I have never joined a forum like this but from looking through the messages I think I is a great idea! I have a 2 year old daughter and recently found out I am due on Valentines day. Since I have already had a c-section I plan on having another...Honestly I am more scared of having "natural" childbirth compared to a c-section....This time around I find myself much more tired and getting less and less sleep. I don't really have the time to worry as much as I did with the first. Looking forward to joining this wonderful group! ↑
I would definately say that cramping is normal, I'm still cramping as well, it's not like it was a few weeks ago. This is more of a pulling feeling, so I'm guessing it's everything making room for 2 babies instead of just one. I did stop into my doctors office today because I needed a proof of pregnancy paper and I found out that my due date had been pushed back until Feb 27, which is almost 2 weeks later than I had thought. This upsets me, but there's nothing that I can do. Welcome and congrats Keldalynn!!! I have a 2 year old little girl as well, so I know what you're going through. The more sleep I need, the less that I get. She also doesn't nap through the day (because if she did nap, she wouldn't sleep at night) so I don't even get to nap when she does. I also had a c-section (she was breech). And I'm going for another one this time as well, partly because I am terrified of a vaginal birth but mostly because my doc won't do a vbac (vaginal birth after c-section). I've watched so many birthing shows on tv and I see all the pain those women go through for a vaginal one and my goodness, there's no way I could do it...so I definately give you ladies that have had a vaginal birth your props...lol I'm finding myself sinking into a numb/sad phase, sometimes when I should cry, I can't. I don't know whats causing it, maybe it's just my hormones added to everything else in my life right now. I hope that you ladies have a good night. ↑
Monstera, do you know if your twins are going to be identical or fraternal? Do you know if there's one sac or two? They only saw one with mine and I'm kind of excited because that means I'll either have 2 boys or 2 girls. Unless of course the other sac is behind them. Either way I'll be happy. I am starting to show already, which at first I was happy about, but now I have mixed feelings about it. I've tried the rubber band thing and it isn't comfortable for me and maternity pants don't feel right either, so it's either I go naked or suffer...lol I can only imagine what it will be like when I'm about 7 months pregnant instead of 8 weeks. I already have to sit with a pillow behind me when I'm just trying to relax and watch tv or if I'm online. When I sleep, I have a pillow that's under my stomach or if that gets too uncomfortable I put it between my knees. I just wish that I could find a position to sleep in thats comfortable. ↑
Isabellasmommy, I don't know if they're identical or not. I had my u/s 3 weeks ago & it was too soon to tell. Now I have to wait until the end of August for my next one, although I'm going to try for another one sooner. I got problems with a wisdom tooth last week & had to get it pulled. Because it was impacted it was a really rough extraction & they couldn't put me out because of the babies. Since then I've also got dry socket (really painful!) & now serious inflamation/infection in my jaw. I don't have an antibiotic yet. My dentist isn't sure what to give me because of the babies. I'm going to see my GP tomorrow to ask him. It all makes me nervous & scared. I already thing its big just dealing with eating right & living right for 2 babies. With all this extra stress that I'm giving them I just feel that something is going to go wrong. Have any of you used antibiotics in your first trimester? ↑
Hi ladies. I went to my first prenatal visit today and it was weird. At my doctors, she has assistants that see the pregnant women till they are like 7 months or so. The assistant that I saw today was nice but I didn't feel comfortable with her, so I asked to see the other one next time. After I got home, they called me and had scheduled ANOTHER u/s next week to give me a due date and to tell me how far along I am and all that good stuff. I don't really want to have another one done, but I want to see the babies and make sure they are both ok. Monstera, I'm sorry to hear about your wisdom tooth giving you problems. I hope things get better, as for taking any antibiotics in the first trimester I've never taken any at all. But when i was pregnant with my daughter I did take medicines that were questionable...I had a lot of stress issues and was really depressed. ↑
my scan went great today! and i am due on valentines day!! tehre is only 1 baby and he/she is 3 and a half cm long! he/she was moving aroung and even strteched it was so cute that it made my db shed a tear lol ↑
I had to take a round of antibiotics just recently; I am now 10 weeks. The MD checked with my OB to make sure they were safe. I checked with my mom a she is a nurse; she let me know that some meds are much safer for pregnant women to take as compared to back in the day. If you need them your MD will check with your OB to make sure they are safe for you ad the baby. I hope this helps and that you feel better soon! ↑
I had a fever over the weekend. It got up around 101.3 and I called my dr who said if it got any higher to go to the er. Luckily it went down but I felt like crap.
Anyways, I am now 11 weeks... almost freaking done with this first trimester. I can't wait! I had another u/s because my gyn passed me off to the ob and he likes his u/s tech to do a real thorough u/s first thing, so I got to see the baby again. It's doubled in size in just a couple of weeks and she said everything looked good, heartbeat was good, size was good... We saw the baby moving around and it had it's little hand up. I can't wait to meet this little darling! ↑
Hey February mommies, are you getting ready to move to the Second Trimester forum?? I'm 11 1/2 weeks now, and I know some of you are about 12 1/2 now right? Soon we'll all be trickling over there! I'm so excited to be out of the first trimester. I'm starting to get my energy back and feel better and now I'm ready to start showing! :0) ↑
I am due on Valentines Day as well Angelmonkey! I have an appt Friday....Hopefully I will get a scan as well. I did have one US already at 71/2 weeks...it looked normal then. I just hope everything works out; I am really scared this time around. ↑
this is my first and im so scared! i feel a bit better now i,ve had my scan, they say that if you have a scan at 10 weeks and everythings ok then the risk of miscariage goes down to pretty much 0 so i think im pretty safe now! but its everything else thats scary lol ↑
Hey I havent been able to check in alot lately. I got another u/s on Monday at 9 wks2dys.My baby was moving around! I am feeling much better about m/c! Hope everyone is doing great!!!! Heartbeat was 174. whats everyone elses heartrates? ↑
Breezie, our baby's heartbeat was 177 I think. Ours was moving around and in the u/s pic you can see a little hand in the air. lol We were so excited! ↑
Angelmonkey, I've actually had 2 u/s now which terrified me. I thought for sure something was wrong for them to do two before I'm even 12weeks. But the first one was pretty much just to confirm pregnancy before passing me off to an ob/gyn. The first one, they didn't do anything but measure how big the baby was so they could date the pregnancy and look for a heartbeat. The second one was with an u/s technician and she measured everything and pointed things out and really was thorough with it. She said everything is exactly how it should be at this point. (Which made me very happy) Anyways, the point I was getting at is that I guess all Dr's are different and do things a little differently, as long as your comfortable with the level of care you are recieving. Plus, ask questions, it's possible they got the heartrate and didn't tell you what it was. I probably drive my dr's nuts because I wanna know what they are testing for everytime I pee in the cup, I wanna know what exactly we're looking for and at during ultrasounds, I just like being informed! ↑
Hello ladies. I've been finding myself very uncomfortable lately. The only way I am the slightest bit relaxed is when I'm laying down. My back has really been hurting and when I spoke with a friend (she works in an ob/gyns office) about it, she said that some of it was normal, but it was caused mostly because I do carry my little girl for short periods (mostly if she fell asleep in the car and I can't wake her up) and also because when I'm sitting down and holding her on my lap she puts a lot of pressure on my back. So now I'm faced with trying to find a way to explain to my daughter that I can't do that much anymore. Any ideas? I don't want to use the babies as an excuse because I'm afraid that she'll resent them. ↑
Hi everyone. I havnt posted in awhile - just been busy, and honestly havent really had time to even think about being pregnant! I still havent actually been to the doctor. My first appointment was supposed to be on the 28th, but I just hd to call this morning to change it because my son;s babysitter cancelled on me for that day. So now its not til August 11th - I'll be about 12 weeks then. Ive only thrown up once and havent really had any nausea other than that one time, which is great! However, my boobs feel like they are about to fall off... and I'm sooooooooo tired still. Can not WAIT for the first trimester to be over so that I'm not so tired all the time! Looks live we've got quite a few sets of twins on here already. Eek! ↑
Isabellasmommy, I don't have any other kids so really I don't know, but I'm just trying to help so... Maybe you could just tell her that your back has been hurting, you don't have to tell her why, and tell her you guys are going to have to find a new way to sit together. Make it sound exciting though, like she's helping you, and maybe try something like her sitting all snuggled up beside you under a blanket or you sitting on the couch with your feet up while she has her head in your lap and you can play with her hair, that's so relaxing (I still like that one!). IDK really I know it's probably hard but just make sure if you can't carry her or hold her in your lap anymore that you give her extra kisses and hugs and she may not even notice it as much as you think! ↑
I have actually had 4 u/s now and I am 10 wks. They gave me so many because of the 2 m/c I had last year. I just read something saying you should have as little u/s's as possible, but I dont think my doc would have done it had it not been safe. Has anyone else had this many u/s? ↑
Wow, I can't BELIEVE how many ultrasounds some of you are having! it's interesting because with my first pregnancy, we did an early one to date the babe (I had no idea when I conceived, AND apparently I had a false negative test result, lol), and then they did a second around 15 weeks because they thought they'd maybe seen something funny on the first one. Then we had one about 22ish weeks when I had some bleeding (everything was fine), and THEN at the very end they did a quick one with this ANCIENT machine, lol, to see if the babe was breech. Nope, he just had a bony butt. lol. BUT when a "normal" pregnancy, like this one is, they only do ONE at 20 weeks. That's standard at our hospital. I guess I'm just surprised that so many doctors do one early, I'd never heard of that unless there was some complication. The things you learn around here..... :) ↑
I have found a few ways to hold and cuddle with my daughter without it bothering me and something that she likes. I'm worrying about how she's going to react after I have the babies. ~Breezieb~ I've had 2 u/s already and I go for my third one on Wednesday...I'm a little worried about it, but excited to see the babies again. When my friend was pregnant, her doctor did one every time she went in for a visit...I thought that was a little too much. ↑
Hi girls...It has been a long time since I have been on here. Today is my daughter's first birthday...I can't believe it has been a year already!!!! I am also 13 weeks today!!!! Yeah second trimester. I am an early Feb...due date Feb1st. Breez: I have had 3 u/s so far. I go for my next appointment August 4th...I will be 14 weeks then and can you believe I will schedule my "big" u/s that day. ONLY 5 more weeks and I will know what this little bugger is. Have a great weekend girls. Off to take the cake out of the oven!!!! ↑
Ahhh... finally to 12 weeks! When are we going to move over to the second trimester board ladies? I'm wearing my maternity shorts more and more around the house, though still cramming into non-maternity (just bigger) clothes for work, as I haven't told them yet. lol I'm SURE some of the nosier ladies think I am though! ↑
I've always heard week 1-13 is the first trimester, so does that mean we enter the second trimester at the beginning or the end of week 13? I'm excited to be moving along. I am 12 weeks today! :) ↑
I am very scared and worried; I had my prenantal appt Friday and the doctor was unable to detect a fetal heart beat...she kept saying she could hear the baby moving and ever time she thought she was getting the heartbeat the baby would move...? The earliest US appt I could get is Wednesday and I am just so scared that there is something wrong. I have never had a miscarrage and my first pregnancy went very well. I just do not know what I will do if there is something wrong. This babay was not planned but is very wanted. I keep praying things will work out but everyone I talk to says that there should be a heat tone detected at 10 (almost 11) weeks.....any ideas???? ↑
Keldalynn, don't worry too much until they do an u/s. I still haven't heard my baby's heartbeat but I've seen it on the u/s twice now, beating strong. Everything is completely normal. Was it a doppler that they were using to try to hear the heartbeat? I know when my nurse tried to listen for mine around 10 weeks we couldn't hear it. She said it's normally about 12+ weeks before they can start picking it up with that. But as soon as she got done the dr was ready to do my transvaginal u/s where, like I said, I saw the heartbeat. Don't be afraid to ask questions? Ask your nurse if it's still a little early to be listening, and how early she is typically able to clearly hear the baby's heartbeat? ↑
FlyBear it was a doppler she tried with first. This OB did not have a transvaginal US machine available in her office. She asked me if I would be okay if I did not hear the hb, I tried to be brave stating I would be fine all while breaking down inside. I think she could tell and just wrote the script for an us to make me feel better. I just do not understand how she could tell the babay was moving but not hear a hb? I saw the hb at 7 weeks on an us. I am trting to be positive but just want to cry. I am sure the hormones are not helping with that. I did ask a lot of questions; the md did not seem worried but that did not make me feel any better. Also, I think looking around online scared me just as much with all the negitive info out there; I found more negitive than positive. (not including forum sites) I just want to hear that little drum beat that will let me know my angel will be okay! I guess I will have to just wait it out until Wednesday. Thank you for answering my question. ↑
I think the reason you find more negative than positive isn't because there is more commonly a bad outcome, it's because if things are going good people don't post about it as much. It's when people get bad news and are having a hard time that they start posting and searching out answers and support. I know it's easier said than done, I worry about everything, but really, it's probably fine, try not to worry too much. If it's really bothering you, call the dr, explain to them that it's really causing you a lot of stress and ask if they can refer you to have a transvaginal u/s somewhere else, so that you can see the heartbeat. I know they say too many u/s aren't good but I don't think one extra is going to hurt, especially if it'll ease your fears and help you to have an emotionally healthy pregnancy. ↑
