Moms to be Part 4

[Leger13]

Congratulations to our new birth!! Glad everything went well!

Picey ~ love the nursery! So cute!

hot ~ yay for team pink! Congrats

 

[Soccer Princess]

I went for my first pre-natal appt yesterday and everything seemed to go pretty well. They did an ultrasound though and said I measured 6w1d, but there wasn't an actual baby yet, just the yolk sac (looks like a black blob with a little white circle in it on the picture)? Should I be worried about this? They scheduled me to come back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound to make sure there was a heartbeat then. Please reassure me this is normal so I don't drive mself crazy for the next 2 weeks!

Also, my doctor asked if we wanted to do the genetic testing? I really have no clue about this. Does anyone have any thoughts/advice on this?

Thanks!

 

[Soccer Princess]

kpm - Congrats on little Jack!
Piecy - The nursery is adorable!
hotveggy - Yay for a little girl! Have you thought of names yet?

 

[cmskok]

Piecey, the room looks so great! You are so close!!

Kpm- Congrats on Baby Jack! Boys love their mommies!

Hotvegy--WooHoo! I love my girl!!!

SoccerPrincess-I said no to all of the genetic testing, but that was our choice as a family. You have to do what is right for your own family.

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I had my 36 week visit yesterday. My cervix is closed still, but I had sporadic contractions all night after the appointment. Must have been the activity at the Dr's office (cervical check and Strep B test). My 2 oldest started school yesterday and we had a parent meeting last night and I was alternating between regular and braxton hicks the entire time...made it very comfortable to sit and pay attention to their teachers--not!

I was given the possible RCS dates by my ob yesterday and I am very conflicted about being able to pick the date that my child is born. I hope that I go into labor naturally so that I don't get to play "God" in that way...ugh...I just want nature to work it out! Does that make sense or am I overthinking it? It has been 7 years since I last had a baby and life is so much more complicated now because my kids have school and activities and my husband is thrilled that we have a date set so that he can schedule his work schedule better, but boy there is no surprise...I am not telling anyone what the date is so that there is some surprise, but I do not know why I am so bothered by knowing!!!

 

[WDWorBUST]

Hi Ladies! John Philip arrived fast and furiously on Saturday morning at 10:43am. He is absolutely amazing and we love him to pieces. I always wondered how you can love another child as much as you love your first....until I had another child

Congratulations

..sorta. I haven't finished washing all the blankets and stuff I pulled from DS1's room. The receiving blankets and such.

So cute. I have not even started transitiong DD's room into a shared room yet and I'm running out of time. I have the next 2 weekends and then the following 2 weekends will be taken up by Disney, travel, and recovery. Then I'll only have 7 more weekends at the most before baby arrives. And we have a LOT to do. I want to paint the room still so that means taking everything out first. And we all know those last few weekends just cannot be as productive because of physical limitations.

team pink for us. everything looks good. baby weighs about 11 oz.

Yay! So happy for you!

I went for my first pre-natal appt yesterday and everything seemed to go pretty well. They did an ultrasound though and said I measured 6w1d, but there wasn't an actual baby yet, just the yolk sac (looks like a black blob with a little white circle in it on the picture)? Should I be worried about this? They scheduled me to come back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound to make sure there was a heartbeat then. Please reassure me this is normal so I don't drive mself crazy for the next 2 weeks!

Also, my doctor asked if we wanted to do the genetic testing? I really have no clue about this. Does anyone have any thoughts/advice on this?

Thanks!

I think at that point in pregnancy it is not uncommon to not see baby yet. I want to say at my first appt with DD 7 years ago they didn't see anything that first appointment. But they did let me come back a week later instead of making me wait 2 weeks. If it would make you feel better you can always ask if you can come back in a week instead.

We were offered the genetic testing and declined. Everyone's situation is different though. My stance on it (and this is just my opinion - I know it's not the only answer and is not right for everyone) is that no matter what came back on the tests I would not change anything going forward so there was no need to stress myself out. I know a lot of people feel that although they wouldn't change anything that they would rather be informed and prepared. It is definitely a personal decision.

I was given the possible RCS dates by my ob yesterday and I am very conflicted about being able to pick the date that my child is born. I hope that I go into labor naturally so that I don't get to play "God" in that way...ugh...I just want nature to work it out! Does that make sense or am I overthinking it? It has been 7 years since I last had a baby and life is so much more complicated now because my kids have school and activities and my husband is thrilled that we have a date set so that he can schedule his work schedule better, but boy there is no surprise...I am not telling anyone what the date is so that there is some surprise, but I do not know why I am so bothered by knowing!!!

To me - this makes perfect sense. I am the exact same way. Fortunately my OB will allow me to schedule my CS all the way up until my due date. So although my due date is 11/15 or 11/16, I plan to schedule 11/12 because it's a Friday. I figure if I make it that far I'd rather plan on a Friday instead of a Monday (11/15) which is my other option. I know some people think I'm weird - but I want to give this baby every opportunity to decide when it's time to meet the world before I do it for her. I just feel like I can be more confident that it's the right time that way. My hope is that I will go into labor before my CS date and then although I will still have a CS it won't be on my schedule or the doctor's schedule....it will be on the babys. DD came at 38 weeks so I'm hoping this one will come on the "early" side of 40 weeks too. But on the flip side I can really see the convenience of scheduling....it's just not for me.

 

[Leger13]

I went for my first pre-natal appt yesterday and everything seemed to go pretty well. They did an ultrasound though and said I measured 6w1d, but there wasn't an actual baby yet, just the yolk sac (looks like a black blob with a little white circle in it on the picture)? Should I be worried about this? They scheduled me to come back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound to make sure there was a heartbeat then. Please reassure me this is normal so I don't drive mself crazy for the next 2 weeks!

Also, my doctor asked if we wanted to do the genetic testing? I really have no clue about this. Does anyone have any thoughts/advice on this?

Thanks!

Each baby grows at a different rate. For mine....we had a 4mm fetal pole and a heart beat at 6 weeks and 1 day. But a lot of people don't see anything but a yolk and sac until almost 7 weeks. 6 weeks is when the heart is supposed to start beating. Like...IN the 6th week...not right at 6 weeks. So try not to stress too much. (easier said than done, I know). Since there is a sac and yolk I would be positive about that for sure. Plus it all depends on how good their ultrasound machine is as far as seeing a pregnancy that early on very well.

As for the genetic testing....my husband and I decided to do the quad screen. That's just a blood draw and everything came back normal. Granted there's lots of reports of false positives but for that kind of testing it's really a decision that you and your husband have to come to. If it runs in the family (downs or anything like that) and you want to know to be prepared the I say, go for it. If there's not then I think it'd be ok to not do the testing.

I hope this next 2 weeks goes by quickly for you so you can see your baby again and make sure things are going well!

 

[JoanneDisFan]

I had my 36 week visit yesterday. My cervix is closed still, but I had sporadic contractions all night after the appointment. Must have been the activity at the Dr's office (cervical check and Strep B test). My 2 oldest started school yesterday and we had a parent meeting last night and I was alternating between regular and braxton hicks the entire time...made it very comfortable to sit and pay attention to their teachers--not!

I was given the possible RCS dates by my ob yesterday and I am very conflicted about being able to pick the date that my child is born. I hope that I go into labor naturally so that I don't get to play "God" in that way...ugh...I just want nature to work it out! Does that make sense or am I overthinking it? It has been 7 years since I last had a baby and life is so much more complicated now because my kids have school and activities and my husband is thrilled that we have a date set so that he can schedule his work schedule better, but boy there is no surprise...I am not telling anyone what the date is so that there is some surprise, but I do not know why I am so bothered by knowing!!!

Wow I didn't realize you were due right around the same time as me. My Dr does his surgery day on Thursdays so I was given the Thursday before my due date. I didn't get to pick it. Dh also likes know the date, but you never know if you might go into labor before then. DH has started getting paranoid by every move and sound I make. He keeps thinking I'm going into labor. It was really funny 2 nights ago when I got up to pee, and DH woke up startled and thought it was labor. lol I told him to go back to sleep. Part of me would love to go into labor early, and maybe even try a vbac, but we will just have to wait and see. I will say this pregnancy is so very different than when I had my DD. It's been almost 11 years, and it's been harder on my body. I feel good overall, but exhausted, tired, sore, and piles of BH contractions. One good thing is I never made much progress in dilation or effacement or dropping with my DD, but I'm already starting to efface and baby's head is right there. Good luck in setting your date for the rcs. Everyone keeps telling me a rcs is so much easier than the first. We can only wait and see.

 

[Piecey]

If any of you subscribe to Parents/Parenting Magazines and aren't going to use your Amazon codes I would LOVE to have it.

 

[Pollito916]

Joanne - when will you decide on whether to try vbac? I didn't want to at first, but I've been thinking about it more lately, ever since a neighbor raved about how great her vbac experience was.

hotveggy - yay for pink!

Soccer Princess - I've never had a u/s that early, but the other ladies seem to think that is normal. We chose not to do the genetic testing because it wouldn't change anything for us, and would just make me worry more. But it's a personal choice for each family to make.

cmskok - I feel the same way about picking an RCS date, like it shouldn't be up to me for some reason. Then I have people telling me, pick this date b/c it's my b-day/anniversary, etc, or don't pick this date b/c I don't like someone who has that b-day. Plus the dates are all around the time the zodiac switches from virgo to libra, so some people think that should be a factor in the decision. Like you, I'm kind of hoping to go into labor on my own to avoid having to decide.

If any of you subscribe to Parents/Parenting Magazines and aren't going to use your Amazon codes I would LOVE to have it.

What codes? Where in the magazine are they? I think I get one of those, but didn't know anything about codes....

 

[Pollito916]

When did/will everyone start packing their bag for the hospital? I haven't done it yet, but I'm starting to feel like it might be almost time.....

 

[Piecey]

What codes? Where in the magazine are they? I think I get one of those, but didn't know anything about codes....

Orange cards that tear out. They are for 20% off diapers. They're sorta like those annoying inserts that they have a million of to try to get you to subscribe.

When did/will everyone start packing their bag for the hospital? I haven't done it yet, but I'm starting to feel like it might be almost time.....

Hmm... I'll probably do that at some point tonight. Maybe around the time I install the carseat.

With Lucas I think it was packed a week in advance.

 

[JoanneDisFan]

If I were to go into labor before my scheduled RCS my Dr may let me do a TOL. Technically vbac's are banned at my hospital, but my Dr said if I did go into labor and when I got to the hospital was 5 or more cm, without any complications they might let me do a vbac. It's a lot of if's. So if my water breaks or labor starts I need to stay at home as long as possible, and hope I make progress. I never went into labor with my DD. I went to 42 weeks, was induced (started fingertip dilated)and never got past 3.5 cm, even on the highest dose of pitocin for 12 hours. She also never dropped into my pelvis. This time Baby has already dropped and I'm starting to efface. No dilation yet, but I'm also only 36 weeks. My big thing is I want a healthy baby. If things don't work out for a vbac I'm okay with a rcs. He's been measuring big all along so I'm glad to know that there is an end in sight and no mater what I will have him in my arms on Sept 16th at the latest.

As for a hospital bag, I had been thinking I wouldn't need to even consider it. 2 weeks ago my Dr said he was doubtful I would ever go into labor on my own. Well this week he said there is a chance, since he has dropped and things are changing. I do have a list of everything I want to pack. It's hard to pack things when you know you will need some of it in the mean time.

 

[Piecey]

So, I get a lot of calls from the generic phone number for hte hospital.

Between pre-registration, the pediatrician's office, my OB's office, billing, etc. I just get a ton of calls.

So I distractedly answer the phone and it's my actual OB. That totally threw me!
Makes it seem more real when she says "I'll see you tomorrow in the OR!"
Well, okay then.

I'm not sure why it threw me so much but it really, really did LOL.

 

[WDWorBUST]

So, I get a lot of calls from the generic phone number for hte hospital.

Between pre-registration, the pediatrician's office, my OB's office, billing, etc. I just get a ton of calls.

So I distractedly answer the phone and it's my actual OB. That totally threw me!
Makes it seem more real when she says "I'll see you tomorrow in the OR!"
Well, okay then.

I'm not sure why it threw me so much but it really, really did LOL.

Woohooo!! So exciting that tomorrow if the big day!! It's kind of funny though....I knew you were scheduled for 8/26 but it doesn't seem like 8/26 should be tomorrow already. Post pics when you can

 

[Bilberry]

It's a little political, but this Monty Python video I saw today really gave me a laugh. Thought to post for a chuckle.

Hope everyones child birth experience is handled better than this poor ladies!

http://dougpowers.com/2010/08/25/ghost-of-obamacare-future/

 

[talulabelle]

Well, I had my first Dr. appt. today. It went well, but she couldn't hear the heartbeat. She was not worried about this because based on my first sonogram, I am only 9 weeks when I thought I was 10. She is sending me for another sonogram just to make sure everything is still ok. I'm praying it is. She really blew me out of the water with the 1 in 3 pregnancies over the age of 40 miscarry before 12 weeks statistic.

Good news was she has no problem with me eating sushi! As long as it is a reputable place. (I have been going to the same places for 15 -20 years and have never been sick from it.) Also as long as it is not king fish, mackeral, shark, tile fish or any of the other high mercury fish and as long as I don't eat it more than twice a week. I can't tell you how happy I was to hear this. With my other babies, I just ate cooked sushi - but she was even ok with raw as long as it is prepared right.

 

[Pollito916]

Orange cards that tear out. They are for 20% off diapers. They're sorta like those annoying inserts that they have a million of to try to get you to subscribe.

Hmm... I'll probably do that at some point tonight. Maybe around the time I install the carseat.

Well, if they look like annoying inserts, I may have thrown them out already. But I'll look.

Crap, I didn't think about the carseat either, guess that should be on my list too!

But you really need to get going girlie - you're going in tomorrow!

Well, I had my first Dr. appt. today. It went well, but she couldn't hear the heartbeat. She was not worried about this because based on my first sonogram, I am only 9 weeks when I thought I was 10. She is sending me for another sonogram just to make sure everything is still ok. I'm praying it is. She really blew me out of the water with the 1 in 3 pregnancies over the age of 40 miscarry before 12 weeks statistic.

Good news was she has no problem with me eating sushi! As long as it is a reputable place. (I have been going to the same places for 15 -20 years and have never been sick from it.) Also as long as it is not king fish, mackeral, shark, tile fish or any of the other high mercury fish and as long as I don't eat it more than twice a week. I can't tell you how happy I was to hear this. With my other babies, I just ate cooked sushi - but she was even ok with raw as long as it is prepared right.

Scary statistic, but I hope everything is ok. My OB couldn't find the hb at 10 weeks with a doppler either, but found it on u/s right away. Luckily he has a machine right in the office.

Good news on the sushi - I had been sticking to the cooked stuff myself, never really thought to ask the doc about it. Of course, I live in AZ, so not sure how fresh any of the fish can really be.

 

[hotveggy]

So, I get a lot of calls from the generic phone number for hte hospital.

Between pre-registration, the pediatrician's office, my OB's office, billing, etc. I just get a ton of calls.

So I distractedly answer the phone and it's my actual OB. That totally threw me!
Makes it seem more real when she says "I'll see you tomorrow in the OR!"
Well, okay then.

I'm not sure why it threw me so much but it really, really did LOL.

good luck! yay for baby owen's arrival tomorrow!

 

[Piecey]

Thanks everyone! L&D just called to confirm that I'd be there at 10am tomorrow. Eeeek!!!

I have GOT to pack my bag!

We just had Logans for dinner and I got the carseat ready (well, okay, kinda. It's out of the basement and on the dining room table which is a pretty good improvement if you ask me)...

It still doesn't seem real! I'll be holding my boy this time tomorrow.

 

[talulabelle]

I can't even imagine how excited you are Piecy! good luck!