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[roxane1986]

Lucky you ladies, I love hot weather! Here in ontario its rainy and cold like 10ish during the day :S

 

[wana b a mom]

what's NT? I am doing the Integrated Screen Test, is that the same? This is the one you take bloods and scan for measurements at around 12 weeks (first tri) and second tri around 18 weeks... they test for Trisomy 18 and Down Syndrome but I want to do it just to get the nice scan so nervous... I want to see the babies and make sure they are doing fine...

South Fl is HOT and HUMID!! my poor hubby is going to have to get used to. We moved from Boston so it's definetely different... When I left Boston it was in the 50's during the day and 40's during the night... are you serious roxane?! it's that cold up in Canada already? oh geez... This weekend here in South FL it was in the upper 80's but my car marked up to 91 yesterday afternoon... I don't love very hot/humid weather but I am sure I'll get used to easier than I got used to the weather in Massachusetts, up there is just too dark during the winter... I think I was able to get used to the cold, and the snow, but the days were too short and it was depressing what I love about south FL is that my brother lives here and my parents are "only" 3 1/2 hours away by plane

 

[wana b a mom]

Lindylou, we are going to find out what we are having just give us a few more weeks lol DH cannot wait to see if they are boys

 

[roxane1986]

Wana, nt scan is to test for downs and trisomy so i think its the same!

I was saying 10celsius im not sure how much is that in F! But id love to still have heat here! It is dark very early in the winter around 4:30-5 i dont like fall and winter because of that its so depressing!

 

[drsquid]

nt- is nuchal translucency ie the thickness of the backof the babies neck. in combo with blood tests it gives you your risk of trisomies.

amnio- the risk is less than 1 in 400 or even lower. not 1 in 100. i had mine and it was no biggie. i knew i wouldnt be ok with being told high or low risk rather than yes or no. also as long as your arent having twins you can get the maternit21 test which is a blood test (different from the integrated screen). it mattered to me what the outcome was, it would change what id do. luckily the fish (two day screen) came back normal. the full amnio results in 2 weeks. (rare for something to come up then).

weather- way hot in california right now. yay

 

[roxane1986]

yay thats good news that it came back normal!! Good for you!!

Had the biggest migraine yesterday from noon to like 2am!! I went to bed at 8pm but everytime Id wake up, it would still be there!! It was horrible, I took tylenol, drank water, put cold water on my forehead, arghh tried everything! I tought my head was going to split open! Never had such a bad migraine! I have alot of headaches lately but not migraines!!! OMG!!! I have a feeling ill have one again today! What else is there to do for that? I work in front of a computer all day so that probably doesnt help at all!! :S
Since tylenol wont even do anything, I wont even bother taken any, since I hate taking medications especially during pregnancy!

 

[drsquid]

i just took tylenol. caffeine helps too. luckily the headaches have gone away.

 

[wana b a mom]

Thanks for the info girls!

roxane, sorry about the migraine... When I get them I usually have to have my room as dark as possible and I also put a rolled up towel around my neck and use no pillow. I have to say I haven't gotten one while pregnant (knock on wood) but I used to get them at least once a month a few years and before I got pregnant I used to get them once in a while. I would think that trying to take the Tylenol before the worse part of the pain start should help (better than not taking any). I hope you feel better!

 

[roxane1986]

Thx girls!! Didnt get a migraine yesterday so thats good, didnt wake up with one today either! I try to drink more water too because maybe thats the cause, siince I only drink about 250ml of water a day the rest is juice or milk!

So tired today, the night went by way too fast, I usually wake up every 2 hrs which kinda sucks but in a way it makes the night last longer cause I see what time it is every 2 hrs lol but last night I woke up only twice so kinda went by too fast for me!! I can't wait to go back to bed tonight! hehe

 

[roxane1986]

Drsquid, happy 18 weeks and Lindylou, happy 22 weeks!! You girls are flying!!!

 

[roxane1986]

yay finally got a phonecall from the nurse and she said that there is NOTHING to worry about, everything came back normal! I said, well the tech was measuring something else, looked like another sac or something, she said they always measure a tones of things theres nothing wrong on the report, everything is perfect, including NT liquid so that confirms my #'s that I had said of 1.6mm which is completly normal!!

 

[wana b a mom]

so glad to hear everything is good roxane!! :

yes, def try drinking more water. That has helped a lot with the headaches, and if I don't drink enough I can feel the headache coming...

so today I went for my doctor's appointment. I really like this doctor, so I think that's good. I have to go back Friday as she said she didn't plan on doing the Integrated Screen done today as it has to be done by a different person (specialist?). Anyway, we did get to hear the heartbeats and that was reassuring She also felt my belly and said "you are definitely having twins". I think the way the belly is popping up instead of low. She said usually women get that belly "shape" at around 20 weeks but because I am carrying twins that's normal. I've also gained 5 lb... they say you gain 10% of your total pregnancy weight during the first trimester... if that's the case I'll be over 50 lb! it kind of scares me... not the getting fat part but the getting uncomfortable part. Oh well, it comes with the territory I guess I'll take anything if it means having 2 healthy babies in the end!

 

[roxane1986]

Im glad u like ur new dr!! glad you got to hear the hbs its always nice! I can now hear baby move on doppler its actually funny all u hear is hb then bloop nothing then bloop it comes back hehe! Baby is dancing in the tonight
50lbs with two is not bad i think?! I gained 5 lbs so far as well and i only have one! Does that mean ill be huge?! Tought that average first tri u gained 4-6lbs so tought i was in the range?!

 

[drsquid]

im up 13-15 at this point

 

[roxane1986]

Yeh i heard its 4-6 lbs first 12 weeks then its 1lbs a week so i think your in the range

 

[Lindylou]

I'm at about 14 lb now. Glad your drs seem better. Xxx

 

[noasaint]

Wana, so glad you like the OB!!

Roxane, you are the one flying. It seems like just last week you were getting a beta!! Congrats on 14 weeks!!

I'm up 2.5 pounds, not complaining. I'm chubby as it is and and short so dr said 15 pounds is max for the entire pregnancy. Before my IVF cycle I had lost 11 pounds so I'm really glad I did that. I really am not hungry much and force myself to eat quite often. Sweets taste way too sweet to me now so I can tolerate very little of them.

 

[Lindylou]

I have been drinking soooo much water. Going through 3l per day.

Glad everything is going ok. Who is finding out at gender scans?

 

[wana b a mom]

hey girls!!
so today was the test, and we got a nice view of the twins. Everything is normal (of course we won't get the results of the NT for another 3 weeks or so). The scans as you all know are so reassuring though. I was so happy to see the little ones moving around!

 

[Lindylou]

Wannabe- hopefully you won't wait that long for the results. Mine took from Thursday- Tuesday. It's so reassuring to know they are doing ok. My 20week pic is rubbish so going for another in 2 weeks. I just want to stay yellow though and I'm scared of seeing something!!