U.S. Mommies To Be

[we can't wait]

I agree-- I'm not going to get a doppler... I would panic if I couldn't find the heartbeat. Not to mention, I always look forward to hearing the heartbeat at doctors appointments. It makes it more exciting for me.
Good luck with yours though. I know loads of ladies who absolutely love using them
by the way, hello KylarsMom! No, sorry. I'm a Virginian

 

[DCJ24]

I am in md. baltimore

 

[rockabillymom]

Im in arizona!

 

[lisaf]

So girls... I've been flipping through baby books and am finding that all the names that stand out to me as kind of ridiculous are all listed with 'American' as the origin
Ok, I know we're a new country but shoot! Thats embarrasing!!

My favorite American-origin name so far? Gizmo (yes... as in the gremlin from the movies... meaning is listed as 'mischevious' though ... can't say I would name my child after an evil creature from a horror flick (though Gizmo was the 'good' one I suppose) haha)

 

[MissFox]

PSSSSHH!!! Gremlins was NOT a horror flick! I like the "american" names too.
Rosie has her foot under my ribs and it is SOOOO PAINFUL! Every time I bend over it feels STABBING like. Midwife today said not to worry about it though- baby is just not moving though.

 

[lisaf]

I hear lots of girls complaining of feet in the ribs etc... honestly my baby is still SO low that I dont' see how he could possibly get a foot up to my ribs in 4 more weeks... the only kicks/movements I ever feel are at/below the belly button!
I was measuring just fine at my 20week appointment though.. have another this week.
I feel like baby is going to have to fight for space with all my fat and the fat may be winning right now and keeping him low

 

[MissFox]

I've always been carrying high. My first kicks around 17 weeks were close to my belly button but I started to show at 9 weeks and my uterus is higher than normal folk's I guess? Lots of the april girls are saying that they are just getting kicks that reach their ribs but mine have been near the ribs for the last month or more.

 

[lisaf]

Well my doc said the top of the uterus is only supposed to reach the belly button at 20 weeks... Is it your first?

BTW... right now my LO is kicking me right behind the belly button, lol... its such an odd sensation.

 

[MissFox]

Yea- this is my first. At 18 weeks though I had fundal height of 21. But it's always sat high since the beginning so I'm wondering if that helped me feel movement so early also- I was about 14 weeks when I got the first ones.

 

[lisaf]

hmm, asked if it was your first since things seem to hit certain milestones faster on 2nd+ pregnancies!

I don't know if that explains feeling movement early, all I gotta say is I'm quite jealous since I really wasn't feeling movement for sure until 20+ weeks (I'd say week 22 was probably when I was quite sure it wasn't gas but I'd been feeling stuff for a while, just couldnt' believe/trust it was the baby... especially since I couldn't provoke the baby into moving).

 

[MissFox]

Yea around 17 weeks was when I got to be around 5 times a day just summersaults. I get asked about this being my first often though. My belly is pretty big too but I'm very short so I think I can only go out. You'll love the next few weeks to come! I started being able to poke and she would poke back and hard!

 

[lisaf]

lol, I feel bad for my DH for not being able to feel much... he felt the baby once, but most of the time can't feel it. I feel bad about it because I feel like its my fault for being fat that he cant' feel through the fat layers (I was overweight before the pregnancy).

I'm pretty tall though and being a large girl already, its like baby is just eating up all my fat and making himself cozy in my nice, already stretched-out tummy
(I think I've gained 5lbs total so far!... totally shocking considering what I eat!)

 

[MissFox]

And sometimes it is hard to feel them move for quite some time- it took until I was around where you are for DH to be able to feel the baby move on a regular basis. He would just put his hand onmy belly while I slept and that's when he got to feel her more of the time- now it's almost any time you touch my belly. I don't know how much being fat has to do with it really- I'm sure it plays a part but pre pregnancy I put on a LOT of weight from my birth control (while on it and quitting it) so I was 174 pre pregnancy- on a 5'1'' frame. I am now 184- so 10lbs total as of today's appointment. but I was as 5-6lbs when I was last at the dr. office (about 5 weeks ago)

 

[lisaf]

I think I've only gained 5lbs so far. I just feel bad about him not feelign it and since I AM fat its easy to blame that, lol! He doesn't have much patience for it either though so it must be partly his fault! So far the only time I've felt anything on the outside is when I lie down on my tummy.

Baby has been kicking away today though so maybe it should get more and more noticable?
Every time I get a little sad about not feeling tons of kicks I hear people complaining of jabs in the ribs etc like you and realize i should be happy to not feel much yet!

 

[heyyady]

lisaf- I'm having the same guilt at my husband not being able to feel our girls kicking- these are my 3rd and 4th kids, but his first and he feels so left out
As to the foot under the ribs thing- go to wal-greens (Or another drug store) and buy one of those ridiculous personal massagers that look like a bug or a turtle to carry in your bag. When they lodge a foot up there, just press the massager on the top of your belly right there- the vibration tickles their little toes and they move

Ps- I'm a California girl

 

[lisaf]

oooh thats a GREAT tip for the ribs! I'll have to remember that! Only hope I don't get caught in an embarrasing moment if I carry it around in my purse

(welcome, love seeing the california girls on here!!)

 

[JohnsPrincess]

Hi ladies! I'm going to join you in here if that's okay! Dh and I are living in Arkansas right now (he's in the Army), but Tampa is home!

 

[MissFox]

Hi!!!!
And yea! Great tip for the ribs! If only I could find my massager.

 

[lisaf]

hehe oh my, dare I admit that I have a few 'massagers' handy?

 

[heyyady]

lisaf- that is why I suggested one shaped like a lady bug - lol