Buddies for Late January/Early February Babies!

[Hopeful.89]

Great bump pick Amanda.

Well we had our scan yesterday. Baby was very active and heart rate was 150. We will not get any results until the end of the week or early next week.

We met with a midwife yesterday, she is amazing and their birthing center is incredible. They have a huge birthing tub as well, I think it is the route we will take as long as we stay low-risk.

 

[NavyLadybug]

So glad baby was active with a great heart rate, though boo that you have to wait for results.

My scan is tomorrow morning and I'm so nervous

 

[AmandaBanana]

Waiting for results is always the worst! But I'm so glad everything looked good!

 

[Flourish]

Loving the pics Amanda.

Hopeful that sucks you have to wait for your results, but yay for the birthing centre being good!

Good luck for tomorrow navy.

 

[Hopeful.89]

Good Luck tomorrow Navy! How exciting!

They did another internal... I am hoping it is because the veins went away and they just wanted to go with higher resolution to make sure that they did. That's what I keep telling myself anyway.

Have any of you thought about doing a full/partial water birth? After seeing the birthing centre I am really really excited about it being an option for me. However, if I have any risk at all I will opt to go a hospital instead of the birthing centre.

 

[NavyLadybug]

I always wanted just a natural birth, no "frills" for me. But sadly that wasn't and never will be the case since I have to c-sections. Two close friends did water births and they LOVED it, one had the usual birth with her first, epidurals and what not, but decided on a water for her second and she much preferred it to the first time around.

 

[Hopeful.89]

I love hearing when women have done both, which one they preferred. Luckily my cousin a Doula so she has tried to convince me to have a home birth, but I live 45 min away from a hospital so I don't think it is wise if something happened! But she has convinced me on the benefits of doing a water birth. Hopefully my "plan" works out ha ha but I won't argue if I require a different plan.

 

[Micheleb87]

Great pic, Amanda! That's a cute little bump! I still don't have one but I think after gaining 20 lbs my belly is just too fat to see it lol!

Hopeful, glad everything looked good on the ultrasound! I'm sure they did the internal just to get a better look! Fx'd that everything comes back normal! I hope you are able to do your water birth I want to read more about epidurals but I have such a low pain tolerance that I don't think I could handle a natural birth even though it would be the ideal way to go... Is water supposed to make it less painful?

Navy, good luck on your ultrasound today! I'm anxious to hear how it goes! I hope you are able to see baby's heartbeat today

Flourish, is your nausea still gone?

Is everyone past their migraines? I hope everyone is doing well! I've been feeling great aside from being slightly tired and emotional but physically, I feel awesome.

 

[NavyLadybug]

Results are less than ideal. Quant last week was 950 and today was 5000 but it should have been 15000. They saw a yolk sac but no fetal pole. They put me at 5+1 with an EDD of April 13th. It's impossible for me to have gotten a positive test when I did if I was that far. Repeat ultrasound on the 28th if I don't start bleeding.
I'm basically measuring a week behind and my levels aren't doubling like they should, they're taking 2x as long to double than they should. They told me to be ready.


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[Micheleb87]

Oh noooo! That is so awful and upsetting, Navy. I am so sorry and hope they just weren't able to see things right for whatever reason! Is it possible for everything to be ok and still have the hcg levels not go up as much as they should? *hugs*

 

[NavyLadybug]

It's possible to continue the pregnancy but the risk of problems in fetal development are much higher so often the body just aborts the pregnancy

 

[Hopeful.89]

Navy - Sorry to hear that news, I hope baby catches up!

Michele - Some people say a water birth can help to alleviate some pain but not everyone agrees with that. In the birthing centre I would be at we don't have the option of an epidural, however if I opted to go to the hospital I could have one. All of the women in my family have delivered too fast for an epidural so I am assuming I will be that way too.

Yesterday I got a call from my doctor to come in for the results. I just got back from my appointment, thankfully my blood work came back negative for any chromosomal abnormalities - however Turner Syndrome is still a possibility. The baby's neck is still swollen and abnormal however baby's heart and nose are great! We will have a specialist appointment in the next two-three weeks to get a better opinion.

 

[NavyLadybug]

Wonderful news on the lack of chromosomal abnormalities!!! Also wonderful on the perfect nose and heart!!!

 

[Hopeful.89]

Thanks! Those are the things that are keeping me going in a positive direction.

Poor DH is starting to get more nervous that I will have to go to the specialist appointments alone because he will be at school, but thank god for Facetime! lol.

My doctor also mentioned we will have a lot of ultrasounds in the next few months, so we will get to watch our bean grow.

 

[Flourish]

Navy i am so sorry to hear that your levels haven't risen as much as they should have. Fingers crossed that they are wrong and everything will be okay.

Hopeful that's really good news that everything else came back as okay. Good luck for your appointment, hopefly you will have a big more information after that.

I'm still being sick. The sickness stopped for a few days but soon came back... I have the midwife tomorrow so going to talk to her about the ongoing sickness...

 

[Hopeful.89]

Flourish - I am so sorry you are still experiencing sickness! I hope they can get control of it, or it goes away on its own!

 

[AmandaBanana]

Navy - fxed for you ♡

Hopeful - great news on the results!

Got the babies heartbeat on recording! Was moving all around but finally cooperated and moved in a good spot so we could hear it loud!
My uterus is almost up to my belly button and everything else is looking good!!

 

[Micheleb87]

Navy, try and stay positive! No bleeding or cramping is a good sign right? And they often don't see the fetal pole even at 6 weeks. I read a lot about that stuff in early pregnancy when I was having constant miscarriage anxiety and there were so many girls who were told their pregnancy was not viable and then went back a couple weeks later only to find baby and heartbeat! The tech could have been inexperienced also. So many possibilities. And even if things aren't going perfectly, remember that miracles happen every day. Pregnancy in itself if a miracle! I will keep you in my thoughts and sending positive vibes your way!

Hopeful, that is great news!! So happy to hear that I hope we are all blessed with healthy and happy babies! And that's nice that you'll be able to see baby so often now!

My mom did a natural birth with my youngest sister. She decided after awhile she wanted an epidural but by then it was too late to change her mind so she had to go without and she said it was so painful. I still need to read more about epidurals before I decide on that though. I've heard in passing some bad things about them so want to do my research. And look into all my options.

Flourish, that really sucks I hope you start feeling better soon!!

Amanda, that's awesome! You should totally get a doppler. The one I borrowed is a cheap one and I listen to baby's heartbeat every day with it. There was only one time i couldn't find it but I didn't freak because I only had a minute to look for it and knew there was a chance I wouldn't find it right away. I usually find it almost instantly though because she tends to stay close to the same spot usually. You can also hear baby moving through the doppler which is so cool. It is so addicting. If you get one you won't regret it lol. If it weren't for having that, I'd probably still be having awful anxiety every day.

 

[AmandaBanana]

Oh and flourish I hope you're feeling better soon and the midwife can help you!

 

[AmandaBanana]

Yes the dr pointed out the sounds that were made by baby moving! Soo cool!!