Pregnancy Thread, Thursday 05/27/2004

[AngelHope]

Jefinner..................Anna Vista.........Born 4/12/04!
Sinnrah.................Emily Orene........Born 4/12/04!
LessCarbsMoreMe...Nina Aiesha .....Born 4/13/04!
ChristieJ...............Carter Andrew....Born 4/15/04!
Sarajewel.............Skylar.................Born 4/23/04!

Cynicalcyn................W40...........5/28/04..........Girl
PFgal.......................W39............5/30/04...........Girl
genifire6..................W38............6/07/04..........Girl
Tracy2.....................W37..............6/13/04..........Girl
Trishagrrl.................W34.............7/07/04.........Boy
FluffiB......................W32..............7/22/04.........Boy
Redjewel..................W30..............8/??/04..........Boy and Girl
AngelHope...............W30.............8/02/04.........Boy
Laprettygurl.............W27...............8/21/04.......Girl
wari........................W26.................8/29/04........Boy

Trolly......................W25...............9/8/04..........Girl
Thininmex................W24...............9/16/04.......Probably a Girl
Melzta.....................W24.................9/18/04
Teach2Live..............W23................9/20/04......Boy
aphexacid................W22..................9/28/04.....Girl
babyblue26062.........W22................10/4/04
Bozo........................W22..................1 0/06/04
lizzyd.......................W17.................1 0/31/04
Mrs. Sarah...............W14..................11/18/04

MissyTutu................W12.................12/12/04
surfdol....................W?....................1 2/28/04
GoJackets...............W9....................12/28/04
MelS........................W8.................... 12/30/04
DesperateInFL.........W7...................01/??/ 05
GumDrop..................W5....................01/??/05
Green12........................................... Trying!
JennPayton.......................................T rying!
2BFitHourglass..................................Tr ying!
metroames.......................................Tr ying!

[AngelHope]

Well I don't know how to make the beautiful colors in our edd chart so if anyone wants to "teach" me please do

I am guessing since this thread hasn't been started at almost 9:30am that Lauren might be in labor or getting ready to have the cervidil inserted?????? We are thinking of you girly

Cyn: Hopefully things are progressing with you too

BBL -

[AngelHope]

How are our FIRST TRIMESTER gals doing???? Is the m/s staying at bay We haven't heard much from all of you except GoJackets and we LOVE updates

[lowcarbinmama]

Morning ANGELA! I was just popping in to check on LAUREN! I'm thinking about her.

[babyblue26062]

Good morning Mommies-

Ang- Hi. You are right we havn't heard a lot from the new pg ladies.

Nicole- Good to see you. Good luck at your u/s!!

Chris- Sorry to hear about the glucose test.

Irena- Hi and good luck getting pregnant. I can't help you much since I had just started adkins and I became pg.

OK- So I had a very bad night. Shawn, Jessica and I where running around all evening going to his grandmothers, Pizza hut and the grocery store and when I come home there was a message from my mom. They had taken my grandfather to the hospital and he was having trouble breathing and his bloodpressure was 248/98 . He has been admitted and they think that he either has pnenumia (sp?) or the starting of congustive heart failure. I started crying. It was the one year ann of Shawn's aunt's death (she had raised him since he was 9 yrs old - when his mom died- so she was like my MIL). And I just got so upset- I just felt overwelmed. My Nana (my grandfather's wife) had just died this past July and my mom is living with my grandfather to take care of him. I just feel so helpless and so bad for my mom. She works full time then goes and takes care of him, she is having money problems and it's just been really bad for her lately. So I was crying and then Jessica started crying. I felt so bad for my DH. He didn't know what to do.

OK- Sorry I have written a book- but it feels better to write it down. Jessica and I calmed down and then went and snuggled for a bit - I even let her stay up late just so I could be close to her. Today my grandfather is doing much better his bp is 144/68 and they are giving him medicine. I don't know if my crying fit was worse because I am pg or what- but it sucked!

Thanks for reading-
Kristen

[AngelHope]

Kristen: I am praying for your grandfather. And yes pregnancy and being worn out plays a BIG part in how we respond to things. I think its better to have a good cry and get it out than to keep stress bottled up inside while pregnant, well anytime for that matter. DHs never do know how to handle things like that Your family has had a rough year of it - I really do pray that things get better

[TRACY2]

Kristen- Hugs- hope everything works out for your grandfather. That is really scary.

I am so excited for Lauren!!

Cynthia- I didn't get to read the posts at all yesterday- how are you?? Praying we get some news in the next day or two!

Hi Angel!

I had my 37.5 week checkup yesterday and she was supposed to strip the membranes but since I was still a few days away from 38 weeks and they had NO open beds, she decided to wait another week I am 50% effaced and dialated almost to 2! So, that was good. I pray this weekend goes fast! I am so ready to meet my little one!

HI to everyone- have a beautiful day!

Tracy

[Mrs Sarah]

Morning ladies!

Angela: To do colors, you put [ color=blue] (or whatever color you want and also w/o spaces) at the beginning of the paragraph and then at the end you put [ /color] (w/o spaces). That makes it all pretty!

Kristen: I'm so sorry to hear about your grandfather. I pray that everything clears up okay.

Tracy: You are progressing! How exciting!!!

Lauren: You are in my prayers babycakes!!

As for me, not much new to report. I went out with some friends last night for drinks. I had dinner and lemonade while they drank. I drank 4 HUGE lemonades and thought for sure I would have a miserable night having to get up to pee, but I never had to get up once??? I thought that was really weird, especially since I've been having to get up all the time usually. I'm so paranoid, it's little things like that that make me think something is wrong. I can't wait for my appt next week. I love them just for the reassurance factor. I really should look into renting a doppler or something.

[lowcarbinmama]

SARAH enjoy the evenings where you aren't peeing right now. It's very common to slow down in the 2nd trimester but come the 3rd trimester (when the baby is getting bigger and sitting on your bladder all the time) you'll be back to peeing 3-4 times a night!
So enjoy getting a full nights sleep, the 2nd trimester really is the easiest. (I think it's a resting period before the 3rd).

[AngelHope]

Tracy: on the progression!!! Hope you see your little girl soon!

Sarah: Thanks for the info on the colors Now I can make things beeeeeeee-uuuuuu-ttttt-ful I didn't get up last night either - WEIRD but I will take it

Hey Stacy!!

[TRACY2]

Uggggh, that's all I do is peepee all night long! I even started limited my water after dinner so I wouldn't have to go as often and that doesn't help. Sheesh, I am thinking about getting a catheter

Sarah- I can't believe you are almost 16 weeks! Where has the time gone?

We had another U/S done yesterday to look for fluid and there was plenty. The tech and my doctor did a fetal age assement and she was measuring a couple weeks behind Two weeks ago at the U/S they said she weighed about 4 lbs 8 oz, yesterday they said 5lbs 9 oz. So she's growing but is going to be very small. We saw her little face and she yawned and stretched and then we watched her breathing! It was really cool!

Anyway- I though with the 52 lbs I have gained that some of that was going to the baby!

[lowcarbinmama]

TRACY I don't really think the fetal measurements are too accurate, at my ultrasounds during my last 2 weeks they kept telling me I'd be having a *good size 9 or 10lb. baby*, of course I was scared to death, she ended up weighing 7lbs.8oz.!

[Mrs Sarah]

Tracy: I've heard a lot that the fetal measurements are not accurate. You'll have a perfect little baby.

Question: Did any of you have the AFP (Alpha Fetal Protein) blood test done? We're having it done on our next appt (6/2) and I don't know what to expect. They said that it wall check to see if there's any abnormalities like Down's Syndrome or Spina Bifida. I'm nervous...

[TRACY2]

That's what everyone keeps telling me, not to worry about it because it's very inaccurate in the last trimester. I don't have a problem with a small baby. My husband was 3.5 lbs and I was 6.4 lbs. She assured me that all the organs were fine and baby looked good. Then ordered another U/S for next week and put IUGR on the paperwork I asked why she put that and she said it was nothing to worry about, she just had to list a reason for requesting another one.

[Mrs Sarah]

What's IUGR??

[lowcarbinmama]

SARAH is the AFP the same test as the Triple Screen? I think it is, where they test for Downs, CF & Spina Bifida? If so, I opted to not have the test. Most Dr.s give you the option. Supposedly there are a lot of false positives with the test so I decided to go without. I'm sure you'll be fine.

TRACY what does IGUR stand for?

[TRACY2]

Sara, I had the triple screen done and it was a piece of cake, but yeah, they do have a really high false positive.

IUGR is interuterine growth retardation. She called it growth restriction, but it's the same I guess.

Trish- some techs are really good at getting close to the weight, but I have heard so many people say their doctors were way, way off. Even still I technically still have 2 weeks till I am due and the baby should gain 1/2 lb each week. That would put her at 6lbs 9 oz.

[Trishagrrl]

Tracy: Talking to my cousin who is an ultrasound tech she says she has always been able to get within 1/2 pound of the babies weight and that if you have an ultrasound tech that really knows what they are doing they should be able to do that as well. I certainly wouldn't worry about it too much though! My baby at the last u/s when I was in the hospital was measuring on the small side as well - 1 week behind 3Lb 15 oz. As long as everything else looked good thats whats important!

Katie: Thanks so much for the link yesterday... I'm looking forward to reading it because I've been interested in finding out how lc'ing and breastfeeding work.

Nicole: Good to see you on! I'd make sure to check with the doc about those braxton hicks ? that you've been having. They don't sound very good!

Red: I'm so sorry you failed your glucose test! I'll pray you pass the next one!!!

Angela: Whats an FFN test? I don't think they have done that on me yet. All of the doctors have assured me since I've had the steroid shots that they are pretty confident the lung development should be ok if I went into PTL again... I'm going to see what the doc says today about what they would do if i went into ptl.
Congrats to Michael on passing the bio-physical profile

Sarah: Glad you had some fun with friends last night 1st trimester I peed more than usual, 2nd trimester it backed off some, now I feel like I have to go ALL the time... I even asked at my last apt. if maybe I had a UTI, but they checked and said NOPE!

Kristen: I understand how good it can feel to just get it written down and share... you and your family will be in my prayers!

Lauren and Cyn: hope your not checking in is a good sign... here's hoping that you're in labor

[Trishagrrl]

As for me...
Well I had a really bummer of a day yesterday. It kinda started out because Jason got mad at me (he was just moody) which upset me then he came an profusely appologized. But that already had me in a glum mood so I spent half of the rest of the day crying or feeling like crying. Feeling sorry for myself basically... I kept thinking... this isn't how the last few weeks were supposed to be, I had things I wanted to do. I wanted to spend some time with my husband (especially since the last month has been such a bummer with him out of it because of his jaw). Then I'd get afraid the baby will come to early and that I'll have to leave him in the hospital which is really my biggest fear... ok so I'm pathetic!

I'm feeling better today, trying to be optimistic and looking forward to getting out of the house for my doctors apt. I'm praying for a very uneventful doctors apt!

[trolly]

Sarah—If I could go back and do it again I would’ve skipped the AFP. What I didn’t realize (and the doctor didn’t tell me beforehand) is that it just screens you into a risk group with probabilities. So mine came back ‘abnormal’ but that just means that I have a 1 in 287 (1/3 of 1%!) chance of having a baby w/D.S. vs. my normal probability of 1 in 500 or so. This is not information that I really wanted because it caused unnecessary worry for such a low chance. A normal woman at age 35 has a 1 in 350 risk. It has a high false positive rate and it also happens that people get an all clear when there really is something wrong. Anyway, long story short is if you decide to do it, take the results with a LARGE grain of salt. I’ve also talked to a lot of women since that got similar results and now have perfectly healthy babies.

[TRACY2]

Trish- ((((hugs)))) it's normal. Take a hot bubble bath and read your favorite book. Try to relax!

[babyblue26062]

Hi guys-

Thanks for all the well wishing for my grandfather
They are appreciated.

Trish- to you. I am glad you are feeling better today and I hope your doctors app. goes well.

I am wondering why the doctors make you take the AFP test at all. I took it and it came back fine- but they really didn't even go over what it was for -

Lauren and Cyn- Hope you guys are in labor!!!!

Tracy- Your comment made me laugh about getting a catheter. It would be so nice to have one in some nights- LOL. Congrats on the progress!

Hi everyone else!
Kristen

[Mrs Sarah]

Well, my doctor said that it was optional, but I thought it sounded like a good idea. I didn't realize it was so worthless. Maybe I shouldn't have it done??

[TRACY2]

Trish- keep us updated on your grandfather k?

As for my progress, I thought my DH was just having fun in there Tuesday night when he checked me. LOL. But the dr said the exact same thing he did- 50% effaced and dialated to almost 2! I have a home cervix checking machine!

[AngelHope]

Sarah: I opted out of the AFP test all 3 pregnancies due to the high rate of false positives. I could handle a baby with downs and I know that spina bifa doesn't run on either side of the family so we were comfortable making the choice.

Tracy: I know usually if the baby has IUGR that they will go ahead and induce at your stage so you might be having that baby next week!

I know my tech since she was high risk and does the bpps is very accurate on size/weight etc... she is within the 1/2lb area that Trish talked about.

Trish: FFN stands for Fetal Fibronectin - it is a vaginal swab done to see if a mother will have PTL within 2wks of the test. I thought maybe they would have given you one, they seem to be growing in popularity among drs. Here is a link http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/1511.html - the depression and emotional issues are really common, especially in the first few weeks of bedrest. It really is a mental thing to overcome! Try to focus on the positives

[TRACY2]

I want them to induce next week but I am horrified of IUGR. They said she was in the 25th percentile and that that was ok.