Hey Renee - I went for my nuchal test scan yesterday, (so it was a day before 13 weeks) and you are going to be so amazed at what you can see. I counted fingers and toes!!! I'm hanging out for you to get your scan so you can let us know what you saw. Our downs syndrome chance is 1/11500 so very very low risk therefore we don't have to get any invasive tests done (amniocentesis). The awesome thing for me and DH was that our EDD has changed from 19/12 to 15/12 which is the date that I worked out based on LMP but the FS said it was the 19th for some crazy IVF reason. Bah! Bub is apparently 'perfect' and measuring 6.5cm, yet it was the 7week scan that it was only 0.65cm, amazing how quick they grow.
Brunette - your new independance sounds great, however now it means housework :-(
Sorry to sound ignorant but can you explain the identical twin thing to me? I thought you had 2 x embies transferred in, so does that mean that 1 didn't stick, and the other split into two?
Leabie - good that your acupuncture is coming to an end, they must be pleased with your 'pulses' (ha ha). My last session was last week and he said that unless I get heartburn or really bad back down the track then he doesn't want to see me.
Juniper - sorry to hear you're suffering MS - on a positive note when I saw my FS/OBs a few weeks ago he said that MS is a sign of a healthy pregnancy. I then had to say to him that I haven't had ANY.... he didn't comment further, hmpf, typical.
AFM I have hit 13weeks and I'm feeling great, except for the constant bloated feeling and the tiredness, however I've had both of those for weeks so nothing new there! And tonight I took out my horseshoe earrings that I've been wearing since EPU and ET. I feel like I've hit a milestone, and can now start planning the nursery. (got the Mountain Buggy Swift so DH can jog with bub, and an Angelcare monitor that is really cool - it has movement sensor mats that go under the cot mattress and after 20 seconds with no movement the alarm goes off! Also picked up a 0-18kg car seat for $139 on sale at Target over the weekend). Next on the list is painting the nursery (DH, not me!) and cot etc. Phew!!
CK-77~ Congrats on making your milestone! Welcome to your second trimester...the easy part.(Third is full of new fun LOL).
Lise~ hope bub is making some signs he is on his way soon enough.Thinking of you.
Paula~10 weeks to go!! Yay!! On the home run!!
Everyone else who sent their kind wishes and thoughts my way regarding my growth scan...THANKYOU xx
I received a letter in the mail today with the full run down of Mondays scan.Bub is perfect size (if not a little big,57th percentile) and her head measures 29cm.Not too bad to push out but it WILL grow bigger...gee wizz! Cord is flowing well,heartbeat strong and placenta nice and high in the front.Fluid good etc etc so it was a nice read.
Have decided today that HCF sucks!..after being told months ago that i can claim my ante natal classes,i found out today that as i have top hospital cover but NO extras,its not covered!! I was so annoyed as i had been told i would get $100 back.Anyhow i thought oh well..what can you do..BUT the B*#@H behind the desk said to me " You must have misunderstood,because you are pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!" I felt like leaning over the desk and slapping her.I promptly came home and called HCF and reported her rudeness to the manager.I am waiting to hear what they say.What a rude cow. (Rant over)
Today i bought pj's,labour nightshirt,breast pads,maternity pads so i can get my hospital/labour bag ready.So exciting!
Have my ob app tomorrow and am interested to hear what he says about my teeny tiny baby actually being a perfect size baby.Will updat tomorrow.Off to fb and ebay now.Goodnight.x
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Renee - thats brilliant news about your nuchal translucency scan - what lovely odds! And congrats on taking out your horseshoe earrings and finishing acupuncture, glad that you've reached that point. I like that monitor you got - my SIL has one too, great for peace of mind. I think I'll be getting one. Too soon for me to start shopping though.
As for the heartbeat - hehe - for my scan it was definitely the baby's, I didn't hear it, the OB just showed me some wavy lines on a graph and said "that's the heartbeat". If it were mine, I'd be in serious trouble - it was going at 179bpm! Look forward to hearing it down the track, for now seeing it is just as satisfying.
Renee - so sorry that nothing seems to be working for your MS, you poor darl. And metallic taste on top of it - thats just not fair
MissK - great to hear that everything is going great guns! Sorry you didn't get to see more action on the screen. Bummer about the anaemia, I just got told that I am as well - red meat just is sooo unattractive at the moment
Paula - great news that the OB is happy with your progress. Good luck with your GTT next week. I too have PCOS and was diagnosed with insulin resistance a few years ago, had a GTT the other day but thats because I've been naughty and not had one for 3 years... oops!
Nina - hi! haven't met you in these forums before, hope you're doing great.
Hiya. Sorry I've been missing in action, my laptop has completely died, and I'm completely incommunicado (now on DH's laptop). I'm so frustrated - our DVD has died, and it's Euro region and we're going to have real problems replacing it (reasonably!). And my laptop - only 2 years old and it's $1500 down the swannie. And with DH away for a week - it was so frustrating. I felt a bit isolated, and even had to resort to doing the ironing to entertain myself.
Anyway, enough whinging. Hello all! Lise - how is seduction central? Any twinges? Some days I forget I'm pregnant, some days I think I'm only days away from giving birth... The four ladies from my yoga group are going for our first coffee next week, I'm so excited.
I won't attempt personals now, I've got too many pages to catch up on. Just two things to comment on: I would be a lot more happy about reheating something I'd cooked myself than something I'd bought. That way you are sure about the quality of the ingredients in the first place, sure about the way you cooked it, and how it was cooled. Second... If you don't want to eat meat, try dried apricots and broccoli... there's a lot more ways to get iron than dead things.... Floradix is very good too. I think you can help it by having vit c at the same time, or it might be the other way round, look it up in the internet.
Renee - I do remember that awful metallic taste...I use to get it occasionally, I found if I drank coffee/tea it made it worse...Not sure if thats the same with you.
Ck77 - Wow, you have got a lot already!! I just love baby shopping, and can spend hours just browsing through the isles!! Glad everything was well with your scan.
wantbaby#2 - sorry to hear about your run in with HCF, what a rude cow of a woman that you spoke to - hopefully they will take your complaint seriously!! YAY for packing hospital bags. We have started to gather some items to start ours in the near future, it's a very big "Wow this is really going to happen" moment!
Leabie - Hi!! Congratulations on reaching 9 weeks hun.
LM - Sorry to hear about your laptop hun!! Yikes I don't know how I'd survive without mine. Can you get someone to take a look at it? In case it's saveable. With the region DVD's, I know if you purchase certain types there are ways you can make them region free. I think it's little things you can do to them (like codes) - you can sometimes buy the instructions online. Hope that helps.
AFM - Doing well, actually had a little slip this morning and fell against the bed rail. I was surprised at how calm I was, rang Maternity and they told me to have a cold drink, lay on my left side and see if I can feel bub move in the next 20 mins...I said "But he's moving now?" She laughed and said "That's a good thing sweetie"...He has been moving all morning, checked HB on doppler, which is well and I was told to watch for cramping or spotting and if it starts go straight to ER. I need to be more careful, I'm so front heavy lately!!! But glad little McPeanut is going well.
It really doesn't pay to stay away sometimes, so many posts to catch up on!!
Chrissy - congrats on passing the 13 week mark - have you told all your family and friends yet? That was so much fun, I loved doing that!
LondonMiss - I know how hard it is being at home without a computer, I hated it which is why I went and bought a new one even though I really shouldn't have...! Hope you have fun at coffee with your yoga pals! A group of us from my antenatal classes have been catching up, it's been lovely to have some company!
Leabie - glad you got to see the heartbeat, it's an amazing thing to witness isn't it?
Wantbaby - don't you just love health insurance? I"m just waiting for ours to say something like that. Mind you, i'm a bit annoyed myself with our OB at the moment - was talking to other pregnant ladies who said as soon as they paid their OB the 'planning and management' fee they hit the Medicare Safety Net and are now reaping the benefits. That hasn't happened for us yet and apparently the way our OB itemises that fee is that it's planning, management AND delivery, so until all three have happened we can't claim things back??? Not so sure about that so will have to do some digging.
Renee - sorry about the metallic taste. I didn't experience it so not sure how to beat it but I know it's very common so i'm sure if you do some Googling you'll find some answers.
Ninah and Miss K - hello! Hope you're both going well and look forward to reading where you're up to
Paula - how did your GTT go yesterday?
Leabie - glad your acupuncture sessions have decreased a little - IVF and pregnancy can be an expensive little trip can't it? I hit my limit months ago for claiming back on acupuncture through my health fund so now I just have to pay full price...
S'rose - sorry your first scan was rushed, in my experience the rest are lovely and long and you'll have heaps of time to see your little one xx
Brunette - so what wild adventures have you been up to this week?!
Juniper - I think others' have covered this already, but in regards to leftovers I would only eat it within 24 hours and that's if it's been stored properly at the right temperatures. DH loves it because suddenly all the leftovers are generally his now
AFM - I'm the same same same. OB appointment on Tuesday - NOTHING has changed since my last visit, even my blood pressure was exactly the same. The chicklet hasn't engaged any more so doesn't look like i'll be going any time soon... I haven't actually tried seducing DH yet - we talk about it in a half-hearted way but to be honest by the time he's home from work i'm generally too tired to do anything, plus i'm not exactly feeling very sexy at the moment so although my mind is right there i'm afraid my body isn't coming to the party...! But as of today, even if I go over then i've got a max of 4 weeks to go so i'm trying to find some comfort in that. Physically, i'm actually okay, some cramping and my back is sore and I can't really get comfy, but emotionally i'm so ready for the Chicklet to come out! I feel like i've got the worst PMS EVER to the point where I even feel sorry for DH because he's copping it all the time. The number of times i've hung up the phone on him this week...
Went to a breastfeeding workshop yesterday which was really good. The midwife was fantastic, really knowledgeable and very funny - but is it just me or does anyone else think it was a little bizarre that there was a MALE in our class? I didn't care for most of it but I did feel a bit stupid 'breastfeeding' my doll with him there watching...!!
Anyhoo, this post is way too long and my brain is now officially fried so i'm off. Have a lovely day all xx
Lise~ You always crack me up.I hang up on DH all the time but the silly man calls back again and again and again!
Nina~ You poor thing.I always trip and get so scared of falling over.Im glad that your bub is still ok though! Im thinking of wrapping myself in a roll of bubble wrap so if i fall i will be cushioned.
London miss~ I HATE not having my laptop.I really dont know what to do.Its like using my computer is all i know how to do.
Everyone else,glad that all is well and that your pregnancies are coming along nicely.
Just got back from my ob app..........I said to my ob i have chosen to have a elective c section (due to the terrible birth experience i had with my son) and he said o.k,did a scan and Peanut has turned Breech so at this stage the choice was out of my hands anyhow.I thought she had turned as on Monday she started off Oblique then turned Transverse.Today whilst driving i felt hiccups under my ribs and thought,"i hope she isnt breech" and of course..yes she is! Anyhow the good bit is i finally have a date!! 23rd July!! I get 2 weeks off!! Dr said he thionks bub will be around 7 pound 6 but that was before we booked the c section so we shall see how big she is.Its so nice to have date!! Im so excited.Am waiting for DH to come home now to tell him.
Brunette i too am a little confused about you possibly having identical twins. Arent they meant to be in the same sac? MissK cheeky already hey?! Great that all is ok though.
Hi Ninah glad to hear that the fall didnt affect you and that bub is moving around lots. We are very close in our due dates :-) Chrissy getting the nursery ready is so exciting. We are in that process now and loving it! wantbaby#2 fantastic news on bub being perfect and also on having a date!! Woohoo. Definitely nice to know when its going to happen rather than waiting around. And having two weeks off, what a bonus! What a cow indeed at HCF. Hello, we are pregnant not stupid!! I too am with HCF so may ring them to find out if i will get anything back. LondonMiss five weeks to go!! Do you have everything ready? lise my GTT is next Wednesday. Will let you know how i go. Knowing that at the most you only four weeks left must really be reassuring. Hopefully something starts to happen soon for you. As for the male in your breastfeeding class, definitely weird!!
First antenatal class tonight. Have to rush home and then rush to the hospital to get there on time but really looking forward to it!
Leabie, good news that your acu sessions are now down to 1 per week. Have you got the results back from your GTT? Re being told your anaemic, are you on an iron tablet? My FS put me on a high-grade one a few weeks back, and I think my haemoglobin level was okay. Precautionary I suppose. The one the pharmacist recommended for me is Ferro Grad C (small bottle with red label). It has vitamin C in it which helps with constipation - not to get it, that is!
Renee, you poor thing with not only MS but now the metallic taste too. FX it will end once you hit your second trimester!
Paula, good news that your OB says you are progressing nicely. GL for your GTT next Wednesday and hope you enjoy your 1st antenatal class tonight.
Miss K, you made me laugh when you said you did a few starjumps to see if bubs would play ball and turn over! Sorry that you couldn't see all you wanted. Have you also thought about taking an iron supplement like the one I just mentioned above to Leabie?
CK, great news on your nuchal scan result and on reaching the second trimester. I'm still wearing my horseshoe necklace every day! My nuchal scan is next Wednesday and I am pretty worried about it (hence still wearing the necklace every day!) but FX all will go well. You are certainly buying up a storm for the nursery. Go girl! The car seat you bought from Target sounds like an absolute bargain!
wantbaby#2, Great news that your bub is in exactly the right percentile. No doubt a great relief for you. I agree about how rude that woman was re the health insurance, and it's good to complain when you feel strongly. It must be nice having a date, too, with the c-section now planned. FX all things progressing well for me, my FS has already mentioned a c-section and with twins it's probably the prudent thing to do and follow his advice.
Lise, re the planning and management fee, it's probably different in different states, but our fee for this is to be paid at week 20. Medicare still covers or gives you a rebate for it, but thanks to Rudd it is now capped. So even if you have hit the safety net, you only get about (depending on what fee your FS/OB charges) a quarter back! Rudd obviously doesn't want Australian women to have babies! Damn, shouldn't go there because I could go on and on about him at the moment. He is my local federal member and his office is less than a kilometre away. I would dearly love to protest outside - not that he's ever there anyway. Rant, rant, rant! How weird that a male was in your breastfeeding class, and you make me LOL with your doll. Not long to go now. Re my wild adventures, my FS said I could drive this week. So I have done two little quick trips to the shops, and it was weird how scared I was being behind the wheel again but also great! I'm off to see the movie Harry Brown tomorrow, too
Hi Ninah, glad that everything is well after your fall. No doubt very reassuring to have a doppler at home.
LondonMiss, when we first moved in the house and I was on home/bed rest, all we had was this crappy old computer with outdated software, a wireless internet connection which constantly dropped out and no home phone. No wonder I nearly went crazy until all technology was connected - which was well over a week! So I totally hear you not having a computer. Wondered where you had gone to. Welcome back!
AFM, I am week 12 tomorrow - so hard to believe. I have next week off work due primarily to the nuchal scan. Didn't think it very smart to go back to work in that week if the news was not good. So FX and all things going well, I will make a gradual return to work just after week 13. Apparently for me my good time will be the second trimester and then the third trimester I'll just be huge and my FS wants me to stop work at week 25!!!! Does he think we're made of money and also have an endless supply of leave? Aaaagh! Re questions about identical v fraternal twins, DH and I believe that we have fraternal twins (and yes we had two embryos transferred) but apparently one embryo can split within a few days of the other and they can still have their own sacs and placentas and be identical. I don't think it very likely, but if they are the same gender then really the only way of knowing (to my understanding at least) is to have the placentas tested after birth.
Hi to everyone hope you are all doing well. Sorry i read back through a couple of pages and by the time i got back to the start i had forgotten lots!!!!
Nothing new with me, same old! We did buy our cot yesterday though. I know it is early but we saw it at Babies R us and loved it. The best part was it is a $900 cot which was half price, so we picked it up for $450!!!!! That was the only reason we bought it so soon. It won't come out of the box for awhile, till the room is ready. So i think that makes it ok
Maggie - Sorry hun, I can sympathise with you. I have had chronic nausea and vomiting since week 5 and i am now at 12 weeks. I have tried everything and nothing has worked for me. Sorry to sound like there is no hope but i have found that it is just something that us unlucky who get it have to deal with it! Mine seems to be getting worse (which i didn't think was possible) but sometimes the more you sit around and think about the worse it can seem. Sometimes I found it helped to get up and go for a short walk or just get some fresh air. Of course these things didn't get rid of it but sometimes it would help it fade into the back ground. Hopefully your case will be temporary and will fade soon, I am praying that anytime now mine will magically just stop!!! Sorry I couldn't give you anymore positive advice but just hang in there, and do try the advice people give you, something may just work for you everyone is different. GL with it.
so sorry that nothing seems to be working for your MS, you poor darl. And metallic taste on top of it - thats just not fair 
haven't met you in these forums before, hope you're doing great.
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