Mo4 - Geez I ahve missed you. So glad you posted... and thanks for your words of encouragement. You have helped me too. I just love you are 26 weeks and under 100 to go.... take care of yourself and looking forward to seeing some more of you when you are up to it.
mo4, the last post I read from you sounded so positive. It is very tough but you are doing great! I hope you are able to post more soon. :hug:
dory, I don't know what it is about that GD drink. It is awful! It almost came up the last 2 times I have had to drink it. If it comes up I have to drink another full cup and start over! Barium sounds lovely too ;)
When I went in for my c-section with Grayson I was told that I was having strong and regular contractions. I didn't feel a thing yet! I guess you just never know. Can't wait to find out your big date!!!
Hi girls
Just logging in quickly before I wake DD up to begin the day and get ready for childcare and work.
Only 3 more sleeps till my NT scan!! Am really, really impatient now to reach Thursday and get some reassurance that all is going along okay. I even tried to use my angelsounds monitor last night but of course its still too early to hear anything :rolleyes: Am curious too to see where my placenta is sitting - I have always had it at the front so it would be nice to have one at the back this time around so I possibly get to feel the movement earlier...
Sorry, just had to get all that out!
Dory, you must be almost 37 weeks now. WOW!! Do you have a date yet for the stitch removal?
Laney, hope your Monday scan goes well, just like all the others have :)
Hi to everyone else. Better get moving. DD always wants to sleep in on the 1 day a week she needs to be up early & I hate waking my precious girl up. Have a good Monday ladies x
Jo - no date yet, will talk to the obs about it when I see him on Thurs ... or is it Fri this week? Will let you know when I have a date. My mum reckons baby will be born soon after the stitch is removed. I don't have any sense of when. Baby's head is not engaged but I don't know how long it takes to become engaged and how to classify myself. Not my first labour but the first to this gestation... so I think I will have to ask. As I've read baby's head may not engage until quite late for subsequent pregnancies. I still can't believe that gestation ( almost 37 weeks) applies to me, nor that my baby bump is so big. It's actually pretty awesome.
Good luck. with your NT scan. I can understand your impatience... I have my fingers crossed for you too - for a high posterior placenta.
Is DD grumpy when you wake her? It's almost Murphy's law isn't it... sleeping in on the one day she has to get going?
Laney - good luck today ( it's Monday where I am..... although I probably will be sound asleep when you are actually off to have your scan)
Dory, I don't think Kaitlyn engaged till the end either; from memory the week before my stitch came out my ob card showed 3/5 for her & my ob wasnt sure she would be low enough to induce me the next week. I'm still not sure whether she was completely engaged when he did induce me but apparently I was completely effaced and 2cm dilated with the stitch the only thing holding her in so he was happy to induce me after all. Not that he had much choice on that with my stitch embedded and me wanting to try and avoid an epidural if possible; inducing was the only way he could reach the stitch to get it cut! I hope your stitch isn't embedded and it comes out easy for you :pray:
Kaitlyn isn't too grumpy when I wake her; I just feel bad! She ended up waking up herself just after I logged off this morning so I didn't have to worry about it after all. She is getting used to her 1 day of childcare a week which is good. I work 5 days a fortnight for now and my MIL comes over to care for her the days she isn't in cc so its a nice balance.
I'll be back Thursday to let you girls know how I go! Might go to bed soon so it can be 1 day less to go lol ;)
Hi all - just a quick one from me to say I missed you all dreadfully and STILL no action here.... after the stitch came out last Thursday the BHC's have settled a lot and dare I say it I miss them. The bump continues to expand and I love it. Take care and belly rubs.
Something weird has happened here - looks like half our posts have disappeared and I wasnt able to log on for a couple of days. Anyone else have that prob?
So glad though to see I didnt miss any exciting news from you Dory; I was worried! Wouldn't it just be ironic if you ended up going overdue and having to be induced :D
Nothing to report here - have my 1st cervix scan next Tuesday and have recovered well from my stitch surgery last week.
wow, i thought for sure that after not being able to get in to BB for a while that you would have had that bub Dory, lol
dory, I was worried that missed your announcement as well :) I hate when bellybelly acts up! Enjoy the last few days of feeling bub wiggle around in there. I missed being pregnant as soon as Grayson was out. You now have a little extra time to get the house ready too.
jo, good luck with your scan on Tuesday. How have you been feeling?
AFM, I do not have GD! I am really happy about that. My numbers looked great! I had my scan yesterday and bub is looking very large :)
Laney - AWESOME!!!! news about not having GD....
Jo - glad you've recovered from the stitch and GL for your next scan....
Mo4 - how are you doing?
No news here. LOL - although I am starving today... wonder if that means something?
Hi girls
Dory, hope those hunger pains meant something! Do you have someone who can post your big news or will we have to wait till you are home from hospital for your announcement? Cause we're all eager you know... ;)
I am feeling a bit down today - hopped on the news on the net and saw the coverage of the funeral for the policeman in Sydney today and has made me sad :( My DH is a detective with the police and is at the funeral. I know it doesnt happen very often (cops being killed on duty) but still...I don't like the reminder that it could be a knock on my door one day.
Damn pregnancy hormones not helping lol!
Have my cervix scan next Tuesday and once again, am starting to get that anxiety leading up. I think I am feeling flutters lately but not strong enough to be confident, my doppler is still useless due to my placenta, and I just need to see bubs happy and healthy on the screen to really feel reassured. I know you girls know what I mean...
Hold that thought - just pulled out the doppler and I heard bubs heartbeat! :dance: Definitely wasn't mine as I had my finger on my pulse and it was a lot faster than mine. Yay, now I can relax and look forward to Tuesday :)
Jo - good work on hearing bubs heartbeat - it really is a divine sound. Good luck with your measurements - as reassuring as it is to get the result, the process is really nerve wracking. I have walked in your shoes... all I can say is sending big hugs your way....
I don't think I am going to go any time soon - braxton hicks have all but stopped - only 2-3 a day now, at the appointment today bubs was no where near even looking like being engaged and was floating freely around in there having a good time. Had a good chat today with the Obs about my fears of loss and concerns about being overdue. He is not keen at all for me to go overdue and he seems concerned about the complications of baby being post mature, given that he's pretty certain my dates are accurate, as am I. So have booked, tentatively, a caesarean for next Thursday, but have an appointment Tuesday next week to see how things are going.
My preference is not to have a caesarean, but we'll just see how things are going, because I do think that if I go much beyond my due date it will do my head in and I won't cope. He has ruled out induction, at least based on the examination today ( but that may change), as it's just far too dangerous, so that leaves waiting or caesar. I have realised as my "due date" draws closer that in fact I have very little confidence in my body to do the right thing by baby, and get baby here safely. I say that, because at ante-natal classes the midwife was talking about "our bodies knowing what to do" and being "overdue ie 40-42 weeks was normal/term" and "we should "just let our bodies do their own thing" and it's weird, then I agreed, but I can't agree now. It didn't really dawn on me until today that I don't in fact have that confidence in my body at all, and the Obs, bless him, does understand that, plus all the attendant fears.
So today, unexpectedly, I am doing it much tough. Luckily the cats seem to sense that and have been extra snuggly, bless them.
Hiya Laney! Thinking of you and your active Grayson - how is he?
A little ironic isn't it Dory, that had all of us just "let our body do their own thing", none of us would be where we are today... some of us lucky enough to already have our earth angels in our arms with new ones on the way, and others like yourself on the verge of meeting your little blessing. Intervention is what has gotten us all here today so of course it is a little hard to truly trust our bodies to "do the right thing"... thank god for supportive ob's and modern medicine lol.
Hugs to you xx
Hi girls,
Looks like I'm not the only one here thinking I'm going mad with the belly site doing silly buggers on me!!!! Have tried to get on for days with no success.
Dory, I was so scared I was going to miss your bub being born!!!! Ahhhh, shouldn't have worried, he/she is obviously very happy in there! lol. I agree with you not going too much over your due date. I almost did my head in waiting for my 38 week c/s! I remember asking my OB from 35 weeks to take him out :o I just wanted him out safely. It's so f-ing sad that we get so anxious about the birth, after what we've been through, it's just so not fair that we can't experience those feeling of excitement and be so carefree about it all. Oh well, it certainly sounds like you have a very caring and understanding OB hun. I hope bub decides to come by him/her self, but if c/s is on the cards don't be afraid hun, it's really not that bad. A the end you get to hold you gorgeous bundle of love and joy! Will be stalking you (as I am anyway! lol).
Jo, glad all is well at your end! So sad about the policeman that got shot. I feel for his family and friends. How awful to go so young :( Woo hoo for that beautiful heart beat! I used to always feel so good after I used my doppler and heard it during the quiet times!
Laney, 31 weeks! Time is whizzing by (is that a word???? :shakehead:). Glad to hear you don't have GD, one less thing to worry about!
Hi to Samcougar, mummyof4, jlk, and everyone else!
Today wee man is 6 months old!!!! So excited! We went to the last gymbaroo class today, it was so sad :( Looks like China is definitely on the cards, I am in total denial. DF will be leaving in 2 weeks, I think I will go in 4. It won't hit me until I start packing.....Oh, I went to see my FS and he was very confident that I won't have any probs with another cycle of IVF. He said that in my last cycle I was on a very low dose of the drugs and they have collected an excellent number of mature eggs. He also said that they were able to fertilise most of them and to have gotten pg twice from the cycle was amazing, so he was very positive about the whole thing. I need more convincing though :rolleyes: He sent me for a BT to establish my egg reserve. If it is normal to high, he said I have 6 to 12 months to do another cycle with no probs. If the reserve is low, we need to get moving asap. I get the results in 2 weeks. Wish me luck girls!!
B xxx
dory, I had a c-section due to my fears. I could not have an early induction because Grayson's head was still floating around very high. He couldn't make up his mind if he wanted to be head or feet first either. The c-section was easier for me emotionally as well.
I was up and taking a shower the next night. I felt good after 2 weeks and back to myself in 4 weeks. It wasn't too bad but a "normal" birth most likely would have been easier to recover from. The funny thing was that on the day of my c-section I was having strong contractions and Grayson was engaged. (2 days after last ob visit) :shakehead: Things can change very quickly.
beata, Good luck with your blood test results. Are we keeping our fingers crossed that you need to start right away or that you have 6 to 12 months? :)
jo, yay for home dopplars! I just stopped using mine a few weeks ago. Bub is finally active enough to calm most of my fears.
Dory, anything yet? Do you have an appt. to see your doctor before your c-section date?
Laney - how did your scan go? I saw the obs this morning and then went to the hossy to do some pre admission forms. I don't seem him again til Thurs... 2 sleeps ... maybe this one will be like Grayson and make a decision very soon... but if not IN 2 SLEEPS we get to meet our precious bundle. I guess too after being on bed rest I was hoping my recovery would be quicker if no intervention.... but it's not just about me huh? I probably won't care once bubs is here, as it will just happen. Are you VBAC'ing or Casearing this time around.... 31, almost 32 weeks is awesome.
Jo - you are so so very right. I just didn't realise that I had such a fantasy of a vaginal birth - but it was linked to my angels.
Beata - where has that time gone? 6 months! Yay Cam, as cute as ever. Oh bugger about China - where abouts? I had yummy yum cha on the weekend.... And awesome news about your next cycle.... that is so reassuring. In a way I am so very glad to get to 40 weeks as I got every week of pregnancy, but it did get harder as the numbers got bigger... but no more of this pregnancy caper this time for me. The time is right.