2016 May Miracles

[pinkpassion]

So I had my cardiologist appointment yesterday. It did NOT go as I had planned, but it was ok. After going over my history and a thorough exam, they ran a 10 second ekg on me. The dr came in and said that there's definitely some abnormality showing so he put me on a 24 hour Holter monitor and I have to return the next day (today) to get it off and have an echocardiogram done. We will go over results of everything on the 6th of January! So one week from tomorrow! I'm not too concerned about it because I know there can be changes with pregnancy and I'm hoping that's all he's seeing but it's best to have all this done to make sure!!

My anatomy scan is in a week from today and I can't wait to see baby girl!! I just want them to tell me she's healthy and whole and has no issues at all!!! I am so worried they will tell me otherwise!!

 

[bakerh518]

NZKiwi that is so normal! it is so hard to let go of the anxiety from the miscarriages

We are a little more than a week from our anatomy scan, were still team yellow but I can't wait to have confirmation that I have an anterior placenta and not a baby with no legs as my crazy preggo brain has convinced me!

Hope everyone had wonderful holidays!

 

[NoodleHelm]

Hello ladies!

I hope you have all had a great Hoiday, and ready for the new year. I sure am!!

I have started feeling the baby move more, and it's become actual kicks. DH has gotten to feel a few times. We have started gathering things for the baby. Getting a stock of diapers and wipes, and have almost all of our big items purchased. It is all becoming so real, and I am so excited! I wish we could fast forward a bit.

We are taking a trip in February to see DH’s family. They are around 10 hours away and we plan on driving, so that should be interesting. I’m already running to the bathroom every 30 minutes.

Passion, I hope your Cardio Follow-Up goes good, and you hear that everything is normal within reason of pregnancy.

 

[Esperanza2015]

Hi Ladies:

Congratulations Alea & Maisie on the new pregnancy!
Hope you all had a nice Xmas. AFM I had the 20 weeks scan on Dec 23rd and confirmed we are having a girl and she was moving a lot as usual and its just a perfect angel! we are extremely happy and told our families for Xmas.
My midwife is very nice and we are looking into a home birth. The next ultrasound will be with another OB/GYN, cause the previous one was not open to a home birth and very pushy about vaccinations and other things that we do not agree with.
About weight gain I cannot understand how some of you are still small....cause I have put up 5 kg already! I have a big bump I think cause the rest of my body is almost the same (except my breasts).
No way I can fit in my old jeans! Guess every woman is different but am now a bit more conscious of what I eat (very difficult with the overflow of Xmas cookies).
Since I dont check this so often I wish you all a Happy New Year's and all the best for you and your families!

 

[sugargully]

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great holiday weekend. I had my anatomy scan yesterday. We have tons of pictures and now we wait for the doctors reports. It seems my fears have been have been replaced by hopeful optimism. Almost blindly so. It's the complete opposite of how I was when TTC for all those months. I have faith that baby is healthy and God has a plan for this little one. Oh and we stayed team yellow! Hubby was in a huff with the scanner but she stood up to him and so did I. He admitted he wanted to buy baby's go home outfit and that's why he wants to know. I think that's very paternal of him! Had no idea he has those plans. Now I need to pick his brain and see what other hopes and dreams he has.

 

[busytulip]

With all these scans we should be seeing a lot more piccies
It's very nice to be hearing a lot of positive news.

Praying for your follow up Pink, as well as for those who have upcoming scans and/or are waiting on their report.

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Pink, I had to wear a heart monitor for 24 hours when I was younger, because my heart kept skipping a beat. The funny thing is, I had to have an NST with DS1 because he was skipping beats, too, during a check up, but we never saw it happen again. Anyway, I hope everything is okay.

So good to hear about all the good anatomy scans everyone is having! I've got mine in about 2 hours, so I'll update later. (And I'll include a pic, Busytulip! )

 

[NZKiwi]

Pink, good luck for your results, I hope its just pregnancy related changes and nothing serious.

Esperanza, I'm planning a home birth too

noodlehalm, lucky that you are feeling so much movement, the flutters have turned into the occasional jab here and there for me, I still think I'm imagining it half the time!

baker, thanks, it is hard. I have an anterior placenta so am having the same problem, I hope it moves place or doesn't interfere to much with feeling movement.

 

[Ganton]

Baker, I was getting worried about lack of movement before my scan as I felt DS1 around 19 weeks and DS2 at 16 weeks, but nothing from this one as I approached 20 weeks. My scan confirmed an anterior placenta and I started to feel movement every evening from 21 weeks. I now feel nice movement a good few times a day, probably not as strongly as I did with my other 2 at this stage, but very definitely there. The lovely nod all low down at the moment so I'm not sure if the placenta is still cushioning movement higher up.

Spiffy, good luck with the scan.

Pink, I hope the test shows that there is nothing to worry about.

 

[Em260]

toughgal - welcome!

spiffy - good luck today for your scan.

pink - I hope everything comes back okay at your followup. Hopefully it's just pregnancy related.

NZ - I have the same issue with scans. It's nice once I see the baby and everything is ok but the days leading up to it I always feel more nervous and anxious. With my DD that feeling started to lessen as time went on so hopefully it will be the same for you.

Afm - Last week I had a little scare with some bleeding but luckily after getting an ultrasound everything looked fine and there was no obvious reason for the bleeding. And now it's completely gone so that's a relief.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday. I can't believe it's almost 2016! Somehow entering the year that my little guy will be born has made me realize time is moving so fast. I still have a lot to do before he is here!

 

[febbride2012]

loving the holidays, made the decision about maternity leave and will start on 11th april

 

[Em260]

Febbride - that's great about your maternity leave! Congrats on baby girl #3! You're living my dream haha. I've always said I want 3 girls

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Sorry for the late update! Everything looked great yesterday. The placental lakes they wanted to check up on still look fine and my cervical length is still great. So no worries there. Here's a cute little 3D picture we got where he has his hand on his forehead. Also, here's my 20 week bump.

Em, I'm glad the bleeding stopped and there was no worrying cause of it.

For those of you with anterior placentas, I had one the last two pregnancies and still felt awesome movements, and DH could feel them by about 24 weeks.

 

[busytulip]

Cute bump Spiffy! He's adorable Glad the scan went well and they didn't find any concerns.

Congrats on all those hitting the half-way mark

 

[Em260]

Spiffy - what a cute little guy!! It's so neat to see 3D. And your bump looks great! Glad everything else looked good at the scan too.

 

[mrsmax]

Hi ladies :wave: a few of you may remember me from thge start of the thread. I have been quietly watching all your updates and excitement and now very excited to say I had a bfp again! Fingers crossed for a sticky bean this time. Happy new year ladies xx

 

[NZKiwi]

Congrats Mrs Max, happy and healthy 9 months to you!

 

[bakerh518]

Oh mrsmax I'm so happy to hear of your new bfp!! praying for a healthy beanie!

 

[Smanderson]

Congratulations MrsMax x

 

[busytulip]

Congrats mrsmax