January 2012 ladies who took a bit longer to get pregnant - Page 14

[MommyMatsumoto]

Here's my belly in all it's glory at 24 weeks.  I want to see everyone else's, too!  

I had my 24-week appointment with my midwife yesterday.  Everything is measuring right on time and she was able to actually palpate the baby so that was pretty exciting!

[Emaya]

Very nice picture, Anna! Always with the sunglasses, slippers and tank top, man, I'm missing my home right about now as Sweden gets a little chilly and wet.

KEWPIE, how did your follow-up appointment go? I'm thinking about you.

[Emaya]

Kewpie, I stalked you  to the Fall IVF thread, so I know what the latest is (as of your last post yesterday). Sounds like you've been through a lot the last few days but that things are stable. I'm hoping for the best for you and your little ones and a loooooong pregnancy! 

[MommyMatsumoto]

Emaya, we need to see a picture of YOU!

[Emaya]

One of my goals for the day is to find the friggin camera charger so I can take a picture! Until then, I can tell you that my belly is 9-month size and looking good. Every evening I oil it in with almond oil and admire myself endlessly in the mirror - I'm totally shameless but I love all the roundness going on (upstairs too - just about a full B CUP NOW WOOHOO!!!) and I just love being pregnant, especially after it took so dang long. 

[Sweet.Bee]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MommyMatsumoto 

Emaya, we need to see a picture of YOU!

Yeah! Use your webcam. Or do I need to come up there with my camera? 

MommyM, nice bump!

Kewpie, hope you and your babies are doing well.

My next appointment is on Monday, when I will be 27 weeks. I have the GD test, ick. We've set up the baby's room with all the big furniture, and now I just need to find items like hangers, curtains, and a soft carpet. Other than that, just feeling big and tired again, but I have so many things to do before xmas when I hit 37 weeks!

[MommyMatsumoto]

LOL!  You're so cute!  I love being pregnant, too, and feel much more beautiful and sexy now that I do when not pregnant so I totally get it!  
 

Originally Posted by Emaya 

One of my goals for the day is to find the friggin camera charger so I can take a picture! Until then, I can tell you that my belly is 9-month size and looking good. Every evening I oil it in with almond oil and admire myself endlessly in the mirror - I'm totally shameless but I love all the roundness going on (upstairs too - just about a full B CUP NOW WOOHOO!!!) and I just love being pregnant, especially after it took so dang long. 

[chilichiki]

First time posting a picture...a little fuzzy, but since my camera is not working right now, this is all I have so far.  A friend took it of me this past weekend and sent it to me the other day.  I absolutely hate the picture, but I figure since everyone else is being good sports about sharing pictures, I might as well bite the bullet and share mine

[Emaya]

Aww, that's a nice photo Chili! And you've got like a halo of light all around you -- or maybe that's just the pregnant glow you're sending out :)

I found my charger, so my photo will come up soon. In the mean time, enjoy this one that I found on pinterest.com (I have no idea who they are, but obviously they have a good sense of humor):

[Emaya]

Ok, here we go, hot off the press -- 26 weeks + 1 day:

[HardCoreMom]

so beautiful, emaya!

[Kewpie80]

Yeah, it's been a rough week.  The steroids are wreaking havoc with my blood sugar, but things are going well with the babies as far as I can tell.  I have my hospital follow-up in about an hour.

For those who aren't in the know, here's what happened in a nutshell: My cervix was shortening and they put me on limited bedrest. I had a followup with the perinatologist and things looked good last thursday.  I started having heavy bleeding and cramping late saturday night and they sent me to labor and delivery.  They admitted me and I stayed there until Monday.  

We don't know what caused the bleeding and I had a fetal Fibronectin test done and it did come back positive. That means that the proteins holding the amniotic sacs to the inside have been disturbed. With this test being positive, there is a chance of me going into labor this week, so they have been giving me steroids to help the babies' lungs mature quickly.  At this point in time, I haven't bled since monday and I haven't had any more cramping, so I'm going to take this as good news.  

Originally Posted by Emaya 

Kewpie, I stalked you  to the Fall IVF thread, so I know what the latest is (as of your last post yesterday). Sounds like you've been through a lot the last few days but that things are stable. I'm hoping for the best for you and your little ones and a loooooong pregnancy! 

[Kewpie80]

I'm loving all these baby bump pics!!!  I will be posting a new one soon cause I've kind of exploded in the last couple of weeks and my old one looks tiny. :) DH is sick with a cold so it might be a few days before he feels up to taking one.

Add me to the list of those who love being pregnant. The aches aren't fun, but everything else makes up for it 100 times.  I will miss the kicks when they are born and I definitely feel more feminine.  I'm hoping I can be pregnant for a looong time yet.

[chilichiki]

Emaya- love that picture you found.  Made me laugh really hard and ask my husband if he would do that...haha

and love your new belly pic, looks like you're little ones are taking up all the space they can!!

Kewpie- positive thoughts and prayers go your way that your little ones decide Mommy's tummy is much more comfortable right now than the outside world!

[Conchobhar]

Kewpie!  Yikes, girl!  Stay, babies, stay!

[chilichiki]

In the past two weeks I have noticed (especially in my downtime)  that I am having bad cases of the jitters.  Suddenly, this pregnancy has been making me very nervous.  It goes anywhere from "ohmygod, soon I will have another child who will depend on me for everything!" to "Ohmygod I still have another 3 months of this!"

Don't get me wrong, i am very excited and happy about my little one...its just that every once in awhile these thoughts are creeping in and I don't like it. It makes me feel bad for thinking like that. It doesn't happen very often, but even fifteen minutes once a week is still too much for me!

I don't remember feeling like this with my first born.  I do remember being incredibly nervous in the months before hand about labor and complications (for no reason other than I worry constantly!).

My husband tells me its because our older son is now 4 and maybe I am feeling overwhelmed about starting all over again. I have no idea.

Anyone else getting feelings like these?

[Sweet.Bee]

Nice bumps, everyone!

Kewpie, hope those babies stay inside for a bit longer.

chili, I'm not feeling too nervous, though I do often wonder how I will be able to look after 2 active ones. Like last time, it just doesn't feel real, and I don't think it will until baby is born.

Coming up on the 3rd trimester! My husband will be traveling on business almost constantly for the next month, then he'll be home again, yay. We have so much to do, and I always feel behind.

[Kewpie80]

[Sweet.Bee]

Kewpie, nice pic! How are the twins positioned now? My baby keeps changing her mind, and now I'm feeling kicks from ever corner of the bump, sometimes all at once. I really wonder what she's doing in there. 

My 28 week photo. Don't mind the uneven-looking bump. I think it's just what I'm wearing b/c it usually looks better.

[Kewpie80]

sweetbee - My boy is still head down at the bottom (feet off to my right) and my girl is tranverse above him, but at the last u/s (1 week ago) it looked like she was starting to go head down as well on the left.  I have another scan on thursday and I'm hoping to see her head down. I don't have much time left before they will be stuck in the position they're in.