Maddison - welcome. Blimey 33 weeks! are you excited? Are you huge? That's one the the things I am looking forward to, being huge. Hope your pg has been going well.
Sparkles - awesome! 157 is right on! You must just feel so good when you hear bubs heartbeat.
What happens at a midwide appointment? My ob spoke about them at some point in one of my pg, but I have never attended one, I always see the ob.
I was talking to my DH the other day after I read your post about that very issue - how I would cope if I couldn't find the HB. I decided until a little later on,its not for me. I was at the ob last week and it took him ages to find it, I was strying to keep calm and not jump to conclusions but it was getting hard.... I know I would have without the ob there reassurring me. So for me, as much as I would love to have easy access to bubs HB, I am not ready to cope on my own if I can't find it. Besides the ob says i can go up to his rooms anytime.
hi all. It's been a while since I posted in here. Hope you're all doing well
Milly5 - I understand where you're coming from with not feeling bub. I'm nearly 20wks and still havent felt a thing. The longer it goes, the more anxious I am. I'm starting to dread the scan next week, in case it's bad news. I know all the logic - it's my first to get this far, I have an anterior placenta and I'm overweight, so it may take another few weeks... it doesn't stop the anxiety and the negative thoughts driving me into tears.
dory - I am in awe about how strong you're being. Its wonderful that you're doing everything you need to to make sure bub is kept in nice and safe as long as possible. I also wouldn't cope not being able to find bub's HB. If the midwife takes more than a couple of minutes I start to stress.
Audax - I hope you're feeeling better and the test results were good
CharlieCat - I hope you had another positive result
I hope everyone else is well. I have good days, when I can feel the uterus stretching etc, but the constant "when will I feel bub" anxiety is getting to me. Getting exercise can help clear my head and help me start to focus on the positives, but some mornings, it's just hard to get out of bed. I think the depression may be sneaking back in again. I suppose all I can do is take it one day at a time.
Tashy - awesome to hear from you and that really you are doing so well, with a good dash of anxiety and worry thrown in too. 19 weeks already! Good luck next week - I hope everything is fine and you feel little bubs soon enough. My thoughts are with you. You are stronger than you realise, and one day at a time is what gets me through.
Hi Tashybabe,
Just wanted to let you know that i have an anterior placenta too and didnt feel any movement until around 23 weeks. Then i only felt kicking at the sides. It gets much stronger though and a few weeks later you will be feeling it all over. I stressed out too but it will come soon.
Thanks for the welcome Dory. I am starting to feel huge and have a real waddle when i walk. Starting to get quite uncomfortable but loving it all the same. I have had a very easy pregnancy. Had a few scares over the first 11 weeks with brown and red spotting but as you can see everything has worded out fine so far.
Belly rubs to everyone else out there.
Last edited by maddison; April 6th, 2010 at 04:29 PM.
6600! That's a doubling time of 2.19 days from last week, so I am happy with that!
Next one is Thursday, then scan on Monday - it has come around so fast! I'm starting to think that the 6 month wait was perfect preparation for this - time is flying for me this time!
Feeling much better today. Constant sips of water seem to be working for me.
maddison - good to see you! I was thinking of you the other day, SO glad everything is going well.
Maddison - I am so happy for you. I also have this mental image of your preggas waddle. You go girl.
Audax - AWESOME - I am so happy for you and your happiness and confidence just radiates off the page. Thursday is tomorrow and then a scan next week. Ohh how exciting.
Audax - that's wonderful. You must be thrilled . Remember for the next test result, after about 6000, the doubling time increases, so don't freak if it's over 72 hours. I didn't know and had a major melt down
Maddison - thank you for your experience - it made me feel a lot better. (That and a hug from DH). I read about the theory, but when all the experiences in my buddy group etc are that ladies are feeling bub way earlier, it just compounds my worry. So I'll try and kep it together for the next few weeks. I hope the next few weeks are easy for you.
dory - thanks for the support - really appreciated.
. Remember for the next test result, after about 6000, the doubling time increases, so don't freak if it's over 72 hours. I didn't know and had a major melt down 
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