Due Sept 2017

[ladybrown33]

Wow, well that gives me a little hope. I was under the impression STD was a hard maximum of 6-weeks for a vaginal birth and 8-weeks for c-section. Like, our disability policy covers 52-weeks, but you have to get a doctor sign off for the amount of times and doctors only consider you medically unable to work for 6/8 weeks.

Although my employer is SUPER accommodating so I wouldn't be surprised if they still impose the 6-week limit. I'm just looking forward to having this sorted out so I know what I'm working with.

You are right but it's the state I live in that allows additional time to the fmla. Since I'm in Massachusetts they have a separate law regarding maternity leave that gives additional time off.

Babybump your scan looks fine. The hospital I go to does not provide 3d scans before 30 weeks because of how babies look before that point.

 

[Babybump2017]

If there was an issue would they be able to tell on the black and white 2d ultrasound? Really paranoid

 

[rockstarlove9]

Rockstar - your bump is high! So crazy how unique bumps are. Mine is pretty low.

Babybump - I don't have any other 16-week scans to compare to, sorry. However, I feel like they would've told you if something looked off, wouldn't they? I'm sure it's just the angle of the photo - no worries!

That's thing I don't know if I consider that the bump because its just my guts being pushed up for lack of better words the baby from what I can feel ( and mind you that is a guess as well as this is the farthest ive ever made it) is lower like below my rose tattoo...

 

[Savasanna]

Lady - ahh.. Good ole progressive Mass. To be honest, the only reason I'm pregnant is because Mass mandates fertility treatment as well. I don't live in Mass but my wife's agency is based in Boston, so her health insurance is out of Mass. Progressive policies = pregnant Savasanna. (ok, that's as close as I'll get to that soap box for today)

Babybump - Unfortunately - I have zero knowledge or expertise in the arena of ultrasounds. This was a private scan, wasn't it? When is your next doc check in?

 

[Savasanna]

Rockstar - your bump is high! So crazy how unique bumps are. Mine is pretty low.

Babybump - I don't have any other 16-week scans to compare to, sorry. However, I feel like they would've told you if something looked off, wouldn't they? I'm sure it's just the angle of the photo - no worries!

That's thing I don't know if I consider that the bump because its just my guts being pushed up for lack of better words the baby from what I can feel ( and mind you that is a guess as well as this is the farthest ive ever made it) is lower like below my rose tattoo...

right, but I call the whole thing a "bump". My guys are definitely pushed out too, but it's all bump related, right?

 

[rockstarlove9]

Rockstar - You're sporting such a proper bump there! Mine is high too this time for some reason. I've carried differently with each pregnancy.

Babybump - It looks to me like your baby was moving his hand during the scan which caused it to look that way. I'm sure it is fine. I had a private scan done yesterday and had images that looked kind of weird because the baby was moving so much.

Thanks so Im guessing that is considered the bump.... well then now ill venture to guess since im carrying high that its a boy... lol

 

[ladybrown33]

Babybump yes they would be able to tell on a 2d black and white ultrasound that is what they use most often. That's what they used to measure the baby's organs and they will be able to determine if there is an issue.

 

[rockstarlove9]

Rockstar - your bump is high! So crazy how unique bumps are. Mine is pretty low.

Babybump - I don't have any other 16-week scans to compare to, sorry. However, I feel like they would've told you if something looked off, wouldn't they? I'm sure it's just the angle of the photo - no worries!

That's thing I don't know if I consider that the bump because its just my guts being pushed up for lack of better words the baby from what I can feel ( and mind you that is a guess as well as this is the farthest ive ever made it) is lower like below my rose tattoo...

right, but I call the whole thing a "bump". My guys are definitely pushed out too, but it's all bump related, right?

I sure would hope so its just so weird to me that that is considered the bump like when my dh rubs on it I feel bad because im always like babe that's my fat the baby's lower lol

 

[MrsKChicago]

I figure anything I can blame on the baby is bump, even if it's not literally the baby. It'll be a long time before the bump is mostly baby.

I wouldn't worry about the ultrasound at all. My place did a sneak peek in 3D and the baby looked like a creepy ball of wax . It's really a limited technology, not an exact science.

I managed to be down a few pounds at the midwife today. Pretty cool, I was already gaining too fast by now with my son, but I'm just not as hungry this time around.

 

[MrsKChicago]

This was my 3d scan at 14 weeks and a couple days. It's really just the limitations of 3D ultrasonography.

 

[rockstarlove9]

and the title says it all with the exception of some slight pressure or heaviness in my uterine area I feel completely normal. I think the thing that bugs me out the most is I don't feel my little one moving around and haven't for almost this whole week. I know LO is ok as I checked the hb yesterday (I think may have been Wednesday) and hb was strong at 150 but I just cant feel him/her and I don't like it one bit. I noticed the other day that I rested the Doppler on my tummy before turning it on to check the hb and it felt like he/she was trying to flip it off my stomach. I guess im just freaking out because I go back to the doctor next week after not seeing him for 7 weeks and not having seen my baby since 2/22/17. I always get so nervous before the appts not to mention this is the first on dh will be able to make it to in person. We were able to facetime during my ultrasound 2/22 but he wasn't physically there and I refused to tell him about the baby before my first apt just because our history. I feel like hes bad luck or something lol. Just venting I guess and wondering if its normal to feel movements not constantly but sporadically for the past couple weeks and now feel nothing????

 

[ladybrown33]

Rockstar I don't feel pregnant on most days except for the fact that my pants won't button anymore, lol!

 

[Savasanna]

I was actually just texting with my wife about this. How how I wish we had a Doppler or something bc I can send myself into a freak out bc sometimes (like today) I don't really feel... anything. Like yea my pants don't bunker and all that - but I FEEL normal. I think it's normal to worry and overthink.

I also think that we're in this weird inbetween phase. We no longer feel sick and exhausted but we don't yet feel the baby. im sure in a month or two we're all going to look back and think we should've enjoyed these easy weeks a bit more.. but it sure would be easier to enjoy if I just had a magic window into the future so I could KNOW that I'll have a healthy little babe come September.

hang in there. You're not alone.

 

[rockstarlove9]

Rockstar I don't feel pregnant on most days except for the fact that my pants won't button anymore, lol!

Lol yeah that's my only symptom to and then I just feel fat lol(I know I'm not fat and it's baby but days like this I really don't believe I'm pregnant.

 

[rockstarlove9]

I was actually just texting with my wife about this. How how I wish we had a Doppler or something bc I can send myself into a freak out bc sometimes (like today) I don't really feel... anything. Like yea my pants don't bunker and all that - but I FEEL normal. I think it's normal to worry and overthink.

I also think that we're in this weird inbetween phase. We no longer feel sick and exhausted but we don't yet feel the baby. im sure in a month or two we're all going to look back and think we should've enjoyed these easy weeks a bit more.. but it sure would be easier to enjoy if I just had a magic window into the future so I could KNOW that I'll have a healthy little babe come September.

hang in there. You're not alone.

Thanks and it's weird I know I shouldn't complain and just be happy things are going pretty easy another reason I suspect a little boy and not girl lol but idk maybe I'm weird but I enjoyed having the ms and other things going on because then I knew my LO was ok in there and I have a doppler trust me when I say they can cause more panic then anything because with my LO anyway it runs away from the doppler at first so I'll find it then spend five or ten minutes trying to find it again it's just confusing because you have to differentiate baby from placenta and your own hb.

 

[Babybump2017]

I haven't felt pregnant for weeks x

 

[Dani_b]

Having one of those days were I feel like I need to pee all the time, yet when I go to the toilet there is only a little drop, unless I wait or put longer but that just makes me feel more uncomfortable

 

[peach81]

I haven't felt pregnant at all until the last few days, and only because I'm starting to feel movement. Other than that, I've had very few symptoms throughout the entire course so far.

 

[Savasanna]

I was actually just texting with my wife about this. How how I wish we had a Doppler or something bc I can send myself into a freak out bc sometimes (like today) I don't really feel... anything. Like yea my pants don't bunker and all that - but I FEEL normal. I think it's normal to worry and overthink.

I also think that we're in this weird inbetween phase. We no longer feel sick and exhausted but we don't yet feel the baby. im sure in a month or two we're all going to look back and think we should've enjoyed these easy weeks a bit more.. but it sure would be easier to enjoy if I just had a magic window into the future so I could KNOW that I'll have a healthy little babe come September.

hang in there. You're not alone.

Thanks and it's weird I know I shouldn't complain and just be happy things are going pretty easy another reason I suspect a little boy and not girl lol but idk maybe I'm weird but I enjoyed having the ms and other things going on because then I knew my LO was ok in there and I have a doppler trust me when I say they can cause more panic then anything because with my LO anyway it runs away from the doppler at first so I'll find it then spend five or ten minutes trying to find it again it's just confusing because you have to differentiate baby from placenta and your own hb.

Which is the exact reason we decided against the Doppler. I know myself, and in the end it's best I don't have one - but sometimes I wish I did.

Anyway - anyone watching basketball tonight?

 

[lilmisscaviar]

I'm sure everything is fine. You're just at that point in pregnancy where the ickiness and aches of the first trimester are disappearing and the honeymoon period of the second trimester is beginning I'm still dealing with sickness that just won't completely go away so I'm really looking forward to getting to that point. Hopefully soon xx