Beach Bumps - July Rainbows

[Dollybird]

Oh Kelly that is awful so sorry you've had To go through that. I must say, although some GP's are brilliant, many are "jack of all trades master of none" which means sometimes they dont quite get wats going on, or miss things. But again i must say not all gps like that.. some are amazing. At least your midwife is sensible. I always make my midwife my first port of call. Hope you get to the bottom of it and its nothing too serious.
Colormefamous try not to worry. Lots of girls aren't showing yet, I'm sure your bubs is fine. Good luck with your appointment today xxx

 

[ColorMeFamous]

Thanks ladies! I'm surprised I haven't either! There's ONE maternity clinic in my city of 60,000 people lol. May be why it takes forever to get in.. I'm not sure. Shen I was livin in my city of +1,000,000 it was much easier to get in and I was seen right away. I went in once to confirm and book my ultrasound (only one ultrasound place as well) as well as give all my info about myself. They haven't wanted to see me since. I tried calling ever since I was 12 weeks to get an appointment (they told me to call at 12 wks. Not by choice lol) and they never picked up and they don't habe a "wait until we can take your call" thing or an answering machine so it's been trying to say the least haha! Can't wait until I finally have my appointment tomorrow! Geez...

 

[LVnMommy]

Colorme - I'm about 15 weeks and not showing!!! My friend is a week behind me and has a bump I didn't get a bump with either of mine till about 20 weeks so I'm guessing he same with his one. I do feel much much chubbier! Ah I just hope its easy to lose ge baby weight 3rd time around.. I'm already googling breastfeeding diets! Lol


Oh and with my 2 pregnancys that made it I didn't see MW till 12 weeks my DH was in the army And they would not make first appointment till 12 weeks! I thought that was normal then.. but no worrys! I'm sure your baby is great.

 

[mackjess]

hi everyone. lovely to see how everyone is getting on with their bumps!

Kelley, I'm glad the mw is stopping by. My gp freely admits she knows nothing about pregnancy and doesn't talkto me much about it, and I'd take that over her googling stuff in front of me any day!

lvn, didn't get the gender results back till Monday. luckily my sil was at my house (she is making the cake) so I threw the phone at her and left the room! we moved the gender reveal party till this Sunday so I will know then. waiting for my appt at my ob now. Dh is traveling so it's going to be really tough not to ask about the gender! the nurse already told me the chromosome screening all came back normal and kept asking if I was sure I had no more questions. I about bit my tongue off! dh would kill me if I found out early. it really surprised me that he was so into the party idea and finding out when we cut the cake. I think he was more excited about it than I was. men, you never know when they are going to be cute and surprise you.

cmf, keep us posted about your appt. You haven't had spotting or probs so I'm sure you will be fine.

Oh, good news, I haven't gained any weight since my appt 4 weeks ago. Phew. I think I started over doing it on my eating about 8 weeks because I was so queasy and almost getting sick that I thought MS was around the corner so I wanted to eat while I could and get my nutrients. But I never got sick, yay, and it took me a bit to realize I could calm down on eating extra to get ready for it. LOL

 

[ColorMeFamous]

Oh! Good to know it's normal haha! I was a little worried! My appointment went well but they sort of confused me... on my ultrasound it said baby was measuring 7 weeks 6 days on Dec 11 but they say this baby is due July 26? Idk how that is! Anyway I have an ultrasound on March 1 to find out the gender!! baby's heartbeat was at 152 and I've gained 6 lbs! All in my boobs lol.

 

[LVnMommy]

Ah Jess!!! I cant wait till you know. I seriously think this is a girl! I will have to go to my gender scan alone we live many hours from any family so no sitter so DH has to watch kiddos. I have been having horrible migranes!!!! I mean HORRIBLE. I'm going to Dr. Tomorrow so will see what he says tomrrow

 

[mackjess]

Great news CMF, that is weird about the due date since I'm 14 weeks and due 7/23.

Lvn- So sorry about the migraine. Maybe you can have them write it in an envelope and find out together? My OB asked today if I wanted to know the gender and I said no. DH wasn't there so she asked if it was because he was out of town, she could write it down for me. I explained my SIL knew and we were finding out this weekend.

I felt like it was a girl all along, but have been feeling boy this week. Strange! Also heard the HB again, and it was 152. The first time at 6 weeks it was 174. They say higher "can" mean girl, and lower boy, so that's not helping me out any!

No scans for me until March 7th, the last one I had was 2 weeks ago!! I know it's a good thing they don't need to do more because I'm trucking right along but that feels like forever!! I'll get to hear the HB again at my appt on 2/21 so hopefully that will tide me over.

 

[LVnMommy]

You are a stronger person than me Jess I would of said yes yes yes!!! MY OB WILL NOT LOOK AT MY BABYS SEX TILL AFTER 18 WEEKS!!! so fusterating he wont even try he said he just wants to check HB because of my previous losses boo hoo hoo.

 

[mackjess]

Ah, yeah if it was a scan I wouldn't know till 18 weeks. I did a newer testing to screen for chromosome disorders where they get the baby's DNA out of the moms blood. If they see any Y chromosomes while they are in there they know it's a boy. I had to go to a genetic counselor since I'm 35. It's called Materni21 Plus or something.

I chose the test because they haven't had any false positives, and they still did an u/s to measure the NT. Sometimes with the combined blood screening NT scan that they do now where they just check your hormones, its like a statistical thing that if this is high or this is low you can get an elevated risk and may be asked to do an Amnio. If I had done that, I don't think I could or would want to do an amnio because it's intrusive and carries a small risk of miscarriage. Once the counselor said Maternti21 hadn't had any false positives it's first year of clinical use or during its study phase, I was sold. Then he explained they could tell the gender and I was like DOUBLE SOLD!

 

[LVnMommy]

Oh my it is SO easy to find baby on the doppler now!!! As soon as I place it boom! There he/she is guess my doc was right about the 2 weeks so amazing to hear

 

[srrhc]

Hi ladies. I am trying hard to keep up with all the wonderful things going on in here. It has been hard with work lately but I still read and follow along. I was just thinking how amazing it is that all of us are just moving right along. So many are getting close to that halfway mark! Crazy! 2 more days till my gender scan. Hope everyone is doing great today!

 

[amjon]

You are a stronger person than me Jess I would of said yes yes yes!!! MY OB WILL NOT LOOK AT MY BABYS SEX TILL AFTER 18 WEEKS!!! so fusterating he wont even try he said he just wants to check HB because of my previous losses boo hoo hoo.

The MFM told us at 14 weeks and confirmed it today. We're having two boys. They were being little rascals, but luckily the tech was persistent. One of them crossed his legs and stuck his hand down there just as she was scanning up his body to check.

 

[srrhc]

Congrats A!

 

[amjon]

I'm posting the pictures from today's 16 week U/S. They were being little rascals and moving around like crazy. Baby A was rubbing his nose on the sack and crossed his legs and put his hand down there just as the tech started to look to confirm boy. She was very persistent and did confirm 2 boys even though both wanted to keep it a secret.

 

[kelly4]

Congratulations A, you must be so pleased, what clear pictures.

I had the midwife pop round yesterday after my scare with the GP, she thinks I have SPD, I have the consultant today so will see what he thinks. The NHS here wont treat it till 30 weeks, so I am kind of stuck, I have two options, one to get a support belt, which I have researched, and found one in Mothercare which I am getting tomorrow and two to pay around £40 per session to see an osteopath, which I have booked alreday for next week. I can't live with this feeling untreated for 16 weeks, so its what I have to do. Hopefully they can re align my pelvis and feel normal again soon.

Hope everyone is well and felling good.

 

[BeautifulD]

Congratulations Amjon

Ugh I'm so envious of all you ladies getting to find out what your LO's are.... My DH won't budge no matter what I try, I've even tried bribery

 

[flapjack10]

Congrats Amjon! How exciting!

No worries BeautD you're team yellow with me!

 

[BeautifulD]

Yay we are the team crew

It seems like everyone is selling gender specific baby stuff at the moment. It's rather annoying I just wanna speeeeeeeeeeennnnnndddddddd!!!! haha

 

[srrhc]

Awww amjon they are so cute! How funny that little man put his hands down there. He was thinking "NO peeking!" haha!

Kelly I am sorry that you may have SPD. From what I hear it can sometimes resolve itself? I don't know much about it though.

Hope every has a great day!

 

[Dollybird]

Lovely pics amjon! Can't wait to find out what my LO is.. I have a feeling I'm team blue but only time will tell!! Kelly glad you've gotten some kind of explanation, means you can deal with it now. Xxx