*April 2010 Spaces!*

[mbg78]

Megan's Space

I'm Megan. DH and I have been married for just over 9 years. We have one son Jason who will be 3 in December. We were on cycle #4 TTC and got our BFP. Here's a pic of my beautiful BFP. I tested again this afternoon and it was even darker I have my confirmation with the DR on Wednesday afternoon - 8/26. I'm hoping she'll order an 8 week u/s.



Update 8/26: Pregnancy confirmed
Just got back from the Dr. They confirmed that I am pregnant and scheduled me for an ultrasound on Sept. 17 and my first OB appt on Sept 21. They set my EDD as April 28th. I can't wait to see my little bean. It seems like forever from now!

Update 9/17: Ultrasound Today!!!!
Baby is looking good (just one baby ). Heart rate was between 163 and 166 (they let me listen to it 3 times). The baby was sitting pretty low (in my opinion) but measured between 8w1d and 7w5d depending on the angle. I'm not sure she got the best angle since I'm pretty fluffy and as you can see the pics are pretty hazy from the layers of fat. I LOVE hearing my LO's heartbeat - no better sound.


Update 9/22: Had my first OB appt yesterday
Everything is good. Had a bunch of bloodwork done and weighed in at the exact same weight I was when I had my first visit with DS....didn't get to hear the heartbeat but had a bunch of questions answered and got some anti-nausea meds. We'll see if they work

Update 10/20: Had my second OB appt yesterday
Got to see my little bean on Saturday when I ended up in the ER with some digestive issues. It was great to see but I would have prefered not to - only because going to the ER sucked. Anyway my Dr appt was great. I gained 4 pounds but not according to my scale...I got my flu shot and got to hear the baby's heartbeat (160s again). I go back right before Thanksgiving and then we'll schedule my big U/S.

Update 11/21: Appt Rescheduled
I was supposed to have an OB appointment yesterday but one of her other patients went into labor so now I'll be going in on Dec 3rd. I did manage to convince them to schedule my big u/s since it's a referral and they have to call it in. They didn't think I was far enough along for it. So our big u/s is set for December 10th yay!

Update 12/20: U/S
Well I'm late updating this but we had an appointment on the 3rd our big u/s on the 10th and everything looks great. Measuring just right for development with all the right parts. Only problem was that we couldn't get a shot of the profile because of the way it was facing and the baby was sitting on it's feet so we couldn't find out the gender or get a clear shot of the feet. We'll be going back for another ultrasound in a week to hopefully find out what we're having and get those last few shots. The appointment went well and Dr. is predicting a girl....she's not all that great of a predictor so we'll have to wait and see. I lost a pound from my previous appointment so she was pretty happy about that.

Update 12/28: Team Pink!
We had our followup ultrasound to get the profile, feet and gender pics today and we're having a little girl! I'm SO excited now to prepare for a little girl after having had a little boy. Here are a few pictures.


Update 1/16: OB Update
Had an OB appointment yesterday. Baby's heartbeat was in the 130's. I gained a few pounds but nothing too bad. She said I'm still on a good pace to not gain too much **Crossing my fingers** I get to go have my rhogahm shot before my next OB appointment and I'll take my GD 1 hour test then at my next appt on Feb 12.

[mamakkfan09]

Kristine's Baby Pugh #2 Space!

My name is Kristine (22) I'm engaged to the love of my life Mark (39). We have been together almost 5 yrs. We have an adorable 3 yr old name Lucas and two full blown teenagers, Pam (14) and Taylor (12).(Mark's kids from a previous marriage) Now we are expecting baby number 2!

EDD :April 25th, 2010



*First one was a Dollar Tree test, then we decided to go and get a good test to make sure that the results were correct!



Our little family, soon to be + 1!



Our older kids, Taylor and Pam


Pregnancy Tickers from WiddlyTinks.com

--Ultrasound went great! Right on schedule!
Appointments:

9/28/09 - First prenatal appt.
10/5/09 - First ultrasound.... will there be one or two swimming in there?
10/28/09 - Second prenatal appointment

[graciagarcia]

Gracia's Space

Me and my fiance Nate are expecting our 2nd baby on April 12. We have a wonderful 2 year old son Isaiah and we are both super excited for our second addition!


Isaiah Jacob

Baby #2 (Ultra Sound)


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1st appointment: September 10 paperwork, u/s for dating measuring correctly due April 12th

2nd appointment: September 21 genetics counseling, blood test everything is great!

3rd appointment: October 12 heard the heartbeat everything is great! scheduled big U/S on Nov.24

4th appointment: November 20th, everything is good! gained 15.7 lbs eeekkk! Baby's hearbeat sounds like galloping horses (thinking boy still but will find out for sure on tuesday!

GENDER SCAN: November 24th, ITS A BOY!!!

5th appointment: January 4th, did the GD test and passed with flying colors. Joenathan Christopher is head down. He is measuring great and HR was great. Also talked about birth options and maternity leave. If by April 19th i dont go to labor by myself i have a scheduled c-section that day. Last day of work is March 19th..so excited! Almost forgot...so far I gained 26.3 lbs total...blah!

6th appointment: Everything is good, birth plan is in place. Still not 100% on the day of scheduled CS just in case I need it. Oh yeah i forgot to mention im at a total of 31.7 lbs gained!

7th appointment: Scheduled for March 4th (might do the Group B Strep test)

[a's girl]

Kristi's Space!!

I just realized I didn't create a space!!!

Due date 04/23/09

[jellyt]

Hello! Me and my fiance have been engaged for two years. We have two cats, two chinchillas and are trying to complete our little family!

Me and my fiance, Phil.


My BFP 29th August. This date was supposed to be our angel baby's due date and we feel like it's a present from her.


6 weeks


7weeks


8 weeks


My fur babies:
Duke all snuggled up

Not a very good picture but this is Molly

Bruce

Ella


Early scan 24th September - saw a heart beat!
Midwife appt - 1st Oct

[k_canuck]

Karen's Space

I'm Karen, DH is Eric. We were married August 9th 2008. We live in Switzerland. I'm Canadian and DH is Swiss and we're expecting our first dual nationality, French/English bilingual LO on April 26th. It took us a year to get a sticky BFP and suffered one loss in December 2008 at almost 10 weeks.

THE BFP!!



August 17th, 2008

How I told DH



We went on a trip to Scotland for our first anniversary, and brought home a little Souvenir! (What's a little strange is that the very same thing happened to MY parents as I was also a "Made in Scotland" baby.)


How we told our families


We waited until after the 13 week scan to 'go public'. I made this scrapbook layout for my parents and one in French for Dh's parents and we told them the weekend of October 24/25th.

Timeline

17/08/2009 - BFP!!!
21/08/2009 - Thyroid levels: TSH 2.52 - increase meds to 50mcg/day
24/08/2009 - spotting and cramping.. oh no!
25/08/2009 - OB visit and u/s - gestational sac seen - prescribed 200mg progesterone/day
07/09/2009 - OB visit and u/s - we have a heartbeat! LO measures 6w6d - 8.7mm
23/09/2009 - Thyroid levels: TSH 1.84 - increase to 100mcg on Sundays
21/10/2009 - OB visit and n/t screening - 72mm long, HB 150 bpm, n/t measure 1.4mm - 13w2d - blood tests show 1:5,506 chance of down's etc.
23/10/2009 - Thyroid levels: TSH 1.51 - increase to 100mcg 3x per week
16/11/2009 - OB visit and u/s - HB 150, all looks good. AFP blood test and H1N1 vax.
24/11/2009 - Thyroid levels: TSH 1.9 - increase meds to 100mcg every day
16/12/2009 - OB visit and BIG u/s - baby was being shy and all curled up so doc couldn't get clear shots of heart.
22/12/2009 - u/s - OB able to get measurements of heart etc. and all looks good. LO is still curled up very low in my pelvis. Still on team green!!
22/12/2009 - thyroid levels: TSH 0.6 - a bit low - no change in meds for now
25/02/2010 - OB visit - HB 138, weight @ 1.2 kg - GD test - all looks good - breech
26/02/2010 - thyroid levels:

Ultrasound photos




The Belly

[prynn]

Amanda's Space

I'm a bit late here, but I blame being sick for 5 months straight.

So a bit about me--I'm 30 years old and this is my first baby. She is due on 4/25/10. My husband and I are over the moon!



This is me, my husband Jerry and our first 'baby'--our cat, Bailey.

We got our BFP on 8/18. I felt my period was coming--I had back pain and cramps. But when my period was a day late, I went ahead and tested--my period was never late. Imagine my surprise when I got these:



Jerry was sick with the flu, but very excited. It was only fitting that he was sick, however--he'd had the flu on our wedding day, too!

I didn't have much time to be excited about the pregnancy before the morning sickness hit me. On the first day of my 6th week I threw up--a pattern that would continue unabated until my 13th week when my doctor finally became alarmed at my 20 pound weight loss (and my throwing up right in front of him) and put me on Zofran. I still get nauseated without my meds, but I am feeling much better these days--I've put back on almost all of my lost weight.

One bright ray in the midst of all the yakking came on 9/15 when I had my first ultrasound. What a teeny peanut the baby was then!



Honestly most of the first 16 or so weeks of my pregnancy is a blur of nausea and vomit except for this ultrasound. But once I got onto my medication good and started to eat, I felt much better. And on the day before Thanksgiving I felt the baby move for the first time! I was sitting at work, reading emails, when I felt these tiny flutters. I started to cry and then called my husband and my mother. At that moment she became real--not just an extended illness.

On 12-7-09 I believe I was 20 weeks along and I had my 2nd ultrasound. My mother was able to come with us and it was amazing to see the beautiful, sleeping baby on the screen. We were told she was a girl, and we were all over the moon! She weighed 14 ounces at this appointment.



We had to go back for a second ultrasound on 1/5, however, since the baby was sleeping with her head to her chest and the view of her heart was obstructed. At this appointment we were told she weighed 1 pound, 10 ounces--and her heart was fine! And she was definitely still a girl.



Her movements have grown stronger, and she seems to prefer to curl up on my right side. As of early February it has become hard to rest at night--what with waking up every few hours to use the bathroom and with my stomach making it hard to get comfortable. But it's worth it.

On 2/6 we decided to give ourselves an early Valentine and had a 4D ultrasound done. Momma was able to come again. It's so special that she can come with us--last year she suffered through stage 2 breast cancer and it was a hard time on us all as she struggled with it and I took care of her. It's like this baby is our reward for persevering. In any case the 4 D ultrasound was amazing--the baby was holding her foot and sucking her wrist, yawning, frowning, smiling, kicking the ultrasound wand--It was all too amazing. And to see how beautiful she is--there are no words.



Now we're working on buying a house before our baby gets here--and getting our apartment ready just in case we can't move in time. It's been a long road but so totally worth it!!

Here's me--weeks 20, 22, 24, 25, 27...




Now that I've added this space there will be more to come, I'm sure!