Hellobee Boards

@MrsADS: so glad baby is okay! Take care of yourself!

@Mrs. J: I'm a microbiologist, and I just wanted to say it's way too early to know if the strep will stick around until the end. Get tested again right before birth. As for right now, just be vigilant in hygiene and reduce the sugar in your diet. I bet it will clear up in the next 25-30 weeks!

@Mrs. Microscope: I thought it was early, but then I read this : "GBS can also cause bladder infections, with or without symptoms. Your provider should do a urine culture for GBS and other bacteria (this is not the standard prenatal urine “dipstick” check) at the first prenatal visit. GBS in your urine means that you may be heavily colonized which puts your baby at greater risk. (2) If your urine tests positive, your provider should consider you as “GBS colonized” for this pregnancy so that you receive IV antibiotics for GBS when labor starts/your water breaks."

I go next week Tuesday, so I'll see what the midwife says.

@buttermilk: Thanks! Seeing the heartbeat was very comforting.

Here's the image from 8w1d.

@Mrs. J: its always best to listen to your midwife! She is in change for a reason. She will come up with a plan for you. Fingers still crossed it clears up before August!

@autumnlove: fingers crossed for good results!

@krispi: what a cute little gummy bear!

@buttermilk: can't wait for your update!

@autumnlove: Hope you pass the test! They're testing me at my next appointment I think. Is it bad that I'm pretty much assuming I have it again, but not really following the diet until they tell me? Haha almost nothing sounds good except carbs, so there's that.

@krispi: Cute little bean!! Glad it went well!

@lilteacherbee: I'm doing that too! I just figure I'll never stick to the diet unless I know for sure I have it, so I might as well enjoy what are probably my last few days of freedom!.

@Torchwood: My thoughts exactly

OMG how is it time for glucose testing time already???? I feel like we did that later last time?

@lilteacherbee: ahhhh that makes more sense!

@kjpugs: 28 weeks is normal, so you have plenty of time!

@getjazzy: That's so exciting! I'm hoping we hear it next week at our appt. I will be a day shy of 11 weeks.

@Mrs. J: ugh, I'm sorry! Hope you get some relief soon.

At the lab for the blood draw for my screening. Just finished up with talking to the genetics counselor. Turns out, the lab is getting rid of the $25 cap on the screening TOMORROW. So glad I'm getting in under the wire! I'm not technically high risk, despite my history (since there's no evidence that any of it was caused by genetic problems), so insurance wouldn't have covered it. But we're good, so we'll know the sex in 8-10 days, and hopefully have some peace of mind that all is well!

@autumnlove: boo! Did you have it with your previous pregnancies??
@Torchwood: how exciting! fx for great results.

Hi ladies - looks like I'm joining you on the August board! I might be pushed back into September once I have the dating ultrasound, but the online calculator says August 28th, so that's what I'm going with for now

Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
EDD: August 28, but subject to change
First child: Yes!
First doctor appointment: Dating ultrasound on Jan 14, in-take appt on Jan 15
Any symptoms so far: sore breasts, nausea, puking, etc.
Who have you told: Just DH and my BFF (and HB, of course)

@Mrs. J: Ugh, J and N must've been planning that because he was up at 4am, too. I'm draggggging today. Hope you start feeling better!

@Torchwood: So exciting!!! My blood draw is 2 weeks from today and I can't wait! Looks like you'll be the first August mama to know or ! Do you have a preference either way?

@lilteacherbee: Not really? DH and I both think it's a boy, but I think that's a knee jerk reaction to having lost a girl. And I've always wanted a girl, so that'd be nice, but it would also be nice for this pregnancy to be as different as possible from the last. So... I'll be happy either way, but for different reasons?

@lilteacherbee: @Mrs. J: Thanks, ladies. I don't think it'd be so hard if I didn't have to walk past the receptionist and make small talk with her on my way to the bathroom - I feel like she must have noticed how many times I've been going by now. Maybe it's time to start hiding some of those peanut butter filled pretzels in my desk.

And jolly ranchers! I forgot about those, but that's such a good idea!

@raspberries: Welcome and congrats!! With my first I snacked a bunch but my boss revealed that it tipped him off to my pregnancy so this time I'm snacking out of view! Crackers helped a ton. Don't let your stomach get too empty!

@raspberries: welcome!!

@raspberries: congrats + welcome

I feel so sick and tired and I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired. DS is teething... again...one of two broke threw last night and he pretty much non stop (almost) dry nursed the whole night. I did not sleep at all. And I love DS so much and I love that he's such an active baby but... whenever I bend over: I throw up, when I lift something/DS: I throw up... I tried to clean the bathroom... guess what: I threw up because I can't stand the smell of cleaning agents.... I'm taking the max dosage of whatever is available in my country (about 7 different things) the only other option I have is the hospital. My ob would give me IV fluids, but they wouldn't contain anything else then I'm already taking.... ugh. I don't know how I did this the last time. This time I “only” lost 5lbs (last time I had lost 25 by 9 weeks and LO was starting to measure behind....)