Due in July 2012

[ktskittle]

Angela... Woohoo! My dr didn't officially change my due date though because his organ development is based on my original due date so he'd be preemie before June 26th or so. :-/ so I'm crossing fingers for the week of the 26th!!!
Fingers crossed that everyone passes their gestational test!!!

 

[Flagirl]

Ok I'm less emotional now but whoa that was bad times. I am huge now or at least I feel that way.
AngelaSD- She moves but sporadically and it's driving me nuts. I am thinking that we are in the middle of a growth spurt so maybe thats it.

I haven't had my glucose test yet. I will be 27 weeks Friday so Maybe they will do it April 24 at my next appointment. And I don't know about my gestational test. Why don't I know any of this??


Glad the gtt test isn't that bad bc I've heard horror stories. Guess I will choose the orange based on what everyone says and hope i can get it done.

 

[AngelaSD]

Fingers crossed for the 26th Kt!! Lets have our babes together that week okay? DEAL HA if only it were that easy right?

And YES pick the ORANGE kind at least to me it was good, tasted just liek Orange Crush Soda pop like Canada said...and I dont drink pop, never had so at first it was like a special treat lol but then not so much lol.

I had another Dr apptt yesterday. I know I have a LOT lol...(I am high risk dont forget) I had an Ultra Sound to measure and check my fluids and all measured and looked "perfect" very nice to hear. She was breeched yesterday so we could BARLEY SEE HER so that was to bad BUT that EXPLAINS WHY I WASN'T FEELING HER AS MUCH! And I also got a Non-Stress Test and will get this along with my US every two weeks. WHICH also made me feel SO much better since I had been freaking out about her not moving much and she passed the non stress test "with flying colors" she said! Had a GREAT appt. I haven't gained any weight since a week and a half ago though...they didnt say anything about it though...? And i KNOW i am bigger then I was then because I feel like Im non freakin stop growing!!

Ugh and my back....hurts soooooooo bad!

 

[Bug222]

Has anyone else had their third tri CBC (bloodwork) done yet? I did mine yesterday with my GTT and looked up my lab results today... my platelets are low (normal is 150-400... mine are 101). I haven't heard from my OB yet so I'm trying not to worry too much.. i figure he would call if it was really serious. It does explain why im getting so many broken blood vessels on my tummy and am bruising so easily. My hemoglobin is also boarderline low.

 

[ktskittle]

Bug... I must have... They called after my glucose test to tell me I'm not diabetic but I am anemic. :-/

 

[Canada8]

I did my bloodwork with my GTT test but do not get my results until next Tuesday

 

[ktskittle]

I have to administer state standardized tests to my class this week, and we did the first one this morning. I had to stand for three hours straight, and my feet hurt so bad I am on the verge of tears!!! Ugh!
Yes, the orange one tasted like uncarbonated orange soda.
I hate to sound greedy, but I like watching things get purchased off the registry. It makes me breathe a sigh of relief (as we prepare for me to quiit working) to see one less thing that we will have to buy. Lol. (My husband is the opposite... He doesn't want to know what gets purchased at all, and says I should wait and be surprised, but my sister agrees that I need to keep an eye on it to make sure I keep a variety of gifts in different price ranges.)

 

[AngelaSD]

Been meaning to get this book posted up here for you ladies! Thought I would post my Pics for this week while I was at it too

OKAY SO this book is a MUST HAVE!!! The picture of the CUTEST TWIN BOYS EVER...those are my lil baby nephews and they were the guinea pigs for this book! It works like MAGIC. The book in a nutshell is talks about how the first 4 months of a babies life is really the -4th trimester" in that we SHOULD really be pregnant for a year for a baby to be fully ready to be out into the world but of course our bodies are just not equipt for that. SO it the trick here is for those first 4 months a baby REALLY needs to feel the comfort of your womb still during this time. It preaches the 4 "S's" Swaddeling, Sucking, Shhhh'ing and Shaking. Swaddelling a baby then Shhhhh ' ing SO LOUD since it that is what the baby has heard while in your tummy, the louder they cry the louder you "shhhhh" (this works SOOOO WELL), "shaking" your baby up and down is SO calming for them they were being shaken allllll the time in your tummy, this is def a comofrting time for them that they NEED, Once your babe is calmed down you can put a pacifier in their mouth...literally minutes later no matter how upset or how loud they were screaming they will be done and sleeping! My sister taught this to me and passed the book on to me, her and I have been THEE Only ones to get my nephews to sleep because we DO just as this book says. And it explains everything on WHY it works and everything just makes SUCH PERFECT sense! So GET THIS BOOK!!

 

[angieloo]

Angela- super cute! I've also heard amazing things about this book and will be purchasing for sure

Kt- you are brilliant! I just went to see what items I have purchased and it's going better than I expected. It's nice to know we won't have to buy quite as much as we thought

 

[ktskittle]

You look great! My bump is the same size as the 3 woman at work who are due at the end of may!!! Ahhhh! At least it has soared the rest of my body SO FAR. (except my butt and boobs, but whatever.) I am terrified of what's to come. Modified bedrest in the guest trimester=limited excercise clearance now= I will have a long road ahead of me... I have gained way more than I'd have hoped, but I showed the dr where I kept track of calories and ratting fur a few weeks and he said that I'm doing what I need to and it's just the way my body responds to preggo hormones. Sigh...
Rant over. X

 

[Flagirl]

Andgelasd- awesome pics. You look great.

Kt- I was so much smaller than everyone else for soooo long. All th sudden i am huge I think. Then I will see someone and talk to them and they super huge and say they due in August. Just happened to me in colorado and my hubby's like that's crazy she so much bigger than you. I guess it's true that just everyone is soo different.
My back is aching now! I've heard this complaint my whole life and I had nothing then last week I really started to notice it. It hasn't gone away I guess it's here to stay until the end all my friends that have babies keep taking about oh just wait until hemorroids!!!! NO! I said I don't have any but they swear it will happen and ive read about it but still...im insisting it won't happen to me. Ha

I'm back from Colorado which is good. It was hard to be out of my normal routine and live out of a suitcase etc. it was harder than normal let me say that and it's def my last trip until after baby. Gettin up at 3 am for flights and luggage doesn't mix with me too well right now ha

 

[ktskittle]

Ummm. So I just got out of the bath, and apparent I've begun to start leaking colostrum... Hopefully this means breast feeding will be a raving success for me, unlike my sister, but oh joy... Something new to look foward to for the next couple months! =-/

 

[ktskittle]

I bet! I haven't had too much back pain yet, but my sister warned me about hemmeroids. Ugh!

 

[AngelaSD]

Thanks girls! My gf found the book on Amazon for like $1 something

Everyone TOTALLY grows different -everyone! Everyone I see who asks how far along I am are AMAZED I am as far as I am but the thing with me being a little on the smaller side I am terrified I am going get al my growing done in these last weeks and it won't be fun. Time will tell. And Kt you look SO great so who cares! You are a very beautiful pregnant woman! My gf who is just 2 weeks ahead of me had put on 20 lbs in her 2nd trimester and she was a fitness competitor with like 8% body fat so it doesn't EVEN matter what you looked like before pregnancy! She has put on weight from head to toe, has gotten cellulite everywhere even with her continued working out (obsessed she is) and good eating habits.

Kt- I have been leaking colostrum for a couple weeks now too!! Do you think that WILL mean we should have a better chance with producing milk?!! Im not leaking a WHOLE lot - did you have a lot come out?

Fla-Glad you made it home, no that does not sound like any fun lol. Bet your VERY happy to me home. Everyone keeps telling me the same thing...."wait for the roids!" NOOOOOOOOOOO! lets keep our fingers and toes crossed!

ONE MORE THING You ladies HAVE TO KNOW!!!!!!

COCUNUT OIL! AMAZING! Anyone using it? I've been lathering myself in it and came across this posting on pinterst for it...https://www.deliciousobsessions.com...the-simple-the-strange-and-the-downright-odd/

read the comments from people to there are like 200 ways to use it I lather up with it, use it on my face, in my hair everywhere now I have a TON more to do with it I AM OBSESSED with it

 

[AngelaSD]

Do I ramble to much lol??

One more thing...

Charley Horses anyone? Woke up with one from a dead sleep this moring and it was EXCRUCIATING! I was screaming for a good minute What do I do?!!

 

[Bug222]

i have been told drinking milk before bed and wearing socks to bed helps with the leg cramps. I was getting them for a few nights but since I have been doing that I haven't had any.

 

[ktskittle]

Angela.... Not a lot. And I doubt it actually indicates how successful we will be... That's just my made up science. Lol.
I get charley horses in my calves!!! It started when I stopped taking my prenatals at night because that's when I take my iron. Coincidence??? I'm not sure...
My mother in law is in town and bought our crib bedding and mattress today. Yay! It should be delivered next weekendish.., I am excited to finally get to pick paint colors and decorate!!

 

[Canada8]

I have been using shea butter this time...it is a thicker more greasy cream....I tried coconut oil with my first, and got stretch marks 2wks before I delivered. My OB says it really is really based on genetic and nothing truly works.....but I did use bio oil post preg and that drastically reduced the size and look. I am sooo much bigger than you Angela...I am prob the six you will be at full term ahahaha

My boobs are not leaking anything....but I can say, with my son, it took almost a week for the milk to come in...so maybe since you are leaking now, yours will come in early, which will be great because it was so emotionally stressful that I was not producing milk for so long....and when I did, I got so engorged!! I hope my boobs start to leak soon...lol

Here is my first 3rd try pic!!

 

[Canada8]

kt post your nursery pics when it is all done! very exciting!!!

I went to a woman's business networking event today and won 12 week salsa lessons! Im so excited to dance the baby weight away in September.....it was hilarious...I had to do a salsa dance and post and people loved my baby belly wave! ahahahaha

My big belly really won me those lessons!!

 

[Canada8]

ooohhhh off topic...... I just discovered FaceTime on my mac desktop!! amazing! has anyone here ever tried it?