Hi everyone long time stalker first time user, well after 2 miscarriages this year we were nervously excited for a :bfp: last week with doctor confirming it on Friday. As you can imagine I'm really trying to pretend I'm not yet just in case anything happens. My doc is happy to do bloods every week which is comforting and I'm also off to the acupuncturist every week to hopefully help with a sticky baby.
Welcome MelM! Fantastic news for you :D Will keep lots of :crossfingers: for you - are you having an early scan too? There are lots of girls in here in early pregnancy, so there's plenty of good company :D
Jess, I was induced at 39+5 with DS, so I don't actually know when I would have gone naturally. I was on medication that meant going into labour while on it was really dangerous (for me), so when my cervix was favourable I was induced. So I probably would have gone some time in the 40+ or around 41 weeks. But I really don't know aside from not going early!
Thanks for the welcome :), at this stage I think:think: I'm going to go for regular blood tests I had some early scans with first m/c and didn't deal very well with them after everything had gone south, maybe this will change, but I have an understanding doctor who is happy for me to test as many times as I need.
WBM - Ooh I so need to do some of those things you mentioned (sorting out the linen cupboard and going through baby stuff etc). I think it's only just felt REAL to me in the last week when bub's movements stepped up a notch - in amount and in intensity! But it has settled down again since last night. Weird. Anyway, Feb is creeping closer and closer and making me more and more aware! Not long to go for you! I'll have to look up that 'Birth Skills' book. I've been thinking about the birth more and more lately. When can you start feeling certain bits when you palpate? I think my bub has changed position and I have no idea what's where! lol
TM - I still haven't really ever had a proper look at Ebay, maybe I should hold off a bit longer if you're addicted so quickly? lol Glad your ultrasounds went well and you know what's going on with bubba and uterus. Hope she hangs in there as long as possible for you!
JJ - Your EDD is day after my birthday :) Hope your levels have been steadily increasing since your last post! Glad your doctor is more caring.
dantri - So glad to see you with a BFP again!! Sorry it had to be in here though. Bubs sounds great so far! Will be stalking you :)
[QUOTE=dantri;2965859]*walks all the way in. closes door and sits in the middle of the room* Hope your 10 week scan goes/went well (sorry I don't know which Monday you were referring to).
HPL - I'm so sorry you're going through this again hun :( Hope to see you in here again soon with a nice sticky healthy BFP.
embo - Welcome embo! Sorry you had to be in here in the first place, but congrats on your new BFP :) Praying your bub's HB gets stronger! I also didn't feel as 'excited' this preg until after the 12 week scan and even then it was more cautious excitement. I'm getting more excited now though, but it's still in the back of my mind that things can happen anywhere along the line right up until birth, so don't worry, it's normal.
LysnDan - Hope your reflux and heartburn isn't giving you too much grief at the moment :) Sorry you're taking a break, hope to see you in here again soon! xxx
CT - Not sure if I've seen your name before and said hello yet, if not, hello! If so, I apologise! (baby brain :P) Hope your scan goes well and there's a big healthy heartbeat in there :)
Loops - Hi Loops! Hope you get your results soon!
MelM - Welcome MelM. Sorry about your 2 precious angel bubs :( I think your reaction to this pg is normal, but congratulations anyway! Sticky vibes for you.
AFM - Well bubs scared me. Up until about Monday I'd been only feeling fluttery type movement really low down for several weeks, then it really started to get more often and more intense and all over the place! Not full on kicks and punches, but more than flutters. It's been like that all week, until last night. I don't know if it changed position or something, but the movements went back to fluttery and really low down. I've barely felt any movement since last night. I don't know if it's retreated further to the back or turned over or what? I'm just grateful every time I DO get that tiny little flutter anyway, cause then I know it's still okay. But when it's not for ages I get quite nervous. Sigh! Go back to your other position Bub!
I'm also wanting to get started on the baby's room, but DH didn't feel like it yesterday and we have so much junk to move into the shed, most of which is his! I wanted to do it yesterday cause it was the weekend and I get home from work on weekdays with no energy to do so. Hmmph. Hopefully he'll feel a bit more like it today! We're going to the baby market next week to find some bargains :) Other than that, not much else to report atm!
Hi Pheebee
Thanks for you welcome. I dont think I have seen your name when I have been post surfing, so hello to you too ! and thanks for your well wishes.
Hi MelM and welcome. Its nice not to be the newbie in here for a change :lol: ha ha. i always felt like I had got to class late, missed the handouts !!
I understand how you feel with the fear. Completely natural and you sound quite calm and you are taking care of yourself, which is great! An understanding doctor is such a blessing. After your 2 miscarriages did he prescribe Progesterone or anything ?? I have my fingers crosssed for you and really hope that this little one sticks for you.
AFM- I have come to my mother in laws for 4 days (to sacrifice a goat :hide:) and have left all my pregnancy tests at home ! I know they wont prevent anything but I really dont have any pregnancy symptoms so its a little bit of reassurance that I am actually pregnant!! I am trying not to obsess and have been saying to myself every time a get a twitchy, crampy feeling that if something goes wrong at this stage that there isnt anything I can do about it and I should be enjoying these weeks of early pregnancy! easier said than done, of course, but I have to tell myself that things are outside of my control and too relax and send positive vibes to my little one and to let them know that He/she is very much wanted.
BTW - has everyone given up coffeE completely ?? even instant coffee ?? for some reason I havent missed the wine (???) but instant coffee is the first thing I think about when i wake up?!?!
well better go and find a hiding place. Its not going to be very pleasant around here this morning .....eeuuuwwww
:crossfingers: and have a great day everyone
Cruising Turkey - thank you for your welcome the gyno didn't recommend anything being only the second one and because we didn't make it too far in I was ok with trying one more time, we absolutely have no troubles falling I just have to work on the keeping. I have made it to the acupuncturist earlier this time so hopefully he will be able to help out well (in his nine years of practice he has only had two women have miscarriages) so :crossfingers::crossfingers:
Phebee - thank you for your welcome
ATM - today wasn't a very good day, I think being the weekend and not keeping busy with work it allowed my mind to wander often. Who would of thought going to the toilet would become a nervous thing to do :shakehead:
Evening ladies!
CT – Congrats to you too! Same EDD – very exciting! You should come across to our belly buddies group – we’ll look after you there too :) Just over a week til your scan now! I am going to try and get another scan this week. Good luck at the ILs and hope that you cope ok without your sticks to pee on… I was also POAS for a while but now feel so nauseous and tired I figure that is just as good a reminder that I have baby on board! Hope its not too long until you can relax a little more.
LD – 2 sleeps til 26 weeks! Not long now!!! I feel your pain re: the reflux. I take prescription meds for reflux normally, and GP told me to stop so have had to stick to Zantac which don’t seem to help too much :) Going to ask my OB tomorrow for some advice… FWIW I find the 12hr tabs better than the 24hr – I like that I can take another if I need to!
WM – not long now – very exciting!
The Mrs – glad all is ok with your results :) Must have been a little frightening for a bit there.
Loops – congrats for venturing into your second trimester!
Mel – congrats to you! Its great that you have a supportive Dr who is willing to send you for as many tests as you like to try to ease some anxiety.
Phebee – thanks for the welcome. Sounds all very exciting getting the nursery organised. I hope you are able to find some energy and motivation to get started :) And I hope bubs scoots back to a better position soon to give you lots of reassuring nudges!
Hi to all other ladies!
AFM – sick and tired all day, everyday at the moment. Even had Friday off work. I am so dreading having to go to work tomorrow. AAGGHH. On another note I have my first OB appt tomorrow arvo.
Just a quickie - Phee - good to hear from you again! Re palpation and feeling baby's head etc, it's only really useful in late pg cos baby can move all over the place. I've found the spinning babies website really good, and their belly mapping article can be found Belly Mapping article | spinningbabies.com I think bb has a link to it somewhere here too, but that's the link.
Just a quick update from me... 26w tomorrow and had my 3d scan today. She's still a girl and happy and healthy and also very cheeky... Lol putting her hands up on her face and hiding from the scanning probe (well trying to lol ) very happy with the pics and got a cd and dvd and prints coming too. Yay.
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lysndan~i want to get a 3d scan with honor the dr office did it right there but not here. How much were the rates
And Hi to everyone else Honor has started to take her frist couple of steps and i am sooo tired sorry i have not posted but i have been keeping on eye on everyone
Angelfish, mine was $250 including a DVD a CD and 8 high glossy prints of baby, also half price off my next package. We got the more expensive package because it was a part of my bonding experience and celebration of getting to 26w there are more you can get so definately keep an eye out for them :):
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Hi everyone just stopping in quickly now that I'm starting to get on top of the pain from my wisdom teeth now, so slightly more capable of doing things lol
Had bloods done yesterday morning, I find out the results around lunch time tomorrow.
The queasiness has kind of died off a bit, though that might be because I've been eating constantly lol I still have sore boobs, my I still have the "full" feeling in my belly, and I'm exhausted all the time, it was never like this with DD, so things have to be ok, sometimes I even forget that I'm pregnant. I hate all this fear, I wish I could just be innocent and enjoy a pregnancy.
I've developed an ulcer on the roof of my mouth now - tastes feral and feels weird, at least it doesn't hurt.
I'm craving chocolate too - and apparently I've lost 2kg since the start of october, so I can't complain about that lol
Anyway, I'll try my best to get back on tomorrow afternoon - can't guarantee it as it depends on how I'm feeling.
Hi ladies,
Woohoo - that's fantastic LysnDan! So so happy for you :) I hope that you are able to relax a little now and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy!
JJ - sounds like you are having a bit of a tough run with you wisdom teeth, ulcer and the queasiness. FX for wonderful BT results tomorrow.
AFM - had my first OB appt yesterday and it went really well! Had a surprise scan and bud was measuring 7w3d (according to my previous dating scan I should have been 7w2d so pretty much spot on) and had a nice strong HB of 160!!! It was soooo amazing to hear the HB :) So feeling a little less anxious now however am experiencing 24/7 nausea and fatigue - YUCK!
Hope everyone is feeling ok!
Hello lovely ladies,
Just popping in to say Hi. I am currently 4 weeks and 6 days! I am so nervous writing in here again ( I was here in August before my miscarriage). I just wanted to ask have any of you ladies had any experience with auto immune arthritis? Apparently mine flared up when I fell pregnant this time last year with my son James (who was stillborn at 27 weeks in April 11) The specialist I have been seeing thinks the immune problem is causing troubles with the implantation. I am on prednisone and clexane injections daily. Have any of you used these products? I feel pregnant (nauseous, tired etc) and my hcg level on Monday was spot on at 1550. But still having trouble relaxing at all.
I hope to chat to you all soon and get to know you all
Love Trace
Welcome EJ! Glad to see you here, I hope your stay is looooong and boring :) I was on clexane with DS, but only for the last trimester, and because I had a pulmonary embolus rather than anything else (still sucked though, because of the dose I was jabbing twice a day!). I hope you're able to relax and enjoy, but I know that's a long shot for quite a while :)
embo - that's awesome news re your scan! Great strong heartbeat :D
JJ - hope you're feeling better soon, you've had a rough trot for sure.
AFM, still pretty boring here :) DS did make me chase him in the shopping centre today though, that wasn't much fun at 38+ weeks! Oh well, he'd lost me and was running after someone who must have looked like Mummy.
Hi ladies,
I guess I should pop in and say hi.....
I got my BFP a few weeks ago, but just was being a bit cautious I guess. I am due around June 22 (ish).
I have a DD, born Sept last year, and was still BF her when I fell pg - which was a surprise - not because we were not trying, but because we were trying for DD for so long and were on fertility treatment with her.
I still have to make it past 9 weeks to feel a bit more comfortable (that's when I've had my losses), but I do feel a bit calmer overall this time round (I was an absolute panic with DD the whole time).
Oh, and I had MS for about 36 out of 41 weeks with DD so in many ways, I am not looking forward to another 33 weeks of vomiting! Give me labour over pregnancy any day!
Nice to meet you all!
I apologize in advance for not doing too many persies - I only get on to BB about once per week or so, and there is usualy WAY too much to catch up on! It's a struggle to keep up!
I had a quick scan through the posts and do want to say a couple of hellos:
HPL - hello, and :hug: I said it all in the other threads, but :hug: again
Dory - hello! nice to see you again Dory! ;)
Sunbeam - hopefully it won't be too long before you join us here!
cheerio for now,
CT - To sacrifice a goat? Is that literal or a reference to something? If so, I don't get it, lol *feels dumb* Hope you're having a good time anyway! Yes, I gave up coffee from trying. Every cycle, about a day before ovulation, I'd give up coffee and alcohol. Then I'd have them again once AF returned. When I got PG obviously I didn't have them anymore, so haven't had either for about 25 weeks now (as I'm 27 weeks today). I do miss it too!
MelM - Praying this one's a keeper!
Embo - Thanks, bub is a bit more active now! Phew! :) Hope the m/s is kind to you! Yay for the great scan :)
WannabeMum - I think I experienced palpation today! My ob had a good feel of my tummy/uterus and I thought 'okay, so my tiny little pokes really are not going to harm this baby!' lol. Thanks for the website! I'll check it out :)
angelfish - Oooh first steps! Exciting for Honor! Scary for Mummy! lol :)
JJ - When did you have your wisdom teeth out? Or are they just erupting now? Hope the pain goes away soon! Hope the blood results were good too :)
EmilyJames - Welcome! I'm so sorry to hear about your little James :( xxx Praying this one is a take-home one! Sorry, I don't know anything about auto-immune arthritis.
milly5 - Hi there! Congratulations on your BFP! Sticky vibes to you!
AFM - Had my antenatal appointment again today. Everything going well :) HB at 138 and all is feeling well. I'm having my GD test on Friday and they've booked me in for another scan at 31 weeks just to make sure everything is growing correctly. Looking forward to that. I'm back at another antenatal in 2 weeks just to keep track. Bub is also moving around a bit more than earlier in the week, which is great! :)
pheebee~ frist steps yes i wish that there was a pause button i think she is in fast foward;)
AFM~ i went to get another us done today due to my suger issues and the baby is in the 70% not good she is growing to fast i am 32 week and 5 days and she is mesuring 34 weeks. I am so scared that they are going to have to delievery her way to early and have to be in the nicu. But she looked healty if you held her 3d us up to Honor right now they look like twins
aaaaahhhhhh geeezzz....... just wrote a big post and the internet dropped out and I lost it all !!! so I will write it again but in brief.
angelfish - i had no idea they could grow too fast !!! why do they do that?? do the develop their organs and stuff at the same rate ?? i am confused.
phebee - yes. a real goat :o:o it is Kurban Bayram here at the moment (I am in Turkey) and everyone who can afford it buys a goat, cow, or sheep to sacrifice and half of the meat is given out to less fortunate families in the nieghbourhood. Nice gesture just shame about the goat, sheep or cow.
Embo - does this change your due date ?? are we no longer due on the same day :-((((
Milly5 & EJ - congratualtions on your BFP's !!! sticky's for you !! may everything go smoothly and healthily.
AFM - not much going on here just the usual mental abuse I put myself through. Its ok. its not ok, something is wrong, why dont I have morning sickness, something is wrong. Are my breasts really bigger or is it just froim the progesterone, sonething is wrong, I cant 'feel' anything. I am so bloated I look pregnant, but I have just eaten too much these last 6 months and its finally catching up with me, I'm not pregnant just fat. somehtings wrong. Why doesnt the smell of dead animal make me feel nauseous, I'm not pregnant. somethings wrong.
i could go on for hours.........its exhausting.
Scan on Monday (if i am not commited before then).
Oh boy CT! I was the same! Always wondering why everyone else got a metallic taste, super sense of smell or a food aversion and m/s but not me. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones who doesn't really get those symptoms, but it can really play with your mind in the 1st tri!
Ah! That's cool about the goat tradition, if not so cool for the goat. So does your username refer to Turkey the country then? :)
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Hi Phebee
thank god there is someone else not thowing up and peeing all the time!! I am making myself crazy ! over analysing like I do.
Turkey the country, yep. Been living here since April 2010 and we finally got the visa for my partner and flying to Oz on Xmas day!! Times in nicely with just being over the 12 week mark (FX we make it til then) so that I can tell my friends and family face to face :-))
I love it here but it has been quite difficult in regards to the hospital trips I have made this year (ruptured cyst, another cyst, preg then miscarriage then D& C etc) and they have different processes here. All this talk of 'levels' and everything goes right over my head.
crusing turkey~ The baby puts on to much weight and then they take grow to fast and dont have room then they have to be born early. The risk is bad i have done everything i can to control my blood sugers and its not working.
oh angelfish I am sorry to hear that. I had no idea ! I am so obsessed with everything than go wrong in the beginning that I assumed once you made it so far along, it was meant to get easier and the stress part would be behind you. How many weeks do you have to go? How early is too early ?? Sorry I am so oblivious to all this.:
My fingers are double crosed for you.
CT
phee and CT - I didn't have ms or anything either. Didn't help my paranoia about more miscarriages! If I hadn't got two lines on a pee stick over and over, then seen little treasure on scan, I wouldn't have known I was pregnant!
angel - are they going to put you on some meds? Some women with GD wind up on insulin. May help control your blood sugars if they're all over the place.
Nothing to report here, getting paranoid about optimal foetal positioning (have a look on the website here if you're interested) - but that's only cos I have to have something to obsess about, looking forward to baby arriving some time in the next few weeks.
EJ & Milly- Would you like to be added to the list? What are your due dates?
WB- No baby yet?? :(
Angelfish-hope things get better for you!
AFM: just hanging on..
I am 32 weeks i am already on meds i have been for a while so i dont know what they are going to do i have to wait until next week
Milly5 - congrats! Good to see you too.
Emily James - that is spendiferous news my sweet.
Angel - I hope things settle down with your blood sugars. Give little Miss H a hug for me.
Jenna - good to see you here. Well done. GL with those teeth.
Not much going on here. All day sickness, not vomiting... yet. Fatigue. All the early pregnancy signs. When the nausea is bad I think, I wanted this? LOL. I did and I do. My little HB is not well and we are just about to go the to Dr. First it was the flu and now it's fevers. Hoping there is an easy solution.
I will try and do some more persies next time I am on. It's hard to keep up and remember everyone, but I will get there. Belly rubs.
Good to see some newbies in here, very sticky baby dust vibes to you!!
I am still booked for my NT scan on 18/11 but freaked out this week thinking I don't want to pay for the NT scan only to be told no bub, so I had a normal u/s and all good measuring 1 day ahead actually so have got to 11.5 weeks now, so excited and looking forward to the more accurate scan this week coming, nausea pretty well gone, still tired and not sleeping too well and tonight I am having some uncomfortableness especially on my right side down low, feeling like maybe bub is trying to move up out of the pelvic area.
I bought a doppler for home, it was only $39 on ebay, can't wait for bub to be high enough to hear him/her.
Rest up over the weekend everyone
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
I'll be back later!
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! :bellyrubs:
AFM ~ just soldiering along - getting excited about the potential to feel some movements soon. Downs testing came back as low risk :D
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 :o 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.
I'll come back for persies later,
stay well
Bec
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.
Hello mummies!
I'm so sorry I haven't posted in aaaaaggggeeeesss. I've been very naughty and have been reading but not posting.
I'm way too far behind to do persies but just wanted to say firstly congratulations to everyone that has recently joined. There seems to be quite a few of us in the first trimester which is fantastic. Hopefully we'll all be here a 6-9 months yet! And belly rubs to all of you other ladies, hope you are all okay.
I'm doing well, m/s has eased off. It has been so reassuring to have strong symptoms this time. I've even got blotchy skin (which I don't like but DH assures me no one else can see) and skin tags (so weird).
I've just been to a dr appointment today and she got me on the u/s machine so we got to see little bambino again. "He" is going great guns, measuring spot on and was wiggling around like crazy. Was the most amazing thing to see him moving, made it really real. I'm starting, albeit hesitantly, to breath a little easier now.
I just can' t wait for the first trimester to be over. I feel as though I've been stuck in first trimester since May because even though we waited a cycle between the miscarriage and trying I still felt like I had all the symptoms during that time even though HCG had left my system. It was like my mind was making my body act pregnant. I guess my emotional state was a bit all over the show as well during that time. Consequently though, 6 months is a long time to be in the first trimester! Only 2 weeks left though.
For those that have had bubs before, is the first trimester the worst? Does it get easier from here, emotionally and physically? I mean do you become less anxious? I know it is normal to be anxious but I've been beside myself for a lot of the past couple of months. And physically, do you really get less tired and "blah" in second trimester. I'm exhausted and I only have me to worry about, no toddlers or kids. Don't know how ladies do it with other kids but I guess you just do.
I'm going to try to post more often ladies from now on! Hope you're all keeping well and growing big strong babies.
HI ladies,
please do add me to the list - I am due aroung June 22, and we won't be finding out the gender, just a healthy surprise will be nice for us.
Bec - thinking of you and your little girl. FX all goes well for you both.
dantri - I hope your pg gets better in second semester, but - I hate to say this - I had MS for the entire pg with DD!
AFM - nausea all day, vomiting 2-3 times per day. so not enjoying this - why does the pg journey need to be so unpleasant? Oh and tired - can't quite seem to co-ordinate DD sleep times with when I need one!
oops, gotta dash, DD calls....
Sorry, an all about me post - only got a couple of minutes :)
Went to Ob yesterday. All is well. Baby's head is still slightly mobile, but generally doing the right things. Apparently I "left 8lbs behind a long time ago" and this is going to be another big bubba :) Oh well, there are certainly worse things! Discussed all my concerns re delayed cord clamping, physiological 3rd stage etc. All good. Now we just continue the waiting game...
Woot! 12 weeks today! Doing a little dance :dance: hehe Got my NT scan on Friday. Had my first ever pregnancy vomit on Sunday night - note to self and others - don't cook mince while pregnant and eating a carrot! ewww
Okay another big catch-up post!
CT - Glad you can get here for Christmas Day! That'll be lovely if you can tell all your friends and family on the day :) May I ask what you do in Turkey? Is your partner from there?
angelfish - Oh boy I hope your sugars are beginning to settle down a bit then so bub pops out at the right time!
WannabeMum - Oooh another one! I was also worried about another miscarriage - especially since my first one was a MISSED one, so there was no way of knowing until a scan. I had also read that people had still gotten BFPs when POAS even though the baby had gone... their HCG was still high despite it being 'nonviable'. So I didn't bother to POAS. I just prayed! Lol But you're right, if I wasn't planning to be PG and hadn't POAS, I also wouldn't have known I was pregnant right up until about 22 weeks if it weren't for the scans (apart from sore nipples)! That's when I really started popping and feeling the first flutters.
dory - Hope you are feeling better now!! We are also going for a surprise gender. As long as it's a healthy happy bub, it doesn't matter to us :)
blondtress - Happy 12 weeks! Not long to go for your scan! Woohoo!
JJ - Glad your HCG levels went up well, hope the idea of twins isn't too scary! lol Sorry about your teeth and your sickness :( How did seeing the oral surgeon go? Hope your scan goes well tomorrow!
Loops - Yay for low risk Downs!
becnxavi - Oooh hello! Yay for finishing work. Eek emergency visit was scary for you by the sounds of it! *hugs for you* Hang in there little one!
dantri - Oooh is that an official "he"? Or a bit too early yet? My second tri was a lot better in terms of tiredness. It varies a bit. Sometimes I come home and just want to sleep, most of the time I'm fine. But I have come home feeling fine, laid down anyway and actually fallen asleep without realising I was tired, lol. It's definitely better in terms of not peeing as often! I am in 3rd tri now though and noticing the peeing factor returning :P But it's worth it to feel all the lovely kicks and ripples :) Don't know how the rest goes as this is my first, but we'll see! :) So glad to hear you and your bub are doing well! :D
milly5 - sorry about the nausea and vomiting :( Hope it goes away this pregnancy!
AFM - 28 weeks today! I'm starting to behave like a giraffe when I want to pick something up off the floor. You know, doing the splayed legs thing, lol. It's too hard to do now. I think I'll have to use my feet to pick things up from now on. I can't bend over very far anymore either. What's worse is, I keep doing clumsy things like dropping something I've just picked up, so then I have to try twice! Ahh the joys :) I'm also starting to get a little bit of a sore back if I DO try to bend over or pick things up, but not too bad yet. No swelling or stretchies yet but I'm sure they'll come :P
I had my GD test on Friday and my iron was also tested, they would have called by now if there was anything wrong, right?
My dietitian from my first pregnancy is back at work after 6 months of maternity leave... yay!! She is so lovely. The one I've been seeing since has also been lovely, but this first one is a real gem. I'm so glad. Can't wait for my appointment next week cause the last time she saw me I wasn't pregnant again yet.
Having a bit of insomnia. The other night I was awake from about 2:30am - 5am cause my brain wouldn't shut up! Ugh! Bub likes to kick around 4-5am too, just when I've woken up to pee and then get hayfever. Sigh. I love the kicking but wish the hayfever would go away!
Think that's about it from me today. Hope you are all doing well!