from Nicole's nurse asking what prescription I needed refilled. I wanted to lose my cool but for the second time explained the situation to her. She was like "oohh well I need to talk to Nicole about this and get back to you." NO SHIT SHERLOCK, ya think? So 2 hours later, around 3:50 she calls me back and asks me more questions and she's like "Ok well you definitely need to talk to Nicole, so I'm gonna put you on hold, she is in with a patient and will be right out." 5 minutes later I get disconnected. So I call the office back and guess what I get the damn answering service. I was ready to scream, I told the lady "I was just on hold at the office, waiting to speak to Nicole about a problem I am having." She said "well they must have shut their phones off and there is nothing I can do. Is this an emergency?" I said "well I think my water might be leaking." So she takes my info after saying "well thats definitely an emergency" and calls the on call dr.

Maybe 5 minutes later I get a call from the answering service saying "Dr. B wants you to go directly to L&D and get checked out." Let me remind you Dr. B has no idea this has happened before. I was trying to avoid a trip to L&D but after the incompetent office staff did not call me back in a timely fashion I knew this would happen. So I rush out of work to L&D, about 10 minutes away. In the meantime I get a call from my mid-wife who is on call at the hospital but not there. For the 3rd time I explain the story (from the top...2 weeks ago). She than proceeds to say "well Jess [talking to me like I'm a little kid], there is no way its your water breaking, it would have a pinkish color and possibly some white stuff called" something I can't remember. I interrupted her and said "I don't think its breaking, I think its LEAKING." To me there is a big difference. But she continues on that if it was that it would be running down my leg and blah blah blah. Meantime, I'm thinking ok so why did Nicole, not tell me 2 weeks ago this was normal? She wasn't even 100% sure that it wasn't my water. She then has the nerve to tell me that she would have preferred I called during office hours. If I could have I would have reached through the phone and slapped her, I was so frustrated at this point. I said "Carol, I called your office at 1:30, as soon as this happened. At 2, I heard back from a nurse who didn't get the correct message and she didn't call me back till almost 4 and then I was disconnected after 5 minutes of holding." She immediately apologized. And I told her Dr. B told me to go directly to L&D and I'm almost there. So she agreed to have it checked out and said she would be in touch with the nurses.

By the time I arrived and parked in the parking garage to meet Mike, I was crying. Not that I was all that concerned about my water, because I knew there was very little I could do about it. I was crying because I was so frustrated and pissed that I was treated like an idiot by my mid-wife, who I met once and really really liked. May I remind you, Mike knows the mid-wife and both OB's I deal with and thats why we chose to see them when I became pregnant for the 4th time. I hated running out of work for possibly nothing and I hated that L&D could have been avoided since I called earlier that day. So...I promise to shorten the story from here. At L&D they hooked me up to a fetal monitor for 30 minutes while yet again I explained the situation to a nurse (4th time). After getting my registration info and vital signs, they left me rest for a little. Then they came back with a pair of fancy undies (sarcasm) and a pad (that had no sticky on the back to hold in place) and told me to walk the halls for 30 minutes. Not fun!! So after they tested that pad, which was negative, they sent me home. Pretty much told me that a watery discharge was normal for some women. I just get to be one of those lucky women. :::Shrugs & lets out a deep sigh:::

Friday night from 6-9 and Saturday from 9-4, Mike and I had our baby classes. I was really impressed. Mike not so much since he learned all about this in school. Don't get me wrong a lot of the material covered I knew but it was a good review and I learned a lot of new stuff. Also up until this point I was very concerned whether Mike would be able to "handle me" during labor. But he did excellent during the techniques and knows what I like so I'm now confident in his abilities.

If I haven't shared yet Mike and I watched Twilight 2 weeks ago. And I LOVED LOVED LOVED the movie. I bought the book that Monday afternoon and read it within a week. I was one of those who ignored all the hype about it and was like whatever, it probably isn't that good. Boy was I wrong. I started the 2nd book Friday night and I'm thru 100 pages at this point. I can see why fans were disappointed in the movie because it changed things up a lot BUT if you haven't read the book, the movie is definitely worth seeing!!! I'm in luv with Robert Pattinson's character!! He's great!! Mike's description of the movie "Titanic with vampires"....rolling my eyes.

We finally got our night stand from BRU and our slip cover for our glider so I will hafta post new pics soon of the nursery. Now I'm just waiting for my shower so I can get things all set and organized in the drawers and closet. OH! BTW, my MIL & FIL gave us our shower gift....we got our stroller---Graco MetroLite Travel System - Utopia....its perfect. Both Mike and I love it and can't wait to use it!!



Also our niece and nephew got Landon a toy box that matches the room decor! Too cute! I also purchased (off of ebay) a movement monitor. So hopefully that will come this week.


So I think thats all that has been going on with us. Trust me its been enough!!! I hope everyone has a Happy Easter and btw, I typed this damn post twice. At the end of the last post, our internet connection was lost and so was this whole thing. Word of the week....FRUSTRATING!

3/4 of the way there = Squash

Here is what the bump has to say about 30 weeks........A"s baby's skin smoothes out, her brain just keeps getting more wrinkled. All those grooves and indentations increase surface area, meaning more room for that oh-so-essential brain tissue. She's also adding some brawn -- her grip is now strong enough to grasp a finger.

Baby’s energy is surging, thanks to the formation of white fat deposits beneath the skin. (Have those kicks and jabs to the ribs tipped you off yet?) Baby is also settling into sleep and waking cycles, though -- as you’ve also probably noticed -- they don’t necessarily coincide with your own. Also this month, all five senses are finally functional, and the brain and nervous system are going through major developments."

Planning family has this to say....."Your baby continues to grow and develop inside of you. Measuring 15.7 inches long, she weighs 3 lbs. She now almost fills up your entire uterine cavity and her arms and legs have grown much plumper, thanks to the continued growth of subcutaneous fat.

By 30 weeks, her eyelids open and close. She'll keep her eyes closed for most of the day though. When her eyes are open, she will be able to track light inside of your womb, though her vision isn't "perfect" or 20/20. Lunago, or fine hair that once covered her body, will start falling off this week."

So 30 weeks brought me some uneeded excitement, on Mike's birthday, Friday. I was scared to death my water was slowly leaking. Here's the scoop. After being sick with bronchitis and being treated with antibiotics I got a lovely yeast infection. So I started treating it with a 3 day monistat. Started it Wed night. Got my normal during the day creamy, monistant discharge, Thursday. But thats not all I got...I don't know if I had so much of a discharge that my panty liner couldn't absorb it all but my underwear ended up getting soaked, not with a creamy discharge. It looked as if I peed myself (though I know I didn't....been there done that with all the coughing I've had). So I called Mike around 4, since he was home and had him rush me fresh undies and got his opinion. He said "see if it happens again". So Friday I go to work and this time by 9 AM my undies looked soaked so I called the OB and they told me to come in asap. So I rush out of work explaining to my boss that I was concerned my water was breaking but of course I couldn't tell HIM why. So I just left it at that.

So lucky me, they do an internal exam...(Oh Yay! NOT!!) and test my underwear for amniotic fluid. The test strip was negative but the CRNP that I saw said she wasn't 100% certain it wasn't my water leaking. She said I'm about 90% sure its not but it could very well be. She left me go after talking to the OB and told me just to monitor it and if anything changed I was to call right away. She also told me I did the right thing coming in and defintely saw what I saw. I've never had this problem when using monistat before. Oh well....So far I haven't had it since.

75 days to go........

Wow! When you look at it that way...he'll be here before we know it! :::shaking my head::: Oh Boy!

Tuesday I went to my PCP because I was feeling awful like I was getting a chest cold. Yea, its bronchitis. They have me on some good meds...thank goodness! But I stayed home Wed, went back Thurs after my OB appt and took a half day on Friday. I'm finally starting to feel better other than a nasty cough.

I don't have much to report about our OB appt on Thursday. No one gave us any measurements and I didn't ask. They said things look good and just to stay hydrated and watch for signs of pre-term labor. I go back in 2 weeks!

So here is what is going on with Baby T at 29 weeks:

"Your baby continues to grow and develop inside of you. Measuring 15 inches long, he weighs 2 1/2 lbs. For the first time, his head is in proportion with the rest of his body!

By 29 weeks, his brain can control his body's temperature. His eyes can move in his sockets and his muscles and lungs continue to mature. His bone marrow is now producing red blood cells and fat continues to develop under his skin."

Orange you cute?

Continuing the march towards normal proportions, baby's legs now outmeasure the arms. And, finally, all four limbs have functional joints. Your fetus is squirming and wiggling like crazy down in the womb, though you probably still can't feel the movements.

I'm feeling something. I was laying on my back the other night, poking and felt something poke back but I haven't felt it again. Just a lot of "other" feelings in my belly. Can't tell if its gas or flutters sometimes.

So we had my 15w appt and have a HB of 162. Baby was def squirming away from the doppler at times. I go back in 2 weeks for my quad screen and then again on Jan 15th for our BIG u/s. WOO HOO! Finally I can start planning. ;-) I was pretty irritated at the OB I saw this time. My practice has 2 OB's and a mid wife, and the OB's are husband and wife. This time I saw the wife and she was picking away at everything. First, she wants me to to an immunologist after the baby is born because I'm "allergic" (<--as she put it) to way too many antibiotics. Then she went on to tell me I need to change anti-depressants during the 3rd trimester....GRRR....all my other Dr's told me I should be fine on it. THEN she pisses me off by telling me we shouldn't go to one place for our u/s because "they aren't as good". Well the place we wanted to go we know someone....so she would spend all the time in the world with us and give us special attention. OH....lastly she told me I needed my MMR vaccination once the baby is born because my antibodies were low. Well we're not a big fan of giving ALL vaccinations to a newborn especially when I plan on BF and the link of mainly MMR (I believe) to autism.

Which brings me to vaccinations...I already stated we're not a big fan of giving ALL vaccinations to a newborn or a toddler. Why the hell does an infant need HEP B vaccination before leaving the hospital UNLESS a parent or relative is HEP B +? What is the chance of a newborn or infant contracting HEP B when its a STD? I dunno...its a decision every parent needs to make in the interest of their child.

Do you know that more kids died from the chicken pox vaccination in the first year than kids who died from having the chicken pox? I remember when it came out thinking its the stupidest vaccination ever invented. Don't we have other things to worry about like HIV? But thats just IMO. RANT over. Sorry. Hopefully no one will judge who reads this but....