Hello Everyone!
We were finally approved to foster a micropreemie born almost a year ago! I have tried to find a November 2012 due date community but haven't been able to locate one. I was looking to see if anyone is part of it or if someone could direct me on how to find it. I also would be interested in joining an March 2013 community seeing how this was closer to his actual due date and developmental stage.

Thank you! I love reading posts in this community and cannot wait to be a more active member!

Hello everyone!
There's a chance we may be taking in an infant who was born around 24 weeks. The baby has a diagnosis of chronic pulmonary disease, hypothyroidism and difficulties eating. As far as I know the baby was released from the hospital around 5 months/adjusted age 3 weeks I think. Not 100% sure).

We are in the early stages of taking baby in and do not have a clear picture of needs or severity of medical issues. We do know that the baby does not require any medical interventions other than medications (steroids and med for hypothyroidism).

My question is- what is your experience with preemies/micropreemies/children with chronic pulmonary disease and pets; specifically cats. We have five and are unsure what it will mean for them if the baby comes to us. I'm sure we will have a better picture once we gain more information but just want to know some experiences or if there are any online resources someone could point us to!

Thanks!

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Hello everyone!
There is a good chance that my husband and I will be caring for a friends newborn baby who was born very early (26 weeks) and has an adjusted age of about 4 weeks. Seeing how we don't have children yet, I was wondering what people recommended for furniture/car seat/stroller/toiletry items. These items will stay with us so we can use them when we add to our family.
Anyone know of a site with a checklist for baby's arrival?

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so i had an AMAZING day with HIM the other day. hence the falling in love post. well like always, i fuck shit up really bad. i called him today and left a messasge asking if we were just fuck buddies or if we were more or had potential for being more than that. i called around 3 and then again later on around 4 i texted him, then he enver called back. so i rang him around 830 on my break, and he didnt answer, so i called and left him a silent message at 1015 and made it so i could tell when he checked it. and he just checked it. i figured he would call me. or at least go online to talk to me. but i doubt that he will. i really want to text him now telling him to call me. but i think ill wait until later. i have to see him tomorrow since we are both working[he has mornign shift, i have afternoon] and then on saturday we both have the same shift, so im hoping saturday night he will stay over or we can at least go out and talk some. but then maybe that wont even happen becuase of what i asked and said to him. soooooo please PRAY that he calls me or goes online tongiht.

think it would be wrong if i texted him again in a little bit telling him to talk to me, to call or go online. god i just wish he would fucking call. i want answers. but i dont want the loving that i get from him to end, i just wwwwant it to be more.

broken hearts suck, especially when you dont want it to happen. maybe im just being over dramatic because i have my period and am ALWAYS very self destructive the day of anda few days before. it sucks i hate it. im going to play a round of scrabble then text him. maybe in that time he will sign on. im assuming he is just leaving his friends house now. crappy. not sure where she lives in comparisson to him. i think close by or else near work. at least i know he's not staying over.

Distraction: boy meets world
Feeling:: crushed

i htink im falling in love, but how when i dont know if the other person loves me back or even likes me despite the sex?? bleh shitty situation.

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my roommate bought a telephone last night w/ an answering machine included that contains four voicemail boxes. now one would think that a key place to put an answering machine would be in a common room such as a living room or a kitchen, but nope. she put it in her bedroom. i feel weird going in there since its not my room ya nkow? and i have respect for her things and such.

and i dont have a phone jack in my room since it would have cost an extra 40 dollars to put one in and thats money i dont have. so theres a jack in the living room and her bedroom. granted she did buy the phone so she can put it whereever she likes. my phone is in the living room w/ the base, so why couldnt she just switch them??

am i over-reacting??

i rented some movies tonight. if you havent seen the butterfly effect, you should rent it. its fucking amazing.

tomorrow HE goes to work at the store where this girl he once crushed on majorly works. i know he is dreading going there, but i will be really pissed if he ends up working with her or seeing her at all. i mean, we started talking in january, he met this girl and ditched me for her, and then she blew him off, but he didnt realyl ditch me, we still talked a lot and its like we were friends and all. soooo im just wicked scared he's going to see her, and start talking to her again. but she fucked him over once, so she will do it again.

its an endless cycle. but i like him sooooooo fucking much. maybe friday night i can stay with him. or saturday. i just want to be in his arms. and i want my jeans.

gnight

i cahnged my smileys! i figured it out! yippie! now im off to shower and get clean and cute before going to work where i will see HIM for approximately an hour!! i still hope we are on for tonight. ill ask if it comes up just to double check. hopefully he's not cranky. although he didnt get much sleep last night. maybe i can be cute and that will make him smile!

Feeling:: busy
Distraction: tnt

i always forget what i write about the day or post before and am too lazy to go back and reread it until of course, AFTER I write what i have to say.

so i left the sneakers underneath his car. he couldnt believe i really got them for him. i still cant believe i really got them for him. but it made him smile sooo big and sooo much. i was happy. so he stayed w/ me on friday night, and i left him the sneaks on saturday night. i went back to his place sat. and stayed until sunday. it was fun. i really enjoy being with him.

we both went to work on sunday and when it was time to leave[i was going to the cape] he was all sad and told me that i shhould go and stay with him again. if i hadnt already made plans i would have.

but while i was at the cape, i got really really depressed and sad, i was in a strange place and very uncomfortable[my family and i dont get along]. so i called him and left a message, then i called the next nihgt, left a message. he never responded to me. and soooo last night we talked some online and i apologized to him for calling so much and that if he wants me to leave him alone to just tell me. and he too apologized for not being there for me. which i guess its true. but we are opposite people. when im sad and depressed i depend on people who care to lift me out of that, when he is depressed he shuts himself off from the world and sticks to himself. so i was depressed and he was depressed and both of our needs and coping methods conflicted with one anothers.


soooo i get to see him today briefly at work. we sort of made plans for me to go and stay with him tongiht, so hopefully they dont fall through. if i leave right from work, i can be there by 11:30.

in other news: i need help making my resume. I've worked at a clothing store for nearly 7 months, but dont know how to put my responsibilities into words that are decent.

would this work??
*ring on register
*greet customers with promotions as the enter the store
*knowledge of the policies and procedures
*Provide service to customers[thats a given]
*Process incoming shipment

bleh i cant wait until i graduate from college.