Late weekly update 7/24

[picksthemusic]

How's everything this week, ladies?

Anything new or exciting?

[picksthemusic]

36w5d here! I have my monthly NST/growth u/s today, and an OB appointment! Should be fun to see baby again, but I also get tested for group B strep, so yay for crotch swabs! LOL We are also discussing birth plan today, too, so hopefully that goes smoothly.

And... then I guess we're on to baby watch.

[persa]

17 weeks, just found out it's 2 boys! DD was a bit disappointed but a smoothie seemed to make it all better, lol

[bk1]

11w3d and feeling good. 

I bought a pair of maternity jeans and shorts this week. I was out of town so got them while I could. I also bought a small decoration for the nursery. It says "You are my sunshine". It makes me think of my grandma because she always sang it to me when I was little.

I'm feeling more confident about everything which is awesome!! Let's hope it stays that way.

[azurely]

I'll be 24 weeks on Sunday. Yay viability!

We have done nothing baby-related lately. Other than buy clothes and a car seat . If only all baby prep could be shopping, I'd be set. I'm determined to get the nursery cleaned out this weekend, so H can put the crib together and we can start organizing all of the stuff we have.

[linz]

22 weeks tomorrow. Nothing exciting happening this week. All nursery furniture is set up and I'm happy with the way it looks. I started putting clothes away and am stuck on how to organize. I've gotten a good amount from garage sales/swap pages/consignments but still want a few more things. I'm actually hoping I get no clothes at the shower and mainly registry stuff since we're team green.

[luv2rn4fun]

19w5d...almost 1/2 way there!

We told the ILs and DH's grandma this weekend...they are stoked for a boy and all guessed it was a boy as well. We also set up our registry but it's still a work in progress.

So far we have a couple onesies (my BFF bought me a Mommy's little peanut one and I bought DH a set of 4 and then another one that says Daddy's All Star), ILs bought our crib, grandma bought the mattress and infant carseat, and my dad/stepmom bought the jogging stroller this weekend. Most of the really big items have been purchased! Oh, and the bedding we like is only available online so we bought it. It will arrive Friday (which we mgiht not be home for) so hopefully we have a decision made next week and can complete the registry then!

Next appt is in a week!

So glad to hear that everyone is doing so well!!!

[azurely]

Jul 24, 2014 10:48:36 GMT -5 persa said:

17 weeks, just found out it's 2 boys! DD was a bit disappointed but a smoothie seemed to make it all better, lol

Aw congrats on twin boys! I bet she'll love her little brothers. I was 4 when my brother was born and I was so disappointed. I told my parents to take him back, lol.

[catscatscats]

9 weeks + 5 days today. Next appointment on Monday! Really looking forward to some reassurance!

[linz]

Jul 24, 2014 10:48:36 GMT -5 persa said:

17 weeks, just found out it's 2 boys! DD was a bit disappointed but a smoothie seemed to make it all better, lol

Oh exciting! you found out early too huh?

[orangeglow]

17w 2 days.  Almost halfway if baby keeps measuring like this!

I will deliver at hopefully 32 weeks at the earliest and 36 weeks at the latest based on current projections.  We were originally given 32-38 weeks for delivery dates.  We'll see.

Baby is measuring almost 2 weeks ahead right now still.  Can we all tell baby to stop growing so long and just fatten up and develop?!?  

Everything else looks good.  Full anatomy scan one week from this coming Monday.  

[persa]

Jul 24, 2014 14:00:23 GMT -5 linz said:

Jul 24, 2014 10:48:36 GMT -5 persa said:

17 weeks, just found out it's 2 boys! DD was a bit disappointed but a smoothie seemed to make it all better, lol

Oh exciting! you found out early too huh?

Yeah, they were able to do a cursory anatomy scan but they'll repeat it at 20 weeks and then a fetal ECHO at 24 weeks.

[persa]

Jul 24, 2014 14:12:15 GMT -5 orangeglow said:

17w 2 days.  Almost halfway if baby keeps measuring like this!

I will deliver at hopefully 32 weeks at the earliest and 36 weeks at the latest based on current projections.  We were originally given 32-38 weeks for delivery dates.  We'll see.

Baby is measuring almost 2 weeks ahead right now still.  Can we all tell baby to stop growing so long and just fatten up and develop?!?  

Everything else looks good.  Full anatomy scan one week from this coming Monday.  

Are they planning to give you steroids for lung development before then?

[orangeglow]

Jul 24, 2014 14:25:30 GMT -5 persa said:

Jul 24, 2014 14:12:15 GMT -5 orangeglow said:

17w 2 days.  Almost halfway if baby keeps measuring like this!

I will deliver at hopefully 32 weeks at the earliest and 36 weeks at the latest based on current projections.  We were originally given 32-38 weeks for delivery dates.  We'll see.

Baby is measuring almost 2 weeks ahead right now still.  Can we all tell baby to stop growing so long and just fatten up and develop?!?  

Everything else looks good.  Full anatomy scan one week from this coming Monday.  

Are they planning to give you steroids for lung development before then?

Yes.  None of this is a surprise.  I'm thankful we knew all this going in which is great because we can do things to hopefully prevent any issues.  

[awick14]

I am 7w1d today.

At my appointment last week with the high risk OB we discussed my care in regards to the delivery. He is not able to do the delivery unless I am going to be high risk. (Currently only high risk because of my 2 losses.)

So we discussed a prenatal plan which looks like the following;

-Seeing my regular OB next Monday and following the normal prenatal plan with her. (Appointments every 4 weeks until 28weeks, then every 2 weeks until 36, then every week until delivery.)

-continue seeing the high risk OB every 2 weeks for ultrasounds to make sure everything is ok until I get to 18 weeks, then we will part ways.

- if for any reason I have any concerns after the 18 week mark I am still able to contact the high risk OB

I am very excited about this plan, other then I will feel like I am at the doctors office so much. But hopefully it will help with my anxiety.

[KaraOrNot]

I will be 29 weeks tomorrow!

3 hour glucose test is in the morning. I need to remember my kindle...it is going to be long morning!

[FastHands]

I'm 33 weeks today! Woop! One more healthy, bed-rest-free week on the books.

DH is so tired when he comes home from work, so the nursery furniture is still in the garage. I wish it were taken care of and I hate being so reliant on him (I hate feeling like a delicate flower), but I don't mind waiting for him to have a bit more time. BUT in the meantime, I went to target and got a storage chest so that tomorrow night I can fill it with the blankets that are currently piled in the crib, lol. I feel like if we really bust ass this weekend (and get BIL's help), we can get to a really good place. So fingers crossed for motivation winning out over laziness.

[bk1]

Yeah, the only problem I have with being pregnant is that feeling like I am so limited.

We have been renovating our house and now there is so much I can't do. I was still helping grout the tile and clean everything up, but I have to break more often because I get so over heated. There is also so much painting that still needs done and now I am off painting duty. Oh well. It is completely worth it for sure, I just hate feeling so limited. I think I'm the only one it bothers though. Everyone else seems fine picking up my slack. In fact, DH is always asking me to do less because he doesn't want me to over do it.

[linz]

Jul 25, 2014 8:00:26 GMT -5 bk1 said:

Yeah, the only problem I have with being pregnant is that feeling like I am so limited.

We have been renovating our house and now there is so much I can't do. I was still helping grout the tile and clean everything up, but I have to break more often because I get so over heated. There is also so much painting that still needs done and now I am off painting duty. Oh well. It is completely worth it for sure, I just hate feeling so limited. I think I'm the only one it bothers though. Everyone else seems fine picking up my slack. In fact, DH is always asking me to do less because he doesn't want me to over do it.

I'm sure you aren't supposed to paint but I painted the nursery. My mom did trim and I rolled. We had windows open and a fan going so I didn't get fumes but I felt fine. My arm definitely got tired faster though and I was only like 12 weeks pg at the time. I still clean around the house and feel fine but it is getting harder to do laundry. I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet though.

[picksthemusic]

So, small update. I had my NST and ultrasound, and baby is doing great! He passed everything with flying colors, and we are officially off of IUGR watch. He's estimated to be about 7lbs2oz, which I don't really believe, but it's a nice estimate anyway. The MFM doc said that if I go full term, I should have an 8 1/2lb baby! Which... would be huge in comparison to DD. LOL

Then my OB told me I'm 1cm dialted and 50% effaced. So... not much progress, but progress! It's nice to know that I'm not just BHing all over the place for nothing. She said to expect to have him in a couple of weeks... which means I really need to get going on getting the nursery and his stuff ready!

[genet313]

Jul 24, 2014 10:57:37 GMT -5 bk1 said:

11w3d and feeling good. 

I bought a pair of maternity jeans and shorts this week. I was out of town so got them while I could. I also bought a small decoration for the nursery. It says "You are my sunshine". It makes me think of my grandma because she always sang it to me when I was little.

I'm feeling more confident about everything which is awesome!! Let's hope it stays that way.

same, my gma sang this to me too!  such a great song.   that and "i'm going to sit right down and write myself a letter..."  hahaha.  good times.   glad you're feeling more confident!

[genet313]

I'm so glad to see all the positive updates from everyone!!!  Seems to be a good week.

I'm 14w tomorrow and feeling good.  Gained another 2 lbs, which makes me panic, but eh.  I'm working out at least 3x/week, so really, what will be will be.


I've figured out that I can't eat any foods that are very processed...I got terribly sick over Doritos this week.   And I've been having simialr reactions with other packaged foods that have a lot of chemicals.  So, I guess this baby only wants good stuff!  Thankfully ice cream doesn't affect me.

And we got the results of the NT Scan back, and apparently my risk rate is that of a 20 year old (I'm 33).  So that was great to hear, like, hey, F you IF - my ute/tubes may be all jacked up, but at least one of my eggs is decent.  

[bk1]

Jul 25, 2014 8:22:55 GMT -5 linz said:

Jul 25, 2014 8:00:26 GMT -5 bk1 said:

Yeah, the only problem I have with being pregnant is that feeling like I am so limited.

We have been renovating our house and now there is so much I can't do. I was still helping grout the tile and clean everything up, but I have to break more often because I get so over heated. There is also so much painting that still needs done and now I am off painting duty. Oh well. It is completely worth it for sure, I just hate feeling so limited. I think I'm the only one it bothers though. Everyone else seems fine picking up my slack. In fact, DH is always asking me to do less because he doesn't want me to over do it.

I'm sure you aren't supposed to paint but I painted the nursery. My mom did trim and I rolled. We had windows open and a fan going so I didn't get fumes but I felt fine. My arm definitely got tired faster though and I was only like 12 weeks pg at the time. I still clean around the house and feel fine but it is getting harder to do laundry. I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet though.

Yeah I think it's one of those PGAL brain things for me. I know for sure I don't want to paint during first trimester. I figure after that I can talk to my OB/GYN about it. We'll see.

[anna7602]

Jul 24, 2014 22:17:00 GMT -5 FastHands said:

I'm 33 weeks today! Woop! One more healthy, bed-rest-free week on the books.

DH is so tired when he comes home from work, so the nursery furniture is still in the garage. I wish it were taken care of and I hate being so reliant on him (I hate feeling like a delicate flower), but I don't mind waiting for him to have a bit more time. BUT in the meantime, I went to target and got a storage chest so that tomorrow night I can fill it with the blankets that are currently piled in the crib, lol. I feel like if we really bust ass this weekend (and get BIL's help), we can get to a really good place. So fingers crossed for motivation winning out over laziness.

I highly recommend Taskrabbit. This is the only reason we have any furniture assembled right now or else it would all still be sitting in pieces on the floor. 

[anna7602]

I'm still here. 39w, 3d. I've been having very mild, very sporadic contractions for 2 days. I wouldn't be impatient for real labor to begin if not for these fake-out moments.

So, stay tuned...