Hello there! Wanted to introduce myself in this thread too. I am 32, will be 33 in January and live in Portland, Oregon. 3 days ago, I found out I am pregnant with baby #2. I am cautiously excited because I had my first early miscarriage last cycle and then ended up ovulating 16 days later and here we are. I am really hoping this baby sticks!!!
I have one DD who is 2.75 and she is so ready for a sibling. We have had such a lovely experience being her parents that we kinda took our time getting pregnant. I quickly got pregnant with her and this time around, it took a few months. My pregnancy with her was kinda rough. I had spotting at 6 weeks and my midwives thought I was miscarrying but we saw her little heartbeat at 6wk2ds and then morning sickness hit me HARD and lasted until about 14 weeks. I missed many days of work it was so bad. 2nd trimester was a breeze and then I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes which I failed by one point. I controlled it through diet and exercise but hated every minute ;) Then, at 36 weeks, my midwives were doing a home visit and discovered a had high blood pressure. I was put on bedrest and tried every herb, acupuncture and natural way of getting it down. It never came down. I had all the testing for pre-eclampsia but in the end, it was just pregnancy induced hypertension. My birthing plan quickly changed and at 37 weeks, I had a stress test where the doctors were concerned that my DD was really small so I ended up with a c-section :(
As a doula and supporter of med-free, natural births, I was pretty devastated.
I am really really hoping for first, a sticky bean, second, a different pregnancy and birthing experience. Not sure what I can do to avoid the GD and hypertension. I am a petite woman--5 feet tall about 118 pounds. 90% of the time, I eat organic, whole, non processed foods. I drink a green juice every morning and am just generally healthy. Am always open to more suggestions of how to improve my diet and how to avoid the above issues. I have a treadmill to walk on during the cold, winter months.
I am going for a HBAC if all goes well.
My husband is in grad school and we have been happily married for 7 years--we keep falling more and more in love :) I went from being a social worker>doula>mother>Montessori teacher>photographer. Life is pretty good and I am looking forward to adding our final baby to our family. My DD talks about a baby in her belly (even though we wont tell her until we hear the heartbeat) but she is so ready for a sibling and will be an amazing big sister and help!
Thanks for letting me share!! Look forward to reading about your journeys too!
Sounds like she's going to be a great big sister, I hope your pregnancy goes much smoother this time around!
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