2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

[wolfsoul]

I'm 26 weeks today! I still don't look very pregnant. I went to a party lastnight and everyone was saying how we shouldn't go camping too far from home just incase, and a lady said "you shouldn't have to worry, you're only what, 3 or 4 months?" I was like "actually 6 and a half..." I have a dr appt on Monday. The last appointment they weighed me and I hadn't even gained a single pound since my appointment the month before. I weighed myself yesterday and I'm still below my pre-pregnancy weight -- I weighed 146 when I got pregnant and I'm 137 now.
I'm going for my glucose test on Monday as well. I'll be eating lots of protein tomorrow and the next day -- that test might just kill me, I'll be so hypoglycemic. I'll make sure I have a BIG breakfast of scrambled eggs.
Baby has been kicking away...She is very active. Sometimes she kicks so hard it hurts. I like to watch her kicking and sliding herself across my belly, it's funny. I play Mozart for her all the time and it usually wakes her up and makes her move around.
Work is starting to get a bit too physical for me. I am going to cut my workload down to one dog a day I think. I thought I was cutting it down pretty good before... I'm doing 4 dogs today... but even three is too much sometimes. There is too much half-bending involved, I find it makes my belly feel funny and I don't like that. I booked off the whole month of September but I think I might book off August too. One more month of work sounds nice lol. I only have a few dogs already booked for August so we'll see. I feel bad for my clients but I'm hoping I can get an old co-worker to come rent out my shop for me and coninue grooming my dogs. My husband doesn't care what I do. He's not working right now so he can't talk anyways lol.
I signed up for prenatal classes in August, which I'm very excited for!!
Oh and my stepsister, who is a few weeks behind me, found out she is having a boy. So that will be nice.

Anyways, I've got to go feed the puppies and get to work...sigh, I want to SLEEP.

Oh question -- I had my last ultrasound at 19 weeks. When will they schedule my next one? I'm anxious to see baby again but I have a feeling that the next one is pretty late into pregnancy isn't it?

[prechrswife]

Oh question -- I had my last ultrasound at 19 weeks. When will they schedule my next one? I'm anxious to see baby again but I have a feeling that the next one is pretty late into pregnancy isn't it?

I never had one after the one around 18 weeks. Both pregnancies I had one done on the first visit and another later when we found out the gender (20 weeks with Katherine and 18 weeks with Malcom--2 different doctors).

[beeniesmom]

Baby is still breach. The doctor told me to use an ice pack on where her head is more or less to make her uncomfortable and encourage her to move... Never heard of that before.

[finn's mom]

Baby is still breach. The doctor told me to use an ice pack on where her head is more or less to make her uncomfortable and encourage her to move... Never heard of that before.

That's interesting. I figure anything that's not hurting the baby is ok to try! I've also heard that there are some exercises and yoga poses that you can do. And, we both have time, they may both still turn. My mom's coworker's baby turned about three days before birth. So, who knows? It'll all work out in the end!

I swear, sometimes it feels like she's frank breech, and other times it feels like she's transverse (laying completely sideways!). We'll see on the 9th what position she's chosen for that day.

[wolfsoul]

Baby is still breach. The doctor told me to use an ice pack on where her head is more or less to make her uncomfortable and encourage her to move... Never heard of that before.

My friend said that her friend was addicted to iced drinks when she was pregnant, and any time she drank them her baby would kick like crazy. They figured it was because her stomach was so close to the baby and it was cold for her.

[Karen]

How funny, I never thought of that! Umm, Carmen, what if Sprout LIKES the cold? Then she'll never move!

[Moesha]

I had a friend give birth last November. Her baby was breach. She'd gone to the acupuncturist one morning for a treatment. She had heard that sometimes those help move the baby. That afternoon she had a doctor's appointment. Her amniotic fluid was low, so they did a C-section that night. There wasn't enough fluid for the doctor to try to turn the baby. I think she was just over 35 weeks at the time. Neither mom nor baby had any complications. Although, it was so funny to see her baby girl next to all the other babies. The rest of them were all nice and straight and then there was her baby with the legs twisted all around. I'll have to find a picture to post. (She is fine now, although she did have some chiropractic visits for awhile.)

This was her normal position for several days. That's how she had been in the womb.

[wolfsoul]

I never had one after the one around 18 weeks. Both pregnancies I had one done on the first visit and another later when we found out the gender (20 weeks with Katherine and 18 weeks with Malcom--2 different doctors).

Darn, I'm not sure when they will do me then. I know they will ultrasound me again eventually because they do with everyone in my family because of our big babies. I'll ask my family and see what was normal for them.

[finn's mom]

I'm so excited, we got our furniture tonight! David put the glider/rocker together (decided against getting the ottoman) and I put the crib together, with his help for some parts. It looks beautiful! I love it way more than I expected, and the white is perfect. The blue of the glider doesn't match, but it doesn't clash, either. And, David's blanket from when he was a baby is over the back of it anyway, so you can't really tell. I will post photos in the next couple days. We are going to put the dresser together tomorrow.

I couldn't wait. Check out my nursery thread for more photos. Here's one!

[beeniesmom]

Oh wow, that baby girl's legs are funny looking. I'm glad she and mom ended up doing fine. Thanks for posting the picture. It's hard to put my head around just how big she might be in there right now! I'll be 35 weeks soon.

Kari, I love the nursery. I'm waiting to post pictures as soon as some of the wall hangings are up. Hopefully by this weekend.