August Sunbeams!

[fairycat]

swimmy - it's one of those novelty private scans that we're doing. I really want to see her face and confirm that's she's a girl. She had her legs crossed at my 20 week anatomy scan. My doc said she could fib and put a reason down to get me another ultrasound, but she wouldn't be able to do it until 32 weeks. I want it done asap, and this place does it starting at 28 weeks. Plus I'm not too fond of our ultrasound tech at my doc's office - she's quick and doesn't spend any time getting the shots that you want. At least this new place will let me come back if they don't get a good shot. Plus it's a 30 min scan, so hoping they'll be able to find her parts in the 30 mins.

I don't have nipple discharge really, but there's always white dried stuff hanging out in there since about 16 weeks-ish. I do get feelings sometimes that my nipple is wet, but there's nothing new there. It's a weird feeling.

 

[swimmyj1]

Ooohh can't wait to see your pictures!!

 

[srobbins]

4D appointment went well. She gave us a couple of good pictures of her adorable face. She favors her Daddy so much! I just can't wait to hold this little bundle of joy! Also my placenta has moved up - just where it is suppose to be! So no more worries there! I'm glad to see you ladies are still doing awesome as well! Addie weighs 2 lbs. 9 oz. now!

 

[fairycat]

Baby is gorgeous! She has my mouth, and hubby's lower fat lip. I think she looks a lot like him, I can't stop staring at her pictures all day long. Every time I look at my husband now, I see our daughter

She weighed 2 lbs 12 oz. She has a really big foot measuring about 2 inches.

My experience was awesome, the lady had so much fun with our baby. She said she wishes every baby would cooperate as much as ours did. We got TONS of pictures! It was nice she cooperated, because she sure didn't cooperate at my 20 week scan - we weren't able to confirm she was a girl. This ultrasound she had it all out there, so she's definitely a girl! So no surprises upon birth now. She got frowny a couple of times, it was so cute, funny, but now I just feel bad. The first time she tried to take a nap, but the mean lady kept poking her with the wand. The second time, the tech wanted to get baby to move so she got this vibration/sound instrument out that she activated on my lower stomach where her head was. It was hilarious at the time - she pushed it with her hand and her mouth opened big like she was in shock! Then she got frowny again. Looking back, I feel terrible that we scared her We joked on fb that our daughter got tazed, and some people didn't like that and thought we were serious. I mean really? Like I'd sit back and let my daughter get tazed!!! At any rate... it amazes me how expressive she is and has so much personality so early!

 

[fairycat]

srobbins - look at that cutie!!! Glad you got some good pictures!

 

[srobbins]

srobbins - look at that cutie!!! Glad you got some good pictures!

Thanks! Your pics look great too! My baby girl is gonna be a spitting image of her Daddy too! Thats awesome we are only days apart on our Due Dates!

 

[fairycat]

Thank you!! Yes, we are super close! She's measuring a little bit ahead, so I'm hoping that she is born a week early

 

[Kuawen]

Aww both your pictures look amazing!! Such gorgeous girls you both have makes me so excited to have my own 3d/4D ultrasound this Saturday and hopefully get to see my little man's face for the first time. I'm drinking water constantly because the tech said that is the best thing I can do to get nice clear pictures!

Thankfully my DH is on the mend from his flu, and it's looking like I'm not going to come down with it thank God for prenatal vitamins huh?

 

[fairycat]

Glad you haven't gotten sick! That's been one of my biggest fears during pregnancy. Can't wait to see your pictures too!! Didn't know that about the water. Just be sure you don't drink a ton before the ultrasound like I did.. it all wanted to come back up with all the pressing on my stomach lol

 

[Kuawen]

Glad you haven't gotten sick! That's been one of my biggest fears during pregnancy. Can't wait to see your pictures too!! Didn't know that about the water. Just be sure you don't drink a ton before the ultrasound like I did.. it all wanted to come back up with all the pressing on my stomach lol

Oh no! Duly noted!

 

[swimmyj1]

oh my gosh look at those cute babies!! this makes me want to pay for an extra scan hahaha

Needing some marriage advice gals - so while on vacation in Vegas this last weekend. I woke up at around midnight and my brother and husband were gone. I sent a few text/calls an no answer. Finally around 530 in the morning (now pretty worried) I GPS'ed my husbands phone and found them in a strip club downtown. I already was not super comfortable with my body and pregnancy I will admit has made it so much worse. So I sent one more text saying I knew were they were and I don't appreciate that he didn't at least tell me he was going out so I didn't worry. Shock my brother and him blew up my phone and were back at the house in 15 minutes (my brother asking me to lie to his gf about where they were). I'm just very uncomfortable by the whole situation. the Idea of him out with naked girls all night to me sounds like cheating but he doesn't seem to think its the same thing. am I over reacting? we have talked about it a few times sense it happened and he has apologized and said it won't happen again, but then keeps saying he wouldn't have told me if I hadn't found out so I wouldn't be upset. Should I just let this go?

 

[fairycat]

I would be really upset too! It'd be one thing if he made you aware of where he was going first. I wouldn't consider it cheating unless he touched another girl. It would make me very uneasy if my husband told me he wasn't going to tell me, like what are you trying to hide!? I also wouldn't lie to your brother's gf. When you're pregnant, that's just low to do If it were me, I wouldn't be letting it go, but it's nothing to get a divorce over or anything (unless he actually cheated). Vegas has sex all around, and you can get stripper like women at the Hollywood casino. I basically let me husband know while we were there, if he's going to watch any of those women, I will be along.

Sorry your husband is being stupid

 

[Kuawen]

I'm so sorry you're going through this swimmy. I personally can't tell you whether or not you're over reacting because that's dependant on what you feel is cheating and what isn't. Our household is a Christian one, and we hold to the ideal that looking upon another person in a lustful manner constitutes cheating. But that decision is something that each couple should discuss and come to an agreement on before situations like this arise. In my first marriage my ex and I failed to come to an understanding, and it caused a lot of heartbreak and resentment on both sides. I also agree with fairycat that it isn't right to keep this a secret from your brother's gf. I'm also troubled that your husband has apologized but since turned the blame of the situation back onto you, when you did nothing wrong and have every right to be upset. I'm praying for you and your marriage that together you can work through this.

 

[swimmyj1]

Thanks gals. We had a big talk about it at home (I didn't think vacation with my family was the place to do it). He has agreed that it will never happen again, and didn't realize how much I was offended and hurt by it. He explained that my brother woke him up said he wanted to go on a "guys only" bonding outing and he went not really knowing where they were going. I can believe this my brother has been to these sort of clubs a few times and its not behavior I support. I feel bad that now him and my brother are kind of at odds but its not worth an issue in our marriage. I did also tell his gf where they had been, I didn't feel right keeping it from her at all.

Anyway thank you for the great advice. My life doesn't usually have crazy Vegas drama lol.

 

[fairycat]

Glad you guys got it sorted out!

 

[Kuawen]

Our 3D ultrasound on Saturday went great! Baby is indeed head down like I suspected and continues to be just as shy and stubborn as he was for the 19 week gender scan first he buried his little face as hard as he could into the side of my uterus, then he covered half his face with the arm he was using for a pillow. Finally when the appt only had 10 minutes left we got a couple good shots of his face!

As far as we can tell, he looks exactly like DH! I've been praying for a little mini version of him this whole time. But he's definitely got my smile and possibly my lips too

Here's the link to the album!
https://moblalbum.com/2b97kok5kr58

 

[swimmyj1]

awe!!! that's so great that he looks like him already. and yay for being head down! way to go baby lol. Pretty sure my gal is still breach. I can feel her still kicking my cervix and can feel her big melon when I lay on my back haha.
Doctors appointment is on Thursday yuck time for the glucose test

 

[fairycat]

Glad you got some good shots at the end and that he looks like your DH! Ours does too, it makes me more in love with my husband, because every time I look at him now I see her.

Good luck at your appointment with the drink swimmy!


So I opted out of the sugary drink glucose test and took my blood sugars on my own in the mornings. Turns out I've been diagnosed with GD, ugh. My morning numbers are "high", but my after meal numbers are completely normal. I'm kicking myself for not taking the drink. Had my diabetes education appointment yesterday and they want to start me on insulin. Don't feel comfortable with that at all! My numbers are not that high. They want them to be under 95 in the mornings. My numbers have ranged from 90-105. I have a history with low blood sugar during the day, so I'm afraid insulin would make me pass out. So now I'm watching my carbs, taking after meal walks, and going to try a before bedtime snack. Been reading about it and it could be caused by a crash in the middle of the night. So we'll see what happens in the next week before my next appointment.

 

[Kuawen]

I'm so sorry you're going through this fairycat, but you're not alone! My numbers were fantastic last week but this week they've climbed up and now I'm anticipating my dr will want to start me on insulin for my fasting numbers tomorrow I'm seeing the exact same thing; first thing in the morning my numbers are too high but then after meals they're still within range (my dr wants me below 90 in the mornings, my numbers range between 93 and 96). My understanding is that the demands for insulin naturally peak between weeks 30 and 32 (regardless of if there is GD or not, only difference is with GD the pancreas can't keep up with the demands and so glucose goes too high) because this is when the baby is really putting on the most weight so hormones are at their highest. I've been told that around weeks 35 to 37 these hormones begin to level out and then drop down in preparation for birth, so with luck neither one of us will have to inject ourselves for more than a little over a month. I'm praying our dr's keep a very close eye on our numbers throughout the day so that neither one of us goes hypo.

 

[Kuawen]

Also, I found this and thought it might give you ladies a chuckle. This is definitely me!

https://images.agoramedia.com/ugcphotoservice/100/2015/10/7/58707177/ba8dd385-c0fe-4750-b6f6-2bdb132f4887.jpg