Stella's Social Club

[1muttsfan]

How sweet. There are so few surprises left anymore.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Well, I took the chance on my bees. I checked last week and they still have room in the upper box. With the temperatures increasing, I put the super on a bit early. Hopefully, they don't swarm on me.

I'll plan on splitting them (or adding a 2nd hive) early next spring.

 

[drumstick diva]

I had a high risk pregnancy at 38 - signs of a threatened miscarriage 5 days before I would have expected my period - kept passing tissue etc. Ob-gyn Dr. had me go for a pg test. It showed I was a "little" pg. In other words not a normal reading. He had me get a cumulative HCG test. in a week to see if levels went down (lost pregnancy) or up to show a viable pregnancy., in a certain amount of time the HCG should double I was very darn hearted ,figured with all the tissue etc lost, the baby was deteriorating. Well the levels increased at the repeat test. Still wasn't showing any normal signs of pregnancy, and still bleeding.

Dr. worried I might have trophoblastic disease (spelled wrong) which is when the fetus dies but, the placenta continues to grow. and becomes cancerous. I was not a happy camper. My doctor was very upbeat - that's his nature. I am a negative person. I thought he was giving BS by the boatload and I wasn't very nice to him. When the bleeding finally stopped, I dared to hope he was right. He did an ultrasound and showed me the beating heart.

I told my family Dr. and he said it wasn't a heart beat, it was MY aorta. The ob dr. thought that was hysterical. When my son was born, he told me to let the family dr. know I had delivered a 7 lb.15 oz. aorta. We talked about my situation often - he felt possibly there was a twin that died very early in pregnancy. If I hadn't lost the tissue etc, the bacteria would have caused an infection that would have killed the other. Sometimes a bad thing becomes a good thing. My mom and I badly wanted twins and kept believing I would have them till we came down to the finish line and one precious baby boy. Thank the Lord.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I had a high risk pregnancy at 38 - signs of a threatened miscarriage 5 days before I would have expected my period - kept passing tissue etc. Ob-gyn Dr. had me go for a pg test. It showed I was a "little" pg. In other words not a normal reading. He had me get a cumulative HCG test. in a week to see if levels went down (lost pregnancy) or up to show a viable pregnancy., in a certain amount of time the HCG should double I was very darn hearted ,figured with all the tissue etc lost, the baby was deteriorating. Well the levels increased at the repeat test. Still wasn't showing any normal signs of pregnancy, and still bleeding.

Dr. worried I might have trophoblastic disease (spelled wrong) which is when the fetus dies but, the placenta continues to grow. and becomes cancerous. I was not a happy camper. My doctor was very upbeat - that's his nature. I am a negative person. I thought he was giving BS by the boatload and I wasn't very nice to him. When the bleeding finally stopped, I dared to hope he was right. He did an ultrasound and showed me the beating heart.

I told my family Dr. and he said it wasn't a heart beat, it was MY aorta. The ob dr. thought that was hysterical. When my son was born, he told me to let the family dr. know I had delivered a 7 lb.15 oz. aorta. We talked about my situation often - he felt possibly there was a twin that died very early in pregnancy. If I hadn't lost the tissue etc, the bacteria would have caused an infection that would have killed the other. Sometimes a bad thing becomes a good thing. My mom and I badly wanted twins and kept believing I would have them till we came down to the finish line and one precious baby boy. Thank the Lord.

ROFL! Wow that's a great story. Thankfully the rest of my pregnancy was uneventful, lost fetus was riding high and stayed in place until delivery.

Caught a swarm today! Went in a nice easy branch, bent it down, dropped it in, and shook off the excess. We are expecting rain tomorrow so they will probably be happy with drawn comb and sugar water and stay put.











Also had some fun tonight with the babies! Little one is Maximus (Max for short), he was born Tuesday. His markings remind me of Maximus, the horse on Disney's Tangled. The other two are not set in stone yet but hubby wants to do Monteray (Monty) and Cheddar. My daughter is insistent the girl needs to be Pinkie Pie. We'll see who wins! The little one is on his mom, but the other two we just got from the breeder last week and are bottle babies.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Cute pictures of kids and goats Rinda! And how cool on catching the swarm! Did you use any lure? Was it a swarm from your hives? I need to get a spare hive body, just in case.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Cute pictures of kids and goats Rinda! And how cool on catching the swarm! Did you use any lure? Was it a swarm from your hives? I need to get a spare hive body, just in case.

We put some drawn frames in there and spritzed them with sugar water, then shook the branch and the whole swarm dropped right in. We put the lid on and shook the rest of the loose bees off the branch so they would go inside. Yes I saw exactly which hive it came from. I put up videos on our new facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/chickenfanatics

 

[drumstick diva]

Rinda you are much braver than I am. You made it sound so easy but, I know better. You are just very good at it.

 

[vehve]

Diva, scary at first, but luckily a happy ending.

Nice pictures of the goats, they look really cute. I find the thought of keeping bees very interesting, but I'm not sure I would be up for all the work. I think I'll continue to buy my honey.

 

[mlm Mike]

Wonderful photos and videos Rinda.

 

[The Sheriff]

Sorry I can't do quotes thei morning but I am on my iPad and for whatever reason it doesn't want to scroll. So,

Diva, scary story but definitely a happy ending. I saw enough in nursing school to know that OB was not a good choice for me. When it was good, it was good, when it was bad it was horrible. Glad you got your boy!

Rinda, cute goats and kids, or cute kids and kids I guess! And the bees? Well, just wow. I am content to move closer to Kelly and let her bees enjoy the pollen on the fruit trees and flowers in my yard!

We finally have an accepted contract from the seller and on Monday it will be sent on to the first and second mortgage lenders for approval, or not! This has been the craziest home purchase I have ever made and it still has 4 months left to work out or go south. This will test every grain of patience I have left in this old brain of mine. I think the house and one sweet acre are worth the wait.

I found out that the chicken coop used to be at the school and the seller had it moved to his property when they no longer needed it. He was a high school football coach so I assume it was used in an Ag program. Explains why it is so well built and all the security and ventilation issues done right. Definitely not like we build them!