2nd trimester bump buddies

[betty]

Thanks for the replies re: morning sickness.

I had acupuncture yesterday for it and it seems to have worked. It's still a struggle to find something appetizing but it is staying down. My acupuncturist said that with two more visits she can knock it out for good.

I think it's worth a try for anyone feeling really sick.

[Smita]

Lil P,
Welcome back!!
Hope you had a fab time in Marbella..So did you shop? or just lazed around?
I'm ok.. just get tears in my eyes everytime I hear dh's voice and to be honest, he's getting irritated with me- he snapped at me this morning- I guess it'd irritate anyone to have a crying whiny wife, but somehow I can't seem to stop the tears...oh well!
I'll be ok by this evening..

Theres a solar eclipse this evening- it can be seen from India, so according to our beliefs, a pregnant woman has to keep away from the sun during that time and also make sure that I don't eat/drink anything b/w 4 and 7 this evening when the actual eclipse happens over bangalore,India- All old beliefs and customs, but got to try and follow them to what extent i can..I guess it can't hurt.

Betty,
Good to hear abt accu rereducing your sickness, can you feel the babies yet??

Hope everyone is having a lovely day..

[LittleP]

Smita

We had a lovely time and I did keep looking for something to buy, but couldn't find anything I wanted. We saw the most beautiful baby shop but decided not to be too early with any purchases!!!

DH treated me like a princess the whole time which was lovely

I'm sorry that DH has gone back now - don't blame you feeling weepy, remember not only are you missing DH, but you have all those additional hormones to keep control of as well. You should see me during certain adverts at the moment!!!

Have you felt much movement yet? I can't wait for it to start - when does it usually occur?

Love and hugs to you all

Little P

[Susie]

Hi All
Little P - glad your hol was good
Smita - Sorry your DH had to go back, but at least everything on the scan was still the same and not worse, but I dont envy you drinking all that water.
Welcome to all the newbies and sorry if i've missed anyone, but I'm a tad stressed at the mo!
Sorry I havent been on for a while, but I'm having some personal probs at the mo. My DD whos 4 told me on Friday how she is being kicked and bullied at school on a regular basis, it has hopefully been sorted out today as I've told her teacher, but I am off work sick today as the guilt I feel at having taken her every day only to suffer that is unbeleivable.
Me and DH also havent spoke all weekend as I think I'm a tad oversensitive at the mo and taking it all out on him. I too cant stop crying. The joys of pregnancy eh?
Anyway, hope you all have a good day
Susie

[LittleP]

Susie

I'm so sorry about your situation - this is the last thing you need to have to deal with, your poor daughter I hope that things will now be better for her. No wonder you've been a bit emotional this weekend

I'm sure that DH will give you a lovely big hug when you see him later

Gavin

I think we have much the same problem here - the cloudy sky might prove a problem when trying to view the eclipse!!!

Glad you've finally managed to feel little Gemma moving - what a wonderful experience for you that must be.

I'm seeing the Midwife this afternoon to have a quick check-up - I think I'm going to go down as one mad mother-to-be!!!

Hugs to all

Little P

[LittleP]

Had a lovely visit with the Midwife - I was there for ages it was great.

She let me hear the heartbeat and whilst she was doing that Little One started kicking the Doppler - it was such a funny experience. She told me what was going on, but I couldn't feel it - it was quite surreal really.

I am now so happy and feeling really reassured!!! Thank goodness for kind and understanding Midwives.

Hope you are all doing ok.

Little P

[Sher8]

Little P -
Thanks for sharing your Doppler/kicking story. That was cute. Not too long until those kicks become more thumping and visible. I enjoy every bit of it!

Susie -
Hope things go smoother for you this week. How about a nice warm bath to soothe your worries??

Welcome all the Newbies to the wonderful world of THE SECOND TRIMESTER. I find this to be the best and overall feeling very good right now. I hope you all find this to be the same.

Sher8

[Smita]

Hi Gen,
can understand your wanting to lay low until you are definite abt everything, I feel that way at times, but then, I sit and brood a lot abt it too..Lots of "what if..??" questions keep cropping up..
Its lovely that you can feel Gemma now. I'm waiting to feel my baby as well..

Lil P, that doppler experience sounds so beautiful- I wish they took more time with us here in india- but thanks to the population and the long waiting time, we hardly get abt 5 mins in the scan room unless its like a NT scan or my cardiac scan coming up end of October sometime...Starting to worry about not feeling the baby..But maybe it'll take me a couple of more weeks..I just keep worrying that its the 'not enough water' around the baby which prevents him/her from moving
around and so from me feeling the movements. makes sense? Oh well, just another babble!And glad you had a great time in Marbella.


Susie,
It must have broken your heart to know abt what your dd was going thru..My friend went thru that abt a couple of years back- she did speak to the teacher in charge, for a week it was ok, but then the children continued to be cruel and so eventually they changed her school, and now she's fit in beautifully at the new school..Kids really can be mean at times..I hope it settles down soon and dd can get back to cheerful self.

Sher,
Good to hear you're doing ok..How long are you planing to work?

Kim,
hope you're ok..

Hows everyone else??I'm doing fine, just worrying on and off abt not feeling the movements and the size of baby being small.. continuing to guzzle the water, milk and juice..
Really sunny here today!


smita

[k]

Hi everyone

Little P - Good to see you back, hope youe holiday has left you feeling refreshed and relaxed. Back to the British weather now...

Beth - Glad the accupuncture is helping. I think its a wonderful thing. Helped me with some hip pain I had, and im convinced helped me get pregnant. Id reccommend it to anyone!

Gav and Gen - My DH felt the baby kick for the first time last week. He always seems to miss it normally! Gen - I wish my DH would talk more, like Gav does! I will see if I can get him to come on line to chat. Ive been nagging him to read more on pregnancy etc and I think its worked! I saw him this am with his 'Blokes guide to pregnancy' while on his way to work, so hopefully he will open up more! He was very excited at the scan, more so than me actually.

Susie - Im so sorry to hear what your DD is going through. I hope she's ok. Look after yourselves.


Smita - Im doing ok, thanks. Although thinking im coming down with a cold now!! Nothing developed after feeling ill last week. Typical, when I want to go to Aquanatal classes this Thursday. I missed the last one waiting for a plumber that didnt turn up....
As far as feeling the baby, I was 18 wks when it first started, but its hard to tell at first if it is the baby or not, its so light. Ive spoken to 2 friends, one who didnt feel her baby until she was 20 wks, another who was 23 wks. The latter now has a very placid, happy, laid back baby who has slept through the night since been very young! Look after yourself.

Take care everyone
Love Kim

[LittleP]

Gen

Good to hear from you, but totally understand why you like to "lie low" - it is such a difficult situation. Just take care of yourself and Gemma, that is really the most important thing.

Smita

Don't worry about not feeling anything - my Midwife said that a lot of first time mums don't really realise that the sensations they are experiencing are actually movement - I expect anytime now you'll get an almighty shove from inside and then you'll know all about it!!!!

Susie

I hope that things with DD are better and that the bullies have been sorted out.

Kim

Take care and I hope you are well.

How is everyone else getting on?

Little P

[julie5767]

Hi all-

Been awhile since I posted, decided to pop in for a quick update. We got through Rita okay (I'm in Houston), but it was scary for awhile. I go for a scan tomorrow (24.5 weeks) to make sure the twins are growing okay, same size, etc. I have been put on the home uterine activity monitor, as this is my first preg and twins (and also it lets me talk to a nurse 2x a day, so I am not constantly harassing my OB). That is going very well- I average zero or 1 contraction per hour, which they say is excellent with twins.

Gen- I understand exactly how you feel. I have been nervous this whole time, too. My husband is like Gavin, it seems, and he keeps telling people about our daughters. My aunt even had a party for us that I was not that excited about, as I felt it was too early at 22 weeks, but he loved it and it was fun- we (not me) actually had margaritas. I have to keep reminding myself that these aren't just "my" babies, but his, too and should let him get excited. I still worry about every twinge, though.

Susie- I was unable to find the post about your scan where you mentioned your baby's heart. During my 20-week ultrasound, the perinatologist found a calcification on one of the babies' hearts, called an echogenic focus. It is considered a soft marker for Downs, so I was very upset. I have calmed down now, as I found a lot of information and people who have had this finding and NONE of them have had a baby with Downs. If this was on yours (or anyone else's) scan, let me know and I will post these sites.

Smita- Hang in there! Have been thinking about you going through all this with your husband far away. My husband has had to hold my hand through so many nasty emotions and symptoms (the latest being hemmoroids!), that I have you in my thoughts as a very brave woman.

Have lots more to respond to, but have to go get horizontal for awhile... By the way, for any of the US-based ladies, tune in to the new show "Inconceivable"- it is about an IVF clinic and all of this drama and intrigue, including switching sperm samples, illegal procedures, etc. I would love if you could all see it- very posh-looking clinic, indeed. It is my new favorite show for the sheer strangeness of it.

[Susie]

Hi All
I spoke to the teachers about my DD's bullying, and thankfully I think its all sorted. I recieved a letter today from the girls mum apologising for what her DD has put my DD thru, but I still feel guilty. My DD played with this girl all today and yesterday she is defineately more forgiving than me.
Julie - I had a nuchal scan which had a large nuchal thickness but low downs result so this indicates bubs may have a heart problem. After recent scans all looks OK so hopefully everything is fine. I'm sorry to hear your scan wasnt as you'd of liked but I think now a days we have too much knowledge, we get more worried than years ago. I hope everythings OK though
The thing about the show incomcievable made me laugh though as I said with my last pg that I wanted a DNA test when my bubs was born incase she wasnt ours, but when she was born she looked so much like us that she had to be ours.
Gen - I know exactly how you feel worrying about bubs. I am worrying much more with this one. I feel if anything was to happen to my bubs I know now what I would be losing, whereas before I didnt know as well. Also I wouldnt just be losing a baby, I would be losing my DD's only hope of a baby brother. I am so relieved I've passed the 24 week point, but I still worry about what may happen.
Little P & Smita - In my last pg I was a size 10 with perfect toned body and felt the baby move at 25 weeks. I was really worried but I got an angel baby that slept all the time. This time I'm a size 14 with a 'mummy tummy' (you'll soon know what that is!) and I felt bubs kick at 12 weeks. I must say now he never stops kicking me. I bet he wont sleep much. So just be patient dont worry and the kicks will start.
Sher8 & Kim - hope your both OK
I'm alot happier but still cant stop crying. Pragnancy has its joys. I read the jobs section of the paper yesterday and cried because theres lots of people out there who cant get a job!?! I've gone loony I think!
Have a good one
Susie

[LittleP]

Susie

Thanks for those wonderful reassuring words - it's good to know that things can be different isn't it?

Glad things are looking up for DD - what an ordeal!!!

Take care

Little P

[Smita]

Susie,
Thanks for the reassuring words.. Am only worried abt movements these days as everyone (most ppl know)keeps asking me..
Julie,
Its such a relief that you got thru Rita ok and are doign fine- so your having daughters is it? so far the girls are outnumbering the boys- would love tohave a girl, but then I think a boy would be good too- I don't know finally it all comes down to having a healthy baby with everything where and as it should be- thats my prayer now..
Oh,and whats a home uterine monitor? Have you got one of those machines at home now??Sounds like it'd be a reassuring thing to have!

Kim hope your cold hasn't become severe and is ok now..thank you for your words abt the movements.. when dh was here, never thought so much abt the baby- i guess having nothing to do makes me a compulsive worrier..

Little P,
How're you doing? I keep having wierd dreams- the other day I had a dream abt breast feeding the baby and this morning it was a nightmare abt how the whole thing was wrong and my HpT was no longer positive, so the pregnancy was a mistake - i kept trying to call my doctor, but the line was always busy.. Does anyone else have these kind of wierd scary dreams?

Currently I'm debating whether to fly down to Bahrain to be with dh for abt 15 days.. that'll only early november though-after my internal on the 20th and then some cardiac scan they want to do for the baby..
So far the doc has forbidden me from moving out..
Dh was asking me whether I could bear it if something went wrong when I flew there and I had no answers obviously! It happened to one of our friends last year so its on my mind always too..

sorry for the long post girls..
Take care..
Mid week!!

smita

[LittleP]

Smita

I'm flying again in November and I spoke to my Midwife about it and she said that before 28 weeks is absolutely fine. If, however, you want to fly after 28 weeks then have a chat with GP who will check you over and give you a letter for the airline. Some airlines will not let women over 28 weeks fly with them.

I can totally understand why you would want to be with DH and I think if your internal goes well, then there should be no reason not to hop on a plane and have 15 wonderful days together.

I can totally relate to the dreams - I have been having some really nasty ones that I don't even want to mention

In my book it says that having vivid dreams is quite common so I'm working along that theory at the moment.

I had some strange flutterings in my tummy when I was trying to sleep last night - I think that might have been Little One practising gymnastics!!!!

Does anyone have difficulty sleeping at all? I get into bed all tired and ready, then whoosh - I get the fidgets and I just can't seem to drift off!!!

Love and hugs to you all

Little P