TTC and Beyond!

[Cowgirl07]

Love it Mirolee. Hi pup.

 

[wavescrash]

Heard back from our photographer this morning. She said she should have a sneak peek up on FB early next week and then we'll get a disc or USB with all the pictures in roughly 2 weeks. I'm so excited to see them lol.

I wonder if I'll get them before or after the baby arrives.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Julie- make sure its not a yeast infection.

kara- is pup on the table!? And pre-e can happen suddenly... B careful!

so I'm ready for my normal clothing....well I bagged it all up when preggo.... And now I can't find them!!! Grrr preggo and mommy brain.

Just a poker table in the bar... lol

I hope you find your clothes!!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Doctor had me come right in to check BP and urine. Everything looks good but she said always, always call if you have a headache that won't go away! Glad I went!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Glad to know all is well Kara! It's always best to check. I've had some pretty gnarly headaches in this pregnancy, but they usually go away with extra strength!

Amanda- you are so close to miss Leah being here! it's so exciting!!

Mirolee- Cute outfit!

Julie - I am in the same boat with the nips! SO SO sensitive and itchy! DH doesn't get it and i'm like "stay away!!!" haha

So i've seen all these charts with week to months compairison for pregnancy. it says 22 weeks is the start of the 6th month? is this correct? becuase if so, i'll be 6 months preggo this weekend! Holy hell! Where does the time go? this baby will be here before we know it!!

 

[wavescrash]

Amanda- you are so close to miss Leah being here! it's so exciting!!

It's so weird because I know I officially have at most only 20 days until she's here. It's even more weird knowing it will likely be before then. Can't really wrap my mind around it and it's weird to be labor watching like a hawk with everything going on lol. It's like if I think I might be in labor I have to stop everything (no eating, drinking) and go get checked out at L&D. I just don't want to keep shipping Hannah off to my mom's for false alarms but I also have to make sure I don't ignore anything.

Last night OH & I were talking about how weird it's going to be for Hannah. She knows there's a baby named Leah in my belly but I don't think she fully understands it. I mean, sometimes she points to her OWN belly and says "Baby!" So one day we're just going to take her to my mom's to spend time with Gramma, Papa & Sissy for a few days and then the next time she sees me, I won't have my baby bump and there will be a little baby with us at all times. And then I started feeling guilty she won't be the center of attention anymore but I really wanted her to have a sibling close in age so after awhile I know it'll be worth it. It's just very overwhelming right now having everything so imminent lol.

 

[goldstns]

Poor hubby is having a bad day.. hopefully this will cheer him up!

 

[wavescrash]

Aw Nikki so cute!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

awww Amanda.. i'm sure it's SO overwhelming!! My nephew is 3.5 and I don't think he gets it yet, either. He will point at my belly and say "There's a baby in there?" and then he'll even ask to see "Button" on my phone (that's what we called her up until now) and he loves to look at the sonogram pictures... but i'm pretty sure he's going to be SUPER jealous when there is a new baby getting all the attention from Gigi and Pap (my parents). So i'm anxious to see how this will go! I'm sure your girls will do just fine! I think girls are very loving and nuturing! =]

Oh my Nikki! What a cutie!! I don't see how that couldn't cheer up your DH!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Nikki-how adorable!! That's sure to cheer him up!

Britt- I would think 24 weeks but maybe I'm wrong? Lol either way it is SO crazy how fast the time goes!!

Waves- I'm sure shell be such a cutie when Leah gets here! I feel like she's a good age to want to be like mommies little helper!

Gotta go for some bloodwork this weekend and get to have an ultrasound Monday to make sure everything is okay. She said there's pre-e but also some HELPP syndrome that they wanna make sure nothing is going on. Better safe then sorry!

This headache is still pretty redic though and hubbs just surprised me with a dinner reservation at my favorite restaurant in Rye, NY...about an hour away. I didn't have the heart to tell him I wasn't up for it so here we go! Enjoy your nights girls! Xo

 

[wavescrash]

36 weeks, a few days late.

Then a comparison of 30 weeks, 32 weeks, 34 weeks & 36 weeks. Plus a comparison of last week (left/red shirt) to this week (right/blue shirt.)

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

I would think 24 weeks too! So maybe that's when i'll start to say 6 months!! Still 5.5 months! crazy!

My DH also made secret dinner plans for this evening somewhere fancy ( I have to dress up) and I have a headache. I'm really hoping it dies down so that I can enjoy this evening. He is so excited, so I need to do my best not to complain! I felt fine all day until about an hour ago.. figures.

 

[jury3]

Britt-Poor DW can barely get close to me bc it seems like she is always accidentally hitting or brushing my nips...makes me want to punch her lol
The whole month thing is confusing. Based on 28 weeks and divide by 4, I'm 7 months now. If you go from lmp, I'll be 7 months on the 28th. I just go w the divide by 4 bc it's easier...who knows lol

Kara-glad you got checked out and all seems ok! Hopefully the tests over the weekend are ok too. I just read on one of the twin boards, a girl on hospital bed rest got pre-e overnight and had to deliver...so it does happen!
That's sucks about DH lol So sweet of him, but I know how headaches can be. Hopefully it'll ease up so you can enjoy it. Luckily we are just going down the road to dinner...good ole Olive Garden

Waves-She sure has stretched your belly button out!
I'm sure Hannah will be fine. My friend was so worried about their daughter before baby. Sounds very similar to her situation, pointing to her own belly and saying baby, except she was also in a very selfish stage, she wouldn't share anything! Now she loves the baby and sometimes doesn't want to share her! Lol
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that there are actually 2 little people in my belly who will be coming out soon and I will be a parent. It's so hard to picture! I'm more at the stage where I think I'll just be pregnant forever...

Nikki-I'll ask my doc on mon when I go in for my glucose test. I'll be there for 3 hours, surely I can find the time lol
She's adorable! I'm a little sad I don't have babies to dress up in Valentines things right now

Have fun tonight ladies

 

[clynn11]

Beautiful bump Mirolee!!

I love your dog Kara. Has he been being a good boy? Hope all goes well with the bloodwork.

Nikki- Alia is so beautiful! Of course that will cheer him up!!!

Waves- you poor thing I don't think she can get any lower!! Lol. Can't believe she's gonna be here so soon! Can't wait to see her pretty face!!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone and I hope you're all having a fantabulous one. DH is gonna barbeque for me tonight even though he's feeling like crap today. 16 weeks today!! And one week until our gender ultrasound, eeeeek I can't wait!!!

 

[SmallTownGal]

STG-When is your scan again? I have maternity jeans and had 2 pairs of maternity pants for work. Other than that all I've been wearing are sweats or yoga type pants. Now that my belly is bigger, I can wear them under my belly and they still fit ok. I just bought a size bigger than I usually wear. Nothing beats comfy sweat pants and yoga pants!

It's on the 21st, next Friday.

I'm sure I could get away with just a size larger than my normal in sweat and yoga type pants, if wearing the pants under my belly, since I can get away with my regular jammie pants under my belly for a short time, but then they are too long and need hemmed or rolled up (if they will stay rolled up). And for over the belly, if I want room to grow, I need the XL, I think. The XL are the right length if I wear them over my belly and up to my chest, and are definitely nice and comfy and roomy, which I want with my tender ovaries.

The ovary swelling is just crazy! I look forward to the day when my belly is this big from the baby rather than the ovaries (the ovaries hurt!).

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Great bump pic, Rachel!

Yay, Britt, glad DH agreed to Harper Grace after all!

Waves, I'm so sorry you are having to go through the engaged breech position pain! And thank you for the FX'd that none of the rest of us have to go through that! Great bump pics! If you go into labor before your scheduled C-section, will they still do a C-section or try vaginal birth?

Sorry you've been having such hip and thigh pain, Cassidy! Great bump pic, though!

Yay for the maternity/newborn shoot, Mirolee! Sounds great!

Morgan, your Valentines day plans sound great! Glad you don't appear to have pre-E and it's likely just water retention! Sorry you are so swollen, though! Can't wait for your 4D scan, how exciting! So glad you are feeling so chipper, too!

Sandy, sorry you've got an icky sinus infection! Hope the meds knock it out soon! FX'd the rest of the trip to Florida goes smooth! And have fun in Florida!

Kara, glad your headache turned out to just be a headache! Hope it goes away soon!

Julie, have you tried Lansinoh HPA Lanolin for your itchy nipple problem? I had a real bad case of that after coming off my hormone treatments at the start of TTC, and it worked really well for me, if I kept applying it every so often.

Cute outfit, Mirolee!

Adorable Valentines baby outfit, Nikki! :3 If that doesn't cheer him up, I don't know what would. Who could resist such cuteness!?

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

AFM: Wow, I have been so tired the last three days, not feeling up to much other than eating and sleeping (and today I've even had trouble eating)! I'm at least feeling more awake, now.

And I think I got a big fresh batch of pregnancy hormones yesterday, as my ovaries became angered again for seemingly no reason (I'd done nothing but lay or sit around, only get up for the bathroom and to eat).

My mom and I have also been foiled the past couple days for going on our maternity clothes shopping outing, even without my feeling so sleepy. My mom's dog got sick Thurs (although the dog is better today, and we figure it was likely a new treat the dog ate), and today we got snowed out. We are planning to try again sometime next week, when the weather warms up again.

Fortunately, I've got the lounge pants from DH, and a large sweat shirt of my own, so I've got something to wear if I need to go out, at least. And my MIL got me a couple pairs of pants (including one sweat pant), and my mom dug me out some casual pants and shirts of hers she thought would work for me. I'd still like to get a pair or two of maternity pants for if I have to dress nicer (and I like the look of jeans, so if I could find some super comfy ones that would be awesome), though.

I'm hoping that conditions will be all right to go out Sat or Sun for a belated Valentines dinner with DH, at some place delicious that we haven't been to for a while. There's no way we can go out tonight, with all this snow! Curse you snow!

 

[Ingodshand]

Hey Girls!

Just wanted to pop in and say Happy Valentine's Day! We are going out of town until Wed so I probably won't on very much.

Waves- Lookin good...maybe Leah will be here when I get back!

When I had pre-eclampsia, I had the worst headache and it literally felt like I had a vise on my head that some kept making tighter and tighter. I hope none of you get it!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Have a good trip

 

[SmallTownGal]

Have a good trip, Sarah!

 

[wavescrash]

Waves-She sure has stretched your belly button out!
I'm sure Hannah will be fine. My friend was so worried about their daughter before baby. Sounds very similar to her situation, pointing to her own belly and saying baby, except she was also in a very selfish stage, she wouldn't share anything! Now she loves the baby and sometimes doesn't want to share her! Lol
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that there are actually 2 little people in my belly who will be coming out soon and I will be a parent. It's so hard to picture! I'm more at the stage where I think I'll just be pregnant forever...

Thanks. Everyone says she'll adjust, help out, etc... and I'm sure she will in time but until I see it happen, it's just hard to believe lol. Yeah... I have an end in sight (even if I have to last until my c-section date) and I still feel like I'll be pregnant forever. 3 weeks away is forever away.

Waves- you poor thing I don't think she can get any lower!! Lol. Can't believe she's gonna be here so soon! Can't wait to see her pretty face!!

LOL I say that ALL the time and then later that day/the next day, she's lower and proves me wrong. Aw thanks Me either.

Waves, I'm so sorry you are having to go through the engaged breech position pain! And thank you for the FX'd that none of the rest of us have to go through that! Great bump pics! If you go into labor before your scheduled C-section, will they still do a C-section or try vaginal birth?

Thanks dear If I go into labor, they'll do a c-section then & there. When I was at L&D last night, they said since I was already as dilated as I was, if I'd had 2 contractions in a 20 minute period, they'd have done a c-section last night. So I just have to be pretty aware of what's going on with my body and get to L&D to be checked out if I suspect I'm in labor before my scheduled c-section date. Pretty sure my hospital doesn't allow breech deliveries :/

Waves- Lookin good...maybe Leah will be here when I get back!

Thanks Haha maybe, that would be nice! Have a safe/fun trip.

 

[goldstns]

Thank you baby girl for a wonderful V-day gift. Fed at 9pm. She went to bed. Mommy got to have an alcoholic drink (first time in 10 months...im sure u all know the feeling). Then (the best part) she didn't wake until 5am to feed again!!! So not only did I get a drink, I got to sleep 6.5 hr straight!!!