Congrats on the great scan!!!
Why did they think you were high risk for placenta complications? Does this mean you won't have any more scans till delivery?

Hahahahaha I knew I could count on you for a good response! So glad you're back, missed you!!

Thanks!! When I had my NT scan around week 12 I had an unusually low blood test result of PAPP-A, the baby's protein in my blood or something like that. I heard it's a potential indicator for Downs and/or placenta problems. I was also high risk simply due to my age.

Weird thing happened during the scan though, I literally almost passed out - I was flat on my back and she must have pressed on something. If I hadn't sat up when I did I would have been out cold - I was super dizzy and I felt like my ears were filling up with water, couldn't really hear. Scary but I'm fine now, phew!

I don't think I will have any more ultrasounds unless my normal baby doc does them herself, boo. The reassurance I got today is going to last me a long time though thats for sure.

Hello Ladies,

Caseys - congrats on the great news from the US scan. That is wonderful that all is well with the little one. I miss seeing my little one on ultrasounds too. Its so wonderful to just see them. 12 weeks left for me so I will be seeing her soon but it seems so far away.

Dmama - thanks for the words of encouragement. Hubby gave me the same especially considering three doctors all said I did the right thing by coming in. I call it my most expensive gas visit - LOL. Also I hope and pray all goes well with you and your scans. Bed rest scares me too. I had a friend who was having twin boys and she was on bed rest the last 8 weeks. I can't even imagine that. It must have been so hard.

News today from me is we get our crib and dresser for her room this weekend - woohoo! So excited to get her room put together. Hubby and I took on a project to draw and cut out a massive tree for one wall of her room from flexible but hard plastic. Its a bigger project that we thought so taking us a big to complete but it will be nice to show her that we did that just for her and not just a store bought item. Though with all this work I kind of wish we had done a store bought item LOL.

Any of you starting thinking about or working on your birthing plans?

First___That is funny about the plastic tree...I am sure a store bought item sounds good right now, but I would say that after it is all said and done, you and DH will be so proud and your child will love it!!! I don't have that kind of skill...All I am doing on that creative side, is that I crocheted a little baby blanket! Last year or so I made one for a friend's daughter who was pregnant, and so now I got to make one for my own baby! When I know the gender, I will make another one in the specific colors--maybe a bit larger so they can use it as a toddler, right now I just made one with a baby white base and sea green trim.

I am having a c-section, so am not sure if I have any control over the plan...I know that we've discussed having 1 person in the OR with me and that we could have a camera (I don't know if she mentioned video-or if I asked)...I think there may be some more to it like whether you breastfeed as soon as they tyke comes out or not and whether or not to cut the cord right away...I will ask to see if having a c-section interferes with those things--I am meeting with some of the doulas that work with patients from the hospital in about 2 weeks, maybe I will try to get some more informationthen---I am thinking about a post-partum doula especially because of the c-section ....I have friends who saved their placentas because of their cultural beliefs, but I am not thinking about that....Oh--how about cord blood? Is anyone saving cord blood for themselves, or donating it???


Are any of you having Braxton Hicks contractions...They don't come very often and sometimes not at all in a day, but they weird me out...Doc is not concerned though unless they are painful or come sooner than 10 minutes....

Oh and I read that the counting of movements usually happens after 28 weeks or 30 weeks, but definately by 35 weeks doc will have you run in if there aren't a certain number of movements in a certain period of time.

Have a good weekend!!!!

Hi Ladies
Nice to catch up - great that tests are going well, and that it wasn't appendicitis Davecr! Think you were absolutely right to go in and get the pain checked out.

We've got a week off work to decorate the room where the babies are going to sleep. Got lots of white paint left over from another room, so just going to do the walls plain white and then decorate them with 'jungle' transfers and make some bright curtains. Your tree sounds fantastic davecr! You'll have to post a pic when it's done. I'm planning to make some simple felt soft toys in my 6 weeks between finishing work and the due date. And a wall hanging. And some cot bumpers. And a mobile.... Hmmm. We'll see.

Not started on the birth plan yet -but have suspicion it will be C-section. One is currently lying head down, the other at right angles across the top. Suspecting they are boys as they are lying bottom to bottom!

I'm def. going to put in my birth plan though that I want immediate skin to skin contact with the little uns whilst they stitch me up - and if I'm not well enough or can't fit both on me, then they have skin to skin with DH! He's up for it and we've read that it's a great help in calming the baby down. Will be funny seeing him whipping his top off in the delivery room! And I'm banning the video camera he's getting for christmas from the delivery room. There will be plenty of time for cute newborn footage when I'm not out of it on drugs with my boobs hanging out! Don't want to be sitting there in the future watching that with the father and brother in law thank you very much!

That's hysterical....I can't imagine!!!LOL!!!

I am watching my ticker and am thrilled that today I am at the 'eggplant' stage...Hee Hee....Time is certainly flying!!!!

Hope everyone is well!!!

Hello Ladies,

dmama - congrats on getting to eggplant stage. Isn't it amazing how time flies. Hubby just reminded me the other day that we only have 11 weeks left - wow. I was just down up the weeks and not thinking of how many were actually left. I guess I need to start a count down instead

Miss lemon - I completely agree with you on the whole camera in the delivery room thing. I am all of hubby video taping after the baby is born and catching all the action of the baby crying and things but not me. No taping of me screamig or sweating and red in the face and cursing hubby LOL

Ok so what do braxton hicks really feel like. I am not sure I've been having any. I read somewhere that it just feels like a tighting of the stomach and uterus and I've felt that a few times but didn't realize it was braxton hicks. I am not sure what the real contractions will feel like either. I so need to do some reading on this subject. We have signed up for the prepared childbirth class and newborn care classes at the hospital for the last week in December so I am sure I will learn more then.

Still working on my plastic tree but its coming along well. Much better now that the leaves and flowers have been cut and we can really see what this tree will look like. This weekend I need to paint all the leaves and flowers and maybe cut out an owl or bird for the tree. Then we can glue to the wall. Will take a pic and post it for sure.

Hope all of you are having a good day.

My ticker on my phone app says I am down to 59 days to go, eek!!

I drove to work this morning with a foot stuck firmly in my rib cage and a butt sticking out of my belly button, it was uncomfortable but such an awesome feeling.

The other night he stuck his foot out of my belly, it looked like an alien sticking out, it was so cute!

I think I am finally starting to get a "glow" because I am loving this, even though my discomfort is growing.

I was also thinking last night how I finally got my Xmas wish this year....

That's hysterical...it is a wonder sometimes WHAT in the world they are doing in there?!!! LOL
But like you said, I love to feell the little one moving around although sometimes the movement keeps me up at night....the kicks and thumps are getting stronger now, so I do sometimes get a shock, but I really love feeling the baby moving..makes me know that everything is okay....

Gosh --only 59 days!!!! Seems like it is all going soooooooo fast! We will be meeting our little ones so soon!!! Are we ready????!!!!