csab - yes i did have the NT scan with the last 2 and they showed in the lower range of normal so they did the amnio. I was more worried about the needle than the results lol. Obviously they came back normal so I don't know whether to have one done the next time. Hope we can both round out the numbers, wouldn't that be great
didi - I had mild P/E with DD2 and more severe P/E with DD3. Both with the same dad. My doctor actually said P/E is caused from the man lol so I always knew DF was a pain With Meara my bp went up to over 200/130 they refused to tell me what it was after that so I wouldn't freak out more. I remember everyone asking me did I have a headache or was I seeing stars but I felt normal and it wasn't affecting Meara but they got all paranoid so they booked the c/s for the Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately I still have high bp. I'm one of the few that it never went away after the birth.
Leigh - I'm sure 1 day earlier is not going to make any difference. So try not to worry (hard I know) and just think you will have your little bubba next week I will be looking for your birth announcement.
CW - thanks for the well wishes and I'm so glad everything has settled down for you. Hopefully you can now enjoy this pregnancy and yes you do get bigger earlier with each subsequent pregnancy. When I was pg with Meara at 8 weeks I looked like I was 6 months lol luckily I stayed that size for most of the pg. Good luck with getting Olive to sleep in her bed lol when you have done her come down and try mine please We end up with the 2 girls in the bed with us nearly every night. Have forgotten what it was to have space to stretch out and we have a king size bed.
Anyone have any ideas on what the best sling is??? I think with this one I'll wear the sling and push the pram with DD3 while DD2 can walk holding on to the pram. I want one that is comfy and adjustable or am I better off making my own. Any opinions/ideas would be great.
I had my last ob visit at the hospital yesterday. Lets just say I was nervous about my c/s before my appt but I am absolutely terrified now. Coz I am such high risk due to having lots of scar tissue inside they have told me that I will be put to sleep to have my c/s next week. I am petrified. That also means DH can't come in with me or anything. I have been put to sleep twice before when I had to have D&C's after my miscarriages but I never thought I would have to be put to sleep for my c/s. The reason being is that they are expecting the operation to take a long time and they don't want to risk the epidural wearing off half way through. They are also worried about me bleeding heaps. She said I may need a blood transfusion and if the bleeding can't be stopped I will have to have a hysterectomy. I am sooooo scared of dying its not funny. I have always been afraid of dying but now something bad like this is happening I am really scared. I am too scared to tell my family (my parents etc) that I have to be put to sleep coz my mum is a super worrier (that's where I get it from) and she will panic big time. Also they are cutting me up and down as well as cross ways so I will have my normal c/s scar on the outside as well as one from my belly button downwards. I couldn't care less about the scar coz its not like I wear bikinis or anything anyway.
Gotta go and put DD2 to bed. Sorry no personals. Will pop back on later today!
Leigh don't forget that the doctors have to tell you worst case scenarios and that all of this may not happen. If you have to have a GA make it known that DH will be the first to hold bubs (if nothing wrong) and that you get bubs as soon as you wake up. Plan like it is a normal c/s (which it is) and try not to worry to much (hard I know). When you wake up though you will have DH by your side holding bubs and he can tell you what you have lol.
Sorry have been mia, as had litle bubba V in hospital, have been to the DR's for her today, but now I need to go and see the DR for myself. Will be back soon to update. hugs
Thanks Kim for that, fingers crossed you get a bFP really soon. hugs
Well V was admitted into hospital on Wednesday after being seen in emergency discharged yesterday afternoon. Her breathing seemed like she was struggling. They have treated her with steroids, for three days which includes today, to help open her lungs and has been having ventolin at first every 1-2hrs then 3hrs, and today 4hrly. Tomorrow she should be on 6hrs and the Sunday 8hrs. They believe she has either bronchoilitis again or has now developed asthma. There were some findings on her chest xray, but waiting to speak with her pead on Monday as to what is going on. Looks like she is going to need another chest xray. They admitted V as they wanted to treat her with caution since last yrs hospital stay.
Had her seen by the gp today and she was happy with how her chest sounds so hopefully it stays that way.
Have also picked up the flu, and it didnt help matters when sleeping under an air vent at the hospital. On the bright note I had been so stressed out and feeling like crap especially hadnt eaten properly for 2 days while V was in hospital so wanted to see the DR to ease my mind, got to hear bubs HB today, so something to cling to until next weeks NT scan. Fingers crossed I get some good results.
I hope everyone is well, and once I feel better and little V isnt taking up as much of my time, I will try hard to pop in some more with personals. hugs all
Csab - Poor little V, hope she gets better soon. How scary for you all. Keep us posted on how everthing goes. Hope you are feeling better soon too. Try and get some rest, easier said than done I know, especially with little V to worry about. Yay for hearing bubs heart beat, bet it put your mind at ease! Fingers crossed your NT scan goes well next wk. Will be thinking of you.
csab - hope little V is doing ok now. If she does have asthma then it can be controlled (DS2 was diagnosed at 6 months). Doesn't make you feel any better though. Glad she is ok now.
Thanks Leigh and Kim. Little V was so unwell last night, and it wasnt due to the bronchoilitis/asthma either. She sounded as though she was in pain, and I thought it must be her ear as she was tugging on it. Anyway turns out adfter going to the Dr's in the morning that her right ear is infected with puss. So she now has ear drops and antibiotics again for that. She has started to get some temps as well. Poor little thing seems to not be able to get a break. Anyway praying she gets better soon.
Kim - When V was sick with bronchoilitis last yr and was out on life support they had told me that it makes it a higher risk of her developing asthma or bronchitis. They still havent made up there mind at this stage whether it will end up as asthma or it was just bronchoilitis again.
I will keep you utd with how her appt goes on Monday afternoon with the pead. hugs.
csab.. not fun.. I have Pead appointment for Jorda on Thursday as she was addmited to hospital a few weeks ago with pnuemonia that started from bronchilitis.. and they are wondering why she has such a low immune system.. So sent her to Childrnes for some tests incuding cystic fibrosis.. came back negative. So now just seeing what is wrong.. She was given Ventolin when she was in Emergency which the Pead took of her saying that you cant diagnose a child with asthma until they are over the age of 2 so no more Ventolin.. and she has used it a few times so was so no big loss. she just gets green snot nose. and cough and temperature all the time.
And now myself... I have ear infection on medication... so crapo......... I am allergic to this pregnancy i am sure!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Wow guys, things are not going well for some of us on here lately. Big hugs to you all.
Leigh - How are you feeling darl??? Only a couple more days to go and you will have your little bubba with you. I'm x'ing fingers that everything goes just fine for you.
Didi - my DS2 was diagnosed at 6 months only because he had such clear cut symptoms and they knew it couldn't be anything else. I'm glad they did because we had some seriously scarey moments when the meds didn't work and he had to go to hospital by ambo. He quite often got croup and asthma together. One affects the top part of the lungs and the other the bottom (sorry can't remember which is which) so his breathing was really affected. Hope Jorda's paed visit goes ok.
csab - hope V's ok and that they don't find anything wrong from all the tests. Poor baby, ear infections are the worst. They hurt like buggery and until the meds kick in, there is nothing you can do. Give her a big cuddle from me.
At the moment I'm struggling to get my girls to stay in their own beds at night. I'm sick of having 4 in the bed lol. Any ideas on how to keep them out of ours would be appreciated (besides locking their or our doors ) Meara is unwell at the moment to. Bit of a temp and snotty, runny nose with a cough. All she wants is mummy cuddles. Oh well the joys of being a parent.
Guess what? I have another little princess. No name yet. She was born at 8.57am, weighed 2670g, 47cm in length & 33cm head circ. She's so beautiful. U forget how small they are. I had my c/s under general anesthetic but it all went very well. Easier than what they thought. I will keep u all up to date!
Congrats Leigh!! welcome to the world for your little princess!!!! wow! hun, hope everything went ok and look forward to hearing the beautiful name you will choose xxx
A huge congratulations Leigh. Another pink bundle for you family. Well done. I'm glad everything went well with the c/s and that there were no complications. Looking forward to seeing what you name your last little princess.
Didi - Sorry to hear that Jorda was admitted to hospital too a few weeks ago, its scarey isnt it? Its the bronchoilitis and pnuemonia that had V so sick last time, in which we almost lost her. I hope little jorda didnt get that bad. When V was admitted last yr, they tried the Ventolin but it ended up not working, yet this time the ventolin has really cleared her chest. At the hospital last week they had a chest xray done and with what the report said, had me very worried. I asked the pead and he had said last yr when she was resusitated a few times they may a fractured a rib but has healed now so we had to do another xray, thankfully it all turned out perfect nothing wrong. So was relieved to say the least. She has to stay on Ventolin for the next mth and is also on a puffer with steriods in it for the mth too. Is also on antibiotics for the ear infection too, until Monday, then back to the GP for a check up and the Pead in a mth. She had lost a heap of weight, which was so upsetting to see, so after having her just over the 8kg mark she fell back down to 7.1kg, so now here we are trying to build her weight back up, so fingers crossed I can get her back over the 8kg mark soon, and it not take as long as 3mths like it did last time I had her over 8kg since her last weighin. When she is sick she loses soooo much weight, I cant stand it. So the pead is trying to get her to stay well with the ventilin and the steriods, so hope it works. Hope your feeling better with that ear infection, hugs.
Kim - V is definately on the mend thank goodness. When she had her pead appt, her other ear was quite inflamed too. poor thing, yet she is definately a little trooper. As for your little girls in bed with you, At times we have Little V and the oldest DD in bed with us. The older one gets scared easily and most of the time comes to our bed in the middle of the night. So I hear you. Ive noticed though she also sleeps quite soundly when in bed with the middle sister DD2, so lately she has been shacked up with her of a night lol. V when she is well sleeps right through the night in her own bed, but she has to go to sleep on me before I can put her into bed though. DH keeps lol about how when the bub comes there wont be any room left for us. hehehe.
Leigh - Woohoo, congratulations on the birth of your new little princess. Have you given her a name yet? When will you be able to bring her home. Cant wait to hear how it all went for you. How are you feeling, hope your recovering well. hugs Did you find you were much more sleepier after the general? When I had my second DD with general it took me days to feel awake.
Well, our NT scan was last Wednesday and OMG, I thought we were going to have another high risk, as the first sonograghper had bubs Nuchal fold as being 3.7mm. The she had a Dr come in and check, I could have sworn I heard him say that all seemed good with him, but I wasnt sure if thats what he had said. He turned to me and said that we were going to try a different machine in the next room, and he disappeared for a little while, then returned and said the room was being used so we had to wait. He then disappeared again for a while, and here I was stressing about how things were looking. Next thing the DR came in with another Dr who sat down and checked for himself. Turns out with him he had a NF of 2.1 and 2.2mm and the first DR had a NF of 1.9 and 2.1mm, so they took the 2.2mm. They mentioned to me that the sonographer had taken the bubs NF at the wrong angle which caused the wrong calculations. So what a huge relief, and yes thankfully there was a nasal bone. So with the new results my risk was 1 in 408. With the results from the first lady, it would have been 1 in 8. So I cant tell you how relieved I was to hear she was wrong. So relieved that two DR's came up with similar results. To let you know how long this all took, My appt was at 11.30am, I went in for a histroy at about 11.45am, came out about 12pm, had to wait for until approx 12.20 to get called in for the scan. Didnt leave until approx 5min to 3pm. At least I got to see bubs a fair bit that day, but what a long day it turned out.
csab so glad V is doing so much better. Wish I could give some advice about getting her to put some weight on but I had the opposite lol. Mine were porky pigs lol. I'm so very glad that the scan went well and now you can relax and enjoy your pregnancy.
Leigh - when are you going to put us out of our misery and tell us the name Hope you guys come home soon and everything can settle down.
Still haven't started with the ttc but will happen in the next couple of months. Want to get myself as prepared as possible so am taking elevit, having my teeth done and seeing an holistic osteopath who has told me that I have stomach, intestine and right kidney problems and that the stomach problem is causing my sinus problem lol. I just hope that he can clear it all up and I get better. Will see what he says on Wednesday.
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With Meara my bp went up to over 200/130 they refused to tell me what it was after that so I wouldn't freak out more. I remember everyone asking me did I have a headache or was I seeing stars but I felt normal and it wasn't affecting Meara but they got all paranoid so they booked the c/s for the Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately I still have high bp. I'm one of the few that it never went away after the birth.
I will be looking for your birth announcement.
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