Pregnancy Check in (June 1)

[megd893]

JUNE!

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?


2. Any appointments coming up?


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?


GTKY:


Did you do anything exciting this weekend?  Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be?  


@twoatlmoms - Shout out! You guys doing okay??



calsurb - June 4
(Scheduled induction TOMORROW! June 2)


@bigko - June 19



megd893- June 22



kevinandjesse-July 19



twotxmommies- July 27



rosieelk- August 2



jgy- August 21



karlamo- August 28



healz413 & manada- September 8



officerofthelaw- November 11



ionaerebor- November 23



leftitblank- ??



amandflo- January 16



cetcar - January 16

[kevinandjesse]

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?

33w+1d!!! First Baby! Boy!

2. Any appointments coming up?

Not until the 11th. Nothing too interesting to report from the last one. biweekly appointments this month. After the 26th starts weekly


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?

Not that we're rushing... but... how awesome would it be if our son was born on Father's (or Fathers') day Our surrogate is really feeling it. Back soreness, knee/ankle swelling, more RLP, just was having a rough go at it so we had her schedule a prenatal massage and that, she said, was absolutely wonderful

GTKY:


Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be?

Our exchange student from Japan leaves in 2 weeks and wanted to go to Philadelphia one last time. So we made that happen Had a wonderful time - next weekend is our baby shower!!!

[healz413]

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?
manada and I are 25w6d. 99 days until our due date! This is our third baby. Our twins, Tavin and Casey, were born too premature to live. We do know the projected sex of Rocky 3, but we've only told immediate family.


2. Any appointments coming up? Nope. Next appt is with the midwife on the 16th.


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things? I've been getting more acid reflux. And some days I have more round ligament pain than others. Also some days seem to be all about the stretching of the uterus and skin especially at the top of my belly.


GTKY: Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be?
We had a pretty low key weekend. We both needed it. We were going to do some rearranging of our furniture, but I'm trying to be good about not lifting things and manada's back was hurting her. We did list a chair and a mini trampoline that we need to get rid of so that was a little bit of nesting.

[twotxmommies]

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?
32 WEEKS, IT'S A BOY!


2. Any appointments coming up?
WE HAVE A NST WEDNESDAY AND ANOTHER ULTRASOUND, AS WELL AS A REGULAR CHECK UP.


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
HAVING A LOT OF BH AND CRAMPS THAT MAKE ME WANT TO SLAP SOMEONE. I CAN NOT BELIEVE I HAVE 8 WEEKS TO GO... I CAN NOT POSSIBLEY STRETCH ANYMORE!?


GTKY:
Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be?
WE BOUGHT HIS CAR SEAT OVER THE WEEKEND. THAT WAS PRETTY SUREAL... WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT INSTALLED SOON BUT WE NEED TO FIND A LOCATION NEAR US THAT IS CERTIFIED TO DO CAR SEAT INSTALLS.

[megd893]

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby? This is pregnancy number one and we are 37 weeks today!! My boy is term!

2. Any appointments coming up? We have an appointment tomorrow. I'm into weekly appointments now. Tomorrow, doc has decided he will do a cerclage (stretch and sweep) to see if he can... 'encourage' labour to start sooner than later. I've been told that as long as its okay with me, we'll be doing these at each appointment from hereon forward. Yikes!

3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things? Sleep is an old, old friend now. Trying to sleep only on my sides, but back/hip/shoulder pain, full bladder and tingling hands wakes me up often. When I do sleep, its in short bursts. This morning, I was really sick (vomiting) and when you puke that hard these days... other things happen too. *sigh* I'm lucky that today starts my 3 days from home 2 days in office.

GTKY: Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be? We had our baby shower this weekend. This came with 8 overnight houseguests which was EXHAUSTING lol. It was a wonderful weekend full of love though. We set up the pack and play in our bedroom and everything is ready for him to come now

[healz413]

megd893, TERM!! Yay!!!! Congrats!

We're also planning to start stretch and sweeps at 37 weeks if we make it that far. (I'm surprised to hear it called a cerclage. I've previously only ever heard that word in reference to stitching the cervix closed, which is the opposite of what you'll be doing).

[karlamo]

1. 27 weeks 4 days. This is my first pregnancy but second baby. DW carried our son whose 15 months. We're team green. BTW, my due date is Aug 27, it got changed by my mw a long time ago. Either way I'm planning on hunkering down till 41 weeks.

2. I have an apt on Wednesday and will be doing the GD test. I'm not worried or even thinking about it with how busy we are. Which means I'll probably fail. My wife failed her one hour but passed her 3 hour so all is not lost if I fail. I'm not taking R with me because I fully expect to be sick afterwards from the sugary drink. Thursday marks 28 weeks! That a great milestone to hit. Next big one is 34 weeks.

3. I don't really have complaints with being pregnant, it's all par for the course. Like lack of sleep is no big deal since I haven't slept more than 6 hours since my son was born. Heartburn is present as is aches. @healz, glad you mentioned stretching at the top of your uterus. I've been feeling that for weeks. I keep thinking I shouldn't have done those crunches. Ha
I can't believe how hard it is being pregnant and taking care of a toddler. I don't know how woman do this multiple times with kids running around. My hat's off to them.

QOTW: getting our first floors redone. We need to start buying stuff, like a crib and dresser.

[karlamo]

Does 37 weeks mean full term in Canada?
In the U.S. It has been changed to 39 weeks by the American College of Obstetrics.

[healz413]

karlamo, yes, 37-40 weeks is considered full term. I believe this has to do with the full development of the lungs. 40-42 weeks is considered post-dates (but still the normal range). But manada and I are unwilling to go post-dates because of our experiences in the loss community.

[healz413]

Jun 1, 2015 13:23:49 GMT -5 karlamo said:

6 hours since my son was born. Heartburn is present as is aches. @healz, glad you mentioned stretching at the top of your uterus. I've been feeling that for weeks. I keep thinking I shouldn't have done those crunches. Ha     
ser.

I had one night like this last week where I woke up in the middle of the night and was wondering what ab exercise I had possibly accidentally done with my way upper abs because that's just what it felt like.

[megd893]

healz413 - You're absolutley right. My fault. He called it something else with a "C" at the beginning and I got it mixed up. I dont remember what the technical term was for it?

karlamo - Technically (even in the US) 37 is term. In the US it's considered "early term" because you're right, it's been changed to 39. The ACO wants babies to stay cooking until 39 weeks because of the additional brain development between 37 and 39 weeks that takes place. Lungs, are developed at 37 weeks though and realistically he'd be great if he came out now. If I'm not dialated tomorrow, he can't do it anyways AND, even if he does it may not bring anything on. Now, is the waiting game!

[kona]

Jun 1, 2015 12:10:51 GMT -5 twotxmommies said:

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?
32 WEEKS, IT'S A BOY!


2. Any appointments coming up?
WE HAVE A NST WEDNESDAY AND ANOTHER ULTRASOUND, AS WELL AS A REGULAR CHECK UP.


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
HAVING A LOT OF BH AND CRAMPS THAT MAKE ME WANT TO SLAP SOMEONE. I CAN NOT BELIEVE I HAVE 8 WEEKS TO GO... I CAN NOT POSSIBLEY STRETCH ANYMORE!?


GTKY:
Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be?
WE BOUGHT HIS CAR SEAT OVER THE WEEKEND. THAT WAS PRETTY SUREAL... WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT INSTALLED SOON BUT WE NEED TO FIND A LOCATION NEAR US THAT IS CERTIFIED TO DO CAR SEAT INSTALLS.

Around here the local fire stations will install car seats free of charge.

[amandflo]

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby? I am 7wks/2d pregnant with babies 3 & 4.
2. Any appointments coming up? We had our genetic and chromosomal testing done on Thursday, and we get the results of that and our dating ultrasound tomorrow.
3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things? My symptoms are still the same, nausea and fatigue. I'm also really excited about tomorrow's results. But I'm also so nervous about it.
GTKY: Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be? We didn't get up to much this weekend, DD2 and DW both have a cold, so we just kind of spent them inside.

[rosieelk]

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby? I'm 31 weeks and 2 days pregnant with our first baby.
2. Any appointments coming up? I have an appointment on Friday morning to check my measurements. Last week, baby was measuring roughly at 3lbs 10, which is around two weeks ahead.
3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things? I start maternity leave in less than three weeks, and I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm really not looking forward to it. I wouldn't have taken it until I was a little bit later on normally, but its pretty much mandatory. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself between then and when we head up to Denmark, I think it just gives me too much time to worry about stuff going wrong.
GTKY: Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be? We spend most of the weekend building the furniture for the nursery, which though not very exciting, was very satisfying. And then on Sunday night we went out with my cousin, her little boy and her husband.

[rosieelk]

Good luck today calsurb!
Congrats on making term megd893!

[officerofthelaw]

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby? 16w6d, first baby..Boy


2. Any appointments coming up?
Nope


3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
The throwing up is finally stopping. I don't really have any complaints.


GTKY:


Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be?

We did a lot of baby shopping this weekend and then I did a lot of manual labor, like cleaned out the garage, mowed, weeded, and then we put up glass backsplash at one of my mother in laws rental properties to make the kitchen look nicer:)

[cetcar]

Checking in a few days late this week, so we have something to report!

1. how many weeks? First baby/, second, etc.? Do you know the sex of the baby?
7 Weeks this week, we do know the sex from the genetic testing, but we're not sure when we're telling people.

2. Any appointments coming up?
Just got back from our first ultrasound appointment, and everything looks good so far!! Feeling relieved! Baby is measuring 7 weeks, 2 days with a 149bpm heart rate. It was so amazing to hear it for the first time The doctors all seem happy with it, so we go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound. Then we have to graduate from our RE office (*sniff* we love them).

3. General symptoms/rants/concerns/exciting things?
My symptoms so far are pretty minimal. Very very mild queasiness, a bit more tired, and some occasional acid reflux. Since it all feels so mild, it was reassuring to have a good appointment this afternoon and see that there's really a baby in there. Oh, and I've been a pescatarian for 25 years or so and have been thinking and talking about eating meat quite often recently.....so strange.

GTKY:


Did you do anything exciting this weekend? Anything specifically for your family or for baby to be? I (CAR) went back to Massachusetts, trying to hide being pregnant from my family which was a bit of a challenge because my stomach is still pretty big from the IVF meds and everything. CET stayed home and did some yard work. We're looking forward to spending this weekend together.

[healz413]

cetcar YAY! That's great news. Congratulations!!!