I haven't been around much the last week - school's gone back and it's bloody hot so I've been coming home and falling asleep. And, as usual, after spending forever catching up I have no time left to reply.
Possums - so stoked for you about your scan. About the number of scans during pg - with my DS I had the normal 12 and 18 then had an extra 2 or 3 near the end due to my diabetes just to check bub's size. If they won't let you maybe you can organise an extra hospital appointment to see a midwife and at least listen to the heartbeat???
Congratulations on the births of Chloe and Amber!!!! Love the names. Not loving the birth stories though - Hope holding your beautiful bundles makes everything else unimportant. Congratulations again ladies xo
Grub - phew that you and your fam are ok after the cyclone. I just can't imagine how scary it must be.
Mindhugs - Awesome news too about your scan. It must be going really well if it's already measuring big. I have also been covering a very full looking belly at work.
Dreamrise - I cannot believe the companies don't cover ivf pregnancies. It might make sense in the first few weeks, but I thought we were 'normal' after about 8 weeks in terms of risk. Good luck - I'm sure you won't need it anyway.
I know I have missed so many people - it is just too hot in this room to type any longer. My 12 week scan is finally tomorrow. I hope the extreme temps haven't done any harm. I don't see how it can cool down in there when I am so hot out here. Very nervous. Well, only one day until I find out. Talk to you tomorrow xo
kaybee- good luck for your scan! (and thanks for the suggestion re the heartbeat, any reassurance would be good i think) i hope all goes really well for you tomorrow- how exciting to reach 12 weeks :-)
Glad to hear everyone is doing okay and I'm sure all Australians are relieved that there have been no reported deaths (so far) from the Cyclone. I'm sure it would have been so scarey to be there and imagine the poor woman who gave birth at an evacuation centre. With all the fear about the cyclone and the normal worries when giving birth I can imagine it would have been extremely stressful.
AFM: I was told today that the family whose children I currently look after are moving to Qld early April (so I will be out of work). I contacted the council today to find out what the chances were of finding another family or families to work for until at least mid July and at this stage it doesn't look good. I'm really stressed as my morgage is $800 a fortnight and even if I go back on the full sole parent pension I only get $600 a fortnight and then $200 a fortnight Family Tax Benefit. I currently have a tenant/housemate and that brings in $280 a fortnight (but I have to pay all power bills etc) so I'll only have $280 a fortnight to pay all bills, food, petrol, insurance, council rates etc - a complete impossibility. Let alone paying back the loan for the IVF and any future out of pocket medical bills. I'm starting to get really stressed about what I am going to do.
I'm thinking of getting a realestate agent in to find out what I might be able to rent my farm out for but then I need to work out where I can put my horses and where my daughter and I can rent.
Not the sort of stress I need at the moment... :-(
Possums - with my first pregnancy I used a fetal doppler as my children don't move very much (apparently neither did I or my sister) - I checked with my B and he said it won't hurt the baby. It wasa godsend as anytime I wasn't sure I could just check without anyone needing to know I was stressing (and hence stressing me out even more).
I bought a good one off ebay from the US for about $120 and it was the best money I spent-I have used from this pregnancy from about 9 weeks (I am not a big person so it makes it easier to hear early. I have hardly had to use it this pregnancy as I am more confident given I know this process actually results in a baby at the end which I didn't believe at all with my DD
Kaybee - goodluck with scan tomorrow - I am sure it will all be fine!
Dreamrise - sorry to hear about your money stress - hopefully (with fingers crossed) it will sort itself out very soon.
Glad to hear that QLD has escaped serious injuries and deaths from the cyclone - I know people are still impacted enormously in some areas, but luckily the more highly populated areas appear to have escaped the worst.
Mindhugs - congrats on your scan
Hi to everyone I have missed- it's so hot here I feel like a fat hen. Going to be the OB tomorrow to check if I am OK to be induced at 38 weeks. He is keen as my left hand side has been compensating for almost eight weeks because of my sore right hip and my nerve pain is getting worse. As long as bubs is OK to come out then I am OK with it to.
Possums, we had a lot of scans. Our FS did one at 7wks and 10wks. Then our OB did one at our first appt (12wks). We had our nuchal scan just before 13wks. The MW did another scan at our 16wk appt because she couldn't find bub with the doppler. Then we had the anatomy scan at 19wks and a repeat anatomy scan at 25wks. We started getting u/s at every OB appt from around 28wks (so 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38 & 39wks). We had 2 additional u/s done at the hospital when we had our ECV at 38wks. There may have even been others I've forgotten.
Phew - my scan went ok. There is still a little person growing inside. It was lovely and reasurring to see it there, looking nice and comfy - rolling and wriggling around. NT was 2.4 though - so, not too thick but not also not too thin. BT will reveal all and results should be in by around Tuesday (why so slow??? - ivf clinic results were always so quick). Anyway, I said I'd be happy when I got to here and here I am already holding my breath for the next result. I don't know if I should tell anyone yet - it's friday so I will see people over the weekend. I am sick of lying but don't want to get ahead of myself. Sorry - rambling again.
And, they've changed my date and I've just skipped a week ahead - yay - already 13 weeks! Talk soon, xo
Congrats Kaybee on your scan as well as going a week ahead. I hope everything is fine with your bloods - how annoying they weren't ready for your scan!
- I went to the ob today and am 3-4cm dilated so bubs will be here pretty soon!
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