**2015 August Fireflies** 90 bundles of summer Love!

[Poppiebug]

Just popping in to see how everyone is going?

Our big boy turned 3 yesterday and today was our 11th Wedding Anniversary! Where does time go? DS#1 is very much into trains and Thomas the Tank Engine, so we had a little Thomas themed party for him yesterday. He loved every minute and was very spoilt by his friends. Just a quiet family dinner out tonight to celebrate our Wedding Anniversary, although I ate waaay too much yummy food. I forget that I can't fit in anywhere near as much these days.

Hope everyone is cruising along nicely. Can't believe it's V'day for some already!

x

 

[KylasBaby]

24 weeks!!! V-Day!!!

 

[Mrs. Eddie]

Happy 3rd bday to your son Poppiebug, they grow up way too quickly don't they

Happy V day again Kyla, can't believe we're all reaching that point now either

 

[Jo77]

Sorry it's been a little while. I hope you're all well? I've scanned through some of the recent pages - congratulations to those of you who've recently found out what you're having and of course, congratulations to those who've reached 24 weeks!

Things are all well here. We've been settling in to our new home and getting it all decorated, hence my absense. Babies are doing well and I'm now 24+4. C-section is planned for June 27th (I'll be 35 weeks exactly) but they're discussing bringing it forward a week to 34 weeks, but this decision will be made closer to the time.

 

[amelia26]

Thanks for the welcomes

And happy birthday to your son Poppiebug. My son is 3 in about 3 weeks time.

We had our 20 week scan yesterday and it is girl as we thought!

They also found an abnormality with her heart - she's missing a major vein but another vein is compensating. And she has two left atria to the heart instead of a left and right. Which can cause rhythm problems. But so far her rhythm has been fine.

This anomaly is also associated with a host of other defects so I had really thorough scans and saw a host of doctors. So far they've not found anything else. I go back for further scans in 8 weeks and will be closely watched throughout pregnancy and baby will be scanned at birth.

And my placenta hasn't moved so still previa and the haematoma is still there.

All in all it was a pretty full on day!

 

[Pearly86]

Happy v day Kylas!!

Happy birthday to ur son poppie!!

Amelia so sorry hun about the baby's heart what does doc say, hope there is a fix to it hun and m sure everything's is great!! Many many congratulations on being team pink!!

My 20 week scan also went well except they found a tiny bright spot known as EIF calcium deposit on baby's heart which my doc even refused to discuss as it's alone marks nothing as my all other tests are great but hoping this goes away on its own as I have read online about it

 

[amelia26]

Thanks Pearly. I hope the spot on your baby's heart doesn't cause any issues.

We spoke to 3 consultants - a fetal cardiologist, fetal medicine specialist and genetics counsellor.
If it is only the interrupted ivc and left atrial isomerism, there's a good chance she will need no treatment. If there are problems with heart rhythm she might need a pacemaker.
The big unknown is the associated defects. They vary a lot from case to case. She might have none. Or might need a small operation to correct something. Or she might have much more serious issues. She's basically high risk for several things but they can't say conclusively she doesn't have them til after birth.

We're very lucky that I am having my scans at King's, which is a centre of excellence for fetal medicine. The only reason I was being scanned there was because of my son's congenital abnormality, which is totally unrelated and can't even affect girls.

 

[techheather]

Goodness. Girls. I hope it's not major issues. Prayers.

 

[Mrs. Eddie]

Glad to hear all is well with you Jo; not too much longer to go until you meet your LOs.

Pearly and Amelia, hope all turns out well with your future scans; thinking of you and your little ones.

 

[Pearly86]

Amelia fx it's just nothing for u as well and having a good doc as well as specialist is really a plus!! Prayers for your doll!!

Mine m sure it's nothing as I had my fetal echo even before 20 week scan in which the specialist clearly mentioned he sees this bright spot in a lot of healthy babies these days and it goes away on its own have no major significance, so m all relaxed and the same was told to me on my 20 week scan too as everything else is great

 

[lian_83]

I hope for the best Amelia. Good thing u have the help of competent specialist there, so fxed whatever it is, will easily be resolved.
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Congrats to everyone's V-day!!

I cant believe, this is happening so fast. We are extremely busy with work and studies and caring for our hyperactive toddler that we have made no preparations whatsover for bubba2. Dh actually received a new job offer with higher salary, but we decided that he turns it down, cause he had all his leaves set for my hospital appointments and my workshops at school. Plus, it would be an additional 20 minutes of commute... Now, we don't know whether to regret that decision. He's supposed to get at least 15k more annually..

 

[MrsChezek]

Pearly - just wanted to say my daughter had the same white spot and it went away and everything is completely normal! So you're right not to worry

I had my 20w on Monday and all is well as well. Confirmed indeed it is a boy. Otherwise, all is good but a bit crazy. LO is sick and so is nanny so I've had no help this week and we leave for Mexico on Sat. I've veen struggling with sciatica so taking care of my 28lb toddler and trying to pack has been hard!!! Just can't wait to get to our resort and relax. #2 is crazy active and his kicks are already pretty uncomfortable so I'm a bit worried about the next 20 weeks

 

[Mrs. Eddie]

That's good to hear Pearly; hopefully future scans will show it has been resolved

Lian, if the extra $15k is not a big deal or necessary then I'm sure you've made the right choice. Totally understand how a crazy toddler can make it more difficult to prepare for new baby's arrival.

Mrs.Chezek sounds like you've been busy! It is a lot tougher caring for a toddler when pregnant. I've been dealing with some sciatic pain too, which has not been fun and Isla's only 22 lbs so can't imagine that lifting 6 extra pounds of toddler would be fun at this point I was home with her this Monday-Wednesday and was pretty exhausted by last night; almost nice to be back at work today

In terms of baby news, this little guys is really strong and moving a lot now. I can feel him from the outside and he is very active. We've starting clearing out our spare room and my DH is working on a few projects for the nursery now. Our next step will be buying my daughter a new furniture set so we can move her old set into the nursery. We have a Queen bed in the guest room so are thinking of just giving her that (and buying a new bedframe, dresser and night table). She is currently still sleeping in the crib but it has been converted to a toddler bed...

 

[greats]

Been having contractions on and off all day. Painful backache/period cramping contractions this morning and now frequent Braxton hicks contractions. No regular pattern, though... Going from 2 mins to 7 to 3 to 8 and so on.

Drinking water and laying down most of the day. If they don't ease up by tomorrow morning I'm going into labor and delivery to get checked out.

 

[Mrs. Eddie]

I hope the contractions eased off for you Greats and that you didn't have to go into L&D. Let us know how you're doing today

 

[wonders10]

Greats - hope you're feeling better and the contractions stopped

 

[techheather]

Greats. Hope the water and relaxing helps.

 

[Pearly86]

Omg greats take care hun hope everything is fine!!

I was having leg cramps behind the thighs to the point I was not able to stand after having sex is this normal ?? But once I sat everything was good
tmi forgot I shouldn't be in missionary position anymore :duh

 

[wonders10]

Omg greats take care hun hope everything is fine!!

I was having leg cramps behind the thighs to the point I was not able to stand after having sex is this normal ?? But once I sat everything was good
tmi forgot I shouldn't be in missionary position anymore :duh

I am so sore after sex. Lately we have been sticking to doggy style and when we are finished, I literally feel like I'm stuck in that position for a good 5 minutes before I can move and then I'm limping all over the place the rest of the night. I feel like an 80-year old woman sometimes.

I'm thinking if I was a little more active in other ways, like finally opening my pregnancy yoga DVDs, it might help but I also think part of it is just natural as our bodies are changing.

 

[greats]

Hey ladies! Had some pains during the night but woke up feeling ok. Have only had one BH so far today. No idea what was going on yesterday, but hopefully doesn't start up again until at least 37 weeks! Lol

I ditched my economics class this morning to rest up in bed but ended up getting my grocery shopping done instead. Sitting around drinking water now.