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@Torchwood: aww hugs. I know it must really suck to hear that things may not be normal. I hope the specialist will have good news for you. Did u have the nuchal scan done? If so, did results show anything?

My daughter had an echogenic focus in the heart or something which could be a marker for Down's syndrome, but she turned out not to have it. Hope everything comes out well for u too.

@tequiero21: @Mrs. Jump Rope: Thanks. We didn't do any screenings, since we aren't high risk for anything (that we know of). Kinda regretting that now, but not sure it would have made a difference other than giving us more of a warning. We're apparently going to be talking to a genetic specialist at some point, but not sure when or what exactly for. And they drew some blood today to do some screenings of some sort, but didn't really explain whether it would just rule them out or what.

@Torchwood: at around 16 weeks or so, they take blood to look for spinal defects, i believe. Harmony test is still an option if u want to check for trisomies. People just do it earlier cuz they can. Supposedly 99% accurate.

@torchwood: thinking of you. definitely frustrating to get this news on a friday. hope you are able to talk to someone soon.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: That's so adorable!

Question- We don't want to tell most people (i.e. anyone but our parents and DH's twin sister) anything about this until we know more. But because of my blog, a LOT of people know we had the anatomy scan yesterday. How would you answer any questions about how it went? I'm thinking something along the lines of not having all the results yet, but that could open up some more questions. I don't want to say anything about it being questionable, because I don't want to alarm people or get a ton of questions, but I also don't want to straight up lie and say it was fine. Any thoughts?

@Mrs. Jump Rope: That is too cute.

@Torchwood: Wow that has got to be scary. You always expect to go into a scan like that expecting nothing but normal so it must have been a shock. I'm sorry you're in this limbo.
I hope that you can continue to focus on the good and get some answers from the additional testing and genetic counselor. And know that no matter what you'll love that baby and that baby will love you

I too was surprised when at my early anatomy this week they said "anterior placenta". Because I started to feel him moving this week and actually felt some of the movements we saw on the screen. And I'm only 17 weeks! Maybe there are varying "degrees" of anterior placenta? Maybe it can be partially anterior so you can still feel quite a bit? I know that I'm feeling him, it's quite obvious now.

@Pancakes: sameish. My hips exploded this past week & my belly is huge. My mom commented that she can't imagine me double this size come August/September.

Thanks.

Okay, I'm over my pity party (for now!). Did y'all have a nice weekend? We had the ILs overnight and my parents drove up this morning and we all had breakfast and went to church together. The service was really nice but DD talked and squirmed through the whole service (she refuses to go to the nursery--that's a separate issue!). We had a really nice Easter lunch at our house; my dad grilled rack of lamb and I made a yummy mint pesto to go with it. It was nice hosting people in our space and my mom and MIL helped out a lot in the kitchen too, which was great. They all left after lunch, and then all 3 of us took a nap (!) and we had dinner and a mini egg hunt at a friend's house. So all in all a very nice weekend, but whew, I'm tired!

Hope you had a nice sunny weekend!

What are ya'll feeling BH-wise? I'm having way more than I expected this early. Not enough to be a cause for concern, I think, but definitely a lot more than I would have thought.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Mine are almost all enough to catch my breath a bit, or at least the ones I notice are. I occasionally poke my belly and realize it's harder than usual, but don't feel anything, and I've wondered if those are just less strong ones. Nothing regular, and the ones I notice aren't more than 1 or 2 an hour (and not every hour), so I'm not worried. I was going to ask the midwife, but wound up not discussing anything but ultrasound results, unsurprisingly. When they call me with my MFM appointment, if it's a nurse calling instead of a receptionist, I may ask what's normal and what I should watch for. In the meantime, more water!

@Torchwood: Glad you have an appointment, but I really hope they can work you in sooner!

I don't think I had any noticeable BH contractions with my 1st, and this time nothing yet, except once last week I had the dog out for a walk and I got sharp cramps across my abdomen (probably due to dehydration?), bad enough that I had to turn around and go home. Not sure if that is BH or not.

I haven't checked in a while so I thought I'd say hello!

Pregnancy has been pretty boring lately, with the exception of having back aches every morning because I can't find a comfortable sleeping position. Body pillow coming soon!

I felt the first recognizable thump in my belly last night while my husband was reading Harry Potter to the baby (we started re-reading the series this week when the baby started to hear). And today I've been noticing that all the little flips and pops and twinges I've been feeling but brushing off lately are most likely the baby moving. I'm looking forward to something very definitive though!

My belly popped out this week (I don't have a gold membership, so no belly pic for the thread), and people at church this weekend started to touch! I'm trying to come up with a really nice, sweet way to tell people NO. It's hard when your husband's a pastor like mine is, and I know that most of the ladies are just excited for us, but it is SO awkward and uncomfortable.

my anatomy scan is May 7 and fingers crossed we can stay team green! (E is paranoid they will slip during the u/s!)

In the meantime I'll stay distracted because my brother in law is getting married this weekend!

@Torchwood: I'm glad you were able to get an appointment date! Fingers crossed they'll get you in earlier.

@LatteLove: can you be honest and say you don't enjoy being touched? Or, as my principal would say (I went to Catholic school) "leave two feet for the Lord!"

@tequiero21: why did you drink water?! I didn't have to & tried to avoid liquids that morning and still peed twice while waiting for my 8:30am appt. did you find out what you're having or are you team green?

@Torchwood: I'm sorry to hear you had some upsetting news in your anatomy scan, the uncertainty is so difficult to deal with. In my last pregnancy, I had a really bad scan where the tech said she saw amniotic bands (will cause at least disability/malformation and at worst death) and had to wait several weeks for the next scan with the specialist, those weeks of waiting were horrendous. Thankfully the original tech was mistaken and the baby was fine but I still remember the stress of not knowing. We're all thinking of you.

my biggest accomplishement yesterday was making pasta salad and not throwing up. it's one of my favorite summer time foods, but i had the worst aversion with it when i was pregnant with chloe. so bad that i haven't made it since I was pregnant with her!

but it was yummy & now i can't stop eating it.

Hi everyone! Hope everyone had a relaxing weekend and a happy Easter (if you celebrate!)

@mrs. Jump rope and @pancakes I hope you are both doing okay, those sound like really scary experiences.

@torchwood I'm glad you have a follow up appointment, I hope you can get an earlier appointment! Waiting must be very difficult.

@lattelove I don't know how you deal with people touching you! My mom visited this weekend and she asked if she could touch it (which obviously she can haha).

@LatteLove: Ugh, my DH said our landlord came by last Friday and when he asked how he could help her, she said "oh I came by to see how your wife was doing and touch her belly." Even DH was weirded out by that. Thankfully I wasn't home, but people are so weird.

@psw27: I've been sleeping on my side with a pillow between my legs - that seems to help the hip/back soreness. If I sleep on my back, I put the pillow under my knees - somehow that feels better to me. I thrash around a lot since getting pregnant, so I end up wherever I end up in the morning, but I always try to fall asleep on my left side.

@psw27: sounds like bh. Are u drinking enough water? Doesn't sound like contractions or anything since u don't get them often. I say drink more water and see if that helps. It helps me.

@gingerbebe: u are borderline diabetic, right? Not diabetic, but prone to it cuz of family history or something? Maybe it's related? My brother in law was the same. Drank all.the.TIME!!! He was always thirsty. Turns out he has diabetes and needs to regulate it with pills. But he was extreme, really didn't take care of himself. He was always thirsty but instead of water, he drank bad fruit drinks. Like fruit punch. My husband thought it was really weird that he was always thirsty, so he told my bil to get checked out and yup, my hubby was right.

Seriously though, in the beginning, water tasted BAD to me. It's better now, but still have to chug to drink it. Wasn't this bad with my first pregnancy.