Hi Miss C! Great to see you back here. I must admit I am more a reader than a poster in this thread these days, it so busy its hard to keep up. But that's a great thing, I hope i just keeps getting busier!
Shannon - congratulations once again! Your bubs are very cute - great pics!
Good luck with your scan LNB, I had a small bleed and some spotting early on, but bubs is still doing fine at 30 weeks.
Devon, sorry to hear you had a rough week, but glad to hear the GD results are all clear. It feels exciting being in the 30's now hey! Weeks pregnant I mean
BG love your new avvy!
Hippy Mum, Nixon, Buliej, Bel, BW, TL, on tra_k, Janie and Nicole - hope you are all doing really well
Just a question for those in their third trimester, does your midwife/OB do much when you see them? I've read a few posts about scans and urine tests etc, but all my OB does is manually feel bub, measure my fundus (belly) to check size, and listen to the heartbeat. She briefly did US scan last time to see which way up it is, but only for 10 seconds or so. I know she is very experienced and qualified - she says she can tell if the size is OK manually, and she always says me and bubs are going well. I haven't had a detailed scan since week 20. Just wondering what other experiences are....
Numa, my OB appointments are usually really quick too. Blood pressure check, quick scan, sometimes I'm weighed (but rarely). We have a time where I can ask about anything that's been worrying me, she tells me about any test results we've had (if we've had any) and then we book in the next one. Usually in and out in under 10 minutes.
I figure it's fairly normal - I've not heard of much being different with other people around this time. The only thing that has varied for me is that we had detailed scans at 24 weeks and 32 weeks because of a single umbilical artery... They need to keep a closer eye on Munchkin's heart and blood flow through the cord, and despite some fears that he was going to be a small bub, he's now shaping up to be a rather big bubba. If you haven't needed the extra scans I guess it just means that your baby is healthy and there's nothing at all to worry about and you can just cruise along and enjoy a perfectly normal and boring pregnancy. In my book boring is good - things only get interesting when stuff goes wrong!
And some of us are still older than our number of weeks pregnant!
Thanks BW and Hippy Mum, both your posts made me smile. I should just be happy everything is normal, but its hard when you are a natural worrier, and then being a LLTTCer as well . I forgot, she does check my blood pressure as well. I should really just be happy she's not overdoing it - she is the president of the OBs and Gynos organisation so I'm sure she really does know a lot! haha silly me
oh bless you numa...she sounds like she will keep you safe. She sounds like she a lot of faith i you hun and your ability as a mumma. It is wonderful for her to be treating you as a pg woman and not a sick patient. It is all good hun.
Love Hm xoxo
Hi Miss_c - lovely to see you back, I've been wondering how you were going. I can't believe you are so close to meeting your CB!! I'm really sorry to hear about your being diagnosed with depression, but I'm glad to hear you seem to be coming out the other side. Pregnancy can be a really hard journey, and with all the other stuff you've been dealing with it's no wonder you've had a hard time. It can't be easy to move to the other side of the world when you're pregnant. But it's wonderful to have you back now, and hopefully we can provide some extra support for you. I'm sorry also to hear about the GD, that sucks. I reckon there is something a bit borderline going on with my blood sugar levels, so I've resolved to basically eat a GD diet and do some exercise every day. How marvellous that you might have your baby here in three weeks!! I can't believe how close some of us are getting to meeting our babies!
HM - thanks hun! Yes - I really began to suspect that the high levels of soy in my diet were having an effect on my fertility. I brought dairy and eggs back in to get some more varied sources of protein. I really do think it may have helped. Plus, knowing I'm having a boy I don't want too many of those phytoestrogens floating around.
LNB - I hope the spotting goes away really soon. It seems a good sign that it hasn't gotten any worse. When I was in the early weeks of this pg I had a bit of brown discharge, so old blood, and it just went away. It did come in patches and totally freaked me out, but all is going well so far - I'm sure that all will be well for you too. Most women who bleed during pg do not miscarry. Best of luck for your appointment on Tuesday!! Sending you loads of
TL - yay on having a date for finishing work!!! So glad all is going well for you after a bumpy ride.
Numa - heh heh - yes very exciting to be in the 30s! Chronologically I would prefer to be in my 20s, but in a pregnancy sense it is great! At each appointment I see the midwife for about 5 mins, she does a dipstick in a urine sample, checks my blood pressure and weighs me. Then gets any paperwork ready for ob. Then I see ob for about 10-15 mins. He talks about any issues that have come up, then does a 2 min scan, a bit of question time and that's it. They all seem to have their own particular way they do things. And like BW said, the more boring the better!! Yes, if she's the president of the ob/gyn association then I would think she's pretty skilled!
BW - yep, I'm still older than my number of weeks pg too. Not for much longer though...
Feeling a bit emotional today, it feels like pregnancy is getting a bit hard again - I suppose that easy time of the second trimester that we're supposed to enjoy is over now. It's all getting a bit much. Only three more weeks of work - I cannot wait!
to everyone I've missed. Hope you're all having a lovely Saturday.
Hi All.
Apologies for not being around. I am in renovation nightmare land (again). The place is a mess ! I have had the quick glance through everything every now and then but am totally out of the loop - but thought I would let you know we found out last monday and we are having a GIRL. I have to admit and am ashamed to say, I was so positive it was a boy and had convinced myself and my friends and DP that it was the only option that I cried after the scan. So stupid. DP told me he would give me one day because of the shock.
Everything is perfect with her which I am blessed to say and I felt really bad. The day after I was much better and now I have totally made up with my baby girl for wishing so much she was a boy. I am starting to buy some things so happy now. DP didn't care he is just so overjoyed to be a dad fullstop.
I will be offline again for a while in the next day or so as hopefully the builders broken foot repairs.... so apologise for no personals. Due date still 12 April at this stage.
. I forgot, she does check my blood pressure as well. I should really just be happy she's not overdoing it - she is the president of the OBs and Gynos organisation so I'm sure she really does know a lot! haha silly me
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