Any summer 2016 babies?

[eva1978]

Hi all, just quickly popping in! Frantically getting ready for my trip tomorrow.

I also sometimes go a day without feeling movement and it has gotten me a bit worried sometimes. So - same boat! Probably everything is OK for everyone as it's still before ~24 weeks which I think is the time (or is it 28 weeks??) when one should start counting kicks. So far the doppler has been reassuring. Heartbeat now is usually around 145 bpm.

I've never heard of cm testing before... I don't think I've had it done!

I have my next scan the same week as you Miss B (23 Feb morphology scan, then OB visit 25 Feb). Thanks for crossing fingers I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed at the moment. In 24 hrs I'll be well on my way.

Hope your work settles down a bit soon, JJay!

 

[JJay]

Safe journey Eva X

 

[dimmu]

Hi all, hope you're all doing well.

Megan that's a real bummer that it was a free trip and you can't go somewhere else instead. Hopefully the zika virus won't be too much of a threat for you yet and you'll be safely past the 20 week mark before the mozzies become more common. It sounds like Florida is more under threat as they have the mozzies all year and they have so much water there. From my limited experience (only been to Dallas and Orlando for work for a few days) the climate in Florida seems much more mozzie friendly!! When is your next scan?

Mrs W great news about your scan!! I also thought I'd feel more relaxed after the 12 week scan but didn't happen. Ended up having an extra private scan at 16 weeks for reassurance as wasn't feeling the baby that much. I think I was much more relaxed with my last pregnancy, must be all the bad press there is about pregnancies at over 35 as I was only 32 when I was last pregnant.

Eva you must be on your way to Canada now, hope it all goes well. That's pretty amazing, I hope you get the job!! I really wanted to be an astronomer when I was younger, either that or a geophysicist, but in the end ended up doing something more practical but much more boring.

JJay I also still can't feel the baby every day and I'm 18 weeks today. I have felt her more though and I think it's easier now to tell when it's hear and not just something gastric, but the movement are still very sporadic. I also get worried if I haven't felt anything all day, and I can't stimulate her to move either by prodding or poking or anything. Not seen any movement from outside yet.

Miss B I also have my next scan the same week as you, on Monday the 21st. Not long to go now, can't believe we are half way there soon!!

Not much else going on here, should be in Florida right now but I'm working from home instead, can't complain to be honest. I'm also on holiday all next week, gonna visit my mum for a week. She lives in a different country so only see her a few times a year. Will be nice to have some time off and eat my mum's food, this will now be my last break before the maternity leave. I plan to save the rest of my annual leave and take it all at the end so that I can have a few weeks to relax before the baby is born but still get paid, although hoping to do some painting and such in our flat then.
I'll try and type up the lasagne recipe before I go away!

 

[JJay]

Hey how is everyone?

Nothing much to report here except a steadily growing bump. Movement is very gradually getting more but still a lot less than is expected by now and compared with DD and DS. I'm still reaching for my Doppler every couple of days. I'm also finding I'm constantly hungry and a total chocolate monster - I need to try and rein it in before I pile too many lbs on.

It's DS's birthday on Monday so we've got a weekend of parties and presents to look forward to.

I hope everyone else is ok - I think there are a lot of scans coming up next week? I'm looking forward to seeing all the pics. Mine is on the 29th so I'll update and also take another bumpie at some point.

 

[Miss Bellum]

Hi Jjay - Glad alls well. Happy birthday to your DS for Monday.

No news here either, just plodding on. Have our scan on Thursday so looking forward to seeing bean again (and finding out the sex)

Hope everyone else is doing well.

 

[balabusta]

I'm 42, and 21 weeks along.

 

[dimmu]

Hello everyone!
Seems to be quiet here these days, hopefully it means everyone's pregnancies are going smoothly!!

Welcome along balabusta! How has your pregnancy been for you thus far, is this your first?

All is fine here, just back from a half term break and dreading going back to work. Luckily I work from home tomorrow as have my 20 week scan in the afternoon. Quite nervous about it, especially as I'm going on my own now, hubby forgot to book the time off work and now it's too late. I didn't want to reschedule as he's not that bothered about missing it, and I don't want to wait any longer!

JJay I'm also feeling the baby more but it's still very sporadic. There's no pattern to the movements, and some days I feel lots and others hardly any. I've not found the courage to weigh myself, think I've now started putting on the pounds big time. DH said my arse has gotten bigger, serves me right for asking. Well situation is not gonna improve over the next few days, just stocked up with choc and sweets at the airport on our way back.

Good luck with all the scans, let us know how they go. Miss B any idea which one it's gonna be? Exciting!!

 

[MeganS0326]

Jealous of all you ladies with upcoming scans. I opted out of the NT test so I won't get a 12 week scan so it's going to be FOREVER until I get to see my squishy again.

Dimmu - glad you had a good break. Hopefully getting back into the swing of things goes well tomorrow!

JJay - happy birthday to your son!!

Welcome, balabusta!

Miss B - any thoughts on if you are team pink or blue??

 

[Miss Bellum]

Welcome Balabusta

dimmu - Good luck with your scan tomorrow, sure it will be fine xx

Are you going to find out the sex? Any preference? I have absolutely no idea which ours is. My aunt & mum both think boy. A few ladies said boy based on the 12 weeks scan. I will be happy either way but think I do have preference to a lg.

Movement is still patchy here too.



Megan - What a shame that you won’t get a 12 week scan. We didn’t have the NT test either but we were still given the scan to confirm all was well.

 

[eva1978]

Hey everyone!

I'm sorry I've been MIA for so long. The interview overseas was just a whirlwind, I got back a week ago. For the last few days I've had no internet since we had booked a long weekend stay at a beach house by the coast. Was very nice though bad timing in terms of all the work I have to do :-/

Dimmu how was your scan today? Did you find out the sex?
That's cool you wanted to be an astronomer I also nearly went into geophysics since it was the field I liked that was closer to home. Ended up going away to do the astro... been moving around ever since. It's been a good experience but tougher now with the kids. The job interview went quite well, but I'm not holding my breath. I know they interviewed a few other people. I should know something in a couple of weeks.
Hope you had a great time with your mom!

Happy birthday to your DS, JJay! How was it? Wow, my DS's bday is tomorrow (Tuesday)! Feb is a busy bday month for us. I made some brownies for DS's kindergarten class, though I have no idea if they are even "allowed" to serve them there. If not, we probably won't have any trouble getting rid of them

Miss B - exciting that you will find out the sex this week!
I have my morphology scan tomorrow but I'm going to ask them to not reveal the sex. I'm wondering though that maybe by looking at the screen I may find out... if it's a boy anyway, lol. May have to look away at times! Like dimmu I'll also be going alone, DH has too much stuff to do. I'm assuming we're having another boy though! The midwife had a hunch for girl but a couple other people have guessed boy. Either way, we want to be surprised this time.

Megan - do you have a future scan date booked? Until when do you have to wait?

Hi Balabusta - Hi! hope you've been feeling OK this pregnancy?

 

[dimmu]

Hello again everyone,

I had my scan today and everything looks fine. At one point the sonographer started saying that the baby looks small on something, but never finished the sentence. I asked her twice after if everything was ok and she said yes, hopefully she would have told me if there was something unusual.
She also thought that it looks like a little girl, so that's two scans now saying it's a girl, perhaps I can believe it now!!

Below a couple of pictures, baby was all curled up making it hard to take some of the measurements!

https://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u564/hmh3101/20160222_163318_crop_498x412-320x265_zpsqxpbll9b.jpg

https://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u564/hmh3101/20160222_163329_crop_494x382-320x247_zpsjfmt96ns.jpg

Eva glad to hear your trip went well. When will you find out about the job? I'm still amazed you are actually working as an astronomer, that's incredible. Sometimes I wish I would have become one, or a geophysicist! Especially when I'm stuck in the office for months...

Megan I hope the next few weeks will go quickly for you. I feel like things have started going quicker since my MS ended, can't believe I'm half way there now!

Miss B good luck with you scan, let us know how it goes!!

 

[LLawson]

Hi, Do you mind if I join?
Im 9 weeks today. I had a tubal reversal 3 yrs ago and tried for a little over 2 yrs and gave up last Summer and now Im pregnant naturally. I had been on Clomid over a year and had 6 IUIs and told that was the only way I would get pregnant because of my tilted cervix and age. I was stressed from all the charting, temping, meds etc. so I quit cold turkey. I do still take Metformin but that was it so I was in total shock when I got a positive test last month.
Ive already had an ultrasound at 7 weeks and everything looked great with a great heartbeat but I cant help to be scared because of the risks. Im 45 and this happened so easy.
I wanted to join your group because Im about to burst! I need to talk to people about it because I wont tell anyone I know for awhile because of the risks. I want to wait and make sure everything goes well. My husband is the only one who knows.

 

[Miss Bellum]

Eva - Will keep fingers crossed for your job.

Sounds like you have been keeping very busy! Hope your scan goes well tomorrow

dimmu - Congrats on your little girl Great picture.

Welcome Llawson Sounds like you’ve had a really tough time of it! Congrats on your bfp heres hoping for a healthy & happy 9 months. I found it really hard to keep quiet in the first few weeks too.

 

[LLawson]

Thanks Miss Bellum! Its been a long road. We also had 1 failed IVF attempt several years ago before doing the reversal so it is very hard to keep quiet about it.

 

[eva1978]

Welcome to the group LLawson! Those early pregnancy days are sooo stressful! It's great to have more people to talk about their experiences on this thread Congrats on your pregnancy! Fingers crossed that all will be fine! When is your due date?

Thanks for fingers crossed for the job Miss B! I don't think I'll get the offer which would actually be OK... it just means more uncertainty about the future, since my contract with my current job is over in just over a year. It's so competitive to land a tenured job in this field. This position that I interviewed for only had 50 applicants, which is around half of what it is normally!

Dimmu great u/s pics!!! How cute
Thank you for the encouragement about my job I feel like I'm insane sometimes, haha. Sometimes I sort of wish I had a 9-5 (or 9-3!) job where I don't need to worry about things over the weekend and/or evenings, lol. But I guess "the grass is always greener...". Overall I like my work a lot, and it's fairly flexible... but a part of me would not mind trying something else. I may have to do that anyway since DH and I aren't keen on moving from contract to contract well into our 40s. It often means moving countries and/or continents. Kind of annoying with kids starting school, finding new daycares etc. It's been a good run though. Anyway, I think I'll know about the job interview outcome in a couple of weeks. My dad would be really happy if we were to move back up north. I would be too, but need to get used to snow and cold again!

Does anyone have any baby names they are leaning toward? DH and I have a tentative shortlist but we're keeping it to ourselves... so far that's worked well for us. I'm assuming we'll just have a boy but I suppose we need girl names too, just in case!

I'm off to my scan soon Enjoy your day (or night) ladies!

 

[LLawson]

Thanks Eva,my due date is 9-26-16 but thats still questionable she said until my next ultrasound. My last period was only spotting for two days so shes wondering if I may have already been pregnant. I measured a few days ahead but they set my due date by my period for now. She said they get more accurate measurements when Im a little further along.
Its crazy cause when I called they wanted to know when I ovulated and I had no idea. I remember having mild ovulation pains but couldnt remember when. I also remember some spotting after intercourse one night and wonder if that may have been implantation bleeding but again, I have no clue when it was? Thats how out of the loop I took myself. I was so happy to not be temping, charting, testing for ovulation and CM. Ive charted my period since I was 13 otherwise I probably would not have been sure on that date either. My RE that did the reversal was not Happy about that at all cause he had nothing to go by but all I could do was laugh. I went through all that work and torture for a couple yrs and nothing! I stop it all and wham!

 

[MeganS0326]

eva1978 - I've got my FX for you too about the job. A one in 50 shot sounds like good odds. I hope your scan went well! I don't have another scan booked yet but I'm assuming it won't be for another 10 weeks. With DS my OB wanted to wait past 20 weeks to do my anomaly scan because I'm a plus size girl and she said scans are harder to read on bigger people so it is best to wait to get the right measurements. So I figure 21 weeks at the soonest. That puts it at the beginning of May. Geesh, that sounds forever away.

dimmu - Your scan pic is fantastic. You have quite the little gymnast in there. She is rolled up tight. Congrats on team pink! I want a girl so bad!!!

Llawson - Welcome!!

 

[Miss Bellum]

Eva - I think you have a pretty cool job! It must be really difficult though having to move around so much, and I can understand why it would be good to have something a bit more permeant.

Hope your scan goes well.

We have a few names for boy & girl but not really thought about it too much. Sounds a bit silly but there are only a few boy names I like and I know several other people who are pregnant. I worry that they will choose the names and then I’d look like I was copying them. Especially worries me as one of my friends is due 5 weeks before me. We had a chat about boys names once and we both wanted the same one! I had my lg just after she had her first daughter and she picked the name we had planned on using! Clearly we both have the same great taste in names but I’d be so annoyed if it happened again.

Lawson - Funny how that sort of thing goes!

Megan - May seems like a long time away but I’m sure the time will fly by

 

[dimmu]

Hello everyone and welcome along LLawson - huge congrats on your BFP, that's amazing! I hope everything will go smoothly for you. Have you got a date for your next scan already? It's so hard to keep it quiet at that stage, but not long to go now until you're 12 weeks!

Eva - how was your scan? Hope everything went well. It must be hard moving from contract to contract with your job, a dull 9-5 certainly has its benefits as well. I think I already mentioned I'm gonna try and look into finding something new as well when on maternity leave, don't want to do my commute anymore (more than an hour each way) and also don't want to travel that much. Probably means a paycut but I just want to be there to see my kids grow up and not in the office or on a train all the time.

Miss B good luck with your scan as well, I hope it goes well.
We are a bit lost with names for the baby at the moment, don't really have any favourites! Had a couple of names picked for a boy but really struggling with girls' names. There is one name that I quite like and we were considering it for DD as well but our friends now have a one-year-old with that name. We want something quite classic but at the same time fairly short as she will have a long last name.

Megan I'm sure that May will come sooner than you realise, you will probably start feeling the baby in a few weeks which is nice.

I can feel the baby daily now which is amazing. My placenta is high anterior so I feel most of the popping quite low down. I've even felt the baby hiccuping a couple of times. Can't believe how early I could feel it this time, I'm sure with DD I didn't feel it until 28 weeks or so. I feel like I'm suddenly getting very big as well, the bump seems huge all of a sudden, and I'm staying away from the scales as I think I'm getting huge now.

Gonna have to decide when to start my maternity leave over the next few weeks. Those of you who work, especially the ones in the UK with the option for a long maternity leave, do you know when you will start and how long you will be taking? I'd like to do a full year but depends on the finances, saving like crazy at the moment, not easy when there seems to be stuff to buy all the time!

 

[eva1978]

Hello!

My scan yesterday went well, everything looks good and normal The technician didn't reveal the gender (I asked her not to - and she asked me to look away a couple of times just in case), but I still have a strong feeling it's another boy. I really wanted a girl with baby #2 but now that I have two boys, I'm cool with another It just means there will be no grand daughters for our parents (my brothers each have a son and my SIL is childless), but c'est la vie!

LLawson that's great how things eventually just happened on their own. I did a brief stint of temping when we were trying for #2, eventually found it too stressful and just quit. Good luck on your ultrasound!

Megan, yes 2+ months seems far but probably better to wait until 21 weeks anyhow to make sure you get accurate readings. It's almost March! Hopefully the time doesn't go by too slowly for you and you feel well over the next weeks!

Miss B I know exactly what you mean about names... I'm lucky we didn't have that happen to us though it was one of my fears! That sucks... when you really are set on a particular name then someone close to you uses it :-/ I also have found a few names that I like but then realize they are "trending" names because some celebrity used it for their baby... sheesh! We had a couple of girl names we liked but we need to get more serious about boy names. I'm 20 weeks today so it feels like more of a count down to the birth!

Dimmu I hope you have luck looking for a future job that's more work-life-balance friendly. A good thing about my current job is that my work is only 10 mins away. So I'll probably miss that! Anyhow, I think the paycut is probably worth the extra time you would be able to spend with your family. It's always possible to try and get something higher-paying later on once all the kids are more grown up and in school, if that's an attractive option.
That's wonderful you're feeling the baby so much! I'm feeling a lot more movement as well, also mostly in the front-lower area.

Thanks for the reminder about maternity leave, lol. I need to look into that as well. I think I'm entitled to 6 weeks before the due date and then 14 weeks after, paid, but can take a full year unpaid. I won't do that just because my contract is up before then anyway... so I think I'll go back to work 1 day a week after a few months (but will bring the baby to work with me - lucky I can do that), and then put him/her in daycare 2 days a week when he/she is 6 months old or so.