Community post

Hi sweet ladies!!

Missytwoshoes, I hope the spotting is gone by now!! It's truly scary, definitely for women who've experienced cps... Although it's likely fine, it still reminds us of that very painful moment... How are you feeling?

Nikolina, waaaw, your appointment is today!!! I'll be waiting for your update, hun!!! I understand exactly how you feel, but somehow I'm confident baby will be great :-) I also started wearing maternity jeans very early (I think it was 8 weeks), simply because my normal jeans didn't feel comfortable anymore. I couldn't bare the pressure on my belly, probably a mental issue, but those clothes are so comfy :-) Stuffy nose has been my permanent symptom throughout this pregnancy for now :-) Are you not feeling too sick?
Baby kicks a lot in the early morning and late evening and then some moments in between :-) It's always in episodes :-)

Jada, I hope the test won't be painful! Do you still have such painful periods or is it better after the surgery? Happy to hear you had such a great weekend!! :-) I can totally understand you are so ready for this waiting time to be over, definitely now you're getting so close!!! Hope you will soon get the 'all clear and good to go'-sign!!!

Emmy, I hope you are okay. Jada said it nicely, we're all thinking of you! I'll keep crossing m fingers for you, hoping that soon you'll get your rainbow baby!!!

AFM, I had my appointment yesterday and the gyn confirmed that we're indeed having a girl :-) I'm glad it's for sure now, that's convenient when I start gathering stuff :-)

Sending you ladies lots of love and positive vibes!!!!!

Alice

Hi Ladies!!!

Awww Alice!!! So its definitely a lil girl!!! How cutte :) So glad your appointment went well!!! I gona start look in to a maternity pants, just need something comfy :) No, im not feeling sick at all, bit nausea here and there but nothing tooo sock, i guess im one of the lucky ones who didnt got crazy morning sickness :) Lol hope after saying this i wont get it lol :) Yea, my appointment was today ;) I will update at the end :)

Jada hun, hope your appointment went well :) 3 weeks will fly by hun. Can not wait for you to join us:) And hope you got your af already so it will be gone soon ;) Yea i heard that to check tubes might be lil bit painfull, but mostly its pressure. I hope its all clear and ready to makea lil miricle baby :)

Hay Missytwoeshoes, how areyou hun? Hope you are doing well and that spotting has stopped!!!Lods lods sticky vibes sent your way hun :)

Emmy hun, thinking of you!!! xxx

So, today was my appointment ;) As it turns out, i was only getting a scan today, bloods for progesterone and doctor prescribe me aspirin :) The doctor and nurse were lovely. We saw our lil baby, and it was moving around alot :) Sooo amazing to see that :) Everything looks great soo far and doctor is happy about the scan. Baby measures 8w6d which is where it should be :) The only think we didnt got to hear the heartbeat, donno y doctor didnt listen to that, maybe he forgot? :/ So i have my next appointment in 4 weeks, i will be 13 weeks then :) Sooo glad everything went well, and now i can start to relax a bit :)

Lods of love

Nikolina

Nikolina, yes, it was only a bit of spotting thankfully. Haven't had anything since! Lol, you're right, it is against the law, but businesses do it all the time. They just classify it as something else. Find something wrong with what someone did or how well they preform their job and use that as an excuse. Not sure what I'm going to do once March rolls around. There is a leave act saying I can take so many weeks off and still have my job waiting for me but I don't know if that's only for full time, since I'm part time. Otherwise feeling ok. Still nauseous here and there, mostly tired and getting bad headaches. So happy to see your little bebe is growing and looks good! booo on not hearing the heartbeat, you'd think by 8 weeks it would be able to be picked up.

Jada, Thank you, yes the spotting has gone away thankfully. <3 Reunion was good. It was funny seeing everyone's reactions. My aunt talked to me 3 separate times before she read my shirt and her eyes were so big and she was just like "YOU'RE KIDDING?!" lol. too funny. How did your appt with the hematologist go? We can't wait to have you join us! Hopefully they gave you the all clear too!

Alice, yes, it's gone. :) Thank you. feeling ok, just ms every once in a while, just mostly really tired and bad headaches. All I want is a nap but my kids never let me sleep. :( So glad to hear you've still got a baby girl cooking in there. :) Otherwise I'd have to take back the outfits I bought lol.

AFM, I'm boring. lol. Wish I had some good updates but I really don't. Reunion was fun and everyone was excited for us. :) I'm dying for my next appt. It just seems like so far away. I'm going to try and see if I can find the hb on the doppler I have on Saturday as I'll be 10 weeks. I'm not holding out hope as people have said it's hard to get so early on, but I want to try. I've been trying to get my house organized so I can have a garage sale this weekend. Hopefully people show up and want our crap. lol. Otherwise I guess it'll go to goodwill and I hate giving to goodwill.

Hi sweet ladies!

Nikolina, aah, so amazing you got to see your little baby moving all around :) I'm so happy all went well! :) I think they should be able to pick up the heartbeat, but maybe it's not standard to do so? I see a bunch of ladies reporting heartbeats after scans, but my gyn never mentioned any rates. If the Dr doesn't spontaneously let you listen next time, definitely ask, maybe they just forget sometimes? :S Do you want to know gender or will it be a surprise?

Missytwoshoes, so relieved to hear that your spotting is gone!! Lol about your aunt at the reunion :) Oow, so exciting you might hear your baby's heartbeat soon! I hope you'll be lucky and get to find it!! Good luck with the garage sale! Do you still plan to not find out gender? I've been wondering whether you won't find out by accident by looking at the screen during your scans, or does the tech make sure to not show those parts when you wish not to find out?

Jada, I hope you get good news about your tubes!!!

Emmy, sending you lots of baby dust and positive vibes, hun...

AFM, I'm at the airport, going on a city trip. I've noticed a little rash on my belly but apparently that's not unusual. I've reached the 24 weeks milestone, so out little girl is now viable :) Hope she'll stay in for quite a while though :)

Lots of love!!!

Alice

Hi ladies,

Sorry it's been awhile...missed you all though!

Alice, I pray your trip is going well and that is SO wonderful about your baby girl :) How are you feeling?

Missy, How was the weekend? Did you all hear the hb? Did you have the garage sell? I hope all is well!

Nikolina, So happy to hear that your appointment went well and that the baby is doing great! Glad you are relaxing more now :)

Emmy, thinking of you!

AFM, I am doing ok...AF came last Thursday and was gone by Sunday!!! It was heavy the first couple of days but then got a lot lighter fast, so no complaints here. The next one is the one I have been really waiting for, to get the HSG and get on with things! Hope to hear from you all soon!

Jada

Hi Ladies!!! :)

Alice, another trip? Lol your lil girl been traveling already :) Hope rush is gone hun :) Yeeyyyy 24 weeks already :) Time flies, still remembet d day you had positive test, and all the worries, and sooo glad that everything is going great ;) Yea pitty doctor didnt listen heartbeat, maybe cos he saw lil baby moving around and didnt think its necessary. Still waiting for next appointment date, still havent got letter, but hopefully in 3 weeks i will get my next scan :)

Missytwoeshoes, so glad to hear spotting is gone!! When is your appointment?? Must be soon :) Can not wait hear all about it :) You should look into maternity leave more, you definitely entitle for it. I know that im entitle for 26 weeks paid leave from work. I think i will try to work as long as i can so i can have longer time with baby :) Hope you doing well hun ;)

Yeeyyy Jada, so glad to hear that af arrived and its gone alredy!!! Not long to wait :) How long is your cycles usualy?? Hopefully not too long :) But you nearly there!! :) So glad to hear that you keep positive, and i realy have feeling that soon we will see your BFP here :) Lods baby dust hun :)

So sorry ladies ive been away for awhile, but been so busy at work and sooo tired, that i sleep every chanse i get!!! I was at doctors today, i have ear infection so he prescribe me antibiotics for 5 days, ahhhh.... thats the last think i want to take while pregnant, but my ear is gone sooo bad, and it feels sooo blocked and sore, that its hard to hear lol Hope soon it will get better :) Othervise been feeling great, not much sickness, just tired and sore bbs :) Snd super crazy dreams :) Love it!!! :) :) :)

Lods lods love to all my beautiful Ladies

Nikolina

Hope all is well with you beautiful ladies!!

Nothing new to report here...still waiting :)

hey all!! <3

Alice, yes, I was able to find the hb at 9w5d and have found it a few times after that too. :) I haven't decided yet about finding out or not... I go back and forth. My MIL really wants to have a gender reveal party... so we'll see. I'll probably ask the tech to put it in an envelope and then I'll decide if I can handle the anticipation or not. lol. The tech usually asks if you want to know and if you say no, when they get to scanning that area they just tell you to look away. :) I've heard about the pregnancy rash. Did they call it pupps? yay for viability!! Obviously it's always great if she stays put till the end, but I know that relief of getting to 24 weeks and knowing IF baby had to come early for any reason that she has a better chance at fighting!

Jada, weekend was good! Yes, heard the hb and the garage sale went well, sold about $211 which was great because that was extra money we used to put down on the $500 owed so we could trade in our old car for 2 (new to us) cars so we have room for our new little one when it arrives. Plus it was AWFUL only having 1 car. Hubs always had it for work and I had to rely on my MIL taking me everywhere. Not fun. Wow! yay for having a quick period. Those are always nice!! Come on next period, we're all waiting for you to move on out so Jada can get the HSG done and on to baby makin!!! :D

nikolina, My appt was today. It was awful. You can check my journal entry on CMP for details. :( But I did get to see baby because they couldn't find hb with doppler and the little gummy bear baby jumped! it was super cute to watch! Some people are entitled to it some are not, esp not if I only work part time. I'm almost positive and certainly not paid. Different countries do things differently for sure, and the US is one of the shittiest when it comes to maternity and post partum in the work force. I hear you about being tired. Yesterday I went to bed at 11:30 and that's the latest I've gone to bed in the entire 11 weeks. lol! normally it's been around 9. Oh no! so sorry to hear about your ear infection! Those are so painful, I used to get them ALL the time as a kid.

AFM, baby is well, I'm doing well too except for my not so good appt today. I have trainings tomorrow for work and then I start work the following week. I can't believe it's Sept already (at least tomorrow anyways.) I feel like summer just flew by. There were so many things I wanted to do with my girls like the beach, zoo and other fun things and I just didn't get to it this summer! booo. But I am excited for cooler weather. I def need more maternity clothes though. Even after 2 kids you'd think I'd have a good amount but I don't. I'm so ready for my girls to start school... they're driving me crazy. lol. Even if it's for a few hours a day, I might be able to get a nap in! :p

Hi sweet ladies!!

Missytwoshoes, I'm glad you got to see your little baby again!! :-) I read about your appt, I'm sorry it was so painful :-( Hopefully it won't be if they have to try again next time! Also, typical about the administrative bull shit, that really sucks!! Well, whatever you decide about the gender, it should be your decision (and your husband's :-) ), not your MIL :-p Okay, so now I get it, they warn you and tell you to look away :-) I really think I wouldn't be able to resist, I would be too curious and peek anyway and then drive myself craze with theories :-d Great to hear your garage sale was a success! We also have just one car, we're planning on trying to have just one for as long as we can. Don't know how long that will be :-p

Nikolina, I understand about the antibiotics, I felt exactly the same way with the bladder infections. But in those situations, it's still better than getting sicker :-s Is your ear infection gone now? I hope so! :-) I also have super crazy dreams, but I don't like it at all. They are almost always night mares. Just last night I dreamt about some awful dude with a sword who terrorized the country, killing random people for no reason, including super small children, which I tried to protect but I felt very powerless and couldn't save them all. It was truly awful :-s But apart from that, I also LOVE being pregnant :-) Is your next appt set? Is it soon? :-) Oh my god, I'm soooo jealous of your 26 weeks!!! In Belgium it's 15 weeks. I know, I should not complain compared to some other countries, and missytwoshoes, I'm afraid you're right about the US being one of the worst on that matter... :-(

Jada, I'm glad AF was short! :-) Hope this cycle will fly by!! How are you feeling? I admire your courage and patience!! You're almost there!!!!

Emmy, thinking of you, hun...

AFM, yes, rush is gone :-) I'm getting close to the third trimester, and the pregnancy is getting more noticeable in every way. I have a very clear bump now, I feel our girl moving every day and I'm starting to notice physical limitations. Tiredness is also present. I've been buying some bigger baby stuff like a carrier and a car seat :-) Really nice :-) Makes it feel more real too :-)

Sending you ladies lots of love!!!!

Alice

Hi ladies,

It's been a busy week for me, but today is the last work day until next Tuesday!!!

Alice, that has to be so exciting, minus being so tired! Have y'all nailed down the name? I am feeling ok for the most part, can't believe we have already made it to Sept!

Missy, hey there! That's great and reassuring I am sure to hear the hb! I have always thought I would want it to be a surprise, but I already look forward to decorating a nursery...so I will probably find out, LOL! My dh has always said he wants to know..so we shall see. He already has a son and daughter, but he wants another boy. Congrats on the new cars, what did y'all get? My dh just bought a Honda Accord...wants me to get a new car (I have a Audi A4 convertible) but I am not ready yet...thanks for the positive words :)

Nikolina, hey hun, how are you feeling? Hope your ear infection is gone! I have heard about the crazy dreams, I hope you and Alice are able to deal with them well?! Sleep up...you will need it I am sure!

AFM, I am doing ok. Got up this morning and I am achy, and it JUST hit me that it is time for me to ovulate...lol. We bd last night still just having fun, tomorrow makes 11 weeks post op. I have wondered what would happen if we were to get pregnant before this third cycle, which isn't due untl about 10 days after the official 12 week waiting period?? It would be wonderful if it did happen this month, but if not that's ok too...more waiting but seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!

Jada