Babies due in JUNE!

[StarSign]

Oh, and for movement (does anyone else feel like she has ADD these days), I think I have been feeling more flutters each day. I also know there's movement because when I use the fetal monitor, I can only find the hb for a few seconds before it's moved and gone.

I feel like my baby does (has ADD) for not wanting to stay still under the monitor while Mommy has a good listen.

 

[Ferne]

Congrats on TEAM PINK Ellie!

 

[sadie]

Always something, right? But not to worry....
20 week anatomy scan was very good. baby is moving and wiggling and happy. heart rate 153, saw the two kidneys, heart, brain etc. They have me due on June 13, as per the baby's size, but I am sticking with June 14. (I prefer even numbers.... don't know why)
Anyway, umbilical cord has only one artery, rather than two. this could affect the nutrients getting to the baby, but since baby is of perfect size and the amnio was great and all other visuals were good, there is no need to worry.... just more monitoring than normal, so I will go back in 4 weeks to monitor the growth.

i am also not feeling so much movement because my placenta is in the front, providing me with extra padding....

and, the baby is a bit 'breeched atm, but it's early and normal so nothing to worry about. I think our parents were better off, since the technology wasn't so advanced. Less stress, less worrying about every little thing....

 

[lilmamatoW]

Sadie,
I agree! Sometimes I feel like it's better not to know as much as we know. So glad that baby is looking great!

 

[Ferne]

Good to hear the baby is doing well Sadie!

 

[HStein]

Hi, girls...I'm still here and you'll be seeing a lot more of me after today as I am apparently going to be in bed for a few months with nothing to do. I had a Doctor's appointment today and she did a quick in-office scan, but then sent me over to the hospital for a higher-resolution ultrasound, babe is healthy and even measuring a few days ahead, (was being modest with the gender parts, so no concrete answer there) but my cervix is already shortened to about half what it should be. It measured 1.9cm even with a trans-abdominal shirodkar cerclage in place...it should be 4cm or so at this point. I am 18w 2d today, and it looks like I'm gonna be in bed for the duration. I'm frightened heartbroken, still 6 weeks to viability, feels like an eternity.

 

[sadie]

Yeah! We missed you! Take good care of yourself and take it easy! Bedrest is what you need so stay off of your feeties.

Forgive my ignorant question, but what causes a cervix to shorten?

 

[HStein]

I have an "incompetent" cervix AND an "irritable" uterus...those aren't very nice words to makw a girl feel good about herself, are they? Basically my cervix cannot hold the weight/size of growing baby, and my uterus is cranky and contracts way more than it should. The cerclage is basically a thick, flat (like a shoestring) stitch that was sewn around my cervix to hold it closed...mine was done through an abdominal incision 6 years ago...a lot of times they are done vaginally and then removed at term, but my doc wanted to get up as high as he could because of my history so it's permanent and requires c-section delivery. It's apparently not stopping my cervix from doing its thing, so bedrest will help keep baby's weight off of it...gravity is not my friend.

 

[lilmamatoW]

Sorry to hear HStein, but it's good that you are being monitored closely. Maybe you'll get a lot of reading done or be able to catch up on entire seasons of certain shows (trying to imagine what I would do if I were on bedrest). Take care of yourself and so glad to hear that baby is doing well. That's most important.

 

[HStein]

Wish the little angel would've shown it's "stuff" so I'd know what color to start crocheting with...crocheting baby things is an awesome and productive way to burn the hours!

 

[sadie]

Hstein, did you see we have a fb page... it's private the link is a page or two back, posted by sunshine.
Do you have netflix??

 

[HStein]

Thanks, Sadie, I'll try and find the link. Yes, I have Netflix...my 6-year-old DD wouldn't know what to do without 400 episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants available for instant streaming 24/7...LOL

 

[Ferne]

HStein!
I'm so jealous that you crochet. I never could get the hang of that or knitting but I love it!

Ok, I was put on bedrest with my first pregnancy at exactly the 19th week. they put me on bedrest for the duration of my pregnancy. I watched a lot of "A Baby Story" on TLC. I (falsely) believed that by watching every single episode I would be better prepared for labor.

Get a belly bra. You'll feel that it takes a lot of that pressure off your cervix.
I had this one. Ugly. But it helped a ton and my daughter made it to her due date.
https://www.amazon.com/Its-You-Babe...UARK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1327466063&sr=8-4

 

[HStein]

Thanks, Ferne...I absolutely CANNOT knit for the life of me, and I've had some truly amazing knitters attempt to teach me, LOL...I can crochet all day long though.

 

[Sunshine12]

Good to hear from you HStein. Sorry to hear things havent been great. Bedrest will do you the world of good Im sure. xxx

 

[Bats11]

Sadie thats great baby is doing well & i hope bubs continues to do well.

Hstein sorry to hear, but its good you will be resting & be monitored.

When i lay on my back this is when i feel bubs move he/she must not like mum in this position, but i love it cause i get to feel some movement & im pretty sure its bubs feet that push out on my right side, makes me melt!

 

[sadie]

I bought a groupon for a knitting class and left with 130$ of beautiful yarn. I started making a blanket, but it is hanging on the back of my door for over two months. Hope i didnt forget the stitch!
I can knit too, but only one stitch andi can only make blankets that look close to being square or rectangular. They are never perfect tho!!

 

[Sunshine12]

I cant knit but Im a keen sewer (started about a year and a half ago and kind of got addicted). At some point Ill post the link for my little facebook sewing page that i have so you can have a nosey at my stuff. I mainly make bags and stuff like that although I plan on making lots of clothes for the bubs (particularly if its a girl). Im doing patchwork and quilting classes at the moment too as although I can do patchwork , I only know the basics for quilting Ive never made a full size quilt yet. Plan on making a few for the bubs cot as well. Hope you all well. x

 

[StarSign]

I can repair a sock hole. That is the extent of my skills and interests. Bless you ladies who do more.

 

[lilmamatoW]

I don't knit, sew, crochet or do anything crafty. I grew up in a dry cleaner's family with a mom for a tailor, so I didn't even own an iron until I got married...and I think that iron has made its way out of the box once so that my brother-in-law could iron a shirt. Fortunately, for my kids, my MIL quilts and my mother sews.