2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

[M&M's Mommy]

We saw the tiny heart beats yesterday via ultrasound.. It still seems so surreal to us that there's actually a precious life growing inside of me..

It's truly a miracle in the making

Oh, I'm 7w5d today

[finn's mom]

We saw the tiny heart beats yesterday via ultrasound.. It still seems so surreal to us that there's actually a precious life growing inside of me..

It's truly a miracle in the making

Oh, I'm 7w5d today

Isn't it awesome? It still blows my mind/freaks me out/makes me happy that there's an entire other human being inside of my body! The heart beat was definitely part of that amazement! It doesn't get old seeing or hearing it. At least, not for me! Can't wait to hear more updates as you get further along!

[beeniesmom]

We saw the tiny heart beats yesterday via ultrasound.. It still seems so surreal to us that there's actually a precious life growing inside of me..

It's truly a miracle in the making

Oh, I'm 7w5d today

Awww, so happy for you. I too still can't believe I had a human growing inside of me. Such a miracle.

It makes a lot of problems in life look small.

Some sad news... I found out the day my baby was born that my dad may have cancer.
I had a feeling something was up...
My mom had to change her ticket. She left yesterday to see what is going on with dad.
At least she got to meet her grandchild and help me for a few days. If baby girl was born on time, she may not have gotten to meet her. Funny how things happen.
Baby Laura is giving me strength and keeping me sane.

[finn's mom]

Carmen, I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I'm glad things have worked out the way they have, though, as far as Laura being here with you. Cancer is so sad.

[finn's mom]

I'm having issues with my sinuses so I'm heading to bed! But, I wanted to let you all know that little Miss Clara is behaving! She is head first, back on my left side, small parts on the right...plenty of amniotic fluid, still. She hasn't dropped, yet. We have our next appointment on Wednesday to check my progress (to see if and how far I'm dilated), and then the next appointment will be the following Monday, the 17th - her due date! That is, if she's not already here!

[Karen]

Glad to hear she's being a good baby! Feel better soon!

[beeniesmom]

I'm getting so excited for you Kari.
It'll be great!
I guess I should change or remove my siggy.

[finn's mom]

Yeah, still not feeling great today, but I'll be all right. I'm just going to do some light cleaning and then rest for the rest of the evening. Maybe I'll watch a movie later. I think it's just allergies messing with me, but I'm taking my temp every once in awhile to be safe.

Clara's room is so wonderful, it is the first room in my life that I've ever had a theme and really decorated, so I'm proud of it. I can't wait to get our first home together as a family and do that in every room!

I'm right at 150 now, and still feeling great overall (except the sinuses). Haven't had any real contractions (that I've noticed), but I have the practice ones pretty regularly. Not much else to report!

I hope all you ladies and babies are doing great!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I was just wondering how everyone is doing. I see that Kari hasn't updated in a few days- any news? I hope all the moms and babies are doing great!

Tomorrow Lyra will be 6 months old so I will probably post some pictures.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Lyra has really changed over the last month. She has been sleeping longer at night, usually for 7 or 8 hours a stretch- though last night she slept almost 10 hours straight! She is rolling over, and she can sit unassisted but doesn't have great balance yet. Her new favorite sound to make is blowing raspberries.

Here are some pictures of Lyra over the last month or so...

Playing with her new toy today.






Lyra with her grandma (my mom) on our vacation.


Lyra with her great grandma (my grandma- my mom's mom).


Ready for bed.


Just for fun...

[Karen]

What great pictures of your pretty girl! I hope you had someone take a "4 generations of women" picture for Lyra to treasure when she's a grown-up! I have one black-and-white, small grainy picture of my mom at one month old, being held by her grandmother with her great aunt and mom looking on, and it's just priceless to us!

[beeniesmom]

AWWWWWWWWW! Happy 6 month Lyra!
I can't believe it's already been 6 months.

[finn's mom]

Oh, wow, Jill! Your daughter is beautiful! If Clara smiles half as much as that, I'll be thrilled! There's nothing like babies that smile! I can see she comes by it naturally, too, your mother and grandma have wonderful smiles! Happy six months, Lyra!

As for me, nothing much to report! Feeling great, sinuses finally cleared up. I think it was just a bad bout with allergies for a couple days. It wasn't miserable, but it certainly had an impact on me.

I did go check out the office of the pediatrician our obstetrician recommended. I loved it and the staff! I have an appointment on Thursday morning to meet the doctor, and I'm optimistic about the introduction. His nurse came out to hug me, and she was just as cute as could be. I'm 5'1, and she was at least a couple inches shorter than me. We definitely waited too long to find our pediatrician, but I really hope Clara holds out a couple days so that I can go to the appointment on Thursday. As long as he supports breastfeeding, I'll be happy!

I'm going in tomorrow morning for my first pelvic exam to see how far along I am, and make sure everything's good. I'll update afterwards!

How's Laura, Carmen?

[wolfsoul]

These babies are just too cute. Congrats on your little one Carmen!

I'm getting bigger and bigger... really have to get some new pictures. But, I'm right on with where I should be. Of the 17 pounds I lost in my first trimester (due to metabolism changes), I've gained 15 back, and I'm 32.5 weeks now. Dr says I measure at 33 weeks and she's thinking I'm going to break the chain of giant babies in my family. All of the babies in my family tend to be between 10-12 pounds. My dr is thinking she might be 8 something, which is what I keep saying too. So I'm very happy to have a nice average sized baby instead of a huge one LOL.

Now for the bad news -- dr says it feels like she may be breach. She doesn't know for sure, it's hard to tell at this stage, but she said give it another two weeks and she will probably get a better feel. If she still suspects breach position, she'll send me in for an ultrasound. I'm going to start putting cold things up high right now just incase lol. Honestly I don't think she is breach -- I swear I can feel the position she is in and I'm sure it's her feet that keep kicking me in the ribs, not hands. I can actually reach into my skin and grab hold of them and they feel like feet. But at the same time, she moves around in there so much I wouldn't be surprised if she flipped herself overnight and now she just may be breach. Who knows.

[finn's mom]

Wolfsoul, I hope, even if she is breech, that everything goes well and that you're fortunate like we've been! Clara was frank breech until we had her manually turned. Of course, she could still flip around, but we're hoping she doesn't!

Good luck, either way! And it sounds like you're on the right track with yours and your baby's weight gain! I've gained about 15-17 pounds, got about a week left til her due date! A few weeks ago, our doctor estimated that she'd be a 7 to 7.5 pound baby, so we'll see!