33 weeks 6 days

Today was another growth measurement. Those are scheduled every 3 weeks. Lucy measured 6 weeks behind on her Abdomen and 3 weeks behind on her limbs. Her head was on schedule and blood flow to the baby looked good. My Perinatologist told me that he is scratching his head on this one because this type of situation doesn't typically happen. When I was 25 weeks blood flow was horrible and stayed looking pretty horrible for a while. Well, it has changed and the blood flow is now really good. Usually it's the other way around because the bigger the baby gets the more the placenta starts to fail. In this case it hasn't and has improved. My Perinatologist told me he thought I would've had the baby already because of how bad things were going earlier on. This is a situation that has changed dramatically, and for the better. As long as she is still gaining some weight that is good. She now weighs 2 lbs 14 ounces, 3 weeks ago she weighted 2 lbs 5 ounces. So, she has gained 3 ounces a weeks since then. A baby that doesn't have growth restriction is supposed to gain an ounce a day. She is very small, but she has gained some weight and that is good. My fluid levels have increased and I have plenty of fluid. I guess resting most of the time has helped her. And I believe all the prayers,fasting, priesthood blessing, and along with others that have put my name in the temple really has helped. I have my next appointment Thursday with My OB. I now have 3 appointments a week to make sure everything is ok. I have no idea when she will be born. The longer she is in the better though, my doctors really can't say how long she will go. They just want me to go as long as possible since she is so small. As for now baby can bake longer and that makes me happy :). Thank you all for the continued love and support.

30 weeks

I am now 30 weeks 3days, and I am very grateful for that. Last Tuesday didn't go so well for me and have had some tough days. Lucy is now 5 weeks behind on her body measurement. Her head is still on schedule but that is good. I saw a different Peri this time, my other one is out of town. This one was telling me I should get an amnio because of chromosome problems blah blah blah. Because I guess in a 2 vessel cord it has been known to have a chromosome problem. The weird thing is that at my 20 weeks ultra sound I was told I had a 3. I have wondered if it was dying off around that time and went to a 2? Either that or the tech messed up. You see up above in the cord shows a 3 but then it died off and where the baby gets nutrients she has 2. I guess thats what happens for whatever reason. I of course have done research to know about chromosome problems. The Trisomy problems which are basically fatal. So, that is really encouraging.. But, right now I feel better because the indicators of that aren't what she has shown signs of. A baby that is symmetrical is more likely to have those problems than an asymmetrical baby which is what Lucy has. Asymmetrical shows that baby is just not getting enough nutrients and that could be a placenta problem. I talked to my OB about the amnio and he told me what it all means and that he thinks I shouldn't get one. I was glad I called him he called me back and talked to me for 10 minutes about it and it made me feel better. Seriously again I can't express how great of a Doctor he is. Sometimes when I see other girls talk about their OB I am thinking seriously your Doctor is dumb. I don't tell them that, but seriously I think it haha. My OB is pro vaginal birth too so we will try for that first unless Lucy is in distress. I know of Doctors that just want to have a c section all the time and it's like why? When I had Dawson it was such a great Delivery, I was seriously blessed. So anyway, the Peri I saw actually gave me some percentage of when he thought I would deliver. That was the only good thing about that visit haha. He said that he thinks at 34 weeks I would deliver. But, he said it could be earlier .. I may go in one week and they may wheel me off to delivery. I guess maybe I should get a bag ready? If I could bake Lucy till the first week of September that would be awesome. If I could haver her vaginally that would be awesome. If I can't then I won't, I want to do what is best for baby. I have been resting a lot and feel like the laziest person ever. I do get out of the house from time to time but don't do it for very long. I pretty much just hang out in my parent's basement. Luckily they have put up with our mess and I feel bad. When all is done I will be more tidy I promise. On a side note, Lucas is getting close to having our house done. Carpet goes in next week and we just need to do a couple others things and we can move in. He was supposed to go to El Salvador but that trip goes to the end of August. Not a smart move in case Lucy comes. I am glad he will be home, it gives me peace of mind. Thank you all for the prayers, it means so much to us :).

Our little fighter Lucy

Here is Lucy's Journey so far, I decided to finally write down exactly what is going on for those that don't understand.

I am 29 weeks 3 days pregnant with Lucinda Jane. I count everyday because everyone one of those days count. Lucy has been a fighter since day 1. She was a threatened miscarriage at 9 weeks. I bled for a week but doctor said she had a strong heartbeat and said that he thought she would be ok in the end. I honestly can say that I have the Best OB, he really knows what he is doing and lets me know exactly what he is thinking. I knew the moment I found out I was pregnant that this baby was a girl. I had a dream about her before I was even pregnant with Dawson. In my dream when she was handed to me after delivery I remember feeling a sense of relief. I never could understand why in this dream I felt that until now. At my 20 week appt. everything was looking good so far. Lucy looked great and was a week behind in measurements but that wasn't a cause for alarm. My doctor saw me the next week and everything was looking good as well. He said that next appt. he would check and see if everything was ok with the heart since I guess the ultra sound tech didn't get a good look. Next appt. I had no idea that I was going to have to deal with some heart breaking news...

At my 25 week appt. Dr. Farley takes me to get an ultra sound. He is looking around at the heart but still can't get a good look. I notice he was measuring the head and the limbs and the rest of the body. I notice looking over at the monitor I see that it says 21 weeks.. I didn't say anything and figured everything was ok. Once he was done he tells us that he had a cause for concern because baby was almost a month behind in measurements except her head was on schedule. He also mentioned that he still couldn't get a good look at the heart and needed that checked as well. He took me to his office along with his head nurse and they called the Hospital and scheduled me an appt. to see a Peranatologist. He then takes me back to get a non stress test for 15 minutes to see if Lucy's heart beat was ok. As he is doing this he tells me he might take me over to the hospital because he was worried that she may have to come out. He then tells me the worst case scenario which is that her heart may not even be ok and that it would make things easier for us if we needed to decided to fight for the baby or not. All of this was very overwhelming.. Luckily baby's heartbeat was ok and he decided to wait for the appt and see what happens. That was the longest weekend of my life!

My appt. was that following Tuesday, I was sweating bullets when the heart was being looked at along with everything else. The Perinatologist came back after the tech was finished and tells me that the reasoning for the IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction) was because she had a 2 vessel cord. Which is SUA (Single Umbilical Artery). An umbilical cord is supposed to have 2 arteries and a vein, mine only has one artery. Sometimes the growth problems can happen because of this. Some people don't have any problem at all when this happens. He tells me that as long as her brain is growing that is good. I am monitored by him every Tuesday morning and I have a doctor appt with the OB every other week. Once I hit 32 weeks I will be seen twice a week. I have looked up lots of outcomes on the matter and it is good and bad. A baby that has SUA has a higher chance of being a miscarriage. Our little Lucy is a fighter and didn't give up when that happened. A girl has a higher chance to have SUA along with the growth restriction, I don't know why but it happens I guess. Little Lucy had her name before I was pregnant with Dawson, we have always known we would have a Lucy.

I had known years ago I had an ancestor that was born that wasn't supposed to survive. She was born at 32 weeks and fit in a shoe box. I believe she is my great great grandmother. She was fed with an eye dropper and somehow she survived against all odds. Medicine wasn't good back then and she was in medical records in Utah even because of her amazing survival. Guess what her name is? We just found this out a few weeks ago. Her name is Lucy, Lucinda Jane to be exact. And that was what we were going to name our little girl.

As for now each week is wonderful, we don't know which we she will come. It's been a few weeks since a growth scan has been performed and this upcoming Tuesday is our next one. Steroids will be admitted soon to help her grow. My doctor was more optimistic when I saw him last Thursday. He would like me to get to 35 weeks if possible. She will not be a full term baby and will be smaller for what week she is born. If she is born at 35 weeks she probably will be 4 lbs. I have my moments of anxiety, I have to monitor her movement every day because risk of still birth is higher in these babies. Yesterday I panicked and went to the clinic to see if she was ok. I am trying to remain strong as much as possible but I have my off days. Sometimes I don't think people understand how scary this is. Some people do and I appreciate those that have been there to help me.

My parents have been a great support team and have been so helpful in my time of need along with helping with our house that we have been trying to move in. I know Lucy is a fighter and I am grateful for that. She will be small when she is born and maybe have a NICU stay it all depends. Everything happens for a reason and I am grateful that so far she is hanging in there.

If I seem like a hermit right now staying at home I need to be for the most part. I want people to know that if I can't be there for family functions I apologize but this is why and I need to be resting as much as possible. Next Tuesday couldn't come fast enough to see if Lucy has grown. I prayed to Heavenly Father to at least get me to 30 to 32 weeks. So far he has helped and I know that everyone who has prayed, fasted, and by getting a blessing has been a big factor to help her grow further.

Thanks for reading :) and Thanks for your kindness during this time.

ISO of the human eye?

What is the ISO of the human eye?

Thought this was interesting.
http://www.pixiq.com/article/eyes-vs-cameras

Kyiv Ukraine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQA2Mc7qqU

Here is what we had the opportunity to shoot over in Ukraine. I came to love the people over there. One day I will go back. One of my faves this last year NOTE: looks great in HD, well worth the "Buffer-waiting" Enjoy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFXjtSuClaI
A new addition to the youtubechannel. A Doritos Commercial I helped produce back in 2009. More details in the video info.

Enjoy.

Lucas

A wonderful insight into one of our souls' deepest questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbMAeMdpB0&feature=player_embedded#!

This was a huge growing experience in production this last year. We shot this in April and went through MANY different revisions. Although this is not the version I, deep down, wanted to go up. It still is a great piece. We went up to film a different story and found Darren. Great Piece and Probably my favorite score by Rob Elliot so far. Thanks again to everyone who helped get this up. There is sooooo much more to this story that couldn't be told with an internet video, but if you'd like to know more you can go to:
http://lds.org/new-era/2010/11/he-wanted-to-be-a-missionary?lang=eng

Max'd out Photoshop tonight. Learn something new everyday.

Max'd out Photoshop tonight. Learn something new everyday.

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The Necessity of Everyone

I've often thought about what it would be like to travel back through time with the knowledge and technology skills that I know now and becoming a famous inventor or just someone who could do some magnificent things. Maybe even upstaging Merlin being called a great Magician or wizard. Anyway today I was editing photos listening to a TED talk and it hit me: I'm not the only one who has thought of this and how much I'd actually need if I were to try anything like that.

watch this talk. It made me realize how far we've actually come and how much we all compliment with and need each other doing our parts. I'm a huge fan of technology and this helped me imagine what it would be like if I was left to my own devices. Enjoy

http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toaster_from_scratch.html

P.S. I also like this cause it seems like something I would do.

Just looking at a schedule of upcoming movies this year. Looks like Its going to be pretty "meh" until July 15th. Guess I'll have a lot of time to get things done.

I bet Steve Jobs peed his pants when he saw this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998

thought this was awesome use of the iphone. With a little creativity and talent pulls off something cool. 10 years ago if you would have showed me this I would have thought this to be impossible.
-Lucas

Finally got my new iPhone 4. Sooooo much faster than my 3G

Back to school = back to checking my clock every 5 min. or less. JK

Feeling Nostalgic

Feeling Nostalgic this late at night going through past productions I've been involved with. This year I'm digging into the archives and just might bring up a few to be posted on the messproductions youtube channel.

Up late just watching Back to the future Blu ray behind the scenes. Just saw the clip with Bob Zemeckis that made every one of us kids believe that hover-boards were real. I very much wanted one.

Cool talk and a little inspiration

http://vimeo.com/1711302

My wife and I just watched the movie "Money Pit" on Netflix. Still pretty funny.