Due in January, February & March 2019

[Noemi2017]

Kiku i really pray for miracle and i wish your baby is strong and you get good news

[Eighme]

I'm in the U.S. where we have no rules! haha. But omg, thank you, that makes me feel better. I never have good skin normally anyway and of course drop my normal skin routine in pregnancy since a lot of the stuff I'd use is unsafe in the first tri, so no wonder my skin goes bonkers!

And I'm so jealous you're in NZ. I have wanted to visit there for eons. Such a beautiful country!

@Eighme: So mine was right with DD (and I had nausea after conception with her!). I desperately wanted a boy and DH said he felt it was a girl the day after BFP. And I just knew. I even found an old post of mine on a different site when I was 9 weeks pregnant with her freaking out about having a girl -- and clearly I was right! But I know soooo many people who have been wrong too (or had no feeling too). DH thought this one was a boy from BFP, so I hope he's right. He also had the feeling this baby would go all the way as soon as he found out, and admitted he never had feelings on our losses, so hopefully he's more intuitive than me! Though I did have a dream of twin boys before I even conceived my 7th loss... which ended up being twins.

Thanks, TP! I have a "feeling" it's a girl but I am desperately trying not to get my hopes too high in the event I am wrong. I'm not sure if I'm more partial to that feeling because of swaying or because it might be so.

Either way, I can't wait to find out with this one. I've been right about both my sister and sister in law's pregnancies all four times in regards to the gender. But then it comes down to me and I hem and haw and am so uncertain

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[ABC.2606]

Ladies I'm freaking out a bit - I have what I *think* might be a cold sore in the corner of my lips and I'm not sure if I've ever had one before. Maybe I have - I really don't know, though I definitely don't remember ever having one of those real big, classic ones that anyone can see looking at your lips. What I have in the corner of my lips is not noticeable unless you look closely but it looks like there are a couple of small blisters, and the general area feels kind of puffy/gross. I get cankor sores inside my mouth and little bumps on my tongue ALL the time and I have some of those right now too. My mouth has basically been in a lot of pain the past few days. Anyways... I'm worried because if I haven't had the virus (the herpes virus) that causes cold sores I don't know if having it the first time can cause problems for the babies. I've read mixed stuff online. I know they are mainly a problem if you get them at the end of pregnancy as the virus can be really dangerous to newborns. Does anyone have any experience with this??? I have my OB appt tomorrow so I'll talk to him about it. I don't know if I should ask to be tested to see if I have the virus or have previous antibodies to it?

Ugh - I hate having to worry about this stuff in pregnancy. Getting viruses/bacteria/diseases that could harm a baby is seriously my worst pregnancy fear (however overblown the fears may be).

[Throwaway_panther]

ABC, I so understand your anxiety!! I actually had this exact scenario with one of my losses (the twins, actually, so maybe it's a twin thing?!), and we know it had nothing to do with my losses. Canker sores totally increase during pregnancy so it could easily just be those. Is it possible they're little zits, too?

And my understanding is that the herpes virus is more of an issue when it's direct exposure to a newborn -- so like kissing with a sore, or sores in the birth canal. The late pregnancy bit with the virus has to do with birth an exposure to the infant if born vaginally because there wasn't enough time for the mother to get antibodies. And I think most people have some exposure or antibodies anyway (isn't something like 75% of the population carrying some form of the virus, even if from chicken pox as a kid?). So I think you're good no matter what!!

But I 100% understand your feelings!

[Babybeaublue]

ABC I had a cold sore at 20 weeks and I freaked out Too! My midwife said it was nothing to worry about but you can't use any of the creams on it. I used an ice**** in a tissue and held that on it every day and tbh it went away just as quick.
She didn't ask if I had them before (I have) so I don't think it would be a problem.

[Babybeaublue]

Why will it not let me type the word ice ****?!?!??! Keeps changing it to stars lol

[Babybeaublue]

Arrghhhhh!!! **** the word is ****!!!

[Babybeaublue]

I give up

[ABC.2606]

ABC, I so understand your anxiety!! I actually had this exact scenario with one of my losses (the twins, actually, so maybe it's a twin thing?!), and we know it had nothing to do with my losses. Canker sores totally increase during pregnancy so it could easily just be those. Is it possible they're little zits, too?

And my understanding is that the herpes virus is more of an issue when it's direct exposure to a newborn -- so like kissing with a sore, or sores in the birth canal. The late pregnancy bit with the virus has to do with birth an exposure to the infant if born vaginally because there wasn't enough time for the mother to get antibodies. And I think most people have some exposure or antibodies anyway (isn't something like 75% of the population carrying some form of the virus, even if from chicken pox as a kid?). So I think you're good no matter what!!

But I 100% understand your feelings!

Thanks TP!! Yea I read that most adults have been exposed to the cold sore type of herpes virus even if they don't get cold sores. I'm guessing I have been - I just asked DH if he gets them and he said yea and after 10 years together I'm guessing he would have exposed me by now!! Plus I've had chicken pox and have been tested for immunity to other childhood things (like fifth's disease I think?) and got sick a lot as a kid. Who knows. I'll ask the doc too tomorrow - again I just hate having to worry about this kind of stuff.

Yea my cankor sores are crazy right now - the whole inside of my mouth feels like it's covered in sores. But those I KNOW I'm especially prone to even when not pregnant. I also having been eating a bunch of foods lately (like salt and vinegar chip - LOL) that may have just gotten everything irritated in my mouth, especially with all the crazy extra hormones!

[ABC.2606]

Thanks BBB. LOL that's weird that it's doing that!!