TTC and Beyond!

[asmcsm]

Woohoo! 1 more hour until my midwife appointment! Ready to hear my little avocado's heartbeat! I've had this pain on my left side all weekend, feels like round ligament pain but instead of it going away it just stays...maybe I can get my midwife to give me an ultrasound to check it out and maybe find out gender

 

[clynn11]

So exciting for your appointment Ash! I ordered a doppler, should be here tmw, so if at anytime you wanna come over and use it to hear the hb you are more than welcome!

 

[jury3]

lol good luck with that Ashlee! You never know! I told mine about a sharp pain I was having down one side of my uterus and they did an u/s...so if they are like mine, it doesn't take much to get one I'm pretty sure it was just my uterus stretching and they told me to make sure I was drinking water, but I still got to see the babies! The gender part might be more of stretch, but you never know!

I wanted to remind all you ladies to call your insurance providers and see if they cover breast pumps. I know some of them are now covering the full price. I just called mine and they cover manual pumps...kind of a waste of my time. They can come manually pump my boobs and see how they like it! They only cover electric if they are medically necessary (babies are separated from me or other medical reason). However, I've met a few other ladies whose providers sent them an electric at no cost. So check just in case!

 

[asmcsm]

So exciting for your appointment Ash! I ordered a doppler, should be here tmw, so if at anytime you wanna come over and use it to hear the hb you are more than welcome!

Ummmm that would be awesome lol. BTW I am DYING for you guys to announce! I think I'm, more excited for you to than I was for us to announce lol

lol good luck with that Ashlee! You never know! I told mine about a sharp pain I was having down one side of my uterus and they did an u/s...so if they are like mine, it doesn't take much to get one I'm pretty sure it was just my uterus stretching and they told me to make sure I was drinking water, but I still got to see the babies! The gender part might be more of stretch, but you never know! Plus, with twins when are you gonna have time to manually pump!

I wanted to remind all you ladies to call your insurance providers and see if they cover breast pumps. I know some of them are now covering the full price. I just called mine and they cover manual pumps...kind of a waste of my time. They can come manually pump my boobs and see how they like it! They only cover electric if they are medically necessary (babies are separated from me or other medical reason). However, I've met a few other ladies whose providers sent them an electric at no cost. So check just in case!

Thanks, she probably won't but it's worth a shot lol. She's a midwife and total hippie so she tries to just do minimal electronic monitoring which I'm cool with, just want a peek to see if I can see gender lol. Plus you had the whole twin thing working in your favor when you say something doesn't feel right lol. I saw that insurance companies are supposed to cover breast pumps now, but I don't want some cheapie manual pump either, screw that!

 

[jury3]

Exactly! My insurance sucks when it comes to things like that...they don't cover doulas, midwives, any of that stuff. Who the heck wants a manual pump? Like I said, they can come pump my boobs with the manual pump and see why it's a waste of my time...especially with twins! lol

 

[wavescrash]

Julie - Yeah I've heard under Obamacare they're supposed to cover or help cover the cost. I thought most provided hospital-grade double electric ones though. I've been meaning to call my insurance company for like 2 months now lol. Whoops. It was on my list for today but Hannah wore me out so here's hoping I get to it tomorrow. I've heard my insurance company offers one of the Medela ones (hospital-grade, double electric) but I only have part-time insurance and not full-time so I don't know if it makes a difference.

 

[wavescrash]

Waves-I saw your post on fb about being glad you went on maternity leave. I have such guilt about wanting to start maternity leave in the next week or two, but I'm getting so uncomfortable. No SPD, just a huge belly that is so uncomfortable. It's hard to move. If I walk my dogs down the street my uterus starts getting really hard. I've tried wearing a support belt, but unless I'm standing that's uncomfortable too. I also think "I don't know how women who work in retail type jobs do this everyday" lol Point is, I'm about 8 weeks behind you but with twins...so you going on maternity leave makes me feel better about taking my leave so early So, thank you lol Although, Ryann told me this morning that she doesn't think I'll make it much longer anyway with how uncomfortable I already am. She listens to me moan and groan every time I have to stand up or roll over. lol

Lol well you're welcome

I felt guilty too but at the end of the day, it's about my comfort and how everything affects the baby. Mine was mostly SPD and sciatica preventing me from actually standing while at work so my job was actually near impossible to do lol... but there was a huge mental aspect to it too. I dreaded going to work each day knowing how crappy or sore or miserable I was going to feel by 2 hours into my shift. I started calling off every other day and I knew I couldn't just keep screwing them over like that the day of my shift because they rarely can replace my shift. So I figured it was for the best. I lasted 3 weeks longer than my last pregnancy so I figured that was a bonus lol. My OB doesn't know I've gone off work yet but to officially take my LOA under the FMLA, I need her to sign a form, signing me off work. I haven't seen her in 2+ months because she was either unavailable or booked up so I saw different doctors instead, so she's not aware how painful my SPD/sciatica had gotten. She doesn't even know I've had sciatica at all lol. So I'm hoping she'll sign the papers for me anyway.

 

[goldstns]

Ladies:
Which should I get??

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[goldstns]

unfortunately the law is that your insurance company has to provide one... no rules on what kind of pump it is. My old insurance offered crappy ones, but with our new insurance I was able to get a Medela double electric (like $300 pump)... so I am happy. I already have mine and all. That is the other problem, some insurance companies wont send it until you have your baby (like you don't have enough to think about, besides ordering a pump!). Mine let me order it up to 2 months before due date! So mine is here at home now!

 

[wavescrash]

I like the glittery ones more

 

[asmcsm]

Okay, so baby's heart rate was 150. According to my midwife my uterus is feeling about the size of 17weeks and she's decided to change my due date to June 12th instead of 15th based on that and my NT scan I was measuring ahead. Got my order for anatomy scan, she said that because I'm measuring bigger I can get it done sooner than 20 weeks as long as it's after I hit 18 so I got is scheduled for the 13th woohoo!! Sooner than I would have been able to at the private place and I'm getting it done in town After that my next apt will be at 20 weeks then GD test at 24weeks, which she said they'll take a peek at baby then too

 

[clynn11]

Yaaaay how exciting!!

 

[clynn11]

Im gonna be difficult nikki and not much of a help haha. I like the way tje glittery ones look better but im not a huge pink fan! Rather have glittery green

 

[frsttimemama]

Yayy!

 

[Disneybaby26]

I like the glittery too, Nikki!! Everytime I see you've posted I think Alia is on her way!! so exciting!

Yessss Ash!! That's awesome!!! Omg I can't wait to find out!!

We have our next scan the 27th to check on the placental lakes. I asked my mom to come (with DHs permission obvi), I think it will be so special for her and us too! So looking forward to it!!

 

[asmcsm]

Thanks ladies! Super excited! So glad I don't have to wait till 20 weeks for gender lol also thought it was super cool how much louder/more obvious the heartbeat was on the Doppler this time, still had to chase him/her around for a while though to get it lol.

 

[goldstns]

Thx ladies!!

 

[goldstns]

car seat in.... CHECK!

Ready for baby girl!

 

[Ingodshand]

Hi girls! Sorry to have been mia but it is hard to write on my phone and have been home with my dd all week. Been trying to keep up!

Love the sparkely case!

Yay ashley for a sooner scan!

 

[jury3]

Nikki-I like the silicone ones...not a huge sparkly fan. Aaahhhh carseat is in! Is it weird having a carseat in your car? lol I think that will be a weird thing for me to actually have a carseat (or 2 of them) in my car...makes it so real lol

Waves-That's how I feel about it too. I've called in to work a lot just in the first trimester from being sick and exhausted all the time. With the stress of work from my stupid boss and the uncomfortableness on top of that, I'd rather just relax and let them have someone there so they don't have to worry about finding a sub every time I'm out. Luckily my FMLA is already in place. I took care of that right after I found I was pregnant bc twins are more unpredictable. Are you guys just doing without the pay? I'll have short term disability for the first 3 months, then my long term should kick in. Just not sure how much LTD covers yet. Even DW said she'd feel better if I went on leave now. She can see how much stress and anxiety it causes me and it's only going to get worse.
Hopefully your doc is cooperative, I'm sure she will be. Mine told me whenever I wanted to stop working, she would back me. I've already talked to her about starting to get uncomfortable and about depression from work, so I know she'll be ok with it.

Ashlee-Yay! So exciting!!! I can't wait for you to find out!

Kara-Our private scan we did included my mom, brother and my in-laws. I know they all really enjoyed seeing the babies. It meant a lot to my mom and MIL especially.