Winter Cycle Friends 2009/2010 - Everyone Welcome!

[hjw]

Afternoon ladies, the wanderer has returned! So...to do my news first before I get to personals: the glucose tolerance test last Friday was OK but boring, thankfully the results came back normal and I'm not diabetic. So Zorba's just going to be a big baby then, it's nothing to do with diabetes! I had my 32 week midwife appointment yesterday and my blood pressure was back down to the normal low level and there was no protein in my urine this time, so everything is back on track. We just have to wait until my next u/s and consultant appointment in three weeks, see how much the baby weighs by then and see what they say about delivery. I'm going to be crossing my fingers that Zorba slows down on the growth rate just a little bit between now and then! The thought of a 10lb+ baby makes my eyes water, lol!!!

Other than that, it's been a bit of a week spent with family, both on a weekend away with extended family and also visiting my parents (Dad was too ill to go on the weekend away, sadly). The update on that front is that he was feeling terrible on the chemo drugs and experiencing all sorts of nasty side effects, so the hospital have brought him off the drugs and told him to completely rest for two weeks before they see what the options are going forward. I think Dad is minded to call it a day on the treatment, though, and just make the most of the time he has left, a decision which I would completely support because he was feeling good until he started the chemo treatment and it all went downhill from there, which just doesn't seem worth it if he only has 12 months left anyway with no guarantee that the chemo would even give him any extra months. But we shall see.

katie - wow, you and Chris have been busy bees! I bet he's pleased to go back to work this week for the rest and relaxation, lol!!! I almost fell off my chair reading the elliptical machine saga, I don't know how you managed to keep a straight face! Love the name Savannah Rose, how gorgeous! Are you sure Chris has finished with coming up with new names though, crib bedding set or no crib bedding set??? DH and I really have to start thinking about putting together our shortlists of names, he/she could be here in as little as 4.5 weeks (if full term is considered as anything from 37 weeks onwards)... p.s. Next time you're updating the list, my scan and consultant appointment are on 4th August (35 weeks) and my next midwife appointment is 11th August (36 weeks). Yikes, it's going quickly now...

PA_FA - welcome!

babyluv - I totally agree with what you and the other girls have been saying about this site, you are all an amazing group of women and I count myself so lucky whenever I remember how I came on this website totally by chance. I couldn't have got through my IVF cycles or this pregnancy without you all! So sorry to hear about your horrid dream, but happy to read that your two little ones are looking good. Good luck for the rearranged GTT on Friday - when will you get the results?

Steph - OMG, your Dad's wife must be driving you crazy with the dressers! Thank goodness you found them again somewhere else - let's hope she buys them this time as she keeps promising! Sweetheart, I was so sorry to read about your brother's situation - as others have said, it's a positive thing that he had the test and they've caught it early, there'll be lots of things they can do for him. Let us know how his appointment went today.

gi - so happy for you that you've bought your furniture and buggy etc. I totally understand how Jason behaved like a kid in a candy store - DH and I (OK, mostly me!) were exactly the same and the credit card is still recovering... As I type, there's a nice man upstairs from the store assembling all our nursery furniture (like Chris and Jason, DH is totally useless at DIY, so it was worth paying the assembly fee!) and I'm having to resist the urge to go up every 5 minutes to stroke the cot/dresser/wardrobe etc and coo at the crib!! Oooh, it might be good that Kayla isn't active in the morning - someone told me that babies tend to settle into their own routine as early as in the womb, so the fact that I have a baby who kickboxes at night and early in the morning is not good news! You, on the other hand, might get a baby who has a lie in and allows Mummy a little sleep in the mornings...

Sara - good to see you here, can't wait to see that baby bump pic...

claudia - that is still a cute little bump you have there, you are still so neat for 20 weeks! I must get around to doing mine, which as you'll see is neither cute nor little!

Emerald - that is such great news about your amnio results, now you can relax a bit more and try and enjoy your pregnancy!

Riley - good to see you again. I'm so sorry about your preterm labour, thank goodness they stopped it in its tracks. Wow, there are so many on this thread feeling a lot of BH contractions - I have to say that I have felt absolutely none so far, or if I have I haven't realised it. Not sure whether I should be worried or not that I'm not feeling any!

Angela - Oh honey, what a scary day for you yesterday, I'm so happy to read that Gabriella was just fine on the scan. I know it must be very difficult, but think positive, they are keeping a close eye on you both.

It's interesting hearing a few of you share your views on whether you plan to breastfeed. In the UK there seems to be a real moral pressure from the midwives and public health system to breastfeed (best for baby, and all that) but literally none of the friends I know who have breastfed have found it remotely easy, and the pressure from the midwives unfortunately doesn't seem to translate into any sort of proper support for the mum to help her work out how to do it. My own approach is that it's everyone's personal choice, and I'd like to if I can, but from everything I've heard it might well be difficult/painful/frustrating or nigh on impossible if the baby doesn't know how to get a good technique going (it seems from the stories I've been told that some babies do it naturally, and others can't get the hang of it). So if it doesn't work out after a few weeks of trying, I'm not going to beat myself up about it. If anyone on here has breastfed before and has any tips, they'd be very welcome!

Hazel

[claud662]

Hi Ladies!!!

It seems like so much has been happening the past few days!

Katie-you look beautiful So glad that you got the rooms painted and I can't wait to see the pics of the nursery for your baby girl!! Love the name btw!!!that is hilarious about Gracie marking her territory!! I don't know how Lincoln is going to react when his room (the one in all the belly pictures) gets changed to our office/guest room!!!

Steph-Sorry to hear about your brother but like everyone else has said it is great he caught it early and now they can take preventative measures for the future. When is your actual baby shower? I don't know if I ever responded (although I think I was the one who brought it back up a few weeks ago) but I want to be apart of the online baby shower gifts!! I won't be registering for anything until last August/early September but please add me to the list!!

Angela-so sorry you had a scare and I am happy they are keeping a close eye on it. How do you know the difference between discharge and amniotic fluid???? I never thought about that, but of course now I'm paranoid!!!!!!

Hazel-so glad that everything is coming back normal and it sounds like you are having a big BOY!!!! I'm so sorry to hear your Dad is having such a nasty time on chemo and please keep us updated.

Riley-welcome back!! Your belly is adorable!!!!

Sorry-don't have time to post personals to everyone

AFM....I have very exciting news.....WE HAVE FELT FLICK KICK FROM THE OUTSIDE!!! I was not expecting this either since I was told I have an anterior placenta and wouldn't feel anything till week 25-28 and two days ago I had some spicy soup and I felt this huge gas bubble and when I put my hand on my belly I felt movement! I thought "this can't be Flick moving" and kept my hand there and felt a poke in another area!! This has been happening on and off the past 2 days and DH has felt it twice!! I never could have imagined how happy and relieved I would be and am loving every second of my active Flickster!!!! That's all for now-will check in later and post my 20week belly pic in the next day or so!
xoxo

[Stephanieford78]

Claudia - Awesomeness that you felt Flick move on the outside! I remember that "YAY" feeling when I felt it for the first time. I was told that an anterior placenta meant that it is low in the uterus, posterior high up in the uterus where most are. The reason I was told this is because that is exactly where both of mine are. lol Everytime I go in for an u/s they keep checking that. So not sure why you wouldn't feel it until so much later, with Ethan who is the "anterior" placenta causing the previa, he was the first one I felt move and the first one I felt from the outside. Then Angelina, hers being all the way at the top of my belly, I could hardly feel her in comparison to her brother. lol I guess it all depends, huh? You must have a little kickboxer in there. Oh, I would love to add you to the registry list, but you have to pick out your items first and PM them to me with the links or all that will be there is your name. lol If you want, you can pick a few items now so I can add you now, or I can just wait till you register and send me the items from that list? All up to you. My shower is 31 July but that doesn't mean everyone has to get me something by then. As I see it, there is no rush to receive anything since some may prefer to wait till the birth or even a little after.

Hazel - Great to have you back. Good thing that Zorba isn't big because of diabetes! What a relief for you and him/her! On your question on breastfeeding. Oh boy, let me tell you my lovely story. lol I tried, I failed. lol Ok, so that's not the whole story. It does hurt and take a lot of patience. I was told that if you can make it past the first ten days, you will do just fine with it, but I just couldn't. Once my nipples started to bleed, I was done! The pros are that it helps you lose weight a little faster, makes your uterus contract back down to normal size faster (this hurts by the way cause it is crampy) and of course baby gets all the good stuff in the milk and you get a special bond with baby. It's hard though, or it was for me because you can never tell how much the baby is getting from you, where as in a bottle you can see how much just by holding the bottle up. I was going to try again with this pregnancy, then found out it was twins. Hmmm... so I thought, ok well, I will just have Andrew feed one with a bottle while I breast feed the other then switch for each feeding. Nope... they said that will cause nipple confusion and the babies might have problems eating. Great! So I have to have a baby on each breast every hour and a half to two hours?? My boobs will never get a break. lol I still want to try my best but I know me and see me giving up easily. Therefore, I have decided, even if I don't breastfeed, I will pump so that they get the milk for a while. I likely won't pump for the whole first year like they want for baby, but I will do it long enough. We will see how it all goes. lol Sorry that your dad is so sick from chemo. It's awful that the treatment for cancer is poison. I respect his decision as well if he chooses to just live out his days. After seeing what my mom went through, that is the decision I made for myself if I were to ever get it. There are many reasons to live, but in the end, I would want my family to remember me happy and alive rather than sick and feeble.

Katie - You know, I was just thinking about that big ole packet of yours when Angela mentioned having to fill out the pediatrician info in hers. I understand they need that but so early? I haven't been handed anything like that now or for my past pregnancies. I do have to fill out the name change info though to get Alex's last name changed. I need to get on top of that before she wants to kick my butt for not getting it done in time for school to start. lol I hope that guy gets a pretty bedding set. White, pink and butterflies... can't really go wrong with that so I think you will be fine. lol Beautiful pic by the way. Boy are you glowing! Not to mention, very pregnant looking. lol How could that cable guy not notice? We are very much looking forward to next July since other then the babies, there isn't much else to look forward to. I just know that this unit of his is going to keep causing pain and suffering for us. You know that there are not only soldiers volunteering to deploy to WAR to get out of this unit, but the ones that are staying... a lot are seeing psych now. I have heard of soldiers coming back from war and needing someone, but these soldiers are needing one because they have been with the unit too long. Normally a soldier deploys with a unit, they come home and they move them around. This unit holds on to them as if some strange torture treatment. Andrew's dwell time is up but he is still fenced and can't move anywhere else until the unit releases him. Now he has to fight just to get the fence lifted that shouldn't be there to begin with. UGH I can't wait to get away from all this. July 2011.. where are you? LOL

Angela - Glad everything is great with you and Gabriella. Is she moving more and more to help ease your nerves? Mine must be starting to play with each other in there since I am feeling both of them move all the time now. Thank goodness too because I hated not being able to feel Angelina for so long! CO is exactly what we need and I can't wait to get away from all the mess here in TX. The scenery alone will be nice, but not having to put up with all this other stuff will be a load off everyone's back. I am not a fan of cold weather, but it gets really nice in the Springs. Even when we got married on Christmas Eve, it was in the 60's. lol The weather is so unpredictable but that's ok with me. I once saw it sunny as I left work, rained on the way home and was snowing by the time I got there. Snow was gone by the next day and it was nice again, but that was an experience. I miss so much that is there, like white water rafting during spring run off and the hot springs up in Mt. Princeton!

Franca - Sorry about the m/s but hopefully it doesn't last long. Maybe you can get some medication from your doc to help with that? Otherwise, it is a good sign that all is well in there and I bet that is a good feeling. When is your due date?

Pa - Glad to see you over here now! Now we can chat without me crashing the other thread. lol Looks like you might have a Valentines Day baby! How exciting! Especially after all those years of hard work. Everything definately happens for a reason and you were meant to have this baby with your current DH! When I was with my RE he wouldn't release me until he was sure my levels were good and I had a weaning plan. I stayed on progesterone shots till 13 weeks. My insurance didn't cover any of the IVF process though so it was all out of pocket. Glad that expense is over. We are still paying on two loans that we took out to pay for it though.

Babyluv - Sorry about your bad glucose experience. What is with some of these doctor's offices not sending stuff where it needs to be? What an inconvinience! I am glad I don't have to go somewhere else, I just go to my OB office and they do it there. Your daughter though sounds so cute! I bet if you let her, she would just camp out in her soon to be new room. At least you know she likes it! lol

Gi - A onesie is a one piece for baby. We say it one-zee. It is those cute little one piece shirts that buttons at the bottom. As far as being organised, it's just how I am. lol I am a planner type person. If I don't have it or have a place for it, I will visualize it and make room for it. In preparing for the baby suff, we sold a whole second set of living furniture we had. That space is being occupied by the swings and a rocker with ottoman, and soon to add the play yard/play pen as well. The baby stuff I am replacing the furniture with actually takes up less space and not being a fan of clutter, that makes me happy. Once everything is in order I plan on taking pics, maybe I can post a few for everyone to see. So you didn't get the purple buggy, you got a grey one... at least you got one! lol You are so cute being nervous to open things. It will almost be like Christmas time when you finally do. I am completely opposite, I have to open it, see it, figure it out, put it together and throw away the trash that might have came with it. Oh, don't worry about having a thing with boobs. lol Everyone is different and we don't judge you for it.

AFM - My brother has surgery on the 28th and has to take off work for 5 weeks because of it. He had to go back to work so he couldn't fill me in on all the details, but once I get them I will let everyone know. I am sure it was stage one and all is well. Also, crib and dressers are still not bought. lol We will see what happens tomorrow. I can't exactly complain, she is spending a lot of money buying them, but it's frustrating because of all the promising. Today is pay day so I will be buying the bedding. I just hope that I will have the furniture to put it on soon. lol

[katie99]

Oh boy - I guess its just one of those days that I'm glued to the computer all day

Hazel - Whew! hooray for passing your GTT and no proteinuria & normal BP! I guess that Zorba was just meant to be a bigger baby. I sure hope that you've been planning an epidural though. I know I am. Ha Ha probably at the point where I'm screaming at everyone in the delivery room, which shouldnt take too long for me since i'm a wuss when it comes to pain
Aw honey I'm sorry that your dad is really feeling that chemo, perhaps its best without it? It sounds like its just wearing him out. I'll bet you're upstairs oohing and aahhing over your newly built nursery furniture! I am a tad jealous at that, mine is sitting in boxes on the floor of the nursery probably getting drooled on by Gracie - sigh. But boy were you smart to have it built by pros, ha ha Gi & I are cringing right now at the thought of watching our DH's try, well more so me because Gi's hubby was smart enough to enlist help, while Chris? will attempt it alone -and HE thinks he's quite handy really - I'm sure it will be amusing from my end at least
Yes I think he was happy to go back to work where he could get more rest than being here lately - hee hee
Now why is your midwife trying to scare you by saying that Zorba could be here as soon as 4.5 wks? is that due to his/her size? Or did I miss something?
Cant wait to see your belly pic and hear your short list of names! - xoxo Now step away from the furniture. its perfect as is - haha

Claudia - Yay!! How amzing that must have been!! Now Flick is practicing some real kickboxing! I guess Flick likes spicy food! I eat a lot of spicy food, so I dont really get a reaction from Savannah, but if I dont eat often enough? its like she kicks nonstop until i do - too funny
And poor Chris still hasnt felt her move I swear its like a combo of he's too slow and she's just messing with daddy already - eek what are we all in for?

You guys I had to post this - there are beyond adorable, and arent suppossed to mess up the walls when removed - yep I've been screwing around online all day

http://etsy.com/listing/50809763/kids-w ... es[]=title

http://etsy.com/listing/51537666/tree-w ... es[]=title

I love love love the one with the fawn!

[gi]

Hey ladies,

PA Welcome!! 9 wks already i followed your thread and it does seem that time flies by! I was on progesterone suppositories till 17 wks and in Ireland they dont check your levels. Wait till you see how much your little one has changed in your next scan its absolutly amazing.

Franca i so understand your fears of not wanting to totally bond with your baby just yet, i too felt the same but once i saw her moving on her 9 wk scan i was just totally in love and now evertime she kicks my love just grows bigger and bigger.

Katie my you are blooming!!! You look great and your bump is gorgous, how in the name do you keep going i am taking it so easy and find i need to sit down a lot Kayla seems to get very heavy after a while imagine how she will feel at 30 wks!! but i think its because i have to rest so much and not as fit as once was that i feel everything.

Claud isnt it amazing to feel the baby on the outside wait till you see it

Angela you must be wreaked working so hard though its prob. impossible in your job to take it easy, glad to hear your little girl is doing well.

Hazel oh dont think that jason hasnt tried to pay for assembly on delivery he was disgusted that they dont do it!!! Sorry to hear your dad isnt feeling well it must be hard to watch. Great news on the glucose test dont think they do them here in Ireland as i have never heard of them till i was on these boards. Oh btw Ire midwifes are also very pushy about breastfeeding but i wont be made feel guilty into doing it, it really isnt for me and i just know jason really wants to do a lot of the feeding actually i think he may take over everything ha ha we have even discussed dirty nappies, i really have a senstive tummy and yuk the taughts of nappies so i told jason i will use a wine cork stopper until he comes home he says i am cruel

babyluv your daughters room sounds gorgous she must be thrilled.

Steph. oh now i know what onsies are we all them babygros i got some adoreable ones. I would love to see pics of your nursery if only i was computer literate i would post some too.

Sorry if i have missed anyone as cant remember anymore!! No news from me cant wait till scan next Wed then may start working on nursery at about 25wks. Kayla is very busy today feels like she has been awake all day as i said above i do feel heavy in the evenings and sometimes bit crampy but i assume its from carrying her all day.

gi xx

[katie99]

Gi - I love that !! thanks for the good laugh, I needed that - wine cork stopper?!?! hahahahahaha

[katie99]

OK now I just give up entirely!! First with the broken top piece, now the fabric letters for the nursery wall showed up and I guess someone thinks that you spell
Savannah as Sapannah - they sent a letter P instead of V even thought the packing slip shows V - Grrrrrrr!

oh, that sound??? that would be me banging my head on the wall.....

[Stephanieford78]

Katie - My goodness woman, even in all your frustrated glory you can still make me laugh. I am guessing the person that packed the letters might not have had English as a first language? Maybe they were just lazy? Either way, it would upset me too. At least you have plenty of time for them to correct it. I think it is a conspiracy sometimes how people or companies screw with pregnant women. lol Nothing ever goes wrong until you are having a baby right? I loved the wall decor by the way. Gave me an idea to look and see what Walmart had for my registry. lol I found flutterbees for Angelina and Tonka for Ethan. Andrew is all about cars and trucks being a mechanic. I also found cute little box shelves. I think that will do as far as decorating since painting will prove to be too much of a hassle.

Gi - Good to know little Kayla is being active. Must be a happy little tumbler in there. I feel heavier in the evenings too and especially after I eat. It's like not only do I have all this weight from babies, but the food on top of it just puts it over the edge. I just can't walk around after I eat so if we are out, forget it! I will be in pain the whole time and searching for places to sit and rest.

I just realized that now that I am 24 weeks along, I only have 11 weeks left till the twins will be here. 11 weeks doesn't seem like long at all does it? Now I feel like I need to hurry and get things done even more. Oh boy...

[hjw]

claudia - well I'm certainly having a big 'something'! I've actually not put on any weight the last 2 weeks (eating the same, but no real weight gain, go figure), so I'm finding myself crossing my fingers that Zorba's just taking a breather on this growing lark for a little while! Oh, how exciting that you felt Flick from the outside - if you're anything like me, you'll now spend the rest of your pregnancy with one or both hands glued to the outside of your stomach every time you feel movement! I agree with Steph, I'm not sure why they told you that about an anterior placenta - mine is anterior as well, and I started to feel movement from the outside at about week 21, like you. Although I'd thought anterior meant that the placenta is attached to the front wall of the uterus and posterior that it's attached to the back wall.

Steph - I hear you on the feeling heavier thing, I'm really starting to feel that too now. The last couple of days, it's felt like I've got a solid bowling ball in the lower part of my stomach, and sitting down is really uncomfortable. The only position which is more bearable is standing or lying so that my body is stretched out. Have you been wearing your belly band to help, or does that make the pressure worse? Thanks for the thoughts on what breastfeeding was like in practice for you, that ties in with all the other stories I've heard from friends. DH and I had the breastfeeding session of our antenatal classes last night and (as expected) there was a lot of pressure that we all ought to breastfeed. Which annoys me, because we're all intelligent enough to weigh up the factors and decide for ourselves, and it's a personal choice at the end of the day. Anyway, this annoying woman kept saying that if it hurts, it's just because you're doing it wrong, and 'all you need to do' is try a different position with the baby. As if it's that easy! All very aggravating... The session didn't change my attitude at all, I'm still in the 'I'll try and breastfeed but not beat myself up about it if it doesn't work out for any reason' camp. As a minimum, I'm hoping that I can do the colostrum phase for the first three days, as from what I can gather that's the most important milk for the baby. I don't blame you for being realistic about breastfeeding twins - I have two friends who have managed to do it and it's a pretty constant cycle of feeding for Mum (even if you work out the technique of feeding both at once, there's no guarantee that both babies will be ready to feed at the same time)! When you think that a single baby needs to feed 8-12 times a day for maybe 20-30 mins a time, it's a hell of a chunk of time for one, let alone two. Keeping your brother in my thoughts...

katie - oops on the wrong letters for the nursery wall, but on the bright side you'll have some spare for when Chris thinks up the next name, lol! Or perhaps it will just need to be an anagram of P Savannah! Or you can tell her that the P is for 'perfect' or 'princess'? Ummm, yes, I have to admit to having spent a bit of time in the nursery this morning just looking at the gorgeous furniture... To answer your question, it wasn't the midwife who said Zorba could be here in 4.5 weeks, it was at our first antenatal class when the woman running them said that a normal full term pregnancy is classed as anything from 37 to 42 weeks. Given that Zorba's growing (more than) well in here and they are talking about starting to induce me from 39 weeks, I wouldn't actually mind being as early as 37 weeks (by which time, by my projections, Zorba may be weighing about 7.5 lbs anyway!), which for me is only another 4.5 weeks away... Re a shortlist of names - at the rate we're going, it wouldn't surprise me if DH and I start talking about names when I'm in labour (think of all that free time with nothing else to do but deep breathing...)! OK, on the subject of epidurals/pain relief...don't fall off your chair laughing (if I hear laughter coming from your side of the pond, I'll be upset...) but I was kind of hoping to try and do the labour just using a TENS machine (do they have the same name in the US? You attach four pads to your back and a handheld machine sends little electric currents during contractions which stops the pain receptors in the brain from receiving the signals telling it that the contractions are painful) and then gas & air towards the end. Having said that, I am of course open to the fact that things change and that you need to go into labour with an open mind, but anyway that has always been my ultimate goal. I think it's mainly because there was nothing drug-free and natural about how we got pregnant, and I just wanted the end of the pregnancy to be as normal/natural as possible (I think that's why I'm so upset at the thought of having to be induced early). Like I said, no hysterical laughing at the back please! I totally accept that I might be totally unrealistic and screaming for an epidural as I stagger through the hospital door!

gi - that's a great plan on getting Jason to do all the nappies. Wonder if I can sell that idea to my DH...

Hazel

[gi]

Hey girlies,

Hazel hmmm it does sound wonderful to think of doing labour Au Natural but i am open to Everything, the thoughts of labour doesnt bother me as i have wanted this baby sooooo much so however she comes out i will deal with it, jason says i would be too stubborn to scream if in pain as i dont like people to think i cant handle anything.... we will see. Isnt it annoying that people are pushing this breast feeding thing on you, i love your attitude if it works for you thats fantastic if not who cares you have come thro. a lot to get your baby so enjoy feeding her no matter what way and OH my i never realised babies are fed 8 - 10 times a day i have a lot to learn I cant believe your little one could be ready to come in few wks time, i remember following your thread and how shocked you were to get you bfp on New years day and now the time is nearly here, i cant wait to hear which team you are going to join i still reckon zobra is a boy.

Katie oh you must be getting annoyed that things arent been deliverd correctly makes me think maybe i should open up my boxes i havent even peeked inside them yet!! I am robbing your letters idea and seen some gorgous white wooden ones with pink gingham ribbon the feature wall where the cot will be will be painted a very subtle pink so will hang it over her cot. Glad the cork screw made you laugh but i am serious about it

Steph if i am feeling heavy i cant imagine how you are feeling, now that i think of it i am uncomfortable esp. after eating my main meal i have had to cut back on portion size as i really suffer with trapped wind/gas pains afterwards. 11 wks till babies come OMG that sounds so quick!!!! Kayla is a lot quieter today kicking everynow and then but i reckon its the way she is lying, hows your 2 little ones doing still kicking up a storm.

Have a nice and safe weekend everyone

gi xxx

[babyluv]

Steph - Anterior means the placenta is in the front of the uterus blocking the baby. That's why it's harder to feel kicks. I have it too. Sometimes I feel them, sometimes I don't. Hope everything goes well for your brother.

Kaite - This week is just not your lucky week. So sorry about the letters!!

Hazel - I can understand your dad not wanting to continue treatment. Praying for the right decisions to be made for he and your family.

AFM - finally got my glucose test done and OF COURSE the internet at the lab was down causing a huge back up! Thankfully this incredibly nice woman gave me her spot so I only waited 40 min to be seen instead of the 1 1/2 hours it should have been (thankfully the guy still took her next so she didn't give up too much). So over it, but it's done and I hope I passed. Should hopefully know next week. I'm sure I will especially if I fail it!

[Stephanieford78]

Babyluv - That's what I always thought too, but the way the perinatologist talks about my placentas made me think differently. Not sure how they consider Angelina's a posterior placenta when they showed me where it was, being the top left part of my belly.. in the front. It just confused me. I still don't understand it. lol I know what the deffinition of an anterior placenta is, but what they showed me is the opposite. Maybe they are just trying to screw with my pregnant brain. lol I hope your test comes back with flying colors, I am sure it will. That was nice of that woman to let you go first! At least you had some good in an otherwise unorganized situation. I am not looking forward to drinking that mess and sitting there for an hour to get poked, but it must be done.

Gi - I eat small for the most part, though I might go a little overboard sometime if I happen to not have eaten in a while or I go out to eat. I like to get my money's worth when we are out. lol Anyway, I don't have much of an issue with gas unless it is related to heartburn. That is getting worse. I need to keep antacids next to the bed now. This might be TMI, but just last night I had turned on my back in my sleep and woke up to (what seemed to be) a little throw up in my mouth. I woke up because of the intense burn from swallowing it. Had I been more awake I would have spit it out. That hurt pretty bad. Something to talk to the doc about next visit I suppose. As far as Kayla, maybe she is just really comfortable. I get imes where mine don't move too much then later they decide to beat up on me all at once. Last night Alex was feeling them move with both hands on my belly because they were both very rambunctious. She would make a happy face each time she felt them which was kick after kick, it was funny. Andrew always misses the good stuff. He doesn't have much of an interest in my belly anymore.

Hazel - We didn't have a breast feeding session, but I did go to a program that we have called WIC (Women and Infant Care). They like to pressure you to breast feed too. I was told that they have classes every month and I should go. This particular woman told me that I can do both bottle and breast. So the other woman I talked to was probably just trying to pressure me even more to lose the bottle. I feel the same way you do, I am going to try and see how it goes. It isn't as easy as "If it hurts you are doing it wrong." It can be the baby's fault! lol Like with Alex, she just would NOT open her darn mouth. To breast feed the baby has to open wide and take a lot of the nipple in. Alex was a tight sucker so she would suck like sucking on a straw and wouldn't open up. This is what caused me to bleed and hurt so bad. I tried to have her open her mouth, but I just couldn't get her too. They can't blame me for a stubburn kid. lol That's why I have a back up plan of the pumping. Not sure how long I will do the breast feeding or the pumping. I do want to make sure they get the colosrum too. I know all the benefits to keep going, but I admit that I am not womder woman. Kudos to the moms who can feed twins, but as a planner... I am planning for me to be great at it, mediocre and fail.

Angela - How are you and Gabriella doing today?

Katie - Dad's wife baught one dresser today. lol She said she will buy the other dresser and matching crib on the 1st. So my nursery won't be done in time for the shower, but beggers can't be choosers. It will all be here before babies and that is what matters. I am grateful to even be getting anything. It isn't like her and I have always gotten along. Even when I was a single mom who just lost two kids and left my husband she was awful to me!! When I could have used a little help, like around Alex's birthday or Christmas, we got nada. Now she sends money for her birthday and at leas $50 per person for Christmas. Not sure what happened except Andrew. She is in love with him I swear. lol She hated my ex, but then again who didn't or doesn't even. Anyway, I hope you and Savannah are taking it easy you busy mama you!

So ladies, the regisry looks to be coming along with more people joining. It's really easy for me to do so if anyone else is interested, please send me your links. It can always be edited too easily, so if you decided to get something off your list or someone else already got it for you, just let me know and I can replace it with something else or just take it off. Remember, if you buy something for someone, let me know through PM so I can take it off the list. If it is for me, it can still remain a surprise since all of my items are from my personal registry and I will see that item gone as I check it almost daily. lol

As for my brother, still waiting to hear more news. Thanks everyone for keeping him in your thoughts/prayers. He did let me know that his doc recommend that I get checked as soon as possible. My mom with ovarian cancer which spreads quickly to the bowel and him now with colon cancer, I guess that puts me at a prety high risk. Of course I can't do anything until after babies are born and even then I have to wait until I can switch my insurance back to Prime... the better coverage for other things like that.

Hope everyone is doing well and has a great weekend!

[babyluv]

Steph - So interesting how your peri describes it. I'll definitely double check with mine next week. We didn't really talk about it while I was there, I just googled it and that's what I had come up with. Oh, and you took the words right out of my mouth on the breast feeding. I want to do it, am getting the pump, and will be super excited to get them to two months, but am not going to pressure myself over it!

AFM - I actually thought the glucose test itself wasn't bad, the drink anyway. Everyone told me how flat and nasty it would be (I had the orange one), but is it weird that I kind of liked it!?!!

[Stephanieford78]

Babyluv - That's so funny! Like I was decribing to Katie when she asked, I had three different kinds before and my favorite was the orange one. To me it tasted like orange Fanta soda. lol The others were the cola colored one, that was the 2nd fave and then the clear one... BLAH! The clear was the worst by far! So no, not weird at all that you liked it. I remember liking it myself and drank it fast. I was told that my clinic has the orange so I was happy to hear that. As far as the placenta confusion, I want to ask my peri and ob both next time. lol I am wondering if somehow they messed it up?? Just because last time I went to the peri, the sonographer came in and had the babies switched. A is Ethan and B is Angelina but she kept saying the opposite. So maybe the placentas got mixed up in the paperwork too? I will be interested to find out, because the definition that I saw does decribe Angelina's placenta rather than Ethan's. Let me know what your doc says! The only thing that still confuses me is if anterior is front meaning the belly and posterior is back meaning by the spine, then how can Ethan be either when I have a previa? Wouldn't that be neither? Yeah, still confused. lol

[angelaezra]

Hello Ladies – it has been an extremely long week and I am very excited that it is Friday! I am unfortunately experiencing one of those days where I have a headache but this one started every since I woke up to go to work and it is still here now, so this will be brief. I tried to read as much as I could but I will do personals tomorrow.

AFM – I am going to take everyone’s advice and enjoy my weekend. I did take an opportunity to pamper myself today and got a manicure and pedicure, which was so relaxing (just what the doctor ordered)! I wore a mask the entire time but the smell didn't really help the migraine already forming. Now it is time to relax and enjoy my DH.

I am looking forward to seeing Gabriella on Monday again. One exciting thing is that I am feeling her move around more often and now it is more noticeable. Have a great night everyone!

Angela