September 2013 babies!!

[Southern Butterfly]

Aww WantingPink that is such a cute pic of her sweet little face and she does look so much like your DS1!

Salsa I love the nursery, you did a great job!

DLTAG that's so exciting about buying a house! We hope to sell our current home and buy a larger one next year as we are outgrowing this one. There are a lot of fond memories here and we have lots of friends in this neighborhood but at the same time I'm excited at the idea of moving!

Baby boy is behaving himself and staying put, yay! My appt with the pediatric cardiologist yesterday left us with more questions than answers. He said there is definitely an abnormality with the main veins of his heart and possibly the valves as well. It could be one of several conditions but none can be firmly diagnosed until after delivery. They also won't know how severe or mild it is until birth. For now his heart appears to be functioning well in utero which is a huge relief but we won't know how well it does on it's own once he is born and has the added strain of possibly being premature. They will have a cardiologist at the deliver to evaluate him but until then it's pretty much wait and hope that it turns out to be very mild.

Salsa I saw you mentioned also having high amniotic fluid. Did they tell you how much it is measuring? Mine is now up to a 33 and rising. I feel like I'm going to pop as it is!

[Thorz300]

Southern I'm glad that he is staying put, but I'm so sorry that you weren't put at ease. I really hope it is I minor issue and bub is born healthy! Im glad you updated us, I was getting nervous.

Salsa, love the nursery, I have most of my stuff finished for the nursery but we have a renter in that room so I can't put it all together for a few more weeks.

DLTAG buying a house is exciting! I love being able to do whatever I want to do to this house and not worry about a deposit!! LOL its nice to hear from you again!

Im sure I have missed other updates Im too lazy to go back and read everything right now. I'm still feeling really down about my weight, watching the scale shoot up and not being able to do anything about it is really hard. Bed rest really sucks! I'm starting to get the "pregnancy mask" which I have never had before, it is really annoying. Has anyone ever had that and does it really go away after? I hope so. It looks like I have bruises by my eyes and temples but they are just dark patches of skin.....booooo

[Wanting-a-girl]

I weighed myself yesterday thi king I gained nothing in three weeks because i have been extremely active... And nope I gained 5 flipping pounds! Lolhow I'm starting to get down about my weight lol...I have gained 35 pounds! And thats with me not gaining an ounce for the first trimester from morning sickness lol!

Glad he is staying put southern but the heart thing is defiantly stressful! I hope it's something very minor

[Southern Butterfly]

Thank you Thorz and WAG.

I know how you all feel about the weight gain as well. I don't own a scale so only get weighed at the dr. The weird thing for me is that I've had very little appetite over the last couple of weeks. When I'm stressed I can't eat (I know it's not good for the baby ). Despite this my weight has continued to go up. My clothes are fitting a little looser as well, except for around my belly of course. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps all the extra fluid is the cause? I have to admit though I'm looking forward to getting back to running after baby. I miss it terribly

[Girlsway]

I understand what everyone means about the weight gain. My scales are showing extra 13kg which is 28 pounds and I still have 8 wks to go.

I have a scan tomorrow but I have feeling the weight has stored in wrong places. Otherwise I am very excited to see the little one, its been ages! I hope she is still a girl.

[fish2012]

Oh southern hopefully it's one of those things that turns out to be nothing, I've found the stress has made me either massively over or under eat net result seems to be massive weight gain booo

Getting lots more movement thou which is cool

Girlsway looking forward to seeing the pics!

[Southern Butterfly]

Girlsway, good luck at your scan tomorrow!

Fish will be thinking of you for your scan next week too.

[Wanting-a-girl]

My ob appt is Thursday and it will be mighty interesting as DH is working so I'm taking ds1 and 3 with me and ds3 has some major hatred for drs after all he's been through... I'm basically expecting him to cry the entire time.... Yay me

[Salsa]

Southern I'm so glad to hear he is staying put! They didn't tell me my fluid level, only said that it was good I had a lot as it supports a big baby. I always have a large amount. When my waters break a swimming pool gushes out of me just like the movies!! People always say its nothing like the movies but it is for me lol

[WantingPink]

Southern so glad that baby is staying put but I know you must be worried about the potential of a heart condition. Wait and see is not something I do very well... hope you are doing okay.

I am with you ladies with the weight gain. I have gained 30 lbs and I have 6.5 weeks left!! I don't feel like I am over eating but the lbs keep coming. I have also started swelling a little bit all over which I hate too. I don't have ankles anymore and my hands and face feel very swollen also. The heat isn't helping anything either.