Happy 3rd Trimester. I can't wait to be in the 2nd. Only a few days to go. I think this is the longest 1st trimester I have had. Although they all feel long to me at the time until your looking back on it. I am now sporting a cute small but hard bump and getting some glances.
Thanks ,my 10 year old said just last night ,oh annabelle is growing ,look at your stomach ,how big it is getting ,,it taken a while for him to bond with her ,he kept calling her the embryo for quite a while,he has really let his barriers down now but still bit scared I think which I think is understandable so I didn't push him,just let him let the walls down when he can,,when he kissed my stomach the other night he said goodnight annabelle ,stay alive,,and he asks me everyday ,have you had movement?,,he was only three when we buried Matthew ,but he was quite involved with the funeral process and the memorial things we have done and will continue to do..hear the kids talking though and they say ,she's made it further than Matthew ,so that is reassuring to them ,,and me ...thanks for chatting to me
Yes that's understandable. My sisters son was the same (she lost his brother at 24weeks). It was hard for him to get excited and didn't really expect a baby I don't think until he was visiting him in hospital after he was born.
My boss guessed yesterday that I was pregnant which is kind of a relief as I didn't really want to spill the beans. She was very good about it which was good as I was worried how she would feel with me taking leave again. I don't know what I'll do, I don't know if I should resign and just pick up the odd casual shift down the track. Or try and take a year off and just do 1day a week. Realistically with 5kids I don't think I can manage doing more then 1day for that first year or 2.
Yes ,you will have your hands joyously full,,unfortunately these things come down pure financial reasons at times ,glad your boss was good about it though ,still remember the night I told my boss ,this was back in the early 90's and he gave me the two heaviest jobs for the night ,ratbag he was,,there is a lot more health and safety and unfair dismissal laws in place now which is good I think in the case of some boss's..afm - feeling the heat ,had the air conditioner on more than I should ,have to start saving up for the electricity bill,lol
Nothing to report on my end. Just waiting to have some more tests done early Feb and I will get the results a few days later. I don't see the Ob for the first time until late Feb when I will be about 18weeks.
Struggling at work. I am so tired. I am normally a morning person and flake towards the afternoon. It was such a struggle to get up today.
I am hanging out to feel movements. I think I feel the odd tapping sensation but really very little yet. My placenta is at the front so maybe thats why I am not really feeling much as I have with my previous pregnancies taking out the first. I find this whole pregnancy thing really stressful. Although I also don't wish for it to be over for a long time yet.
Mildez- my placenta is at the front as well ,they told me movements wouldn't be as noticeable ,I've been really tired as well ,been putting it down to low iron and my age ,I had the glocose test the other day and drifting off for a few minutes in the pathology waiting room,got startled when someone opened the door,lol...anyways the test came back positive ,so new one for me ,got an appointment Monday at a different dr ,my obs referred me to ,and also see a diabetes educator up at the hospital on Monday as well,then Wednesday see a dietician ,have spoken to her over the phone and asked what should I be doing ,,she said no lollies ,no full sugar soft drink ,no full sugar jelly ,no rice ,,she asked does your diet usually have these things in it ,,when I said no ,,she said on Wednesday we will look at carbs ,maybe we can change some things there,,,if there isn't any thing we can change dramatically in your diet ,you might need some insulin ...she said could be just your age ,as I'm a tad over 38,,yes bit over that lol,by nearly a decade ..and my history with pcos plus one of my uncles was insulin depended on my mums side ...I'm finding bubs quiet periods stressful ,when I got to 24 weeks though I remembered what my dr said ,that after 24 weeks we can at least try to help ,,where with Matthew ,it was there's nothing we could of done ,he is just too tiny,,let us know how your tests go
Started feeling flutters like butterflys in your stomach about 16 weeks I think ,just slightly though ,,,she had a quiet day today so I took myself off to the gp and she did a heartbeat check for me ,was reassuring ...had quite a few appointments in regard to the gestational diabetes ,,dr is checking thyroid ,I'm doing monitoring at home 4 times a day for a week ,then if levels are still high ,just have to go on insulin ,they have found a few things in my diet though ,,been having too much watermelon ,rockmelon and pineapple ,and too much fruit juices ,,so might make a difference cutting these things out ...they've got a plan for bub ,she will have to be admitted to special care nursery so that she can have her blood sugar levels monitored after birth ,,I have an appointment to go in at 36 weeks and try to express some milk for them to freeze so its there if she needs it ,not sure how that will go as I've had trouble with milk production in other pregnancy ,,they said we will try and if we can't ,she'll still be fed ,so that's the main thing ...have you had your tests and waiting on results ?
Thanks for asking MM. I am ok. I saw my GP yesterday and all is going well apparently The exhaustion has not lifted. Probably not helped by the fact I am working a week straight at present and we all have head colds. I discovered I need surgery but they wont operate until after bub is born. I have a hernia that is starting to give me a lot of grief now bub is getting bigger and squashing the insides.
I am worried I am basically not getting any movements at all. I was getting them weeks ago but now nothing. I am almost 17weeks and bub is probably measuring a lot bigger then that so I am confused and keep thinking the worst. Even with the Doppler I can't hear it move like I use to. I am just finding the whole thing very stressful. Maybe after the morphology scan I will feel better. I also feel guilty for feeling this way as this bub wasn't exactly hard to make. We didn't try at all so I don't know why I am so anxious and hating the experience. The fear of the unknown is awful and I already want it out (full term of course) so I can see it its ok. I hate not been able to enjoy this out of fear its too good to be true.
I see the Ob the day before the morphology scan. He maybe able to give me a sneak peak and reassure me there is nothing major going on. Its still 2weeks away however.
Anyway how are you going? How is the GD? It mustn't be too long now before your due? Do you think this bub will come early?
Jbm I am praying its a strong BFP when you get your official results. If so are you hoping for 1 baby or 2? I would have loved twins years ago (not now with 4 already) but would have found the pregnancy very very tough and with my history I'd probably have them premature. I did conceive twins years ago but neither made it.
Mildez-as you know the actual position of the baby /placenta can make a huge difference to movements,I think sometimes to different babies are more active ,,my eldest was a bit of a lazy baby ,at 24 she can still be a bit of a lazy bum ,lol..with working and other kids as well ,maybe your not feeling much as your not sitting /laying down much ...the gd levels are going up and down ,,diabetic nurse going to make the call on Monday whether I go on insulin,,I'm due 1st of may but dr has already said that he doesn't want be to go over time ,,1st is a Sunday so I'm thinking they mightn't want inductions on the weekend ,so I'm thinking she might be an April bub ,just,,on fortnightly apps with obs ,so as he said countdown began
So thrilled to see your ticker JBM. How are things going? When is your head count scheduled for?
MM how are you going? I would be thinking bub will be an April baby too. How exciting not to much longer. I am now having the very occasional movement. Nothing today but I felt him/her a few times yesterday at work.
My morphology scan is next week. Just want it over and done with. It always makes me really nervous something will be wrong. I have had an absolutely terrible 12months with things outside my control. I just don't think I can cope with anything not going right. Hopefully the end of next week I will be able to relax a little more an not be so anxious. Not sure if I will find out the gender.
mildez-yay for movements ,they are reassuring ,,someone told me the other day a bath used to get her babies moving when they were having a quiet period ,im having a fair bit of ligament /muscle pain so im not going to try it ,if i got into a bath ,might have trouble getting out at the moment
Mildez -how did today go ? Afm -still having some spikes in my sugar levels ,they've tried few things with the diet so they are going to show me how to do the insulin shots ,in preparation if dr wants me to go on them ,see him next Wednesday ,,Monday have a growth scan ,saw ob yesterday which went well
My appointment went ok although I am devastated he told me the gender after telling him I didn't want to know. My husband was planning to find out and do a gender reveal (I don't know what that was) to me. I was so upset and I can't bring myself to let him know I know although it wasn't my fault. Now I am going to have to act all surprised when he tells me, I'm just so disappointed to have found out the way I did. It was so impersonal as I was walking out the door at the end of my appointment. The way he put it there is absolutely no way it was just a term he uses for every baby.
Apart from the I have to start on thyroxine and irodine.
Glad things went ok,,even though the gender reveal didnt work out how it was planned ,the thought from your husband will still me there ,,if he is anything like mine it will go over his head that you already know..what is thyroxine used for ?..afm getting a lot of the skin conditions this pregnancy which I haven't had before ,brown pigmentation ,red spots and skin tags ,,maybe an age thing lol
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The exhaustion has not lifted. Probably not helped by the fact I am working a week straight at present and we all have head colds. I discovered I need surgery but they wont operate until after bub is born. I have a hernia that is starting to give me a lot of grief now bub is getting bigger and squashing the insides. 
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