Hey guys, sorry for not getting back sooner - my health has been horrid since I was last one. I'm feeding Princess E her puree (and she is being very demanding too!) so I'll do a quick update now and come back later for persies. The BT was a waste of time, it was replacement doctor I saw as mine was sick and he only gave me the referral for the test that says positive/negative with levels over or under 25, I was so angry!
I ended up in emergency on thursday afternoon as my wisdom teeth were playing up again (the 2 bottom ones have cavities the size of peas in them for those who were wondering what was going on with them lol they were all impacted and are still all partially impacted and the hyperremesis gravidarum I had while pregnant with DS and Princess E didn't help either) and I was out of panadeine forte (the only thing that works to get rid of the pain unfortunately) and was also there because of bad cramps and tenderness along my csec scar, no bleeding though thank god, I'm not a religious person but I was thanking whatever god/goddess or other deity there is for that! They did a bHCG and it came back with the levels being at 5240! - exactly 7 days earlier they were 176 so that was a HUGE jump, they are even higher than the doctors chart from conception says they should be, I've been working myself and DH up with the thought that it could be twins lol not a good thing to do lol
I see the oral surgeon on the 16th for assessment about my surgery to have my wisdom teeth removed, not long now I am so relieved that I finally get to see the surgeon now after 5 months of waiting and having to give up breastfeeding, but peeved that it's taken a new pregnancy to get them to start moving their butts about it.
And then the scan is the next day - on the 17th - I should be 6wks 5d then, sooo can't wait but so scared there won't be a heartbeat or there'll be twins or more as well lol
Anyway, Princess E is demanding my attention - apparently I'm not spooning the food into her quick enough lol
Hi Lovely ladies
Sorry I am always missing in action and struggle to catch up. welcome to the newbies and very big CONGRATULATIONS!! Best of wishes for healthy pregnancies!
Hope everyone is well!
AFM ~ just soldiering along - getting excited about the potential to feel some movements soon. Downs testing came back as low risk
Mrs S - so sorry not to get back to you from ages ago - add me to the list pls - not entirely sure of the due date yet, I am saying 1 July 2012. Glad to hear things are plodding along.
Cruising Turkey - oh sweetie, I know it's doing your head in, but seriously the preg symptoms you don't have are not as much fun as you'd think. M/s is misery, well it is for me and all I get is 24 hour nausea but it can be debilitating. The smell aversion is hard too - basically means that you can gag, feel ill, or vomit at the slightest hint of whatever it is that you have an aversion to. The other thing with them? They mess with your head just as much as not having them. For instance, I havent felt sick for 30 mins, that must mean I am having a m/c, or I am not as adverse to that smell as I was earlier today, that must mean I am having a m/c.
I know what it's like to live in fear during pregnnacy, but the one thing my heartbreaking journey has taught me, is try to live in the moment and to try to lose the perception of control. It's not always easy and I can't always do it, just ask JJ - I was a basket case during my entire pregnancy with HB last year. LOL, I actually am surprised I got through it as well as I did. But the one thing that got me through was just trying to be thankful for this moment right now, cause right now you are pregnant. Also for me it was so much easier to just try and cede the illusion of control to the universe. I had so little control over so much of the pregnancy. I suppose I learnt to focus on the things I could control and do those to the best of my ability, and just try and let the other stuff go, otherwise it does your head in. All I could do was do my best and believe. Apart from that it was in the hands of the gods, so to speak.
Sorry you're on the meds. I have never been on either of them. But Clexane was a possibility for me at one stage. It's a blood thinner from what I understand, and progesterone is believed to help keep bubs snug in early pregnancy by amongst other things helping make a nice comfy uterine lining. Do what you need to do to keep yourself sane and baby snug.
MelM - welcome, stay snug little one!
Dantri - excellent news.
HPL - I am sorry my blossom. Go gently as you heal.
Embo - well done sweetie. Congrats and welcome. A bit belated I know.
Loops - GOOD NEWS!!! Excellent results.
Angel - WELL DONE HONOR - once she actually starts to walk on her own, it is SOOOOO much easier. It was very tiring having to walk around with HB holding her hands for hours. Now? When I feel yuck and tired, I lay on the couch/bed and ask HB to get things for me - like get a book and Mummy will read it to you. keeps her occupied and leaves me to "rest". Although when they get tired, cranky, frustrated HB wants me to carry her or hold her hands and walk around. But better than having to do it all the time. Hope bubs stops growing so fast and your levels calm down. But if not, 32 weeks is an ok gest to be born.
Blondtress - I so understand what you mean. I was looking at Nicholas NT scan pictures yesterday taken at 12 weeks 5 days and all was good, and yet within 2 weeks he just made his way into the world. I remember thinking, can't they just put him back in and seal me up? I thought it's a lot of money to spend for nothing. But you're not paying for the pregnancy to continue, but rather to screen for the risk of downs and the trisomies. So in that sense, it wasn't a waste, cause I know his risk for all of those was low. And the other thing is I got to see him and have that special time to bond, before it all ended. So whilst it feels like a waste of $, it's actually $ well spent. In the end it was my special time with him, I just didn't know it at the time. But I am glad you're excited now.
LnD - well done on making it to 26w and your scan package sounds good. Glad you treated yourself.
I know I've missed a few of you. Not intentional, just only so much brain power left today. Toodles for now.
Oh before I go, who wants to find out the gender of their bubs? DH and I will go for surprise, as always. We just want to make it to the end with a healthy bub, gender to us is irrelevant. But I used to think I would want to know gender. Weird. Oh one more thing, is anyone trying for VBAC? I hope to, but need to do some more research so I can have an intelligent conversation with the Obs about it. I know from my friends experience that the Obs supports VBAC in certain circumstances - I know he doesn't deliver vaginally for breach babies. That sort of thing. Anyway, I am just curious.
Dory i know what you mean about walking she is soo cute though she will take a few step and what sounds like yeah she says it then claps her hands that what i do to her everytime she does something new. She has been my streagth during this whole pregnancy i look into her eyes and know that i can do it. Yes i understand that the baby is at an age were it will be okay if they have to take her early but i actually like being pregnat. After this pregnancy will be my last. I will do anything to keep her healthy. I know what you are saying about gender i only found out with this one becosue if she was boy there is a store were you can bring your old clothing and get decent price. All i care about is that is that she is healthy.
I am going to start with the non stress test every week and scan every two
Learning to walk is so cute! I hated it when DS worked out how to open all the doors but now it's good because I can ask him to go get things or put them away - he loves being useful too They do grow up soooo quickly.
angel - I hope baby stays safe inside for a good long time to come
dory, we found out the sex, but I didn't want to - DH did, so the compromise is that we know but haven't told anyone. We wont be finding out next time! I'm heading for a VBAC this time round, had an emergency c/s last time following induction. The only stipulation my Ob has is no induction, but I'm happy about that anyway (that was a rough ride for me!). A lot of Obs will only "let" you go a few days over, only "let" you labour for a certain number of hours, insist you do your labour in hospital, continuous monitoring, epidural "just in case" etc. None of that is evidence based. There are some fantastic threads in the VBAC area - and some AWESOME VBAC stories. I hope to add one in a couple of weeks time Basically, my Ob says if I go into labour naturally, my labour is as natural and normal as any other woman. If I have pain at my scar that doesn't go between contractions, or have bleeding, come straight to hospital. Aside from that, no difference whatsoever. I love my Ob.
Aside from that - not much more to tell here Felt like baby was trying to make an entrance last night, lots of movement downwards, but settled overnight, at one point I thought my waters had popped! Certainly had a couple of ligaments moving! I'm off to the chiro today, then the Ob this afternoon. Hair is booked in for tomorrow. Thank goodness Mum is around for a couple of days
Hi everyone!
I haven't been in in forever, but now I've finished work and have some more time and decent internet connection at home!
Congrats on all the new PG! Great to see, FX for a happy and healthy 9 months!
I haven't read everything yet, but I will hopefully manage it and do persies later.
AFM: Well things haven't exactly gone as planned for me! I ended up in emergency with shocking abdo pain SUnday week ago. We were worried about the placenta abrupting, but all good. Unfortunately though, a routine fetal monitoring picked up an 'oddness' with our babies heart...Nothing to worry about they said, probably just a dud machine. 7 midwives and my OB later, they thought they better try an ultrasound to see what was going on. OB said for some reason baby's heart beat was 67, although he could occassionally pick up an echo of 129...So off we were whisked for a specialised ultrasound and found out our baby has a condition called 'Fetal Heart Block' which means only the first part of the heart beats properly and the second part only beats every second time. So I spend a week in hospital becasue it can get worse very quickly, but our strong little girl is remaining steady so far. I got to come home for the weekend and we see the paed heart specialist today. We are remaining positive, she has a good chance of survival but will probably need a pace maker as soon as she is born. I have had to change hospoutal so my birth plan is out the window, but we are in a hospital with a NICU now.
It's all a bit overwehlming at the moment, considering everything has been great up till now.
angelfish - *hugs* GD is horrid, I was lucky that I only went up to 16 units of insulin with Elise, and I was hardly eating by that point, the HG didn't help with that either. Stress won't be helping with the levels either, that was what made mine shoot up a lot of the time. Elise endedup measuring 2wks ahead by the end, and only weighed 8 pounds (3.650kg) when she was born at 40+2, so there is hope yet. They will do close monitoring especially in the last 3 weeks, with CTG and wil most likely do scans as well check the placenta (I only had one and the placenta was still really good so they suck with the CTG monitoring). I found sticking with really bland foods helped - baked beans, salad and chicken with the occasional bit of avocado or low fat dressing as a treat. I hope your levels can get under control and bub doesn't need to come early xxx And YAY on Honor starting to walk!!! I'm still waiting for Elise to start crawling and get her first tooth lol
MelM - welcome and congrats hun!
dory - I had a VBAC with Elise, I had GD too, but my OB let me go to 40+2 as I was so scared of having another csec, they broke my waters for me as I was already 2cm dilated. Just do all the research, show your OB that you know the pro's and cons, all the risks etc. What helped me have my VBAC with Elise was that I was upright for the 4 hours, she went from anterior to posterior and back to anterior again before I lost control and went through an early transition at 5cm dilated, they gave me pethideine (which I said I would allow myself to take as my original plan was to never have an epidural but in transition I was demanding an epidural with every sentence I could muster between contractions lol) and Elise was born 43 minutes later. You will have to be monitored constantly, but you can ask for the wireless monitoring so you can use the bath and shower (if your hospital has a bath ). You know I had a long labour with DS - 41.5 hours after induction - and I was so sure it was going to be the same again
I will be going for a VBAC2 this time I hope it's quicker than the last lol and it would be nice to actually go into labour on my own for the first time too.
becnxavi - *hugs* oh you poor thing having to go through that, I'll be keeping my FXed that everything goes perfectly for you and your girl xxx
Hi everyone else I've missed! I'm exhausted and going to bed - I'm sooo tired this pregnancy - more tired than I was with both the other 2.
Last edited by JennaJayen; November 14th, 2011 at 08:17 PM.
but now it's good because I can ask him to go get things or put them away - he loves being useful too 
They do grow up soooo quickly.
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