**NEW US THREAD 3**

[WineNChocolate]

I AM MISSING PICS OF SQUISHES cause the other one is old and I just don't see it. SO lets get refreshed here...a lot anatomy scans coming in!

mrsp121308  - you can repost here and be the first one! To show your sweet squish!

sdgal - I know you just had one.

kaydee0402 and @lastnamewitheld - Don't you have one today?

[mrsp121308]

22 and 4 with this squish! She was punching and kicking me like crazy but she absolutely refused to show us her entire face.

[kaydee0402]

WineNChocolate, I do! Not until 3:30 EST though.

[WineNChocolate]

mrsp121308, So peaceful...oh can't wait till we can actually touch them.

kaydee0402, boo end of the day appt. But I will wait patiently to see lil bits..even though patience is not exactly my forte.

[mrswillie]

I have a repeat today at 3:15 EST because baby went to sleep and couldn't get all the measurements. I'll have more pics later. I think I need to request some hand and feet pics.

[brit365]

This reminds me that I don't think I ever posted one from AS 2 weeks ago.

[legalbeagle]

I'll post tomorrow! Thanks for starting again WineNChocolate.

[sdgal]

Little dude wasn't cooperating, so we didn't get any good profile pictures. Only looking straight at us. And it is kind of creepy.
Only good shot was of his boyhood. And I forgot the pictures at home. I'll try to update tomorrow.

[WineNChocolate]

sdgal , DDs pics were always bad. We had one we posted that she looked right at the camera...looked just like Spawn..thats what we called her for a while. Cause we are amazing parents! lol

legalbeagle , I am patiently awaiting your scan today.

kaydee0402 , and queue the jeopardy music.

lastnamewithheld, so you think that you can just sneak through a scan and not show a picture!!

[kaydee0402]

Scan went well! Baby is measuring a week behind, so a little small. And I've yet to put on a single pound. My midwife isn't concerned yet, but I do have to start drinking protein shakes before bed every night.

My sister knows the sex, and I can't wait to do the gender reveal when DH gets home!

[littlelion]

Aug 5, 2016 8:15:11 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

Scan went well! Baby is measuring a week behind, so a little small. And I've yet to put on a single pound. My midwife isn't concerned yet, but I do have to start drinking protein shakes before bed every night.

My sister knows the sex, and I can't wait to do the gender reveal when DH gets home!

Congrats!

[kaydee0402]

This might be wrong, but the fact that I now have a smaller baby after having a nine pounder has me slightly relieved, lol. Of course, there's still 20 weeks for this baby to beef up like big brother!

[littlelion]

Aug 5, 2016 8:25:11 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

This might be wrong, but the fact that I now have a smaller baby after having a nine pounder has me slightly relieved, lol. Of course, there's still 20 weeks for this baby to beef up like big brother!

9 lb-er! I can't imagine.  I had DS early and he weighed less than 5 lbs. When he reached 7-8 lbs I kept thinking, whoa this big baby would've been inside of me? 

[WineNChocolate]

kaydee0402, where are the pics woman. Fine you don't have to share! I am happy to hear that things are going well. LOL on the 9lber I had a 8lb one naturally and I begging the gods that this one is smaller PLEASE 5lbs...why not 5lbs. YOU haven't gained any weight who are you...are you eating? lol.

I am just jealous I have put on weight and I am working out. My Dr. was happy with the weight gain..me not so much. I am bigger than I was last time..by a couple pounds. I am hoping that its just my fatty legs and not this baby. I couldn't do another 8lbs or bigger.

[kaydee0402]

WineNChocolate, haha, it comes down to deployment stress and solo parenting a toddler!

Just kidding. I've been watching what I eat and consciously trying to keep from mindlessly snacking. I make meals plans every week and try to stick to them. I've also been going to the gym on my lunch and working out when possible, even if it's just chasing my toddler around the park. And I drink a TON of water and lemon and ginger tea every night. And I'm avoiding fast food like the plague! But if I HAVE to have Chick-Fil-A, I get a grilled wrap and split a kid's fry with DS.

[lola]

Can't wait to see more baby photos today!!!

[legalbeagle]

Here's my favorite one! Baby girl looks great. So happy with that. I have two cysts on/in my right ovary still and one is smaller than it was last time and the other one is "collapsing." They aren't too worried since the collapsing one looked like a simple cyst last time but advised that I should get it checked out post-preg. I think Lucy was dealing with this also?

[lola]

legalbeagle, Look at that sweet face and that belly!!!

[legalbeagle]

Also wouldn't show her face for the 3D but if you guys want to be frightened here's the 2D of her face. At least the doc said she has a beautiful brain?

[ImAPepper]

This is all I have from a couple weeks ago. Very poor quality I know

[mrswillie]

So at the f/u yesterday to get pics of the heart, we went in and baby was head down, face down with a lovely view of.... the spine! Turn this way, turn that way. Go have a seat, walk around. We'll see if baby moves. I was thisclose to having to go back again, but baby moved and 45 minutes later we were able to get the views with me laying on my side.

I forgot my pic at home (boo!), but will add it later!

[emilie]

Aw I love all the photos! And I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a kiddo with a lil alien face

legalbeagle I have several ovarian cysts too - it might be different because mine are residual corpus luteum cysts from fertility treatment, but they shrink every time I get an u/s. My doc said that when the placenta fully takes over (I guess from about 14 weeks onward) is when they start to really shrink and go away. They were quite achy during 1st tri but they are getting better. I think all the pregnancy hormones just keep them around for a while and make them slower to shrink and go away.

[legalbeagle]

emilie, thanks! That's super helpful. I was diagnosed with PCOS a long time ago (based on hormone levels) but they never did ultrasounds on my ovaries at the time. I do wonder if I had them in my last pregnancy and they weren't picked up or if they're new or what, but I'm glad the docs don't seem worried right now. I'm amazed you can feel the achiness! I wouldn't have even known.

[emilie]

Aug 5, 2016 14:40:09 GMT -5 legalbeagle said:

emilie , thanks! That's super helpful. I was diagnosed with PCOS a long time ago (based on hormone levels) but they never did ultrasounds on my ovaries at the time. I do wonder if I had them in my last pregnancy and they weren't picked up or if they're new or what, but I'm glad the docs don't seem worried right now. I'm amazed you can feel the achiness! I wouldn't have even known.

Despite having only 7 follicles I had mild OHSS after getting KU.  Apparently 6 of the follies were on one ovary and it got pretty enlarged.  I was more bloated and looked more pregnant at 4-6 weeks than I did at say, 12 weeks.

[lastnamewithheld]

I wasn't TRYING to sneak on by WineNChocolate ... lol. Scan went perfectly yesterday! My little guy was in there squirming and moving all over the place. His little heart looks great and he's measuring right on track. Couldn't have asked for anything more. We even got to see his little package! He's definitely a he! LOL.
so, without further adieu: the best profile shot we got + a bonus frontal face alien shot.

Work has been crazy with month end, but I finally had a couple minutes to come here and see what this notification was about. lol Now to go and love tit stuff.

[mrswillie]

Here's my baby!

[WineNChocolate]

I am so excited to see all these babies...I cannot wait to see them on the day the say hello to this world! 😘

[lola]

Aug 6, 2016 12:20:23 GMT -5 W said:

My MW said a tech will do the scan and she will call me 2 days later with anatomy info, is this standard?

We saw a specialist, but the doc came in and discussed the results. She also sent them to my regular doc to review. Not sure how it works with a midwife, but they were able to tell us what they were looking for and if it was all looking good.

[Lucy]

Aug 5, 2016 10:08:29 GMT -5 legalbeagle said:

Here's my favorite one! Baby girl looks great. So happy with that. I have two cysts on/in my right ovary still and one is smaller than it was last time and the other one is "collapsing." They aren't too worried since the collapsing one looked like a simple cyst last time but advised that I should get it checked out post-preg. I think Lucy was dealing with this also?

Sweet baby girl!!

I have one cyst on my left ovary. They checked it at my last u/s and said it's pretty small at a little over 1.5 cm and hasn't changed since 13w, so they're just going to keep an eye on it, but aren't worried about it at all. 

[mrswillie]

Aug 6, 2016 12:20:23 GMT -5 W said:

My MW said a tech will do the scan and she will call me 2 days later with anatomy info, is this standard?

I had the scan with the sono tech and an appointment immediately following with my OB. The tech told me everything she was looking at and that everything looked good. She also asked if I was seeing my OB that same day or when my appointment was. I didn't have an appointment with my OB after the f/u scan, but have one next week for my regular monthly appointment.