awick14, 30 weeks is a huge milestone! I remember thinking that taking home my baby seemed much more attainable.
Sending good vibes for an excellent beta, knx9211.
I have to unpack the suitcases I never dealt with just so I can re-pack for Saturday. Also, A said "mama" very clearly (as opposed to 'mamamamama') 3 times yesterday. Twice while wanting to be picked up, and once when she caught me sneaking away from her when I thought she was sleeping. She hasn't said it as clearly since, though, so I'm not sure I'd qualify it as her first word.
awick14, 30 weeks is a huge milestone! I remember thinking that taking home my baby seemed much more attainable.
Sending good vibes for an excellent beta, knx9211.
I have to unpack the suitcases I never dealt with just so I can re-pack for Saturday. Also, A said "mama" very clearly (as opposed to 'mamamamama') 3 times yesterday. Twice while wanting to be picked up, and once when she caught me sneaking away from her when I thought she was sleeping. She hasn't said it as clearly since, though, so I'm not sure I'd qualify it as her first word.
Sounds like she has a first word! Way to go, A!
Yay for 30 weeks, awick14. I think that was when I decided I should probably buy a few things for the baby.
I agree with Muddled that A said her first word loira! So sweet that it was mama!
C will be 7 months on Saturday. Where has the time gone! I haven't updated lately so here's where he's at: No teeth yet, has learned how to roll from belly to back and back to belly but hasn't connected them together yet, and almost sitting on his own. He loves his food and he's sleeping about 9 hours before he wakes up to eat and then goes right back down for another couple hours.
Saturday we have DD's birthday party. Her actual birthday was yesterday and she turned 13!
I hope all the babies are doing well and the pregnant ladies are having an easy time.
We got to hear the heartbeat again at our appt on monday. I'll be 13 weeks tomorrow, can't believe I've made it to 2nd tri.
I had blood drawn for the counsyl test. It's one of the ones that checks for downs and other trisomies. I'm hoping we'll get those results next week and then feel comfortable telling more people. We can't decide if we want to know the sex yet or not. H kind of wants to wait til the anatomy scan like we did with DS, but it sure is tempting to be able to know sooner. Either way, we definitely won't be waiting til delivery. Did you guys find out from bloodwork or ultrasound?
We got to hear the heartbeat again at our appt on monday. I'll be 13 weeks tomorrow, can't believe I've made it to 2nd tri.
I had blood drawn for the counsyl test. It's one of the ones that checks for downs and other trisomies. I'm hoping we'll get those results next week and then feel comfortable telling more people. We can't decide if we want to know the sex yet or not. H kind of wants to wait til the anatomy scan like we did with DS, but it sure is tempting to be able to know sooner. Either way, we definitely won't be waiting til delivery. Did you guys find out from bloodwork or ultrasound?
We found out from our CVS results with A at about 14 weeks. NIPT isn't available on the NHS, and we wanted to do the CVS to have conclusive results anyway. We decided to wait until all the genetic testing confirmed normal chromosomes, and when the full karyotyping came back normal I asked the midwife what the sex was. We weren't originally sure we wanted to know for A (H left it up to me), but I finally decided that finding out was likely to be hugely emotional and I was going to miss V terribly. I wanted A's birth to be about A, so knowing beforehand helped with that.
Post by cactuscookie on Oct 13, 2016 9:53:34 GMT -5
loira - That's so funny, a couple times yesterday, H said mama while maybe possibly (wishfully thinkingly) looking at me. Except that it wasn't that clear and it was mixed up with a lot of 'mamamamas'. So close though!
mpc - We found out the sex through bloodwork. It was a little anticlimactic to hear it over the phone in my office at work, but I wanted to know as soon as possible and have no regrets.
cactuscookie, I think H is close to saying it, too! I still don't know if A officially said it or not. She did say it again, once yesterday when she wanted picked up. But it's not consistent at all, and she also flaps her arms up and down and gets all worked up so maybe I'm wishing it into existence. Or is this going to be like when she first laughed, where she did it once and then not again for 2 whole weeks? I don't know. I guess for vanity's sake I'll agree with everyone on here that she did say it.
Post by EllenGriswold on Oct 13, 2016 11:19:57 GMT -5
I'm so happy for all our pregnants over here and excited for the new bfps from TTC to come over!
Today is the one year anniversary of our transfer and I'm having so many emotions about it all! Also, I got a call from my RE last week and totally forgot that all the babies born from their office get to put their footprints on the wall in the lobby so H and I are planning on taking Gus to do that today or tomorrow. I expect to get very teary but I'm so excited.
Post by EllenGriswold on Oct 13, 2016 11:22:11 GMT -5
mpc, we found out with bloodwork at 12 weeks. I'm actually mad because we found out on December 23 and then called everyone right away. It was a perfect opportunity to do a Christmas gift with the news but we totally didn't think of it!
I went to a baby shower of a (distant) cousin of DHs. I have mentioned her on here before, she had a surprise pregnancy after 8-9 years of trying and multiple treatment cycles.
Anyways when I get there I sat beside SIL and she whispers to me, "I don't even know why I was invited it's not like I really know this cousin" and she made little comments to me all night about it. A shower invitation is not a summons so if you didn't want to come why did you?!?
Also she kept telling everyone how excited she was because I am having a baby. Why are you showing me off like I'm some sort of freak show?!? And it's not my shower, I don't want any of the attention, it was awkward! I was also asked by a lady I had never met before if this was my first, I said yes, I didn't want to get into anything about my losses at this point in the evening. My SIL heard me and she pulled me aside and commented about how sad my other babies would be to hear that. Urg! Yes I am very open about my losses and atleast 75% of the people there know about them as well. But fuck someone else's shower isn't the time or place for this.
**SIL is BEC with me so if this is over the top then that's why.
So, next Saturday will be spent driving almost 3 hours up to Wisconsin, for a baby shower, then driving the almost 3 hours back. H is super annoyed because they invited guys and it's gonna take up all of our Saturday. I was super excited, because it's a friend who was TTTC who just adopted an adorable baby girl. Plus, she's on our guest list for our shower. And this may make me super rude, but after being involved in the planning by her SIL, I kinda don't want to go- it's a potluck, so now I have to make something and drag it across state lines, plus SIL keeps telling all of us that we NEED to bring a book instead of a card, an entire pack of diapers, AND the gift IN ADDITION TO THE POtLUCK CONtRIBUTION.... ....That's just not how it's done in my area, and I'm super annoyed that her SIL is dictating what all people need to bring.