NOVEMBER 2015 RAINBOWS. Please Join Us!

[SweetV]

Love - stay off Dr. Google! It's a sure way to sky rocket anxiety! I'm sorry your appt today wasn't great. I hope they have good news for you next week.

Celtic - 10lbs! wow! 7 injections sounds like a lot. My Dr's are all in the same building as well and it's all coordinated which is super helpful.

Kim - it is so hot! I'm drinking lots of water and still constipated . Spending more time in the bathroom than anywhere else.

 

[CelticNiamh]

Love - stay off Dr. Google! It's a sure way to sky rocket anxiety! I'm sorry your appt today wasn't great. I hope they have good news for you next week.

Celtic - 10lbs! wow! 7 injections sounds like a lot. My Dr's are all in the same building as well and it's all coordinated which is super helpful.

Kim - it is so hot! I'm drinking lots of water and still constipated . Spending more time in the bathroom than anywhere else.

it does help so much as my Ob knows as much about my GD as he does about pregnancy etc plus it is nice that I see the same doctors and midwifes at each visit
I have to take the long acting insulin at each meal as well as fast acting insulin well used to it now it is like second nature now

 

[klsltsp]

Hey ladies

Well I had an ultrasound yesterday to check my cervix, and it's very long so that's good news! the baby is lying transverse and is kicking my cervix constantly... lol It was really nice because the re-measured everything from my anatomy scan, and what a difference 1 month makes, the images were so clear!! I also asked the technician to double check that it's a girl, and she said "no question" The baby was still measuring ahead.. but my doc won't change my dates.. .so irritating..my current date is based on lmp.. fine, but I can't remember the last time that I had a 28 day cycle... I have a 21 - 23 day cycle... so now the baby is measuring 2 weeks ahead on her femur... and over 1 week ahead on her head the only measurement that is "on track" is her abdominal circumference...

They also measured the thickness of my lower uterine segment (where my previous c-sections were and my issues) and at the thinnest point it's 3.9 mm, which is not bad, they won't let you vbac for instance if it's thinner than 2.5 -3.0 mm, but I'm not allowed to do that anyways... so it's good news since it seems that my uterus is holding up!!!

Hope everyone else is doing well!!

Kim

 

[kwynia]

That's great news kim!

 

[SweetV]

Congrats on the great scan! Weird that they won't change your dates if it is over by a week but as I just finished telling DS they come when they want to anyways lol.

 

[klsltsp]

thanks ladies

Yeah sweet it bothers me, because I'm a scheduled c-section and they are already sectioning me earlier than normal to make sure that I don't go into labour... so for me every week at the end really matters... sigh... I guess that I should be happy that my ob is not worried... lol and I don't want her to be here too early.. anyways they estimted her weight yesterday at 1lb 6 oz.

 

[SweetV]

If they don't move your dates than that would be better for baby right? It means that if they leave your section date than baby would measure a week ahead when born? If they moved your date maybe they would end up moving your section date up? Although I can understand the concern if you are afraid labour may start naturally...

 

[klsltsp]

You are right Sweet, which is what I keep trying to tell myself. The problem is if i go into labour myself, i am at a high risk for uterine rupture... which means about 25 mins to save baby and 45 mins to save me... it's a scenario that I want to avoid at all costs.

From all of my research, in my situation most docs wouldn't let me go past 35 weeks. When I first got prego my doc said not past 37 weeks, then he bumped it to 38... so me being a week ahead would mean that I'm actually going all the way to 39 weeks, which scares the crap out of me!!! sigh.. trying to relax... lol

 

[CelticNiamh]

You are right Sweet, which is what I keep trying to tell myself. The problem is if i go into labour myself, i am at a high risk for uterine rupture... which means about 25 mins to save baby and 45 mins to save me... it's a scenario that I want to avoid at all costs.

From all of my research, in my situation most docs wouldn't let me go past 35 weeks. When I first got prego my doc said not past 37 weeks, then he bumped it to 38... so me being a week ahead would mean that I'm actually going all the way to 39 weeks, which scares the crap out of me!!! sigh.. trying to relax... lol

When I was having my VBAC I researched the chances of the womb rupturing during labour and the risk is actually very low as little as 2% actually I stand corrected it is actually less

''The greatest concern for women who have had a previous cesarean is the risk of uterine rupture during a vaginal birth. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), if you had a previous cesarean with a low transverse incision, the risk of uterine rupture in a vaginal delivery is .2 to 1.5%, which is approximately 1 chance in 5001.'' https://americanpregnancy.org/labor-and-birth/vbac/

As they have already checked your scar and found it is good I say your risk is low So please do not worry to much about having to wait till 39 weeks for your section if you did happen to go in to labour go in straight away at the first niggle

 

[CelticNiamh]

OOH forgot to mention I have my scan tomorrow at 10 am

 

[klsltsp]

celtic good luck at your scan tomorrow!! will you be finding out the gender?

As for the uterine rupture, you are right for normal scenarios, my previous 2 c-sections are only part of the problem, I had a very rare ectopic pregnancy that implanted on my scar just under 2 years ago now, and I ended up with a mass 4 inches in diameter all of the way through my uterus wall.. I almost ruptured about 18 months ago, I was admitted to hospital for 5 days while they waited to see if the methotrexate would work or if they where going to have to do a hysterctomy. i was lucky and they were able to save my uterus, they say it's like I've had 4 or even 5 c-sections already... i have the weak part of the scar but then the location where the mass went through my uterus wall.

Anyways I am doing my best not to stress my ob keeps saying that he sees paper thin uterus's all of the time, the difference being they don't normally know ahead of time...

 

[CelticNiamh]

celtic good luck at your scan tomorrow!! will you be finding out the gender?

As for the uterine rupture, you are right for normal scenarios, my previous 2 c-sections are only part of the problem, I had a very rare ectopic pregnancy that implanted on my scar just under 2 years ago now, and I ended up with a mass 4 inches in diameter all of the way through my uterus wall.. I almost ruptured about 18 months ago, I was admitted to hospital for 5 days while they waited to see if the methotrexate would work or if they where going to have to do a hysterctomy. i was lucky and they were able to save my uterus, they say it's like I've had 4 or even 5 c-sections already... i have the weak part of the scar but then the location where the mass went through my uterus wall.

Anyways I am doing my best not to stress my ob keeps saying that he sees paper thin uterus's all of the time, the difference being they don't normally know ahead of time...

yes I hope to find out although pretty sure I am having a boy!

Oh wow I am so sorry that must of been so scary well I hope all will be ok and no issues arise for you

 

[SweetV]

Kim that does sound scary! That being said it is odd that they wouldn't move the date up. I'm going to assume you have already had a talk with the ob about it. If they aren't listening are you willing to get a second opinion?

Celtic - Good luck at your scan!! Pictures please!

 

[klsltsp]

Yeah Sweet my ob is VERY laid back, which I love about him, but sometimes a little too much, ya know... I will wait until the 3rd tri and see how things are going, if I'm feeling too worried, I'll just head into the triage unit at the hospital, they have always been great with me.

I'm just happy that I finally got them to measure my uterus wall, that was a huge relief!!

Celtic can't wait to see pics...

Love how are you doing?

How about the rest of you ladies? Any more scans?

 

[3chords]

Good luck today Celtic - looking forward to hearing who is cooking in there!

kls - I'm in a similar boat that I'm measuring about a week ahead. My OB told me that the Canadian guidelines state NOT to change dates in the 2nd trimester (so if you were measuring that much ahead in first tri they would have changed, but not in 2nd). I am also having an IVF baby so we know 100% sure the dates, therefore the assumption is we are just having a king kong bubba.

I got my planned c-section date - October 28, so I guess I am officially no longer a November rainbow but I'm not giving up this thread!!

 

[klsltsp]

Congrats 3 chords!! I got my section date too.. Nov 2.. I was kind of hoping for a late October baby...

I was measuring 1 week ahead at my IPS screening, he said if I was 7 - 10 days ahead at my anatomy scan he would move my date.. but I was only 7 days...so he left it. I am not as certain as you on dates, but we only had sex 1 time that month.. and I have a short cycle so it makes sense to be 1 week ahead.. sigh.. oh well I'm not going to stress about it.. I have never had any indication of preterm labour.. or labour on it's own at term for that matter so I hope this little one is the same!!

My last baby was 9 lbs at 39 weeks... so hopefully this is just another big one

 

[CelticNiamh]

Thanks everyone scan went great I could not believe how nervous I was but baby looks perfect and healthy which I am so happy about

measuring exactly 1 pound 1 so bang on with my dates

and I am team

got a supper cute picture

 

[kwynia]

What a lovely scan C! And a cutie pic of your little man too

 

[SweetV]

Eeek.... it doesn't seem so far away now with the dates coming in.
Cute pic Celtic and congrats on team blue!

 

[klsltsp]

congrats celtic!!! you thought you were having a boy didn't you? glad it was so perfect!!!