FEBRUARY HEARTS Due in February 2015 , open group all welcome!

[MellyH]

Glad they are keeping a close eye on you, dcm!

 

[Megamegan]

Ahhh congratulations Savvy!!! I'm happy to hear everyone is doing well! You must be busy and exhausted, hope you recover smoothly and we all will be anxiously awaiting details

Wnt2be: My pulse is consistently 100+ at resting. Before pregnancy it was rather high, like 80 was normal. And my BP is always normal. No one seems worried. Occasionally I feel sorta out of breath and weird, and I also get palpitations when I have more anxiety which is a huge pain, but it's all not harmful as far as I know.

Dcm: Hoping the docs decide to induce at just the right time if that's necessary... so sorry it's so rough right now for you

I think I have some obstructive sleep apnea... anyone else experiencing this? Sometimes as i'm falling asleep I feel my throat close up and stop my breath and it wakes me up. More so if my head is tilted towards my chest so I try to keep my airway more open by keeping my head tilted up a little. I am really feeling this last trimester... some of these kicks are starting to become painful (he feels huge!) and basically moving, sitting, getting up, walking, and anything that requires me to use my body, is painful. My mindset has started to become "as long as he comes out healthy, I don't even care how it's done" which was NEVER me before, but yeah, it's really interesting how nature arranged for us to be really ready for them to come out when it's time. I went from "no pain meds, all natural birth, it will be lovely" to "I'd just like to fast forward to February and have this baby be on the outside instead of the inside". I mean, I'll still try to stick to my plan, but yeah...

 

[xxyjadexx]

Hope everything goes well dcm, and I hope babies stay put for a few more weeks!

 

[MiniBump]

Thinking of you dcm! Don't feel bad, you've done nothing wrong and it sounds like you're being well looked after. Keep cooking bubs!

Megamegan, you don't sleep on your back do you? That can cause compression of the vena cava and wake you up?

Wnt2be, your pulse will be faster as your heart is working harder to push the extra blood around your body.

Had my glucose tolerance test yesterday so hoping I don't get a phone call today...

 

[Pens]

Thinking of you dcm, I'm glad they're keeping a close eye on you.

 

[RaspberryK]

Glad they are keeping a cautious eye on you dcm.

xc

 

[2nd time]

Dmc my first was born at 41 weeks weihing 5lb 2oz so they keep an eye on me my second third and forth stopped growing at about 34 weeks so they said they were iugr they have all been fine though

 

[Megamegan]

Thinking of you dcm! Don't feel bad, you've done nothing wrong and it sounds like you're being well looked after. Keep cooking bubs!

Megamegan, you don't sleep on your back do you? That can cause compression of the vena cava and wake you up?

Wnt2be, your pulse will be faster as your heart is working harder to push the extra blood around your body.

Had my glucose tolerance test yesterday so hoping I don't get a phone call today...

Thanks- but no- I lay on my back to relax but I turn to my side to fall asleep. I can literally feel my throat closing and I think it's just from the weight I've gained maybe.

 

[xxshellsxx]

Thinking of you dcm! Don't feel bad, you've done nothing wrong and it sounds like you're being well looked after. Keep cooking bubs!

Megamegan, you don't sleep on your back do you? That can cause compression of the vena cava and wake you up?

Wnt2be, your pulse will be faster as your heart is working harder to push the extra blood around your body.

Had my glucose tolerance test yesterday so hoping I don't get a phone call today...

Thanks- but no- I lay on my back to relax but I turn to my side to fall asleep. I can literally feel my throat closing and I think it's just from the weight I've gained maybe.

This is exactly how i am now! My snoring has gotten worse - (DH came home with flowers yesterday after i yelled at him in the night for tutting every time i fell asleep and started snoring lol) But i have found that i wake up gasping as if i have stopped breathing, my throat feels very swollen in the mornings and so dry.... but then i seem to have developed a disgusting dribble habit I think it's the weight pressing on my chest even when i lay on my side. i have to be aware and make sure my top arm is behind me to keep my shoulder from rolling me forward.

 

[dcm_mw12]

Dmc my first was born at 41 weeks weihing 5lb 2oz so they keep an eye on me my second third and forth stopped growing at about 34 weeks so they said they were iugr they have all been fine though

Awww, at least babies were born healthy. That's the good part. I'm still not sure why my baby is iugr I just know she's small. The doctors keep saying I could just be having a small baby because I'm small myself and OH is small, I always was 5 lbs at birth (could be a factor) then they said it could be something with the placenta. Hopefully when I see the mfm specialist next week I'll have a better idea of what's really going on. Just praying for the best right now.

 

[MellyH]

Hopefully they take into account your family history of smaller than average babies, dcm.

Fingers crossed you did fine on the test, MiniBump!!

Megan, I haven't experienced anything like you're describing, but it sounds very disconcerting. I definitely have the dribble problem though!

I have my next growth scan this morning!! Hoping to get some good photos.

 

[swanxxsong]

I think I may start sleeping in an arm chair soon. I can't settle easily on my sides anymore before quickly going numb from the pressure. :\ I am unsure what else to do. I don't remember this with DD; seems I've said that quite a few times this pregnancy so far.

 

[dcm_mw12]

Thanks MellyH, good luck at your scan. Let us know how everything goes.

Swan : I have that same problem , I find comfort sleeping on the sofa or arm chair now because the bed is so uncomfortable on both my sides. Have you tried a pregnancy pillow?

 

[ShamzLovesKai]

Congratulations Savvy. Hope you and the girls are doing well x

 

[Mommy2missR]

DCM: FX for you. Hoping you get some answers and can keep that baby cooking for a bit longer.

Savvy: YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad to hear the girls are doing well. As everyone else has said, can't wait for pics of those pretty princesses! I hope you are recovering well!

 

[Captain]

Glad they're looking after you DCM,

Finally brought up a few things that had been on my mind with DH last night. With him going back to work in the New Year and being gone for three weeks at a time, I'm quite nervous about it all happening before he can get back! Right now we don't even know how often the flights are out of where he will be working. Plus even if he gets out of his camp there's no way of getting back to our island after 11PM! He'll be stuck on the mainland until 6AM the next morning! So many unknowns, starting to hope more and more that my step-mother will be coming out so at least I wont be alone!

 

[MellyH]

That would be very nerve-wracking, Captain. Do you know when your step-mother will decide? Maybe you could start prompting her a bit.

I just had my growth scan. Sheila is still head down, Bruce is still breech. I got to watch her kicking him in the head on the scan. She is 3lb 12oz and he is 3lb 10oz (or thereabouts, scan measurements are very inaccurate!) but it's crazy to think I have over 7lb of baby in there! No wonder it looks like I'm about to drop. No pictures this time unfortunately, but it's hard to get any recognizable part of them on the screen for long enough at the moment!

 

[2nd time]

I have been told that my babies might be small because my dh is asian I know this sounds weird but some reserch is being done white women with adian men generaly have babies smaller than exoected were as asian women with white partners tend to have karger babies my consultant mentioned this at my first app and it has been true for our family my sil has an irish oartnrr and has had a 9lb and a 10lb baby I have 5lb 6lb 6lb 6oz and 7lb babies I have a growth scan next friday so will know more then

aldo a note of caution I was told my last dd would be about 4lb 12 hours later dhe was born with no intervention wrighing 7lb growth scans arent that acurate

 

[RaspberryK]

I can definitely vouch for the inaccuracy of growth scans 2lb out with ds 4 days before he was born.
Xx

 

[River54]

My dd was born at 6lb 9oz, at ~41.5 weeks. All her growth she was in 20-25th for weight, but 75th for height. She is part asian (her bio dad). I was told at the time, this was very normal. She is now grown up, skinny, very active and eats ALOT.

This baby OH was joking that he'd be alot bigger than dd was...this sometimes scares me.