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[Mrs Reineke]

Good morning ladies,

Hopeful, this is the first pregnancy we've seen anything. So when I had my early ultrasound at 5 weeks 2 days we saw the gestational sac and yoke sac and then when I went in on Monday at 7 weeks we saw the heartbeat and baby measured 7+1 and 7+2 at another angle. It was amazing to see. But now I'm so attached and that scares me because I know it doesn't guarantee anything. I have just been praying a lot that this little one keeps growing healthy.

Welcome back Lee!

Yesterday was the worst I've felt this whole time. I literally felt like poop ALL DAY LONG!! Upset belly and nausea. I haven't actually gotten sick, but was pretty close to it yesterday. My guy just hurt. Literally in my gut too, not my lower belly or intestines. I'm assuming that is completely normal? It chilled out a bit before I went to bed and I was fine all night. Then this morning I'm feeling icky again, but forced myself to eat some ginger snaps and drink some ginger tea. Now I'm sipping on lemon water. Hoping it will help a bit at least. I'll take all of it if it gives me a healthy baby in my arms in the end.

 

[dairymomma]

MrsR-that flicker makes it all real doesn't it? Glad you got to baby. And yes, the tummy upset can be normal. Some women don't get morning sickness until a bit later-6 to 7 weeks-and some like me, hardly get it all. I'd be so happy if I could be puking right now...

Lee-I was just wondering about you the other day. It's been awhile since you popped in but glad to see you here.

AFM-no symptoms day but I'm SUPER stressed so it's no surprise. Not because of the pregnancy mind you, but because we got our tax accountant appt card in the mail yesterday (oh the joys of being self-employed and having to itemize a full year's worth of business expenses... ) and our appt is TWO FRICKIN' WEEKS EARLY this year! So I have 12 days to get all of our last year's bookwork caught up, update our medical expenses and get my year-end printout (which can take up to 2 weeks. ay yi yi yi yi...), and get all that info in order for DH so HE can finish up his end of things...Good thing I've got a decent start on this because I wanted to get this stuff done before the end of the month anyway but now I'm under pressure. Since this has to be done the day before my dr appt, I have something else aside from the pg to keep my mind occupied but the stress is kicking in. At least DH has it worked out so my work hours are down to 1/4 of what they usually are so I'll have a bit more time to work on the computer.

 

[Squig34]

Good luck Dairy!

Many of my symptoms didn't really start til 7/8 weeks & I never got morning sickness as such (by which I mean vomiting) but an almost all day nausea which starts around 9.30/10 (yes I still have it ) & gets worse as the day goes on. I couldn't eat sweet things in first tri; technically I can now but they make the nausea worse!

 

[Mrs Reineke]

Thank you ladies...that sounds like what I'm dealing with. Like I said, I'll take it if I get a healthy baby at the end!

 

[ginny83]

Monday Ab. I have the Mw in the morning, scan in afternoon, the consultant on Wednesday.

It is going so fast!

I'm fully expecting IUGR tbh Ginny, it's a case of when not if in my head so just need to hope that it's far enough on that they can help.

How is little Billy doing? How are you?

good luck with your scan xx

Billy is doing great!! I love him so so much. Still can't believe all the effort and tears paid off and we got to bring him home happy and healthy. pinch myself everyday!

 

[DSemcho]

ouch!

My NT results came back good, 1 in 7300, so low risk. But my PAPP-A came back low also and that's not good with my history.

So what is PAPP-A?

It is Ab. I keep seeing my ticker and feel surprised as I just don't feel pregnant

How are you and Frazer?

Same here. The only time I feel pregnant is when the nausea hits. Or when I hae to cough and hold my lower tummy so it doesn't hurt.

Good morning ladies,

Hopeful, this is the first pregnancy we've seen anything. So when I had my early ultrasound at 5 weeks 2 days we saw the gestational sac and yoke sac and then when I went in on Monday at 7 weeks we saw the heartbeat and baby measured 7+1 and 7+2 at another angle. It was amazing to see. But now I'm so attached and that scares me because I know it doesn't guarantee anything. I have just been praying a lot that this little one keeps growing healthy.

Welcome back Lee!

Yesterday was the worst I've felt this whole time. I literally felt like poop ALL DAY LONG!! Upset belly and nausea. I haven't actually gotten sick, but was pretty close to it yesterday. My guy just hurt. Literally in my gut too, not my lower belly or intestines. I'm assuming that is completely normal? It chilled out a bit before I went to bed and I was fine all night. Then this morning I'm feeling icky again, but forced myself to eat some ginger snaps and drink some ginger tea. Now I'm sipping on lemon water. Hoping it will help a bit at least. I'll take all of it if it gives me a healthy baby in my arms in the end.

I'm so happy you saw the heartbeat. When I saw it with this one I cried, and when I saw it the second time at 10 weeks I cried again. I couldn't believe it. This is the first time for us too.

I know I get pains in my gut, and I can never differentiate between a gas pain, poop pain or stretching pain lol.

 

[ab75]

Good luck Tasha xx

 

[Tasha]

Dairy that sounds stressful.

Ginny I can't tell you how pleased I am that you got to take Billy home. It's been a long journey with many tears but you got there. There's always hope eh?

D, I literally have zero symptoms. It's disconcerting.

PAPP-A is part of the NT blood test. If you've low Papp-a and high bhcg then it can point towards chromosome issues. Low papp-a (without the high bhcg) can show placental issues.

 

[dairymomma]

Tasha-it is stressful but at least I'm stressing about something non-pg related, right? Anyway, hopefully baby keeps growing well enough that if/when something happens, the drs can help.

AFM-still stressing. Between taxes and my sils, oof! I'm doing a project for a family reunion thing we are planning and they are totally disregarding my background in editing, design, and English grammar/language (I went to school for it) while they pick apart the final product. I'm guessing pg hormones and stress are amping things up too. I just want the next two weeks to be over. Taxes will be done, my end of this whole reunion mess will be done (until the actual reunion anyway), and I'll have been to the drs and (hopefully) seen baby. Can I just wake up 2 weeks from now??

EDIT: Cut out a bunch of my ranty paragraph cuz it really was just pg hormones and I felt bad. And things aren't so bad now. they are listening to me on things now so it's good. I think I just needed to calm down a bit.

 

[Radiance]

I got my second beta today!! It went from 345 (Tuesday) to 710 today (Thursday)!

 

[Tasha]

I hope you're okay dairy. Let them do it if they're just going to stress you.

Wahoooo. Happy for you radiance x

 

[Mrs Reineke]

That's fantastic news Radiance!!! Doing just what it needs to be doing!!

Hang in there dairymomma!

Tasha, I have a few friends that felt great their whole pregnancies!!! Enjoy it!!

DSemcho, it was pretty incredible seeing that heartbeat. I cried and I know I will when I have my next scan.

ginny, I'm so glad things are going so well for you. You deserve it!!

 

[DSemcho]

Dairy that sounds stressful.

Ginny I can't tell you how pleased I am that you got to take Billy home. It's been a long journey with many tears but you got there. There's always hope eh?

D, I literally have zero symptoms. It's disconcerting.

PAPP-A is part of the NT blood test. If you've low Papp-a and high bhcg then it can point towards chromosome issues. Low papp-a (without the high bhcg) can show placental issues.

Most of my symptoms have gone away, except for the occasional boob ache and the occasional days of nausea (like once a week maybe?). But I get random cramps that make me worry but I try not to.

That's fantastic news Radiance!!! Doing just what it needs to be doing!!

Hang in there dairymomma!

Tasha, I have a few friends that felt great their whole pregnancies!!! Enjoy it!!

DSemcho, it was pretty incredible seeing that heartbeat. I cried and I know I will when I have my next scan.

ginny, I'm so glad things are going so well for you. You deserve it!!

I cried when I saw it at 6 weeks 5 days. And I cried when I saw it at 10 weeks 3 days and it was moving and looked like a baby and had a strong heartbeat. When I saw it on Tuesday I was more in awe than crying because it was just moving away.

 

[Tasha]

I want to feel pregnant though, it scares me that I dont. I've never had that this far on.

Crying is normal, I've had eight now and I've cried every time

 

[DSemcho]

I know I'm going to cry at the next one (20 week) because we will know the official gender. I'm scared that most of mine are going away, and that I still have twinges/cramps. I'm hoping that my doppler comes in today to ease my mind when I'm feeling like this. It normally takes a week or two after the ultrasound for me to feel worried.






I forgot to post this. My husband makes me feel like I'm chopping his legs off by asking him to come to ultrasounds and appointments. He hasn't been to any appointments at all, but the next one is when we get the results from the quad screening for cystic fibrosis and the other things and he was like, well then why do I have to go. I was really? We will be finding out if there is a possibility of our baby having a birth defect and you are wondering why I want you there?? I told him last night I feel like he doesn't want the baby or anything to do with it because he was mad at all the ultrasounds, even when he saw the baby, and that he's mad anytime I talk about it or try to discuss names. He said, "Oh well. I do want it, but there is nothing I can do to make you feel that I do." I said yes you can, you can show an interest and take initiative when trying to pick names or anything. Hell go buy a pair of baby socks and surprise me or something. It's not that hard to convince your spouse you want the child you helped create.

rant over.

 

[Ummi2boyz]

Men have a weird way of showing their feelings. I don't think it's a question of him not wanting the baby. It may be more a case that he is as scared as you that something might go wrong and it's his own way of coping because of previous losses. That's a bit how my dh was like. For the first scans he could have come with me, I told him I was scared and needed him with me, he took me to the doctor, but waited in the car!!!! We talked about it afterwards and that's when he said he was scared because of our previous losses. PARL is though on the men too. We can express how it affects us, but they don't/can't.
My dh even developed couvade syndrome the first few weeks.

 

[floridamomma]

Dsemcho my dh is probably from Venus. He is the sweetest kindest person I've ever met. But he and discussing pregnancy aren't mixing right now. We can talk about cost and anything with no emotion attached beyond that don't even think about it. He did tell me yesterday that he wants this but is worried. Maybe he's hesitant to get attached. But he needs to understand you need him and his support now more than ever and he'll regret not being there later down the line.

Tasha with my son I found out I was pregnant after 1st try ended and 2nd was in full swing. I had no clue! I was in nursing school so really stressed probably ignored symptoms but I don't remember any at all. He is the last child I had. And I never felt anything I thought the dr was joking with me until I got nausea at like 18-36 weeks. I hope no symptoms is a just smooth ride pregnancy for you Tasha.

Afm- I have question to all. I haven't had low progesterone that I know of and I've always taking the pill. I'm going to more than likely ask to be on after iui. Is a vaginal or rectal suppository a better option than oral ?

 

[Tasha]

D, I think that's normal in Parl. It's difficult for them too. My DH is getting better now (his first scan he came to was 11 weeks) but I think he understands I'm getting more stressed as we go along, maybe your DH will get better as you get further on and he realises this one is coming home.

Thank you Florida. You just reminded me that I got to 22 weeks with Honey without even knowing (and then it was because I needed an X-ray), so it must of been no symptoms or very little that I put down to other things.

I was told by doctors that they end up in the right area more effectively and quicker x

 

[floridamomma]

Vaginal seems too messy but closer to baby I guess.

 

[floridamomma]

The things we do to get these little ones here