July Firecrackers 2018

[lilmisscaviar]

Cute idea, Buffy! I like the idea of a weekly bump pic

Unique - I honestly couldn't live without my Sonoline B doppler! It has helped ease my mind so many times in the past. I've had it since my second pregnancy and plan to use it for this one also.

Anyone in the States worried about Thanksgiving because of food aversions/nausea? I've had so many invitations to Thanksgiving dinner on both sides of the family yet I kind of want to turn them down. I haven't had too much nausea yet but it usually doesn't hit until between week 5-6 which, for me unfortunately, is right around Thanksgiving. I don't want people guessing that I'm pregnant again because I'm not ready to share the news yet (due to previous losses) but would they guess that I'm pregnant again if I don't go? I'm not sure what to do...

 

[Buffyx]

Is your nausea so bad that you couldn't hide it?

Mine is quite bad, but I *think* I would be OK at a group dinner or something like that. How important is Thanksgiving to you? It has always sounded to me like it is something you wouldn't want to miss?

 

[housewifey]

Hey. Still no cravings or aversions and very little symptoms, I was like this with my DD so trying not to stress about it. I definitely get small uncomfortable pains in my stomach (round ligament pains??) I think!

The bloat was terrible the past 2 weeks but has settled down now I’m approaching 7 weeks.

Is anyone else a stomach sleeper? I find it so difficult so sleep on my back and side and last pregnancy I would wake up on my front even at 8 months pregnant! Trying to start training myself now with pillows etc to not roll into my front but every morning I wake up, I’m face down!

 

[BabyBrain80]

I normally sleep half on myfront sprawled out but im waking up on my back all the time! Will need to stop that further down the line!

I have a dopler on loan to a friend.... from over 3 years ago lol when I had ds2 I passed it to her for her last pregnancy. I only used it occasionally but it was nice.

As for bump pics....well my tummy muscles split quite badly with ds1 and have never recovered. 2 babies have stretched everything out quite a lot too. So with all that combined I always look a good few months pregnant! My photos wont show anything interesting for quite a while
I like the fruit idea though. With both the boys I just took pics every couple of weeks or so once there was a bump. I have an album with ds1 and there must be about 20 pics and its cool to see the progression even though not daily/weekly.

Ds2 pics are still on lap top......Ive been too busy to do anything with them
Ive kept their first couple of outfits and special ones, plus hospital bands and blankets, and early favourite toy. X

 

[Heather.1987]

I have the sonoline and i love it!

Im afraid ill be nauseous too for thanksgiving. Ive been pregnant 4 out of the last 5 last thanksgivings!

My stomach muscles are also ripped bad. Ive lost all my baby weight and more (5'3" and 118 lbs) but i still have a baby belly because of it! There is nothing i can do!

 

[Hammed2017]

Decided to go in for another beta check this afternoon just to confirm baby is doing well. Wish me luck. I don't think I'll get results until tomorrow though

Betas came back at 811 and I was 18dpo when they were drawn. I've read that's normal? They started at 34 at 11dpo and I put them into one of those hcg calculators which came back as doubling every 32 hours or something like that. I think I should be ok with the numbers but I'm still bring cautiously happy. I'm not going to go I for another draw for about a week.

 

[Alligator]

Buffy love that pic, so cute!

Hammed I think that number is great and if doctors aren’t concerned you shouldn’t be either!

AFM I was as super nauseous yesterday and this morning (it’s just before 8am and I’ve not gotten out of bed yet). I’m really dreading the work week... it’s hard enough to motivate myself to shower and get dressed when i have nowhere to go but having to work all day? Ugh. It’s going to suck a lot. I have acupuncture tomorrow so I’m hoping she can help with some of the nausea.

 

[sherii]

lilmiss: I had a ton of cramping last night. Not severe, but just very much there, and for a lot of the evening. I may or may not have fallen down a rabbit hole of googling miscarriage symptoms. But no blood, so I assume just stretching as well. But it can be pretty distracting.

buffy: I like the fruit idea!! I think today I will take my first, which is bonkers. It still feels weird to think about growing a belly. Thank you for sharing yours!!!

livvy: I have watched a few pregnancy time lapses on youtube, and some of them have the siblings involved and doing things like holding up the papers saying what week mama is in, or touching the belly and stuff. The videos are only a couple minutes each, and might be worth watching a few for ideas. (I am a pop culture hermit, and don't have a clue about taylor swift hehe )

 

[Hammed2017]

Buffy love that pic, so cute!

Hammed I think that number is great and if doctors aren’t concerned you shouldn’t be either!

AFM I was as super nauseous yesterday and this morning (it’s just before 8am and I’ve not gotten out of bed yet). I’m really dreading the work week... it’s hard enough to motivate myself to shower and get dressed when i have nowhere to go but having to work all day? Ugh. It’s going to suck a lot. I have acupuncture tomorrow so I’m hoping she can help with some of the nausea.

Thank you. I haven't spoken to the dr yet. They uploaded my results into my medical portal. But I've researched and it looks ok so I'm being optimistic

 

[Four2Five]

I did weekly bump pictures with both of my dd's so I will probably keep up the tradition this time around. I took one this week already but obviously there isn't much to share as far as a "bump". I too had my stomach muscles torn apart and they have never gone back to normal, that along with some extra weight I always look a few months pregnant DH took a photo last night with a pair of UGG booties we got for baby I will share below.

Buffy I love your pump picture idea!! You should do them from the side too so we can watch baby grow

Lil miss I hope you are feeling better

Unique I keep pondering if I should get a Doppler. I've never used one with my last two pregnancies but I always really really wanted one! I know it would help with my anxiety if I could check on baby when I get worked up...but I'm also a stay at home mom and would have way too much opportunity to check all the time which I've heard isn't great for baby!

Lilmiss I am hosting Thanksgiving this year but thankfully it's only for our family and a few close friends who already know we are expecting. So I'm sure they will understand. I've never had food aversions with pregnancy so hopefully nothing sets my stomach off too bad!

Housewifey I am a horrible stomach sleeper!! And I toss and turn back and forth A LOT through the night! It's always been a struggle for me in my pregnancies to stay on my sides but with lots of pillows and a very understanding dh I've made it work, well I've atleast made it work as a partial side/partial stomach sleeper

Hammed your numbers look great! Praying they continue to rise for you!!

Alligator I find it so hard to get motivated and even get dressed being a stay at home mom! I also nanny full time for a 5 month old and I am pure exhausted every day and smell like baby poop and puke and just refuse to put a bra on at this point

Last night was AWFUL! I heard dh get up to take our dd to the bathroom about 3am. After he got back into bed this wave of nausea hit me like a ton of bricks. I thought I was going to pass out it was so intense, I was miserable for an hour tossing and turning trying to fall asleep to get through it just deep breathing and moaning it was so horrible!! I woke up this morning and feel totally fine, so weird!!

I was super bloated yesterday, here's the pic dh took.
https://i64.tinypic.com/ae1tdu.jpg

 

[Buffyx]

Aww what a cute pic!!

I will do side pics for sure..but there is literally nothing there at this point

 

[sherii]

four2five: CUUUTE!!!

I felt absolutely nothing this morning and early afternoon today. I was obsessively poking at my boobs to make sure they still hurt because I felt so normal aside from that. But then about an hour ago the dizziness set in, and after my nephew's basketball game today he wanted a chicken something something from mcdonald's and the putrid horrible sour smell of the sauce made my stomach turn. A few times.

So.

In conclusion

I've never been so happy to want to vomit.

That is all.


also!!!! we will be telling my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew at our weekly sunday dinner tonight!!

 

[Livvy]

Hope the reveal goes well sherii!!

Hammed those numbers look great!

Cute pics buffy and four!!

I'm finally starting to get over this cold. Ugh. I hate cold weather and the sickness it brings so much!!

 

[Buffyx]

Good luck telling the family Sherii.

Livvy - that stinks! We have had some nice hot weather the past few days. Finally starting to feel like Summer. Another warm one today, so I'm taking the kids to a friends for a play date in their paddling pool

 

[Four2Five]

Sherii have fun telling! It's one of my favorite parts! We have no family nearby this time around so we had to do it over FaceTime. My dh sent pictures to his best friend and my brother of the digital "PREGNANT" test and wrote "oops I did it again" For our parents we had our 13 year old facetime them frantic saying "my mom is really sick I don't know what to do" then she took the phone into the bathroom while I was hung over the toilet like I was puking then she pointed the camera at the positive test on the bathroom counter, they all screamed in excitement, it was too funny!

Livvy I hope you feel better soon

 

[Four2Five]

Which sonoline Doppler do you all have? I found a decent deal on a sonoline B, is that a good one?

 

[Ella]

Buffy and Four, loving the photos! So cute, I didn't do weekly bump pics with DS and not planning on this time either. Do have sporadic bump pics that I took with DS though, guess I just did it when I felt I noticed a difference in myself.

Housewifey - I am deffo a stomach sleeper, dno how I am gonna manage again, third tri was a logistical nightmare with DS so I am preparing for the worst sleep of my life again haha

Personally I have never wanted a doppler at home as I wouldn't want to become too reliant on it or panic myself if I couldn't find HB etc, but each to their own

Good luck telling the family sherii, DH and I have told my mum and his mum. Think DH might tell his two brothers too but that will be it until first scan for us

DH is working today so DS and I have watched a film this afternoon in between me pottering about and doing jobs. Felt quite nauseous today and emotional... Texted DH in a panic because I thought I heard knocking on our back window/door so he rang me and I started crying... So random haha x

 

[BabyBrain80]

Im pretty sure mine is a sonoline B......sounds familier. As I said my friend has it! It was very good.

I didnt use it a lot and stopped after I could feel bubs move more. But it was really nice in the earlier stages.

I read recently there are folks trying to ban them for home use as people rely on them too much. I think its if you dont feel movement and use it to reasure yourself, you may not be hearing the baby and be falsely reassured. They want you to seek proper help.

It is nice for a wee listen now and then though xx

 

[StarryEyed88]

I love the idea of bump progress pics. Buffy I like your idea of taking this pic with the fruit!

Unique - I don’t think I’ll get a Doppler - I feel like I would use it constantly and I’m already a natural worrier. I don’t need to make myself worse

Lilmiss - we don’t have thanksgiving here but I know what you mean in terms of any real social situation here. The nausea for me hit an all time high yesterday. I’m struggling to stick with healthy eating because of it too.

Housewifey - I’m mostly getting pains on my right hand side. Same place I *think* I had implant pains on. It’s always the same spot. It comes and goes and makes me nervous that something isn’t right. As for sleeping - I am a big stomach sleeper but recently I hate any pressure on my stomach, even my workout pants. So I tend to sort of lay to the side with my knee bent to take the pressure off. Don’t know how I’m going to go when I’m bigger

Hammed- good To hear about your betas. That’s really exciting

Four2five- that is the cutest picture! Loving the Xmas tree in the back!!

Sherii - have fun telling your family. I love telling family it’s so exciting.

AFM - today my hay fever is out of control and I have not stopped sneezing. Yesterday was the peak of feeling sick. Not so bad today and I hope it stays away whilst I’m at work.
And not that I’m counting but it’s exactly 2 weeks til my first scan

 

[UniqueBeauty]

Yeah it’s the Sonoline B! I loved it, when I was worried I’d have a little listen for a HB for my reassurance, it really helped.

That picture is super cute, I can’t wait to get a photo with the bump.

Good luck telling the family Sherii

I’m not sure when I’m going to announce it to the rest of the family and friends. My last two pregnancies I’ve done it after the 12 week scan but I know a lot of friends will be gob smacked that I’m having a 3rd it will be a total jaw dropper. I’m thinking maybe tell everyone at the 20 week scan, if I can wait that long