September Sapphires

[mackjess]

Hi hopie, Hi everyone! Just busy and tired and DH is travelling. I will catch up after he gets back and I'm not too tired to type.

 

[Uni tsi]

Hopie, refrigerate that drink. It's much better cold. "Better" in this case is still not good, but it does go down easier cold.

Thanks for your kind and reassuring words. I did start to freak myself out a little, and searching google etc but then I decided I'd just ask my doctor about it next appointment. Maybe he just said that to her to get her to take it seriously.

In a totally selfish way, I'm kind of glad everyone is getting to the point where they're having to think about diabetes. I think about it all the time, and it's nice to finally have everyone discussing it lol Of course, I hope for everyone they don't have to deal with it. But, you're right, as long as it's under control the outcomes are the same as if nondiabetic. It does make me worry though, because I already had a loss, even though it wasn't diabetes related. I just try not to talk about it on the other board because I don't want to scare anyone. Even though it wasn't related, and my numbers were and are really well under control, it's hard not to equate the two. Especially since there wasn't really a good explanation about why. But, I think stress hormones are actually also very dangerous so I want to be careful I don't bring anyone undue stress about their blood sugar...

Mack, I've been sleeping on average about 10 hours a night! So, I understand what you're saying about being tired. I got a job offer this week that would have gone from July to early Sept, and it would have been a really fun project. But, I had to weigh my values - sleep in every day or earn some extra money. I picked sleep! lol

 

[InVivoVeritas]

Hopie, on one hand I'm glad you were able to put off the test but on the other it might have been better to have it over with. Now you're on countdown until the next time. I'm on partial bedrest; my consultant doesn't believe that full bedrest makes a significant difference but she strongly believes that cutting out stress (and any lifting) is the way to go.

Mack, I'm with you being tired and busy, even though I haven't done anything in a week. I need a mid-afternoon nap to keep me human; I don't know how I'd be coping if I was at work.

Uni, having no proper answers to what happened is hard -- it makes you neurotic and fearful (I know this from experience). Hang in there, and give yourself permission to panic when you need to.

Me, my consultant has started me on nightly progesterone pessaries to control the cramping. I can't say it's made too much difference; I'm still having a lot of Braxton Hicks.

 

[Uni tsi]

Invivo, I'm glad to hear you're able to take it easy.

 

[caz_hills]

Afternoon naps sound the best!

Uni so sorry you've got GD. Some people can really dramatise stuff. I asked on the kids board about my sons concentration and someone said I should get him tested for ADHD. It freaked me out - he is just young and struggles to concentrate so I really had to filter it!

All well here I think/hope - baby moving quite a bit so I'm not formally counting kicks. But loving the evening time wriggles that he/she does and knowing they are there.

Invivo - hope the BH are calming down with the meds. I get them some times and I do find them freaky. I know it's your body preparing but they do feel very like contractions.

Mack - hope your three year old is giving you a rest. It's so tough with a toddler too! My son is full on all day - well except today as he got up at 450 so he is having a nap. Never happens but he so needed it - poor chap was exhausted! x

 

[Uni tsi]

Thanks Caz, I'm actually the one who needs to filter myself so I don't overly dramatize GD for other people. I know most of the time perfect blood sugar control leads to good outcomes. But, background risk is still background risk. And even with perfect control, my OB described it like turning the volume up; all the risks become greater. But, I try to avoid being the little black rain cloud of gloom! because I know most of the time, it works out for most people even if they don't control their blood sugar. So, I'm hoping this time I get to be "most people" instead of one of the unlucky ones.

That is so awful she jumped straight to ADHD. :rollseyes: I think it's pretty normal for young kids to have trouble concentrating on boring stuff, like school. Maybe if we made school less boring, fewer kids would be diagnosed with attention problems? lol

 

[hopie2015]

Glad everyone is doing well!
Thank you Uni.. I will make sure that gross drink is as cold as possible. OH put it in the fridge right when we got home thinking it would help make it go down.
You are doing everything right..just remember that, and talk to your doctor with concerns/fears. Both you and Inviv are so incredibly brave and strong after your losses, it is amazing and inspiring to me. I truly believe you will be one of 'the most people' this time as you so more than deserve.
Everyone's in my prayers for safe, complication free deliveries.

I'm envious of sleeping 10 hours a night! Sleep is so hard for me but last night finally got over 7 hours straight.
Inviv- great it is just partial bed rest and the lack of stress from work and the lifting surely will help..and lots of good sleep!

Caz- the wriggling movements are soo cool. Even though baby wakes me up at 4:30am every day wriggling around!
Mack- sure hope hubby is home now and you can get some good r&r time.

Third tri seems to have brought back some nausea for me.. ugh. But dr. assures me won't be anywhere near as bad as it was!

 

[Sweety21]

And we are having a
After much wait we finally could see baby properly and his wee bits . Although, the technician was not allowed to say anything she was pretty helpful and tried very hard to get full face of baby. But, baby was lazy bum and was sleeping. I even tried to have coke and see if he could change position but, instead he flipped face down. Anyways, I am happy that finally we could get to raise one of each.

 

[mackjess]

Awe congrats sweetie!! I was so sure it was a girl. I think one of each is wonderful, although I was kinda looking forward to being a boy mom if it had worked out that way. He will be your sweet little prince and I bet big sis will be gaga over him.Yay!

Uni-I don't think you over dramatize, but maybe I'm the same way? People will reassure me everything will be OK when I talk about different scenarios, and it's not that I'm all doom and gloom, but I like to consider all possibilities. It actually helps me long as I don't let the what ifs stress me out. I feel less stressed thinking about what if this happens, OK I will handle it, and if then things are fine it's a bonus. For me it helps to be a bit emotionally/mentally prepared long as I don't spend too much time dwelling on things.

Hopie, DH is out again until Friday. Ugh. BUT I should have all the furniture for DS room finished Wednesday, and painting a few tiny accent pieces pink for DS nursery on Thursday. I work from home while Finn is at daycare Mon-Wed, I took Thursday off and the only day I go into the office (ie have to wear real pants) is Friday. This should be his last trip so I hope I hang in there til then. Usually I do ok keeping up but bending over is a little harder with my backbrace but if I don't wear it I pay for it the next day. Finn is better about helping me pick stuff up but I have a dog and a toddler so it's gonna still happen a lot. I would ask the in-laws to come by and help but my Father in law is having some heart issues. He went to the doc the week before last, in the hosp 3 days last week, then back to the ER 2 days after he got out. It's a treatable infection, but it's been causing him some pain, so I don't want to stress them out more.

Invivo are you still team green? I forgot (prego brain) I hope you are feeling better and resting up.

I wish I could sleep, I wake up every morning about 3-4 am to potty and I can't fall back asleep. I've started just staying up and logging into work early and might try that this week. I will be done working about 2 hours before I normally pick Finn up (I still let him sleep late and don't take him to daycare til about 9) so I should be able to catch a 90 min afternoon nap. Going to try that this week to see if it helps my energy.

Caz did you do your GD test? Mine is Thursday afternoon so I'll have to start laying off the sugar Weds. I'm nervous about mine.

 

[Sweety21]

Mack, thank you so much. Even I was thinking he is she but, when I saw willy like thing　last scan I waskinda sure it is a boy. It's actually difficult for me to picture myself as boy's mom it's an alien feeling (hope you understand what I am trying to say). I am glad I am having boy but,　it's difficult for me to get hang of it. I am trying to keep positive feelingsthinking about my hubby and all the fun he could have with his son. And glad dd will be his only princess he won't have to share this bond witg another dd.
And you are doing great job DH being away and still managing everything is an achievement in itself. Hope this would be his last trip and you won't have to stress alot

 

[mackjess]

Well I'm not so sure about that. By "keeping up" I mean we're all alive, clean and fed. My furn project could've been done in a long weekend pre prego, but I only work on it an hour or two a night and have had several days I did nothing on it. We're eating wayyyyy too much take out and frozen food, and I have piles of clean laundry all over the place. I'll be glad when I'm done with my proj and can focus on putting stuff away and organizing it.

I totally get your feelings. I am excited about and also very nervous about a little girl this time around.

 

[Uni tsi]

Sweety, congrats on a boy! What a cute profile he has, and there is no mistaking the boy bits in the second shot lol I'm so happy for you! It's understandable to be a bit nervous wondering how you'll be in mothering a boy, but I am confident you will do an outstanding job of it

Mack, sorry to hear hubby is out of town again. But I'm super glad for you that you only have to wear real pants once a week I'm working from home at the moment too. It's so nice, isn't it? And, as long as the piles of laundry laying around are clean piles, in my book that's pretty darn good!

Hopie, I haven't made it to third tri yet, but I'm having the odd twinges of nausea again too. Sorry to hear you're also dealing with that. I even asked one of my doctors about it, cause I thought it might be related to the meds I was on, but she said it was just a thing that happens to some of us. Oh joy. Well, it isn't as bad as it was so, I hope both of us keep feeling mostly good.

I gave myself a scare this morning, or rather baby did. I'm used to feeling her kick in between the time DH leaves for work and when I get up a couple hours later. I slept in a bit today, and when I woke up suddenly realized I hadn't felt her kick in those several hours at all. Normally, whenever I wake up to roll over she gets a few in before I fall back to sleep. But I'd felt nothing. I grabbed for my doppler and gave a listen, and there she was just kicking away at the placenta. It was just the position she was in, and everything was ok. So glad for that doppler, cause waking up and not feeling anything would have been a huge trigger for me otherwise.

Even with the anterior placenta, I can feel this baby kicks so much more than before in my previous pregnancy. I'm hoping that's a really good sign. I'm worried I don't let her nap enough though because I constantly do kick counts all day long and if she goes more than two hours at any point during the day without ten kicks I drink something cold to wake her up. She's probably thinking "just let me take a nap already!" lol

 

[caz_hills]

Mack - I've not been offered a GD test. Not sure if they do them as standard in the UK? They take bloods and urine every time I see the midwife so I guess they check then?

I'm like you, up every night and struggle to get back to sleep. I guess I'm getting used to sleepless nights already!

Sweety congrats on the boys scan! Great pics! So exciting to see baby, shame he was sleeping but hopefully you will have a good sleep per!

Uni - I spoke to the midwife about kick counts at my apt yesterday. She said try not to focus too much on them - just get used to their rough pattern and follow it. It's so hard to do though I know - since our losses in paranoid! I often have a fizzy cold drink and try and wake baby too. They will get us back soon and wake us up!

Yawn - our boy woke at 550 again today. He will be exhausted after school poor little chap. Tired now ���� x

 

[Sweety21]

Mack, lol. At end of the day that's what our goal is isn't it. Everything, will fall in place and trust me even though I am sahm I am still way behind in chores. Frankly, don't even care. It gets done when I have time.

Uni, thanks for compliments. I waa really surprised but, I am sure I will get hang of it.
what a scare btw, It's difficult to relax and specially having anterior placenta must be difficult. The little girl knows how to hide in there and I even though you are waking her up alot she will take revenge when she is born. lol. Mine didn't allow me to sleep for atleast 6months.

caz, thanks hun. We are same dd woke up at 6am and have to get up with her. Hardly got any sleep. Only good thing is we don't have school run yet. Hope lil champ and you ge some rest.

 

[Uni tsi]

Maybe I'll get lucky, and she'll want to catch up on all that missing sleep once she is born? lol But more likely you're all right and she'll get her revenge lol

I know I should be more laid back about kick counts, but my OCD has gone into overdrive. I know your doctor is right Caz, but it's just easier to log them then not too. I think I'm more functional in daily life when I do it, even if it is a little neurotic. The phone app helps a bunch though, otherwise it probably would interfere with my daily functioning.

DH surprised me yesterday by getting all the furniture I wanted We're still waiting on the dresser to be delivered but we have everything else now. It looks great! I feel a lot more calm about things now that the nursery is furnished.

 

[mackjess]

Well I hope my GD test went ok. It gave me horrible heartburn so the queasy came back. Feeling out of sorts tonight. Anyone else feel that way on testing day? Just kind of shaky at times and tire extra easily.

Officially did nothing this weekd!! We have a friend coming over Sunday to help move the rooms around so I really hope I have the furniture done by then. I just have to do wipe on poly, which is really easy. Went to the reg doc today and I had a double ear infection and bronchitis. Took tomorrow off to rest. DH is catching an earlier flight. He was going to be home late night, but now he'll be in time to pick up Finn so I can keep resting tomorrow night. Bless him.

Sorry for so much whining! Gah. Had another scan and baby girl was super cute. She played with her feet the whole time and measured at 70%.

 

[Uni tsi]

Mack, I don't think you have anything to apologize for. I think I whine like ten times more than you ever do, and you put up with me! lol

Thanks for mentioning wipe on poly. I have an heirloom rocker to restore, and I've been trying to figure out the easiest way. I don't want to strip it. It's only a little older than me, I think it's probably a poly finish. Am I correct to assume that with wipe on poly, I could just do an overcoat?

Wow your symptoms sound awful! I'm glad you get to rest some. I bet you're really glad to see hubby. I'm glad he gets to come back a few hours early!

 

[caz_hills]

Mack poor you being unwell. So glad hubbie is flying home now - means you can take a break. It's so tough with a toddler isn't it!

We have had a tummy bug all week - our boy got it, then me and now hubbie. I was worried about baby so came to the dr and heard the heart beat so he/she is fine! Hubbie is wiped out and can't do anything (men, I just got on with it!)!!!!

Uni - how are you doing? x

 

[Sweety21]

ohh mack. Hope you get all the rest you need. And ya it's our right to whin on here. Don't need to be sorry.

caz, that sounds awful. Here is hoping you don't have it very bad. And yeah men do complain alot when they are sick. While we women, get on it and continue to work our ass. Wish they could have experience of pregnancy and delivery.

I have appointment tomorrow hope it goes well.

 

[Uni tsi]

Caz, I'm doing pretty well, thank you for asking I just gave myself a scare thinking baby hadn't moved in a while, but when I drank some cold water and sat down she just finished kicking three times within five minutes, so I calmed down already because I think we'll easily get to ten in the allotted time frame. Otherwise, everything is going great! Sorry to hear about your tummy bug. That sounds awful! I hope you make a quick recovery!!!

Sweety, I have the feeling your appointment will go very well tomorrow! Be sure to let us know