PAL - February 2013 rainbow babies

[debzie]

Nt I had really bad cramps pulling pains and stabbing pains last week from 8+4 asked the midwife today and she said their is a massive growth spurt it 8-9 weeks. Like me its maybe something stretching. Either that or a trapped nerve.

I am so constipated too, I have upped my water intake,am eating bran flakes and oranges/juice by the bucketfull. I can manage to go a tiny amount at least. I feel bloated and heartburny all the time.

 

[NT123]

Thank u so much debzie, I feel so much better, spent all day suffering in silence and waiting for a bleed, but I guess that would make sense x

 

[debzie]

I really thought it was all over last week hun and was expecting to see mush today. I ended up taking paracetamol just to stop myself worrying at every twinge.

 

[PerpetualMama]

I think I may allow myself now to dream about the future. Introducing my rainbow after three losses.

I am so so happy for you congratulations!!! beautiful scan pic!

 

[Wiggler]

Debzie - Brilliant news!! So happy for you! Lovely scan piccy

I feel like crap, I feel realy sick, really constipated, tired, and just awful. All worth it ffor this baby (who I am certain is a boy - I felt like crap with my son too ) but urgh i feel YUCKY!!

I've not had anymore spotting which is fantastic, I'm going through TP so fast with all the checking I'm doing

Hope everyone is well x x x

 

[debzie]

Thanks perpetual.

Wiggler I was just thinking the same in the bath, today I feel sick have been wretching, Im constipated, tired, spotty and bloated with heartburn and trapped wind. Looks like I am going to be crippled with it all night. I would not change any of them to have my rainbow. I did not feel like this with Emily so who knows. x

 

[PerpetualMama]

Ladies I need ur opinions, I'm 8+3 and had this feeling of jabbing under my left hip bone all day, getting concerned something is up because it won't stop, it's not massively painful but I'm not sure what it is...

Yes, I'm at 8w+3 and have had major aches down there--hip and groin, got me scared this weekend but was hoping it was just a major growth spurt for LO. Glad to see it's normal!

Rose: sorry you have been so ill! That must have been real scary! I think I went through that with one of my pregnancies, but which one I can't remember.

AFM I just got my doppler in that I bought on Ebay, and after some fiddling around I found the baby's heartbeat! I listened for about 2 minutes, then called my daughter down, but by the time she got to the stairs the little one had moved . It brought tears to my eyes to hear the heartbeat, and brought a litle bit of relief to my soul. I have been such a nervous wreck, and terrified to go to my first scan which is at least a week away (not booking it until my first appt Friday) and find out the baby was already gone or something. Think I'm going to become a doppler addict
I told DH the doppler would be in today and he asked if I was going to wait til he got hoe to listen, and I was quick to say "Hell no!" That would have been torture! Sorry for rambling!

 

[Wiggler]

Awww I'm so happy you heard the HB on the doppler

2 days til my MW appointment, getting a referal to physio as my SPD is sooo bad already, I'll be on crutches by 20 weeks I think

 

[PerpetualMama]

wiggler, glad the spotting has stopped!

Debzie: I have an Emily too

 

[Lucky4]

Great scan debzie!! It's really going to happen this time!!!!
Afm, took home the Doppler from work and heard the hb, videod the sound, it was so clear. Don't want to get addicted so I will leave it back tomorrow!

 

[AllMacsNow]

I WANT A DOPPLER!

I'm jealous, guys. Guess I'll just have to content myself with our scan on Wed, though. The Hubs won't be able to go with me, so he's sending our DS along with the video camera, to catch the heartbeat.

My inlaws will be here on Thursday (they live 600 miles away), so if all goes well at the scan, we'll be telling them a little early - 10 weeksish, because it'll be our only chance to tell them in person. Plus, I'm feeling so crap I think they'd figure it out anyways, lol.

Our 1st anniversary is in a few weeks... maybe if all goes well at this scan, I'll buy 'him' a doppler... he won't tell me anything else he wants, and I think it'd make him feel better... he's as freaked out by this whole thing as I am, poor guy.

Has anyone decided how to make the big announcement?

 

[PerpetualMama]

I WANT A DOPPLER!

I'm jealous, guys. Guess I'll just have to content myself with our scan on Wed, though. The Hubs won't be able to go with me, so he's sending our DS along with the video camera, to catch the heartbeat.

My inlaws will be here on Thursday (they live 600 miles away), so if all goes well at the scan, we'll be telling them a little early - 10 weeksish, because it'll be our only chance to tell them in person. Plus, I'm feeling so crap I think they'd figure it out anyways, lol.

Our 1st anniversary is in a few weeks... maybe if all goes well at this scan, I'll buy 'him' a doppler... he won't tell me anything else he wants, and I think it'd make him feel better... he's as freaked out by this whole thing as I am, poor guy.

Has anyone decided how to make the big announcement?

I got mine on e bay for like 58 dollars. Not sure where you're located whether this makes sense or not. I saw them for rental and found it cheaper to buy it. Some go for well over 100 dollars up to 600 dollars. his works wonderfully. With sound cranked up it was still faint, I assume because LO is still so small.
Our 6th anniversary is Sunday...third time I've been pg on that day in 6 years

 

[AllMacsNow]

Perpetual, can I ask what brand you ended up with?

 

[shocker]

Debzie that is one beautiful scan pic! delighted for you!

NT try not to worry about the pains, i had those during week 8 aswell, hence why i had a scan at 8+6 they said its normal for there to be a little more pain during week 8-9 because baby has such a big growth spurt that week!

Rosebud sorry to hear you've been ill and hope your feeling better

Perpetual I'm delighted to hear you've heard baby on the doppler aswell! that is fantastic its such a reassuring sound!!

Not much news from me, getting nervous about my scan friday even though i listen to baby with the doppler everyday so pretty sure everything is ok, also getting to the point where i really want to tell people! and i think im definatly getting a bump, probably bloat/cake but my belly is definatly sticking out all of a sudden!

 

[AllMacsNow]

Shocker, me too... getting a bit of a belly, lol. I'll be happy when it's a hard baby-looking belly, rather than just looking like I've put on a few pounds.

Which doppler do you have?

I think I have to have one now, lol.

 

[shocker]

hehehe i have an LCD hi bebe doppler, i prefer the lcd because it gives you a number for the average beats per minute unlike the other hi bebe one, which is good cause it means you can make sure that your hearing baby and not placenta or your own heartbeat! I rented mine and to be fair I had it by 11am the next day, i didnt want to shell out loads for one in case anything went wrong as i wouldnt be trying for another if it did and figured once baby starts to kick i wont need the reassurance as much!

 

[PerpetualMama]

Perpetual, can I ask what brand you ended up with?

I got a sonoline B. It has an lcd screen that shows the heart rate and a flashing heart beat when it picks up a heartbeat. it has different modes like average heartbeat and manual. It seems to pick up h/b pretty ealry because I am just about 8 1/2 weeks (and I am sure not much more than that because I've never been known to o early)
DH wanted to hear the h/b after work so I had to do it again (oh poor me). We invited DS 5 in because he's so curious what I was doing earlier and has been asking questions lately (like do you have a balloon under your dress?) and we told him he's going to be a big brother. He wants a brother because there's too many girls in the house, but if it's a girl he guesses that'd be ok. He wants to keep listening to the h/b.

 

[Blue eyes 81]

Perpetual, can I ask what brand you ended up with?

I got a sonoline B. It has an lcd screen that shows the heart rate and a flashing heart beat when it picks up a heartbeat. it has different modes like average heartbeat and manual. It seems to pick up h/b pretty ealry because I am just about 8 1/2 weeks (and I am sure not much more than that because I've never been known to o early)
DH wanted to hear the h/b after work so I had to do it again (oh poor me). We invited DS 5 in because he's so curious what I was doing earlier and has been asking questions lately (like do you have a balloon under your dress?) and we told him he's going to be a big brother. He wants a brother because there's too many girls in the house, but if it's a girl he guesses that'd be ok. He wants to keep listening to the h/b.

Awe.... that's so precious.

 

[PerpetualMama]

Awww I'm so happy you heard the HB on the doppler

2 days til my MW appointment, getting a referal to physio as my SPD is sooo bad already, I'll be on crutches by 20 weeks I think

what is SPD?

 

[Wiggler]

I have a sonoline B too! Not using it again or a few days though as I am running out of gel

SPD is where your pelvis relaxes too much in pregnancy, it is extremely painful, I had it when I was pregnant with both my kids and after my first it never really went away after pregnancy either like it is supposed to, so have had chronic pelvis pain for years now, but it was just starting to calm down before this pregnancy and now its back and it's going to get worse At the end of my pregnancy with my daughter on a bad day I could hardly walk. All worth it for my babies though x x x