Mid June and July Firecrackers Group Due June/July 2017!

[DobbyForever]

My booty stretch marks grew more stretch marks but nothing on my breasts or belly. Oh well haha.

Glad you had fun at the game! Always nice when your team wins.

I'm sick. It's weird that SO moved in and I'm sick all the time now. Dunno if it's subconscious like before I was flying solo so I had to be strong and now that I have a partner my body is like it's cool. Get sick. Lol idk. Bad theory cuz we get sick st the same time so I end up taking care of both of us. Good practice for when I have s sick baby lol

 

[second.time]

So I just made my pre-admission appointment and expected to schedule it in four weeks or so ... but they scheduled it tomorrow! I guess if I get there and they realize I'm too early, I'll just head home, but it would be nice to ask questions and learn more about the hospital. I was nervous about waiting until 36 weeks.

 

[Catalyst]

I so love how I look these days, I think my bump looks so good haha I know, silly. But I was overweight before I got pg, havent gained much, about maby 2kg and the bump is so just the bump! I thought it would be wobbly fatty pregnancy bump but it is so firm and well, so pregnancy bump like. My midwife even commented on it last time said my bump was so nice haha. I told DH how I am so happy with my bump, that i love it so much and I like how I look and he rubbed it and said that he always think I have the nicest bump when pregnant and look good *love*
But then we went to this springfestival in my older sons school yesterday and two there commented on how petide I am, well at least smaller than they thought I should be/would be being 33w with twins. "where are you carrying them?" one said. So I had litle bit concerne last night but tried to brush it away (hate how I can for a short wile get upset about comments other make!!)

Then we had sonar this morning. They have been growing so nicely, been similar to single baby. Today twin A is 1900g (average weight for single baby at this time is 2000g) but Twin B has not grown muc since last sonar 3 weeks ago. There is almost 500g difference now, was just 150g. Doctor did not see anything that implied that the bigger one was taking from the other, there was good movement, heartbeat good, umbilicalcord flow good and amniotic fluid good. So he said she just might be more petide than her sister. But I got another sonar in a week to check amniotic fluid and umbilical cord flow again and growth scan in 2 weeks.
DH is relaxed, says it is common for twins to be different size but I cant help to worry :S They gave me thourough check (urine, bloodpressure, fever, fundal hight, weight) and also put me on a monitor to get a reading on their heartbeat, even had one contraction while I was there. Ohh and they put accupuncture needles in my hands for my carpal tunnel. Hope it will help.

The time will go so slowly next two weeks I think... I cant concentrate on my study right now.. cant help but just think about this scan today..

 

[808malia]

I am just starting to have a noticeable bump, and I love it! I am already big so it's nice to finally look pregnant and not just fat https://i64.tinypic.com/8yukn7.jpg

 

[DobbyForever]

Oh my Second. That's crazy! It's getting real!

Cat twins definitely are different sizes. I think my brothers came out almost two pounds different. One is still smaller than the other, but both healthy and tall and doing better than the average bear

Malia looooove your bump pic!!!

Afm waiting on my gyn for my 28 week appointment. Nurse just gave me a kick count card lolol eff that. My baby does not kick ten times in two hours ever.

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Oh my Second. That's crazy! It's getting real!

Cat twins definitely are different sizes. I think my brothers came out almost two pounds different. One is still smaller than the other, but both healthy and tall and doing better than the average bear

Malia looooove your bump pic!!!

Afm waiting on my gyn for my 28 week appointment. Nurse just gave me a kick count card lolol eff that. My baby does not kick ten times in two hours ever.

I'm so with you...I have my 31 week appointment on Friday and I'm curious to see if they tell me to count kicks. My little peanut is so random.. some days she's so active and some days she's not.. I'm not going to get myself all worked up over kicks/movements unless I don't feel her at all one day...

 

[808malia]

I hear ya, my baby is the same way! Super active one day and then sleepy and quiet the next... My doctor hasn't said to count kicks, just asked me if I could feel her move through out the day. Which I do, and if she is ever to quiet I bust out the heart rate monitor and make sure she is still doing fine in there.

 

[DobbyForever]

Right?! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is nuts. I get the idea: check in on your baby's movement daily to make sure they haven't gone radio silent, but geez. Seems like a lot of stress over nothing, especially since my anterior placenta I can't feel crap unless he kicks hard. Which my gyn was poking fun at me because I was going on about it then she pulls out the doppler and I guess he was not amused by the nose because he kicked the wand off my stomach haha.

I also thought it was odd they gave it to me. I could have sworn she said I don't get it until my 32 weeks.

The one thing that makes me nervous is I did ask her about what do I do in an emergency because the hospital 3 minutes away does not have L&D, so if I have an emergency I'm 25 miles from the nearest L&D. Which, in traffic, could be up to 2 hours away. =/ I know this has been a chill pregnancy but that still freaks me the eff out.

 

[lesondemavie]

My ob told me to start counting kicks at 28 weeks, but they didn't give me a card. I read that you should count any movement not just kicks. My baby is pretty random...full on earthquake mosh pit on day resting from the party the next, but baby does tend to kick more either at night before bed or in the morning before I get up. I try to count at night and usually hit 10 movements pretty quick. If I fall asleep or don't get 10 then I just try in the morning. Some days I've just estimated from when baby was most active that day and decided yup I'm good and not worried about it. I have an anterior placenta, but I can feel a variety of movement. Baby likes to cuddle up on my right side, and I'll feel all sorts of rolls. I usually don't feel baby when I'm active during the day, but this last week baby has been super active.

I love this photo. Wonder where baby is

 

[PrettyInInk42]

I got a sheet from the hospital to count movements, but I haven't filled it in. They told me to feel for at least 6 movements in 2 hours, but Alex can hit that in 10 mins, no problem. And he's been especially active today.

I have a pic like that too, leson. lol

And I've gotten a couple pics of BD when he was younger. I think Alex will be his mini-me. lol

 

[808malia]

Ha! My baby hangs out on the right side too, lol! That is pretty much the view I have of my stomach every night Its cute though, I like to hold my bump where baby is hanging out. Makes me feel close and connected to my lil girl

 

[DobbyForever]

Haha mine does the right side thing too sometimes. No pics of it though.

Re counts yup my gyn said any movement, big or small, kick or roll... counts

Pretty awww that's cute! As of right now the African genes are winning out my baby looks like me who looks like my dad who looks like my grandma lol

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

What is it about the right side? My little girl loves the right side too... Hi

 

[Catalyst]

My bump gets weird shapes sometimes too

My concernc are not about the twins being different size, that was expected. But it is more that the Twin B has not grown, or grown very litle in 3 weeks that bother me. So I am so hoping she grows well next two weeks, and I dont hope for her to catch up with twin A, just that she gains some weight.

Here is a pic of how my bump has grown

I was counting the days, it is only about 18 days til 36 week and 32 days til 38 weeks. So close!! 50% of twins are born before 37weeks, most of them in week 36-37.. so
Also, just 4 days til 34 weeks and at that point if I my labor would start I can give birth here, if before that I will be sent with an emergency flight to the capital.. they dont have the means to take care of that small babies. The NICU is in the capital. The hospital here is good and good doctors but, just dont have that here.

 

[Weebles]

Aww, I love all the bump pics! I'm the odd one out, my girl hangs out on the left. Every kick and punch I feel is on my right. I don't really do kick counts either, as long as I feel her move a bit a few times a day I feel comfortable.

 

[Girly922]

If you guys check out the Kicks Count charity it states that counting kicks isn't the main goal. By 28 weeks most babies are in a routine, and the point of giving you the counting chart is for you to familiarise yourself with baby's routine so you can tell if there is a change in routine. No baby will kick 20 times an hour every hour. They do sleep too.

Baby is very much favouring the right side here too, I often get a bum up under my right ribs, it's rather uncomfortable! Head is right down on my cervix at the moment. The sonographer showed us at the scan. She also said it looks like baby has got a good amount of hair from the shadowing on the scan.

The midwife I had with DD has since retired but I bumped into her today and it was great seeing her! She really reassured me about the consultant, and agreed that the last dr I saw never should have been allowed to become an obstetrician with the way she speaks to ladies. So now I just need to get an appt with the actual consultant, and possibly the head of midwifery to make my birth plan.

 

[lesondemavie]

Aw malia I do the same thing. I rub my lump of a baby and cradle him or her with one arm. Makes me feel like I'm already holding my Charlie. I sleep on my left side, but if I kinda tilt back so there's room on the left I'll wake up with baby nuzzled in on my left. The rest of the time baby is on the right, and I'll get kicks in my upper right quadrant which hurts all of the time already. Really trying to encourage baby to switch to the left instead. The second I'm more flat or upright though, I feel the rolls and baby is on the right. My theory is that if I eat too much my stomach takes up too much space on the left . Growth scan is today! I think Charlie is head down based on the lumps and the kicks. I still feel some "kicks" down but I'm hoping it's baby's head instead. I'm definitely getting more cervix pain now. Really hoping baby isn't sleeping for the scan. My ob heard lots of movement on the doppler at the last appointment around the same time in the am so fx!

Beautiful bump cat and glad you found some good people to listen to you girly

 

[second.time]

Catalyst, I think you look great! Your bump looks perfect. I also was under the impression that twins are often different sizes, sometimes very different, so I'm sure your girls are both growing great for their own pace. So close to meeting them now!

Girly, it's good you're looking into getting some better counseling and advice than the poor treatment you got from the consultant. I hope all goes smoothly.

Lesonde, good luck at the growth scan. It would be so wonderful to get to see the baby again. I'm not having any more scans, that I know of, and I'm so impatient to see the baby.

I'm busy writing down questions I'll have at the pre-admission appointment. They'll probably hate me for having a huge list. If anyone has ideas for questions I should be asking, feel free to add them!

 

[Catalyst]

Second in the first growth scan thete.wad 90g difference, next 150g and now about 500g. In first two they measured simikar on size as if they were singletons. Now the smaller measures about the same as 3 weeks ago. Og change. The other gainef 300g. So thst is why Im worried.. no growth for 3 weeks. Or very litle. So extra scans the next two weeks.

 

[Weebles]

I understand why you're worried catalyst, I would be too, but I also don't know enough about twin pregnancies to know if this is typical or not. I think as long as your doctors are doing extra scans they are being proactive which is ideal and will have you deliver early if it comes to it. I have extra scans as well to monitor growth and it is something that just stays in the back of your mind. Hopefully they get to stay nice and snug.