January 2013 babies!!! Happy New Year!

[Luna71]

Hi,

I am also due in January and this is my first pregnancy. I have been quite career focused and hadn't made time for a relationship and family. I turned 41 in April and found out I was pregnant 2 weeks later. I was surprised but happy!
I didn't think it was in the cards for me but it seems it is and am happy and terrified to be doing this on my own.
Reading all of your posts have helped as this is all so new to me

Thank you and looking forward to reading more good advice!

 

[felicity0444]

Chatty- today is your CVS right? How long until you will have the results? Please keep us updated. I'm thinking of you and your family and praying for you.

 

[chattyB]

Congratulations on your BFP Luna! Wonderful news!

Well today has been very unexpected! I hardly slept at all last night, worried sick about the CVS today. We arrived and was taken to a private room, had all of our results do far explained to us and proceeded into the scan room. The obstertician was lovely but hubby said I'd gone as white as a sheet when she told me that they don't use a local anaesthetic to numb the skin before the CVS *wimp-alert*. It appears that something had other ideas about the whole thing and a CVS was made impossible due to the placenta being directly on the back wall of the uterus - there was no way to get to it without risking a perforated bowel or punctured amniotic sack. Baby was thoroughly scanned again and by some miracle, over this past 7 days, the NT had REDUCED from 3.5mm to a very "normal" 1.7mm .... we are STUNNED!!. We were told to expect a larger NT measurment as the NT grows in line with the baby until over 14 weeks, when it naturally starts to resolve (I'm 13+2 today). The Dr had no explanation other than "it can sometimes happen!". If I'd had those results last week, I wouldn't have been targeted as such a high risk - it would've been based on my age and perhaps the slightly low Papp-a, but according to Dr, would've given us a much lower risk than 1:11.

She's made an appt for us to come back for an amnio in 3 weeks time (16+4) but I'm going to push this back and request some detailed scans for soft markers before agreeing to an amnio (if needed at all).

There is still a risk, as there are in all pregnancys, but I feel as if a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I'm actually smiling and feeling positive again - I cannot wait to finally meet my little fidget in January!

I'd post up a scan pic but I have no idea how to from my phone! Thankyou so much for your support ladies, it's really made a huge difference over the past few days

 

[Celestine]

Congrats Luna on your bfp! It's certainly a very exciting time!

ChattyB: This is amazing news!! With GOD anything is possible!! I am over the moon thrilled for you! Your baby is fine, now is the time for you to enjoy this pregnancy! So happy with this news.

 

[darkstar]

That's wonderful news chatty!

 

[felicity0444]

Chatty- I am SOOOOO happy for you!!! Such a relief! You made me smile on a Monday morning, which is hard. lol

 

[Celestine]

I'm curious to know if anyone has felt baby move yet? I have felt stirrings but cannot honestly distinguish it from hunger pains or gas! Sometimes I feel sure then I second guess myself.

I'm nervous that I should feel something by now.

 

[chattyB]

I've been feeling fidget wriggling for over a week now but I'm pretty sure it's because of the posterior placenta. It's more noticeable when I'm lying in bed at night and feels like a slight popping sensation, quite low down by my pubic bone. I "tested" the theory a few nights ago when I'd been feeling quite a lot of movement by listening in with the Doppler, the big kicks I heard on the Doppler coincided with what I was feeling lol.

I make a point of going to bed early every night (8.30 -9pm) and spend some time just concentrating and bonding with baby - mummy and baby time. It might be that I'm feeling it because I'm concentrating? I don't really notice any movements during the day when I'm busy and on the move.

 

[darkstar]

I feel little movements, most often when I'm sitting still with my laptop or lying in bed for the night. It feels like when you see a goldfish flipping around in its water.. its that gentle kind of swishing feeling. I was trying to explain it to OH last night and thats the best I could come up with.
I was getting the cellphone vibration movements too but they've eased off, I'm not sure if that was nerves or because baby is bigger now the movements are becoming more pronounced so I don't feel that anymore.

 

[Celestine]

Hi Ladies. I'm excited to say that I can now really distingush the times when baby is moving. It was what I felt before but I can pinpoint it now...and yes...it does feel like a goldfish flipping about Darkstar! LOL Although sometimes it feels a little like popcorn popping from the inside.

I had a DR appt last week and saw LO so I feel better that all is well in there. Three more weeks till I can see baby again via sono.

 

[chattyB]

Hi ladies, just to let you know, I had my amnio on Monday (not as bad as I'd expected) and have been on bed rest ever since. I'm very very relieved to let you all know that the results are back and my little fidget is absolutely perfect! No trisomies detected in the initial results . I found out that fidget is a BOY, just as I thought. I'm over the moon ... Even more excited than when I first got my BFP. I can finally breathe, relax and start to enjoy my pregnancy. I'm on bed rest until Friday (precaution due to previous preterm labours) but so far so good! I've not had any more cramps since last night, no bleeding or fluid loss and feeling pretty good (just bored!).

 

[Mrs.A]

That's fantastic news Chatty... You can sit back and watch your bump grow

I've been enjoying shopping but have to wait til the end of the month to find out if we are blue or pink... Then I will start on the nursery

 

[mjvdec01]

I'm pregnant with baby number three. Our daughter is 6 and a half and our son turned 4 in July. This baby is due January 27th, and we are so excited. September 6th we find out if we're having a boy or a girl.

 

[Celestine]

Hi everyone. Hope all is well with each of you. Just went in for a normal checkup yesterday and found out from the sonogram that we are having a boy! Super thrilled to know the sex..now the shopping begins! LOL I haven't bought anything as I was holding out. Has anyone bought anything for their LO yet and if so, what did you buy?

 

[mjvdec01]

Hi everyone. Hope all is well with each of you. Just went in for a normal checkup yesterday and found out from the sonogram that we are having a boy! Super thrilled to know the sex..now the shopping begins! LOL I haven't bought anything as I was holding out. Has anyone bought anything for their LO yet and if so, what did you buy?

We won't find out the sex until the 6th of September, but I've bought a bunch of unisex clothes. I also bought a Petunia Picklebottom diaper bag, and my travel system just came today. We had to assemble it because our 6 and a half year old daughter wants to keep her baby in it until the 'real' baby comes. No harm in it, so who cares. In the next month or so I'll probably buy a rock 'n play sleeper, my pack 'n play, swing and bouncy seat. We've already two kiddos, so no baby shower here. I'm a planner and I like to be ready well ahead of time. Congratulations of your baby boy!!

 

[chattyB]

I've been out buying blue bits!! Not going bonkers but the great thing about knowing gender is that you can pick up some fab deals in the sales . I've managed to bag 4 really expensive outfits in 0-3 and 3-6 by Emile Et Rose (LOVE their baby clothes) for around £8 each .... They usually retail for around £40 each. . My 9 year old daughter and I are having a girly shopping day on Monday and she'll be choosing some things for her baby brother too.

I have my nursery decor all planned out - we're going for a sailboat/beach theme, very very cute and still got loads of time to source the bits and bobs to finish the room and make it look really special. The older kids (9 and 12) are helping by each painting a picture of a boat/lighthouse/beach hut - we'll get them framed and up on the nursery walls too.

 

[Kdt]

Hello Ladies,
I'm so excited to have found this thread. I am due in late January and am so thrilled to be having my first baby!!

 

[Warby]

Hi ladies,

I just joined this forum today. I am pregnant with baby number four and due on January 25. My other kids are almost 8, 6 and 3. It is so exciting to have a group of moms all due at around the same time.

 

[RochaBaby]

Hi Ladies, im 38 and this is my 1st pregnancy. Due January fourth with a sweet baby girl! hoping i will make it that far being that my cervix keeps changing. i started at 4.9 and have been 1.1, 2.5 and 3.2. my doc took me off bed rest but im still very afraid so i have kinda kept myself on bedrest only getting up to use the bathroom and shower and do little quick things around the house. thankfully i have a very supportive and helpful husband who agrees that i need to rest as much as possible. we would both be devistated if we lost her

 

[Celestine]

MJV: Your time is ticking down! Sept 6th is right around the corner. I know you must be so excited to find out. Do you any feeling as to what you may be having?

Chattyb: Great finds! It's always nice when you find things you love on sale. Your theme seems very sweet. I haven't decided on what I will do yet. I especially like the fact that your other children are helping by creating their own pictures for the baby's room. That is the sweetest thing. I'm pretty excited because my crib is being shipped. I picked out that and a changing table. I still need a dresser and a rocking chair. So thrilled that it is on its way. Each small thing feels like such a milestone!

KDT: Congrats on your baby!! It is super exciting. You are almost half way there!!

Warby: Congrats to you as well on your LO. Are your older children excited about the new baby?

Rochababy: First and foremost, I'm happy to see you are having a beautiful baby girl. When I was on bedrest due to spotting I also was nervous to move about much when my dr took me off, so I can totally understand how you feel. It's great that you have support as that is so important and one less stressful thing to deal with. Get all the rest you can, you've made it to the halfway point! We are all almost there!

I hope everyone is doing well and things are proceeding as they should. I will be going for my 20 week ultra sound tomorrow (although I will be 21 weeks) and just praying that all is well with LO. I'm super excited and a bundle of nerves.