~*~ February Flowers 2014! ~ 37 Babies Have Arrived! ~*

[allforthegirl]

Congrats to all the new women that have joined!!

 

[hibiscus07]

Baileeboo--you won't have a mc from straining to poop. I doubt you are having a mc, but if you were to, don't blame yourself. It's almost always beyond our control and has nothing to do with something we do or don't do.

 

[hibiscus07]

Hi All-
Been a while since checking in! I am in Albuquerque visiting my parents, which has been fun.

Nausea's been a BIT better but I think it helps that I'm not working much whie I'm here. I've had plenty of opportunity to just rest.

However, the water retention is making me insane. I haven't been eating a ton and I feel really really gross still. I just put on a t-shirt that fit me fine a week ago and it's super tight in the upper arms. I know that it's just water but for some reason it doesn't make me feel any better about it!
Anyone else having this issue yet??

Hope all of you are well

 

[Baileeboo77]

Im just so damn paranoid! !! I just want my bean to be snug as a bug! Haven't had any sign of pink cm since and I have had another bm so I think I just strained toooo damn much! Have an appt at 130 today and im praying to see a healthy baby!!!!!!

 

[OurLilFlu]

You are! Lol let us know how it goes! I'm sure everything will be A-ok!

 

[3xBlessed]

BluemoonBubba, that is too funny!!! Love the way kids think!

Fingers crossed for you Baileeboo!!!!

 

[hibiscus07]

Im just so damn paranoid! !! I just want my bean to be snug as a bug! Haven't had any sign of pink cm since and I have had another bm so I think I just strained toooo damn much! Have an appt at 130 today and im praying to see a healthy baby!!!!!!

I understand! It's hard not to worry

 

[Itsychik]

Cutest thing happened today, I was talking to my 4 year old nephew he was asking me where the baby was so I pointed to my tummy, he was shocked and his mouth dropped lol he said "you ate the baby!!!!" In sheer horror I laughed so hard and asked his mum to take care of it because I didn't know what to tell him ! So his mum "explained the when mummy and daddy love each other bla bla" lol

Hilarious!!


When do most of you ladies have your first scans? At how many weeks?

 

[Baileeboo77]

Yay saw the baby!!!!! Hb was 182!!!!!! Little legs were kicking so cute, he said everything looks great and measuring a day off he said is fine

 

[Baileeboo77]

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[crysshae]

That's wonderful, Bailee!

 

[Itsychik]

Sounds great Bailee! Congrats!

 

[OurLilFlu]

Awesome Bailee!! Hope that was a huge relief for you!

 

[Baileeboo77]

For sure was, hb was great I say girl because it was so high!

 

[Guenhwyvar]

Welcome to the new ladies! :wave: MS is kicking my butt big time. I hope all my fellow Americans had a great 4th of July!

So here's my little question of the day...
Will you be finding out the sex?

We are finding out as soon as we can. We're both hoping for a girl as this will probably be our first and only child. Plus if it's a girl my oldest niece has promised to mail me all of the great nieces old clothes.

I'm 29 (turning 30 in a few weeks... eek!) and I'm from the U.S. but I live in the Netherlands (DH is Dutch). I've had one previous pregnancy which turned into my amazing DS who turned 2 last weekend

Welcome! I'm 29 as well and am originally from Colorado but have been living in Denmark the last 11ish years. How long ago did your husband steal you away?

 

[Itsychik]

Hi Guen :wave:

I love seeing other Americans on here who are living in Europe! Makes me feel a little less alone

I came here (LONG story short) in 2006 to be an au pair for a year, after I graduated from college, and met my now-husband while au pairing I "officially" immigrated in July 2008, but I generally make it back a few times a year to visit friends/family in Virginia.

Sounds like your BFP was a long time coming! Congrats! You must be thrilled How do you like living in Denmark? (Is your DH Danish?)

 

[Guenhwyvar]

Itsychik: Once every blue moon you find one of us but I think most people don't realize we aren't from around here and this we're just a bit odd. Which in my case would be true no matter what.

That's great that you get to go back and visit regularly. I've made it home twice in the last 11 years. It's just too expensive to travel!

We'd been trying for the last decade and managed to get pregnant one other time in that period (ectopic). So we're pretty excited. DH is Danish, we met when he was an exchange student. Denmark is.... different we'll just put it that way LOL.

 

[allforthegirl]

So I guess I may not be out of the woods for having a safe pg!

Some of you know but some of you won't know this, so I will just re-explain my situation.

With my second birth I had a fluke thing happen to me, where the blood from the baby came back up into my blood and caused high antibodies to some of my baby's proteins. So when it came time for all the blood tests with #3 they found a very elevated level of this anti-kel which is very very very dangerous if the baby has that protein. The Dr up in the NWT had no clue what this was but new it was most likely going to end up badly, and they told me the whole time. Well it turned out that baby had that protein and the Dr freaked out even more. I was transferred to a Dr in the home town from where I lived, and he gave me amazing care. He was not all freaked out about it and new exactly what it was and how to deal with it. Wow did that put my mind to ease.

So he monitored me very closely, and at one point his levels started to drop. So we had to travel to another province so that the baby may have a intro uterine blood transfusion. My little guy had two of them and wasn't expected to pull through just because he was delivered. There was a high risk that he would still need transfusions after birth. I was blessed with a beautiful baby boy that didn't need anything extra. He was a true miracle.

So then when I found out that I was PG with #4 we knew that there may be an issue. We went through all the testing and he came out clean, form the scary life threatening antibodies. And we delivered a healthy baby with out any issues.

Now my levels are very elevated, which means that the three proteins that DH has (not as life threatening but still very well could pose a problem due to my high levels) still could cause baby to become anemic and pass. So it was explained that the odds are high, because baby has a 50% chance of getting each. So 50% chance to have s, 50% chance of e, and 50% chance of getting k. So the chance of getting at least one of them is very high!! *sigh*

The next step is for me to be reffered to a maternal specialist so I can be monitored very closely. There are two tests that they may try, a very new blood test that is still in the testing phase, or an amnio to find out what proteins baby will have.

So I get to sit on the edge of my chair possibly my whole PG wondering if baby will make it tomorrow. I envy all of you that once you hit 12 weeks your risk is sooooo very low.

On a good note I did get to see baby again today. He whipped out a portable hand held u/s machine. Baby looked so cute! That part was awesome. sorry no photo from that little thing. One thing i did see on the screen was that the umbilical cord was on the right side of the machine so I guess that means that it is on the left side in real life.... So per the theory it should be a girl.

P.S. I am sorry if you read this in another thread, I have many, and it is too long to re write.

 

[Dancerforlife]

I'm sorry to hear that aftg, that sounds very stressful . I hope the fact that you've gotten through it before gives you some faith that you can again. Will you be able to see the same Dr. that you saw last time this happened who took really good care of you?

Glad you got to see peanut today and will be thinking positive thoughts for you!

 

[allforthegirl]

I am sure we will make through it. It is just all the unwanted stress of it all. It is always going to be in the back of my mind what if we don't catch it in time.