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@Jess1483: So cute! I am glad everything went well!

Baby girl looked great at our scan today! The Dr. said she didn't see any issues. Baby was frank breech, but the Dr said that is common and she has plenty of time to turn.

I'm going to start the FB group finally. Can everyone post their names on my hellobee wall? I'll invite you and then once everyone is in I will make the group secret. Currently it's closed so all people will see is my name since I'm the admin

@Tilia: I had an end of the month due date with my first. So hard to watch everyone else do everything first

Just got a call from my doctor’s nurse. She said the ultrasound showed a single echogenic focus. As far as I can tell, the only really “bad” thing this could be is a marker for DS, but my NIPT test came back negative, so it’s unlikely. She offered a referral to the high risk doctor for a follow-up, which I took. Hopefully they will call to set that up soon. In the meantime, here’s hoping it’s nothing. I’d appreciate prayers/positive thoughts/ good stories.

I have an extra midwife appointment today because I've got a nasty ingrown hair, I think, but I had a staph infection in college so anything this painful that pops out of nowhere freaks me out. Just want to make sure it's no big deal, especially since we're leaving on vacation next week. Thankfully my birth center is cool and had zero issue getting me in to make me feel better

@paigeface: I'm way more tired with this pregnancy in general. I think it's having an existing kid, I hardly ever get to just rest

I had such a hard time getting up for work this morning and kept falling back asleep. When I finally got up I was so dizzy when I sat up I had to lay back down. The dizziness didn't go away for about 10 mins. I was extremely nauseous too. Has anyone had this happen to them? I did put a call in to the nurse because I am a little nervous since I have never felt this way before. Waiting on a call back.

@MamaBear87: Thank you! You were exactly right. Nurse went through my chart and says I already have low BP and need to make sure I am drinking tons of water and eating snack before bed. Man that was not fun! Upping my water intake today and making sure to eat small frequent meals.

@paigeface: I get the dizzy nonsense occasionally. Make sure you sit down immediately if it happens when you're up. Then if you can have someone else grab you water and a snack. If no one is around stay down until it goes away.
I started a plant based protein shake yesterday to try and help with more protein to get my body more stuff (my body seems to be ignoring itself to take care of baby. Hence all the terrible skin issues )

@Jess1483: just saw your update. I hope everything resolves - have you heard from high risk doctor?

I had my anatomy scan today and baby girl is doing well. She’s measuring 19th percentile so I have to go back in 4 weeks for a follow up growth ultrasound.

Hope everyone has a great New Years! I stayed up late watching a movie last night and now I’m really tired so I doubt I will make it to midnight tonight

@Jess1483: do you have close friend/sibling/parent that lives close by? I had to have weekly ultrasounds through my 3rd trimester that basically determined if I was staying pregnant that week or not. My husband couldn't make all of them, but my sister tried to come to all of the ones he couldn't. It hells having someone other than medical staff there when the news could be good or bad.

But definitely take it as an opportunity to see baby. That helped with the stress for me; and everything turned out fine, only had him a week early, and he never had a problem during our hospital stay or after related to what they were monitoring.

@Jess1483: my mom is a notorious Google-er, and that would stress me out. So I just told her that they're following up on something that might be a problem, and we will address the problem if it is a problem.

Thankfully she went with it and would just ask if we were ok that week. (She also told her boss that any given Friday between now and me having a baby she might be leaving the office and they'll have to figure it out )

So maybe just ask your mom too attend the extra scan and tell her it's just to double check something that MIGHT be a problem.

Just came to update you guys we found out today at our 20 week scan that it's a GIRL! my feelings were actually right this time around. really thrilled!

@paigeface: Congrats!!

@MamaBear87: @Tilia: @magnolia: Thank you all so much!

@Tilia: I wanted to wait too since its our last (we have a 3yo boy) but I couldn't look at all the fun stuff anymore and not know! My husband has wanted to know from the start so we had them seal it in a envelope and we opened it together after the scan. It was a special moment between just the two of us. I feel really relieved to know! I am glad I didn't wait but that's just me.

Phew. Okay, I just had the longest ultrasound ever. Updates:

1. EIF is still there, but no other DS markers present. He basically likened an EIF (in isolation) to a freckle. Not technically "normal" but not necessarily a problem. It basically didn't change my odds of DS (which were <1 in 10,000) from the NIPT screening. I had also read that it's more common with Asian mothers, but it never mentioned baby's ethnicity. When I told the doctor that my husband is half Japanese, he said that probably contributes.

2. He did detect a velamentous insertion of the baby's umbilical cord to the placenta. He said it isn't a huge deal, but that we will need to monitor her growth, so another ultrasound at 28/29 weeks, and potentially more after that. They probably wouldn't let me go past 40 weeks, and I may need non-stress tests as we get close to 40. It could also cause problems in labor so I shouldn't labor at home and should remind the doctors during delivery if I can remember it.

So now I'm thankful for the EIF for alerting us to this It shouldn't be a problem, but I'm glad to know we're watching it carefully.

@magnolia: I ended up going by myself. I think it was the right choice for me. A few people knew (I needed a sub for my class and I told a couple friends), so I was able to update them soon after. I feel okay. This seems totally manageable and right now it hasn’t affected baby’s growth in any way. The doctor almost told me about it as a throwaway, so he didn’t seem concerned. I’ll talk to my own doc at my appointment next week, but I’ll take the known over the unknown

@Jess1483: Thank you for the update! Thinking of you and glad that everything is on track with baby.