How are all the older Mama's doing?

[blessedmomma]

Annoyingly burping has started up...this is not one of the worst pg symptoms, of course, but couldn't I miss out on this one?

this made me laugh. I never had this with any of my pregnancies til this one and I burp ALL THE TIME!!!

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

HAHA! Me too! My husband actually seems taken aback at times, like I have some mysterious control over my burps. LOL

 

[blessedmomma]

 

[vermeil]

Hello! I'm almost at the end of the second trimester. So far this part has been uneventful, I even forget I'm pregnant at times, until a good kick reminds me

I'm followed very closely because my first was a micro preemie but so far, so good

I'm a mom to a preemie as well. Our son was a 32 weeker. Our doctors have no idea why I started laboring so soon. They tried to stop me from dilating but it didn't work. We are newly pregnant again. I'm hoping for a very uneventful pregnancy. I don't want the NICU experience again. How are your doctors treating you this pregnancy? Are you on any medications to keep you from delivering early?

Hello Havmercy! Well my son was a severe case of IUGR - he just stopped growing after 22 weeks due to reduced blood flow (bad placenta). Probably due to high blood pressure and autoimmune issues, discovered after the fact. So I'm on strong bp medication and daily blood thinner injections. Also I`ve lost 40 pounds which definitely helped with the bp.

I had a 24 week scan and the doctor said matter-of-factly the baby weighed 740 grams. I started BAWLING. He looked surprised and concerned and said 'no no that`s a good weight!' I replied sobbing '*snif snif* I KNOW this one already weighs more than my first *snif* I'm so *snif* haaaaappy!!' He looked confused. I must have looked completely bonkers My first weighed only 570g (1lb 4oz) at 27 weeks so this pregnancy is going a LOT better. I meet the doctor and have growth/blood circulation scans every two weeks.

I`ve started planning for the birth. Thinking of which breast pump to rent and how I will get transport to and from the hospital every day. Then it hit me. Most people get to go HOME with their babies! I don`t need any of that nicu hell again!

What about you? Wishing you a very uneventful, boring pregnancy too!

 

[blessedmomma]

so sorry to hear all the preemie stories. cant. even. imagine.

we got our verifi test results in and we are having a healthy little girl very very relieved she is healthy

 

[MonyMony]

Congrats on the healthy little girl! That would be my slight preference for this pg since I want my daughter to have a sister relationship as special as I have with my sisters, but I feel like it's a boy, same way I felt when I had my son. So we'll see...

 

[blessedmomma]

thanks! my intuition is way off so I never trust myself about gender. I have only been right a couple times. pretty much whatever I think it is, I choose the other gender and then im right lol

 

[Larkspur]

I'm doing pretty good this time round - I don't seem to really get pregnancy symptoms much, but since we moved house a week ago (a monumental undertaking) and my one-year-old has just been starting to walk (with related sleep hell), I'm KNACKERED today.

Can't wait till baby goes to bed, OH and I order some fish and chips, and to just put my feet up in front of the fire for an hour (before going to bed, haha).