February 2013 Love Bugs

[babydreams85]

This baby is my mom's first, my dad's "real" first (although he is remarried and his wife--who I refuse to call my stepmom since they got married when I was in my mid 20s lol-- has 6 grandchildren already), and for my DH's parents this is their 2nd (his sister has one little girl).

My mom is already spoiling him like crazy!!!! LOL She is the most excited of anyone!

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Anterior placenta doesnt pose any issues with labour at all.

Re. 4D scans and anterior placenta, my friend works for babybond and the position of the placenta doesnt make a difference with the images, the amount of fluid is the key factor and especially the amount of fluid in front of the baby's face. With a 4D scan the baby can just as easily snuggle their face into a posterior placenta too!

 

[babydreams85]

Anterior placenta doesnt pose any issues with labour at all.

Re. 4D scans and anterior placenta, my friend works for babybond and the position of the placenta doesnt make a difference with the images, the amount of fluid is the key factor and especially the amount of fluid in front of the baby's face. With a 4D scan the baby can just as easily snuggle their face into a posterior placenta too!

This is true, mine is not anterior and at our 4d gender scan (15 weeks) he was pushing his face into the placenta for most of it. We barely got a shot of his face lol. My placenta is at the top of my uterus.

That's why his little face looks so alien lol...you can see the placenta up on the left:

 

[SweetPea0903]

Embo, any tips to do before the scan? I heard drinking clear fluids a week or so before helps?

 

[babydreams85]

Our sonographer said to drink a TON of water the whole week before, and especially the day before and day of the scan. She said the more dehydrated you are, the harder it is to get good images and the less they can move around in there.

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Anterior placenta doesnt pose any issues with labour at all.

Re. 4D scans and anterior placenta, my friend works for babybond and the position of the placenta doesnt make a difference with the images, the amount of fluid is the key factor and especially the amount of fluid in front of the baby's face. With a 4D scan the baby can just as easily snuggle their face into a posterior placenta too!

This is true, mine is not anterior and at our 4d gender scan (15 weeks) he was pushing his face into the placenta for most of it. We barely got a shot of his face lol. My placenta is at the top of my uterus.

That's why his little face looks so alien lol...you can see the placenta up on the left:
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Interesting to compare - my 4D pic is from 16 weeks and I have a lowish anterior placenta but baby was facing my back so we got a clear image of her face!

Awkward little things these children.....from the word go

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

This was our 3d scan of our princess, its a pic of a pic and a bit clearer in RL but I was pleased with it xx

 

[AmeliePoulain]

This was our 3d scan of our princess, its a pic of a pic and a bit clearer in RL but I was pleased with it xx

So cute!

 

[WhisperOfHope]

This was our 3d scan of our princess, its a pic of a pic and a bit clearer in RL but I was pleased with it xx

sooooo cute i cant wait to see what our lil lady looks like at our 3d scan hope she behaves and lets us get some good pics

 

[WhisperOfHope]

ive got blood tests (non preg related) on monday and dreading it as they realy hurt my arm last time as they couldnt get a good vein, does anyone know how to make the veins more visable and better so they dont have to stick me like 50 times?

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

It was much clearer on the video. She is the spitting image of DD lol x

 

[AmeliePoulain]

ive got blood tests (non preg related) on monday and dreading it as they realy hurt my arm last time as they couldnt get a good vein, does anyone know how to make the veins more visable and better so they dont have to stick me like 50 times?

Maybe wear an extra layer of clothes so you are a bit warm or go for a brisk walk before?

 

[babydreams85]

Anterior placenta doesnt pose any issues with labour at all.

Re. 4D scans and anterior placenta, my friend works for babybond and the position of the placenta doesnt make a difference with the images, the amount of fluid is the key factor and especially the amount of fluid in front of the baby's face. With a 4D scan the baby can just as easily snuggle their face into a posterior placenta too!

This is true, mine is not anterior and at our 4d gender scan (15 weeks) he was pushing his face into the placenta for most of it. We barely got a shot of his face lol. My placenta is at the top of my uterus.

That's why his little face looks so alien lol...you can see the placenta up on the left:
View attachment 490759

Interesting to compare - my 4D pic is from 16 weeks and I have a lowish anterior placenta but baby was facing my back so we got a clear image of her face!

Awkward little things these children.....from the word go

Lol definitely! You just never know! Ours are completely opposite I can see because here is a shot of him in the exact same position as your little girl (but he is facing my front):
He was so still and easy to get photos of at my 12 week scan, moving a little more at 15 weeks (but still pretty easy), and at 19 weeks he was moving so much she had trouble getting most of the measurements. Thankfully she was able to get a picture of everything she needed, but he was NOT cooperating lol. I have heard though that at a later 4d scan (28-32 weeks) they are much easier to get a good picture of, because they are bigger and can't do as much escaping the camera lol

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

ive got blood tests (non preg related) on monday and dreading it as they realy hurt my arm last time as they couldnt get a good vein, does anyone know how to make the veins more visable and better so they dont have to stick me like 50 times?

Drinking lots before blood tests helps and clench fists x

 

[WhisperOfHope]

thanks ladies jiust wanted to try get them a bit better so they dont need to use the big syringe like they did last time my arm was tingling for weeks

 

[Blue eyes 81]

ive got blood tests (non preg related) on monday and dreading it as they realy hurt my arm last time as they couldnt get a good vein, does anyone know how to make the veins more visable and better so they dont have to stick me like 50 times?

Drink lots of water.
I have pain in the a veins so a lot of times I just have them take it from my hand.
A little more painful but it beats being stuck 1000 times.

 

[babydreams85]

Whisper I have DEEP veins that roll and I always end up getting stuck about 10 times before they actually find the vein. PUMP your fists for at least 30 minutes before, drink lots of water, and you can also flick and rub the inside of your elbow (where they generally get the blood from) to cause the veins to rise.

 

[AmeliePoulain]

When it is cold and I have to get blood out of my fingers to test my sugar levels I wave my arm around manically for a while and it seems to help

 

[babydreams85]

ive got blood tests (non preg related) on monday and dreading it as they realy hurt my arm last time as they couldnt get a good vein, does anyone know how to make the veins more visable and better so they dont have to stick me like 50 times?

Drink lots of water.
I have pain in the a veins so a lot of times I just have them take it from my hand.
A little more painful but it beats being stuck 1000 times.

When I was in the hospital for my D&C in February they had to finally get an IV on the underside of my forearm. It hurt something awful but they had no choice as they tried both arms and both hands and got nothing. Hoping and praying that when I go into labor they are able to find one fairly quickly!

 

[Seity]

This will be my mums 6th grandchild but all are treated fairly, my mums pretty amazing.

on OH's side it will be 3rd x

This is #7 for my parents and they live on the other side of the country, so less of a big deal. They've only seen my son #1 once, other than the few pictures I've mailed.