July 2017 Rainbows (13 Rainbows-4 pink -1 blue- 2 yellow- 2 angels)

[lesondemavie]

Sorry you went through that blessed . Did you also do the sequential or just the NIPT? Other less common trisomies are still possible as they only test for the most common ones on the NIPT. I'm just trying to celebrate the good news, and focus on the positives.

I forgot to take my diclegis last night and ugh 🤢. Driving an hour to an iep this morning and sitting through back to back triennials was not easy! Thankfully everyone knows I'm pg now, so I didn't have to hide it Definitely not ready to go off yet!

 

[baseball_mom]

It sounds like our group is having a rough week

Baseball- I hope you feel better soon. I've actually had the nausea kick back in the past few days too along with indigestion which is a new symptom for me so the combo of the two has been difficult. Are you able to bring any peppermint tea or ginger tea for temporary relief? Hopefully your results come back tomorrow. Is your office closed on weekends?

Blessed- I'm sorry, it's always so difficult thinking of the babies that we have lost. I wish I could give you a big hug through the computer.

Dragonfly- I'm 18 weeks tomorrow and haven't felt baby yet. I didn't feel DS1 or DS2 until closer to 20 weeks, though. Every now and then I think I feel her, but I think it's just actually still gas that I'm mistaking for her. Hopefully soon

I honestly think I was so sick yesterday because I ran out of unisom that I have been taking at night to help sleep since the doctor didn't want me on melatonin. I didn't realize how much it was actually helping with the nausea until I missed one day. I took it again last night and so far so good today!

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Ladies I need creative minds.. We are planning on gender reveal for March 4 as my anatomy scan is March 2. We originally wanted to do the chalk baseball but up here in Pennsylvania I think it'll be too cold to do it. We don't want to do the cake as that's very common.. Any other ideas on how to reveal would be appreciated!!!

 

[lesondemavie]

Gag - Maybe you can do a piñata for an indoor version? It could still involve a bat, and you would just use confetti instead.

 

[baseball_mom]

I think we are just going to do the balloons in a box. I wanted to do the cake but my girlfriend that was going to do it is super busy at work and would need a week to do it and there is no way we can wait a week after we have already been waiting a week for the results to come back.

 

[Mrs Dragonfly]

The piñata idea is cute! I'm thinking of decorating a box and having the party store fill it with balloons and tape it up. A friend of mine had a black balloon filled with confetti and then their son popped it with a sewing needle above them.

Last night I wiped and saw a mucus like blob with a dot of blood on it. I thought it was a string from my underwear at first but upon further looking it wasn't. I haven't seen more yet and my midwife assures me it's ok and that my cervix probably got irritated. Hubby and I had sex the night before so it probably did get irritated but nightmares of miscarriage chased me all night. I hate pregnancy dreams. Next appt is Monday morning. Used my doppler and found baby right away last night, I have acupuncture this morning so I'm hoping till calm my anxiety.

 

[blessedmomma]

Gagrl- we only do one with our kids so I don't have any fancy ideas. But, I know Pinterest had some really cute ideas when I looked in there once. I hope you come up with the perfect one!

 

[blessedmomma]

Leson- we didn't lose him from any genetic problems. He was healthy. I lost him from an antibody problem I have. There was a bleed and clots under his placenta from implantation and the placenta ended up pulling away. I've had those in the majority of my pregnancies, but besides bleeding it usually doesn't cause a problem. I almost lost one other son from it, but they induced and got him out in time at 37 weeks. His placenta was slowly pulling away for weeks and he was born not breathing but he was ok. I am thankful for the tests showing me a healthy baby, it's just knowing my body has these problems still leaves me vulnerable to lose a healthy baby. I'm on baby aspirin and so far I'm not bleeding which is highly unusual for me.

Dragonfly- I had spotting once the day after sex and then another time. I believe it's exactly what your midwife told you.

 

[lesondemavie]

Ah gotcha. I understand now that healthy baby doesn't mean a healthy pregnancy for you given that problem. I know they say most second tri losses are due to a problem with the mother rather than the baby, but I guess I just assumed that all was well since you've been well so blessed in the baby department. Glad the baby aspirin seems to be helping xxx. I am still on baby aspirin myself. I was supposed to be on it just for first tri, but then I read up on IUGR and freaked myself out. I figure it doesn't hurt, but I feel a bit silly for staying on it for something that's probably not even a concern. After my losses, it just feels like anything and everything can happen.

 

[baseball_mom]

Here is the box that I just made for our balloon reveal.

 

[Mrs Dragonfly]

Blessed - thank you, I think we'll take it easy in the sex department for a little bit until my nerves settle. I had no desire during my pregnancy with our daughter but this time hubby is in for a pleasant change.


Baseball - looks great!

 

[bc1122]

Our scan went very well on Tuesday. Baby was moving all around and they were able to determine the gender. We are finding out on Sunday at a reveal. I was so relieved to see the baby moving and hear the heartbeat (150!) that I started shaking and could not stop for the longest time!

 

[blessedmomma]

Ah gotcha. I understand now that healthy baby doesn't mean a healthy pregnancy for you given that problem. I know they say most second tri losses are due to a problem with the mother rather than the baby, but I guess I just assumed that all was well since you've been well so blessed in the baby department. Glad the baby aspirin seems to be helping xxx. I am still on baby aspirin myself. I was supposed to be on it just for first tri, but then I read up on IUGR and freaked myself out. I figure it doesn't hurt, but I feel a bit silly for staying on it for something that's probably not even a concern. After my losses, it just feels like anything and everything can happen.

I have a lot of children but almost always have complications. 1st baby my water broke at 26 weeks and preterm labor 29 weeks. Kept her in til 38 weeks but we both got infections and I had pre-e. 2nd baby was my only complication free. 3rd had bleeding and clots by placenta and iugr. 4th had low lying placenta. 5th bleeding and blood clots by placenta, low fluid from placenta pulling away, reduced movements, and almost lost him at birth. 6th bleeding and clots by placenta and low fluid. 7th bleeding and clots by placenta, low fluid, reduced movements. 8th bleeding and clots by placenta, post pre-e. So far this baby has had no complications and I believe it's from the aspirin. I'm afraid to stop it. Is there a certain time you will stop taking it? I read it can help keep pre-e away too so that's a bonus for me.

baseball_mom- that's adorable!

dragonfly- I did the same and took a break from it.

Bc- so cute!!! Are you sharing gender with us?

 

[Mrs Dragonfly]

BC - what a perfect picture! So happy your scan went well. Please share with us how your gender reveal goes on Sunday

Blessed - I'm sorry to hear all your pregnancies have complications. How did you find out about the clots? My dr hasn't specifically told me when to stop taking the baby aspirin for pre-e, it sounds like I'll be on it most of pregnancy at least.

 

[lesondemavie]

My that is a lot to go through . I was on baby aspirin after O as a just in case from my previous losses. My doctor told me I could "probably stop taking" baby aspirin when I hit second tri, but when I did baby's growth seemed to slow (still measuring bang on just not ahead), so I decided to go back on it myself. I'm not sure when I'll stop taking it. I might just stay on it the whole time. This is my first pregnancy that has made it this far, so we have no idea if I'll have issues with iugr or pre-e, and I'm kinda in a better safe than sorry mindset after 2016 kicked me in the rear so much.

 

[blessedmomma]

Dragonfly- I have a family history of it and my new ob decided it was probably a factor after losing my last baby and looking at my history of mc and every complication I've had could be related. They tested the placenta from that baby and it was full of clots and even had inflammation and clots in the cord. He was actually shocked that no other dr had connected the dots. He tested me for one of the more prominent ones that is in my family, and it came back negative. But then we got pregnant again and the other ones can't be tested for during pregnancy and get accurate results. In one of my pregnancies they tested me for one and it came up positive, but I guess when you're pregnant it can mess with results so they weren't for sure. And I don't know exactly what they were testing for to tell my new ob. When they induced me to deliver the baby we lost at 15 weeks I hemhorrhaged and there was a lot of blood clots. And then I got a giant blood clot in my arm where the iv was. I had to take baby aspirin to get rid of it before it caused problems and was still taking it when we found out we were pregnant again. Since being on it this pregnancy I haven't had any complications that are normal for me. It's amazing how something so simple would make such a big difference! My ob was prepared to put me on blood thinners for pregnancy had they been able to run the tests and gotten a positive for one, but we got surprised with a new pregnancy first.

Leson- I am planning to take the baby aspirin all pregnancy. I've tried looking up if you have to stop before delivery or not, but there is a lot of different things being said. Some women said they stopped a couple weeks before and some said they took it up to the day they delivered. My ob said I should stop taking it so I'm not comfortable talking to him about it. He doesn't know I'm still taking it. I just can't imagine stopping it and then having something go wrong. I'm definitely in better safe than sorry mode too.

 

[CanadianLady]

Had a wonderful scan yesterday at 18 weeks. Can't believe jowls nervous I was that there would be no heartbeat even though I have started to feel baby move. I guess the fear will never go away. Scan went great. They weren't able to get all the measurements the need so we have to back in 2 weeks. I'm certainly not disappointed about that, and it was wonderful that baby was dancing around so much even if the tech did get annoyed.

 

[Mrs Dragonfly]

Blessed - How wild that one simple thing makes all the difference. Keeping you in my prayers that this pregnancy stays far away from complications That's really hard your worried to talk to your doctor about still taking the baby aspirin, why does he want you to stop if it's been so beneficial? Could you get a second opinion about the clotting and aspirin?

CanadianLady - Awesome about yours scan! Lucky that you get to go back in two weeks Definitely not something I would complain about either. Love that you're feeling baby move now, I can't wait to feel movement!!

I'm so tired today, we ran errands and even though we were out for 3 hours DD didn't take a nap and now it's too late to put her down. I stuck her in front of a movie because I really just need to be left alone for a minute. I tidied up our apartment as fast as possible then laid down to do stretches from pelvic physical therapy I did last year. Counting down the time until bed time because I'm ready for bed too!

 

[blessedmomma]

Canadianlady- isn't that heartbeat the best sound ever! Such a great update. I definitely wouldn't mind to have a follow up in two weeks either

Dragonfly- thank you for the prayers! I think he just doesn't have much knowledge about it. I should probably be seeing a maternal fetal specialist for my pregnancies and I think they would know more about what to do. He is a great dr though. I almost died from blood loss when they induced my baby that passed and he was amazing.

 

[Mrs Dragonfly]

It may be worth looking into finding a maternal fetal specialist, at least to have in complimenting the care of your current doctor since you do feel mostly comfortable with him. Forgive me for forgetting, but was it you who had mentioned you were supposed to see a maternal fetal specialist but hadn't received a call back yet? Never hurts to look down both paths

I wish Monday was here already! It's just a 16 week appointment so I don't think anything exciting will happen but just having prenatal appointments themselves is awesome. I'm hoping hubby will take me out to sushi lunch afterwards hehe