2016 May Miracles

[bakerh518]

Em I'm so sorry your husband isn't on board with you staying home, we have the agreement that eventually i will go back to work but not until our children don't need me at home, maybe he would be open to something like that? Even a year or two at home

Congrats NZKwiw! Boys are splendid!

TTDUCK i hope your placenta moves on up!


AFM we have our big ultrasound friday! SO excited and nervous! Nervous for the baby's health but also for the tech to keep the gender a secret! Hubby is SO nervous they will tell us on accident!

 

[pinkpassion]

Baby Elizabeth is extremely active, she had a hard time getting all the shots, but all is well! Her arms and legs measured exactly spot on 21 weeks and her head and belly measured small so not sure what that means. But overall I think she looked good. The tech said she wasn't allowed to say but said if something was really wrong I wouldn't leave without talking to someone so I assume I anything was majorly wrong I would have heard. I'm so thankful she is well!! Here are a few pics!!!

 

[bakerh518]

Lovely scan photos!!! You got so many! (our techs are so stingy!) Hurray for a healthy baby!

 

[NZKiwi]

Wow lots of great shots there! And glad to hear baby is healthy. I haven't even looked at my photos yet as I had to go back to work, looking forward to going through them with dh tonight

 

[pinkpassion]

I can't believe we are so far already. Time is really flying!!

 

[TTDuck]

Baker hope the surprise isn't blown!

I never get many pictures but the baby was moving too much to get much. Got a nice foot shot though!

Congrats nzkiwi! 😊

 

[Kitteh_Kat]

I'm so far behind with everyone, eep - hope everyone's pregnancy is going well!

I love how diverse our group is with the different jobs! I handled insurance claims before I had DD, but quit to be a SAHM after she was born since I couldn't handle being away from her. Plus we move where the government tells us to go, so I had to leave that job anyway. I found a way to work part-time from home though, so I feel like it's the best of both worlds!

TTDuck - hope your placenta moves up for you! Still plenty of time

NZKiwi - congrats and welcome to Team Blue!!

pink - lovely scan photos, glad she's healthy! Love the name too, if we have another girl that's going to be the middle name!


I had my anatomy scan a few hours before my last appointment so I have to wait until February to get the results. He was very active during it though and made the tech work for the measurements! They sent us home with a CD of images and videos from it, which was a pleasant surprise.

The genetic blood test came back all normal, but turns out I'm a carrier for cystic fibrosis. Complete shock since I don't know anyone in our family with it! Just waiting for hubby's test to come back to see if we have anything to worry about or not.


Has anyone started to decorate their nursery/baby space yet? We put the crib up this week!

 

[pinkpassion]

The foot shot I have of her looks weird, I am worrying myself over it.. it doesn't look clubbed or anything just weird!!!

We've starred on the nursery. Will work more on it now that the holidays are over and I have more time and energy to focus on it lol!!

 

[Spiffynoodles]

TTDuck, it sounds like the majority of placenta previa cases remedy themselves before birth, so I wouldn't worry too much.

NZKiwi, congrats on your boy!

Pink, love the pictures. Glad all was well with your little Elizabeth.

Baker, good luck with your anatomy scan. Like I said before, you look away anytime you think the baby's bits MIGHT be in the shot, and you should be good.

Kitteh, how strange to find out you're a CF carrier when no one else in your family has it. However, the odds that your hubby is too, are low.

As for the nursery, we still have a baby in there, so nothing really needs to be done.

 

[bakerh518]

No nursery for us as we cosleep and room share, but we do need to get another crib! (we will have one sidecarred on each side! )

Sorry to hear you are a cf carrier Hopefully your dh's test will come back quickly so you don't need to worry about it

Spiffynoodles: will your baby stay in the nursery with the new baby? Or will he move out before the newborn goes in?

 

[nicole6212]

ttduck- I have a low placenta as well. Found out at 18weeks, and hoping it will show improvement at my next scan on the 18th (24 weeks). Fingers crossed for both of us!

Congrats to all you ladies who have gotten to know the gender of your babies! Such exciting news

My husband is a SAHD, but I'll be taking a year off to spend with our new little one, luckily in Ontario, I can have a year paid at 60%. I might have to go back early depending on finances though, but really hoping I can swing it.

 

[Ganton]

We also have a baby in our nursery at the moment. He did share with his big brother for a while, but they were disturbing each other and DS1 could do with the sleep while he gets used to having completely dropped his nap, so we separated them again.

I'm not going to worry about it until after the new baby is here. I ordered my co-sleeping crib last night so the baby will be in with me for the first 6 months. If my 2 boys are ready to share again when the baby is a few months old then we'll put them back in together to free up the nursery, otherwise we'll consider whether we need to turn our guest room into a room for one of the kids instead. We haven't had guests stay for ages and it's unlikely that anyone will want to stay with us when we have 3 young kids so it's a wasted room at the moment anyway.

It's nice to see all the scan news and photos coking through. My next milestone is v-day tomorrow

 

[pinkpassion]

Wow we already have some V-dayers!!! Well hot dog, that's the biggest milestone of pregnancy in my opinion (besides birth haha) because baby could actually survive and I feel like medical professionals will put in more work to save baby at that point and beyond!!!!
CONGRATS to all v-day ladies and upcoming v-days!!!!

 

[NZKiwi]

Yeah woohoo vday!! Exciting! That's my next countdown.

Kitteh, sorry to read you are a carrier for cf, I hope dhs results come back with the all clear

 

[NZKiwi]

Oh and the ladies with the low placenta's, fx they move for you!

 

[Em260]

Baker - thanks, I'm planning to stay home for one year at least so I'm incredibly grateful for that. Good luck at your scan on Friday!

NZkiwi - congrats on your baby boy!

TTDuck - did they tell you whether you have a complete or partial previa? I had a complete previa with DD but it moved by 30 weeks. It seems like it almost always moves, especially if it's not a complete previa.

Ganton - congrats on Vday! That is a huge milestone!

Kitteh - sorry to hear about the test results. I hope the results come back quickly with DH not being a carrier.

We are moving at the end of next month so I'll be waiting until then to set things up. I did start looking at cribs though because my DD is still in her crib and I'm planning to leave her in there as long as possible. We're building a house but it's not going to be ready until late August so we will be staying in a 2bdrm apartment until then. So we're going to have the baby in our room until that happens. We had DD in her crib in her own room from day one so I hope it won't be too difficult of a transition once we move this baby into his own room.

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Baker, we have two rooms with cribs (one for each of our boys) so what we'll do is move the new baby into the crib upstairs, move our 1 year old into the crib downstairs, and move my 2 year old into a big bed in my daughter's room (I really, really hope they do okay with sharing, since we don't have another option!). My only dilemma now is, do I transition everyone early so they have time to adjust before the new baby comes, or do I wait and do it after baby comes, since let's face it, I won't be sleeping then anyway.

Ganton, I can't believe you're hitting V-day tomorrow! (I think you're the farthest along in our group, right?) That's definitely my next milestone. After that, I have my 32 week scan to look forward to, and then 35 weeks, which is when my last baby was born.

Em, we usually put our kids into cribs in their own room about a month after birth, but with DS1, we were living with my in-laws, so he didn't have a room for awhile, which meant we transitioned him at 6 months instead. I didn't notice much of a difference between him others that we moved sooner, so you should be fine. I don't think it starts to get difficult until they're a little older, and they start to feel attached to sleeping in your room.

 

[Kitteh_Kat]

Thanks, ladies!

Happy early V-Day, Ganton! So exciting that we're all almost to that point now!

We're also keeping baby in our room for the first 9 months (just re-signed our lease on our 2 bedroom today), so we're re-doing our whole bedroom with Star Wars things. Anxiously awaiting our tax return so I can buy everything else.

Em - we didn't transition DD to her own room until she was a year old, and she had no problem with the adjustment.

 

[Em260]

Kitteh and Spiffy - thanks! It's good to know it won't be a bid deal to have him in the same room with us for a while. Honestly it seems easier to me to be able to just reach over and grab him for middle of the night feedings. Even though our apartment is small, having to get out of bed and go get my DD seemed so difficult when I was so tired in those newborn days haha.

 

[Kitteh_Kat]

Exactly! So much easier having them right there then having to leave the room and wander to another bedroom. I'm one of those women that compulsively checks to make sure they're breathing multiple times at night anyway, so that would be a lot of walking back and forth.