May 2013 Babies

[padbrat]

I luv I am with you on the meds... I am on so many that I am sure I am rattling... I am on cycolgest 3 times a day, which is either vaginal or rectal and am on them until 34 wks... the worst for me is the fragmin, which is an injection in my stomach daily... oooo they hurt!! However, I will take it all for a healthy baby.

When you have walked through hell I will continue to suffer so long as I see the light ahead of me!

Manu sorry you are having a bleed. Have you been walking around or exercising a lot? That can irritate your cervix which is engorged with blood.

Court hope things are improving for you x

Mizz I am not surprised you are traumatized after what you have experienced. It is hard not to have the same expectations... but this is a different time and a different baby xxx

Amanda I am struggling with the doppler.... however, I had my MW appt on Fri and the second she put the doppler on my skin there was my baby's HB thumping away at 160 bpm. Even the MW said that baby had a lovely strong HB.... what a relief!!

Scan day tomorrow... eeekkkk!

 

[EMTAmanda]

I don't go back until the 30th which seems sooo far away :-/ I haven't really felt her kick like I felt ds2 by this time which worries me a lot but I am about 40lbs heavier than I was with ds2 by this time. We hit 16 weeks yesterday is anyone else feeling flutters often yet?

 

[manuiti]

Ooooh Pad, that tummy jab sounds horrible. But like you say, anything for baby.

Afm my Ob decided it was time for me to got to the ER to get checked out. Nothing obviously wrong but they're not taking any chances with me. So am on an anti-spasm drug to stop any potential for contractions I guess & am on full bed rest until the bleeding stops. I'm so happy I live near my parents as the dog and I are now staying with my parents so I can do the bed rest thing properly. But I'm bored!!!! Though I'll do all the boredom in the world for baby to be okay.

 

[EMTAmanda]

Bless your heart manu!!!!! I had to do bed rest with ds2 and at the time didn't have cable tv so it was very very boring :-/ lots of reading and online window shopping

It was a busy day in our house today!!!! Today was ds2's FIRST birthday AND ds1 pulled his FIRST tooth!!!!

 

[ILuvBabies200]

Officially 13 weeks and out of the first trimester! Can't say how awesome this feels! Heard baby again last night on the doppler.

3 hour sugar on Tuesday and I'm calling the OB tomorrow to ask about the progesterone.

 

[EMTAmanda]

Congrats on 13 weeks iluv!!!

 

[MissMummyMoo]

Happy 2nd tri Iluv and for the doppler ... it's so reassuring isn't it?

How's everyone else? Any plans for today?

We've got our gender scan in less than 1 week now it's on the 25th at 10am. I would love a little girl but think it's a boy. Any one else having gender scans soon? X

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Welcome to 2nd tri Iluv

MMM - mine's on the 24th!! Weeeeeee.

 

[EMTAmanda]

Is everyone feeling baby flutters?

 

[MissMummyMoo]

Good luck for Saturday cupcake. It's mad we're going for our gender scans already, it seems like just yesterday we got our

I felt what I thought was flutters about 2 weeks ago when I was using the doppler but nothing since. However I have been feeling flutters since Saturday daily so think the other week was a fluke x

 

[padbrat]

Congrats on second tri Iluv

Manu bed rest means bed rest chick! Stay tucked up in the warm and sleep and read and watch crap on TV I say!

Amanda I swear I felt baby on Sat. I had just woken up and I felt flutters a couple of times. When I had my sneaky scan today the consultant showed me where baby's feet where and that was exactly where I had felt the flutters so I am sure it was baby!

Baby is lying horizontally facing down with head point to my right hand and feet pointing to my left and my placenta is posterior... what ever that means!

 

[Tournesol]

No flutters for me yet... at least I don't think so.

Manu, I'm with pad, get your butt in bed and rest!

 

[Courtney917]

Back from scan...expecting baby boy #3!

 

[MizzPodd]

Court congrats!!!

Manu stay in bed! End of discussion. I was bed rest from five months to birth with dd1 so I feel your aim! Oh and sticking my thigh with insulin twice a day lol but don't worry because just remember this is to keep you and baby safe. I promise it's allllll worth it

Amanda I started feeling them around 12 weeks. I'm now 14 weeks and the baby movements are more prominent and obvious! This is my third so I definitely know its my baby

Yay I'm so happy others are feeling baby, I've been feeling movement for about 2 weeks on an off. Tonight baby has been moving away! It's so cute and nice to feel.

 

[EMTAmanda]

Congrats Courtney!!!!!

 

[EMTAmanda]

Mizz this is #3 for me as well but I was really skinny with both sons and now I'm 150lbs do you think that maybe why I don't feel her like I felt the boys?

 

[ILuvBabies200]

Courtney-Congrats!!!

Amanda-Nope but I don't expect it this early.

So I called the OB today for her opinion on the progesterone issue. She urged me to do the 2 weeks of suppositories. I'm just a nervous wreck now. With DS, we stopped the shots at 12 weeks and that was it. This time they wanted to stop me at 9 weeks and I said no and asked for a blood test. At 4 weeks, progesterone was 29. At 9 weeks, 29 still. And last week at 12 weeks, 31. I am thinking they are concerned because it's consistant. Shouldn't it have gone up by now? God I hope everything goes smoothly because I can't imagine anything happening to this baby.

3 hour glucose tomorrow!

 

[Tournesol]

Congrats Courtney! How lovely

Amanda, I'm definitely feeling something, but I'm not sure if it's gas. I have nothing to compare it to, so I don't really know what I'm feeling!
I wouldn't worry if you can't feel her yet, you know she's safe and cosy in there!

 

[MissMummyMoo]

Congrats Courtney x

 

[MizzPodd]

Amanda since you aren't as small as before you probably won't feel it as soon. With my first pregnancy I was skinny as a toothpick lol and I felt her around 16 weeks but now I realize I was feeling it sooner but didn't know since it was my first. With my second I felt those same flutters around 12 weeks even though people tried to tell me otherwise. Unless they know how your pregnancies feel they can't say if you feel it or not lol
With this one my stomach was more toned or I guess more tight so it took a while to loosen up and now I can feel baby. I notice that if I drink cold water or eat a bowl of ice cream the baby goes crazy! Now that wouldnt happen if it was just gas lol plus it happens around the same time each time it happens so I know it's my baby. Even I feel baby early and you don't this time doesn't mean anything is wrong! Your baby is enjoying her extra space (I mean that in a good way)
You shouldn't worry though because this is your third and baby has more room to hide lol don't forget each woman and pregnancy is different and maybe your daughter is shy unlike your boys remember you said she wouldnt show her face at the scan? there are so many reasons and they all are normal so don't worry!!!! hope this helped lol

Iluv I can imagine how anxious you must feel. Go by your gut feeling. Regardless of all the doctors and medicine you know your body better than anyone. If you have a feeling that you should keep going tell them. They need to give you more concrete answers why they are telling you to take all of this stuff. I hope they explain everything and stop leaving info out. :-/