Due Sept/Oct/Nov 2017 (5)

[XXforhubby]

I'm 32 weeks today [emoji4]*cue "It's the Final Countdown song*!

Here is my latest bump pic:




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[emoji178]Baby Girl [emoji254]EDD 9/30/2017 [emoji178]

[XXforhubby]

I feel like I'm much bigger than what the picture shows!


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[emoji178]Baby Girl [emoji254]EDD 9/30/2017 [emoji178]

[Nann3r]

Xx you look so great!!! It is so crazy how close we are getting [emoji51]

Yeah if it's a boy it's gonna be Wilder Martin and if it's a girl we narrowed it down to Logan Blair or Ryan Blair!


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[1pinkplease.]

Hi Ladies...nice to hear lots of you are feeling well. I'm 30 weeks and 3 days with a bump that looks like I was due yesterday! I will try to post a pic when I've resolved some of these issues i'm currently having with this site! Just feeling exhausted and slightly panicky that I haven't brought anything yet! Anyone else not really got started with baby shopping yet..I can't be the only one!

[Nann3r]

31 week photo earlier this week baby feels so long. Up in my ribs and down low against my pelvis and bladder. I swear this kid just likes to stretch out so far it's so uncomfortable!


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[XXforhubby]

I have the opposite problem Nann3r! I feel like she's getting lower. I literally feel like I'm sitting on her head! I'm pretty sure she dropped. My belly never seems to reflect that until they engage. Once that happens, my belly seems to shrink.

I love the names Nann3r! I think we've settled on Olivien Elizabeth. We also like Onnora (Oh-nora) as well.


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[emoji178]Baby Girl [emoji254]EDD 9/30/2017 [emoji178]

[Jconger]

Anyone take supplements to help ripen the cervix and prepare for labor? Even though this is my third... I can't remember when to start taking primrose oil orally and when to start drinking red raspberry leaf tea. I know vaginally for the oil isn't until like 35 weeks or so... and two teas a day until then either... but I know you can take orally and one tea a day much earlier on. Just curious if any of you have tried these tips. I didn't with my first but my second she came at 38 weeks which was awesome!


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[atomic sagebrush]

Anyone take supplements to help ripen the cervix and prepare for labor? Even though this is my third... I can't remember when to start taking primrose oil orally and when to start drinking red raspberry leaf tea. I know vaginally for the oil isn't until like 35 weeks or so... and two teas a day until then either... but I know you can take orally and one tea a day much earlier on. Just curious if any of you have tried these tips. I didn't with my first but my second she came at 38 weeks which was awesome!


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I just happened to spot this - I try to butt out of these threads usually but I have to mention that evening primrose is falling out of favor (doesn't work orally, only vaginally, and even midwives are saying that it is ineffective) and I really recommend against EPO orally because I took it and during the birth I had lots and lots of little blood clots coming from my placenta. My entire amniotic fluid was full of them. None of the nurses had ever heard of anyone taking EPO and had never seen the blood clots either. Now that I work on this site and know more about the risks of blood thinners (which are only just being realized) I suspect the EPO thinned my blood enough so I was bleeding from my placenta during the birth and since it doesn't work anyway, I really advise against taking any chances on the EPO orally.

RRLT seemed to work well for me started at 36 weeks but did cause wicked contractions when used earlier than that.

[Nann3r]

Had my 32 week checkup today. I had an US to check the placenta since it was low a while back.

Good news is that it moved. I'm in the clear.

Bad news is that baby is measuring 2 weeks behind /: I was taken back for another US to check the cord flow.

So baby is in the 24th % and the cord Doppler measured 75%. So the way she explained it to me is that if it hits 90% or higher, this is cause for concern. So she said mine is elevated enough to be monitored. As far as baby's size, it's the same kind of deal. 24th% is lower than they'd like. If I hit 10th % then that's reason for concern so for now I will be monitored. Meaning more ultrasounds and tests.

Should either number go in the wrong direction, then further action will be take of which I'm not sure. They didn't go into any detail should things not get better. She basically said as long as baby is growing even if it's slower and the cord Doppler doesn't go higher than 75% then things should continue as normal. Baby will just be small.

So needless to say I was a little stressed today! And I got a crappy US pic of the skull and it looks super girly. Even though I'm the US it looked boyish! They printed like the worst shot of all the ones I saw! But of I suppose that wasn't the point of today's scan so I can't complain too much.

Anywho- that's my update. Lol




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[XXforhubby]

Oh wow Nann3r! I'm so sorry things are stressful at the moment! I'm sure hoping that things remain ok for you and your sweet baby!

For what it's worth, my DS2 had a very girlie skull- still does! He's our pretty boy- think Rob Lowe-esque [emoji4]! He's ridulously handsome- I know I'm his mom, but we can't go anywhere without someone telling us how gorgeous he is!

Please keep us posted on how you and baby are getting along!


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[emoji178]Baby Girl [emoji254]EDD 9/30/2017 [emoji178]