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[jtink28]

i'm torn.....i want to say i'm in third tri today, but the doctor says third tri starts at 28 weeks....maybe i'll just be third tri at BNB??

yay! third tri today!!!

 

[TTCBean]

I'm saying I'm in 3rd tri based off the boards...

 

[Hann12]

I'm thinking of it as week 28 as it is 28 medically but 27/28 is not a lot if difference!

Having such a good day, DD woke at 8am, and has taken a 3hour sleep over lunch - this never ever happens!! I actually can't believe it! I assume she's growing. Feels lovely to have some rest and quiet time. She's just waking now so play time calls

 

[maybesoon]

Hello Ladies! We had a really busy weekend so I'm trying to get all caught up on the posts.

Hope everyone is doing well. Going to be a busy week this week. Have a doctors appointment tomorrow!!! I'm every 2 weeks til I reach 32 weeks (which is right around the corner) then once a week til "Go Time"! Where did the time go? I'm starting to freak out because I'm just not ready.... eeeekkkk

 

[kezziek]

Ahh Hann it's lovely when they sleep like that and give you that unexpected break

Saw my midwife today and got to hear babies heartbeat which was nice and she helped me feel where babies head was which was a bit freaky but cool as i can never can quite tell how shes lying. I don't see her now until I am 35 weeks eek!! Seems like such a long time away and I will be leaving work that week too.Maybesoon thats great you have all those appointments- i think it's very good -I'm a little nervous going so long between visits but it's cos it's not my first i think they assume things are less likely to go wrong.

Hope you are ok Babee? Not heard from you in ages on here xxx

 

[jtink28]

i have an appointment at 30 weeks, and then i got every 2 weeks until 36 weeks, when i'll go every week.

i like that i'll be seen very often, and they're taking good care of me, but taking the time off work is a pain!

anyone else in the US taking a few weeks off before their due date? my employer just informed me that if my doctor signs me off, i can take 2 weeks off before the baby is born, and it counts as medical disability, not maternity. so my last day of work would be april 19th, even though my due date is may 6th. my maternity leave would start the day the baby is born.

 

[pinktiara]

I see the dr once a month than i think it goes to every 2 weeks after 30 something weeks cant remember. I go on weds gonna hopefully find out about getting my gallbladder taken out after my attack i want it gone so i dont have to worry about that pain again.

 

[maybesoon]

pinktiara I had my gallbladder removed almost a full year ago. I had it removed February 15th last year! It was my Valentine's present to myself. When I had it removed I hadn't eaten ANYTHING in over 3 weeks. I just couldn't tolerate anything other than water. It was horrid!

jtink... I love being seen so much by my doc also, but like you, taking the time off work is a pain... That is awesome about getting to take a couple of weeks off before you go into labor!!! Wish it were that way at my job.

Hell, one of the attorneys I work for asked me today if I thought I would be able to come in for a couple of hours a week during my measly little 6 week maternity leave. I couldn't even come up with the words to answer him only to say that it all depends on how things go at the delivery. Are you freaking kidding me???? I can't even get time off work after having a baby they freaking expect me to be back at work right after..... So stupid.

kezz... I'd be a nervous wreck going that long at this point between appointments. Hell, I don't even like going 2 weeks right now. I have my doppler out checking on Mason if I haven't felt him in over an hour or so.... I'm driving myself crazy, can't imagine what dh is really feeling!!!

 

[Hann12]

I see a mw at 28 weeks, 34 weeks and 38 weeks that's all. Guess hopefully everything is fine in between appointments!

 

[jtink28]

hann, i'm high-risk, so i get seen a lot. it's nice, but obnoxious to have to leave work. i think maybesoon is high-risk as well. it's probably why we get seen so much.

 

[Courtney917]

They're starting me on two week appointments now. I go for a growth scan on Friday, on appt Monday ollowed by another appt at 30 and a scan at 32!!! They start appts every week starting at 36 weeks. I go for my glucose tmrw (ugh) they werent clear as far aw fasting was concerned. For those of u that went do u recommend fasting?

 

[jtink28]

i had to fast - they wouldn't do the test on me if i hadn't fasted. my test started at 9am - i didn't eat or drink after midnight the night before.

 

[maybesoon]

Yes, jtink... I'm also considered somewhat high risk although I'm not having to been seen by the specialist at this point (which can change at anytime). If I were still having to see him (ie if they had found something wrong with Mason or if something starts to go wrong) I would not only be having the appointment with my regular OB/GYN but also my "high risk" doctor. So right now while I'm seeing my regular doctor 1 every 2 weeks I'd be seeing her & the high risk doctor making it 2 appointments every 2 weeks then 2 appointments every week.... YUCK! Luckily everything has been good with Mason up til now so I only had to see the high risk doc once (trying to keep it that way)!!!

Is anyone else having issues with their lo being up so high in their ribs they feel like they can't breathe & need oxygen??? Saturday Mason was so low I thought his head was going to pop out any minute. Then yesterday he was up in my ribs so high I couldn't breathe. I was literally panting all day while doing nothing.

 

[maybesoon]

Courtney.... I don't know how it is where you are at but in my area the doctors tell you that you don't have to fast. However, the lab where my bestfriend works at will NOT do the test unless you have been fasting. The reason for that is because they did a study over a years time & found that of all the pregnant women who took the 1 hour GTT without fasting 95% ended up having to take the 3 hour GTT. Of those that took the 1 hour test fasting only around 3% had to take the 3 hour GTT. So they & most of the other labs in my area feel that fasting gives a much more accurate result to the test.

I did it fasting because I wanted to do my best to ensure that I wouldn't have to take that 3 hour test!!!

 

[jtink28]

i don't even see a regular obgyn. i only see the high-risk unit.

 

[Hann12]

Jtink - I was high risk last time and didn't have more appointments just my appointments were with a consultant rather than mw. I think that different countries and areas must work very differently!

 

[jtink28]

i think they must, hann. i wish i could just have a regular non-high-risk pregnancy, but because i have a chronic disease, all my pregnancies will be classified as high risk. booo.

 

[maybesoon]

I got lucky because I expressed my desire to stay with my regular doctor who I have used for the last 7 years. I am comfortable with her, she is the one that got me to where I am & if at all possible she is who I want delivering Mason into this world. However, she is specialized in high risk prenatal care & not just your every day OB/GYN. I let her know this up front as I knew I would be considered high risk due to my age & past medical history that I knew I would have to have a consult with Mayberry (high risk doc for the baby) but that I wanted to stay with her as much as possible. So when I went for my consult with the "high risk" doctor (who is actually the baby's doctor until they are born. He makes sure everything is going right with your lo) he checked out Mason, made sure he was all perfect & released me back to my regular doctor stating I wouldn't have to see him any further unless or until something happened with Mason, then I'd start seeing him again.

 

[TTCBean]

Saw my midwife today and everything went well I get 2 week appointments now until he's here - wow! I heard his heartbeat, high 140's, he is head down right now and I measured 28cm at 27 weeks, so right on target really!

My midwife thought the glucola test wasn't necessary (I have no risk factors) so I had just a hemoglobin A1c test instead. If that shows anything odd she said we'd have to do the glucola test, which works for me.

 

[pinktiara]

pinktiara I had my gallbladder removed almost a full year ago. I had it removed February 15th last year! It was my Valentine's present to myself. When I had it removed I hadn't eaten ANYTHING in over 3 weeks. I just couldn't tolerate anything other than water. It was horrid!

Ya after my gallbladder attack I want it out I don't care what it takes that pain was worse than anything I have ever felt probably do it a few months after babes is born.