PAL Fall 2011 ***26 Healthy Babies***

[Rebaby]

Fantastic news about your scan fides hope you manage to reach a decision you're happy with re: the further testing. We've declined the down's screening in each pregnancy as we felt that was the right thing for us but i totally understand how people reach the opposite decision.

It's been a bit quiet on this thread recently, hope everyone is well?

I have been poorly for weeks with one bug after another after another! It has been rough going as i've been off work but obviously had a very active toddler to deal with- who is also teething badly too! I'm back to work tonight (nightshift ) but hoping it's not a crazy busy one as i seem to have lost some of my 2nd trimester energy with having been poorly for so long and am back to feeling like i did in 1st tri again- totally zonked and like i could eat and sleep all day!!!

 

[fides]

yeah, we had turned down the 12 week down's testing figuring they'd see something on the 20 week scan. i think we're not going to do a new scan with a specialist b/c then it would just be a % or odds and a push for an amnio, which we won't do. It's not in our hands, anyway, so i think we're just going to hope for the best.

oh no! for losing the energy again! i thought that wasn't supposed to go until the 3rd tri! and, with a teething toddler, no less. sorry you've not been feeling well - hope you get to feel better soon.

 

[shelleney]

Hi Ladies
Sorry Ive been MIA.
Hope you're all well.
We are Team Pink woohoo!
xx

 

[Mrs.Wells]

Sorry for being MIA for so long!! I think we have all been quiet since being in the second trimester maybe? Anyway, things are going well on my end. All the scans thus far have been great and I recently switched to a midwife locally now that I have different insurance. I am so glad I don't have to drive a bunch when I go into labor, not to mention the horrible experiences I have had with those doctors up until now. And get this, the week I switched doctors offices, my previous one filed for bankruptcy! I am glad I got out when I did!

Also, I just wanted to let you all know that I am on team !!

 

[pip7890]

Congratulations on your son. I'm off for my 20w scan tomorrow and hope to find out the gender.

Pip x

 

[hippylittlej]

I am staying team yellow.

Congrats though Mrs Wells. I guess that now we are in the 2nd Trimester our concerns and anxieties have dropped somewhat.

I am loving feeling the baby all the time, although I do wish she would stay off my bladder so much.

 

[LadyGecko]

Hi Ladies,

How are you all doing??? sorry I have been MIA for so long I have had a few ups and downs but peanut is doing ok now and we have a growth scan on thursday this week

Oh and Peanut is a girl hehe

x

 

[Allie84]

Hi everyone!! Congrats to all the team pink and team blue.

We had our scan on Friday and found out we are team blue. So excited!!!

Hope everyone is well.

 

[pip7890]

Hello ladies

Wriggle Bum was very well behaved for the sonographer today - in fact she said s/he was a good baby! She started off by showing us baby's heartbeat and demonstrating how s/he was lying (head on my bladder, spine against my left hand side, feet up on my right hand side towards my ribs!). She then explained she was going to do all the measurements and checks and would point out things as and when she came across them. She was wonderful - we got to see baby's nose, mouth, ears, kidneys, bladder, heart, spine, knobbly knees, legs, arms and hands (all clenched up in a boxer pose!).

She told us baby was perfect and then turned to the potty shot. There was absolutely no doubt that we were looking at a...





BOY!!!!!




I'd like to introduce you to my gorgeous, perfectly healthy son:

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I was so surprised, as I'd been convinced he was a girl, but so, so overjoyed that he was healthy. The relief was unbelievable. I feel so calm now and am really looking forward to welcoming my son into the world. We are so lucky and DS is thrilled to bits as he really wanted a brother

After the scan we saw the consultant. She confirmed my due date as 21 November and said that she didn't want me to go beyond my due date so would probably induce me if baby hadn't made an appearance. She wants to see me again at 34w to see how I'm doing. My BP was okay and my urine sample was fine so all good news on that front. I need to see my midwife again at 25w and then have my GTT at 27w.

We've booked onto a Stork Walk to visit the delivery suite/labour ward in a couple of weeks. This will give us the chance to see what's available as I'd quite like to use the birthing pool for some/all of my labour.

We've posted pictures on FB but not yet released the gender as we want to make sure we've told our family first.

It's been an emotional rollercoaster today and I'm so tired, but I'm on at the moment.

Pip x

 

[fides]

shell & gecko, congrats on the !

Allie, pip & MrsWells, congrats on the !

MrsWells congrats on the new midwife!! I am wanting to switch from an OB to a midwife soon, now that we are past where we lost #1. So glad you moved when you did!

 

[Mrs.Wells]

I am so excited for the time when we start giving birth to all our little beans!

 

[hoping:)]

Sorry I have been MIA for a LONG time aswell! I'm glad to see everyone is progressing nicely Congrats to all those on team pink and team blue!

We found out we are having a healthy baby girl

 

[fides]

awww, congrats on the !!

 

[shelleney]

Congrats on all the and bumps!

Glad you are all well!

Cant believe we are all nearly in 3rd tri now....
xx

 

[fides]

I know - I was just thinking about that! I figured out i have 24 days left in 2nd tri, which means the September and some of the October mums-to-be are already there - way cool!!

btw, congrats on your V-day yesterday!!

 

[srm0421]

Hello, Sorry I have been MIA lately. I have gotten all great news baby is a girl and everything looks perfect. She is measuring ahead by about a week but they won't change my DD. I still think I will have her in October. I say I am 24 weeks tomorrow but based on DD I am 23 weeks today. Either way I have been staying to myself cuz I am having a really hard time emotionally dealing with everything from allowing myself to be happy to feeling guilty, to being sad to having bad thoughts that something bad will happen to this baby or my other kids. Needless to say it is pretty time consuming. I will be seeing a councilor on the 28th to hopefully get help. Just wanted to update everyone.

 

[repogirl813]

congrats on the girl srm!!!

 

[srm0421]

Thanks, I am trying to accept that I get to keep this baby but it is hard.

 

[barbie72]

Congrats everyone! Glad everyone is doing so well. I haven't written anything since week 14 or 15? Just a week and 1/2 til the 3rd trimester! Oh and we are team pink! We are picking names now and I am very excited. Can't believe it is almost the home stretch. Congrats to everyone for all the hard work they have done these last months.

 

[LadyGecko]

srm, i have been seeing someone for the same reason...believing and accepting you get to keep this baby when you have lost is so hard hopefukky it helps you like it has done for me x