February mamas--week of Aug 15 - 21

[heveasoul]

It's Sunday - thought I'd start a new thread! Most of us are in our second trimester now, yahoo! Here's to a great week - out with the nausea, in with the ease into pregnancy!! :love

Kater07 February
Chiku due Feb 1 birthing center
Parker'smommy (Heather) due Feb 1
Lisashepp (Lisa) due Feb 1
Sadkitty. Due Feb 1st
Dandylion (Stephanie) due Feb 2
Truvie due Feb 2
PeacefulVegan (who also answers to Tracie) due Feb 3
Lou due Feb 3
Orange due Feb 3 Birth Center with OB
Twin Mom (Deb) Due Feb 4, VBA2C homebirth
Free Thinker (Mandy) due Feb 5
HelloKitty (Kitty) due Feb 6
Letabug (Arleta) due Feb 6
LianneM due Feb 7 homebirth
TexasSuz (Susan) due Feb 7
Happymamajenni (Jenni) due Feb 7 hospital/OBGYN
LesleyLuu (Lesley) due Feb 7 (or 9th?) hospital/OBGYN
DeirdreAlison (Deirdre) due 1st week Feb homebirth, maybe waterbirth
New Life Due Feb 8
Shannon 0218- due Feb 11 hospital birth with great OB
ella-makes-3 (Jasmine) - due ~ Feb. 11 midwife/natural birth at birth center
Tug due Feb 12
Firefly due Feb 13
Christi due Feb 14 hospital birth with fab OB
Periwinkle (Karen) due Feb 14
Fairymomma (Pamela) due Feb 14
Jorie (Margorie) due Feb 14
AmBam (Amber) due Feb 14 homebirth
Wtchyhlr (Joy) due Feb 14
rose angel (Karen) due Feb 16
mama2m&m (Denise) due Feb 16
HydeParkB due Feb 17
Karennnnn (Karen) due Feb 17
Coopsmama (Kristen) Due Feb 17
Shyly (Monica) Due Feb 17
Gretchen Due Feb 18
weesej (Jen) Due Feb 19 homebirth
mehndimama (Stell) due Feb 22 unassisted homebirth
heveasoul due Feb 21, h/b with m/w
woolfairy (Elle) due Feb 27, baby #2 homebirth
Ekblad7+ (Amy) due Feb 20 Homebirth
KateSt. Late Feb. Homebirth
Chloe'sMummy #2

[heveasoul]

I'll be the first...hey new smiles :horse1 :horse2
hmmmm....

Anyway - hope everyone's having a good weekend. Hope this week brings happy goodbye's to the nausea some of us are still suffering! (Shannon - :hug)

I've been sorting out some of my cd research - it's slowly starting to make sense, and I hope to contact some local wahm companies soon. I'm reeeeally looking forward to leaving on vacation on Friday - hope I get everything wrapped up at work (yikes!)!

Out to shop for a pregancy journal, and maybe a new fleece for my trip...! (alas, no, my holiday will not be tropical, and I was warned the weather has turned fall-ish in Halifax...)

[Lousli]

Nice to see that we're all moving into our second trimester! I hope that means the barf-fest is over for everyone! Shannon, how are you? Recovering from the bug? Ekblad, any m/s still? Is it getting easier? Heve, thanks for staring the new thread. After the week of hell is over, and hopefully the news is good, I will ask you about Cloth diapers, and who to buy from.

I appreciate all the kind thoughts and amazing support I've gotten from everyone lately. I honestly don't know what I would have done without you this weekend, with dh gone.

Tuesday is right around the corner, and I'm getting nervous. I'll let you all know how the procedure goes, and what they say during the level 2 u/s.

I also just discovered that my dd sleeps so soundly during her nap that I can clean her ears and wash her face without waking her up! This is so amazing, considering she screams like a banshee if water goes anywhere higher than her neck. Now if i could only figure out how to wash her hair while she sleeps....

[shannon0218]

Oh sure, post a new thread and don't tell the old thread!!!
I just left a big post over there, so you will all have to go read it there!!!!
Lesley, I'll definitely be thinking of you on Tuesday (and before that)

[ekblad9]

Subscribing! Just got back from sunny CA. What an awesome place. I want to live there! Anyway, I'm way behind on threads around here! I hope you're all well. :)

[milk_maker]

Good Morning!

[Boobs]

Morning, mamas! I haven't been around much lately. Well, I've been lurking. I just don't have a whole lot going on as far as the pregnancy goes. I have felt some movement! :love That was my favorite thing about my 1st pregnancy, so I was thrilled, still am.
I never thought about keeping a pregnancy journal. That is such a great idea! I've never been a very good journaler, but I would like to keep a record of what's happening to my body and how our lives change between now and February.

Best of luck tomorrow, Lesley! :thumb I was so surprised to read that your insurance denied your amnio claim. I didn't realize they could do that for prenatal tests. That's messed up.

Have a great day everybody!

[heveasoul]

I never thought about keeping a pregnancy journal. That is such a great idea! I've never been a very good journaler, but I would like to keep a record of what's happening to my body and how our lives change between now and February. I didn't have much luck - there were about 4 different ones there, but none of them suited my needs. They had something like one line in which to write things. I want the tidbits, like where things are at the various stages, but with enough room to truly journal, not just put in weight, etc...The Sears Pregnancy book has room for pasting a photo, and some info, but only once for every month, and the book is far too dense and thick to use as a journal...besides, I may use it again, or lend it to a friend some day...also, some of them were a bit too "medical" for my liking...the quest continues...I'll have to create my own! :)

[shannon0218]

Heveasoul, have you checked out Chapters yet?? I was in the one in Oakville and they had a bunch that were more like diaries, sounded like what you are looking for. They should have them at the one in Guelph.
Seem to be feeling better today. Haven't bothered with my morning gravol yet and I even had a bowl of cereal. Have to finish cleaning this house today, it has just gotten so far behind that the catch up work is very daunting. First though I have to kick this fat cat outside, he's been sitting on his table eating for over an hour, now his bowl is empty so he keeps digging his claws into my shoulder to get me to fill it again-that ain't gonna happen!

[heveasoul]

Heveasoul, have you checked out Chapters yet?? I was in the one in Oakville and they had a bunch that were more like diaries, sounded like what you are looking for. That's where I was looking - but not the Guelph one. I'll check it out. good luck with the catch-up! not fun...it's a weird morning for me - not feeling very productive...

[Mama2Chloe]

Hi everyone! We've been up to our eyeballs in moving. We should be finished getting everything over to the new house today, then the fun starts with cleaning the old house :eyesroll Like I said before, my internet service will be out for about a week (hopefully it will be connected by Friday) so I won't be on. Hope everyone has a great one! Take care! :love

[Christi]

subscribing
I've been so busy lately I've hardly been able to keep up with the posts. Gareth turned three Friday. We had his party yesterday. Today we have a real estate agent coming to look at the house. So much is happening We are thinking of moving to the Northwest and Thinking it might happen soon . I'm feeling great. I don't feel preg right now. I know that I am but I have lots of energy. I've got to run and finish cleaning the house.

[ella-makes-3]

Hi all, glad to see that everyone is feeling good.
I just came back from the ultrasound appt to check the cyst on my ovary, but it's gone!!!Yay, so glad. I didn't want to have to go every 2 weeks for an ultrasound.
But saying that, myself and dd got to see the baby, who is nearly 8cm and is measuring just fine. The hb was 155, and he/she was kicking their little legs around like crazy. It just seems so bizarre that someting is moving around like that inside you, and I can't feel it yet. Hopefully soon though! Can't wait for that feeling again.
Lesley good luck for tomorrow, will be thinking of you.

[heveasoul]

ok - anyone from the ttc boards - go check it out - Adina got a BFP!!!!!!!! I am cussing up a happy cussing storm over here!!!!! :D

[KateSt.]

OMG!!! Hevea, thanks for saying so, I'll go check it right now right. I can't believe it! I'm :bawl I'm so happy for her!!!!

Write more later...

[wtchyhlr]

OMG for Adina going over there right now!

[AmBam]

Hi Everyone!! Congrats to Adina! I don't know her but it sounds like a wonderful event!!

I am feeling good. I am still tired but other than that I feel good. I need to schedule another appt. with my midwife this week.

I was wondering if anyone knows of any good yoga or pilates (pregnancy) videos. I am needing something. I need to be excercising more.

Anyway, gotta run. The house is a MESS! I have got to get caught up!! It is driving me crazy!!

[Boobs]

Good luck with your move, Mama2Chloe! I don't envy you. I hate moving. Good thing you're feeling good, though.

Yay for Adina! :carrot


ella-makes-3~ Question. This is probably something I should know. When you say the baby measures 8cm...what does cm stand for? I think "centimeters", but our babies are much bigger than that by now. I've been going by inches. So glad your cyst is gone! :)

Lots of good news today! And on a Monday. Strange. Wonderful, but strange!

I just met my new midwife and I absolutely love her! The lady I planned on using will be out of the state in Feb., so she introduced me to someone she thinks highly enough to recommend. I am so so pleased with her. She is exactly what I was looking for. I'm so excited about that.

Now I'm off to start a thread in the pregnancy section. My hooha hurts. :innocent

[shannon0218]

Tracie, I assume she means centimeters and that she's also talking crown to rump length which 8 cm is pretty much accurate within a few cm depending on how many weeks one is.
I'm so jazzed about Adina, I was in tears most of the afternoon!!

[TwinMom]

Hi, guys, I'm actually getting a post in before the thread gets to be several pages long! I thought I was feeling better after prenatal yoga on Saturday, but then the nausea came back. Ugh. Poor Shannon, it's nowhere near what she's going through.

I felt the baby move for the first time on Friday! I'm 15 weeks, so it's a little early, but I know some moms who say they can feel the baby even earlier. There was one gigantic kick or something then a few smaller movements and that was it. I haven't felt anything since then, but it did reassure me a little. My midwife is coming out tomorrow; hopefully we'll be able to hear the heartbeat this time.

I hope everyone starts to feel better soon!

[ella-makes-3]

Thanks Shannon, that's totally what the ultrasonographer said at the time, but I just didn't remember it correctly! Duh! I was just trying so hard to remember 8cm!!!!But yes it was the crown to rump measurement. I am still thinking about it, it made such a huge impact on my day!

[coopsmama]

Hi,
Just checking in. MS is pretty much gone, but I seem to be getting more tired. I am definitely in maternity clothes now, it seems as though pregnancy #1 just stretched out everything so that my guts stick out. Lovely. It seems as though everything is stretching, rather uncomfortably. Next midwife appt next week, and I will have a lot to discuss with her.

BTW does anyone have any opinions about omega 3 fats and mercury contamination in fish? What are you doing to reconcile these things? Any insight is welcome.

Waiting for baby kicks. . . . and :yawning: :yawning: :yawning:

[tug]

hi everybody - we're back from our "vacation" at the beach. didn't turn out quite like we expected. on friday night, i had some (it seemed like a lot at the time) bleeding and went to the er of a local hospital. they found a heartbeat and saw that the cervix was closed and so said, "well, there's nothing we can do. either the bleeding will stop or you'll go on to miscarry." don't move for the next two days.

so, for fear of moving, we stayed at the beach and i stayed in bed for the next two days. the bleeding stopped. we went back to the er on sunday and begged 'em to let us listen for the heartbeat again. they did and they found it right away.

yesterday, we drove straight from the beach to my ob's office. she did an u/s and says that i have a subchorionic hemmorhage. that caused the bleeding plus there may be some blood internally. i also have an almost placenta previa. i am going back today for a more detailed u/s. the baby is still doing fine and we are very cautiously optimistic. i am on bedrest for at least the next week and maybe the rest of the pregnancy.

so, be careful what you wish for! i kept wishing that i didn't have to work. well, now i probably can't....

we just keep telling ourselves, "she's ok for now, she's ok for now."

glad to hear most of you are doing a little better with the nausea! soon, we should all be feeling the little ones moving!

[tug]

hi everybody - we're back from our "vacation" at the beach. didn't turn out quite like we expected. on friday night, i had some (it seemed like a lot at the time) bleeding and went to the er of a local hospital. they found a heartbeat and saw that the cervix was closed and so said, "well, there's nothing we can do. either the bleeding will stop or you'll go on to miscarry." don't move for the next two days.

so, for fear of moving, we stayed at the beach and i stayed in bed for the next two days. the bleeding stopped. we went back to the er on sunday and begged 'em to let us listen for the heartbeat again. they did and they found it right away.

yesterday, we drove straight from the beach to my ob's office. she did an u/s and says that i have a subchorionic hemmorhage. that caused the bleeding plus there may be some blood internally. i also have an almost placenta previa. i am going back today for a more detailed u/s. the baby is still doing fine and we are very cautiously optimistic (and, of course, still really scared). i am on bedrest for at least the next week and maybe the rest of the pregnancy.

so, be careful what you wish for! i kept wishing that i didn't have to work. well, now i probably can't....

we just keep telling ourselves, "she's ok for now, she's ok for now."

glad to hear most of you are doing a little better with the nausea! soon, we should all be feeling the little ones moving!

[heveasoul]

Kristin - haven't solidified my knowledge of which fish is fine and which is not, beyond the following (too lazy to look up an official list right now):
NOs:
white (albacore) tuna
shark
swordfish

YES:
wild-caught salmon
sardines
roe
shrimp (I think)

Also, to ensure you're getting the fish goodness without consuming it daily, you can find high-quality cod liver oil that is safe (Carlson Lab's, Premier Cod Liver Oil, available from Radiant Life (http://www.radiantlifecatalog.com/RLWebCatalog2004.pdf), Blue Ice). Carlson's also maked fish oil. They flavour theirs with lemon oil, if the fish taste is offensive. (I don't mind it - I prefer the unflavoured one, but then, my background is Portuguese!)

[KateSt.]

Tug :hug :hug :hug I'm happy to hear your baby is okay, but what an awful, scary thing to have to go through. I do hope you don't have to be on bedrest the rest of your pregnancy!

Lesley -- thinking of you this morning. Please keep us posted on your amnio. I hope you don't have to wait too long for the results.

Kristin, I take an oil supplement 3 times a day -- it has all the "good stuff" without the danger.

Twinmom -- how exciting to feel the baby move!! I felt "something" last night, but honestly don't know what it was. I figure I"ll know when the baby moves?? What does it feel like?

Hope everyone else is doing well this a.m.

[heveasoul]

Oh tug - we cross-posted! So sorry to hear about your scare! Take care of yourself. :hug!!!

Peaceful, happy thoughts going out to Lesley!! :hug

G'morning Kate! :wave

[wtchyhlr]

omg Tug, Thats so scary. Do be gentle with yourself...

Thinking about Lesley....

[Periwinkle]

Good morning everyone!

We got back from 1.5 wks vacation in the Adirondacks. It is soooo peaceful and relaxing up there. We're all trying hard to get back in the swing of things.

I had a blood screening (can't remember the name). All good news. Risk of down's 1:5185 (1:500 normal for my age) and risk of Trisomy 18 is 1:1309 (1:1100 normal for my age). So baby looks great from that angle.

But some currently scary news -- my OB now does a genetic questionnaire for all moms to identify risk for various genetic disorders. I hit as high risk for Cystic Fibrosis carrier as I am of exclusively northern european decent on both sides of my family for as far back as I know about. So... he recommended I get a blood test to see if I am a carrier of Cystic Fibrosis. Guess what... I am. :bigeyes The odds for just being caucasian are 1:20 but apparently it can be as high as 1:5 if of *primarily* northern european decent, not just caucasian. So this morning my dh (who's English-Irish for generations :0) is going in to see if HE is a carrier too. If so, each of our children has a 25% chance of not being a carrier, a 50% chance of being a carrier, and a 25% chance of having full blown CF disease. :crying Oh please oh please no no no. We should no in a few days. I'm actually more freaking out for my current kids than I am for baby #3. Anyway, right now I'm just trying not to get worked up but it's hard. :(

[shannon0218]

Tug, that's so scary, the bleed I had was a sub-chorionic bleed and it resolved after a couple weeks, but I didn't have anything wrong with the placenta. Do you have a laptop?? That makes bedrest much easier.
Lesley, I'm thinking about you, be sure to let us know what's going on when you get home.
Periwinkle, remember, everything is still the same as it was before you knew you were a carrier. Also remember, for your current children, obviously both of YOUR parents were at the 1:5 risk level, so the risk of you yourself having CF was higher than the risk of your children having CF. Your husbands Celtic blood should water those risks down as the chance of him being a carrier is pretty slim (I assume by what you've written)
Super tired today, but not feeling pukey, so I'll take the tired. I do however think I'd like to get a porta potty for beside my bed!!! What I wouldn't do to have an on-suite bathroom back!!! Inevitably there are canines stratigically placed in the hallway between the bed and the bathroom, and they only get up when you've decided they won't get up and go to step over them--add to that Bedlam's mandatory escort to the bathroom where she growls and any dog's blocking the way and these every other hour trips are getting really bothersome!!

[Lousli]

Thanks for the good wishes everyone. DH is home, which is wonderful. We had a nice evening together last night. Todays the day...we leave in about 30 min to drop off dd, eat some breakfast, and then to the doc.

Periwinkle, I know how scary it is when you think that something could be wrong. I'm right there with you. We can just hope and think together that good test results will be coming your way and mine before too long. When do you find out about dh? Try to remember that it is unlikely that he is also a carrier (just like I'll try to remember that 1/72 means 1.5%...)

Update when I return.

Do you all think I should take the day off work tomorrow? I'd kind of like to...

[shannon0218]

Lesley, I would, what if you get bumped into by some kids who are running or something like that, or slip and fall, or anything, take a day in bed with your feet up and your dh waiting on you.

[TwinMom]

Tug--how scary for you!! I am keeping my fingers crossed that everything turns out well for you.

Lesleyluu--Good luck today! I'm sure everything will be fine and once you get the results back you can have a worry-free pregnancy!

Katest--usually the first movements of the baby feel like butterflies fluttering around the uterus. The first couple of times you might not recognize what it is, but when it happens for several moments at a time you'll know. I still haven't felt anything else since Friday, so maybe I just imagined it. :eyesroll

Periwinkle--when can you find out for sure what percentage the baby is in? Probably not until it's born and blood can be tested? It doesn't change how you feel about your current children, so don't let it change how you feel about this baby. I'm sure that's easier said from the outside, though.

My midwife comes today. w00t! I'm ready to finally hear this baby's heartbeat so that I know I'm really pregnant and not just suffering from some freaky version of the flu or something!

[milk_maker]

Take a day off Lesley. You really should just relax and rest just in case.

Tug - I hope you're not stuck on permanent bed rest, I'd go mad.

I've recently caught cloth diaper fever. Ebayers beware, I'm in shark mode! ;) Fluff had descended upon me hardcore and I've even managed to nterest DH in it by showing him an AIO that has flames on it. He's now avidly searching every diaper site for the perfect diaper with skulls on it :love Sorry ladies, he's all mine. lol. So fluff fever has begun and I don't know when it will go away.

I'm feeling wonderful. My appetite is starting to make a comeback, but I want to eat the worst food in the world. I never, NEVER liked spaghetti Os or other crappy processed foods. We stocked up on some quick foods for our survival supply in the pantry (hurricane season...and I'm predicting a busy winter) and DH bought some for himself. I ate two cans of them yesterday :blush Hmm...I wonder what's next.

Countdown - 11 days of work to go!

[Periwinkle]

Thanks everyone. :) I wish dh's celtic blood would help! but unfortunately that's northern european too. So he has a pretty decent chance of being a carrier too. If it's just me, we're golden, but if it's both of us who are carriers, then we're going to get dd and ds tested for CF right away, and probably get an amnio :irked .... 1:4 for a fatal illness is way to scary for me not to know. The test takes about 10 days to come back -- apparently, it's pretty involved, so I'm going to try to sit tight until the end of next week.

Shannon what you said about both of MY parents having had the same risk really helps put my mind at ease. Of course... now I am a carrier as a result, so maybe I just got lucky. AAARRGGG!

[wtchyhlr]

Shannon - you're only peeing every other hour. I'm jealous. I'm peeing like every 30 minutes.... :)

Lesley - thinking of you...

Periwinkle - wow, it hadn't even occured to me to think about things like cystic fibrosis during pregnancy. One thing about the Midwife i'm seeing is she doesn't talk about genetic counseling. Course DH and I are different races all together, but still.

[HelloKitty]

Wow a pregnancy journal - what an awesome idea! I feel kind of dumb because this never really occured to me to do. I'm thinking maybe I will just get one of those cloth covered blank journals and write in that. What a wonderful gift to have when the baby grows up! Hopefully my other boys wont' be jealous that I didn't make one for them....

My belly got noticed for the first time last week! I wasn't real happy with the way it happened but I'm over it now. I ran into this "friend" that always finds a way to insult me and she asked how far along I was now, I told her 16 weeks and she looks at me up and down and goes "Wow, you're really showing a lot for that early." Ouch! :irked:

The baby is moving all over the place now though and I've been feeling really good (knock on wood) except when my 20 month old knees me or kick me in the belly or jumps on it (which is quite often now for some reason!). Can't wait until our first ultrasound next week though!!!! Yippeee!!!! :love

[shannon0218]

Joy, that's through the night, (although by Bedlams tired expression today maybe it was more often) during the day its every 1/2 hour or so. As a matter of fact I just had to pull my truck over and go pee behind a tree cause there was no way I'd make it home or back to anywhere with a public washroom!! I will now have to start carrying a roll of toilet paper with me in the truck!!
Lesley, are you back yet??? I'm thinking about you.
Periwinkle, when will you know about your dh??

[Periwinkle]

Shannon, we'll know in about 10 days. This test takes a while to run, apparently it's pretty involved.

Keeping fingers crossed!!

[Lousli]

I'm back now!

The amnio wasn't bad at all. It really hurt less than having my blood drawn, and so far, I feel fine, no cramping or anything. It was a strange experience, but more from the tension aspect than anything else.

The ultrasound looked good. The baby was too small to see the heart as clearly as they would have liked, but they said there were no visible abnormalities and no soft markers for Down syndrome. The u/s tech thought it looked like a girl.

The genetic counselor was very nice, reasurred us that usually the amnio comes back okay, and told us that since we're paying out of pocket for the test anyway, she would send the FISH test to the fastest lab. Results should be in by Thursday or Friday for the FISH test, full results in 2 weeks. I'll keep you up to date.

[shannon0218]

That's good to hear Lesley, are you going to take the day off tomorrow?? I'm sure everything will be just fine, with you and with Periwinkle!
Had my doctor's appt, heart rate is 165, all of them have been 155 and up, so if you go by that heartrate thing, I'm guessing boy--is that right--fast heartrate is a boy?? This week she's started doing the urine and weight thing, I'm still 2lbs down from pre-pregnancy weight but certainly going in the right direction. Urine was fine. She says as long as I'm fine with it, for everyone's sanity, she'd still like to see my every week, at least until I can feel the baby moving, and that definitely makes me feel better. It's just so hard to shake the feeling that something will go wrong, I'm definitely calmer and now when I lay down and get ready for her to listen to the heartbeat, I do expect to hear it rather than expect to get bad news, so who knows, maybe someday I'll be all settled down and self confident and ready to trust that my body knows what to do, but until then.......
So Ekblad, you're back, but how are you doing??

[Lousli]

Shannon,
Actually faster heartbeat is supposed to = a girl.

[shannon0218]

Oh, Steve will be sad, course I think he's come around to the fact that he can still play hockey with a girl--mainly when I reminded him that I am a MUCH better hockey player than he's ever been :laugh:

[heveasoul]

Lesley - glad to hear it went so well. Good thoughts going your way!

I am counting down the days till I go on vacation...! So much yet to accomplish before we head out, but oh well...going out for a walk this evening came as a higher priority. And work? Well, hoping to get things done and in good shape before Friday... :eyesroll

Hmmm...suppose I could get a load of laundry in before bed... :laundry <---no bow, so that could be dh, right? ;)

[wtchyhlr]

Lesley, glad the test wasn't painful.....

Shannon, I'm glad you're feeling so much better :)

Heve, Vacation, Hooray. Yes make your DH do the laundry. Go to bed.

so did i tell ya'll the midwife thinks my due date is Feb 4? That means i'm full term, for a homebirthy, 37wks, at *gasp* Jan 8. It also means that Friday I'm *4* months pregnant. can we say HOLEY COW???? This whole pregnant thing is still so surreal. I mean I am not really showing, yeah i'm a bit pudgy, but no cute belly, and wearing the same jeans i was in May.... I'm not having any real symptoms, just weird spinal alignment issues and ligament stretchy stuff... Just really surreal to me.

Also, had the "i don't know yet if i'm coming back to work" conversation with my boss. I honestly thought he was going to cry.

[tug]

Lesley- glad the test went well. try not to worry about the results. remember, usually these things are fine.

i'm on the every 1/2 hour schedule with you, Joy and Shannon, and i totally get the dog thing, Shannon. my stinky fourteen year old mutt lies directly in any passage and then freaks and flails if you come near her at night. still, i can't be too mean about her since she was sick last week. she's mostly fine now, but the tilting her head thing is still around and makes her look very pathetic.

periwinkle - i have a friend who tested positive as a carrier, as did her hubby. their son, like your other kids, is fine. these are the times when i worry that we all have too much information making us worry about things that may never come to pass. but i totally understand how scary it must be. i hope your hubby's test comes up negative.

after day one of bedrest, i am already going nuts. i am not a stay in bed kind of person. luckily, i do have a laptop!

hugs and healthy wishes to all of you and all of the brave little ones we are carrying.

[Periwinkle]

Tug, yeah I know - I try to reassure myself. But I now have three kids, not just one. That certainly ups the odds when you're talking about a 25% chance for each child of a fatal disease. I will certainly feel better if dh's test comes back negative... just *9* more days now... :)

[heveasoul]

Oh Peri - hope the wait zooms past!! :hug

Joy - I hear you on the surreal state - can't wait till I feel less chubbby, more pregnant!...hmmm...neither of us ended up doing the laundry last night...I went to bed, and dh watched tv... :eyesroll

Feeling not-so-hot today - threw up my breakfast (blueberry pancakes with scrambled eggs, whaaaa!) after catching a whiff of something nasty in the dishwasher...still not feeling right...having an annoying day at work...want my bed. want my vacation!...ok, whine over... :innocent

[AmBam]

Hello everyone! Just got finished with an appointment with the midwife. Everything looks great and I heard I nice strong heartbeat again!! :thumb It was 156. Same as last time. I still have really low blood pressure. 100/54. Explains why I am so tired. Hope all is well with everyone.
Heve~ Hope you feel better soon. :hug
Good luck to those waiting for test results.
I've got to get busy. Have a lot to do today! Have a great day everyone!

[coopsmama]

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the info about omega 3s. I will probably go the supplement route, but am sort of kicking myself for not starting earlier. I had my monthly girls night out last night and ended the evening with a "dump on Kristin for being a totally irresponsible person for choosing a homebirth and most likely causing the death of her baby and possibly herself" session. I was really upset and am still a little emotionally fragile. These are very close friends who are, unfortunately, nothing like me. They are operating exclusively on the basis of fear and their concern for me. I just wish they could trust me to not make any hasty decisions. Anyway, thanks for letting me dump.

Leslie -- I am thinking about you.

Tug -- :hug

Periwinkle -- :hug and good wishes, I know the wait is terrible

everyone else, happy Wednesday.

[Lousli]

Thanks Kristin. I'm doing okay. stayed home to rest today, and so glad I did!

I'm really sorry that your friends were so unsupportive of you. I personally would not do a homebirth, but I would never take issue with someone else who wanted one! It is a personal choice, and it is a valid one. You are right when you said your friends are probably concerned about you and your baby. Is there any literature you could show them to prove that you're making an informed choice, and one that is good for you and your family? If it were me, I might also address each friend individually, and let her know how hurt I was by her behavior, and why. I don't think it is fair for people to gang up on you like that. I'm sending you a hug, and at least you know that you've got the support of women here for your choice.

[heveasoul]

Oh Kristin - how terrible. :hug Thankfully, so far I haven't had much opposition, but then again I haven't spoken to many people about it. I may be selective about whom I tell...especially given your sad report. :( Lesley has a good idea - I may compile a "quick list" myself of why it is a safe and responsible choice to homebirth.

Glad you took the day off, Lesley. :thumb

AmBam - yay on the hb!! Anything you can do about your low bp? Get some rest, k? I am feeling better, thanks - the greens have gone away, and I ate a big lunch and I feel fine!

[KateSt.]

Hevea-- so glad you're feeling better! How unlike you to throw up (and I can't imagine the blueberry pancakes were pretty the second time around! :LOL ).

I, too, am being very selective about who we tell about a homebirth. In fact, I haven't told anyone this time around (though I'm sure some remember that's what I wanted to do the first time around). Kristen, I think it's awful you didn't have more support -- those are the kinds of things I hear from my family and I know it's not easy. :hug

Lesley -- glad you are resting today. You certainly deserve a day off!!! I'm waiting with bated breath for your results...

AmBam, I also have very low blood pressure (90/70) and was told that salt is a good thing to eat! Made me very happy becuase I LOVE salt! Bring on the soup!!

Hope the rest of you ladies are doing well.

Sending good vibes to Shannon and Ekblad -- hope you both are feeling a lot better. :love

[KateSt.]

Periwinkle -- I also hope that your nine day wait goes by quickly (though I'm sure it won't). I'm thinking of you...

[coopsmama]

I think I am probably going to let it slide. One works with babies with disabilities, so it is all she can think about, and another is a Dr. and a complete worry-wort on top of that. So, any evidence I supplied wouldn't be welcomed with an open mind. Basically, I feel that this confrontation had to happen, this has been brewing since I got a positive pg test. I just have to get right in my head again. So, I ordered Shiela Kitzinger's Homebirth. Nothing like shopping to make one feel better, huh? Thanks for the kind thoughts.

[weesej]

Just stopping in to say HI:) I am feeling better. Been busy, canned peaches last week and made jam and this week did tomatoes. So glad I am feeling better.

My aunt died last week and we just got home from her funeral. If this baby is a girl it will be named for her, Diane.

[shannon0218]

Hi guys,
I've had a really rough day today. There was an accident with one of our daycare dogs, he's alright, but I don't know how he's not dead. We have a custom made trailer for hauling the dogs on days when we have a big load (my truck kinda tops out at holding 8 of them) Anyway, Steve put this dog, a great dane in one side of the trailer, but put him in alone as he's so big (trailer is divided into 2 stalls like a horse trailer) As I said, the trailer was custom made for what we use it for, so there are double latches that are frankly very hard to open (on purpose) anyway, the dane was on the one side, Steve did notice when he went to pick up another dog who rode in the truck that there were some kids hanging around the trailer when he came out. They didn't say anything and he just figured they were looking at the dogs in the back. Anyway, someone flagged him down on the highway, somehow the door of the trailer had opened, the dog was gone. We had no idea where he had came out, he called me and I headed in to town in his car. The two of us and the owners and their neighbors were looking for this dog from 7:30 until 11:30 this morning solid. I even brought Havoc out to search the fields in case he'd been hit by a car and was lying injured in the fields. We had called the 3 humane societies in our area, every vet clinic in a 20 mile radius, the regional police, the highway police, you name it, we called. Nobody had heard anything. The humane society finally convinced myself and the owners that someone had likely found him and put him in their backyard and just not called it in yet. At 1:30 in the afternoon the owner got a call from the Kitchener Humane society which is an hours drive from where we lost the dog. The dog had fallen out of the trailer on the highway and skidded across the road. The person who stopped, put him in their car and took him all the way to Kitchener (I have NO IDEA why) the dog was microchipped and they had the dog for 4 hours before they contacted the owner. Anyway, he only has some road rash, he's been checked out and x-rayed and unbelievably aside from some welts and scrapes, he's fine. The owners have been great, they have seen the trailer and agree that the kids must have undone the latches, they were out with Steve when he put the dog in the trailer and said they saw him latch both latches. They brought him by the house on their way back with him to show us that he was alright. Poor Steve started bawling when he saw the dog the was alright and the big goof of a dog came over and put his head on Steve's shoulder. The humane society was pushing that they could lay charges against my company and the owners were adamant and said they knew full well that this was a mistake that could not have been foreseen and they know how much we care about their dog. They tried to refuse me paying their vet bill even and said that while the husband was going to take tomorrow off work to stay with the dog, that they wanted the dog back in daycare on Friday.
That was this morning, seconds after Memphis and his owners left I got a call from my best friend out west, my youngest Godson, the one that had been trying out for the olympic rowing team but didn't make it, was in a rowing accident in Victoria (other side of the country) and is unconscious in hospital with a head injury. They will have no idea how bad things really are until he's been there 24 hours.
Needless to say, this has my blood pressure elevated a wee bit and at 143/106 has my doctor a little worried to say the least. The hope is that once I relax and get a decent nights sleep (good luck with that) it will be fine tomorrow and of course I now have to see her tomorrow morning first thing, or head into labor and delivery sooner if it gets any higher. Ok, I just took it now, writing this all out seems to have helped, its now 130/95.
Anyway, send out low pressure vibes for me--hey, any of you with low bp, would you like some of mine??? and send out waking up vibes to my little Mark in Victoria.
Sucks to be me :(

[ekblad9]

OMG, Shannon! :hug I'm so sorry! What a long and sad day for you. I will be praying for your Godson and for your blood pressure! Try to rest!

[KateSt.]

:hug :hug :hug Shannon! I teared up reading your story about Memphis! I'm so glad he's okay and that the owners are completely wonderful (obviously they know how dedicated you and Steve are).
I'm also so sorry to hear about your godson -- I remember you mentioning him in past posts. There must be something wacky in the stars, because I just found out today one of my good friends was in a near-fatal car accident. She's okay, but won't be walking for a couple of months. Freaked me out.
So, healing vibes all around.

Weesj -- nice to see you back and I'm so glad you're feeling better! (Are you on the UC thread? I used to post there and may again -- I do enjoy reading it.)

[shannon0218]

Thanks Kate and Amy, I'm still pretty shakey about the dog, when I go over it in my head, there is just NO way he should have lived through it, let alone get by with some scrapes that make him look like a kid who's just learning to ride a bike. The owners just called me to let me know that he seems to be feeling fine and is lounging on the couch after his steak dinner.
My godson still hasn't come to, but I just talked to his mom and he's no worse, so apparently that is a VERY good sign.
My bp is down to 126/89, so it's definitely coming down and headed to the right direction.

[ekblad9]

Hang in there Shannon! :hug

I'm eating like a pig tonight! String cheese (yuk!) but it's so good! And carrots and anything else I can get my hands on. I"m going to break a record for weight gain this time, I think. I go to the midwife tomorrow. I STILL need to get my original blood work up. I'm so lazy! I haven't made it to the lab yet! Can you believe that? I have to go!

So glad to be feeling more myself lately. Although my allergies are really bad. Other than that I'm a happy camper. I hit 14 weeks yesterday. It's all down hill from here for me.

Take care everyone!

[wtchyhlr]

OMG shannon what a day you've had. I hope your Godson comes to soon, how very scary.

so my girlfriend who just had a baby last Feb. and is swearing she will NEVER have another one becuase this was too high maintenance, just gave me 2 HUGE (as in kitchen trash bag sized huge) bags of Maternity and newborn clothes. I'm so amazed. she spent LOTS of $$ on maternity stuff at motherhood maternity, and got some realy nice things - I told her to ebay them, she said she'd rather give them to me. Can we say what a friend?

[ChloesMummy]

Hi everyone! I haven't posted in a while, but I am glad we are all in our 2nd timester! Mama2chloe-where in CA are you? I also have a Chloe (5/01) and we are in the central valley of CA-and I am due w/ #2 2/24/05! Has anyone heard of the Cystic Fibrosis carrier Testing? They gave me some brochures on it- just wanted to get some feed back what people may think of it. Necessary-not you know just opinions. Wishing you all well rested and no barfing days!

Amber Y- Married to my best friend (10/99)
Angel (6/00)
Mommy to Chloe - (5/17/01
And peanut on the way due 2/24/05!

[sadkitty]

Hi all.
Joy, better keo those maternity clothes your friend may convieniently forget the "never again" thing in a few years. I know I did.

Hey does anyone else whose over morning sickness still not feel like eating? I'm not nauseous anymore, but man food is such a PITA! Nothing sounds good. This is so weird because after I was done puking for for months with DD I ate like a pig and gained 50 pounds. This time, at my 14 week prenatal, I hadn't gained an ounce. Where then did this massive belly come from? :eyesroll

[shannon0218]

Amber, Periwinkle is going through CF carrier testing right now, just go back a bit and you'll find it.
Sadkitty, I still don't feel like eating at all. I've been given 2 more weeks to try to get back to pre-pregnancy weight. (4lbs to go) or it's been suggested that I see a nutritionist for advice on high calorie foods that will sit well and don't take up much room. (weird, I've spent my life dieting, now I'm looking for calorie dense food!)
My blood pressure is still up this morning. Haven't heard anything from out west yet, it's still very early in the morning there.

[Lousli]

Shannon, I'm so sorry to hear about your awful day yesterday. I know how much you think of your godson, so this must be very difficult for you. I will keep you both in my thoughts today.

Ekblad, I'm very glad to hear that you are eating! That sound so much better than you were just a couple of weeks ago.

SadKitty, I hardly gained anything in the first trimester with my daughter, I think 2 pounds. This time, I'm 15 weeks and I've gained 3 or 5, depending on which scale the doc's office uses (LOL). Hopefully food will start to sound more interesting to you soon, and you'll be gaining quickly from here on out.

Any of you CA moms near Sacramento? I live here, and the state fair starts tomorrow. provided everything turns out well today or tomorrow, I'm going to the fair this weekend. It is super cheesy, but I love it. I've gone since I was a little kid, and I have good memories of it. Plus if you have kids, they have the most incredible petting zoo.

Okay, now for me. I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night, so I'm glad I took the day off and napped yesterday. I feel like there is a huge rock in my stomach this morning. I know that the doc's office doesn't even open until 8:30, and they might not have results until this afternoon, but it is fairly likely that we will find out today. I feel like my life hinges on this moment. Sorry to be so dramatic, but I honestly feel like I'm going to completely be destroyed if the results aren't good. And I'm so scared right now, I can't even tell you.

What sucks is that there isn't anything that anyone can do. Everyone keeps saying, "Don't worry, it will be okay." And I can't not worry. I don't want people to tell me not to worry, I want people to be here to hold my hand and listen and just hug me while I worry. Some of my friends are in that "not sure what to do" mode that people get into when you're having a crisis. It sucks because I realize that all that crap I read about in Dear Abby is absolutely true. Even if you don't know what to say, just call and say something. Say, "Are you okay?" or "Is there anything I can do?" I'm feeling a little disappointed that one of my friends who I have known for 16 years has not called me or emailed for 4 days. Even to reply to the email I sent out to everyone to say that the amnio went okay.

I love that you all are here. I love that you always have a hug for me (even if it is a cyber one). I love that you are so supportive and that I feel that I can tell you anything. I don't love that there are people IRL that I've known for half my life that can't even get their shit in gear to pick up the phone when i am hurting.

Okay, sorry to write an entire novel. I hope news is good for everyone all around today, and I will absolutely log in here and tell you as soon as I know anything. there is a chance we won't find out until tomorrow, so if I don't post again, don't assume the worst. Hugs to you all. Please know how much I appreciate each and every one of you!

[wtchyhlr]

Oh Lesley, now i'm gonna cry.

I also don't knwo what I'd do without my online support groups... both here at MDC and over at FF (even tho I'm kind of a freak there). There's just something about being able to pop on and have someone there for you.

big hugs all around.

Joy

[heveasoul]

OH wow - a group hug is in order...:grouphug !!!

Shannon - what a nightmare of a day! Please try to keep yourself calm somehow. Memphis is fine, and you and your baby are fine. Focus on that. Healing vibes and thoughts going out to you and your godson. :hug

As for calorie and nutrient-rich foods, I can help you on that! ;) I know the local sources!

Lesely - oh -(((((hugs))))). I hope you take comfort in our support, and I hope that it is enough to help you.

[milk_maker]

tmi

[KateSt.]

I second the grouphug notion! :grouphug
Lesley, I'm keeping my fingers crossed bigtime for you...

Shyly -- what a great find!!! Good for you! I wouldn't worry too much about not gaining more weight. I gained 4 pounds in the beginning and have stayed there (though it's obvious I"m expanding!). I think our bodies know what to do and will gain when it's time (I weigh the same as you, btw.) If you feel healthy, you probably are (IMHO). :hug

:wave Hevea, Shannon, and Joy!

[heveasoul]

Hevea-- so glad you're feeling better! How unlike you to throw up (and I can't imagine the blueberry pancakes were pretty the second time around! :LOL ).
forgot to comment on that one...:LOL no, sadly not as pretty as before I ate them! Dh actually offered me his when I returned to the kitchen (he eats more slowly than I do. Not that I scarf it down - he just reads the paper while eating...to the point where his eggs must get cold, yuck!) - um, no thanks, honey!

[ella-makes-3]

I'm all for the group hug and the international nap time!!

Shannon, sending get well vibes for your godson.
The story about Memphis made me sad, so glad that he is ok and that his owners trust you both so much.I love that animals have groups like the Humane society to speak for them, there are so many terrible things that happen in this world to humans/animals that can't speak.

Lesley, don't you just love this groups of people here?
I am thinking of you, and sending big hugs your way!

Shyly , wow, I have been scouting yard sales for cloth diapers and other bits that I need for this babe, but can't find anything good, so glad one of us did!

Well, we just had a great couple of days off with dh. We went to the Zoo which dd loved. She desperately wanted to jump right into the lakes, and gave dh a good work out running after her!

I am off to the new m/w tomorrow afternoon. She is a friend of the family, and is a very nurturing sort of a person,so I am trying to keep my mind open, but I am already leaning towards her, rather than the old midwife.
Does anyone have any "interview questions" that they would like to share. I have a couple to ask her , but would appreciate any more input. Thanks.

Have a great Thursday xxx Jasmine

[HelloKitty]

I'm beginning to get a serious complex, I wrote a response like 4 times this morning and each time it didn't post. I had all these comments for everyone! I'm not trying the same message again because, frankly, I'm afraid.... so please make up your own witty and thoughtful response to your posts and give me credit :D

Kitty

[KateSt.]

:LOL Kitty!

[Periwinkle]

Has anyone heard of the Cystic Fibrosis carrier Testing? They gave me some brochures on it- just wanted to get some feed back what people may think of it.

Why, yes! :) We've heard of it! (I put in a lot of detail about it so go back 1-2 pages it's there). Basically, my OB did a genetic counseling questionnaire which their office now does as standard, and I hit as high risk and agreed to the blood test. And yup, I'm a carrier. So dh just got tested and we'll know the results in *8* more loooong days. It's pretty common in people of exclusively (or primarily) northern european decent. Thought to be as high as 1:5 in those populations. 1:20 for caucasian in general.

So yeah, I'm a little worried. But VERY glad I had the test. I'm all about non-invasive tests and have no problem drawing blood, so my opinion is, if your insurance pays for it, what's the downside? I guess you could argue that needless worry is a downside, but knowing that I'm a carrier and I'm married to a northern european chap myself ;) it's hardly needless, and in fact I'm extremely glad we found out and are getting tested so we can (hopefully) put this behind us, or, if he is a carrier, go and get kiddies tested to help them as early as possible before it takes a hold, kwim?

HTH. Good luck.

[shannon0218]

Hi everyone.
Well, Mark is still in a coma, but now it's drug induced. He has a skull fracture and 27 stitches and staples in his head. Basically, it looks very good that he will pull through, but nobody can say with how much damage. I want so much to fly out and be with him and my girlfriend, but Steve is adamant that I don't need the added stress (bp is still up) it's quite unlike him to put his foot down, so I'm guessing he feels pretty strongly about this.
Haven't spoken to the owners of the dog yet today, I called when I figured they'd be back from their vet appt, but they weren't home yet, I just left a message with them.
Shyly, sorry you're not feeling like eating, I certainly know where you're coming from. I'd be thrilled with a 7lb gain in the first trimester! How much were they expecting you to gain??

[Lousli]

FISH results are in...

HEALTHY BABY GIRL!!!!!

[shannon0218]

Oh Lesley!!! That's wonderful news!!!!
You must feel so relieved!!

[KateSt.]

CONGRATULATIONS, Lesley!! How wonderful -- you must be sooooo relieved! I'm just so happy for you!!! :D

Shannon -- keeping my fingers crossed for your godson...

[wtchyhlr]

WOOHOO Lesley, what a huge sigh of relief for you :)

Shannon - I'm glad that your godson is stable... when do they plan to pull him out of the drug induced coma?

So i just went thru the bag of clothes from my friend last night. I'm in awe. She gave me probably enough maternity clothes to get me all the way thru (6 pairs of pants, 1 fits now, 2 morenwill fit in another 3 inches, another in 4 and 2 are definatly late 3rd tri pants - and 11 cute tops), but i have a question for the btdt moms here... she gave me 17 new born onsies, 15 pairs of socks, 5 long sleeve long legg onsie thingies, 3 sleep sacks and a few assorted other things.... is that enough for a newborn? should i change my registry for bigger stuff?

[shannon0218]

Hi Joy, they won't pull him out of the coma until the swelling in his brain goes down, so unfortunately it's really a wait and see sort of thing. I feel so bad for him, he so wanted to be at the olympics right now representing Canada and instead, he's in coma with severe injuries. His mom held the phone up to him and I talked to him for a while, told him he better get better cause the baby needed his Uncle Mark. (he was so thrilled that we considered him uncle Mark)
Also spoke with Memphis's owner, the dog is doing alright, the road rash on his bum is infected a bit, so now he's on antibiotics, but he's still walking just fine (I really thought he'd be horribly stiff today) and his regular vet just shook his head saying he was a miracle dog.
My arthritis is really flared, likely just from all the stress but I'm having a hell of time getting around right now and the pain killers make my lack of want to eat even worse. I put my steroid dose back up (I had weaned myself to 2.5 mg a day from 40 mg a day at the beginning of the pregnancy and for a few months pre pregnancy. I upped myself back to 20 mg and I'm really hoping by tomorrow that it kicks in.
Steve and I have our first councelling session tomorrow morning, but he's been so wonderful since the last major fight that I'm having trouble remembering what was so horrible. The stupid little lies are the major thing though. In talking to my friend that is a social worker, he said after meeting Steve's mother, she thinks the these stupid lies are from growing up in an enviroment where forgetting to wash a shelf in the bathtub after being asked to clean the bathroom would have been a HUGE deal and another reason to point out that he's useless. It makes sense, he just reverts back to saying what people want to hear without even realizing or thinking about the fact that he's not going to get in big trouble.
Well, I should go now, the gravol is making me drowsy and maybe just maybe I could fall asleep and have a little nap

[coopsmama]

Yea Leslie!!!!!

Now you can get down to the business of enjoying every bit of this pregnancy! :jumpers: I am very happy for you.


Shannon, thinking of Mark, hope all is well. I know you must be anxious, we are sending postitive thoughts his way.

14 weeks today! yipee

[ekblad9]

Went and got my original blood work done today...finally! I've been putting it off forever. I also had a m/w appt. It went well. Pretty boring at this point. I have to schedule an ultra sound. When's the best time? I'm only have on u/s. I'm thinking around 19 wks?

[Lousli]

Shannon,
I hadn't read about your godson when I posted my news. I'm so sorry that he's so seriously injured. I'm glad it sounds like he will pull through, and I will hope for you both that he will be fine. What a rough time for you.

Ekblad, I'd agree that around 19 or 20 weeks is probably the best time if it is the only one you'll have.

Wtchyhlr, It sounds like you made a huge score! I know that feels great! I borrowed a ton of maternity stuff from a friend too, and it easy saved my several hundred dollars, esp. since I have been wearing it for a couple of weeks already!

We are going to dinner to celebrate our good news today. I'll check back with you all later.

Thanks again for your support through all of this. You're amazing.

[heveasoul]

Ok, chalk it up to preggo-brain, but I have a few questions - sorry if the answers lie somewhere in this thread - I can't for the life of me remember! :o

Shannon - was Mark's accident while rowing, or a car accident? I agree that you should stay put, btw. You have enough going on without taking that kind of trip. I'm glad to hear you're going to counselling. I hope it works out well for you two. :hug

Lesley - congratulations on the great news!!! My question to you is: Is this it for results? Or are you still awaiting amnio results? Sorry - not sure what FISH stands for... :guilty

:thumb Joy! um...no questions, just :thumb

I had a great acupuncture session this evening! :) She had been away for three weeks, so it was soooo nice to see her again! Pulse still robust!

Ok - gotta go run an errand, then we absolutely have to pack - I leave on vacation straight from work tomorrow, yikes!

[shannon0218]

Hevea, it was a rowing accident, there was a collision between 2 boats, he came out of his boat and a third boat nailed him right in the head. It was the final stretch of a race, so they were pulling pretty hard and were moving pretty fast.

[ella-makes-3]

:thumb Oh Lesley, we are so glad that your FISH results were good. Wow, I know that you feel that the world is a much brighter place now! :love

Shannon, sounds like a good idea to stay at home. That lil babe seems to be doing pretty well without any added high bp influences!!
Good luck with your counselling session.
That's great that Steve has agreed to go, know it's hard for some men to talk infront of virtual strangers, so a big thumbs up for him for going!

wtchyhlr, from what I can remember, that amount of outfits sounds about right. You will invariably pick up a couple of other things on the way too from parents etc that saw something too yummy for words and just had to have it!!
I was amazed at the amount of stuff that people would bring us, people that we hadn't even met too!!
What most people say is that the newborns grow so fast that they will be in 3-6 month clothes after the first 3 weeks. That was not my experience at allas she was so small. So I would register for some 3-6 month clothes too. Maybe some more experinced mothers like Ekblad and Mehndi could give their 2 cents!
Happy Friday everyone, I think I am 15 weeks today!! :thumb

[weesej]

Howdy All :D I am 14 weeks today, we are getting there. Felt baby moving again last night. Listen and had the kids listen to the HB and I was able to pick it up from both sides of my belly (which can be so normal) however, they had a 20 beat per minute difference (could still be variation of the heart during the time it took me to move the doppler) it is something to make you go HMMMMM though. Not measuring big right now though??? Yes I also lurk and occasionally post on the UC thread. Am undecided about this baby. I know there will be no midwife, but I have invited another student midwife to support me so I don't know if that is really UC birth. I am open to not calling if things move quickly, so we will see:)

Lesley- great news, a little girl:) You are the first of us to know!

Shannon your nephew is in my prayers.

[ekblad9]

ella-makes-3 : My experience is that they grow into 3 - 6 months clothes super fast but my kids are always around 9 lbs or bigger at birth! They are like 2 month olds, :LOL Probably an average size baby would stay in a newborn outfit for about 6 - 8 wks, I would guess. Are you planning to use cloth diapers? The clothes need to be bigger if you do.

Please keep a little girl in our homeschooling group, Mary, in your thoughts. She had an accident a couple of days ago and had to have her arm amputated. She will be four next week. Her parents are wonderful and she has five siblings. Thanks!

Alright, off to finish breakfast.

[HelloKitty]

Yeah Lesley!!!! Woo hoo!!!! Time to start buying pink!

Shannon - Looking forward to more happy updates from you soon, you are in my thoughts.

Joy - sounds like you have a nice stash!!! You definetly have enough onesies and enough socks (everyone always buys baby socks anyways because they are so cute so you will clearly get more whether you register for them or not), you might want a few more sleep sacks. I would also recommend a couple of the sleep sacks that go over everything - can't think of what they are called but they replace the use of a blanket. They are awesome!!!! But yes register for some bigger items - you will outgrow the newborn stuff so quick it's nice to have bigger stuff.

[Lousli]

Oh Ekblad, that is heartbreaking! I will be thinking of that poor little girl and her parents.

Shannon, Any updates today?

Hevasoul, The FISH stands for fluorescent in situ hybridization, which basically means that they take some cells from the amniotic fluid and use fluorescent dyes to "light up" parts of the 13, 18, 21, and X and Y chromosomes. They can't tell if anything is wrong with any of the other chromosomes, or if there are bits that have been rearranged, but they can tell if there are 2 (normal) or three (trisomy). The most common chromosomal abnormalities are 13, 18, and 21 (Downs) and some sex-linked ones, so the FISH rules those out. I was told high risk for Down Syndrome, and that has been ruled out. They told me the full amnio was very unlikely to reveal any abnormalities not picked up by the FISH. HTH

Hello Kitty, Not buying pink any time soon. We have so much left over from our first (most of which was pink because other people bought it...). I will probably buy a pretty lavendar outfit, or a soft green as her "coming home" outfit. I'm also going to start getting together some cloth diapers!

Weesej, wow! Are you thinking twins? If I thought that, I would be getting an ultrasound so fast it would make your head spin, but that is mostly because I don't like surprises, and twins would not be a surprise that I would want to deal with during labor! When do you think you'll be able to find out with a manual exam?

Ella, YES! The world is a much happier place! Apart from the tension headache that I had all day yesterday, it was really one of the happiest days of my life! My dd is so excited to know that she's going to have a sister. We've already picked the name, so Melanie is calling her sister by name now. It is very cute. When Mel was born, she was early, so she didn't outgrow newborn clothes for several months. She was 10 pounds 8 oz at 2 months, and she seemed to pretty much follow the sizes on clothing all the way through. She still does, in that she can sometimes wear a 2T, but usually a 3T now as she is almost 3 (OMG, my baby is almost 3!). Some people suggest buying a coming home (if you birth outside the home) or a picture outfit in a preemie size in case your baby is small. I have friends that said even their almost 8 pound newborn was swimming in a newborn size for the first week or so.

Okay, I'm going to change my sig, and get ready for work. I'm on vacation for a month after today!!! Hooray!

[Lousli]

Okay, here it is, and now you can find out her name...
(don't worry if you hate it, my parents do too)

[shannon0218]

Hi everyone,
No news about Mark yet. My arthritis seems to have settled down a little bit as of this morning (thank God) Steve gave me a good massage last night and used Traumeel cream on all my joints and my back--I love that stuff.
Ekblad, that's horrible about the little girl! What kind of accident was it?? Her parents must just be beside themselves. I'll keep her in my thoughts.

[HelloKitty]

Lesley,
I LOVE lavender on a little girl! So pretty. And green would be super cool considering her name choice which btw is great. Why don't your parents like it, did they say?

[letabug]

I don't post a lot here but I read several times a day usually. Lesley I am so glad everything is fine!!! :) and Shannon what a horrible day I will say prayers for your godson, and for the danes family. We have a dane and she is like a person she really has a personality and all the danes I have been around do so I'm sure he/she knew how upset you were and I'm glad her mom and dad aren't going to do anything. Just take care!

I am doing good, we had mandatory marine wife meeting last night and didn't get to eat supper until 10:00 so I am kinda feeling poopy tonight plus yesterday I had to cook supper for the guys in dh's shop only 8 but still hard to do when your sleepy and had a 14 month old following you around babbleing. When I came home the guys ate my steak too so all I had was a baked potato and I went to sleep. I was having more cramps during my meeting last night so will get my cervix checked next week to make sure it is soft and short and dilated, it was when I was 18 weeks when all that started happening with ds. So a little scared but he turned out ok. Hope everyone else has a good day!

[Lousli]

Lesley,
I LOVE lavender on a little girl! So pretty. And green would be super cool considering her name choice which btw is great. Why don't your parents like it, did they say?


They think it sounds like an old lady. Which makes me laugh. Whatever. I told my mom, "You want to name a baby? Then you have one!"

[HelloKitty]

I told my mom, "You want to name a baby? Then you have one!"

Good answer! My parents never like the names we pick out either. That usually makes me like the names even more!!!!

[Periwinkle]

Lesley woo-hoo!!!! Great news! :banana You must be so relieved. Is Hazel the baby's name? I think it's beautiful. :)

[shannon0218]

Where is everyone today?? Last post was yesterday early afternoon!!
Feeling not too bad today, even made brownies for dh. My bp is still up a bit, doc has me taking it 3 times a day and recording it for her along with what I'm doing at the time.
They have started to very slowly bring Mark around, he's still out, but now he's moving and mumbling a bit.
Ekblad, how is the little girl in your homeschool group?
Hope everyone is doing alright out there!

[ekblad9]

Wow! I had an energetic day today. Went to the World Walk for Breastfeeding, then our food co op order came in, I put all that stuff away, organized many of my homeschool supplies for next year, ran some errands, bathed the kids, and even read to them! :) I really hope the end of the sickness has come. I was still feeling pretty crappy in the evenings. I'll be 15 wks on Tuesday.

I haven't heard anything else on the little girl from our group. I'm hoping she'll be able to go home soon. Her birthday is next week. I stocked up on some food to take over to their family when they're ready for it. I can't imagine trying to run a household of six kids while having this awful experience.

Hope everyone is doing well! :hug

[lasofia]

Where is everyone today?? Last post was yesterday early afternoon!!

well... personally, I've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off! We're leaving on a 3 week camping trip tomorrow morning, dh, parents, and ds (22 months). Going from Austin Texas to... somewhere in New Mexico and Colorado. Probably above Silverton at some point; I love the alpine meadows.

A lot of packing. And how many pairs of pants DO you pack for a toddler when it will be sometimes wet and often cold AND he's potty training?? I figured stacks of 'em, and quarters for laundramats when we get to a town.

So looking foward to it. Ds is a wild thing right now, fun outside but a holy terror of energy inside. Camping good.

I hope all goes well for y'all, I'll check in mid-September.

[HydeParkB]

I'm doing well. I tried to hit the garage sales to look for baby clothes and equipment. But I didn't come across anything good.

I did go to Costco and pick up some groceries, especially veggies. Followed that up with a good nap and some dinner.

Tomorrow I am picking up a baby carrier that I scored off of our local freecyle network, and then I'll take some travel info to my MIL.

This week is another doctor appointment (15 weeks). I actually like them pretty well - especially since she usually says everthing is going fine. And I get away from the office for a few hours.

[tug]

hi everybody -

shannon- i hope everything will be ok with mark. that is very scary. my thoughts will be with him.

yeah, lesley on the girl and the test results!

have fun camping, sofia!

we finally got in for the "special" u/s and the results were, i guess, as good as can be expected. there is no active bleeding and he thinks that the blood that is there is dissolving. in 90% of cases, everything goes ok from here. in 10%, the enzymes involved in dissolving the blood also dissolve the amnio membrame, causing a miscarriage. i'm still on bedrest (probably for the next three weeks at least) but we are optimistic. we have to be, i guess.

hope everybody is having a good weekend!

[wtchyhlr]

Shannon - i've just been swamped, hence my no replies... i'm glad they're slowing brining your godson out of the coma

Tug - good to hear the ultrasound went as well as expected.

Ekblad - How awesome that you're feeling human again :)

So.. I did it. I am wearing maternity clothes for the *first* time. i feel sort of silly, but i do actually look pregnant in them, so there ya go. and OMG are they comfy. We're going to lunch w/MIL, so I'm sure she'll get a huge kick out of me looking pregnant. Should be interesting.... if the subject comes up we're going to tell her we're homebirthing. i'm still convinced she'll come unglued, but hopefully it won't be too bad. Rod thinks she'll bend.

I'm amazed that i have fingernails... this random pregnancy side effect just amuses me. I have not in YEARS had 10 fingernails that were a. cute enough, and b. long enough to polish. So i polished them an obnoxious shade of blue :) Match my toes.

[Lousli]

I started a new thread for the week. You can find it here:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?p=1930563