Moms to be Part 4

[hulagirl87]

Had 38 week appt today. I went for an ultrasound first so they could measure the baby and check fluid levels. She said that all looked well and that she was looking to be about 7 lbs right now. She tried to get a look at her face but she is so low down that it was hard to see. She finally got it and it almost made me cry!

Then I met with the doctor who did the internal. She said that the baby's head is very low and that I should have an easy delivery. Sounds good to me! She said that she thinks that I will be delivering soon. I said "soon, as in before my due date?" and she said yes. She said that my cervix is thinned out and I am 2 cm dialated. Whoa! She said that I will be passing my mucous plug soon so if I see that, not to get freaked out. And then to call when I start having contractions and they are 5 to 6 minutes apart.

I'm excited but now a little anxious too! Now I feel in a rush to do a ton of things. I thought that I had 2 weeks left but now I feel like I could go at any time... crazy!!!!

 

[ZPT1022]

I had a diabetes doctor appt. today. Status quo levels are good and I go again in two weeks which will be my last appt. until June for a follow up. That seems so strange

Fetal assessment went well yesterday. Baby is estimated at 6.75 lbs which is the 50th percentile. Right where we want her. My weight is the same as it has been the past 7 weeks. I don't have to go for another for two weeks. That also seems so strange.

BP is great, everything is going well.

My only appt. next week is with the midwife for the GBS test. Seems to odd to only have one appt. in a week. I have had so many. I am off of work too so I will be able to get some stuff done around the house like wash baby clothes.

I'm getting nervous though as I know the big day is looming. I don't know where I am delivering this baby. I'm taking one day at a time for now.

Glad to hear that everything is going well. Do you have a deadline where you have to make a final decision about the birth or is it pretty much whatever you decide whenever you decide it?

Had 38 week appt today. I went for an ultrasound first so they could measure the baby and check fluid levels. She said that all looked well and that she was looking to be about 7 lbs right now. She tried to get a look at her face but she is so low down that it was hard to see. She finally got it and it almost made me cry!

Then I met with the doctor who did the internal. She said that the baby's head is very low and that I should have an easy delivery. Sounds good to me! She said that she thinks that I will be delivering soon. I said "soon, as in before my due date?" and she said yes. She said that my cervix is thinned out and I am 2 cm dialated. Whoa! She said that I will be passing my mucous plug soon so if I see that, not to get freaked out. And then to call when I start having contractions and they are 5 to 6 minutes apart.

I'm excited but now a little anxious too! Now I feel in a rush to do a ton of things. I thought that I had 2 weeks left but now I feel like I could go at any time... crazy!!!!

Wow, that is crazy! Good for you that you may not have to deal with going late and that whole deal with being huge and uncomfortable any longer than possible, but strange, exciting and a bit scary that it could happen at any time!




I am hanging in there, trying to get everything done/ordered/bought that needs to be. I'm down to 2 week appointments now so that is nice I guess, but it makes it seem more real. We're in the process of trading in our smaller car and buying a big one, what a nightmare that is. I hate car buying. My aunt works at the dealership and is the HR manager so we get VIP treatment but it is still such a pain. Hopefully this car lasts a loooooong time so we don't have to do this again any time soon.

Has anyone else decided that their family is done after this?? Ours definitely is complete, four is plenty and this pregnancy has been awful on me and I don't think I could go through it again, but I still feel weird about DH's little appointment next week. It's just so......final.

 

[Nette]

It's a boy. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I know I will love him no matter what, but I'm having a very hard time picturing myself with two kids, never mind one of them being a gender I've not dealt with before...

Also, did any of you have an echogenic cardiac focus show up? I'm told it's a soft marker for down syndrome. But that it's usually not DS. We supposedly don't have any other markers, but the tech couldn't get a good shot of his face to measure nose and lips. She did measure cranium and eyes...

I'm so freaked out and I can't even call the peri until next week, and we're supposed to be leaving on vacation (DCL!) next weekend. Dr thought we might be able to see the peri next week. I hope so... I don't think I can enjoy vacation if I have this hanging over my head... OTOH, if it's bad news I won't enjoy myself anyway.

Ok, really, I should go get some sleep... maybe I wouldn't be quite so insanely emotional if I got some sleep once in a while. Someone shut me up now.... please?

 

[LaurenLC]

So I bought my first pair of maternity pants today. I was starting to get scared that I would wake up one day soon and not be able to put anything on besides sweat pants and pajamas..... I'm still not sure how I feel about the newest addition to my wardrobe.... They kind of made me want to laugh and cry at the same time. Did anyone else feel this way, or am I special?

 

[justhat]

It's a boy. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I know I will love him no matter what, but I'm having a very hard time picturing myself with two kids, never mind one of them being a gender I've not dealt with before...

Also, did any of you have an echogenic cardiac focus show up? I'm told it's a soft marker for down syndrome. But that it's usually not DS. We supposedly don't have any other markers, but the tech couldn't get a good shot of his face to measure nose and lips. She did measure cranium and eyes...

I'm so freaked out and I can't even call the peri until next week, and we're supposed to be leaving on vacation (DCL!) next weekend. Dr thought we might be able to see the peri next week. I hope so... I don't think I can enjoy vacation if I have this hanging over my head... OTOH, if it's bad news I won't enjoy myself anyway.

Ok, really, I should go get some sleep... maybe I wouldn't be quite so insanely emotional if I got some sleep once in a while. Someone shut me up now.... please?

Scarlett had that show up on our ultrasound at 18 weeks. The ultrasound tech told us she sends everyone to get a fetal echocardiogram, if they want one, with that finding, but same as you, all the other findings were 100% normal and the heart was structurally perfect. But nevertheless, we called that day for the fetal echo appt and they said they prefer you to be over 20 weeks, so we had to wait 2 weeks or so. But at least I was able to schedule the appt that day, and not wait to hear from my OB about it when he got the ultrasound report. So hopefully you won't have to wait long either, cause that was the hardest part.

When we went for that appt at the children's hospital, one of the foci (she had bilateral echogenic foci) had already disappeared so the ultrasound tech was confident the other one would disappear too.

It basically did, I assume, as I had another ultrasound around 24 weeks or so and that tech said she could barely pick it up.

So the pediatric cardiologist I spoke with said that a lot of babies have bright spots on ultrasounds as they are developing and that they go away over time and that's just what this was.

And Scarlett is totally fine, no Downs or anything else. I am sure your little boy will be just fine too, but yes, I remember the fear I had vividly.


About having a son, I have 1 and he is a joy. I won't lie, my daughter was 100 times easier as a toddler, but he is so sweet, cuddly, and has a great personality that totally makes up for his activity level, destruction level, teasing his sister level. And he totally loves his mommy!

ZPT - Yes, I am 99% sure I am done and that Scarlett has completed our family. I always wanted 4 kids, but this pregnancy was rough: I was progressively sicker with each kid, had to take weekly hormone shots with this one to prevent preterm labor, which worked very well, so well that I ended up with an induction, then a c-section which I do not wish to repeat. My OB said I would be totally fine for a VBAC, but honestly, after knowing my water broke with my son and knowing what would have happened if it broke with Scarlett, I feel like I have been blessed with 3 healthy babies and don't want to take the risk again. Plus that issue I just described to Nette, that was another scare for me. I know I would be a wreck as I approached my due date thinking of the what-ifs.

Plus I am so tired this time around with the nighttime feedings, which I never really was with the others. Getting up in the morning is a struggle, mostly cause my son gets up way earlier than I would like, but that isn't changing anytime soon.

And my husband is quite satisfied with 3 kids too, so that is part of the decision too.

Before Scarlett I longed for another baby, but now I really don't have that feeling anymore. And not just cause she's a baby cause as soon as my others were born as I was planning for the next one. But I feel pretty 'done' at this point. I say 99% though, only because I did always want 4 kids so I don't want to do anything permanent and then regret it down the road, so we are waiting on that, but as of now it looks like this is it.

Hulagirl - Can't wait to hear the big news that your little one is here! So exciting that you are in the final days!

 

[Nette]

Thanks justine... The more I read the better I feel... I was just so worried when the Dr told me that... it really put the "but I wanted a girl" in perspective and now I'm very happy about a little boy. Sure it will be different, but I know it will be just as wonderful... (Can you tell I've eaten dinner and am in a totally different mindset?)

 

[Piecey]

casumners ... due February 2... It's a surprise!
trmcguire ... due February 14... It's a girl!
hulagirl87 ... due March 5... It's a girl!
arubio0801 ... due March 8... It's a boy!
KikiMouse ... due March 14... It's a girl!
karenj2 ... due March 14... It's a surprise!
DMickey28 ... due March 30... It's a boy!
ZPT1022 ... due April 10... It's a surprise!
MommaMouse411 ... due April 18... It's a boy!
Lindsey22 ... due April 21... It's a girl!
WDWAurora ... due May 4... It's a boy!
EmALee ... due May 22... It's a girl!
Sherry7 ... due May 25... It's a girl!
mla973 ... due June 9... It's a surprise!
phragmipedium ... due June 10... It's a surprise!
kt_mom ... due June 12... It's a boy!
lilianddomsmom ... due June 20... It's a girl!
LaurenLC ... due June 28... It's a surprise!
CaveCricket ... due July 7... It's a surprise!
Nette ... due July 9... It's a boy!
Locolala ... due July 12... It's a girl!
Milmore104 ... due July 31... It's a surprise!
TarzanKat ... due July 31... It's a surprise!
pixiegoose ... due August 5... It's a surprise!
JennandNelsonRego ... due August 10... It's a surprise!
FoundMyPrince ... due August 12... It's a surprise!
Vettechick99 ... due August 21... It's a surprise!
Piecey ... due August 31... It's a surprise!
Mrs. Charming ... due September 7... It's a surprise!
Gabes_Mommy ... due September 10... It's a surprise!
Pollito916 ... due September 28th... It's a surprise!
EeyoreEma ... due October 7th... It's a surprise! ​

 

[FoundMyPrince]

I had my first ultrasound today and our baby measured 17 weeks, 5 days. So, my dr is moving our due date to July 25! We still weren't able to see whether we're having a boy or girl - a little too shy today

 

[phragmipedium]

Okay, experienced moms - I have a TMI question for you. Let's see, how can I put this...I know I can't say the v-word. But is it normal to be experiencing some...hoo-ha soreness? For no apparent reason, because I haven't been feeling well enough to be having any sort of marathons that might normally cause such soreness. No irritation, no itching, anything like that - it just feels sort of pressure-y and sore, like I imagine it might after I've actually given birth, and I notice it most when urinating even though it doesn't hurt. I'd imagine I notice it more then because I'm using those muscles more at that time.

This isn't anything I'd come across in any books or anything, so I'm wondering if it's common and just not talked about much, or something I should be concerned about enough to call the doctor between appointments. For reference, my only other real symptoms to do with my pregnancy right now are frequent lower back pain/stiffness, and intense heartburn.

 

[Nette]

Okay, experienced moms - I have a TMI question for you. Let's see, how can I put this...I know I can't say the v-word. But is it normal to be experiencing some...hoo-ha soreness? For no apparent reason, because I haven't been feeling well enough to be having any sort of marathons that might normally cause such soreness. No irritation, no itching, anything like that - it just feels sort of pressure-y and sore, like I imagine it might after I've actually given birth, and I notice it most when urinating even though it doesn't hurt. I'd imagine I notice it more then because I'm using those muscles more at that time.

This isn't anything I'd come across in any books or anything, so I'm wondering if it's common and just not talked about much, or something I should be concerned about enough to call the doctor between appointments. For reference, my only other real symptoms to do with my pregnancy right now are frequent lower back pain/stiffness, and intense heartburn.

I think I've read that that is relatively normal. In fact I think round ligament pain can present "down there"... I wouldn't worry about it, but bring it up with your doctor. If it is round ligament pain, then you need because it's a b****.

 

[EmALee]

Has anyone starting looking into lamaze classes and realized you don't have much time left anymore? My hospital offers them 2 days a week; 3 Tuesday sessions or 1 saturday. And there are 9 left until my due date. I almost peed my pants when I realized how close I really am. Only 13 weeks! My coworkers seem to feel the need to tell me horror stories of losing vision due to high BP or breaking blood vessels in their faces from pushing so hard. I don't want to hear it. I know it's going to be hard, I'm trying to ignore that! I'm not even sure how I want to deliver or what pain meds I want...if any. It's all just starting to feel very real

 

[KiKi Mouse]

Do you have a deadline where you have to make a final decision about the birth or is it pretty much whatever you decide whenever you decide it?

Has anyone else decided that their family is done after this?? Ours definitely is complete, four is plenty and this pregnancy has been awful on me and I don't think I could go through it again, but I still feel weird about DH's little appointment next week. It's just so......final.

Once I am 37 weeks it is considered full term and I can have a home birth as long as everything else remains good. I am 37 weeks tomorrow.
I have an OB appt. at 39 weeks. If I don't have a baby by then she will probably schedule an induction.

Our family is done after this. I am too old to try for another and too old to go through this again.
As for DH going to the "nut doctor" as he calls it...he will be doing that at some point. If for some reason I have to have a C-Section then I want my tubes tied then.

I am kind of funny about that stuff. Personally I would wait til baby is home safe and sound before doing the big V. I am just too scared of the "what ifs" while pregnant.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Okay, experienced moms - I have a TMI question for you. Let's see, how can I put this...I know I can't say the v-word. But is it normal to be experiencing some...hoo-ha soreness? For no apparent reason, because I haven't been feeling well enough to be having any sort of marathons that might normally cause such soreness. No irritation, no itching, anything like that - it just feels sort of pressure-y and sore, like I imagine it might after I've actually given birth, and I notice it most when urinating even though it doesn't hurt. I'd imagine I notice it more then because I'm using those muscles more at that time.

This isn't anything I'd come across in any books or anything, so I'm wondering if it's common and just not talked about much, or something I should be concerned about enough to call the doctor between appointments. For reference, my only other real symptoms to do with my pregnancy right now are frequent lower back pain/stiffness, and intense heartburn.

I totally get that. I call it the "cervix gnome" pinching me and making me sore down there. I asked my RE, it's normal

 

[DMickey28]

Okay, experienced moms - I have a TMI question for you. Let's see, how can I put this...I know I can't say the v-word. But is it normal to be experiencing some...hoo-ha soreness? For no apparent reason, because I haven't been feeling well enough to be having any sort of marathons that might normally cause such soreness. No irritation, no itching, anything like that - it just feels sort of pressure-y and sore, like I imagine it might after I've actually given birth, and I notice it most when urinating even though it doesn't hurt. I'd imagine I notice it more then because I'm using those muscles more at that time.

This isn't anything I'd come across in any books or anything, so I'm wondering if it's common and just not talked about much, or something I should be concerned about enough to call the doctor between appointments. For reference, my only other real symptoms to do with my pregnancy right now are frequent lower back pain/stiffness, and intense heartburn.

Totally normal. I never got it with DS but this time I am. Feel swollen almost but it's not ... Ouch!!

 

[arubio0801]

Hi everyone!! I haven't been on in sooo long!!!! I've been soo sick and in and out of the hospital with this pregnancy! I've had to go 5 times!! And had pre-term labor twice, but today and yesterday I've been feeling good so me, DH, MIL and FIL went to babies r us yesterday to do the rest of the shopping and after wards we went to sweet tomatoes for lunch. But my hips and back have been killing me!!! I've lost 46lbs and the growth percentile keeps on droping I had an appointment on friday and its under 10% but the heartbeat was 150 I have an appointment on monday with a specialist I've been seeing since I went to the hospital a few weeks ago when we went in because my dr didnt see any blood flow in the cord. So tomorrow if the gp is still low then they may induce me!! And he only weighs 4.5-5.5lbs hes soo little so I bought a couple of premie outfits yesterday just incase. It's soo scary and tough I haven't been able to catch a break at all this entire pregnancy, I have GD so thats fun I had to stop working because I became soo sick thank goodness I work for my DH families business because I know if i worked any where else I would of had to quit. And I haven't been able to drive either because I get sooo dizzy and can't see and walking is a pain too with the pain I have in my hips and back and to top it all of I get out breath from walking 2ft.And to top everything off my mom went out of town yesterday to take care of something down in my hometown in miami and wont be back intill next saturday so if they have to induce me shes not going to be there Im very young (only 21) and the thought of not having my mom there put me into tears when I found out. I know I'm married and that isn't the reason why we got married I just got pregnant on our honeymoon,but I still need my mom I always will me and her are very close so if shes not there its going to be hard. Sorry I'm complaining sooo much its just that it hasn't been easy to say the least. But on a happy note his room is all finished and ready to go!! And we picked out his name its going to be Logan Zeki(its turkish) DH is turkish so we wanted to give him a turkish middle name it means smart. It's different and my family cant say it lol but thats okay since they can say the first name. I hope everyone is doing great and welcome to the new mommies and babies

 

[hulagirl87]

Hi everyone!! I haven't been on in sooo long!!!! I've been soo sick and in and out of the hospital with this pregnancy! I've had to go 5 times!! And had pre-term labor twice, but today and yesterday I've been feeling good so me, DH, MIL and FIL went to babies r us yesterday to do the rest of the shopping and after wards we went to sweet tomatoes for lunch. But my hips and back have been killing me!!! I've lost 46lbs and the growth percentile keeps on droping I had an appointment on friday and its under 10% but the heartbeat was 150 I have an appointment on monday with a specialist I've been seeing since I went to the hospital a few weeks ago when we went in because my dr didnt see any blood flow in the cord. So tomorrow if the gp is still low then they may induce me!! And he only weighs 4.5-5.5lbs hes soo little so I bought a couple of premie outfits yesterday just incase. It's soo scary and tough I haven't been able to catch a break at all this entire pregnancy, I have GD so thats fun I had to stop working because I became soo sick thank goodness I work for my DH families business because I know if i worked any where else I would of had to quit. And I haven't been able to drive either because I get sooo dizzy and can't see and walking is a pain too with the pain I have in my hips and back and to top it all of I get out breath from walking 2ft.And to top everything off my mom went out of town yesterday to take care of something down in my hometown in miami and wont be back intill next saturday so if they have to induce me shes not going to be there Im very young (only 21) and the thought of not having my mom there put me into tears when I found out. I know I'm married and that isn't the reason why we got married I just got pregnant on our honeymoon,but I still need my mom I always will me and her are very close so if shes not there its going to be hard. Sorry I'm complaining sooo much its just that it hasn't been easy to say the least. But on a happy note his room is all finished and ready to go!! And we picked out his name its going to be Logan Zeki(its turkish) DH is turkish so we wanted to give him a turkish middle name it means smart. It's different and my family cant say it lol but thats okay since they can say the first name. I hope everyone is doing great and welcome to the new mommies and babies

I"m sorry that you are going through so much! I hope that you feel better and that if you are meant to be induced that it all goes well And that you can schedule it for when your mom will be back. I know what you mean about not having your mom there. While I have DH, my mom and I are super close and she is practically counting the minutes until I give birth and I know that she and I would be sad if she weren't there.

I love the name that you chose. My good friend named her son Logan

 

[phragmipedium]

Thanks for the reassurance, ladies. The things they don't tell you you'll experience.

 

[Piecey]

I had an OB appointment today. First one where they tried to pick up the heartbeat with the doppler (I was only 8w6d at my last appointment and had just had an ultrasound so they didn't try to find it).

Heartbeat was 163. Lucas was always somewhere in that range so I'm thinking it's probably another little boy.

 

[KiKi Mouse]

I'm 37 weeks as of yesterday

Tomorrow my massage therapist who is also a doula is coming over to make a belly cast. She did one for me for DD3 and I still love it. DD loves it too as she always asks about it...it is in her room and her footprints are on it.

Just wondering if anybody else has had it done or is getting it done. It's such a nice thing to have to remember these days

 

[Lindsay22]

Hi everyone!! I haven't been on in sooo long!!!! I've been soo sick and in and out of the hospital with this pregnancy! I've had to go 5 times!! And had pre-term labor twice, but today and yesterday I've been feeling good so me, DH, MIL and FIL went to babies r us yesterday to do the rest of the shopping and after wards we went to sweet tomatoes for lunch. But my hips and back have been killing me!!! I've lost 46lbs and the growth percentile keeps on droping I had an appointment on friday and its under 10% but the heartbeat was 150 I have an appointment on monday with a specialist I've been seeing since I went to the hospital a few weeks ago when we went in because my dr didnt see any blood flow in the cord. So tomorrow if the gp is still low then they may induce me!! And he only weighs 4.5-5.5lbs hes soo little so I bought a couple of premie outfits yesterday just incase. It's soo scary and tough I haven't been able to catch a break at all this entire pregnancy, I have GD so thats fun I had to stop working because I became soo sick thank goodness I work for my DH families business because I know if i worked any where else I would of had to quit. And I haven't been able to drive either because I get sooo dizzy and can't see and walking is a pain too with the pain I have in my hips and back and to top it all of I get out breath from walking 2ft.And to top everything off my mom went out of town yesterday to take care of something down in my hometown in miami and wont be back intill next saturday so if they have to induce me shes not going to be there Im very young (only 21) and the thought of not having my mom there put me into tears when I found out. I know I'm married and that isn't the reason why we got married I just got pregnant on our honeymoon,but I still need my mom I always will me and her are very close so if shes not there its going to be hard. Sorry I'm complaining sooo much its just that it hasn't been easy to say the least. But on a happy note his room is all finished and ready to go!! And we picked out his name its going to be Logan Zeki(its turkish) DH is turkish so we wanted to give him a turkish middle name it means smart. It's different and my family cant say it lol but thats okay since they can say the first name. I hope everyone is doing great and welcome to the new mommies and babies

A very very similar thing is happening to me, and I wish that it wasn't happening to you, but I have to tell you that it makes me feel better that I'm not the only one.
Three weeks ago Spike measured in the 5th percentile and weighed 2 lbs 6oz. On friday she was in the 2nd percentile and only weighed 2lbs 15 oz (I'm 32 weeks on wed) I am going in for weekly non stress tests, blood pressure tests and ultrasounds and I'm one step away from complete bedrest. Right now the dr told me that I can go to work and sit and go home and sit. We were going to go to ESPN weekend but the dr. said that I would have to be in a wheelchair (which isn't going to happen)
Spike is also breech and has been breech my entire pregnancy so I think that means that I'm most likely going to have a c-section, which scares me.