California

Stefanie,

Welcome to SHARE and congrats on the birth of Anthony Xavier!!

How is he doing? How are you doing with him in the NICU? I know it seems sometimes like you will never have your baby home with you. Hang in there!

Donna

Hello from Palm Springs California. I was born in San Diego area and raised here in Palm Springs. My son Joshua was born in Colorado. We moved back here to PS after he was born.

On December 29, I gave birth to my first son, Matthew at 30 weeks. He spent one month in the NICU, and is doing well. We are scheduled for henia surgery in two weeks. He is a very big boy, almost weighing 20 pounds. (he was born weighing 3 lbs 13 oz

A fellow San Diegan!! Glad to have you aboard, Davinee!

My preemie wasn't born in SD, but we have been down here for three years now, in North County.

Good luck with hernia surgery! Sounds like Matthew is doing well!

Donna

Donna,

Eleanor~Rose are going to be in San Diego at the end of August.We always go with my dad.He loves to spend his birthday down there.We are staying at the Town & Counrty Hotel in Hotel Circle,and are planning at least one day at Sea World,and Sea Port Village.

Maybe we can meet one day?Let me know.

Deborah,

That would be AWESOME!!! Why don't you email me (click on my name at the top of this message) or live message me with the dates and stuff (if you see me on the site).

Donna

Hi all. I'm from San Diego too. Davinee, we have similar stories. I was born and raised in San Diego, had my son at 33 weeks on December 21 and he's pushing about 20 lbs now too. Good luck on the hernia surgery. I hope your son sails through it with no problems.

Jen

is ther anyone in or around norwalk?? i would love to get to know/sher stories with other parents of preemies!!

Hi Jayden's mommy,

I'm Deborah,and as I mentioned earlierI live in Monterey Park,Norwalk isn't too far.My daughter's story is in the Archives under "My Eleanor~Rose" she was born at 27 weeks,and was the size of a 23 weeker.

I work during the week from 5:30 AM til 2:00 PM but email me and we can exchange our phone numbers and talk about our little preemies.Take care,and talk to you soon.

Deborah&Eleanor~Rose.

Wow, it's amazing to see mom's near me with preemies. I currently live in the Moreno Valley area, so San Diego and Palm Springs are just stones throw for me, maybe we can all meet up some time

Welcome to all the new CA mommies. I'm new to this board myself and just getting into the posting mode from lurking

TrentnCadenceMom -

What a GREAT idea!! Other than a couple from Sacto, we all seem to be within a couple of hours of each other. Could do a kind of "meet in the middle" thing, which seems to be exactly where you are!!! Let's work on this!

Donna

Hi Donna,

I tried to email you today about our vacation to San Diego this coming Sunday,but the email returned to me that it could not be delivered.

If you get the chance could you please email me with you home,and cell number so I can call you and let you know our schedule while we are there.

Work is getting tiresome,and then the school year is just around the corner,so I am so counting down the days until we leave for San Diego,it's only for a few days,but I know that we will have a blast.We are taking my nephew Johnny with us.He'll be 3 in October and is as tall as Eleanor~Rose.I lovingly call him "Chunky Monkey" LOL!

Hope to hear from you soon,and hope that we can meet one another.Take care.

Deborah&Eleanor~Rose.

Deborah,

Sorry we missed you!! We were in AZ for the weekend, and now I"m back to work full time and it's been crazy so haven't even been on most of SHARE this week! NUTS!

We're not so far away from each other. Some weekend, we'll just have to meet in the middle! Along with the other CA's that are close by.
Hmmmmm......

Donna

Hey Ya'll,
I'm new to this discussion board and I'm glad to have found it. I'm sorry that I didn't know about it when my daughters were born. My older one was born at 31 weeks and with my second one I went into labor at 30 weeks and she was born at 34 weeks. They are now 9 and 5 1/2. I just found out I am pregnant again and I am terrified of going through the whole preterm labor thing again. Is there anyone out there who has gone through preterm labor 3 times? I noticed there's a couple from Sacramento, I live in the Bay Area. Well I hope to hear from someone soon

Tomasita

HI,
I feel like I keep introducing myself, so I apologize to anyone who is now reading this repetative info for the 5th time and I know you can click on my name but just in case:
My huband (31) and I (28) are born and raised in the East Bay. On July 21st we gave birth (I did most of the work ) to our son, Jonas Amaru at 31 weeks. He weighed 4 pounds 11 oz. He is about 8 weeks adjusted, 16 in reality. I have a journal (THE SUPER PENA PREMIE) but I would love to hear more about you guys. I am so excited to see "neighbors" on the website!
Take care,
Andé

Hi Ande!!! Where was Jonas born? I had my preemie at Summit in Oakland, and he spent his NICU days at Alta Bates in Berkeley. We live in San Diego now, but I grew up in Northern CA! Welcome, again, to SHARE!

Donna

Are they any moms in the Santa Barbara area? I would love to meat new moms to talk to and it would be nice to have some more freidns!

Donna (and others),
We live in the East Bay and I ended up being transfered to Alta Bates in Berekely which is where I delivered and we stayed for a little under a month. I love that hopsital!! There were only a few NICU staff that I was concerned with, but I was fortunate enough to be at the hospital most of the time. I thought maybe we could do a getting to know you thing, so if anyone is interested just cut, paste and answer
A- GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT?

B- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?

C- WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?

D- DOG OR CAT PERSON?

E- EARLIEST MEMORY?

F- FAVORITE FOODS?

G- IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?

H- FAVORITE HOLIDAY?

I- ONE INJUSTICE THAT BOTHERS YOU?

J- DREAM JOB?

K- DO YOU BELIEVE IN KARMA?

L- LIVING ARRANGEMENTS?

M- WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?

N- NERVOUS HABIT?

O- ODD FACT ABOUT YOU

P- BIGGEST PET PEEVE

Q- FAVORITE QUOTE

R- HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?

S- FAVORITE AND LEAST FAVORITE SMELLS:

T- FAVORITE TV SHOWS?

U- WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?

V- VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE?

W- WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

X- EXTRA SPECIAL PERSON IN YOUR LIFE?

Y- YESTERDAY FOR DINNER YOU ATE?

Z- WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?

A- GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT?
so far, my family

B- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?
The Four Directions

C- WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
baby blue Ford Thunderbird

D- DOG OR CAT PERSON?
Dog

E- EARLIEST MEMORY?
my 4th birthday

F- FAVORITE FOODS?
carbs

G- IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
half full!!

H- FAVORITE HOLIDAY?
Christmas

I- ONE INJUSTICE THAT BOTHERS YOU?
abuse of those taht cannot defend themselves

J- DREAM JOB?
TV talk show host or lawyer

K- DO YOU BELIEVE IN KARMA?
yup

L- LIVING ARRANGEMENTS?
my husband and our son in a house

M- WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
We Can Do It! with Rosie the Riveter

N- NERVOUS HABIT?
biting my fingers

O- ODD FACT ABOUT YOU
I can't lie (not that I want to be able to)

P- BIGGEST PET PEEVE
ignorance

Q- FAVORITE QUOTE
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

R- HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
IF I pick it up I do so right away

S- FAVORITE AND LEAST FAVORITE SMELLS:
fav-my baby and least-the hospital

T- FAVORITE TV SHOWS?
SVU, w/ Mariska Harrgitay (sp?), I love the detective stuff

U- WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
A bat, a flashlight, clothes for the opposite season and way too much dust

V- VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE?
Vanilla

W- WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
being helpless when my son was in the hospital before that my general worst feeling would be guilt

X- EXTRA SPECIAL PERSON IN YOUR LIFE?
God, my son, husband and myself

Y- YESTERDAY FOR DINNER YOU ATE?
cream of wheat

Z- WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?
I'm on the cusp of Scorpio and Libra so I have a constant battle to attain balance (Libra) and yet I am also very passionate and the downside is that I carry grudges, I don't forget when someone burns me

So it sounds like we will be relocating to the bay area in the beginning of January. Just thought I'd say hi and ask what it's like in California? I've never lived anywhere that it didn't snow, what are holidays like? Good doctors for your preemies? How long is the flu season there? How many months do you receive the synagis shot?

Hugs all around,
Sam

SAM!!!! I grew up in the Bay Area!! We just moved to SD three years ago. Email me....I'll tell you all about it!!!! Yay, another CA preemie mom! I go "home" all the time.....I can meet Daisy!!!

Hugs,
Donna

That's so awesome Donna! We haven't announced it in the blog just yet because my hubby is giving notice next week at his current employer, but I am so excited and nervous I thought I would come looking for guidance. What email address should I use? You could also send me a note at samcj73@yahoo.com.

I get to meet Ryley! Whoohoo!

Hugs,
Sam

Hi everybody, my name is Kelly & I'm originally from Southern California. Although my family is still down there, I've been living in the bay area for about the past 20 years or so...Wow! 20 years! Time flies! Anyway, my son Joshua was born January 9, 2001 at 21 weeks. I love my boy more than life itself, & I miss him just as much. Josh lost his battle for life the same day he was born but I am still so proud of him...Proud of the beautiful baby he was & proud of the heavenly Angel he became. Because of Josh, I've learned so much & still am learning about the extreme severity of this out of control epidemic called prematurity and I'm doing all I can to educate others. Once a year I do a fund raiser in my son's name & donate all the proceeds to the neonatology research fund at the Luceile Packard Foundation for Children's Health in Palo Alto. I've also just started working with the MISS Foundation where I'm working to get a Bill called The MISSing Angels Bill passed here in California. If your not sure what The MISSing Angels Bill is, you can read about it at www.missingangelsbill.org but in a nutshell, we're working to pass a law that would allow the issuance of a certificate of birth to our stillborn babies, as of now the state of CA only issues them a certificate of death. If your interested, I can also give you a web site to an online petition that I just started for the state of CA, just let me know & I'll post the link. All this I do because of Josh. Every one is put here on earth for a reason, Josh didn't have a chance to show the world who he was, so I'm doing it for him. He was here & already the world is seeing his little tiny Angel foot prints...

Im a mom to a 29 weeker who is coming home next tuesday. I live in Santa Barbara County in California. Im not sure if I am posting this in the right place, but I was wondering if there are any Moms that are in the same area. I am looking for more moms to talk to or to have play dates for our children.

Congratulations on your baby coming home, what a wonderful event!

As far as finding other parents in your area, check out the "Get Involved" section and then the "Get Local: Arizona - ??" folder. There should be a listing for California and you can see if anyone has a post mentioning that they live nearby. You can also post your own info so any newbies might be able to get in touch with you!

Good Luck!
Jackie

(I'll move this to the Get Local - California folder!)

My 4 year old son Aaron and my 5 month old angel Emily were born at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley. I too was born in California at Kaiser Hospital, Oakland. Happy to see so many people from California

HI!! My son spent his NICU days at Alta Bates in Berkeley. It is such an amazing place. I'm sorry for your loss of Emily. Welcome to SHARE!

hi!
I live in manteca and I was hoping that I could find other moms in my area. My daughter is now 8 moths old 5 months adjusted, she was born in modesto At DMC 3 months premature. you can find our story in the blogs section Kaylee's story.



~LeeAnn

Well I was born and raised in L.A. for the whole 23 years of my life. I had a lil girl at 24 weeks weighin in on a pound and 6 ozs. she spent 4 months in the NICU in Pomona Valley Hospital in the wonderful city of Pomona. Very nice hospital all the surgerys and testings were done in the hospital no havinf to transfer to other hospitals.