Hellobee Boards

@Cole: Yay! So exciting that results are starting to come in. My appointment with the geneics counselor is Tuesday, so I assume my blood draw will be too.

@Cole: great news!!

@cole: Yay!!!

@Mrs. Pickle: How far along are you? I'm definitely not a good candidate for the home Doppler, because if i couldn't find the HB immediately, I'd freak. Ha. But, I'm always jealous of people who have them.

@littlejoy: I'm 10w2d. It took me about 10 minutes to find the heartbeat and that was with knowing where the baby is positioned. I tried to find it two weeks ago with no luck.

I've had a weird ache and kind of crampy feeling today. I noticed after a while that it would start when my bladder was full. I guess it was just pressing on my uterus in a weird way.

Thanks everyone! I'm really excited. I can't wait to hear as everyone else finds out!

@littlejoy: is it maybe round ligament pain? It's just annoying and uncomfortable but usually doesn't last too long.

@Mrs. Pickle: Hurray for heartbeat! It's always reassuring when you find it. Of course the flip side is it's super anxiety producing when you can't do my husband very adamantly vetoed getting one!

I'm 12+3 and still so incredibly tired. I feel like I could just sleep all day long! It definitely doesn't help that I can't stomach coffee. I'm just so ready to feel normal- and the grumpy pessimist in me is saying it's going to be a really long time until that happens! Anyone else in that boat? Any hope for me?

@Cole: yup, still pretty tired although I'm behind you at 10+3. I has to get better, right?

@littlejoy: I think I've been getting this feeling on and off, plus a lot of round ligament pain lately too.

Had my NIPT draw today, informaseq. So now we wait. I read this testing doesn't report on neural tube defects, so will they order the quad screen as well, at 16 weeks? I'm not supposed to get an ultrasound until 20 weeks now so I'm curious how we'll know if there are any other risks, assuming the NIPT comes back low risk.

@Cole: thanks, seems like that's the case. We have no elevated risk factors other than my age, but it just seems like a long time to wait in the event there is a serious issue.

My living room and the toy situation are out of control right now still from christmas. I need some energy!

@pmerr: I've had a few moments where I wondered if I was feeling movement. I didn't feel ANYTHING until 16 weeks last pregnancy and I'm only 12 weeks now, so I'm probably imagining it. But who knows, right?

I thought I felt something the other day but decided I was crazy!

@littlejoy: yup, I have calendars to send too!

@littlejoy: lol, challenge accepted!

Midwife appointment went well! Took forever to find the heartbeat but finally did and it was 160! Baby was apparently moving all over because she couldn't get a read for more than a few seconds at a time before she had to move and look for it again. At the ultrasound it was only in the 120's, which I know is fine, but I still feel better having it higher now. So relieved!

I have to do the one hour glucose screening early again since I've had GD twice now. Awesome. Though to be honest, an hour to sit and read without LO tugging on me? I'm not sure I'm actually going to complain.

Didn't love this midwife though. (You see different ones throughout so you can get to know them all.) Not very personable, and when I asked her if she thought I should see a dermatologist about this red spot under my eye, she said I should because it might be cancer, but it looks kinda like ringworm. Uh, wtf? Not actually worried because it was too weird to even be scary, but I guess I'll get some antifungal cream (ringworm is a fungus, not an actual worm) and call a dermatologist. 🙄

Hi ladies, I just wanted to say thanks to all of you when I had my loss earlier this month and that all of your ultrasounds look adorable. I wanted to pop in because I just had a positive test today! I'm trying to stay positive and not let nerves get to me, but after 2 years of infertility (with no +'s) and then back-to-back positives, it's a bit surreal. Praying for a sticky baby this time and I just wanted to let you all know! I'll be joining the October 2017 board whenever its up! Good luck again with your pregnancies!

@coleycam: That's awesome news - congrats!! Lots of for a sticky babe

@coleycam: what a great update! Best wishes to you for an uneventful pregnancy!

So we got our NIPT results back and everything came back good... and it's another GIRL! DH and I cried when we found out. And apparently we're also having the nuchal translucency ultrasound at MFM this Friday because it can apparently give indication whether I may develop pre-eclampsia again. So I guess we get to see baby again on Friday

I'm split on feeling glad we are being cautious and wondering whether this is over-cautious (and expensive!)

Aug 2 - KNS (#2)
Aug 3 - PetitDuck (#2)
Aug 7 - MamaFern (#2), LittleJoy (#2)
Aug 9 - MrsD2442 (#1)
Aug 10 - Mrs. Blush (#1), PeachyKeen (#2)
Aug 11 - Cole (#2) , Sunset840 (#2)
Aug 15 - Mrs. Blue (#4)
Aug 16 - MommySLP (#3), SapphireSun (#2)
Aug 17 - Nolababy (#2), Mrs.Pinecone316 (#2)
Aug 18 - Pmerr (#2), sparklemama (#2)
Aug 19 - Rachebon (#2), MrsBrewer (#2)
Aug 21 - Torchwood (#2)
Aug 22 - Mrs. Microscope (#2)
Aug 25 - Revel (#2), PhillyDogLover (#1), Mrs. Pickle (#2)
Aug 29 - CodderGirl (#2)
Aug 30 - sojellybean (#2), Lmpeavley (#1)

Appts:
Feb 3 - sojellybean, PeachyKeen
Feb 14 - Mrs. Microscope
Feb 15 - MommySLP
Feb 16 - Mrs. Pickle
Feb 24 - Mrs. Pickle, PeachyKeen
Mar 6 - Mrs. Brewer

@pmerr: It apparently has to do with placental blood flow and is measured at the same time as the nuchal test (11-13 weeks). They say it can predict up to 90% of early onset, severe pre-eclampsia. I don't think my pre-e was full-blown until 36 weeks, but I guess it can't hurt to check.

Two of my OBs recommended the screening earlier in my pregnancy, but then I think they dropped the ball to schedule it (I'm 12w5d today) so I'm not sure whether it's that important or not. I brought it up at my appointment today so I'm guessing they wouldn't have done it otherwise.

@Torchwood: That's awesome that it is clearing up so quickly! We are really lucky that our OB's office has a contracted price with the Harmony test for only $130 out-of-pocket. I hope you can get your insurance to cover it - it's so expensive!

@peachykeen: Yeah, last time they had a deal with one of the companies so it was only $20. I think the test was new so they were getting the word out about it. Hopefully they have something similar (though likely not *that* cheap!) this time.