*** December Snowflakes 2012 *** 158 Snowflakes - 36 born so far!

[Blu_Butterfly]

Jumik - feel better hun. I think you may have a sinus infection. May be worth a ring to your doc. And the area you described is where I first started feeling movement as well. Wonderful isnt it?

 

[MD1223]

Thank you, ladies!

ttc_lolly - LOVE the scan pic and story!

So exciting you are all almost half-way there! Awesome - Enjoy!

 

[GenYsuperlady]

Jumik - my best advice for you is to try and melt out the mucus...drink plenty of fluids and breathe in steam (boil up some water, then pour in a bowl and lean over it with a towel over your head to create a "steam tent,"). You can also try a saline nose spray or a sinus rinse (neti-pot) to help clear things out. Usually I'd say add in some ibuprofen to help with swelling but it's a preggo no-no.
It could be seasonal allergies as well - my nose always gets bloody with those, especially if you have a lot of sneezing or your nose is very congested after sleeping with the window open/being outside all day. If it continues on and you have any facial pain over your cheeks or forehead (especially if worse on one side) then it likely is a bacterial (versus viral) sinus infection and your doc might be able to help. There are some effective antibiotics that are considered very safe in pregnancy and will put you out of your misery!

 

[GenYsuperlady]

Also, I am finally feeling the flutters of baby moving too, and I was quite surprised at how low down they can be. Sometimes it feels barely above my cervix!

 

[ttc_lolly]

Thank you ladies can't stop looking at my pictures! Can't wait to see all of yours either.

Lulu - I'm glad a nurse is calling you to discuss

Jumik - I agree with Gen, steam should do you some good and is what got me through my long standing cold I had a month ago x

 

[samj732]

Speaking of names, do you ladies think Izobel is too weird for spelling? Be honest!

I love the name but it's somewhat common, so I thought to put a spin on it I would replace the s with a z. Isobel, Izobel... I think I like it with the z better

 

[LuluSS]

I don't think the spelling is weird at all!

That is a cute name!

 

[juless]

Beautiful scan pics lolly! Glad to catch up with such nice news about healthy babies from everyone! afm, I keep forgetting my scan is day after tomorrow!! With all the house stuff (now we're working on getting it ready to paint so we can hopefully move in next week) I forget I'm pregnant sometimes! Really wishing I could help paint though... if I wasn't pregnant, it'd be done by now, lol! I hate that I go over to get a lot done and end up having to sit and rest every 20 minutes!

 

[daydream]

hi ladies, 17 weeks today and my bump seems to have popped a bit! I'm out of state for work, but will take a picture when I'm back home this weekend.

We have our name, had it before our scan, so we announced it when we announced it's a boy. First name is Harrison, middle name is Leonard (after DH's grandpa). We've gotten all positive feedback and thank goodness the suggestions have stopped. Everyone is excited to call the LO by his name, and it makes me so happy every time I hear it.

Hope everyone else is well, have to read and run since I'm busy with work

 

[expatttc]

daydream, I LOVE harrison! We're sticking with family names, that work in both English and Italian, so still finalizing everything.

Juless, good luck at your scan tomorrow

Jumik, colds are awful, particularly when phlegmy....I'm with the other ladies, steam is great, and I have had sinus headaches almost every other day since being pregnant. The only thing that gives me relief, which might also help you, is a nasal cleansing bottle (you boil water, then let it cool, and add a sachet of basically saline powder). It took some getting used to, as you gently push water into one nostril and it flows out the other one (as I said, takes some getting used to), but the gentle warmth is soothing AND it's made sure that at least there are no infections in overworked sinuses.

For those ladies at their 18-20 week scan mark, do they also look for further soft markers for Downs as a rule, or do you have to ask for that? We had a good result at our nuchal scan (1:6,000), but I still want any further non-invasive (blood, scans) tests possible without having the risk of invasive testing.

 

[toothfairy29]

TTC lolly. Glad all is good. Scan is very cute. 9 more sleeps til mine

 

[toothfairy29]

Actually no it's not its 8!!

 

[lovie]

good morning

daydream yay for a popped bump, harrison is such a cute name! will you be getting anything personalised for him now you are decided on the name?

samj what a lovelly name choice! I love the shortenings bella/belle and izzy personally is go for a more traditional spelling, just to save the child having to spell out the name all the time, but i know what you mean about wanting something a little more unique.

i keep having breast feeding dreams, anyone else have them?

 

[Baby Bell]

Expattic, dont quoteme on this but I think there is only a short time frame to do the nuchal testing, between 12and14/15 weeks I think.

Juless exciting bout scan tomorrow

Hope everyone has a lovely day

 

[expatttc]

Thanks BabyBell - we did the nuchal testing - I was just wondering if there was something similar done later at the 18-20 week mark as well (same markers, etc.) since the little one will be so much bigger!

 

[Redhead84]

Well it's still stress central for me.

There were lies - which we thought there might be - and they are reporting my OH for harassment (based purely on a set of fabricated evidence.. this is not be just blustering, one of the instances they say happened couldn't have done as we were not even in the area, and by that I mean we were in London, and we will be providing proof). Problem is that it will now need to go up the ranks before any decision to summons him happens, and they have 6 months to do it.. meaning this could now drag all the way throughout my pregnancy and beyond.

It also means that we now have to live in a world where we need to document absolutely everything that we do to counteract the possibility that they will invent further "evidence" which could then be construed as witness intimidation and then it's in a whole different spectre of seriousness sadly.

This afternoons job for me is house hunting well away from here.. which is somewhat of a double edged sword in my head - it should be simple... we feel completely and utterly under the cosh where we are.. we are the ones being harassed, intimidated and even threatened and yet the Police have lied to us, failed to act and continued the harassment by proxy by believing the pack of lies put to them by others and so I can't wait to leave.. but I'm happy with my midwives and care I'm getting here.. I love the birth unit we're booked into as they specialise in water birth and it's so lovely and quiet and calm.

I'm so fed up though and know that we need to be away - I'm sick of waking up tired because I haven't been able to sleep properly and crying because of the stress.

I keep apologising to the baby about it all, not that it can understand me, and I feel awful that I feel I have to

Anyway - it can't be all doom and gloom forever... I'm off to look at cute baby things to cheer myself up

Hope you have a great day ladies... keep those chins up.. it could be worse!!!

 

[Evian260]

20 week scan in 5 days! Hoping I can stay team !

Hope you ladies are all doing well, just started feeling baby move!

 

[Ichisan]

Well we had a fantastic experience with Babybond this morning and are very happy to be

Heres our little madam finally flashing us
https://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n594/HannahandIan/SCN_0004.jpg

Well done lolly you were right!

 

[daydream]

lovie - nothing personalized just yet. We actually didn't even go buy any boy stuff yet! We looked but since all summer stuff is out, that won't do our Dec baby any good We're going to wait until after the baby shower.

 

[LillyLee]

Thanks BabyBell - we did the nuchal testing - I was just wondering if there was something similar done later at the 18-20 week mark as well (same markers, etc.) since the little one will be so much bigger!

We skipped the early nuchal test and I just had a blood draw at 17 weeks. They say they can do between 16-22. Some places call it Triple/Quad/Penta screen depending on where you go. Mine was back in 3 days with a 1/3100 for neural tube defects and 1/5000 for DS, Trisomies 13 and 18. We're also getting a 20 week anatomy scan for measurements, etc.