thanks milly & tashy for your reassuring posts.
I phoned my ob today (receptionist anyway) and he didn't have the report yet, but they did say that he will go through the results with me over the phone if all is OK, or if not then they will get me in much sooner, so that is a relief in terms of not waiting so long. I rang the u/s place and the report was typed, just waiting to be signed, so my Ob should have it tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed that I get all the info over the phone and I have just been over-reacting!
tashy - I'm with milly, what is SPD? sorry that you are in pain, whatever the cause. I also do belly dancing, but was told to wait till after 16weeks, but haven't got back yet as teacher is on a break. I'm not very good at it, BTW!
SPD stands for Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction. The Symphysis Pubis is the bone at the front of the pubic area which has a gap that increases in pregnancy. If it increases too far it can destabilise the rest of the pubic area, causing a lot of pain to groin, hips and lower back. It's not fun, but there's no "cure" except birth and it can last after that too. I'm seeing an osteo and may consult an acupuncturist if needed. It makes walking up & down stairs and rolling over in bed painful.
something else I didn't know about with pregnancy!
milly5 - I'm really going to miss the bellydancing. I was using it for fun as well as preparing for birth. Anyway - hope you're able to get back into it. Just remember no shmmies allowed until birth.
Tash, Milly - I love the visual of heavily pregnany women trying to shimmy. It almost defies the laws of gravity and good sense.
Tash SPD sounds very painful. I had heard of pelvic girdle pain but didn't realise the extent or severity of hte pain.
Bit of a selfish post from me today. Appointment with the Obstetirican this morning - all good. HB at 155 and cervix soft, closed and TIGHT! Got to record the heartbeat on our mobile phone. Ob even asked us to play it back to make sure we got a good clear one. Can't wait to edit it out some of the talking! We have our 20 week scan Tuesday week. Getting excited.Its nice to be excited after about 3 days of feeling inexplicably sad and weepy. Maybe it was those famed pregnancy mood swings?
I have decided to do a non diagnostic scan and invite some of my family along so they can see the baby. The place reckons the best time is from 23 June.... not sure I can wait that long to share the moment. The say before then is ok. I might try before then...... was thinking of inviting my mum and aunt along, I don't imagine they would have ever seen a baby on ultra sound before, and the first time is pretty mind blowing. Even for a hard but like my aunt. Maybe my cousins too. You can have up to 10 in the room apparently. Anyway, am going to wait to book a date til after the 20 weeks scan.
I got to pat a dog today. I know doesn't sound like much. I am a dog lover from way back but don't have one. There is a guy in a wheel chair that walks his dog every morning and I see him most mornings but don't say hello. But today after DH and I came back from the Obstetricians, the guy was in front of our house and had some sort of coughing fit. I asked him if he was ok, and he was, and then we got to talking and I got to pat his dog. Bad dog breath though! When I go out to wave goodbye to DH I can now say hello to the wheelchair guy and his dog ( I got both their names too, I won't just call out to him "hey wheel chair guy!") Anyway, for me, it's often the small things that make my day.
Hope you all have a good weekend and cat cuddles to everyone.
tashy - OUCH!!! that sounds painful! very gentle hugs to you
thanks for the advice re the shimmy, though I doubt I could pull one off ATM anyway.
Dory, your comment about the belly dancing made me laugh!
so soon for your 20w scan - wow! I can't beleive they will let you have up to 10 in the room for your other scan - where I go, I think 10 would struggle to fit!
AFM - well, I got to talk to my ob, and he was great, yes everything is fine, and yes I was panicking. He said scans at this time are inacurrate up to a week either side (exactly what you ladies had said), especially as they rely so much on the measurements to calculate the date. But the most importantly, that the HB, placenta, cervix and all the other "bits" that they they look at were all fine. So I guess there is a huge "phew" from me - for the time being anyway, still only half-way there. This is quite a journey for us all, isn't it?
milly5: glad you got all your questions answered.. such a releif I'm sure
dory; how very exciting about your 20week scan!! Are you going to find out the sex of the baby? or keep it a suprise?
Sparkles: You and I seem to be on the same journey at the same time. With all the doc appts, midwives appt, ultra sounds.... It's exciting but exhausting isnt it??
Hope everyone else is enjoying their growing bellies!!
I'm holding out til Tuesday, we go in for a scan to check for abnormalities runs in the family, but no one, as in my friends, really wanna hear about that, they just wanna know whether we'll have a girl or boy, so i just tell ppl that that's what the scan is really for... In actually fact DP and I are a little nervous as to what they will find.... We are going to find out if we're having a girl or boy, which is exciting, I just hope that everything else with bubs is okay too....
Little scared, but really enjoying being pregnant love the fact that I can feel bub move all the time now, not sure, but DP thinks he felt 2 kicks the other day... Any thoughts? Too early to be bub??
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runs in the family, but no one, as in my friends, really wanna hear about that, they just wanna know whether we'll have a girl or boy, so i just tell ppl that that's what the scan is really for... In actually fact DP and I are a little nervous as to what they will find.... We are going to find out if we're having a girl or boy, which is exciting, I just hope that everything else with bubs is okay too....
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