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Hi belly buddies! Just dropping in to wish those in the states a very Happy Independence day, hope you get a long weekend of good food and relaxation!

It's been an extremely busy past few weeks finishing up the school year. I am looking forward to catching up with how everyone is doing. Woohoo summer break at last!

1. How many weeks? 19 weeks 2 days

2. How are you feeling? I am feeling wonderful! Still waiting for the other shoe to drop and feel crummy (knock on wood!)

3. Are you feeling movement yet? Yes, I started feeling movement at 16 weeks for certain even though everyone has told me that's too early. Since 18 weeks it's been more frequent and stronger. Feeling it under my belly button down low.

4. Maternity clothes? I can still fit into my roomier jeans but it's much more comfortable to wear maternity pants/capris. I'll need to stock up on some maternity tanks that are long enough as I have trouble finding long enough ones when I'm not pregnant haha.

5. How's your sleep life? Good, but still waking up every night to pee and have strange dreams.

6. Food cravings? Fruit, fruit and more fruit! Plums in particular.

7. Other fun updates? My anatomy scan is this Friday when i'll be 20 weeks. Hoping for a healthy baby and to find out the sex! I've been thinking boy this whole time, but we'll see!

hi everyone, i just had my anatomy scan today and they think they are seeing fluid in the chest and abdomen. The nurse practitioner said she called up another doctor and they both weren't sure what it meant, but they are referring me to the high risk/specialist testing center to do another ultrasound to confirm if there is fluid and that those doctors will know more... my dh has been googling like crazy and giving me info here and there. I'm not sure how I feel, worried, but not that worried? Does anyone have any history or knowledge in this?

@dragonsword: I don't have any experience with this but hope you get some answers soon. She looks wonderful in the photo!

I had my 19 week anatomy scan on Tuesday morning. This is when they first discovered a tiny cyst in DD2's kidney - they told us it was no big deal and they would monitor it every 4 weeks. Well 8 weeks later my whole world fell apart and as many of you know the worst case scenario happened - I had no fluid bc she had developed polycystic kidney disease which affected her lung development and when she was delivered at 37 weeks she only survived 13 hours. So I am very sensitive to when docs tell me "it's likely nothing to worry about and let's just monitor it."

Well, for baby boy the kidneys look fine which was a relief. But the doc saw something with his heart - potentially a ventricular septal defect. Basically, the doc thinks there is a small gap between the left and right side of the heart. So I go back in 4 weeks for another follow up. I was hoping for an all clear that everything looked great. I'm trying my best to stay optimistic but it just doesn't mean much to me when the doc says "don't worry, it's likely nothing."

@dragonsword: I hate that you have been given something to worry about. I have no experience but I pray that all is well with your little girl. She is such a little cutie already!

@sandy: I really was hoping that baby boy would get a clean bill of healthy at your AS. You don't deserve any of this worry. Why do you have to wait another 4 weeks? Can't you have a fetal echo done? My fingers are crossed that Everything is ok, but I know how you must be feeling. I am thinking of you and that sweet little boy.

@sandy: Hi Sandy, so sad to hear that they may have found something. My OB said the same thing to me after my scan, "just something we want to monitor, make your appt within a next couple of weeks" I was like what?? We have our appointment for tomorrow morning and hope to get more information. I hope you can find out something sooner as well, the wait and not knowing is totally agonizing for us. If you do have to wait 4 weeks, I hope it goes by quickly for you and you get nothing but good news on your next appointment. xoxo.

@dragonsword: I'm so glad you get to go in tomorrow for more answers. I am the queen of googling and it has been very bad for me in the past. I hope you can stay away from it for now! I'm sorry your DH is worried. I'll just keep praying and hoping that everything turns out well for you and @sandy:. The ladies on this board have already been through enough in the past.

Thanks everyone, our follow up appointment went very well. Both sonographer and Doctor didn't see anything and assumed the last sonographer saw maybe a shadow or something. It was such a relief especially since we saw a tech who didn't mind talking to us about what she was seeing instead of just waiting for a doctor. Thanks again for everyone's good thoughts and prayers. Xoxo

@dragonsword: oh my goodness what a relief. So happy for you!

@kes18: great news on a good scan. Look at that little guy yawning! So adorable!

@dragonsword: great news!!!

I had my anatomy scan yesterday and we found out that it's a boy!

We won't get the results until I get see see my doctor as the u/s tech isn't allowed to tell us anything. She did say that he was measuring ahead in most areas but especially the femur length. The u/s pic isn't the clearest but it was great to get to see him. The scan went long because he was curled up most of the time and the tech couldn't get the right views of certain parts but she thinks she was able to by the end.

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@delight: My anatomy scan is Tuesday! I'm kind of sad because I found out that kids aren't allowed in the room during the scan, so DH will be sitting with DD in the lobby during it. We had the tech tell us the sex during the scan last time, so I'm not sure what to do this time.

@teacherbee: what a cute pic! Congrats on the baby boy!
@littlebear16: Hope you have a great scan tomorrow, that's too bad they won't let your DD in! I wonder why?

@teacherbee: great baby pic!!!

@littlebear16: hope your scan goes perfectly!

Both maternal fetal medicine offices I went to for my scans did not allow kids. And they limit how many people can be in the room. I think rather than making a decision case by case it's just easiest to say no kids under X age across the board. I think it's a way to limit distractions in the room for the tech during the scan bc unfortunately not all scans go smoothly or proceed easily...it can be stressful for these techs to see or not see something that is problematic and get all the measurements and images they need for the doc. And someone might have a really well behaved child and another might not and no one wants to make that call and say your LO is too much of a distraction to be allowed in the room and that LO is so well behaved so we'll let them in. So unfortunate but I think it's just easier in these situations to have a general rule for everyone

@Plainpistachio: how cute! congrats on the active baby boy!!!

@milag64 in the note from my midwife w the results the only thing she said was that they'll monitor it with a 3rd tri ultrasound. No other advice or direction was given. I have an appointment Monday and I'll ask because that's not something I've refrained from. The tech asked me if I've had spotting which surprised me because I've had none whatsoever. Now I'm on the lookout though!

@Plainpistachio: What a cutie! Glad the scan went well besides that little news about your placenta. I'm glad you're just not worrying about it. That's the best thing for you to do!! @CedarMagnolia: so good to hear from you! I was getting worried. Congrats on a baby girl!!
@milag64: Great to hear from you too and congrats on a boy!

Nothing too new here! Made a couple baby purchases today. I scored a good deal on a carrier today (Lillebaby). I also bought a snap and go stroller for my Chicco car seat. I didn't have one last time and just used the bassinet with my Quinny stroller. It was a pain to keep taking my sleeping daughter out of the carseat when we went anywhere so I wanted something that worked with a car seat this time.

Hope everyone is feeling great!

@Plainpistachio: @milag64: my scan showed my placenta being "first" too, which meant resulting in a c-section if it didn't move. The tech had me use the restroom and it moved up! I guess a full bladder made less room for it? Hope all of our placentas move up and out of the way! (Now there's something I thought I'd never say)

@milag64: Congrats on the boy!
@CedarMagnolia: Congrats on the girl!!
@delight: I bought girl boots from a yard sale the other week! That's the only thing I've purchased so far... they're not for babies either, so I think i have to wait another 2-3 years for her to fit them... I don't know what i was thinking lol.
I got dizzy suddenly just sitting, I'm working from home and I just looked from one pc screen to another and the whole room was spinning. Its very strange since I had a good lunch and had just finished eating ice cream, I'm not sure what caused it!