Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[yogi77]

Good luck today hearty!

Sparkly I'm sorry to see you had bad news. Big hugs.

Ali had her 6 month check up and immunizations yesterday. She is 29 inches long (sorry don't know what that is in cm). (Edit: just checked and that is 73cm) She weighs 19lbs 3oz omg what a little porker next to Ben Lucy! Nurse said everything looked perfect, we are lucky she seems to be a good little eater and I hope it stays that way!!

Nato I love etsy stuff but it's so expensive! Can't wait to see what u get.

Off to get ready for ali's swim class. She loves it. Did anyone happen to watch the video I posted on fb of her showing of her lungs?

 

[yogi77]

Hoping the pictures are adorable what a sweetie!

Allie allistair will be fine, babies always have that moment of stun before they start wailing if they're hurt or scared. I had a scare with ali hitting her head a couple of months ago and went to the dr and I could tell he thought I was overreacting but he didn't say anything and checked her eyes and ears and sent me on my way. Ali was giggling through the entire appt and obviously just fine so I was quite embarrassed lol.

Jaymes those numbers look great!

 

[heart tree]

Not sure I'm getting a scan today. I might have one to check the health of my cervix since I've had so many D&C's but they might not look at babe and probably won't tell me gender. Damn! I have my 20 week scan in 3 weeks from today. Guess I have to be a little more patient. Still at docs office. Will catch up later.

 

[hoping:)]

Hearty- I really hope you get a scan today!!! I really think your will be team pink Good for your taking prenatal yoga... hopefully you will get a nice calm LO

Allie- I love that you get all dressed up to go to church I am a big fan of those dresses as well.

Lucy- well done on your little man gaining some weight

Round- I'm glad you got some quality mommy & daughter time. Do we get to see a pic of your bump? I definitely had that worry with Penny. It got a little easier after I hit viability... you are super close!!!

Yogi- Do we get to see pictures of your little porker? I'm glad she is enjoying her swim classes!

AFM- Penny had a better 2nd night in her room. She slept from 10pm-4am, had a quick feed at 4am and then slept until 9am. I took the 4 am feed to give her daddy a break but now I am tired since I had to be at work at 7:30.

Our best friends had their little boy last night His name is Boston Ryan and he is just so cute. I can't wait until he and Penny can play together. His dad grew up with Tim and was his best man at our wedding so it is absolutely perfect that they get to be daddies together

 

[yogi77]

Pictures of my chunky monkey

Spoiler

 

[hoping:)]

Thanks for sharing! She has such beautiful eyes... you are going to have a little heart breaker on your hands!

 

[Jaymes]

Beautiful!!

 

[Allie84]

Thanks girls.

Hearty, no bumps for Alistair...he was perfectly fine when he woke up yesterday! I guess I need to get used to bumps and scrapes now. How did your appt go? Your cervical scan?

Aww Yogi, Ali is gorgeous! As Hoping said, a little heart breaker. Glad her appt went well and she's growing nicely.

Hoping, was that an improvement for Penny? It sounds pretty good to me! It was nice of you to take her nightly feeding.

 

[heart tree]

No scan today Allie. It will be on Wednesday to look at my cervix and the adenomyosis. There is no way not to see the baby if they are looking at the adenomyosis, so I'm definitely going to ask them to take a peek between the legs.

Glad Alistair is ok!

Yogi, Ali is gorgeous!

Lucy, glad Benjamin is gaining weight. Sounds like he's even more active than ever! I'm scared for the nights of lost sleep. Life will never be the same again.

Round, I would love to see a bump pic! You are a jet setter, skiing one week, Florida the next. How fun! Yes, I am feeling something in my uterus that can only be baby. It's like tiny, gentle knocks coming from the inside of my uterus. I can't wait for them to be more noticeable.

To all the moms, what was your stance on sex during pregnancy. I read an article that said semen has prostaglandins which can ripen the cervix and cause contractions. The article suggested using condoms in the second trimester. I asked my doctor about sex and orgasms today and she said the same thing about prostaglandins and using condoms. She also told me to wait to have orgasms until we knew how strong my cervix is. Tim is going to be very unhappy about the condom rule. We've had sex twice and I didn't have any contractions. I'm wondering what you all did. I really don't want to give up sex entirely and Tim just doesn't seem to enjoy sex with condoms. I know we can do other things, but nothing beats the real thing, know what I mean?

 

[Round2]

Hearty, I read that article you posted on the PAL thread....it scared the crap out of me! My doctor certainly did not tell me to refrain from sex durring my first pregnancy. But now after 1 vaginal birth and 2 d&c's....I'm worried about my cervix strength too. I've had a lot of pressure down low that has really been concerning me lately. I'm thinking about holding back until after my next OB appointment in 2 weeks.

 

[heart tree]

Sorry Round, didn't mean to scare you! I found that article a couple weeks ago and bookmarked it. I was kind of shocked to hear my doctor resonate the same sentiments as the article. I've never heard this theory before. My other doctor didn't mention anything about this.

Have you had your cervix checked at all? I'm really glad they are going to look at mine. I have had many, many, many procedures through it. But obviously haven't had a birth through it! Yet! You should push to get yours assessed. I know they can stitch it up if it's weak.

Maybe I should just have them do that so I can have unprotected sex! LOL!

 

[Allie84]

To all the moms, what was your stance on sex during pregnancy. I read an article that said semen has prostaglandins which can ripen the cervix and cause contractions. The article suggested using condoms in the second trimester. I asked my doctor about sex and orgasms today and she said the same thing about prostaglandins and using condoms. She also told me to wait to have orgasms until we knew how strong my cervix is. Tim is going to be very unhappy about the condom rule. We've had sex twice and I didn't have any contractions. I'm wondering what you all did. I really don't want to give up sex entirely and Tim just doesn't seem to enjoy sex with condoms. I know we can do other things, but nothing beats the real thing, know what I mean?

I was very cautious about sex during pregnancy. I had no sex up until after 19 weeks when my cervix had been measured (at my anatomy scan) even though I had no reason to be worried and no previous cervical trauma. And even then we didn't have sex until 20 something weeks and it hurt! I was worried about preterm labor as well (again, for no reason)so then said no to sex until 36 weeks when I was near term, even with a condom. We did a little bit of fooling around but I didn't allow myself have an orgasm at all until 2nd tri (TMI but when I did, it happened sooooooo easily, it was crazy) and even then I was careful not to have multiple orgasms because they made my uterus contract. So, in summary, I was overly cautious and probably won't be as paranoid next time! I read far too much at the time.

 

[vickyd]

Hearty my doc also told me to avoid getting sperm up there lol! We didnt have sex very often tbh but when we did we used the pull out method. Alex cant stand condoms and really cant perform with them anyway.

 

[VGibs]

I had a lot of sex...all the time....and never used a condom lol near the end poor Ian was wore out because I was pretty much using him for the prostaglandins to get MeMe outta there!

 

[prgirl_cesca]

I couldn't have felt less sexy in pregnancy so we did it 3 times I think! We always used condoms because I just didn't want semen inside me really.

I'm not sure about the semen and cervix theory (I thought that was an old wives tale...or is that blow jobs bringing on labour?) but all I know is we had sex at 38 weeks without a condom and my waters went half an hour later!

 

[NatoPMT]

haha @ blow jobs

No its defo true, thats why the best way to bring on labour is sexy time.

 

[Jaymes]

I was cautious the last time, but once I hit 2nd tri and my dr said I didn't need to be on pelvic rest we went back to normal. Which is a very healthy amount.

 

[hoping:)]

Allie- It was about the same. I guess we got so used to her sleeping through the night (she started just after 6 weeks) before but I’m sure she will get back to it eventually. I read that they can start waking in the night again after an illness, teething, growth spurts, and once they reach new milestones such as sitting up. Last month Penny was sick and then went through a growth spurt. It is nice that she goes back down very quickly after her 3 am feed. Last night it only took me about 15-20 minutes to feed, change her and dress her in new pjs… she peed through them.

Hearty- Wednesday is quickly approaching!

Tim and I were both terrified to have sex during the 1st half of my pregnancy. We both agreed to abstain until we had our 18 week scan… of course there were a few times when we got carried away. After our gender scan we started to have sex a little more frequently but definitely not as much as we used to and we never used a condom. My sex drive was actually pretty low while I was pregnant so I was more than happy to just take care of him. Tim was also a little weirded out because by that time Penny was moving around and kicking. I did have a ton of sex dreams (luckily they were with Tim so I didn’t have to feel guilty for dream cheating) complete with orgasms at least once a week… maybe I was too exhausted from all the dream sex.

 

[Round2]

So when I had my 20 scan, they looked at my cervix and said everything was fine. Can they tell from an abdominal ultrasound if my cervix is thinnig or dilated?

I hate the idea of telling hubby to hold off. I feel like our sex life has been dicated to us for last 2.5 years and we're both so tired of it. But now I'm just going to worry and not enjoy it. You can't win!!

Hearty, you doc sounds amazing. My high risk doc is so laid back. I understand his approach, but sometimes I wish he cared less about my emotional well-being.

 

[NatoPMT]

They measure the length of the cervix at each scan, it should be on your scan info somewhere rounders. Then you can obsess about it and search on google what it means. Naturally.