PG again with your 4th, 5th, or even 6th child?

[blessedmomma]

yay whitesox!!!!

tryn4- I would assume its from dtd, but your ob should take any concerns seriously! my water broke half through with my first dd and my ob didn't believe me. she said I would have went into labor or had an infection by then if it did. then said I could go to the hospital if I wanted to waste everyone's time!!! well, when I finally had her they discovered my water had already broke and she and I were both really sick after she was born.

I was wondering if anyone understood the ramzi method??? I had some bleeding so they are checking my levels and will be doing a scan soon. I will be about 6 weeksish. I know a little about it, but not much. I would like to know what to ask. I know its not based on which side you ovulate on or where it implanted- but where the placenta is forming. is there anything that I would need to know while they are doing the scan to figure out where mine is?

I am familiar with the method. But unless you know for sure where the placenta is we can just give an uneducated guess for fun. Lol

yay! so when I get this scan done I just need them to point out to me where the placenta is and you can give me a guess? I know its for fun, but I would love to see some guesses is there anything else I need them to show me?? I know it matters which type of scan they do, so that's easy enough.

 

[allforthegirl]

So I had an abdominal ultrasound and she was only on the right side of my tummy. Does that mean anything? LOL!

Lol no it doesn't. Just mean that baby implanted on the right side of the uterus but the placenta can still implant anywhere. Lol

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

CRAP. LOL! So if I look at the picture will it tell me anything?

 

[allforthegirl]

I do t think there is anything else you need to ask.

Whitesox I forgot to mention my us tech was always on the left side of my abdomin and very high. Cause when the doc took out his little tiny us machine he was well above my pubic bone and bladder was empty and he had no problem( on the left side) finding baby lol

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

I also had an empty bladder, doc was pretty low on the right side. I was so glad she found everything right away, I was trying not to hyperventilate!

 

[FeistyMom]

I would be so happy if there are no more full bladder ultrasounds!

Why is it that during the day I can barely stay awake for 3 hours but I'm lying awake in bed now???

Everything seems more extreme this pregnancy, maybe because I hit the magical 35 mark, or my 3 kids running around, or the horrible time of not one, but TWO huge family road trips in 3 weeks?

Anyone else still alternating between 'yay what a miracle' and 'wtf are we thinking?!'?

 

[tryn4]

I would be so happy if there are no more full bladder ultrasounds!

Why is it that during the day I can barely stay awake for 3 hours but I'm lying awake in bed now???

Everything seems more extreme this pregnancy, maybe because I hit the magical 35 mark, or my 3 kids running around, or the horrible time of not one, but TWO huge family road trips in 3 weeks?

Anyone else still alternating between 'yay what a miracle' and 'wtf are we thinking?!'?

I feel that way. I write this as im awake at 3am but sleep on the drive to work (hubby does the driving lol) I had 4 kids by 26...now I'm 34 going on 35 in a couple months so I'm assuming that's y my symptoms are exaggerated. I remember eating, throwing up then feeling great. Now I eat, throw up, feel nausea, stomach completely bloated uncomfortable, smallest meal makes me feel like I did 8 rounds at a buffet. I keep telling myself its all worth it though but right now my stomach is not my friend.

 

[wannabubba#4]

Anyone else still alternating between 'yay what a miracle' and 'wtf are we thinking?!'?

TOTALLY lmao

...On the days I struggle with childcare for my one littlest, the older ones are easier lol
...and on the days he has a temper tantrum
...and on the days I have been awake for 36+ hours after working night shift the night before
... and when I look around my smallish house and think 'wth will we fit in another one? haha'

Still a tiny miracle though eh??

 

[HappyHome]

I have that look around the house feelings!!
I look in the rooms and thing where is everything going to go?
Sure baby will be in our room for a little while but there where.
dd1/dsd share, dd2/3 share, dss has a room, if its a boy you'd think that's ok can share with dss but its a very small room. We'll work it out, well there's always a sofa bed in the living room if not lol

So, early days but is anyone thinking of a homebirth?

 

[allforthegirl]

I too have a feeling what was I thinking. I think it really will feel like that if I am having another boy. Lmao. Like how in the world are we going to feed them lmao. But if we have a girl where will she sleep when she is older lol.

Yesterday I had a high energy day. I felt not too bad dispite the hot weather and was still wide awake when I lied down to sleep. I was surprised I wasn't wiped right out. I went to sleep early-ish last night cause I usually have less ms when I have slept 9-10 hrs at night. Thought my back is killing me. I try the pillow between the knees but it makes it hard to turn.

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

I'm nervous because I feel like I haven't been a mom to a baby in so freaking long. I'm in a different situation than most, my other 3 girls don't live with us. My oldest is 21 and lives 2000 miles away in Florida. She's always been super independent, went to Manhattan for school for a year then moved to New Jersey for a year and now is in Florida. She's always been self sufficient, works her butt off and is happy being in the sunshine state. LOL! My 17 and 14 yr old daughters decided that when we moved for my health and for my husband's job prospects that they wanted to stay with their dad to finish high school. I've had an empty next for a year and a half. Part of the reason for the baby probably! I see my girls quite a bit, went home for a month in May so I could be home for Prom and all of the end of the year stuff and my youngest's 8th grade graduation. I'll be home in April next year until the end of May as my oldest is getting married and my middle graduates from high school.

I just feel like I'm completely starting over. I'm older and my body is older (HAHA) but mentally I feel so much more prepared this time around.

I hope everyone has a great day!

(2 road trips in 3 weeks would require alcohol and we can't do that now, KUDOS to you!)

 

[blessedmomma]

ME! ME! ME!

im definitely already losing sleep. my 1 year old usually wakes up to nurse at 4ish am. lately I haven't been able to fall back to sleep for about an hour and last night it was 2 hrs. im having nausea and dizzy/light headed spells every now and then, but I expect it will get worse over the next few weeks. right now more than anything im just exhausted.

 

[brookettc3]

Just found out I am 4 weeks pregnant with our 4th this was totally a surprise for us!!

 

[allforthegirl]

Congrats and welcome

 

[allforthegirl]

Well today is grossly humid an hot. Not so good with pg hormones!! Yuck!

 

[tryn4]

Got my beta results 57,554...don't know if that matters as they are not monitoring it. Did find out I get another peek at the lil one in a month, totally forgot that they now screen all women regardless of age for downs. So I have that and my first prenatal appt booked in just under a months time. Hopefully they will give me a better pic of him/her. Feeling so bloated. My belly is normally on the big side (im plus sz) but geez its swollen out with bloat today crazy! At 2 months I look 4 Course hubby who is a gem says that big bellies are in fashion this yr LOL

 

[allforthegirl]

Got my beta results 57,554...don't know if that matters as they are not monitoring it. Did find out I get another peek at the lil one in a month, totally forgot that they now screen all women regardless of age for downs. So I have that and my first prenatal appt booked in just under a months time. Hopefully they will give me a better pic of him/her. Feeling so bloated. My belly is normally on the big side (im plus sz) but geez its swollen out with bloat today crazy! At 2 months I look 4 Course hubby who is a gem says that big bellies are in fashion this yr LOL

Are you talking about the nucal scan @ 12 weeks? Mines booked for the 26th

Got the call from the specialist today. Guess I will be seeing her on the 23rd. This is all making it all very real. I'm starting to get scared.

 

[blessedmomma]

congrats brookettc3 and welcome!

tryn4- your DH sounds sweet yay for getting to see the baby soon! my betas are being checked and when they reach about 6000 they will do a scan. I absolutely cant wait

allforthegirl- it seems like with each one I have the pregnancy goes quicker and quicker. I just don't want to turn around twice and have a newborn. that's the only thing that kinda scares me.

 

[ssjad]

Congratulations Brooke! I remember you from the breastfeeding thread.

 

[FeistyMom]

Congrats and welcome brook!

As far as wth will lo end up sleeping... yeah definitely having that question. we'll be fine for the first 6 months but then what? ugh.

Also feeling very sad. this will almost certainly be my last. hubby has stated his intention to be snipped after #4 is born. I look at my kids and all I can think is that I need to freeze this moent because I'll either never have another son or daughter... all those cute baby dresses I saved - are they going to stay tucked away until grandkids?!? or will the adorable boy outfits only be worn once? I feel a bit daft to preemptively feel sad for the 'loss' of one gender or the other. but never felt this way with the others because I KNEW there would be more babies.

I'm also unreasonably grumpy with #4 for not letting me enjoy this pregnancy! my ms is the worst its ever been! little rascal!