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[heart tree]

Hey girls, I wanted to share two websites with you.

This one lets you try and figure out what color your baby's eyes will be based on family history of eye color. Ours is 50% green and 50% blue. Come on green!
https://museum.thetech.org/ugenetics/eyeCalc/eyecalculator.html

This one is an interesting article about sex and pregnancy. One of the things I found interesting is that semen contains prostaglandins which can cause a ripening of the cervix and lead to contractions. It said that some doctors recommend using condoms in the 2nd tri. I asked the doctor today about sex, and she said this exact thing that this article said. She said we should use condoms. My husband is going to be very, very, very unhappy about this. There's a lot of interesting info here in case you want to read.
https://www.thefamilygroove.com/febletstalkaboutsex.htm

 

[3xscharmer]

Heart - sorry about not getting your scan today, but hopefully wed they'll be able to tell you something! That's weird about the sex in the second tri, I had sex with DH the entire time and at the end we were having sex to try and start labor and it didn't work lol! Something to think about though!

Fili - Good luck monday and lovely pics!! You do look so young! Yay for getting in shape!

Congrats on the beta numbers!!

Congrats on a baby boy!!

AFM - a little morning sickness this morning but nothing real significant - really hope it picks up lol!

 

[heart tree]

I hope the MS picks up for you too!

About the sex thing, like everything regarding fertility, I think it's just a theory. Ethically they have no way of really researching and testing it. I don't imagine this theory is true for everyone. I've heard about so many women having sex throughout their pregnancies. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. We've had sex and my cervix was fine. It is something to consider though.

 

[croydongirl]

Davies - I have a friend who swears by Wheat-a-bix to keep her regular during her pregnancy. She even sent me some when I mentioned having issues. I can't eat it because I am not eating gluten but if you can manage it, it might help you out!! I have had issues too, and even though it's been a little while since I have had a bad pregnancy headache, I feel as though they are connected to when I am most blocked up. I am trying to drink water (lots of Ribena too!) and eating fruits and veggies, I feel as though its get better in recent weeks but it doesn't seem to make much difference.

Had my test at school today, it had been postponed. I think I did ok. Just one more test, the oral presentation and the final and I am done. The end of this quarter can't come soon enough! I love going to class when I am there but getting up and out early every day is really taking it out of me, sounds pathetic I know, but I am excited to be able to study from home with my online classes next quarter!

I am feeling so stretched out today. Achy and uncomfortable. Hubby was reading last night on an online forum thing about what 17 weeks pregnant means and he read aloud how this is a time for a growth spurt and that they double in weight and size in the coming weeks. I am not sure how that is going to happen, but I guess that's why I have been rubbing Bio-oil on my belly for all these weeks! ha ha Grow baby grow!

Heart, Davies & Hopeful - I CANNOT believe we are here at 17 weeks already. Almost halfway there!! Looking froward to hearing healthy reports form our anatomy scans so we can celebrate.

Ladies in the early weeks, I know it seems so far away for you, but I can honestly say it feels like just yesterday we were in the same place you were. Desperate for rising betas and first scans. When we started out Lou seemed so far ahead of us, and now she is almost at the end and we are in the middle. Hoping that we can encourage you and that you will find that 17 weeks gets here in no time at all

 

[hopeful23456]

Thanks heart! I can't get that site to come up but looked at other sites. I have green eyes and all of my family is green or blue and dh and about his entire family has brown.

 

[heart tree]

Croy, such good advice to the ladies in the super early stages. It's true! Lou and Tracie were the ones we were looking to for comfort. I remember both of them telling us over and over that nausea comes and goes and that both of them bled during their pregnancies. Now I'm the one saying that nausea comes and goes. It does go by quickly once you get through some of the critical points.

Almost done with school for the quarter! I'm so glad I'm not in school anymore. I did my graduate studies in my early 30's and it was such a demanding time. I can't even imagine doing it while pregnant. It's great you get to do online classes next quarter!

Yes, there is supposed to be a huge growth spurt right now for us. I felt some mild cramping the other night and I swear my stomach is bigger now. I'm really starting to show now. I have no doubt that by the time my mom arrives in 3 weeks I'll have a proper bump to show off to her.

Hopeful, that's so weird you can't get that eye color site. I actually found it on another thread on B&B. It requires Flash. Do you have Flash installed? You wouldn't be able to see it on an iPhone as they don't have Flash capabilities.

I just told my husband that we might not be able to have sex without a condom and he was so calm, cool and collected about it. I thought he would be upset. Not at me, just at the situation. But he wasn't at all. I praised him for his maturity. Then he proceeded to grab my boob! So much for maturity.

 

[3xscharmer]

Heart - glad you hubby took it well!! It won't be so bad, it's only temparary anyway!! I am definately NOT going to look into it too much because I know my DH and he'll say if we did it with Olivia we can do it again lol!! I will ask my doc though because if she says NO then DH will listen to her!! Haha on the boob grab...that is sooooo my DH lol!! Well, not the maturity part!!

Croy - so sweet!! Thanks for the hope. I remember thinking that my pregnancy with Olivia wouldn't work out and all the milestones and honestly, right until the very end I NEVER actually believed that I'd have a baby...imagine my shock when they placed her in my arms lol!! It was so surreal, I just couldn't believe I did it and I pray to have that feeling again in October!! Congrats on 17 weeks!

 

[heart tree]

Charmer, what is your due date?

 

[justwaiting]

Heart my hubby will be excited to get sex condom or not!!!! THanks for the sites.

Croy - I went to the Chiropractor yesterday arvo and he mentioned Sciatic pain. He said stretch you butt by lying down legs straight and pulling one bent knee up and towards the opposite side of your body without lifting your butt off the ground. He said do those as often as possible until your belly gets in the way as it's the muscles gripping your sciatic nerve. ACupuncture might work too or a pregnancy massage to relieve the muscles before it gets to bad. I hope you get some relief.

Congrats Embo on your little boy. how exciting and precious. Very happy for you

Davies/ croy - they make gluten free weetbix in AUS anyway. I only suffered from constipation for a week or so but I took a pregnancy safe stool softener for a few days. Also a few new mummies I have been following swore by Milk of Magnesia.

Had my first emotional pregnant woman moment today. was having a little argument with hubby blew it completely out of proportion and just cried and cried. I'm actually embarrased at my reaction!!! Can laugh now tho

 

[justwaiting]

Babies eyes are likely to be brown. I'd love a baby with hubbies eyes, dark brown with camel like eye lashes just beautiful. ACtually if my kids just llok like OH I'll be happy but a girls needs a little extra booty and boobs. HUbby is a bean pole. Sorry gotta a little over zealous!!!

 

[jenny25]

Happy 17 weeks Amanda xxx that's right about the sperm I'm going to say to hubby to get some condoms Infact I do t think we have ever actually used any apart from the first time we slept together and I think you should go with the woman doctor she sounds amazing Infact the doctor I'm with is a fetal medicine doctor she is so experienced and brilliant too detail she is honest and I trust her that's why I'm using her again as he was my doctor when I was pregnant with Jamie I feel good knowin that she knows what happened too him.

Not much too report here been waking at 6 the last few mornings and that's me up until bed time no naps as I couldn't nap not complaining that just yesterday I had a headache due to being tired x

 

[mandy1971]

Hi girls just checking in its been a few weeks. Had a quick read of past 2 pages. Good to see a few of you are 17 weeks almost half way there. Praying I'll be joining you in a few weeks/ months. I should be receiving results of latest autoimmune screening and coagulation screening on 28 th march hoping they'll find something to work with, even if not I get a good feeling about this consultant.
I also have an appointment on 12th march with assisted conception unit( NHS), some of you may remember I had iui last year, anyhow I'm hoping they will still honour me my 3rd and final iui, I'm filled with hope and feel ill be treated with kid gloves this time. I'll be demanding some sort of treatment plan come whatever with the results. Hoping a.d praying I'll be on here soon!

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

Morning ladies

 

[ttclou25]

Morning.....

Mandy hope to see you over here ASAP!!!

Heart - pmsl at your dh grabbing your boob that made me chuckle, he was being such a grown up till then. He he

I had midwife yesterday and baby Ethan is 2/5 engaged, good boy!!!! But still have sugar in my wee so off to diabetics clinic I have to go now

 

[Embo78]

Do they think you have GD Lou? If you do will they induce you at 38 weeks?

Love the name Ethan it was on my list but Gav vetoed it

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

2/5ths already wow... i wasnt that untill last second then she took a complete nose dive down lol.

 

[ttclou25]

Yer they think I may have even though I have had to fastings and gd tests done which are clear!! Strange.. Don't think I'll be induced but will mean no home birth.
Tracie - glad he's in and ready then and being a good boy wasn't sure if it was the norm to have him engaged already - hope diva feels better

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

she seems better, but still had a poorly tummy. she was up 3 times in the night and thats not like her.

 

[puppycat]

Feel sick

 

[bumpyplease]

Really cant wait for you to join us Mandy! i dont think it will be long!

love the name Ethan Lou, but my OH was going to call his first child with his ex Ethan if it was a boy, it was a girl who they called Ella but i cant consider Ethan now as it reminds me of his ex!!! haha.

happy 17 weeks heart!

well ive reached 6 weeks, one day at a time! woke up at 3am feeling rotten! i felt so sick and my stomach felt like it was being twisted! thankfully when i woke up a few hours later i felt much brighter. waiting for docs to ring re my HCG results - should be around lunchtime.

I got a call from the fertility clinic and i have a scan next friday 2nd March! Heart can you add to the front page for me?

morning everyone else, how are you today?
xx