TTC and Beyond!

[wavescrash]

Yeah it's really weird how it works like that... this pregnancy has dragged by but at the same time, I don't even remember my halfway point. I mean I do but it feels like it was ages ago. I got my official BFP on the 4th of July. It was summer and we were watching fireworks. Now it's snowing every single day which makes it feel like ages ago that I found out lol.

I can't believe she's almost here either. I'm so anxious to see how Hannah is with a new baby lol.

 

[clynn11]

17 weeks here in a few hours!!! Loving my bump. Can't wait to find out who's making my belly grow!

 

[goldstns]

Thx Julie. How r u doing?

speaking of flying by...cant believe Alia is almost 7 weeks. She's been playing the tongue game really well. We stick our tongue out and she copies. Its cute. She's getting better at Tommy time and finding monmys hair to pull. She now about 11 lbs and 23 inches. We r getting better at knowing what she wants. So lots of progress!

Cassidy...cant wait!!!!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

So excited for you cassidy!!!!

 

[morganwhite7]

"I confirmed he will not be entering the butthole...just the rim lol."

LOL you ppl are cracking me up!!! Not looking forward to my booty swab either

Today is such a big day CASS!!! Also STG's first scan, and my 4D! Can't wait to see if she's having twins. Or to see my lil babe's face! Yeahhh Fridayyy (& I get to leave work early)!!!

P.s. Holy crap I have a pineapple, Cass is almost HALF WAY, and Leah is about to BE HERE.. time is really flying.. insanity I tell you!!

 

[frsttimemama]

Happy V-day Ash!

Rachel, glad your numbers got better!

Mirolee, so glad you are able to feel things. I used to poke my belly to get him to move. Hubby was always telling me to stop. Lol.

Cassidy, so exciting! You are adorable, by the way.

Morgan, yay for early Friday's and scans!

Nikki, so glad you guys are all doing well. Pumping sounds difficult
it :/

Waves, cannot believe you are already going to be meeting Leah so soon! So exciting!

STG, so excited for your scan!!

Katrina, yay for O!! Fx for your BFP to be right around the corner!

Sorry if I have missed anything! We are driving home from sunny and beautiful Florida now.. its qas warm and wonderful the whole time. I got a little sun burn. It's cloudy and humid and rainy this morning, making it easier to leave. Hubby got my cold so he sounds awful. I am 9 weeks today! I had a moment last night of being terrified and crying. I am SO afraid of going into labor before my c-section. I don't want my water to break. At all. That's how my son died. I can't do that again. Only 30 more weeks to worry about it.

 

[morganwhite7]

^Sandy I was talking to my doctor about my waters breaking, it scares me too. I said do I need to stay on all fours and try not to stand straight up just in case of cord prolapse, so she won't lose oxygen? He laughed at me saying I was a worrier. Well YEAH when you lose a child, that does it for you. Grr. But anyways, ik he had velamentous cord insertion & vasa previa, but not too sure on what those are. Is that a cord abnormality or was that CAUSED by the waters breaking with the cord in the wrong place.. are those related at all to cord prolapse? Jw, it's okay if you don't want to discuss it.. I just have these worries and the stupid doc brushes them off as "1 in a million" risks...... well I WAS that 1 in a million, and I'm scared.

 

[wavescrash]

Um please say it has nothing to do with cord prolapse because with a breech babe and the possibility of going into labor on my own, prolapse is something I'm absolutely terrified of lol.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Cute Cassidy.

 

[SmallTownGal]

Just got back from the u/s and we have a bean with a heart beat!!! Thank you God! Doc says everything looks great (hb is 110 - 120) and he gave us and updated due date of 10/14/2014.

RIP little beaner that didn't make it but yay for the one that hung on! A singleton pregnancy is safer for both me and baby, so I'm not fussed (and DH is relieved, and I'm a bit relieved too, since twins would have been quite the challenge.)

I also found out that I can stop taking my shots entirely, now, by the looks of my ovaries (but I'm having a progesterone blood draw done just to be sure and will hear back this afternoon). My poor bruised and pin cushion looking bum will be relieved! I just ordered a refill of my progesterone last night, though but oh well, insurance pays for it and it's only $10, so no big deal.

Later today, DH and I are celebrating with a dinner out at a nice delicious looking place we haven't been to before (it will either be a new Indian place or a new Irish place, we haven't decided yet).

Attached to this message are two pics of the little fetus (it's between the plus marks).

On 3/10/14 we have a 2nd u/s scheduled, and the doc said we will see limbs and limb wiggling! After that we will be released to my regular OBGYN.

(Been a while since I've been able to get on and post, since I've been battling labrynthitis this week (esp. in one ear). It's almost totally gone, now, though, yay!)


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Great bump pic, Cassidy! Love the dress! Can't wait for your scan, today!

Can't wait for your 4D scan, today, Morgan!

 

[frsttimemama]

Velamentous cord insertion has nothing to do with prolapse, so no worries there. What it is from what i understand is an abnormal attachment of the cord to the placenta.. so where they typically attach at the center, mine was towards the outter edge. The cord also doesnt have the vessels protected properly with the Wharton's jelly and my amniotic membrane was around it all in such a way that when my water broke, it ripped the umbilical cord clear off the placenta and the placenta ripped away from the uterus. My baby then bled out from where the cord was ripped off, causing him to bleed to death before they could get him out of there. I had to have general anesthesia because I hadn't had an epidural yet because it didn't hurt much yet. The odds of it happening are 1%. I had 21 ultrasounds. If they had looked for it, they could have detected it. They just didn't check for it. It is rare. My doc had seen it once as a resident, and never again in her 10 years of practice. They do check now, thanks to our loss. Something good did come of it --happening awareness. Now others won't have to go through it. It just absolutely terrifies me. They will check for it. I will have a scheduled c-section, which is what they would have done last time if they knew. I'm not any more at risk. There are no risk factors or indications. I had a perfect pregnancy otherwise. I'm just scared to death of going into labor on my own and my water breaking. I don't mind talking about it. We don't blame anyone. It was nobody's fault. Just one of those things that happens.

STG, so happy for you! Love your perfect little bean!

 

[wavescrash]

We finally got access to the online gallery of our maternity pictures this morning She sent out the disc today as well but I downloaded a ton from the gallery. I have near 70 pictures which I've uploaded to my FB so you can see them all there. But to save you guys from a million posts from me, I'll just upload some of my favorites and try not to go overboard.

 

[frsttimemama]

Those are so cute! I love them!

 

[wavescrash]

And a few more.

 

[wavescrash]

Those are so cute! I love them!

Thank you And thanks for the info!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Love them, which you may have noticed on fb

 

[frsttimemama]

You're welcome. And you're welcome for the info. I don't have a lot because there doesn't seem to be lots of it out there. I'm sure you are very nervous given your situation.

 

[wavescrash]

Love them, which you may have noticed on fb

Hahah I did but that's okay. I love them as well

You're welcome. And you're welcome for the info. I don't have a lot because there doesn't seem to be lots of it out there. I'm sure you are very nervous given your situation.

I've just had a few people comment about needing to fear a cord prolapse. I don't expect my water to break or anything but you never know what can happen.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Congrats STG!!

Very cute Amanda!

I need to print some of my pics to frame. I got some new frames for Ellie's room today.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Amanda the pics are wonderful!!! Love the one with you guys in the door frame that's a silohuette! Beautiful!!