TTC and Beyond!

[Disneybaby26]

Hey girls! Can one of you post the link to the doppler site? I think were cavingggggg...lol

 

[wavescrash]

Hey girls! Can one of you post the link to the doppler site? I think were cavingggggg...lol

This is the one we have... think it's the same as Morgan.

https://www.clinicalguard.com/sonoline-handheld-pocket-fetal-doppler-p-174.html

 

[pdxmom]

EEEkkkk Emily you're sooo close..... first baby of our thread coming up

Amanda...already scheduling anatomy scan...wow...where is all this time flying....i just hope hope hope my time flies too...everyday seems to b the length of a week right now

 

[wavescrash]

I know... 18 days to go! I'm sure it's going to crawl by slowly but then it'll be here and seem like the time flew by. The beginning weeks went super slow for me and then before I knew it, I'm here at 16 weeks, roughly a month away from being halfway through my pregnancy and I'm not sure when or how I got here. You'll feel that way too, before you know it!

 

[TTCaWee1]

I got the sonoline B from eBay. Just make sure you get it from a US seller

 

[jury3]

I'm tempted to cave and get a doppler too...it's so hard. I'm still nauseous, so I assume they are ok but how do I really know? I won't get to hear their hbs until Oct 23rd which is forever away (26 days to be exact)!
My gender scan is 82 days away...which is also forever away!!!

Sonia-I totally get what you are saying. The days literally crawl by. I feel like I should already be past 12 weeks lol 23 days though....(notice all my countdowns lol)

I kind of had a breakdown this morning. I'm so overwhelmed with work. We have so many demands and so much paperwork and I'm new in my position. So, I feel like I am really struggling to catch up. So, I pretty much cried the first hour I was here...luckily it was my plan time so I didn't have kids lol Probably a hormone thing, but it's just so hard. I'm so tired and feel like crap. I have no time to work and when I do I feel horrible. I need a week off just to catch up I feel like...

We went to the Meet the Midwives at the birth center last night. They don't deliver multiples, but I wasn't shocked by that. She did offer the names of nurses to talk to at my hospital, gave me the name of a CNM in another hospital and said she would look into what some of the different hospitals require. I'm ok delivering at a hospital, I just want a little more freedom to move around. So, I think we will call a few people and see what we can do. DW and I also agreed that I could labor at home for a while and maybe have a doula or mw there to monitor. At least I'd be comfortable part of the time. My luck I'll get preeclampsia or something like that and have to deliver by emergency c-section anyway and it will have been a waste of my time lol

 

[BubsMom17]

EEEkkkk Emily you're sooo close..... first baby of our thread coming up

Amanda...already scheduling anatomy scan...wow...where is all this time flying....i just hope hope hope my time flies too...everyday seems to b the length of a week right now

Yep I have my weekly midwife visit today. We might do a scan to check on his size and his breathing, which I'm sure will be just fine.

I am starting to get a little crampy with a lot of (painless) Braxton Hicks (practice contractions that don't affect the cerviz in case people don't know what they are), so the winds of change may be starting to blow! Could be just a few weeks now! Eeeekkk!!!

The boy's room will be finished this weekend, so I'll post a pic once it's all finished! I won't feel ready for baby until his crib is set up, even though he won't be in it for several months. It's all mental!

 

[pdxmom]

Emily have u guys already picked a name????have u mentioned it here and ive forgotten ????

Julie ur brave to think of being at home as long as u can in labour....id b so nervous with 2 of them jumping around and pushing to come out tht ill want to b a hospital...

 

[Cowgirl07]

Sonia-You have a poppy seed now!
Julie-I would be at the hospital so fast, good for you!

 

[jury3]

Emily-That's so exciting! I can't believe it's that time already!
Can't wait to see the room

Once I'm really in labor, then we will be at the hospital. While I'm just starting to labor, that could be a while so there's no reason I have to be in a hospital the whole time. Plus I don't want them putting their fingers in my vag to check me all the time. Plus, if I am being forced to labor in a surgical room...yeah, I'll labor where I'm comfortable for as long as I can. Labor progresses better when you are comfortable. If we can find a hospital that won't force me to labor in the c-section room, then that might be a little different. I just had this wonderful idea of what I wanted labor/birth to be like and I feel like I'm losing all control of that. It'll be different if something happens and I have to have a c-section, but if I can go into labor on my own and have them naturally, then I'd like to still have some of the things I feel are important to me and to my babies. Obviously I want them to be monitored and make sure they are ok, but if I'm calm and comfortable they are more likely to be calm and comfortable when they are born. That's all lol

 

[TTCaWee1]

Julie - I say cave and get one lol but that's just because I think it's awesome to have. And I don't even use it very often. I've only used it a few times but I'll prob use it more, like weekly, since I don't have another scan until right before Thanksgiving.....I can always use the machine at work but I don't want to "accidentally" see the gender without DH.

Emily that is so exciting that you are so close. Do you co-sleep or have a sleeper in your room? I think we'll get a bassinet or something small for our room for the first few months....

I am making fried shrimp right now and it is going to be glorious. Oh and I bought some pumpkin pie yogurt...I hope it is delicious....I'm going to try it tomorrow. So my friend gave me sooooo much baby stuff today - a car seat, Medela pump, boppy, toys, maternity clothes...a play saucer...just a ton of stuff. I've been crampy the last 2 days but I think it's stretching. Also my pregnancy brain has kicked in...I keep forgetting common things and putting things in random places. I'm sure it's only going to get worse.

I hope everyone is doing well!! I'm home watching a Back to the Future marathon

 

[Disneybaby26]

Julie- I'm so sorry you're having a tough time right now, it will get better!! I cant imagine Having a job like that and your mind and stomach must be racung constantly at the thiught of all this news!! i think your doing great! Big big hugs!!xx

Rachel- do you have pictures from your scan yesterday? Mine is at 11+4, I like to see what baby will look like!!

 

[TTCaWee1]

Here are a few...I wish she would've gotten the ones when s/he was waving. But theres def a change from my 9 week scan!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Awe! so cute!

 

[TTCaWee1]

Here's another, you can see fingers and more of the "nub"

 

[TTCaWee1]

Any thoughts from you experienced ultrasound people? Do you think it's going to be a little weiner? I just feel like its a boy. And we definitely saw a prominent nub yesterday during the scan but I know that it can go either way. The ultrasound tech said that it was sticking straight up from every angle she looked but that it was too early to tell for sure.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Thank you!!!! I love them!! Eeeek I can't wait!!

I'm def thinking little boy too!! do you have your anatomy scan date yet?

 

[TTCaWee1]

Yep it's November 26th. I also go October 21st but just to see the dr

 

[wavescrash]

Any thoughts from you experienced ultrasound people? Do you think it's going to be a little weiner? I just feel like its a boy. And we definitely saw a prominent nub yesterday during the scan but I know that it can go either way. The ultrasound tech said that it was sticking straight up from every angle she looked but that it was too early to tell for sure.

Totally looks like a boy based off angle of the dangle lol.

 

[brunettebimbo]

I'd say boy too