General chatter while we wait (and commentary on the "pull out method")

[claireybell]

Hahaaa J i love that drawn over piccy :love: i want another scan now lol, another 8 wks until gender day hehe!! If its a Girl we quite like Lara but theres a zillion girl names i love, we're already struggling with boys names, SO is abit boring with names whereas im abit out there ha!

Breea whens your scan date??

J you still seeing donor x2 days later this wk or wknd?

Dobs just tell SO when it happens.. Its gonna hehee!

 

[claireybell]

I'm trying to hold out for testing as long as I can. But if my temp stays up maybe saturday or Sunday? I didn't test with my first till AF didn't show and I had a super positive test. It's killing me cause I want to know but I don't want to be disappointed with bfn.

 

[mrs.green2015]

I love that we have some prego ladies in our group and I love even more that you ladies are far enough along to look at scans!!

Afm- I can feel a ton of cm while I'm at work. I haven't had a chance to check since being here but this morning it was watery. Soooo I'm hoping ov is on the way!! Trying not to get my hopes up but at least I know my body is trying...

 

[JLM73]

PacificTotally agree. I always said even if I won the lotto. my kids are NOT getting BMWs Porche etc. I feel they need to go thru the trials and tribulations of appreciating what it takes to get those thing, and learn basic life skills and responsibility.
My mom tries to have me "remind" my older son about his work sched appts etc pffft HELLL to the NOOO. He is 23 damn yrs old.
She's like What if he gets fired?!
And i shrug and say OH WELL...guess he will learn to be more responsible eh?

And I made sure my daughter knew basics of car care- tire changing, etc, and some household fixes like unstopping the toilet, or disposal..
And made sure my Son knows basic cooking and sewing etc.
I don't play that Male vs Female skills BS.
If either of them is living alone no reason for EITHER of them to have to PAY someone for basic fixes.

OMG my mother once paid a Handyman $300 to change ONE Fluorescent bulb in her kitchen, and oil the track of her sliding door, as well as tighten screws on a door know WTGF!!!! I was Soooo furious with her, especially when I said I was 5 mins away!?!? Why didn't you calll me????
Then she said Oh well men know how to do those things
I could have slapped her LOL Hellllloooo your daughter was working at the fire deppt running in burning bldgs right along with the MENN!

She peeves me with that crap- ask the neighbor, as your son bla bla
I yell everytime "Having TESTICLES does not make you handy?!?!?"
I have 2 ex hubs that prove that theory as I did ALL the household repairs....sigh

ClaireI will send him a text tomoro morning. Hell I offered gas $ for a 10 min drive LMAO.
Now it feels all prostitutish :blush" paying for sperm
Oh please no cop stop us over me handing money while he hands the cup.
I will start a car chase as I cram the man juice up the vajay!
Really officer there's nothing in the cup seeeee!!

 

[claireybell]

Last pic i promise lol, Rileys is the top 12wk scan & todays atvthe bottom for comparison ha ha!

https://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb416/claireybell81/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpswzkyc9be.jpeg

 

[claireybell]

I love that we have some prego ladies in our group and I love even more that you ladies are far enough along to look at scans!!

Afm- I can feel a ton of cm while I'm at work. I haven't had a chance to check since being here but this morning it was watery. Soooo I'm hoping ov is on the way!! Trying not to get my hopes up but at least I know my body is trying...

Oooh yay!!! Watery CM!! Get bd'ing MrsG hehee

 

[claireybell]

Prostitut ish ha ha!! Never J!!

 

[Breeaa]

Hahaaa J i love that drawn over piccy :love: i want another scan now lol, another 8 wks until gender day hehe!! If its a Girl we quite like Lara but theres a zillion girl names i love, we're already struggling with boys names, SO is abit boring with names whereas im abit out there ha!

Breea whens your scan date??

J you still seeing donor x2 days later this wk or wknd?

Dobs just tell SO when it happens.. Its gonna hehee!

We probably won't have another scan until 20 weeks. Depends on what my dr wants but I am switching Drs soon because this dr doesn't do vbacs. I'm still debating on getting a midwife for a homebirth. Im not sure if I want to save money or go with the birth I want. Ahh. Such a hard decision.

 

[mrs.green2015]

What kind of birth do you want Bre?

 

[claireybell]

Do they not do the NT screening at 11/12 wks in the States?

 

[Breeaa]

What kind of birth do you want Bre?

i just want a more relaxed birth experience. Less invasive and comfortable. With DS I had a hospital Vbac with zero complications but I hated it. I was confined to my bed, hooked up to iv, monitors, and some other machine inside my lady bits. I was so uncomfortable that I opted for an epidural which I wanted to avoid.

That's not what I want this time. It's my last baby and I want to have a more intimate experience. At the same time I am open to another hospital birth but with less intervention. Minimal monitoring, being able to get up and walk around or bounce on a balls etc. I'm also considering a birthing center but it's almost 2 hrs away and I don't want to give birth on the freeway. Lol

DH is on board for whatever I decide though so I'm glad he is so supportive.

 

[Breeaa]

Do they not do the NT screening at 11/12 wks in the States?

I guess it depends on the dr and the insurance. I didn't have it with my last pregnancy and with my first I was already 11-12 weeks when I had my first appt.

 

[gigglebox]

Des just saw your crying emote Bre, and goes, "ooooohh noooooooooooo, he's saaaad!" Lol

Cb, so cute! I don't know...i want to give you positive pink juju, but that scan has me thinking blue....don't hurt me!

J, your mom is so strange...usually women don't want to rely on men for things...is it a cultural thing or a crazy old lady thing?

 

[Breeaa]

Des just saw your crying emote Bre, and goes, "ooooohh noooooooooooo, he's saaaad!" Lol

Cb, so cute! I don't know...i wamt to give you positive pink juju, but that scan has me thinking blue....don't hurt me!

J, your mom is so strange...usually women don't want to rely on men for things...is it a cultural thing or a crazy old lady thing?

Aww he's too cute!!

 

[claireybell]

Lol gigs! Bless u im expecting them to say Boy anyway ha ha

Completely forgot about insurances & what gets covered Breaa, its a standard testing at 12wks in uk, i get my results for NT, Pataus & Edwards syndrome risk results next week, well, if im very hugh risk il get a call but if im liw, it'll be a letter in the next week or so.. :-/

Jeeeze! All that $'s for changing a lightbulb??! Lol but wtf?! I have to say in our house, SO does these, they are all spotlights & we have high ceilings, hes 6"5

 

[campn]

Claire- The NT here is optional, I got it with DS but I'm opting out this time, insurance only covers a part of it and I'd rather save every penny for something else.

Bree- Thank you hun! I feel better now, I read that these tests don't read the high hCG that well after a certain point so hopefully that's just that.

I thought of a birthing center too, have you thought of a home birth!? If you can't drive two hours away (that's ridiculous when you're in labor) they would just come to you while you labor at home.

I need an epidural, last time I couldn't deal with the pain at all that my blood pressure went sky high, once they gave me the epi my blood pressure went down again. I hope you get the birth you want, it's definitely good to go into it with an open mind cause things always happen out of your control.

 

[Breeaa]

Claire- The NT here is optional, I got it with DS but I'm opting out this time, insurance only covers a part of it and I'd rather save every penny for something else.

Bree- Thank you hun! I feel better now, I read that these tests don't read the high hCG that well after a certain point so hopefully that's just that.

I thought of a birthing center too, have you thought of a home birth!? If you can't drive two hours away (that's ridiculous when you're in labor) they would just come to you while you labor at home.

I need an epidural, last time I couldn't deal with the pain at all that my blood pressure went sky high, once they gave me the epi my blood pressure went down again. I hope you get the birth you want, it's definitely good to go into it with an open mind cause things always happen out of your control.

Homebirth is my first choice!

 

[mrs.green2015]

Bre how is home birth with a v-back? Is it safer since you already had one v-back? My girlfriend wanted to do a v-back and they told her she needed to be at the hospital but maybe because it had only been 2 years since her c section?

 

[JLM73]

Breeaa Just a quick comment from the peanut gallery but 2nd c sects are a HUGE major surg, whereas vbacs present less risk as long as your original csect was double stitched at the site- you may wanna check with prev doc to see to if second stitch scar was confirmed as well healed ...my orig doc of 10 yrs noted mine was so I feel confident doing a VBA2CS or CB2AC as some places note.
I def wanna try for a full natural deliv if possible.
With my surro twins, the earlier induction caused me to not have milk for them the first 2-3 days!

I was cleared to VBAC from 1 csect with twins to Singleton VBAC btw and they were only 5 months apart!

 

[gigglebox]

I wondered about repeat c-sections...because that's probably what i'll opt for. Big heads run in the family and des' was huge, i think 14.25" circumference. 97th percentile, whatever it was.

Do the use the same scar for the incision point?