Anyone else due??

[Indira]

indigo No I´m not going to find out, I have my anatomical scan on March 12, I´m looking forward to seeing the baby again and I hope the tech won´t spill the beans accidently. Really hope baby is healthy, I have this feeling the baby has Down syndrom every now and then.
Hope you are feeling better. Are you going to have another scan?

By the way, at my last dr. visit she checked my vaginal pH, isn´t that weird? They never did that in my previous pregnancies.

Applesoup hope your varicose veins aren´t getting worse. Never had them. How is that ´modified´bed rest going? I can only immagine lol, my boys have some kind of sensor even if they´re in another room they just feel when I am taking a 15 seconds break sitting down.

[Belle]

How is everyone feeling? Indira you have to get this downs thing out of your head, I'm sure something would have been picked up in your first scans. I have my 20 week ultrasound tomorrow so ofcourse I'm still praying for a healthy belle. Other then that I've been eating sweets and chocs like its going to run out and I'm getting comments like you should be careful of gestational diabetes Should I Or it really doesn't have anything to do with that?

[atomic sagebrush]

indigo No I´m not going to find out, I have my anatomical scan on March 12, I´m looking forward to seeing the baby again and I hope the tech won´t spill the beans accidently. Really hope baby is healthy, I have this feeling the baby has Down syndrom every now and then.
Hope you are feeling better. Are you going to have another scan?

By the way, at my last dr. visit she checked my vaginal pH, isn´t that weird? They never did that in my previous pregnancies.

Applesoup hope your varicose veins aren´t getting worse. Never had them. How is that ´modified´bed rest going? I can only immagine lol, my boys have some kind of sensor even if they´re in another room they just feel when I am taking a 15 seconds break sitting down.

indira, I had that same exact feeling so many times with DS 4 and even when they put him in my arms I thought he had DS because of his appearance. There is even a crazed post about it on Ingender because he has epicanthal folds but that is because my husband is part Native American and not because of DS. I agree that they would have surely seen something on your earlier scans to be concerned about!!

[indigoviolet]

Indira- I know what you mean about worrying about your baby's health, I have a child in my class with DS and I think the same thing but I'm sure we are both fine. It is natural to be worried.
I'm impressed you are staying team green, what was your reasoning/ thinking? I'm wondering whether I shouldn't have found out, too late now!
My next scan is 20th march at 20 weeks.

[applesoup]

Applesoup hope your varicose veins aren´t getting worse. Never had them. How is that ´modified´bed rest going? I can only immagine lol, my boys have some kind of sensor even if they´re in another room they just feel when I am taking a 15 seconds break sitting down.

Thanks for asking. My "main" varicose vein seems to be okay. It only bothers me every few days...usually when I've been on my feet a lot. "Modified" bed rest is...practically non-existent. We received a contract on our old house last month, so now we're trying to move out...without moving out. My new house is...dirty, unorganized, and has boxes sitting everywhere. Of course, DH & I are too tired to do anything about it!

Actually, I've gained a TON of weight this past month. Obviously due to the stress that our house contract & the difficult buyers. (They've been ridiculous...asking us to replace batteries in our smoke detectors, etc.) With all 3 of my pregnancies, I gained a TON of weight. I think DS 1 & 2 were 40lb & DS3 was 52 lb!! (Of course, he was a 9.5lb baby...and is STILL a huge kid, so I have to think he was genetically supposed to be that big.)

How can I be a cute, small preggo lady like my friends? They seriously only gain weight in their tummies. I'm 24 weeks tomorrow & I've gained a strong 10 lbs... How much, total do you guys normally gain by this point? I know that in theory, 1 lb a week from here on out means 26lbs...which I would LOVE to gain. I swear, I get such a huge sweet tooth + stress eat + being pregnant = everything sticks to me. Any thoughts?

[dannikins]

i gain heaps when im pregnant too.
my first pregnancy i gained almost 70 pounds!!!!
luckily about 50 of it was gone by the time i got home from hospital, i had a lot of fluid.

so far this pregnancy im up about 18-19 pounds, but i only gained about 3-4 up untill about 20 weeks, so most of it has been the last 6-7 weeks.
but its normal to have a big gain from 18-25 weeks , thats when the baby has the biggest growth spurt.
i wouldnt worry about it, even with a sweet tooth, just make sure you drink plenty of water.
one thing i have learned , is that your body will do its own thing, no matter what you do.
like i said, i gained heaps with my first, and i was a health freak at the time, but most of the weight was fluid.

only 12 weeks to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and i havent done a thing to get ready.
i dont really need anything for the baby, but i need to get stuff organised for the others so i can have all the nursery furniture for the baby.
yesterday my dad came around and measured up the boys room for built-ins, so hopefully they will be done within a month, then i can get all the baby stuff soaked and put away.
i also need to get some bunks for the younger 2, so that i can have the cot, but thats not urgent, because the baby will be in the cradle the first few months....

[dannikins]

not sure what happened there , it double posted.....

[Belle]

Dannikins 12 weeks will fly by. I'm getting anxious already and I need everything.
Applesoup I'm not sure on weight gain I feel like I've been eating alot but I don't really put on weight. The doc said its my metabolism and when your pregnant it works even faster. You look really cute with just the bump in your photo. Are you sure its not just you feeling huge Like I do sometimes? Lol
My 20 week scan today went well and she is still my healthy bellybou.

[Belle]

Dannikins 12 weeks will fly by. I'm getting anxious already and I need everything.
Applesoup I'm not sure on weight gain I feel like I've been eating alot but I don't really put on weight. The doc said its my metabolism and when your pregnant it works even faster. You look really cute with just the bump in your photo. Are you sure its not just you feeling huge Like I do sometimes? Lol
My 20 week scan today went well and she is still my healthy bellybou.

[Kell]

Belle glad the scan went well! We had ours last week and they couldn't see her bits so couldn't confirm the sex, but she did say there's no dangling bits lol.
We don't have much to buy this time at all, new matress for the cot and I want a Moses basket this time so I'll get that, we have everything except clothes from ds2!

My problem is I want to decorate before she arrives, but in between college and the kids I'm not sure how I'll get it done lol! Might have to have a decorating party see if I can rope some friends in to help!

I've put on about 10lbs as well which I was quite shocked at to be honest, I have no idea how much input on with ds1 but I managed only 24lbs with ds2, but I am definatly following the old wives tales with this pregnancy, don't have a nice neat bump at all, just looking fat!