Due In May :)

[Powell130]

Good Luck cgav! Can't wait to see a picture

 

[Powell130]

We finally got rid of one more of the puppies. A guy that hubs worked with and his wife came and got him last night. I DID cry like a baby for about 5 minutes after they left!! Like CRIED lol hubs was laughing at me Now we're down to 7, and mom is having a false pregnancy, ugh stressful lol

 

[eggo preggo]

Hello ladies,

Big news for me today, had my ultrasound today. All is well, strong heart beat and measuring well at 10plus weeks 3.5cm. We are so thrilled and relieved.

Started to tell friends which feels amazing, no news like good news

Hann hope you feel better soon.

Powell good luck with the puppies they can be quite a handful but looks like you have had loads of dog practice which will come in useful with baby

 

[Powell130]

Hello ladies,

Big news for me today, had my ultrasound today. All is well, strong heart beat and measuring well at 10plus weeks 3.5cm. We are so thrilled and relieved.

Started to tell friends which feels amazing, no news like good news

Hann hope you feel better soon.

Powell good luck with the puppies they can be quite a handful but looks like you have had loads of dog practice which will come in useful with baby

Ahh I was about to go get a salad from Zaxby's BUT General Hospital is just coming on so looks like this mama is on the couch for the next hour lol

We have 2 more puppies to get rid of and I'm probably going to cry when we do. We're keeping one, my little Steven. He's such a mama's boy, I can't part with him! lol I really hope this is a false pregnancy she's going thru, pretty sure it is because she went into heat RIGHT after she whelped the pups, we didn't even have time to get her fixed! Plus, with the dates, she should have already given birth. I'm really temped to use my doppler on her before taking her to the vet

Here's my little Kaos and his new mommy. He is now known as Honey. I miss him, but we'll go visit!

I've gotten so attached to them, since they almost 6 months old. They're my little bad kids haha

 

[Hann12]

Yay eggo that's great news! Congratulations! Do you have one at 12 weeks too?

Cgav - hope the scan went well!

 

[Sass827]

Congrats skittles and eggo! So wonderful! Eggo- so funny that you know the length. Just found mine out today while on the phone with a woman from the hospital. She said it's 61 mm. Any ideas how to find out what normal range should be? Like aka, is this going to be a tall baby? Just wondering. DH is over 6 foot, but I'm only 5'3".
How'd it go cgav? Sending positive vibes your way!

 

[Starry Night]

Congrats to all the ladies who had such good appointments and scans! Loved the heart beat video!

Good luck to those waiting on upcoming scans.

AFM - saw the doctor today. How useless. I had to sneak a peek at my ultrasound results because she wouldn't read them to me as she was busy reading over the results from my most recent scan from out of town. I kept asking about the slow growth. I saw that the scan from the 4th showed the baby measured 6+1 but the scan from the 14th said 6+4 to 7 weeks (the sac measured 7 but baby was 6+4). She said the dates could be out as much as 10 days due to the baby being so little. So I have to ride on that.

She also said that they can't check if the baby is growing or not until the 20 week scan. I asked when a doppler could pick up a heart beat and she said 12 weeks so I have to hope that when my regular doctor returns that he will agree to use it at my first prenatal appointment in 4 weeks.

So in short, I'm being forced to assume I'm pregnant. I know there is nothing they can do to prevent a miscarriage but getting some sort of reassurance would have been nice. We asked, but they said no.

 

[cgav1424]

Hi everyone!

Phew! Another scan done and still happy news! Baby measuring 11 +1 with a CRL of 4.23 cm, strong heartbeat, looking "perfect", "nothing to be concerned about" and we're "95% out of the woods." << all my doctor's words. Ultrasound gave me a due date of May 14, but we're sticking with May 18 because May 14 is DS birthday and we don't want him to feel like baby is already stealing his thunder. Doctor did warn us that baby will come before due date, which I'm totally fine with.

Thank you for the positive vibes, girls... I swear I couldn't get through first tri without you guys! Um, I would love to put up a picture, but I'm super technologically stupid and don't know how to!

Sass - the measurement they give you is crown to rump length (CRL) so it actually doesn't measure from head to toe because baby's legs are curled up under his/her torso so this number doesn't give you an accurate reading of whether or not your baby will be tall. I looked on a chart and average CRL for 12 weeks is 5.4 cm and 13 weeks is 7.4 cm so
61 mm = 6.1 cm which means your little bean is falling nicely in the middle... perfect for your dates.

Eggo - yay good scan Wednesday!!!

Powell - your puppies are adorable!

to everyone else!

 

[Starry Night]

Congrats on the fantastic scan results!

 

[cgav1424]

Starry - I'm sorry you had such a crappy appointment. How can your doctor not check if baby is growing until 20 weeks or not?! She can't just do another scan or order one for you? That seems ridiculous! I don't understand why she's not ordering another scan for you in another week or so to see if there's a heartbeat and/or any growth. At least that way you know what to expect. Well, focus on the positive. You're obviously pregnant and there's been growth with each scan you've had so maybe your dates are just off. I'll be thinking of you!

 

[Sass827]

Star- I just don't know how you have the patience for these idiots. I'd kill somebody! When do you get to go ack again?

 

[mathgenius33]

Sorry to hear that Starry. I had a regular check up yesterday, but they told me they also wouldn't do another US until 18 weeks to check on everything. However, they did do a doppler and found the heartbeat, and I'm just under 12 weeks. It's strange they didn't at least give you the option. It's too bad you can't request a US.

 

[Starry Night]

I go back November 19th. I'll be (or should be) 12 weeks by then so I'm really hoping they'll at least try the doppler. Also hoping that if they can't find the heart beat with that then they will send me for an ultrasound. But I'm starting to doubt it at this point.

 

[AerisandAlex]

I go back November 19th. I'll be (or should be) 12 weeks by then so I'm really hoping they'll at least try the doppler. Also hoping that if they can't find the heart beat with that then they will send me for an ultrasound. But I'm starting to doubt it at this point.

Wow, I'm surprised they'd ask you wait so long I know I wouldn't have the patience either... I mean, I only had to wait one week before she'd do another ultrasound, and the day before my appt I ran to the ER for one, I couldn't stand waiting anymore. But I'm sure everything will be okay and they'll find your little bean's HB! I'm sure if they thought something was wrong they wouldn't wait so long to try again, so I'd think of it as a positive


We went in for another ultrasound today, to see what was going on... the gestational sac has collapsed and there is still a lot left to pass... I was given the options of the D&E, the misoprostol medicine, or to continue passing everything on my own... this time, since I trusted her judgement as she was obviously right about everything, I asked her what she thought was best, she advised the medicine, so I jumped at it, I just want this nightmare to be over now so we can move on to TTC again as soon as possible. I go in and see her again tomorrow morning for another ultrasound to see what has passed, I've taken it all now and there was a lot of pain for about an hour but it's settled down, but ugh, there's hardly anything that's passed this time... if it doesn't go on it's own, we're looking at a D&E, which honestly doesn't sound so bad anymore.

We've been having fun though informing everyone that although this one is gone, we ARE going to TTC again. We've never been so open about TTC because we get judged a LOT in my family and in DH's, especially since DH has 3 children from his previous marriage, therefore he has 5 kids currently, but we were happy to tell everyone that we're happy and we are going to have more children whether they like it or not Another thing I'm looking forward to is one of my close friends is giving birth to her identical twin boys tomorrow morning!! (scheduled c-section) and I'm hoping she's feeling up to some company later in the afternoon because I'm eager to go down and meet her two newborns!

 

[Sass827]

Good for you AnA!

 

[prolifer]

Aw, my cousin had twin girls a few months ago ^^

I have finally, FINALLY stopped coughing! Now my 5 year old is sick -_- I swear, for the last 3 months there's always been SOMEONE sick in this house. As soon as someone gets better, someone else gets ill. It's never ending!

I have to get a scan done when I am 20 weeks, but that will be Christmas day! Guess it'll have to wait :/

I got a plum too I also have a family reunion next weekend, I really don't want to go because if they notice me at all they will start asking questions and I'm not so sure saying I am bloated is going to work!

 

[Hann12]

Wow so much happened yesterday! I'm waking up feeling so much better today which is a massive relief as I felt so awful for about 36 hours, was terrible! Now I'm just back to the normal morning sickness feeling!

AandA - what a fantastic attitude to have! You have been so strong throughput this, I'm not sure I could have coped like you. I really hope it all happens easily for you now and that you get your rainbow baby soon.

Starry - I am so frustrated for you! Can you buy a Doppler to find the heartbeat yourself? They aren't that expensive and we have all found them 9+ weeks. What about if you went in to hospital saying you had pains, would they scan you? I would lie to get it done tbh! Waiting until 20 weeks is too long! Mind you on the flip side clearly they aren't worried and must think its a viable pregnancy. I hope you don't have to wait though

Cgav - fantastic scan news! All sounds perfect! Why would your baby def come before your DD? Was your other one early? I have a wedding to go to 3-4 hours away 4 days before my current DD, still planning on going! Hope I don't go into labour lol but I was 4 days late with DD, so doubt I'll be early!

Pro - yay for getting rid of the cough but sorry your little one is sick now. I know how you feel, we are plagued with sickness too! Hope it goes soon!

Sorry if I missed anyone. Hoping for a quiet day today finishing recovering and hope to feel back to normal (well pregnancy normal anyway!)

 

[Hann12]

Oh and maybe I'll get my scan letter today......but prob not lol!

 

[Stevensmummyx]

Starry: I think the fact that they are telling you to wait to 20 weeks in itself is a good sign! However I don't understand why they woulsnt want to keep track with growth, I know that a friend of mine her first baby was born really small so this time round she got extra scans to keep an eye on growth. I would also suggest the doppler or march over and demand that you want to know what's going on, afterall it is your body!

AnA: its good to see such positive attitude from you, you will get your sticky rainbow baby!

Pro: glad you've managed to stop coughing bet you feel more human lol! Its typical that as soon as you feel better someone else gets it lol! I used to stay in my mums with steven and the LO and all In there was 9 of us so everytime one of us was sick it happily done its rounds!

Powell: your dog is so cute! And steven is a good choice of name for your puppy if I do say !

Han: still no scan date? I would definatelt phone them up and have a moan! You should have one by now!!

Cgav: yayy for good scan news!!

Afm! Scan tomorrow and my nerves are kicking in lol! I'm looking forward to telling my parents lol! Big steven is making my t-shirt so i shall upload a pic later when its done! Hope everyone is ok xx

 

[Hann12]

Thing is I have called twice and they just keep telling me to go away! They say I will get the letter with about a weeks notice of the scan date as they are short staffed and can't give anymore notice. I will leave it until Monday and try again as I'll be almost 12 weeks then. I can't be the only one at that hospital chasing though! Just annoying, really hope it arrives today!

Good luck with the scan tomorrow! So exciting!