Sue - just a quick one to say that I hope all goes well today at the scan. I am so sorry to hear you have had some more spotting. It is so scary when that happens. Try to stay positive and I will be saying a prayer that you receive the very best possible news today at your scan.
Lan - yes I think this little girl is getting shy! I woke up last night and for some reason I was worried and then it took longer for me to feel movements. It was 3am and I finally felt her move but was so wide awake that I made a cup of tea and read for 2 hours. Finally went back to sleep at 5 and woke again at 7. Crazy. I will be so glad to hold this baby in my arms, as I am proving that my natural inclination to worry is still alive and kicking! You must be exhausted after moving house. At least now you can rest up and enjoy your new place and get started on TTC. I will have to start looking at your FF chart - love seeing what other people's do. Good luck!
Okay am starting I have to go and make some lunch. Hi to all.
With a sigh of relief, I can say bubs is alive and wiggling.... the strenogropher had trouble capturing bubs and wouldnt do the right thing, but all looks good. My dates are right on and size was exactly 13 weeks, 1 day. Perfect....
I also got my results back for Down Syndrome and I am at low risk - with another sigh of relief. I am a 1 in 2,779 chance. My bloods were excellent and she said was like a 15 year old chance and my neck fold was nice and small. It was my age which brought down my score.
Anyway I am low risk, so I am happy.
Thank you to all you girls for keeping me positive....
xxx Sue xxx
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Sue, what wonderful news!!! I just knew bub would be healthy. How lovely to see the baby, 12 week scans are great because you can see all of bub in one shot. Please let yourself celebrate now, go and do something fun!!!
Oh Lan, I was so glad to see your post, because I'm embarassed to say Alec and I still have not been intimate since we conceived... I'm not even sure why!!! At first I was sick, but now I'm not though in the evenings I'm exhausted. Last time we didn't until a few weeks into the second trimester either, but well before 18 weeks. Not sure what's holding me back. I feel extra guilty because a few weeks ago I said we could try for the weekend then it didn't happen, poor man!!! He has not put one gram of pressure on me though, lovely man. The funny thing is I've been dreaming about sex, so it's clearly been too long hehehe!!!!
Katie, I get so excited when I see a post from you, I keep expecting one that says you're having contractions. Soon enough though!!
I can't believe you're 9 weeks Helen, time just flies.
hi to all the other ladies!!
As for me, we have our morphology scan on Wednesday, I cannot believe it's time already. I've decided I don't want to know the sex, either way I think it will evoke complex emotions I'd rather not deal with on top of everything else. Besides, last time we found out but decided not to tell anyone, until we saw the in-laws and Alec used the word 'grandson' instead of grandchild. So he simply cannot be trusted!!!
I had a similar thing to Katie last night, hadn't felt bub move since early evening so started worrying, even though it's still so early. I think it did move but then as I was in and out of sleep I wasn't sure if I'd dreamt it. But I got out the doppler before work and there was heartbeat, along with a lot of odd noises that must have been bub moving. Then lots of kicks all day. I'm sure it's the start of much worry as lack of movement is how I found out last time, so I'm super sensitive to any quiet times, but there's no getting around it I suppose.
Canberra has a public holiday tomorrow, 'families and community day' timed to be on Melbourne Cup day, a little ironic I think!!! But it's great for us!!! ooh and the US election... very exciting...
hi girls!!
I have'nt been around this week, deliberately and also because i could'nt get onto this site. It would just not open up! Grrrr! regardless, you guys have all been in my thoughts and i tried tonight again and finally!
You have all said it has been quiet but i feel like there was heaps to read!
katie -you know i am still on that countdown train!!!!
rozzie -OHMIGOD! I am facinated by the US election...i was glued to foxtel last time and this time has been even better! We are in the US every 2 years and feel like it is our "2nd home" so we are very interested to see what will happen! will be thinking of you on wed!!!
sue - i share the for your scan! they are great results so i am sure it has lifted a bit of weight off those shoulders of yours which will be great for you! i am so glad things are going your way and in leaps and bounds!!!!
hammi - i got my Af yesterday and it has set off a heap of emotions! its horribly heavy but i am going with it anyway! i think it is in part due to the asprin i have been taking which the OB said would make them heavier. I also found out my friend who spent ALOT of years on IVF is 5 weeks with her 4th preg. (Last preg resulted in a healthy bubs, 2 before were miscarriages) Speaking to her always gives me a boost in my "REAL" world so i love having her there to share! Your big appointment is in a few days - how are you feeling? hope you are not pushing yourself too hard! its very exciting in a new place! we got a new couch delivered today and i can't stop looking at it!!!
hgirs -yay for no sickness, as good a sign as it is it would be nice for you to have a break too!
mrs robbo - i look forward to your results on the hormones as my friend i spoke about with hammi is taking a progesterone suppository (sp!!!!) as she just wanted that extra help down there. it has been on my mind also in regards to the prog as i have read alot about it in my endless googling!
tildy -dearest tildy! how are you going?????
laney - i think of you all the time!!! hope all is good for you and bubs again after the spotting! DH would go without for the rest of the preg if that was me! Hope you are hanging in there tho!!! I am always here for you as i have said!
cindee - how your busy little life going? i hope you are taking a break in there somewhere!
i'll write about me tomorrow night! just wanted to check in and say hi and that i had'nt forgotton you all!
xxxjo
Hi, ladies. Time for me to write a real post for once in a while!
Sue -- I'm so happy to hear about your scan. I know you were really worried about the NUPP results (or whatever they're called in English, I forget!) and it's great to hear that they were well into the low risk zone. I know it's really difficult dealing with the spotting, but I think it's a good thing that it happened right before your scan -- you got to see for yourself that the spotting didn't mean bubs wasn't okay. Try to keep that in mind if it happens again -- but I know it's so hard to be positive sometimes.
Rozzie -- I think it's a really good thing that you have the doppler. I haven't started feeling regular movement yet, but when I bought mine I figured it will come to good use once I am feeling movement and maybe have one of those worried days where I don't feel as much. Since the lack of movement is so emotionally charged for you, I'm glad you have a way of putting your mind at ease. Exciting about your morphology scan in two days! Mine is in one week, and I'm getting really anxious, but in a good way! I can't wait to see what bubs looks like in week 20 and get some pictures to tuck away. I am waffling about asking them about the gender. DH still says no, as we decided that with Beiron, but this time I wonder if it could be a good thing to know; to help me bond with the baby, since I'm still in very robotic-medical-scientific mode about the pregnancy. But I have a feeling I'll just go with the flow and let DH steer me on this one.
Speaking of the U.S. election, I'm so stoked! I sent in my absentee ballot a few weeks ago (and since I say I'm stoked, I guess you know who I've voted for, or if you've looked at my blog ). DH and I are such political nerds that we've taken Wednesday morning off of work so that we can stay up and watch the incoming returns on CNN. The first polls close at midnight Swedish time I think, but things won't really start happening until the east coast starts rolling in at about 2 am our time. So I better take a nap tomorrow afternoon, but like I said, we took Wednesday morning off of work and all our coworkers think we're funny.
Katie -- there must be so many emotions for you right now. Anxious to meet your little girl, but maybe even a bit nervous? I would be! Imagine if you could go back to December and give yourself a big hug and tell her things will eventually be better. That's kind of what it's like for us, knowing that you've made it and will have your little baby soon.
Helen -- my web browser doesn't update the tickers properly, so yours said you were 7+5. That didn't sound right, so I refreshed and saw 9+3! Wow, things move fast! How are you feeling?
Lan -- Good luck with your move! Don't let it keep you from your new start to TTC; a close friend of mine who had a hard time getting pregnant told me once that everyone tries to wait for the "right time" in their life to have a baby, but that some of us know that it will never be the right time if you keep waiting for things to be perfect. I didn't fully understand her until after losing Beiron.
DH and I seem to be quite the opposite about sex. Normally we have very little of it, so TTC was a seriously concentrated and scheduled effort (not that we didn't have FUN, it's just that it had to be very planned). But when I'm pregnant we seem to want more of it than usual. Then again that might be because we're not allowed (the doc finally said no more until after the morphology scan). So even though I had a huge bleed and fairly painful cramps every time we had sex, it's kind of tough to stay away! And I am having some pretty vivid dreams... Although I've been having pretty vivid nightmares about babies and things as well, so I think there's a lot of emotions coming out in my dreams. A friend of mine who has had two super normal and uncomplicated pregnancies told me that she did actually bleed so much after sex once that the mattress got a huge stain, and the doctor told her that that was perfectly normal. So it's kind of crazy, how much bleeding they mean when they say you can bleed after sex.
Hmm, now people are coming in and asking me to work. Dangit. Guess I'll have to get back to you guys later!
Hope you are hanging in there tho!!! I am always here for you as i have said!
Although I've been having pretty vivid nightmares about babies and things as well, so I think there's a lot of emotions coming out in my dreams. A friend of mine who has had two super normal and uncomplicated pregnancies told me that she did actually bleed so much after sex once that the mattress got a huge stain, and the doctor told her that that was perfectly normal. So it's kind of crazy, how much bleeding they mean when they say you can bleed after sex.
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