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

[second.time]

That's good to know, weebles. I'm not really expecting to feel consistent movement for another 3-4 weeks, but it's nice when it happens.

I did end up getting sick last night, but today has been a little better, knock on wood. From what I've read it seems like most people have withdrawal nausea when coming off meds, so I'll just power through and hope it's gone by the end of the first trimester.

I had really itchy feet with my first pregnancy. I was actually scared it was obstetric cholestasis, which causes intense itching on the hands and feet, but the tests showed I was fine. It was annoying! I feel like a lot of women get itchier skin during pregnancy ... one of those weird symptoms you don't expect.

 

[lesondemavie]

I think I popped! Baby is higher now when I listen on the doppler too. Amazing how much can change in just a few days (left from Sunday, right from today). I thought I had quite a tummy in Sunday (used to it being flat).

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

So ladies small update. I had my 11 week appointment yesterday. When I got in there the tech couldn't find the heartbeat. Doc came in and asked lots of questions and decided he wants me to go get a first trimester gestational diabetes test since I'm overweight. Then he tried to find babies heartbeat and didn't immediately find it. My anxiety started and I started crying so he spent ten minutes and pressed hard and found peanuts heartbeat at 159. He said now that we've heard it at 11 weeks on a Doppler, mc risk goes down below 2%. I'm so thankful for a patient doctor who cares about my well being and babies...

 

[Ad0rkkable]

So ladies small update. I had my 11 week appointment yesterday. When I got in there the tech couldn't find the heartbeat. Doc came in and asked lots of questions and decided he wants me to go get a first trimester gestational diabetes test since I'm overweight. Then he tried to find babies heartbeat and didn't immediately find it. My anxiety started and I started crying so he spent ten minutes and pressed hard and found peanuts heartbeat at 159. He said now that we've heard it at 11 weeks on a Doppler, mc risk goes down below 2%. I'm so thankful for a patient doctor who cares about my well being and babies...

Oh how stressful! I'm happy that the doctor took the time to find the heartbeat for you!!

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

I'm also now dealing with a sinus infection.. I can't win...

 

[second.time]

Lesonde, you look great! So cute.

Gagrlin, so sorry about dealing with that stress, but I'm happy that your doctor is a good one and found the heartbeat. What a relief. Hope the sinus infection goes away soon.

I'm on my third day of not taking nausea meds and things are going fairly well, knock on wood. Really hoping I'm out of the woods ...

 

[lesondemavie]

Thanks second! I'm so jealous. I'm still nauseated and vomiting while on the meds, so no attempt to go off yet. I will say it has eased. I'm only throwing up every other day or so, and the nausea is ok most of the morning/day...it's really just at night now that it hits big time.

Sorry things have been tough gag, but yay heartbeat! It's my favorite sound ever.

 

[Thejoie]

Lesonde- you look awesome!! Cute lil belly!!

Gagrl- that's so stressful. I'm so glad your doc took his time making sure everything was okay!

I've been feeling great this week! Even got a 6 mile run in yesterday! My energy is lower in the afternoon but I get a second wind when I get home from work so that's when I go to the gym!

 

[zephyr]

I had a little bleeding scare not long after I posted my first post and had a scan a few hours later! Baby was doing fine and measured bang on 10 weeks with a hb of 170 bpm.
Saw baby moving around too! There was a small area on the edge of the placenta where the bleed was coming from but its apparently quite common at this stage and the tech was very reassuring!

My nausea had disappeared this last week so I panicked but it's back again today even worse than before, hopefully it goes away soon!

First midwife appointment is next week

 

[808malia]

So, today I found my baby's heartbeat for the first time on my Doppler!!! It was only for a few seconds, then baby moved and I couldn't find it again... But super exciting!!!

 

[808malia]

I had a little bleeding scare not long after I posted my first post and had a scan a few hours later! Baby was doing fine and measured bang on 10 weeks with a hb of 170 bpm.
Saw baby moving around too! There was a small area on the edge of the placenta where the bleed was coming from but its apparently quite common at this stage and the tech was very reassuring!

My nausea had disappeared this last week so I panicked but it's back again today even worse than before, hopefully it goes away soon!

First midwife appointment is next week

Zephyr- I had the same kind of placenta tear and bleeding at 6 weeks and me and baby are both doing fantastic now... It will heal quickly, stay strong and try not to worry!

 

[blessedmomma]

I'm a little late but would love to join you ladies!

I'm expecting our 9th baby. We already know she is a girl giving us 4 girls and 5 boys. We lost our last baby at 15 weeks in September, so praying hard for this LO.

We are due july 17

 

[Lunabelle]

Welcome blessedmomma! I hope you have H&H pregnancy.

Zephyr that is scary, but luckily it's not dangerous. I hope you feel better soon.

I have a bloodtest & US tomorrow and I'm not allowed to eat before the bloodtest. I'm worried of how that will go as if I don't eat at the latest when I wake up, or Early in the morning at 5/6am I am pretty much guaranteed to be sick the whole day. It is fairly early at 8.45 so hopefully I will be ok. I'm worried I will miss my appointment just being sick in the toilet... luckily DF is there so he can always explain, although he has a language barrier as he doesn't speak french. I'm probably overthinking this...

 

[lesondemavie]

Heya blessed

Zephyr sorry to hear of the scare but glad all is well.

Luna - What fancophone part of the world are you in? Je parle le français courament, although I'm probably a bit rusty. I studied abroad for a year à Grenoble, France. Beautiful city. I miss it dearly. I watch movies, read books, and listen to music a bit to try and keep it up. Sadly not many people here in California speak French, but ah well I just loved it and always knew I wanted to become fluent. I have that same concern about blood tests. I have to take a bite of something every time I stir awake or I'm up dry heaving at 3 and 4 am. There's no way I could do it now. Are they checking your prolactin? Is that why? That's the only one I had to fast for back before the ms hit.

 

[boobee]

I had a little bleeding scare not long after I posted my first post and had a scan a few hours later! Baby was doing fine and measured bang on 10 weeks with a hb of 170 bpm.
Saw baby moving around too! There was a small area on the edge of the placenta where the bleed was coming from but its apparently quite common at this stage and the tech was very reassuring!

My nausea had disappeared this last week so I panicked but it's back again today even worse than before, hopefully it goes away soon!

First midwife appointment is next week

Bleeds are quite common, more so than we think! I bled with my daughter at 6, 14 & 18 weeks, never got to the bottom of it, she was born healthy with no other troubles! I bled at 6 weeks with this baby and they saw a 4cm patch when the bleeding was coming from. They checked again at my 12 week scan and it the bleed had disappeared, she said it usually fixes itself doesn't stop us freaking out though, Ive done nothing but worry!

 

[boobee]

So ladies small update. I had my 11 week appointment yesterday. When I got in there the tech couldn't find the heartbeat. Doc came in and asked lots of questions and decided he wants me to go get a first trimester gestational diabetes test since I'm overweight. Then he tried to find babies heartbeat and didn't immediately find it. My anxiety started and I started crying so he spent ten minutes and pressed hard and found peanuts heartbeat at 159. He said now that we've heard it at 11 weeks on a Doppler, mc risk goes down below 2%. I'm so thankful for a patient doctor who cares about my well being and babies...

It's the worst feeling ever isn't it! Sometimes baby is hiding or in a difficult position, we've had this at our 16 week midwife appointment, she couldn't find the heartbeat and I was almost in tears as we took our nearly 3 year old with us to experience it all... she finally found it after a lot of pushing on my belly and said that the baby must've been hiding behind something and that's why it took so long!

 

[boobee]

Could I be added for June 16th please?

 

[Lunabelle]

Heya blessed

Zephyr sorry to hear of the scare but glad all is well.

Luna - What fancophone part of the world are you in? Je parle le français courament, although I'm probably a bit rusty. I studied abroad for a year à Grenoble, France. Beautiful city. I miss it dearly. I watch movies, read books, and listen to music a bit to try and keep it up. Sadly not many people here in California speak French, but ah well I just loved it and always knew I wanted to become fluent. I have that same concern about blood tests. I have to take a bite of something every time I stir awake or I'm up dry heaving at 3 and 4 am. There's no way I could do it now. Are they checking your prolactin? Is that why? That's the only one I had to fast for back before the ms hit.

We live in Belgium. I lived in France when I was younger, and for 10years was trying to speak french whenever I could to keep it up. I was a bit rusty too when we moved here, but it came back quickly! You never know when you might need that skill, it is definitely useful to have! They were checking my blood sugar levels as a routine test amongst a 100 different things.

So update on the US! Everything was well and it's a girl! so exciting! I would have been excited either way, but it does feel special having a little girl as there are already a few little boys in the family. We weren't expecting to find out the gender, so that was a very pleasant surprise! We got to hear the heartbeat as well and saw it beating on the screen.

 

[lesondemavie]

Too true Luna. It's surprised me when it's come in handy while travelling. DH speaks fluent Spanish. Comes in handy much more so around here, but it is nice that we make such a good pair while travelling. We just need to learn Mandarin and then we're set 😆! Beautiful, beautiful ultrasound! We go in for our 13 week scan today. Will have to make sure they know we don't want to know the sex of the baby!

 

[second.time]

Beautiful scan, Luna! Congratulations on the little girl. Welcome, blessed.

I had my appointment today and heard the heartbeat, 150, though it was a little tough to find. I asked about the NT scan and the nurse said it's usually not covered by insurance unless you're high-risk, which I'm not, but I told her I'd consider doing it anyway. I'll have the quad screening in three weeks.

My doctor is out and I saw a new one temporarily. I felt like he was brusque with me for gaining seven pounds in the first trimester (!). I feel bad about it ... I'm glad the nausea is gone but maybe I've been enjoying my appetite a little too much? But on my own scales, and in terms of how my clothes fit, etc., I've gained less. So I'm just going to keep eating healthy foods I crave and not be too hard on myself.