LJ here.
Jindc - glad to hear that the drink isn't too bad. I have been dreading it myself! Pumpkin - I had a horrible cold week 8 that was terrible. Hopefully yours clears up soon! It was me mentioning the spotting. Luckily I have been all clear since then! --------------- I am either 15 or 16 weeks tomorrow - probably somewhere in between. I tend to just go with the earlier due date though ![]() I have finally been able to sleep with only waking up at most one time a night. Big change from waking up 10 times a night. This only started about four nights ago but I am loving the better sleep. Nausea has also died down. Still get occasional waves, but much better overall. I had a lot of general abdominal discomfort which also seemed to go down the past few days. I broke down and ordered a fetal doppler thingamajig. I know it just causes anxiety sometimes but the one I ordered was cheap and had good reviews. I was able to use it to successfully hear the heartbeat tonight which is reassuring! It is 3 weeks until my next appointment and with the bleeding episodes I just really wanted the peace of mind. Hope all of you are well! |
yay for sleep! I THINK it's because baby is moving up and putting less pressure on your bladder (I've read you tend to have to pee less frequently in the 2nd trimester, before baby grows large enough to again rest on your bladder).
I definitely differ depend on the night - some nights I wake up 3 times to pee and others, once or none. The "none or one" nights are lovely ![]() which fetal doppler did you buy? yesterday at my appointment, the nurse couldn't find the HB with the doppler - I personally think she was looking for it too low (like, she was really low!) for how far along I am....but I've thought about getting one. I'm torn. |
Interloper here.
JinDC- glad to hear everything went well at your appointment! LJ- glad you're doing well, good sleep is so amazing. I had another appointment yesterday and was so relieved that everything looks perfect! We got to see the heartbeat again, and got to see the little critter wiggling around in there. I'm measuring exactly where I should be, which is making me feel so, so much better since when I had my mmc, it kept measuring smaller and smaller. It's just so nice to have things going how they should be so I'm not worrying about all of that in addition to the normal worries. Also, JinDC- the first thing my husband said was, "it looks like a gummy bear!" It made me think of you, and then made me think of gummy bears, which we promptly went in search of. Hope everyone is feeling well. Thank you again to all of you for your support and sharing- it's really making everything so much easier. |
LJ here.
I ordered this one: http://www.amazon.com/Jumper-Prenatal-Heart-Listener-Detector-/dp/B00AF2ZT0E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366316932&sr=8-1&keywords=fetal+doppler Pretty happy with it and it has great reviews, particularly compared to some of the others I checked out. And I feel like $30 is pretty cheap. See the really annoying thing about the lack of sleep is that I never had to pee at night. I would wake up for absolutely no discernible reason at all! Much better now. I also completely lost my appetite for the past 2.5 months. It seems to be back, as of about a day ago. I have dropped about 8-9 lbs since the start of the pregnancy but I assume I will start putting them back on now! |
LJ again.
Interloper - glad to hear that the appointment went well. It is such a relief every time!! |
Hey everyone, have been enjoying the updates! Pumpkin here, cold is gone but the allergies are still rampaging! If I can breathe, I might try to hit the barre class tomorrow. I hope I'm not the only one in budge target gear! I left my lululemon at the store. ![]() Anyone else? Hope everyone is doing well! I've got an appointment next week and it can't come soon enough. I don't feel pregnant right now - I'm tired and very mildly nauseated (unisom probably responsible for that) but the bloat that was giving me a tummy is totally gone and I haven't gained any weight at all in the past few weeks, I just feel vaguely worried. I was like this last time, too, convinced something was wrong until I'd go hear the heartbeat. So I'll be relieved after Weds to know that all is well. And if all is well, we will tell my son pretty soon. And of course, after that, the cat will be out of the bag so to speak. ![]() Talk to everyone soon! |
I am home in PA, so no barre...but have a great time!!!
-JinDC |
JinDC, did you tell your folks? How did it go? |
Sorry, that was pumpkin |
Jin,
I switched practices for this birth and they also made me do the GD test at my 12 week appointment, which I found completely offensive. I have no family history, I am overweight, but not more than my last pregnancy in which I did not have GD. I was thinking about refusing, but my husband said, it is in the best interest of the baby so I did it, and it turned out fine. I am actually leaving my practice and going back to the midwifes who delivered my daughter because they never made me feel bad about my weight. At my 12 week visit they couldn't find the heartbeat and said it was because I had extra cushioning. In truth it was because the baby was going bonkers (probably from all the sugar I just drank) and would not stand still! I have my 16 week visit in 2 weeks and then I am going to a practice that made me feel good for the healthy choices I was making rather than bad about my weight. -sleepy |
Thanks for asking! It was bittersweet- my Bubbie (grandma) is turning 94, so we had a birthday brunch for her (mmm bagels) and we gave her that egg to crack as a gift. She was THRILLED. And then, quickly forgot. lots of, "what baby?". She has Parkinsons and had a stroke last year so her short term memory is not great. But my sister was very excited. My mom and dad already knew - I couldn't NOT tell my mom after telling her about IVF. My MIL was happy, and was sort of already getting on my nerves about it. I hope she realizes that she will not be visiting the minute the baby is born. and I hope they all realize it's still early (13 weeks). I am going to Pittsburgh in a few weeks to tell my favorite Aunt in person, which will be great. I also bought a fetal dopler (it's en route) because my worry was getting to me. Hopefully it doesn't make me worry more! How is everyone else? Is anyone awaiting "coming out" to family/friends? Did anyone do barre this weekend? I WILL go this coming weekend! If you are going (anyone) and want to meet up early at Caribou, let me know! We should still plan a "happy 2nd trimester" gathering if people are interested. Has anyone been to Le Diplomat yet? They have a LOVELY solarium type room that screamed 'ladies who brunch' to me. But sadly without the bloody marys ![]() |
Hi sleepy - which practice is this at? My doctor doesn't make me feel bad at all - I know there are 'risks' on paper with weight, and i'd rather have a doctor supervise me. She has never made me feel bad, though - she never even brings it up except to say I didn't gain between appointments. I was irked about the early GD test, but like your DH, it's in the best interest of the baby AND me - from almost everyone who has it, I hear GD is a mixed blessing. But to tell you that you have 'extra cuschioning? ridiculous. They find mine with an ultrasound, no problem! They couldn't with the dopler last appointment but I think the nurse was too low (she was REALLY low). Maybe find a better doctor? I know people love midwives, but I'm a doctor fan in addition to being happy to have a long term relationship with a provider. But that's totally just me. Good luck with your decision, but no doc should ever make you feel bad esp if you have a history of healthy pregnancy! |
LJ here
Pumpkin - waiting for those appointments can feel like torture, huh? I am sure it will be a good appointment - good luck! Sleepy - ugh that sounds awful. Glad you are seeing someone now who is better for you. Jindc - I just recently visited my 90 year old grandmother with similar experiences. Its tough. Hope you enjoy your fetal doppler as much as we do! We use it nightly haha. I came out to everyone a while ago - around 13 weeks. I am 16.5 weeks now. I went maternity clothes shopping this week. I don't really want to buy online and it is tough to find good selections in stores - I found some shorts, capris, pants and a shirt. We also visited a buy buy baby to check out cribs and gliders and such. So many choices to make in the coming months! |
LJ, wow, you lost quite a bit of weight! Remind me, were you throwing up a lot or is that just the food aversions? (Pumpkin here - trying to catch up on the updates). I don't really know exactly where I started with my weight before pregnancy, but I would guess that I have gained no weight. I thought I was at 130 to begin with, but not positive, then I was 132.5 at 9 weeks (first appointment) but I would guess that the 2 lbs were bloat and that might be back to normal now and I'm wondering if I even gained anything. This is very different from my first, where I gained I bet 8-10 lbs in the first trimester. (For that reason alone, I'm wondering if this one is a girl, since first was boy). Enjoy your doppler! I think I would drive myself CRAAAZY with one, but then again, I drive myself crazy anyway, so ha ha!
Interloper, so glad your appointment was good. I have my next appointment Weds. I'll be almost 13 weeks at that point. Sleepy, GRR!, uh, yeah, no thanks to the unnecessary comments. I'm glad you are going back to a provider you clicked with. JinDC, I'm so glad you had fun telling your family! So, you're from Philly? But do you have family in Pittsburgh? I don't know if we covered this or not but I grew up there and love the city. Can you bring me back a Primanti's sammich? (Wisdom midwives would be so horrified ![]() ![]() I'm going to try to make it to barre this weekend. I did not make it Sunday because I had too much going on. But I'm planning on this weekend for sure. Then I'll skip two weeks though because I'm out of the country. I'll be back May 13. (And I'll be out of my first trimester the week prior). I haven't been to Le Diplomat but that sounds fun. So does Caribou before a barre class, if you're up for it. Hopefully others will join, too! I have not told ANY family yet outside of my sister, who I trust with the secret. I had some drama with telling my mom last time around. I told her despite some misgivings that she wouldn't keep the secret, and just told her why I wanted not to tell further right away (first trimester risks, I'm a private person, it's my news to share, etc). Anyway, not only did she tell everyone, she actually made an announcement and a huge family gathering. Then she asked people to pray for me as "they aren't sure if she will hold on to the baby or not." So holy shit, she not only tells my news, she creates this false drama that suggests that there's something wrong with me and / or baby. I started getting concerned calls from extended family members, so I not only had to deal with all of these people knowing, but I also had to do damage control "no, I'm not at risk, things are fine, I just didn't want to tell broadly yet, no, Aunt Sally, I'm not on bedrest and don't need to be..but thanks for your concern..." Ay yi yi! It was, dare I say, a nightmare. My mom apologized up and down, knows she messed up, and we've patched things up since then (though there were a few months of radio silence between us) but I just still can't bring myself to tell her this time until I'm good and ready. And I don't know when that will be and make no apologies! My sister wonders if I'm starting to cross the line between being private and being punitive and she may be right but I just can't bring myself to tell yet and am not going to do it before I want to. Yikes - am I oversharing? Heh heh. Soooo....how 'bout them Nats? ![]() |
If yu have a fetal Doppler, what is the heart rate at your week? I picked up a 135 but our FHR at our last appointment was 165....(she didn't tell me what it was last week, so this was a few weeks ago at the nt scan). Just wondering if ate a blood vessel. I am only 13w3d so I am trying to just go with it. |