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In C'est la vie

How to find yourself again

Author Posted on March 30, 2016

Be good to yourself. Take a sick day. Cut your hair. Accept a compliment. Try a new lipstick. Smile more. Start blogging again.

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Hi! Welcome to our blog — The Joubert (Joe-BEAR) Den. We are Cristian & Sonja, a newlywed couple navigating married life while adventuring along the way. Here we share bits and pieces of our every day lives, travel, fashion and our faith. Stay a while!

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I texted this photo along with a few others of Jet

I texted this photo along with a few others of Jett to my aunt yesterday and she said, “You look great Sonja!”⁣
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My first instinct was to respond with “Oh, it’s the high waisted compression leggings and baby wrap hiding my squishy belly.”⁣
But I stopped myself.⁣
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This postpartum I’ve really tried to focus less on what the scale says and more on celebrating my body for what it’s accomplished — birthing new life, surviving preeclampsia, and becoming a mother again.⁣
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So i instead, I took the compliment. ⁣
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Mamas, take that compliment — during whatever season you’re in. Celebrate your body and your motherhood. Don’t make excuses for or diminish what you’ve accomplished. Your babies love your body for what it is and you should too! ⁣
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Jett’s due date was last Thursday. I had plans t

Jett’s due date was last Thursday. I had plans to put him in this outfit and take cute photos to post on the day. But that didn’t happen. Normally this might upset me and I’d feel a little disappointed in myself. But I’m realizing how silly that is. This postpartum I’m really trying to give myself grace (about breastfeeding, getting my body “back”, etc.) and embrace the messy. The need to be slow. He will never be this little again. I will only be able to sniff his little head and drink in his scent for so long. As stressful and slightly traumatic the end of my pregnancy and his birth was, I’m grateful to have spent the last month getting to know him. But I will say....it feels like I’ve known him all along. ✨✨✨⁣⁣
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#preeclampsiasurvivor #birthbecomesher #motherhoodintheraw ⁣⁣
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JETT’S BIRTH STORY PART 3: RECOVERY. Besides the

JETT’S BIRTH STORY PART 3: RECOVERY. Besides the general after-birth pains and recovery, I felt pretty good for the rest of the day after Jett was born. Then, the next morning I was asked by one of my nurses how I was feeling and I admitted that my headache and photosensitivity/visual disturbances (one of my main preeclampsia complaints) were back. The on call doctor came in and said that concerned her, and she was going to put me on 24 hours of magnesium sulfate. Preeclampsia is basically a serious blood pressure condition that can cause your organs to not work properly or shut down due to the blood in your arteries not flowing properly. My symptoms were possible warning signs that I was on my way to having a seizure or stroke. So the magnesium sulfate was prescribed to help the blood vessels in my brain to relax. I was told that for 24 hours, I wouldn’t be able to get out of my bed unless it was to go to the bathroom, which I would need a nurse’s help for. I also wasn’t allowed to be alone with my new baby. The doctor wanted to start me on it right away, so I didn’t even have time to take a shower. I barely had time to process what was happening when they came in to put my IV in. I was sooo bummed because I had just gotten my first IV taken out the day before (when I was first admitted they put the line in and then used it for my pitocin IV a couple of days later). I also kind of have a phobia of getting IVs put in, PLUS when they put my first IV line in they had a hard time finding a good vein (they didn’t even try my hand because they knew it would be too difficult) and put heat packs on my inner forearms to try and find a good one. But the nurse putting in my mag IV went right for a vein in my hand and I FREAKED out. I had probably one of the worst panic attacks of my life. Everything was suddenly just so overwhelming and I was already feeling so sorry I couldn’t take care of my sweet tiny baby. The first hour or two on the magnesium were pure hell and I felt like I was on fire (the dose they give you at first is double what you will be on for the rest of the 24 hours)... (continued in comments)

JETT’S BIRTH STORY PART 2: I was started on pito

JETT’S BIRTH STORY PART 2: I was started on pitocin at midnight (Thursday - night three in the hospital) and my nurse told me hopefully we would have a baby the next day! I was so relieved, because I had quite a few moments of pure heartbreak and anxiety where I wept as I felt so bad (even though it wasn’t my fault I had preeclampsia) for “making” my baby come early, before he was ready, and also because it was taking so long. The next morning at 8:30 my doctor came in and checked me. I was dilated to a 3, which was enough for her to try to break my water. It hurt like hell but she got it. It did the trick and my contractions started picking up. I quickly got lost in them and I started not paying attention to what time it was. A few hours went by and those pitocin contractions were unlike anything I’ve ever felt. I told my nurse that I was starting to feel rectal pressure so she checked me. She told me I was still only a 6 or 7 (I honestly don’t remember which) and that he was still pretty high up. I felt so defeated. She could feel his head though and said that she could feel his hair! That made me cry. She tried reassuring me that she felt like I was going to go fast. I didn’t really believe her. Soon after, the contractions started getting EVEN WORSE and I was having a hard time breathing through them. My nurse wasn’t in the room, so I turned to Cristian and said, “do you think I should get the epidural?” He responded “I don’t know...” 😒 But once my nurse came back in he said to her, “so she’s wondering about that epidural.” I didn’t even care that my plan was to have an unmedicated birth (the whole experience was already night and day different from my home birth). She asked if I wanted some medicine in my IV (fentanyl) and I didn’t even hesitate. It started working almost immediately and helped me relax (it was almost blissful) between contractions. I felt like I was reaching transition and even told my nurse I felt like I maybe needed to push. She started getting the room ready and said my doctor was on her way. (I did need a little bit of oxygen but they took it out for pushing.) Things happened so fast! (Continued in comments)....

JETT’S BIRTH STORY PART 1: The morning of Tuesd

JETT’S BIRTH STORY PART 1:
The morning of Tuesday, July 21st, I woke up with a headache and visual disturbances that would not leave. I had been on bedrest for preeclampsia for 2 weeks, and had been feeling worse since that weekend. I had seen my OB that Friday, and she said if my headaches continued, she was going to want to induce me. So I called her in the afternoon and explained my symptoms. She asked if I could come in to labor and delivery, and said something about getting checked and getting my labs and NST done (I had one scheduled for the next day)...or so I thought. I took a shower and tossed a few things into my hospital bag but left it at home because again, I thought I was just getting checked. Cristian dropped me off and I arrived with just my phone and water bottle 😂. I check in, and instead of being brought to my normal NST room, a nurse took me to a birthing room. I sat on the bed and she said, “ok! So you’re here to get induced.” Immediately I said, “What?!” Apparently there was some kind of miscommunication with my OB or she changed her mind before I got there. The nurse double checked and sure enough...I was getting induced.
My OB came by my room at 8 pm and checked me. I was at a 0. ZERO. She tried to sweep my membranes but couldn’t. She inserted cervidil, which is meant to soften the cervix to get it to dilate. This was the beginning of my 3 night induction process. My OB and nurses warned me that because I was preterm and my body was not ready, it could take a couple of days. I was checked after 12 hours and had dilated to 2cm and was 60% effaced. My OB decided to keep the cervidil in for 24 hours (usually in for 12-24) and I was responding well towards the end! I was having contractions often and getting excited (and so nervous!). It was taken out and I was started on the next step, cytotec. I was having a hard time relaxing, so I agreed to take a muscle relaxer and was actually able to sleep. Unfortunately, my contractions nearly stopped. So the next day (Thursday by this point) they put cervidil back in. There was talk about doing the ballon method, but by the evening my OB decided to start me on pitocin....

One week with this dreamboat ✨ Postpartum isn’

One week with this dreamboat ✨ Postpartum isn’t the most glamorous season of life, but magical miracle babies like him definitely help 😉 ⁣⁣
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Sometimes I think about his birth and say to myself “I can’t believe that happened to me.” But you know what? I would do it all again for him. #35weeker #preeclampsiasurvivor #preemiestrong #latetermpreemie
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Introducing:⁣ ⁣ Jett Anders Joubert ⁣ Born a

Introducing:⁣
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Jett Anders Joubert ⁣
Born at 35 weeks on July 24th, 2020 at 1 pm⁣
6 lbs 6 oz⁣ and 19 inches ⁣💙
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He is so sweet and we are so in love. He has shocked us and all of his doctors and nurses and hasn’t needed any NICU time. Jett = a precious stone Anders = a name from my Scandinavian family that means “strong, manly.” He’s our precious, strong little man! ⁣Swipe to the end to see a bit of his hair and him open his eyes! And yes, that’s him already scratching up his face 😢 #newbornphoto #preemiestrong #preemiebaby #preemiemom #birthwithoutfear

HE’S HERE!! At 35 weeks after a 3 day induction

HE’S HERE!! At 35 weeks after a 3 day induction process 😩 for my preeclampsia. I was started on pitocin last night and then my Dr broke my water this morning at 8:30. He was born 4 1/2 hours later at 1 pm on the dot! He is breathing perfectly on his own, and looks “excellent” for a 35 weeker. Name coming soon. Swipe for the cutest video ever 😉 #birthwithoutfear

34 week update: Those of you who watch my stories

34 week update: Those of you who watch my stories know this past week has been CRAZY. I was admitted overnight a week ago for preeclampsia....many pregnant women’s worst nightmare. It was scary because at first they didn’t know how bad it was. I was given the steroid shot for baby boy’s lungs and was told I probably wouldn’t make it to 35 weeks. Luckily, I have a mild case and was sent home on bedrest. I have twice weekly NSTs and just came home from one with such good news! My blood pressure is great, little man is doing amazing, and to my (and the nurse’s!) shock, the protein in my urine had decreased DRAMATICALLY. For reference, preeclampsia is often diagnosed when protein in urine reaches 0.3. Mine was 1.7 when I left the hospital last week. Today, it was 0.5! So the bedrest is working. Crossing our fingers it stays that way!! ⁣
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