September Sapphires

[mackjess]

Oh invivo. Now your leave the house prego kit is going to have to include a bucket! that is terrible. I'm glad you're feeling better but not about the no warning.

Hopie have you sched your appt yet?

Uni, good luck today! FX you get a good talk with the specialist and have some reassurance.

My next scan is the 20th. I'm hoping they get a better shot of the chord/placenta and that it's a non issue. Other wise I'm happy for the extra scans! I think if the 20 week one goes well you don't get another one at all. I can't remember since I also had extra scans with Finn due to the high fluid I was carrying. I think it was bc he was sprawled out like he was in a lazy boy all the time. lol. He stretched everything out so there had to be extra fluid to surround him.

 

[Uni tsi]

InVivo that is so rough. I've been worried a few times that would happen to me I'm glad it's getting down to just a few times a week, but how discouraging that day must have been

I'll be leaving for my appointment soon-ish. Anxiety is really building. I think part of it is from going back to the prenatal care center which I have only been to one other time so far this pregnancy for the NT scan 2 months ago. Last pregnancy, they had me going there twice a week and being back in the environment still activates my ptsd a bit because I haven't become acclimated the way I finally have with my OBs office. Now that I'm talking it out with you ladies here, I actually think it's going into the prenatal care center that has me upset more than I'm worried about the scan results. Thanks for listening - It's helpful to put in perspective that the anxiety I'm currently feeling is about the past and isn't really about this baby I have here.... She's going to be perfect

 

[hopie2015]

Uni..thinking of you this afternoon and can't wait to hear from you! I know what you mean about it being more going back to the clinic and some ptsd triggers. That is to be expected. I am also nervous to meet my high risk specialist. I hope your specialist is great and we can't wait to hear your happy news.

Inviv- sorry sickness happens out of the blue for you. But so glad it is not all the time. Seriously, I don't think I can go back those first 4 months and re-live that!! I am off meds now for almost 2 weeks and have gone without throwing up 12 days and counting. I am sooo hopeful it does not return. Able to eat a lot more foods now too. Feel generally yucky most days but bearable and some hours of day, normal.
Thanks for asking!
I know what you mean about caving with the gender..it is tempting!! I so wonder if your twins are the same or different sex!

Mack- you are great not to google. Googling anything medical is never good. Just go with what your doctor says. I looked into kidney issue and then stopped. I didn't know they usually don't do another scan after 20 wks. I do think I'll have more!

I have not confirmed appt. yet with high risk. Just the idea of going back into that hospital I was at last time for an appt. Ugh. But I have to call today to confirm.

Take good care, all!

 

[Uni tsi]

Everything went good at scan today. The high risk doctor was very reassuring. I'm feeling a lot better about things for now.

 

[hopie2015]

Yesss!! So happy to sign on to this Uni.. I couldn't wait to hear from you! So thrilled and yes, can totally relax and enjoy.

I am so lame..going to bed at 8:30! I feel flutters tonight..so cool.
and can go to bed very happy with this good news.

 

[InVivoVeritas]

So glad to hear that all went well, Uni, and even more glad that you have a reassuring doc. That's half the battle!

 

[mackjess]

Awesome news about the scan. And yay to flutters Hopie! I'm finally liking this pregnancy since I've felt those little kicks.

 

[InVivoVeritas]

Mac, that's exactly how I'm feeling too. Those pops and kicks more than make up for the miserable moments, and I've become very attached. I just wish I could know which baby was which, or whether it's mostly one that's active.

I'm really looking forward to my anatomy scan on Monday, so that I can see them and so that I can get an idea of who's where.

 

[Sweety21]

Uni, so glad everything went well. So happy for you.

Inviv and hopie, I am feeling the movements from outsidtoday near belly button. So amazing feeling.

 

[mackjess]

My only complaint is that she likes to kick me right in the bladder!!

 

[Uni tsi]

I'm up to twice a day with the doppler now pretty much as soon as I wake up and before I go to sleep. I'm not sure, but I feel like life would be much easier without an anterior placenta this time around. But, at least if I can't feel kicks I can hear them. She's in there kicking away for sure. Often, she starts kicking the doppler wand before I can even find the heartbeat.

If I get up to three times a day with the doppler, I want you to organize an intervention

 

[mackjess]

Happy Mother's Day Uni, and all.

I have an anterior placenta as well, but it's up high and kinda to the right side. I only feel kicks on my lower left. Luckily mine is where it is and far far away from my cervix, which puts me at lower risk of complications even if I do have a marginally attached cord. So even though I have to check with doppler every night I don't mind that it's in the way in this instance.

I hope everyone has a great day. Finn has already made me some cute stuff and I may have spotted new empty pots in the garage. Looks like I get to take him plant shopping today. He always picks out plants with purple flowers since it's his fave.

 

[hopie2015]

Happy Mother's Day!!! That is so cute Mack, about Finn.

Haha Uni-- an intervention! So tempting not to check too often.
Dr. mentioned something about anterior placenta but that it moved up..actually my whole last appt. is a blur, so I don't know if I still have one. I feel a lot of pops and flutters, mostly over night when I wake up. It is sooo cool! Yes, Inviv..sure makes up for the miserable moments.
I now get horrible gas pains whenever I eat. I'll take it over the nausea though!!
Inviv- how are you feeling this week? That must be so cool- feeling double the movement!

Thinking of telling my mom today! Would rather wait til after the high risk specialist appt in another week but it is Mothers Day.. She is going to be shocked though..I can't believe I still have this secret!!

Have a wonderful Mom's day everyone.

 

[Uni tsi]

Mack, your Finn has good taste - purple IS the best color I'm glad to hear your placenta is up and out of the way. Mine, as far as I can tell, must be right smack dab in the middle but I am glad it's high and out of the way. I'm starting to some pretty hard kicks to either side But only about once a day.

Hopie that is amazing you kept the secret so long! Did you tell her? She must be so shocked and happy!

 

[Uni tsi]

Hopie, just saw you decided to wait to tell. I totally get that. Glad to also hear you're feeling flutters again

 

[mackjess]

Thanks uni. I get weird looks sometimes when I say Finns fave color is purple and the nurse gave me a weird look last time Finn was at the doc bc they had balloons and he yelled for the purple one when they tried to give him blue. I'm not concerned about gender colors at all and why are other people, he's only 2! GRrr

Any way, I hope you had a good mother's day everyone. Hopie good work on the secret. I'd be busting out but I understand. I think I was more nervous about different test results because people already knew.

I think I'll be going to pick out plants tonight and we're having dh mom and family over tomorrow to celebrate mother's day late. Finn had a stomach bug Sunday so we had to cancel. No way I was risking my mil getting it while she's still healing from intestinal surgery. I had a touch of the bug myself Monday but luckily I never actually vomited. I never want to revisit that again!

 

[Uni tsi]

Awww sorry to hear little Finn was sick. I'm glad he's feeling better.

I don't know why people are so quick to instill gender norms on little children. It's ridiculous in my opinion. I'm glad you let him enjoy purple as much as he wants. If people give you a hard time, you could tell everyone he's a Raven's fan lolol Football makes purple hyper-masculine

 

[Uni tsi]

When we lost our baby, I had just finished writing up my birth plan a few days before. This time, I'm adding "have a live baby" right at the top of the plan. Everyone I say this too thinks I'm joking, but I'm really quite serious. If I'd known that needed to be included in the plan, I would have put it in last time

I'm getting excited to be so far along, but a little more scared every day too. Anyway, you wouldn't know it from the above, but I'm actually in a really good mood today! lol I hope everyone else's day is going great too!

 

[mackjess]

I would say that's a very important step, and probably my scariest thing going into birth. I knew my baby was safe and felt him kicking inside of me and I was so terrified the days leading up to having him. Not sure that's changed with this one even after a successful delivery. I didn't write a birth plan because I knew going in there was a good chance he'd be too big (his shoulders measured really wide) and I'd end up having a csection, which happened. I didn't want to be disappointed by having a plan. Don't have one this time either since I'm not trying VBAC, but if I were to write one I'd think that would be at the top of my list as well. Glad you're feeling better as your pregnancy progresses and hope the close monitoring keeps you reassured. It's helping me a lot.

 

[Uni tsi]

All the monitoring will help I think. And I have to say, being able to feel kicks more often is taking a lot of weight off my mind, for the time being at least. Between that and the doppler I'm very relaxed for now.

I was originally very against monitoring during birth, but now I can't even imagine not having monitoring. My birthing plan is pretty simple. My main things this time is I want the baby to be monitored the whole time, I want to wear a birthing outfit I bought so I'm not in the gown because the gown kind of choked. I don't want an epidural. And I want a live baby That last part is really the only item I'm inflexible on.