Calling all February bump buddies!! (10 BLUE) (5 PINK) (2 ANGELS)

[BlueMoonBubba]

Polly it's annoying to not have symptoms I need the reassurance lol

 

[pollydolly]

I agree!! totally! I'm trying to take comfort in the fact it seems very normal for them to appear & disappear around 9 weeks xxx

 

[allforthegirl]

BMB well I am sure glad you don't have to wait so long for your apt. I bet you are excited that it is a lot sooner.

Sugar I can see the change. Very cute!

Polly I too like symptoms but I really don't like that I feel horrible, and for me it is mostly at night.

Yay for apt's today!! Please share.... even if it is just paper work.... for me this is my second and I don't remember what the Dr will be doing today.... just hoping to get the anti nausea

 

[BlueMoonBubba]

Good luck aftg!!!

I'm excited I'll be sure to update while I'm at the antenatal clinic I know it's going to be a long long long wait they tell me to come at 2:30 I guarantee I won't see a midwife till 3:30 that's OK though as long as I have my trusty phone keep me occupied Lol..

 

[allforthegirl]

I am going to take my iPad mini with me so I can read while I am waiting. Not too much longer now and I will be waiting in the waiting room...

 

[BlueMoonBubba]

Good luck aftg!

Let us know what Dr hotty says

 

[allforthegirl]

Ahhhh yes Dr Hottie

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

My app was fine. My next one is on the 30th of august when I will be 16 weeks ish
She was nice enough

So how is everyone else doing... fill me in so I don't have to trawl through pages

 

[Ladybuggz]

Hey Ladies!
Hope you're all well!
I've just come back from my first ultrasound (I'll post pics a little later). It was great, although the technician used pretty hot gel and was a little rough which wasn't the most comfortable! Shrimp is measuring 24mm from crown to rump (which is 9 weeks and 1 day). Heartbeat was 170. He/she even had a little wiggle and a roll on the monitor.

Appointment aside, I'm getting really frustrated with my cough at the moment. I've had it for 4 days now and its really freaking me out. I called a doctor a few days back and explained that I'm experiencing coughing fits after losing my voice the day before. He prescribed me an inhaler and said that I need to make an asthma check appointment after this bug has past. The problem is that back when I was 14 I had an appointment with my mum (where I took a peak flow test, which read low) and was prescribed a brown inhaler to take every morning. I never had another asthma related appointment after that. When my inhaler ran out I never replaced it. That was 8 years ago and I have since moved county. The current doctors have no record of any asthma.

When I mentioned my history to my midwife (during my booking appt) she just shrugged it off and said that I'd probably grown out of it anyway. The problem is that I now have this cough. I called the midwife and explained the cough and that the dr gave me an inhaler as I was unsure if I should use it (what if I don't have asthma? I don't want to use unnecessary medication). She said to only take the inhaler if I really needed it and to try to avoid using it. I'm still experiencing coughing fits which I eventually get over with time but don't know whether I should be using this inhaler? I'm worried that the coughing fits are bad for bubs (both through constant tummy tensing and a lack of oxygen). What would you ladies do? No health professional seems to give me a direct yes or no answer.

 

[Cryssie]

Bump pic.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/Cryssie/20130705_131025.jpg

And my short, dark hair which up because it's raining. Lol. Got off work early today I only had 9 kids. So I went to lunch with hubby and his buddy then came home to relax a bit before my parents bring Alek home. Zofran failed to work again today. Boo. Later I'll upload my pictures from last night to my facebook and maybe share one on here.

Looking forward to seeing those u/s pics lady!

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

Your bump is adorable!

 

[Ladybuggz]

Right, nearly charged my phone so that I can upload some pics!

I have a question for any ladies that have had an abdominal ultrasound:
Did any of you find the tech a little heavy handed? I was asking her about how active baby is at 9 weeks and she randomly starts pressing hard on my tummy with the scanner and moves it really quickly left and right to encourage baby to move (it was quite uncomforatble as she was shaking by abdomen about)! I was a little horrified to be honest! I'd have been perfectly happy to leave baby be. A few minutes later our little baby rolled over (I think to escape the crazy tech!)

 

[Cryssie]

Techs are a bit heavy handed. But majority of them know what they're doing lol. When mine was doing my internal she was jerking it about talk about uncomfortable! But she is the only tech my dr has and she is the tech for two others on that floor (married to one of them) so she's good if they don't trust anyone else.

 

[allforthegirl]

Inhalers should be fine. I had one too last pg.

 

[Ladybuggz]

Techs are a bit heavy handed. But majority of them know what they're doing lol. When mine was doing my internal she was jerking it about talk about uncomfortable! But she is the only tech my dr has and she is the tech for two others on that floor (married to one of them) so she's good if they don't trust anyone else.

Thanks Chrissie! Think I was just a little alarmed (especially as there was no actual reason to force baby to move). She pressed pretty hard too! Guess it's just one of those things I'll have to get used too! When's your next scan? I can see myself getting addicted to them!

Wahey! Finally got one of my scan pictures up!

 

[iseebabydust]

I go for my first ob appointment Monday, can I expect a scan, maybe? I'll be 7+1...

 

[Cryssie]

My next scan is July 30th. I'll be 12+6.

 

[allforthegirl]

So I guess I may not be out of the woods for having a safe pg!

Some of you know but some of you won't know this, so I will just re-explain my situation.

With my second birth I had a fluke thing happen to me, where the blood from the baby came back up into my blood and caused high antibodies to some of my baby's proteins. So when it came time for all the blood tests with #3 they found a very elevated level of this anti-kel which is very very very dangerous if the baby has that protein. The Dr up in the NWT had no clue what this was but new it was most likely going to end up badly, and they told me the whole time. Well it turned out that baby had that protein and the Dr freaked out even more. I was transferred to a Dr in the home town from where I lived, and he gave me amazing care. He was not all freaked out about it and new exactly what it was and how to deal with it. Wow did that put my mind to ease.

So he monitored me very closely, and at one point his levels started to drop. So we had to travel to another province so that the baby may have a intro uterine blood transfusion. My little guy had two of them and wasn't expected to pull through just because he was delivered. There was a high risk that he would still need transfusions after birth. I was blessed with a beautiful baby boy that didn't need anything extra. He was a true miracle.

So then when I found out that I was PG with #4 we knew that there may be an issue. We went through all the testing and he came out clean, form the scary life threatening antibodies. And we delivered a healthy baby with out any issues.

Now my levels are very elevated, which means that the three proteins that DH has (not as life threatening but still very well could pose a problem due to my high levels) still could cause baby to become anemic and pass. So it was explained that the odds are high, because baby has a 50% chance of getting each. So 50% chance to have s, 50% chance of e, and 50% chance of getting k. So the chance of getting at least one of them is very high!! *sigh*

The next step is for me to be reffered to a maternal specialist so I can be monitored very closely. There are two tests that they may try, a very new blood test that is still in the testing phase, or an amnio to find out what proteins baby will have.

So I get to sit on the edge of my chair possibly my whole PG wondering if baby will make it tomorrow. I envy all of you that once you hit 12 weeks your risk is sooooo very low.

On a good note I did get to see baby again today. He whipped out a portable hand held u/s machine. Baby looked so cute! That part was awesome. sorry no photo from that little thing. One thing i did see on the screen was that the umbilical cord was on the right side of the machine so I guess that means that it is on the left side in real life.... So per the theory it should be a girl.

 

[Cryssie]

Oh no aftg!! Hopefully they'll figure it out soon and baby'll be A-Okay!

Good thing you got to see the baby again, too! Maybe this means more u/s's? I know if this baby has the same issue that Alek did I'll be seeing her every few weeks, lol.

 

[Cryssie]

https://media-cache-ak2.pinimg.com/originals/71/3c/63/713c63e0fb1c6354748b81c628f3c7a3.jpg

Oh, and here's a picture I took from last night.