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

[wannabubba#4]

Very sensible A4tg - I have read enough posts were ppl have been given the wrong info at 17weeks etc lol so if not 100% blatantly obvious then wait until the next scan; or one after that lol

Hope all goes well, it is my first scan tomorrow too with combined screening for trisomies- scared and excited lol - hope everything is okay

xxx

 

[allforthegirl]

That is the exact reason I don't want to know unless the tech is FOR SURE of the gender. I am sure since I am going to a high risk clinic that the tech will have more experience then most, for obvious reasons, but that doesn't mean that baby will be fully developed at this time!

I am sure that your scan will go lovely. I can't wait to see a pic of your little one!!

 

[kerri28]

Good to see some many in the same boat! I have 4 girls and this will be baby number 5 Baby number 5 is already starting to me not feel so great! I have dealt with worse. MS first 6months of first pregnancy, second pregnancy I suffered placenta abruption at 29 weeks daughter and I were on the very edge of leaving this world together but we made it and she turned 11 yesterday! ..and yesterday I got my BFP!

 

[allforthegirl]

Congrats and Welcome Kerri!! I am sorry you had such a struggle with baby #2!! though it sounds like everything worked out the way it was meant to!!

 

[FeistyMom]

Kerri - welcome! and wow - scary with #2, glad everything worked out

a4tg - can't wait to hear how your scan goes

charl - I had GD last pregnancy too, so I am probably going to be tested a bit early. Here they typically do a 1 hr test and if you fail that you do a 3 hour test later, but since I was borderline on the 1 hr 2 of my 3 pregnancies, and totally failed the 3 hr last time, I get to skip the 1 hr. Lucky me!

Early movements - I have a theory. yes, sure, women can tell what is 'gas', but hey - our insides are rearranging. Might be a baby moving, might be the liver relocating to my rib cage. Might be baby flutters, might be intestines fighting for space with my spleen... Until the movements actually feel like something a human being would make purposefully, I tend to discount them for myself.

I keep waffling between being really uptight with this pregnancy and being way easy-going. It is like a bipolar pregnancy or something!

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

Welcome Kerrie!

Appt today is at 3:15. . .ugh. They're going to tell me I've gained, I think 4-5 lbs. . .I hope it isn't a big deal. I'm just now getting to my pre preg weight after losing 8lbs. Anxious and nervous to hear the HB (last time was a harrowing experience when the nurse couldn't find it) and over anxious to have the Materni21 drawn. Whew!

 

[allforthegirl]

Welcome Kerrie!

Appt today is at 3:15. . .ugh. They're going to tell me I've gained, I think 4-5 lbs. . .I hope it isn't a big deal. I'm just now getting to my pre preg weight after losing 8lbs. Anxious and nervous to hear the HB (last time was a harrowing experience when the nurse couldn't find it) and over anxious to have the Materni21 drawn. Whew!

i can't wait to hear all about it!! and 4-5lbs is really nothing in the scheme of things, I am sure you are fine! I think I am up to 8lbs total now. I have been finding that I am gaining about .5-1 lbs a week now. I think that is a normal weight gain!! Though I am sure that some of the weight is from me being a bit bunged up LOL

 

[kerri28]

Welcome Kerrie!

Appt today is at 3:15. . .ugh. They're going to tell me I've gained, I think 4-5 lbs. . .I hope it isn't a big deal. I'm just now getting to my pre preg weight after losing 8lbs. Anxious and nervous to hear the HB (last time was a harrowing experience when the nurse couldn't find it) and over anxious to have the Materni21 drawn. Whew!

i really wanted to lose 20 pounds before getting a BFP but it was hard enough to get this BFP so no time to waste. Atleast when we are preg we have a reason to gain weight! If I didn't look at it that way I would be a wreck all 9 months. Don't fret! gaining is better than losing.

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

I'm okay with gaining overall, HAHAHA, I just have probably gained 5lbs in 3 weeks. The only time I don't feel sick is if I'm eating, so there ya go. I'm going to see if the doc would possibly give me something for nausea.

 

[kerri28]

With all my previous pregnancies I had no idea they could give you Zofran and other things for nausea until I worked at a pharmacy for a few years recently. The only otc thing I tried with one of them was some syrup that began with an E..forget the same but it didnt even make it down my throat. Then I tried Sea Bands and they helped a bit but hurt after a while. I didn't want to take them off for fear it would all come back. I was offered compazine supp. around 6mos with baby#1 after a hospital stay for dehydration. I was young then and already sick of the stuff going on the last thing I wanted was to use that lol. Good to know there are sublingual tabs now for under the tongue.

 

[tryn4]

Welcome Kerri! I'm on # 5 too...All my pregnancies were normal but my 2nd youngest had a stroke at the age of 2, so i almost lost him and he is a big strong boy just turned 12!!!! So I can totally sympathize with close brushes of the worst kind.

Feisty-I laughed so hard I spit water on my screen, thank god it's work property
Right? Right? Like yea I also get flutters non prgnancy when I havent eaten, or neglected t drink a warm tea...hellllllooooo. For me thats exctly what it is I need to feel human movement, or else its not "movement" I swear I bring this on myself, askig for it, commenting on things I alread know lol. But ppl get sooooooooo opinionated that THEY are right. Like ok, cuz first time moms (or even second or third timers etc) feel a flutter a 9 weeks that HAS to be the baby who is the size of a blueberry or whatevr kicking his way though your navel???? ROLLSEYES It's my own fault lol. I m soooo bipolar this preg it's not funny. That literally sums up my life at the mo.
Whitesox-excited to hear your appt update! dont worry about the weight (you have read some of my other posts on this topic so you know am a defender of the fat!)
A4TG-was your appt today or tmrw, also waiting to hear how your scan went! Exciting!
To all my girls-OH heyyyyyyyyy y'all (in my best southern accent)

 

[allforthegirl]

Tomorrow my appt is tomorrow at 10am or 12 your time Tryn!!

 

[tryn4]

Can't wait!

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

Had a good 16 week appt. The nurse couldn't find the hb AGAIN though, which always throws me into a panic. The doc found it no problem. Apparently my uterus is up where it should be but the baby is very low lying and she thinks I have a lot of fluid. Hope that isn't a bad thing. I got the AFP and Materni21 drawn and she said 10 days! My u/s isn't until October 1st, I'll be one day from 21 weeks. I did gain 4lbs in 3 weeks. LOL! She didn't mention it though. I'm still down from where I started from my scale at home, but I didn't see the doc until 9 weeks.
I switched to the gummy vitamins (she gave me a script for chewables but it was going to cost $75 even with insurance, no thanks) and she ordered me zofran. I only got 30 tabs, but you can take it every 8 hours, so I'll have to ration. LOL

 

[tryn4]

Whitesox, sounds like everything on schedule! As I'm just a week behind you exactly I will have my 20 week u/s around the beginning of October too. I'm seeing the doc Sept 11th, then I'm going to try scheduling my u/s & appt on the same day if possible so I don't have to take too much time off. My hubby as well will probably come to that appt, lol I will have to warn him the day will be a write off. This will be his first ttime going with me to my "old" obgyn, and the whole women's unit is amazing but longggg waits.

 

[allforthegirl]

So I am sick of this nauseous feeling. I am so over it, I really need to get back into my groove here. I am making myself a GF pizza and the smell of the boys regular pizza is making me feel icky and I really want to eat!! REALLY!!

 

[tryn4]

I dont feel that hot today either, funny enough. When I finished work at 7pm, I got in the car, my chest got tight, a wave of nausea came over me & I'm sitting at home just not feeling....well good. Ughhhhhhhhhh. Hope u feel better soon A4TG!

 

[Whitesoxfan41]

Here's my 16 week bump. I had 3 freaking people on FB asked me if I was sure it wasn't twins.

 

[tryn4]

No whitesox, mine is big like that too! I had ppl at work rubbing my belly today!

 

[blessedmomma]

a4tg- cant wait to hear tomorrow!

tryn- hope your apt goes well and you get to schedule it all at once. I really try to stay away from posting on most of the other ones. women on here can be ridiculous. seriously they know all the answers and will bite your head off if you disagree. sometimes I read them and just laugh to myself, but don't dare comment lol.

whitesox- sounds like a great appt!!!

welcome kerri and congrats

I got a call from the specialist and go in sept 11 for my nuchal translucency scan and blood work. I will be 13 1/2 wks and plan on asking the nub theory. the specialist I see is the best in the state and very educated on it so I trust his opinion. he got my last one correct and I was only about 12 weeks. I guess the closer to 14 weeks you are the more accurate so im glad I will be so close this time in lots of studies they were 100% accurate for gender between 13 and 14 weeks whoop! of course if I have to wait I will have my for sure scan around 18 wks. that puts me in October. I only know that because this is the third time I have been due in march

and my ob/gyn called today. all my initial blood work came back ok, but I am dehydrated. I was told I need to greatly increase my fluids. easier said then done when you are extremely sick. but I will get on it since I had to go to the hospital in one pregnancy for dehydration and don't want that again