Hellobee Boards

When I first announced to family, my sister said she would throw me one. However, she definitely doesn't have the funds, so my mom would have bankrolled it. But there is major family drama now and those two aren't speaking, sooooo not sure if I'm even getting one at this point! I'm OK with it though, I don't think it would be very fun with the family drama.

Updated list!

8/2 -jennypenny (#1) - 25 w, 5 d
8/4 - apples4teacher (#1) - 25 w, 3 d
8/6 - sera_87 (#2) - 25 w, 1 d
8/6 - claire.peonies (#1) - 25 w, 1 d
8/7 - avabear (#3) - 25 w, 0 d
8/7 - babybean404 (#1) - 25 w, 0 d
8/7 - buffalove (#2) - 25 w, 0 d
8/9 - phxbee (#2) - 24 w, 5 d
8/13 - Aandmklover (#2) - 24 w, 1 d
8/14 - sharpie (#1) - 24 w, 0 d
8/16 - mrs.someone (#1) - 23 w, 5 d
8/16 - mrst927 (#1) - 23 w, 5 d
8/16 - mrskc (#2) - 23 w, 5 d
8/17 - kodybear (#2) - 23 w, 4 d
8/17 - dankrist (#1) - 23 w, 4 d
8/18 - stratosphere (#1) - 23 w, 3 d
8/18 - t.h.o.u (#2) - 23 w, 3 d
8/20 - bakerbee (#1) - 23 w, 1 d
8/21 - chibee (#1) - 23 w, 1 d
8/21 - xinfinity (#1) - 23 w, 0 d
8/22 - swurlygurl (#2) - 22 w, 6 d
8/23 - beckysue (#1) - 22 w, 5 d
8/23 - pui (#1) - 22 w, 4 d
8/26 - erind425 (#1) - 22 w, 2 d
8/27 - locavore_mama (#2) - 22 w, 1 d
8/30 - mrs.64 (#1) - 21 w, 5 d
8/30 - msmug (#1) - 21 w, 5 d
8/31 - jmarionsmith (#2) - 21 w, 4 d

@mrs. 64: last time around i had an anterior placenta, so i didn't feel consistent movement till 25-26 weeks! i think my ob said not to worry about how much movement there is till about 28 weeks, or around that time.

@kodybear: Thanks for the encouragement. I didn't ask them about the position of my placenta. I'm guessing they would tell me if it was anterior? I guess baby girl could tell I was stressing because she started doing a bit of light exercise since I've been sitting down. Also will you add a 24w appointment for May 12? Thanks!

@mrs. 64: okay, i'l add your appt on the next page! yay for feeling baby girl more! i notice that when i think about how much the baby is moving, the baby isn't moving much. but when i'm busy with something or thinking about other things, the baby is moving like crazy. they know!

@BakerBee: thank you for asking! <warning - this is prob more info than u wanted to know > my last cervical check on wed wasn't the best. the last 2 weeks my cervical length was about 2.5cm. this week it was closer to 2.2cm. so i'm starting progesterone suppositories which seems to help prevent >40% of preterm labor cases. i think right now my chances of preterm labor are about 12%, so with progesterone i think its about 7%? i'm trying to be optimistic that thats a pretty small number! as far as the other findings, i tested negative for infections that may cause an echogenic bowel, i got panorama testing for genetic testing (similar to materniti21) should have those results next week! if that comes back negative, ill def not worry about the echogenic bowel. i also think i might've caught hand food and mouth disease from my daughter... i'm always full of issues... haha but thanks for checking on me! hoping the progesterone helps and i have a growth scan next week to check on babies size!

@kodybear: I'm sure the progesterone will help. I'm glad they are being proactive with that. Keep us updated when you hear back from the test. I'm sure baby is totally fine!

@JennyPenny: Haha the repeated caress sounds interesting for sure!

@mrs. 64: i had a anterior placenta with #1 as well. I didn't know until I asked because I wasn't feeling regular movement.

@kodybear: keep us posted!

no sprinkle here! Not common in my DH's family and MIL has cancer so yeah, not happening. My only really good friend is out of state. It would have been fun to get together and celebrate. But we'll see how I'm feeling post baby and maybe we'll have a sip n see.

Sitting at the doctor's office, but wanted to say that baby is still a ! Thank goodness!

@BakerBee: @locavore_mama: @mrs. 64: thanks! i'll keep u guys updated.

@msmug: hmm usually at my drs they don't do a 24 week scan. did they say anything about a followup anatomy scan? it could just be a growth scan, which would be a lot shorter than an anatomy scan. they just measure the head and stomach circumference, and check a couple other things like heart rate. and i'll add your appts on the next update!

@BakerBee: yay!! glad you know for sure now even tho u were pretty sure already. and u got an extra peek at baby!

anyone do the glucose test yet? i'm about to do it tomorrow! i hope i pass. i can't not eat sugar.

@kodybear: I had my glucose test yesterday. I should find out the results by Friday! I had the joy of bringing my 15-month old with me and she screamed hysterically during my appointment and blood draw. I'm pretty sure she thought we were at the pediatrician's office for shots since she normally doesn't cry a lot. When they were getting baby boy's heart rate I literally had to lay down and hold her off to the side while she kicked and cried. I usually don't take her to appointments if possible, but my husband had a last minute meeting come up. Never again!!!

@kodybear: I have my test May 27th. I asked my doctor (or a doctor in my office's practice since I'm making the rounds now) how concerned I should be and she said that a lot of practices these days would forgo the test on me based on my age (27) and that I was previously a healthy weight. I was surprised to hear this. She said to just eat some toast before and to not go crazy on sugar the day before. I told her I would try to keep my jellybean habit in check that week.

@kodybear: My maternity pants feel tight today (word to the wise: don't size down in maternity pants.. you will regret it and feel shameful when you have to get a bigger size)... I probably shouldn't bank on my pre-pregnancy weight and age.

Good luck today!

@kodybear: @T.H.O.U.: my on actually tested for glucose levels at my first set of blood work! No prior history.

Had my 23 wk appt today and everything looks good. Got a scrip for a support belt and pump.

@mrs. 64: 5lbs TOTAL by 20w? I'd say your doing fabulous and you should ignore the endo! We all have rough weeks, they seem to even themselves out

I think you mean 9 lbs total right? Even still that's great.

I just looked at my chart and I was up six, down three, and then up six from there. For a total gain of 9. But even with those six pound jumps they never said anything to me.

@mrs. 64: your dr is mean! I've gained 10lbs total at my 24 week checkup - and 6 of those were between weeks 20-24! My dr said not to worry about it so whatever! You're totally fine!

Thanks guys.

@T.H.O.U.: Yes, 9 lbs total, which I'm totally not going to stress about because I think that's totally fine. I was more worried about the 4 lbs in 2 weeks.

@chibee: That makes me feel better. I hope I'm just in a little growth spurt and this won't be a trend for the rest of the pregnancy.

@mrs. 64: Not much this weekend... I hope to knock a few of the tasks on my to-do list off but other than that not much is happening!

Sorry I've been a bit MIA from this thread. I've been reading along but I don't like responding on my phone and then I feel bad when I can't respond to everyone. So I'm jumping back in!

@mrs. 64: Not much planned this weekend. DH is off to a nerd party to play video games today so I've got to watch DS all day. Tomorrow we have a birthday party. Have fun at the wedding!

@mrskc: I was wondering the same thing because the other day I thought I felt something like that too!