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[star25]

Juliet, hope you’re all feeling better now and great news on the test! Mine is 2nd November

Wish, I can’t wait to feel more like you described, sometimes I definitely feel bits digging in my side which is uncomfortable! Ibiza was lovely , we didn’t go anywhere out the resort so quite restful, beach in the morning and then dd napped for nearly 2 hrs so I did too then the rest of the day by the pool and evening entertainment, was all inclusive too so didn’t have to worry about meals, drinks and snacks which was handy!

3c, hope you’re having a great time at Disney if you’re there already, bet Henry is loving it! We’re thinking of going start of December by I’m a bit wary of all the walking in 5 more weeks time so still thinking about it

Ko, glad you are well, yay for 3 months to go! Feels like it’s flying by for all of us

Dogmommy, glad alll went well for the scan, I had a lot of watery discharge with dd which they checked wasn’t the fluid but all was ok, maybe ask for reassurance?

 

[Wish2BMom]

morning ladies! sounds like everyone had a great weekend planned

dogmommy - that's awesome that the scan went so well!! And another one this week! yippee! Such a relief, huh? And yes, couldn't agree more how cool it is with all they can see. It's so amazing.

star - your trip sounds soooooo relaxing! just what you needed, I'm sure. Not long until you're off of work now, huh?

afm - my weekend was good. Got almost all of the cleaning done that I wanted. We bought the new vacuum and picked up so much crap out of the carpet, I felt so gross! Glad that's done. Washed some of the baby stuff that we have inherited so far - burp clothes and socks and a couple onesies. I seem to remember, though, but I'm supposed to use a different detergent for baby stuff? Can anyone confirm? I just threw the stuff in with my laundry and used Tide.

The babies are getting so strong now - some of their movements absolutely take my breath away! I made the rookie mistake of poking Baby A right before I fell asleep the other night. I hadn't felt him in a bit and wanted peace of mind. I was hoping for just a little nudge back but apparently I woke him up completely and it was Dance Party Time. AND he woke his brother up. They were out of control for quite a bit but finally settled down. Then last night I think I learned that eating ice cream an hour and a half before bedtime is not a good idea. They were wriggling around so much when i was ready to be lights out!

 

[star25]

Haha that’s so funny about the dance party! I can’t imagine what it must be like having 2 wriggling around lol

I’ve got about 4 weeks left of work, childcare is getting difficult so just need to go soon as I’m allowed

Keeping busy at the moment planning dd 2nd birthday on 1st Dec
So far I’ve booked ‘elsa’ to come and see her on the morning of her birthday and her 3 year old cousin, she stays for about 40 mind, brings a present and reads a story so she will love that, then an afternoon tea that day for family
The next day is her party with her friends so ive booked a music and dance entertainer that afternoon and my friend is a private caterer so arranged the food with her and she also does glitter parties where you have glitter ‘painted’ on your face etc
I know I’ve got 6 weeks til her birthday but I want to keep busy lol

Think I’ve got midwife this Thursday and need to book my whooping cough and flu vaccinations for this week , haven’t had any appointments for nearly 4 weeks now!

 

[star25]

Dd having a bump cuddle and couple pics from Ibiza

 

[Wish2BMom]

omigosh, star, she is precious!!! what wonderful plans you have for her bday, sounds like so much fun!

 

[Juliet11]

thanks everyone, glad no GD for me, but will be testing again, i think it is between 24-28 weeks here... so end of December/early January likely.

star, what a fun birthday party planned!!! she is lucky!!!
my DD is 2 this Thursday, and with feeling so tired and we had coughs for two weeks, i decided to keep it quite small and just have family over for cake, ice cream, fruit, and do some opening presents... very small and quiet. my twins turn 5 in the spring, so planning a big party for that, but then realized this baby is due 2 weeks after their bday which means baby could come early, and mess up birthday plans! so need to think that through.

wish maybe have ice cream for breakfast? hehe!
I did end up using dreft because one of my twins had sensitive skin and switching to dreft cleared up the irritation... kept it up for about six months. Then switched back and all was fine then. Every baby is different i guess because my other two didn't need the special detergent.

afm, things are pretty quiet on the appointments and such now. two weeks from tomorrow i check in with my doctor. she does the doppler, so no ultrasound. but i have my anatomy scan scheduled a few days after thanksgiving! so excited for that! i really want to see baby again!
i am going through the toys and found some items we don't want but a friend would like! i really think i will spend this whole pregnancy trying to organize our house better and clear out excess stuff we don't need!

 

[star25]

Thank you wish, I like it that if I don’t have anymore babies she will be my only girl and bff lol

Juliet, we were away for dd 1st bday so didn’t even have a little party with family so thought we would do it his year, although her friends party will only be little with 5 friends and maybe 3 of their siblings who are all 5
I hope the twins birthday party all goes to plan on the spring, I bet they are so cute!

There were town boys in Ibiza who were about 3/4 and they were so cute and funny! One took a shine to dd and in the evening she kept going up to the wrong one and trying to hold his hand and he would just give her a funny look then she would go to the right one and he would hold her hand and cuddle her, it was so adorable

Booked my whooping cough and flu jabs today, midwife Thursday but haven’t given me a time yet as usual, I haven’t got anymore scans now, just gd test on the 2nd nov then 4 weekly midwife appointments

 

[Wish2BMom]

juliet - you have so many things to look forward to! I bet your pregnancy is going to fly, especially since your 2nd tri is almost all holidays. What do you usually do for Thanksgiving? We usually host, which I still want to try to do this year. I could get away with doing little to nothing, but it's the packed house that I may not want. Still thinking about it...

star - omg, that story about your DD and the little boys melted me! How adorable!! And no more scans??

I think I get my whooping cough and flu vaccines at my next appt, 11/3. I didn't get them at the last one b/c I was leaving for NYC the following morning and didn't want any flu symptoms while there, or for my immune system to be so much worse that I picked something up from just the traveling. So that'll be taken care of then. That date is also a scan, I think I get scans from hereon out. AND I think that after this one, I move to every 2 weeks from week 28-32. And then my glucose test is 11/9 or so.

I was also able to determine yesterday that this 'rib' or under rib pain I've been feeling is baby B's head! I pushed on it a bit yesterday b/c that feels better and I got a little push back. I think he must be stretching out and pushing up or something. SO painful. It's almost like a burning sensation.

I also had something weird happen early this morning. I got up at 4 for some cereal and then went back to bed, propping myself up on pillows with one under my knees. I was just about to fall asleep when I started to feel nauseous, I started to sweat, my ears started ringing and I felt like I was going to pass out or puke or something. I went to the bathroom and nothing happened but it was SO weird. It freaked me out. I set my alarm for another hour later so I could try to sleep it off. I guess it could have been low blood sugar (I had dinner at 6 last night and then nothing else to eat until the cereal) or the babies were on an artery or something. I still felt a little off driving in this morning, but I picked up a bagel and coffee and things seem ok now. Sheesh. What do you ladies think? Seems weird to have a blood sugar drop AFTER eating cereal, and I was propped up right so the babies shouldn't have been on an artery. But I guess crazier things have happened.

 

[koj518]

star - awww!!!! love the pics! your DD is precious!!!

juliet - I hate the lulls between appointments..!! I won't have another scan for a LOOONG time. last one was 18weeks and next will probably be 36. I wanna see my baby!! Take in everything at your anatomy scan!!

wish - I had a similar thing happen to me a few weeks ago, right after breakfast! I started to cold sweat, felt light headed.. ran to the bathroom, and for me things came out both ends (sorry TMI). It was the weirdest thing.. but I felt 10000% better after my trip to the bathroom. I have no clue what happened either!

 

[Wish2BMom]

weird!!! I think the weirdest part was being almost unconscious (asleep) and having to wake up to feel like I was going to go unconscious again!
I ate a bagel and coffee did the trick. So bizarre! I'm sorry it happened to you too!

 

[Juliet11]

star, i say now i will do something for the twins come april, but i bet when it comes down to it, and i am like huge and super pregnant i will not want to throw them a party. maybe my mom or hubby will take it over at that point!!!!
good to get your jabs booked! seems like things are moving nicely forward for you!! but seems like many of us are going to be going longer stretches between scans now!

koj, yep i am counting down till anatomy scan, can't wait!!! booked an early morning one so hubby should have no problem coming along and being just a bit late to work. he hasn't told work of the pregnancy but probably will after 20 week scan.
wish, thanksgiving will be 10 mins away at my moms! since my brothers that live out of town are coming into town, she has the most space and is a pro at doing dinner. but i will do some hors d'oeuvrs, and probably mashed potatoes and rolls or something. love me some thanksgiving carbs!
wish your incident sounds so strange! i am trying to think if i ever had that happen. i just remember in past pregnancies being super sweaty at night on a regular basis. do you ever get up from a laying position too fast? glad it sounds like you are feeling better. how packed does your house get for Thanksgiving? i typical like having parties or get togethers at my house, but during pregnancy i am so unmotivated and uninterested in all the chaos!! do what is best for you! but definitely have everyone chip in and help with preparations!

 

[Wish2BMom]

juliet - I'm starting to think now it was that I wasn't propped up enough or I slunk over when I fell asleep and my uterus was pressing on that artery. Last night i was up at 2am and instead of propping myself up, I went down on to the recliner and got into a good position and ended up falling asleep (after cereal, of course) around 4:15. It wasn't bad, thankfully. I see myself doing this a lot in the next couple of months...

Thanksgiving at my house can be anywhere from 10 people to 20, depending on other people's plans with their in-laws. This year we might be closer to the 20 mark b/c my folks are coming up and my BIL moved his family here in the sprint. 5 of those will be kids, though - ages 14 down to 1. Everyone always helps out with everything - we assign people sides and apps, my husband has been grilling the turkey the past couple of years, which opens the oven up for everything else. One aunt always does the dishes, multiple times throughout the day/night. Another aunt always shows up later and brings tons of desserts. So we really just provide the space, some apps, the turkey, football on the TV and games! (ooooh I'm getting myself all excited now!!)

 

[star25]

Thank you ko, I look at her and still can’t believe she’s min sometimes after waiting so long

Wish, that sounds awful, recliner sounds comfier though, glad you’re feeling better and can somehow get some sleep
I love the sounds of your thanksgiving, reminds me of our xmas a few years ago when we had 20 for dinner, fun chaos!
Last year we all had it at our mums so this year I’m looking forward to just he 3 of us for xmas day

I’ve got 2 dead arms now, in hindsight wasn’t a good idea to have the flu and whooping cough jabs on the same day, 1 in each arm and they ache soo much that it was uncomfortable to sleep on, I remember this with dd and when you can’t lay on your back it’s not fun!

 

[Juliet11]

i love holiday talk! it is so fun! i enjoy this time of year for lots of reasons!

star, sorry about your arms.. hoping by now they are better?

wish, sounds like thanksgiving would be well divided out! that would be good!
any more weird spells?

my youngest turned 2 today! we had 2 from my side, 2 from hubby, '(thats all our local family) and my best friend with her husband and 2 year old. it was small but so lovely!!! cake and ice cream, martinellis, and then we opened presents and chatted. very mellow but just how i wanted it!
i continue to feel bloated. and the pregnancy dietitian i spoke with encouraged very minimal weight gain and i dont know how that is going to happen!!! i always gain a lot!!! i get cravings and indulge which isn't healthy but it is what it is. i have added lots of oatmeal, some nuts, foods with beans, and other things she recommended to my diet. and slowly getting energy to workout a bit but not full speed at all.
10/31 i go to my doctor, and she does a doppler, so counting down to that cause it is always reassuring to at least hear baby!

 

[scoobybeans]

Hey ladies! I've fallen so behind on this group but I'm happy to see everyone is still doing great. I'll be able to keep up more after we finish moving my office to our new location, but I just wanted to say hi!

My GD test is on Monday (blech). Really hope I pass!

What does everyone have going on this weekend? My stepson is unexpectedly coming up which is a nice surprise & tomorrow we're going to a local farm to pick out pumpkins and get some mums, pie & apples. Loving this beautiful fall weather!!!

 

[3chords]

Good luck with the GD test Scooby!

We are back from vacation so not a whole ton planned for the weekend. One of my best friends' Mom passed away last night so there may be a funeral this weekend. Otherwise we are celebrating one of my SIL's birthdays on Sunday and then my in-laws are taking all the grandsons to the museum in the afternoon so we will have some peace and quiet at home for a few hours!

 

[star25]

Juliet, arms are better now which is a relief! Happy birthday to your little girl, party sounds perfect, I’ve got such a sweet tooth I always find it hard to resist! I don’t know how much weight I have put on, think with dd it was just under 2st by the end but this time I have been more hungry, don’t think I want to know haha

Scooby, hope you pass your gd, mine is on the 2nd nov, I’m looking forward to the good excuse of sitting around in peace for 2 hours lol
We haven’t got any plans yet this weekend, hopefully do something tomorrow with dh if he doesn’t decide to work

3c sorry to hear about your loss, how sad for everyone xx

 

[koj518]

Juliet - happy 2nd trimester!! and happy birthday to your little one!!

star - I'm getting my flu shot and Tdap next week as well! recently, flu shots have been getting really painful, don't you think?

3c - sorry to hear about your friend's mom

scooby - good luck on Monday!

Sounds like we all have appointments coming up! I also have my glucose test next Friday! I'm going to Orlando for work starting this weekend. Such a fun place to be, but work is going to kill me and I won't be able to do anything fun oh well.. I'll probably be MIA next week but I'll talk to you guys when I get back!

 

[Juliet11]

scooby, good luck with the test! hope your drink doesn't taste like mine did. some friends say the orange one is better then the lemon or lime like one i had. what are mums? sounds like a fun weekend!

koj, thank you!!! 2nd tri finally!

3c, sorry about your friends mom

so when is everyone's next appts? i am the 31st.
tonight we went to a pumpkin train thing. it was fun to do an outing, and there were no crowds so really chill. the way i like things!!

i am trying to cut back on the sweets! but my mom made our favorite cake for DD birthday so i finished that today. and had like 6 oreos!!! waahhhhh

 

[Wish2BMom]

hi girls!

sounds like we have some exciting things coming up this week and next!

scooby - good luck on your GD test! I hope you pass with flying colors! And good luck on the rest of your move. I hope it goes swiftly and you can come back to chatting with us!

juliet - glad your arms are better. I'm getting both at the same time time next week (11/3 - my next scan). Happy birthday to the littlest one - sounds like you had a great day. Not a ton of hosting. And happy 2nd tri!!!

3c - I'm so sorry about your best friend's mom. Was it sudden or expected? not that either are great, obviously. But I hope there was some time to prepare and say goodbyes.

koj - have fun in FL! Enjoy the weather! I hope you can make it out to do something fun while there.

I agree with cutting back on sweets - we had a lot this weekend! My shower went wonderfully - I almost cried a couple of times. I was just so overwhelmed with everyone's generosity and love. We got a lot of what we registered for, thank goodness. Now to figure out what is leftover...
My family visit was awesome too, as well as the extended family we had over after the shower. We had about 20+ people and they all stayed from about 3-8:30. It was a long day - I was up at 7 prepping for that, then the shower at 11, then back home to host at 2:30. Crazy! But we all chilled yesterday, which was great. Everyone heads home today, dropping them off at the airport in a few hours. But I'll have my Mom back, and my Dad, in a month for Thanksgiving.

Next appt is 11/3 - scan and shots. Then the GD test the following week on 11/9.
I got info on classes last week, so I'll have to start scheduling those. And a hospital tour. Yikes! That's what Nov is going to be all about b/c by Thanksgiving, I'll be 30 weeks and I'm really expecting to go anytime after that. So I want to keep Dec and Jan open. Hopefully I last until Jan! That's the goal!