lucky FEBRUARY 2009 FILERS

[MumtazG38 1]

CONGRATS EK! That was a LONG wait!!!!

[WhidbeyGirl 1]

CONGRATS!!!!!! Sorry I'm late.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL MY FFFF's

[vareska 3]

Approved

3 hours

Scary Security guards

And Visa's on the spot Not supposed to tell, but the lovely lady asked my wife to return at 3pm and they might be processed *wink wink*

Oh, I am so glad to see this! Congratulations, finally!

We have good news to share as well: husband received his green card 2 days ago AND we managed not to kill each other yet

Happy New Year everyone!

[MumtazG38 1]

Woohoo! Finally got the Greencard guys!!! About time! Just arrived yesterday in the mail.

Still waiting for the SSC though....applied for it a little over 2 weeks now. But, hopefully it'll be here soon too. :D:D

So whatsup with everyone lately? How are my FFFF's doing?

This threads dying.....wish we could do something about it and be a bit more active on it...lol.

[vareska 3]

Congrats on your GC Mumtaz

My hubs received his social security card today, going down to DMV (actually called DPS in Texas) on Wednesday to get his drivers license permit

Hopefully he will be able to take the driving test soon after

[HisGirl 0]

I have my interview coming up, getting excited and nervous.

I think I am the last of the February Filers to have an interview.

Wish me Luck!

[MumtazG38 1]

I have my interview coming up, getting excited and nervous.

I think I am the last of the February Filers to have an interview.

Wish me Luck!

Bestest of luck hun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fingers crossed!!!

[WhidbeyGirl 1]

Congrats Mumtaz & V.

Best of luck HisGirl

Mumtaz you're almost fully cooked!!! Full moon is the 30th so I'd guess Jan 27th - Feb 2nd

[vareska 3]

I have my interview coming up, getting excited and nervous.

I think I am the last of the February Filers to have an interview.

Wish me Luck!

Good luck tomorrow!

[MumtazG38 1]

Mumtaz you're almost fully cooked!!! Full moon is the 30th so I'd guess Jan 27th - Feb 2nd

Yeh, I wish.....IDK the doctors are really on my back about getting induced earlier because of the possibility of discrepancy in my LMP(last menstrual period) date. My first couple of ultrasounds, taken at 6 weeks to 12 weeks show a due date of Feb 14th....each time. All other ultrasounds taken, which were all in either the second or third trimester mention dates earlier than this, like every ultrasound I've had after the first trimester has given due dates like these in this order....feb 7th, than feb 6th, than feb 5th than feb 4th and now my recent ultrasounds keep showing a date of feb 1st....but that is according to LMP. And since I'm not so sure about my LMP due to some amount of time I was on birth control before getting pregnant....I don't know how accurate ANY of these dates may be.

Though, my theory is that at earlier growth ultrasounds, the baby would have had less genetics involved in the way that he looked and was growing. Since most fetus's will be the exact same size, or very close in the first trimester due to genetics not kicking in...it wouldn't matter whether the mother or father are tall or short once the ultrasound gives a due date...it is most probably accurate the earlier it is done. And now....the issues the doctors are having are that they say the babies head and femur are measuring somewhat small by about 2 weeks...but the baby's cerebelem is measuring larger than even the feb 1st due date they want to stick w/. So that is why they feel that inducing would be best. I personally want to avoid an induction unless it's truly completely necessary....so I let them perform an amniocentesis last Friday to check if the amniotic fluid indicates whether the babies lungs have matured enough to be born yet. That came back negative.....and instead of telling me the due date may just well be further along...like feb 14th(valentines day..lol) they asked me to keep having NST's(non-stress-tests) twice weekly and a doppler and ultrasound before I come back in to the hospital to try and be induced ON MONDAY!!!!. They ARE REALLY ON MY BACK ABOUT THIS INDUCTION STUFF! I just don't know what to do.

But yeh.....somehow my mind..or maybe my heart more so....keeps telling me that maybe if they induce I shouldn't object because I want the baby in my arms so badly already.....but that is totally selfish...and what's the point of that if the baby might have to (god forbid) be in the NICU for a week or two because of my and the doctors selfishness.....not to mention how painful and how much worse being induced makes labor and delivery compared to if it were to occur naturally of it's own accord.

*sigh*.....they say I'm not supposed to have any stress during these last few weeks...........but they sure are making it difficult if thats the case!LOL.

Edited January 19, 2010 by MumtazG38

[WhidbeyGirl 1]

Yeh, I wish.....IDK the doctors are really on my back about getting induced earlier because of the possibility of discrepancy in my LMP(last menstrual period) date. My first couple of ultrasounds, taken at 6 weeks to 12 weeks show a due date of Feb 14th....each time. All other ultrasounds taken, which were all in either the second or third trimester mention dates earlier than this, like every ultrasound I've had after the first trimester has given due dates like these in this order....feb 7th, than feb 6th, than feb 5th than feb 4th and now my recent ultrasounds keep showing a date of feb 1st....but that is according to LMP. And since I'm not so sure about my LMP due to some amount of time I was on birth control before getting pregnant....I don't know how accurate ANY of these dates may be.

Though, my theory is that at earlier growth ultrasounds, the baby would have had less genetics involved in the way that he looked and was growing. Since most fetus's will be the exact same size, or very close in the first trimester due to genetics not kicking in...it wouldn't matter whether the mother or father are tall or short once the ultrasound gives a due date...it is most probably accurate the earlier it is done. And now....the issues the doctors are having are that they say the babies head and femur are measuring somewhat small by about 2 weeks...but the baby's cerebelem is measuring larger than even the feb 1st due date they want to stick w/. So that is why they feel that inducing would be best. I personally want to avoid an induction unless it's truly completely necessary....so I let them perform an amniocentesis last Friday to check if the amniotic fluid indicates whether the babies lungs have matured enough to be born yet. That came back negative.....and instead of telling me the due date may just well be further along...like feb 14th(valentines day..lol) they asked me to keep having NST's(non-stress-tests) twice weekly and a doppler and ultrasound before I come back in to the hospital to try and be induced ON MONDAY!!!!. They ARE REALLY ON MY BACK ABOUT THIS INDUCTION STUFF! I just don't know what to do.

But yeh.....somehow my mind..or maybe my heart more so....keeps telling me that maybe if they induce I shouldn't object because I want the baby in my arms so badly already.....but that is totally selfish...and what's the point of that if the baby might have to (god forbid) be in the NICU for a week or two because of my and the doctors selfishness.....not to mention how painful and how much worse being induced makes labor and delivery compared to if it were to occur naturally of it's own accord.

*sigh*.....they say I'm not supposed to have any stress during these last few weeks...........but they sure are making it difficult if thats the case!LOL.

I agree earlier u/s are more accurate. Do what you can to avoid induction - it hurts a whole heck of lot more!!! Been there 3 times! Nature is most of the time the best at starting labor. BUT that being said, continue with the non-stress tests and fetal movement counts (daily)- if at any time you're worried for baby's health get in to see dr! A few days/weeks in NICU is better than the alternative. My dr probably saved my baby girls life, she saw something on the heart rate monitor and decided to do a c-sect and my little girl had the cord wrapped around her neck.

[taj'samericanwife 0]

hi everyone! we are out of AP! my husband got his visa january 20th, they issued it that day, but its only valid until march 10. our plans have changed though, i want my husband to wait for my son's petition to hit its interview but it is still with the uscis. it has been one month now, i dont know if this is a valid reason so that they can extend the validity of my husbands visa. also, his application to take the usmle is still pending and we dont know how long it will take and when he can schedule it but most probably it will take a month or so. we were gearing for him to come march or april after we get through with all this. i have to call the us embassy in manila but is it a valid reason?

[WhidbeyGirl 1]

Congrats Taj!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why the H E double hockey sticks is it only valid for LESS than 2 months??????????????? Did they actually approve it back in September but wait to issue?????? They are supposed to valid for 6 months - at least that's what I thought. My husband's was issued 9/24/09 and is valid until 3/23/10 (he's obviously already used it). That just doesn't make sense.

As for as valid reason I have no idea - sorry

BUT CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[MumtazG38 1]

Faris Ali Gillani was born on Sunday, January 24th 2010 at 11:46am!!! The doctors decided to induce me when they saw that my placenta was looking too aged. All in all the first part of labor was kind of miserable cause it was taking so long and I wasn't dilating well, but it simply felt like menstrual cramps so the pain wasn't so bad. But it sped up out of nowhere going from 1cm to 9cm's in half an hour and exactly an hour afterwards my beautiful baby boy was born!!!

....g2g now though. Will be logging on next whenever I get a breathing moment to do so...lol.

[nurse1967 287]

Awwww Congratulations!!!! Post pics of your angel when you can!!