TTC and Beyond!

[morganwhite7]

Hold on Julie are you considering 12 or 13 weeks are 2nd tri? My calendar here says I will start 2nd tri October 22nd. When is yours? Jw bc that's longer than 40 days for me!

 

[brunettebimbo]

Yupp. Here's some of my lovely evaps!

Osom, FRER, Walmart 88c test, Equate, and dollar store tests.

Wow I thought mine were bad enough! Yours were darker too. Bloody sucks getting faint lines and no real BFP. Always happens to me aswell! I won't believe it until I get a blazing one too! FX for us both!

 

[jury3]

Morgan-I put it in for Oct 21st which is 12 weeks. I forget which website gave me that date, but that's where I got it. I know some say 12 weeks, some say 13. So, I technically should probably put the 28th as the 2nd trimester. Did you guys put 13 weeks?

 

[asmcsm]

I would count the first day of week 13 as being in 2nd trimester.

 

[Disneybaby26]

I did 12...mostly bc that when we'll announce!

My OB is going by my LMP for due date (4/20), my O date would be (4/24) so she actually has me further along which is fine by me!! As long as we schedule our NT scan after 11 weeks according to my O date we are good to go!! My 12 week OB appt is October 9th to go over results of NT scan so I'll have The 4th, 7th or 8th to schedule the scan! Which is great bc well be able to announce on our anniversary and it's best to get the NT scan done in the 11th week anyway! Yay!!

 

[TTCaWee1]

I go tomorrow to the OB!!!! We are stoked. I hope we see a lot and it has cute little arms and legs. I went for my massage today and the NP has to see you every so often for insurance purposes. She said I have a goiter...which is from over active thyroid. My thyroid hovers btw over active and borderline. But she said that pregnancy can make your thyroid go wonky esp if its over active, which I wasn't aware of. But I'm sure that my OB will check all that out.

I am counting 12 weeks as the end of my first tri bc it's 12 completed weeks, and in the 13th week. I don't have a ticker though....I just focus on counting down to each Sunday since that's when I advance a week. Makes it go by faster.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Rachel- a massage sounds glorious!! I hope you enjoyed!! I can't wait to see your scan and hear all about it!! We keep having our scans scheduled on the same milestones!! Yours are always a convenient preview for me for mine!!
I'll be 9+4 when we go next too!!

I was watching a bunch of 9+4 scan videos on YouTube today and the baby is wiggling around it lots of them!! OMG so exciting!!

 

[morganwhite7]

Lol Julie I say 12, sounds much better

So Oct. 15th for meee!!!

 

[morganwhite7]

Just used my Doppler and found heartbeat for about 3 mins!!!! Well it ran away every 20 seconds but we got a few good listens. Lol it was amazing. Sounded 2x as fast as mine, said 130's in all modes. Like a galloping horse! Mine was 80 and hubby kept his finger on my corrotid to be sure! Lol it was super exciting but not worth stabbing myself for another hour over.. Hopefully I can wait another week so it'll be easier! Woohoo! One happy girl

Now for dinner and The Great Gatsby (my new FAV movie, OMG).

P.s. Can't wait to see my "astronaut" tomorrow!!!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Hahahaha loving the astronaut reference!!

So happy you found the hb and that you and DH got to hear it, so awesome love!! Enjoy your dinner & movie!!

 

[morganwhite7]

DH said "I have all day for this" he was so excited it was awesome! Ooh also picked up some DulcoEase for preggos, just took two. Lol at Walgreens the girl was like oh sunburnt and can't poop? What a combo. Hahahaha I said no PREGNANT! Rude! Lol

OH totally forgot- I had aloe gel for the Doppler too lol.

 

[jury3]

The stuff I've looked up said the mc rate decreases around 10-12 weeks, so I'm keeping mine at 12 weeks. Rachel, I am doing the same. Although I have my big countdown to the 12 wk mark I also get excited each time I hit a new week number. Every week is a week closer and stronger!

Seriously, I'm so jealous of all these scans you girls are having! lol I can't wait for mine! I'm going to have to youtube some ultrasounds now lol

 

[morganwhite7]

https://www.countdownmypregnancy.com/photos-ultrasounds/

Enjoy!

 

[wavescrash]

I think the second trimester begins at some point in the 13th week if you truly divide 40 by 3. It's like 13.3333333 (and so on.) They usually say you're "safe" once you hit 12 weeks though so a lot of people just consider that the 2nd trimester. Some say 13 and some say 14. Now that I'm 14 weeks I'll say I'm in my 2nd trimester if asked but I've been on the 2nd tri boards here since around 11 weeks or so because I related more to their posts than those from 1st tri.

 

[asmcsm]

Morgan LOL at the checkout girl! Bt dubbs I LOVED Gatsby! The 20s are my favorite era! I loved doing fingerwaves in cosmo school

 

[mommyxofxone]

so glad you heard the heartbeat morgan!!!! how awesome for you!!

 

[jury3]

So, with all this ultrasound and doppler talk, I started researching and thinking. Originally I didn't want any of either because they are thought to be linked to developmental disabilities. I let that go out of the window when I found out I was preggo bc I want to make sure everything is ok. Now I'm starting to rethink. The heat is thought to be bad. Then there is cavitation where gas pockets cave in. And on top of that it's supposedly really loud. Studies on animals have shown a change/damages in cells. Not sure what I'll do now...maybe I'll ask them to make it really quick so we can see that it has a hb and then not do another one until around 20 wks. Decisions, decisions...

 

[goldstns]

I have a HB monitor and for me the most fun part is to have our family members hear the heart beat since they don't come to the ultrasound with us.

 

[asmcsm]

So, with all this ultrasound and doppler talk, I started researching and thinking. Originally I didn't want any of either because they are thought to be linked to developmental disabilities. I let that go out of the window when I found out I was preggo bc I want to make sure everything is ok. Now I'm starting to rethink. The heat is thought to be bad. Then there is cavitation where gas pockets cave in. And on top of that it's supposedly really loud. Studies on animals have shown a change/damages in cells. Not sure what I'll do now...maybe I'll ask them to make it really quick so we can see that it has a hb and then not do another one until around 20 wks. Decisions, decisions...

Lol Julie you watched the more business of being born too I take it? I want minimum ultrasounds necessary. And I'm not going to get a Doppler. After watching the first episode where that woman has been delivering babies for 20 years and doesn't use ultrasound and has never had a baby end up with autism I decided I just want enough scans to know that everything's alright.

 

[jury3]

Lol Yes, that's where the original idea came from. Then I kind of forgot about it, but was watching a vlog today that talked about it. I've been researching all evening! Even the dopplers are supposed to be bad bc they are a form of ultrasound. I'm kind of glad we actually decided to cancel our doppler order the other day lol