Buddies for Late January/Early February Babies!

[AmandaBanana]

I'm up in British Columbia!

 

[Flourish]

Ooh navy good luck! It must be such mixed emotions for you right now, I can't even begin to imagine how you are feeling.

For my GTT I had to have a blood test, drink the syrup stuff then just sit for 2 hours before having a second blood test. Should get the results back on Monday. I'm in England but when I told my sister who lives a couple of hours away from me they did it slightly different for her as well so maybe it's just different every where including if you're in the same country?

 

[AmandaBanana]

Yeah so I got here, they took blood. Then drank the crappy drink, waited an hour, blood test. Another hour, another blood test.
I'm so hungry

 

[Hopeful.89]

Congrats Navy!! I am rooting for you and your family that this little bean sticks!

I have the option of doing the glucose test, my midwife said that because of my weight and my measurements that it is not absolutely necessary and the chances of developing it in the 3rd Trimester are higher than having it now...and as long as I eat healthy and exercise I should be good. I decided just to air on the side of caution I am going to do it...so I have to do it this week sometime.

Hard to believe next week is 3rd Trimester!! DH only has 5 more weeks of school, I absolutely cannot wait until he is home!

Hockey starts soon for us, so that will make time fly by. The team my DH coaches has already started practicing and they will start games soon. It is hard to believe Christmas is less than 10 weeks away!

Amanda - I hope you go VOTE today if you haven't already!

 

[NavyLadybug]

Second Blood draw was this morning, results came back at only 39 so not doubling after 3 days. I'm hoping everything is ok since Sophie was a slow starter but I just want to cry.

 

[AmandaBanana]

So I failed my glucose screening test What does this mean for me exactly?*
I had my blood taken. Drank the drink. Had blood again at 1 hour. And blood taken again at 2 hours.

And I failed it.
I don't know what this means for me? Do I have diabetes? Will I?*
I've never had an issue with sugar so I'm very confused. I don't even eat sweets!

 

[Flourish]

I failed mine as well Amanda I was so upset I cried all day yesterday about it, but then I've thought about it and at least we've only got it for 14ish weeks and it will then go. I've got an appointment with the diabetic specialist midwife this week then next week I'll have another scan to check babies size and then an appointment with the consultant. Lots of extra appointments.

I think from what I understand baby is likely to come early now as they don't like people with gestational diabetes to go over due because of the risk of having big babies.

 

[AmandaBanana]

Well they didn't say I have gestational diabetes for sure or anything. So ill find out more when I see the dr tomorrow I suppose!

 

[Flourish]

Hopefully you haven't then. They wouldn't say that I had it at first either though, they kept saying 'your levels are raised' when I asks for more info it turns out they were only slightly over the cut off as well. I'm in such a grump about it haha

 

[NavyLadybug]

HCG came back at only 4. I sort of figured this is what would happen since I woke up to spotting

In other news, Genetics lost our results.....so we had those redrawn today. Results come in TWO MORE WEEKS. Pissed does not describe me right now.
But we did learn more about Sophie. Our first Dr told us she had Trisomy 4p, she didn't but she had something pretty similar. Sophie had Trisomy 4 Mosiacism, meaning only part of her genetic material had the complete extra copy of the 4th chromosome. Sophies condition is so rare, our geneticist told us she has never seen it nor does she think she ever will again because assuming our tests come back normal, there was a 3% chance of a chromosomal disorder. Of that 3% group, less than 2-3% of those also have Mosaicism.

Since Magnus is healthy, our geneticist is hopeful that her case was de novo (random) so we'll see in 2 weeks.

 

[Micheleb87]

Booooo, Navy! So sorry to hear that and I can't believe they lost your results!!! Effing eejits!! I still think you have a really good chance of having another healthy child since you've had one already! It's good that the geneticist seems to think so too!

Amanda and Flourish, a friend of mine failed her test just barely also, and then had to see a dietician often till the end of her pregnancy. I think it was every couple weeks. She was not happy about it and really felt they had misdiagnosed her. I just realized too that your appointments were a few/couple weeks before mine too. They want me to take mine at 28 weeks. So that is kind of strange how differently they do things... With mine I have a little piece of paper that I have to write down the time I finished my drink (I have to drink it within 5 minutes) and then have to be at the lab no more than 45 minutes after that so they can draw my blood exactly an hour later. They said I can do it right before my dr appt so I don't have to make a special trip and didn't say anything about giving a couple hours before my appointment to take another test. So I'm assuming either they can tell after the one drink, or they will make me come back to do a more involved test if something is off and maybe this first one is just a screening? Either way, I'm hoping I pass mine because I don't want to deal with a dietician!!! I haven't weighed myself in over a week but the last time I did I had gains 40 lbs since my bfp :-/ not sure if that makes me more likely to have gestational diabetes or not... But I have stopped drinking soda and started eating a little bit healthier lol. I finally got some heartburn pills because I saw on the tums bottle that when you're pregnant you're only supposed to have so many per day and I was eating 10-15 some days because the burning in my throat was sooooo awful. But the pills are miraculous and I barely even need any tums anymore. That's my exciting news... Lol. Oh, and I'm finally looking pregnant!

 

[Micheleb87]

My belly!

 

[AmandaBanana]

https://i62.tinypic.com/o5cjlv.jpg

My bump!

Navy I'm sorry you lost again, and it's terrible they lost your results!!! But that's some good news about the genetics!

I have to eat more on this plan they gave me and see a dietician and test my blood everyone I eat.
They didn't say I had gestational diabetes but are doing all this just to make sure it doesn't develop.

 

[Micheleb87]

Awww, our babies are getting big! I can feel mine kick my arm sometime when I'm sitting with my legs on the couch and to the side or of I'm laying on my side in bed haha. Great bump pic and I love those boots! I wish I had more cute clothes that fit me. I've mostly been wearing the few pairs of maternity jeans that I have with a hoodie everyday lol. I have like 5 maternity shirts and maybe 5 more I can wear as maternity shorts so my wardrobe is super small right now...

 

[AmandaBanana]

My wardrobe is tiny too. I have 1 black pair of maternity jeans. A pink pair (so very limiting). Then i wear leggings or yoga pants. And this maternity skirt.
And tops I have a few more, but not for long!

I feel our baby all the time. It's really awesome.

 

[Micheleb87]

I knoooooow! It's the best feeling ever the pregnancy always feels real now whereas before it seemed like it couldn't be or like it was a dream almost lol!

I got so many second hand maternity clothes but most of the jeans just have an elastic waistband and not the full panel so I don't like or wear any of those cause they don't feel great and I don't like how they are looking the bigger I get. That skirt is super cute though and you could wear it with a lot of different shirts and leggings to make it a whole new outfit

Does anyone watch Grey's Anatomy? How about the Affair? I like the show kind of but the main guy (Noah) makes me soooooo mad!

 

[Micheleb87]

Oh, and OH put his hand on my tummy this morning after saying "I love you" to me. Then he said "And I love you too" to the baby. That was the first time he's done this so it was super cute to me.

 

[AmandaBanana]

I don't watch those shows sorry
And that's so adorable!

So we're thinking of getting a cat. Thoughts?

I've always had cats and I think it's great for children to he raised around them.

 

[Micheleb87]

Awww, I love cats! We have two. Kitty and Opie. Kitty is a couple years old now and just in the past few weeks she has become so affectionate towards me. She's been snuggling up next to or on top of me every night and when I come home she won't leave me alone. I'm pretty sure she knows I'm pregnant and that's where it's coming from. It's super sweet though. Opie is 7-8 months old and is adorable but a total a-hole. Haha. He's constantly tearing the house apart and making it look like a tornado came through. I'm sort of worried about when the baby comes though because I am slightly allergic to cats (it used to be worse but somehow living with them upped my allergy tolerance lol) and my mom and brother and sisters are all severely allergic. Like they can't come over without taking an allergy pill and even then are dying after a couple hours. I would be so sad if the baby was allergic and we had to re-home them But you should definitely get one! They are the best pets in my opinion!

 

[AmandaBanana]

Children have better immune systems when exposed to such allergens. So it could be really good for the babe to grow up around a cat.

I think we will
I was mainly worried about money but we don't need to be. I just get worried about anything that's money consuming