Assisted conception success - due 2018 xx

[scoobybeans]

wish- Hooray for passing your GTT!!! Glad to hear you're more comfortable on the couch and that's awesome you got the cribs and some of the other stuff you were missing. Sounds like you'll have a busy but productive week ahead of you.

dogmommy- It was the same way for me with movement at first, I was only feeling him in the morning and at night. Apparently when we're moving around during the day it lulls them to sleep. Isn't that cute?

koj- Do they give you a scan at 36 weeks? I'd be surprised if they didn't! How are you feeling otherwise?

October- I love Arya on GoT and that was one of DH's favorite names if it was a girl. So pretty! (I'm also a PLL fan, shhhh.) I'm curious about the decal process too since we'll be putting one up soon.

Juliet- Has the bleeding finally stopped? I hope so! So excited for your scan on Monday! I'm going to guess girl for you. I have an anterior placenta. Felt flutters around 18 weeks but not regularly, and by 21 weeks or so I was feeling legit movement. It got stronger/more regular by about 24/25 weeks.

star- So glad you had a good scan! How are you doing managing the diabetes so far?

I had my OB appointment and scan yesterday and all looks good. I've gained 15 lbs total so far. Baby is measuring a little big at 3.5 lbs. Nice, strong heartbeat. Our scan was VERY disappointing, with a pissed off U/S tech who took about 5 minutes to do the whole thing and only turned the screen towards me at the very end. Most important thing is that he's ok though! I got my TDAP which I'm not gonna lie is still really hurting and made the joints on my left hand swell/ache.

We got our crib assembled over the weekend! I'm so glad things are coming together. DH and I are celebrating Thanksgiving alone with a surf & turf dinner. Can't wait!

 

[koj518]

3c - yay for painters! I need to hire one too... enjoy your ikea run!

juliet - aren't elfas amazing!? (I sound like a container store employee!) mmmmm rolls... carbsssss.... I love turkey, but I think I actually love the stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy the best. haha (yes, mainly carbs) Can't wait to find out what you're having on Monday!!!

Wish - that's the closest one to me too! we actually pass by it quite often as its right between us and our in-laws. Maybe I'll run into you someday!! Good call on the pjs! My friend (mom of 2mo old) says that fleece footsie PJs are all her baby wears! Oh, and I have birth classes on Wednesday nights too!!! how funny!

scooby - I hope I'll get a scan at 36 weeks! I haven't heard either way and don't have an appt yet even though I'll be 33 weeks on Friday. I guess I'll find out at my 34 week appt. Sad that your us tech was in a bad mood 30 seconds is not nearly enough time to soak up the awesomeness of the baby!! and no picture!? UGH. such a scrooge!!! I'm feeling great! Thanks for asking! baby is doing summersaults in my belly today and it's actually making me feel a bit queasy..but not complaining! thanksgiving surf and turf sounds amazing!!!

alright, I am signing off for Thanksgiving.
For those in the US, Happy prego Thanksgiving! I hope everyone puts their maternity pants to good use
For everyone else, happy hump day!

 

[dogmommy]

Yay wish on passing your GTT!! I passed mine too!

Sounds like everyone has nice plans for Thanksgiving. I'm a couple states away at my sister's so going to e enjoy her doing all the cooking. I've been really lucky with everyone wanting to do everything for me while I'm pregnant.

Juliet can't wait for your scan!

I just read an article today about ikea furniture being recalled for tipping over on toddlers! So scary all the stuff we have to worry about.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The next couple months are going to fly by for us!

 

[dancingnurse2]

Had my appointment today. Arlo is 4 lbs 8oz and Luna is 4 lbs 1 oz. Both have a ton of hair! I am thinned out more 75% but staying at 1 cm. Will continue bed rest and medication. Next appointment is one week and will do third round of steroids. Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[Juliet11]

dancing, those are good weights ! not sure if i mentioned this, my twin were born 35.5 and 5 lbs 8 oz an 5 lbs 9 oz, and pretty healthy. i pumped and had to add some calories for DS for awhile but no major issues. hope you can hang in there a few more weeks!

scooby, the bleeding lasted 24 hours but was mostly spotting the last 20 or so hours of that, just a heavy bleed at the beginning. i am nervous of course it will happen again but so far so good.

dogmommy, we have that dresser but it is bolted to the wall so no tipping over! very scary yes!!! we bolt even the toddler play kitchen to the wall to be on the extra safe side.

koj, LOVE the elfa now that we extended it! so much more organized yay! enjoy the carbs!!!! i will be too!

wish so fun to get all the clothes! i love having cute outfits for kids but honestly, pajamas is what mine have worn a lot of the first six months. it keeps them warmer and cozy. how was birth class????

star, how are you doing??

so nothing new to report... thanksgiving family time started today, and was A LOT of fun. took kids to park with family in town, then some chores, then dinner with family and hanging out/playing games. now hubby getting everyone to bed. i am beat and have to make two things in the morning.
5 days till my scan! i know i talk about it a lot but i am so excited to see that baby is okay and find out gender!

 

[star25]

HI ALL

Wish and dogmommy congrats on the gtt!

Scooby, so far managing the diabetes ok, it isn’t so bad cutting out the unhealthy stuff ha ha, I do finding chocolate the worst though and miss that

Dancing, live the names, glad you are well and having good care, good weights too

Can’t rememb if I said had my growth scan a week ago and he weighs 2lb 14oz

I saw the consultant tues and induction booked for 8th Feb if he hasn’t arrived , if I start metformin it will be 39 weeks and if insulin 38 weeks

She also said will be given something to prevent a pph like happened with dd and antibiotics for the strep b
She also said to start hand expressing at 36 weeks to see if I can freeze some in case he is early or it’s needed for any reason

Hope you all have a good weekend

 

[Wish2BMom]

Hi all! Had a great holiday and was also really lucky to have everyone do everything. I was reclining and watching (horrible) football for a big portion of the day. I felt a little left out of the usual kitchen chatter though but that’s ok. My ankles were happier being up!

Dancing - I love the names!! And those are some good weights! I’ll feel so much better when my twins get up there. Hopefully not long now!

Scooby - that sucks about the disappointing scan!! What a jerk! They should understand this is an exciting time for the patients. Booo! How was your surf n turf?

Star - great growth for you too! Sounds like you have some preparation going on. Does it feel like it’s making his arrival even closer?

Koj- that would be so awesome to run into you! And lemon! We should have a meet-up sometime! I’m so in love with all the pjs we got and yeah I’m thinking that’s all they’ll wear for the first few months. Be sure to get some with the flip-over hand mitts. so adorable!

 

[Juliet11]

star, good weight estimate! and sounds like you got a lot of planning done on the medical side of things! i bet that feels good to have a plan!

wish, good to get your feet up!!! every few hours i try to take a break from what i am doing and get my feet up.

i had a tinge of blood again! and some clear globs!
so annoyed. i don't know if i should call to the nurse line cause in reality, i am going to be there on monday, it is friday now. so really soon!

 

[star25]

Wish, definitely feels like it’s coming quick all of a sudden!

How is everyone?

3c, will you be getting a double pushchair and if so do you know what one yet?

 

[Juliet11]

hope everyone had a good weekend!

tomorrow 8 am is my appointment! finally will see baby again. going to mention to them the blood and other discharge so they can really look at my cervix and placenta closely. i'll report back after my appointment!
oh and friday night i felt distinct movement for the first time. i had fluttery feeling since end of first tri but didn't count that cause it could have been other things. but friday with hand on my belly, at 1 am i could feel baby turn or something!

who else has appointments this week?

 

[Wish2BMom]

dog - I forgot to say congrats on passing the GTT too!! What a relief!!

juliet - good luck today!!! can't wait to hear the update! especially on if everything is ok with you in particular. And hooray for certified movements!!

not much new going on here - my parents left super early yesterday morning so we had the house back to ourselves for the day. Went over to some friends' house to watch the football game and then just home to have a fire and a movie. I started to feel some AF cramps in the afternoon and was woken up with them again in the middle of the night. Anyone else have these? is this BH? my belly didn't feel exceptionally tight, so I wasn't sure. I am on the lookout for any sign that the boys are coming early - I so don't want that to happen. They need to bake a little longer. Thoughts?

oh and juliet - I have an appt on Friday morning. Another scan to see how they're doing! They are kicking and peddling so hard in there, it's insane.

 

[scoobybeans]

koj- Happy 33+3!

dogmommy- Congrats on passing your GTT!

dancing- Hope your next appointment goes just as well & those babies keep cooking a little while longer!

Juliet- Good luck today!! Can't wait to find out what you're having. Sorry the bleeding has come back, I hope they can check everything out this morning and make sure it's all good.

star- I'm glad you're handling the diet ok and you have a delivery plan going forward.

wish- So nice you got to relax and enjoy the long weekend. I'm (trying) to learn how to let other people do things for me lol. It's hard! Our surf and turf was amazing. If those cramps persist definitely talk to your doctor. Have they checked your cervix recently?

DH and I have finally 100% decided on a name! We just ordered a personalized wall decal from Etsy so it's official lol. We got a lot done on the nursery this weekend and I have to say, it looks really good! Once we add the decal and mobile it'll be pretty much done. We just need to get the car seat bases installed so we can get those boxes out of the room. Anyone do that yet? I'm also starting to think about what to pack in the hospital bag. Yikes this is getting serious now!

 

[Wish2BMom]

came back on to say that I called the doc and am going to go in to get checked, just in case, today. I'm sure everything is fine but turns out I HAVE been having BH (who knew!) - when my belly turns into a hard basketball, even though there isn't any pain associated. Good thing, though, is that I haven't had any blood or extra liquid (water breaking) and the babies are still moving a ton.

I can't wait to see pics of your nursery, scoob! I need to revisit Etsy - the pics I wanted were actually digital files that I can receive and print off on my own. I don't want to do that. I need to get shelves too - thanks for the tip on those!

juliet! can't wait to hear about your scan!

 

[3chords]

I didn't install the car seat base until about 35-36 weeks last time, and I also packed the hospital bags then. The car seat bases take like 5 mins to do so I didn't see a point in eating up space on the back seat, and our dog would still sit there then.

 

[Juliet11]

hi ladies!!!

some news to share.......... it's a boy!!!!!!!!! my gut was wrong!!!
And not great news, I have the two membranes, chorion and amnion are not fused as they should. The ultrasound tech did talk to a doctor and she came in to talk to me about it, want me back in 4 weeks. I will talk with my regular doctor to get the scoop, I am hoping to do that today. They said no strenuous activity for now which I was already avoiding. Never had an issue like this before so no knowledge on it!


scooby, LOL etsy official! that's exciting! you are getting so close!!

wish, yeah had BH last two pregnancies! hard basketball! it was crazy. did you have your appt? let us know how it goes

 

[koj518]

juliet - woohoo!!!!! another one for team blue! remind me again, do you already have boys? Sorry to hear about your membrane issues. did they tell you if this had somehting to do with your bleeding? relax and take it easy!!

scooby - wow!! it's official!! I feel like you are light years more prepared than I am!! Us: no name, haven't even started the nursery, don't have a car seat yet, and haven't even given my hospital bag a though.... ugh... I need to get moving!!

3c - phew, that's a relief to hear! that gives me 2-3 more weeks to get my act together!

wish - I get BH too but I was told it was a normal process of your body gearing up for the big day! Is there a reason why they want to check you?

star - wow!! you already have a date set!! that makes things SUPER real!! very exciting! It's quite crazy that so many of us will be giving birth within a month of each other (less than a menstrual cycle apart!)

afm - nothing exciting to report. thanksgiving was very relaxing. baby's kicking up a storm and sometimes doing what I can only assume are somersaults in my belly. One weird thing is some days I get period like cramps (that heavy feeling down low). I've heard that contractions feel like period cramps so I got freaked out the first time it happened but it only lasts for about 30 seconds and I only get it once or twice a day max so I haven't given it too much thought. I'll probably mention it at my next appt.

 

[Wish2BMom]

koj - that's JUST what happened to me and all was fine! The doc said at this point, a contraction will feel like HARD menstrual cramps, like I'll be in a ball and breathing through it thinking 'this isn't right!' So the little ones aren't anything to worry about. They were pretty sure it was going to be fine but said at 31 weeks, it's just better to come in and check rather than bet on a 'probably'. But my cervix was closed and long, so all was good.

juliet - YAY for boys!! So many lately!! I second the question about the membranes, though - was that the cause of your bleeding? I'm sorry that you have that - I hope it's not a huge deal and is manageable for the next 20 weeks.

so yeah - the doc I saw this time is so funny. He asked what the boys' positions were and I said one was head up, the other head down, though head down could have flopped (same somersaults, star!) b/c I swear I felt a hard head up north rather than a soft bum the other day. But he thinks he poked his head when he was checking my cervix. But he did say that we're going to have to talk c-section on Fri if baby B hasn't turned, which would be at 38 weeks, if I don't go sooner. He looked at their last growth values and said 'yeah so they are at 50% and 62%, and that's a percentage for a singleton, so you're growing 2 full-sized babies, not small ones!' and laughed maniacally! The only thing he didn't do was point at me while laughing!

 

[dancingnurse2]

Wish I am glad things are ok!

 

[Juliet11]

oh yes i meant to say, i think that was the cause of the bleeding!

i have messaged my doctor and she said she will keep an eye out for the information to be sent over. and then i wrote her again looking for an update on that but it was towards the end of the work day so didn't hear from her yet. my family is a bit panicked as we wait to find out what is really going on. i was supposed to go to a wedding, 2 hour flight saturday, back the same night. but want to get the clear that it would be okay. also our travel plans for christmas, driving 10 hours to Oregon, want to make sure that is okay... just have a lot to talk to my doctor about! also what the outcome typically is for what i have!!! lots of worry going on here. had one cry about it so far but tell myself to just wait to talk to my doctor cause it is all just depressing stuff i have read online. and it is possible a rare thing, cause there isn't much online!

 

[dancingnurse2]

Juliet that sounds so overwhelming. Sending you my positive thoughts.