Due In May :)

[Powell130]

The smile on hubs' face when he heard the heartbeat when he got home from work was amazing

 

[cgav1424]

Hi ladies! Whew! It's been awhile since I've posted! I've had midterms (getting my master's) and have just been super exhausted. I've missed y'all though! Ok... here goes.

Hann - hope you get your scan quickly! I can't believe they've had you wait so long! And that's awesome feeling the baby! So early and so cool! I think when you know what to feel for... it's easier to know what to expect!

BDown- it is funny how people react to the news. I know no one on my dad's side of the family will be excited... they never are. And we weren't going to tell our kids until second tri, but DS (11) saw the 8 week scan pic and asked me if I was pregnant again. Well, I wasn't going to lie to him so I told him I was, but we weren't sure what was happening yet. He said, "Well, I hope the baby stays alive this time." We made the mistake of telling him too early with m/c #1 and told him that God needed the baby up in heaven to be an angel and he's equated heaven with death since my Dad passed away so. It's sad how aware and familiar with death he is as at such a young age. We've had lots of tragedy in our lives.

Powell - yay Doppler! Awesome finding the heartbeat! My hubs still won't let me get one. He says I'll freak out if I can't find the heartbeat and that's a $1000 trip to the ER he can save us. I know he's right... I would totally make him take me to the ER if my OB's office was closed.

AnA - I hope you're doing okay. There's some closure to miscarrying naturally. I know with both of my D&Cs... I always wondered "what if" even though we had 3-4 ultrasounds that showed no baby/no heartbeat. Silver lining... you're super fertile now! I know so many people who got pregnant within 2-3 months of their miscarriage. I'll be thinking of you!

Jary - I've had a couple of those nights with those pains. The area around my belly button felt super stretchy and tight and achy the other night. Gotta love the stretching.

Sass - yay! Great scan pics! I have no idea how the nub or skull theory work. Something about being pointy or something like that. I won't guess gender... I'll just say beautiful baby!

Pro - glad you're feeling better! As for 4D, we got it with our DD and the only thing we saw on her scan pic that translated to real life was her beautiful, luscious, Angeina Jolie lips. Other than that, we were still surprised as to how she looked when she was born. She was kinda scrunched up in her scan pic. I think 4D scan pics are fun. They give you an idea of how your baby will look, but leave just enough to be surprised.

Afm, according to lmp... I'm 10 + 3 days, but according to last scan, I'm 10 + 1 so I guess I'm not measuring that far off. I have my first official OB appt on Wed... pap, manual exam, breast exam, blood work and scan. Nervous as all hell again, but trying to remain calm and positive. Did anyone do the NT scan? I know it's done between 11-14 weeks, which a lot of you ladies are so just wondering. Also, I'm still up at night to pee every 2-3 hours, boobs still sore, and I'm constipated! Oh and my gas can clear the room. Lol. I tooted in the car the other day and DS rolled the window down, stuck his head out the window and said, "End me now!" haha. Gotta love 11 year old boys and the glamour of being pregnant.

Hi to everyone I missed! xx

 

[prolifer]

I avoid any tests if I have the option to say no

My doctor won't do a pap on me until after baby is born, he says I will be induced at week 38 as usual - so nervous and excited!

 

[Powell130]

I think I'll be getting the NT test. If not just to see baby again, to see what the odds are for me. I think I'll feel better knowing rather than not.

I'm in love with my doppler! Now if only I could get the video to upload from hubs phone to the computer i'd be in business lol

 

[Starry Night]

Well looks like I'm done... I woke up this morning and went to the bathroom and found I was starting to bleed, it's only brown discharge right now but I know soon it will turn red I'm sad but at the same time I'm happy I was able to do this on my own. I just hope things run smoothly from here.

Powell130 - I hope your package gets here soon! I'm excited for you!

I'm so sorry for your loss. Please take care of yourself.


AFM - feeling a little sorry for myself today. I feel so sickly most of the day and have been getting strange feelings of vertigo and dizziness. But then I feel sore from bloating and seem to pee myself from time to time which makes me think I'm bleeding so I panic. Today it just hit me that I'm going through all this yet I still don't know the health of my pregnancy. And I'm at a retreat with my husband for the area pastors (my dh is a pastor) and their wives and we've left DS with sitters for the first time overnight and I'm missing him like crazy. It just all hit me at once and I had to go back to our room and I just cried. I see the doctor the day after I get back and I'm going to beg for another scan or something just to give me some clue on how my baby is doing.

 

[prolifer]

Poor Starry I do hope things get better for you.

I spoke too soon about my cough, it's back with a vengeance ugh! I have got myself some more anti-biotics (had a repeat script incase I needed it) and I will see if they have any effect on it.

Any tips for getting wet wax out of your ear? My doc won't flush it out because it's not hard or compacted but it's not draining or moving at all.

 

[Powell130]

Poor Starry I do hope things get better for you.

I spoke too soon about my cough, it's back with a vengeance ugh! I have got myself some more anti-biotics (had a repeat script incase I needed it) and I will see if they have any effect on it.

Any tips for getting wet wax out of your ear? My doc won't flush it out because it's not hard or compacted but it's not draining or moving at all.

https://altmedicine.about.com/cs/govtregulation/a/EarCandle.htm

 

[Starry Night]

Not sure about the wax thing but would a heat compress or something like that help? I've heard of doctors using a candle sort of thing to get it out. I wonder if there is something you can just pick up at the pharmacy.

I really hope your cough clears up soon. Being sick is the pits at the best of times. It's the last thing you want when you're already feeling low. I hate how colds have a way of hanging around. Mine is being rather persistent as well but it doesn't sound nearly as bad.

 

[Powell130]

https://youtu.be/fM_bmpZLIQE

 

[Stevensmummyx]

The candle method can be dangerous! What I did was, got one of DS water guns, filled it with warm water and shot my inner ear with it, there was enough pressure to clear out my ear and it worked a treat! If you try this be careful not to squirt for longer than 2-3 mins at a time because it goes right in your ear it can make you dizzy xx

 

[BDownmommie]

Any tips for getting wet wax out of your ear? My doc won't flush it out because it's not hard or compacted but it's not draining or moving at all.

My OH has a problem with his ears/ear wax - every so often he needs to have his ears officially 'drained' (really gross to watch btw, but don't worry you wont be able to see it). Anyways - it takes about 4 days to do the whole thing, and starts with 3 drops of mineral oil in each ear and keep it in there for 15 minutes (stay laying down for the time, and then when you get up, ensure that you clog a piece of kleenex into it to prevent dripping). Do that in your ear once a day for 4 days, and then after the 4th, you take luke warm water and a 'flush' it out (he has almost a syringe type thing to use)...keep flushing with your head over a sink and soon you will see the wax drop out....

Works every time for us - good luck

 

[Hann12]

Post is here - and still no scan letter grrrr

 

[AerisandAlex]

The candle method can be dangerous! What I did was, got one of DS water guns, filled it with warm water and shot my inner ear with it, there was enough pressure to clear out my ear and it worked a treat! If you try this be careful not to squirt for longer than 2-3 mins at a time because it goes right in your ear it can make you dizzy xx

Wow, I never thought of things like this and DH is always complaining about the wax in his ear, I'll have to tell him about these methods, both yours and BDownmommie sound awesome

Aww Starry, I can imagine how you feel right now. When I first went back to work after my son was born, I felt caged, I wanted to go home every minute of the day and was trying to think of excuses to leave but I knew I couldn't. Don't worry though, you'll be back with DS soon And I'm sure your doctor will give you another scan if you ask him for it. When I was preggo with my daughter, she wouldn't show us if she was a boy or a girl and I was told, at the final scan, that it was the FINAL scan, I was so upset and I went to my appt and complained to my doc that I NEEDED to know and she scheduled me for a scan the following day and we found out she was a girl! If my doc will do that to find out the gender, I'm sure yours will do it to show you that your little one is doing just fine

and thanks cgav1424 I am trying to think of it like that, when I go in for my appt on Wedesnday, we're going to discuss TTC again once everything is taken care of, we want to start as soon as possible and I'm actually thinking about looking for that cassavana root at our local grocery stores as they say it has been linked to twinning

 

[BDownmommie]

Good luck with the twinning option AnA - if your goona look into that, might I suggest reviewing 'Q10 effects for female fertility' - I doubt that newest report is out right now, but there are many many benefits (increased cell reproduction) and no known side effects as it is a naturally occuring co-enzyme. My specialist is actually one of the leading researchers in the world on this topic - google him too - Bentov.

If you wanna know more, don't be afraid to ask - I have rave reviews about this stuff.

 

[Powell130]

Did the link for my video work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM_bmpZLIQE&feature=youtu.be

That's baby, right?

 

[Jary]

That's baby! Lovely vid Powell thank you for sharing!

 

[robinson380]

Powell your video is gone now?

 

[Powell130]

Powell your video is gone now?

What do you mean gone? I just watched it on the thumbnail that's in the thread a few comments up?

 

[cgav1424]

That's baby alright! That made me smile... thank you!

 

[robinson380]

Powell your video is gone now?

What do you mean gone? I just watched it on the thumbnail that's in the thread a few comments up?

weird...it is there now. The page must not have loaded properly