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My ob visit went well. Everything looks fine. She said it was most likely from having sex and to take it easy for a week or so in that department. Woops.
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My husband and I have been trying for a baby. I was supposed to start my monthly on Friday, but I didn't and since I had been feeling sick, I took a home test on Saturday morning. That thing turned pregnant while I was still peeing on it! I went to my doctor today and had a blood test done and that also came back positive. I go back to see him for an appointment on the 13th and then he'll send me to a specialist. I also have lupus and have been in a bit of a flare for a few months now. I'm trying not to worry too much, but I did catch a cold from my co-worker. I'm running a low-grade fever and I'm trying to decide if I should call in tomorrow. I work in a health clinic and love my job and haven't had to call in in over 7 months. We're already out a few people, so my work load is going to skyrocket, but with my horrible immune system and now an early pregnancy, I'm not sure I should risk it. I don't need the stress of calling in, but I don't need the stress of being sick, either. I guess I'll just see how I feel in the morning. So happy I can join this thread, though!
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Sep 5, 2012 02:29
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max gained half a pound over the last week. Thank god for that. We didn't have to supplement him either! He's still a sleepy eater. The only thing I can think of is to have my wife pull him away once he falls asleep and we wake him up and try again. If he keeps sleeping on the breast we'll just have to take the breast away until he wakes up. Hopefully he'll learn that food time is not sleep time. We attend regular weekly groups with a lactaction consultant at the hospital I work near and she keeps saying it's normal for him to still be a sleepy eater, we just need to be more active with him when he falls asleep. sorry if I wasn't being clear before. We're actually decent parents, honest!
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Sep 5, 2012 02:41
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Sometimes the only thing that would wake my son up would be to change his diaper. Good luck!
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Sep 5, 2012 04:27
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Callisto posted:My husband and I have been trying for a baby. I was supposed to start my monthly on Friday, but I didn't and since I had been feeling sick, I took a home test on Saturday morning. That thing turned pregnant while I was still peeing on it! I went to my doctor today and had a blood test done and that also came back positive. I go back to see him for an appointment on the 13th and then he'll send me to a specialist. I also have lupus and have been in a bit of a flare for a few months now. I'm trying not to worry too much, but I did catch a cold from my co-worker. I'm running a low-grade fever and I'm trying to decide if I should call in tomorrow. I work in a health clinic and love my job and haven't had to call in in over 7 months. We're already out a few people, so my work load is going to skyrocket, but with my horrible immune system and now an early pregnancy, I'm not sure I should risk it. I don't need the stress of calling in, but I don't need the stress of being sick, either. I guess I'll just see how I feel in the morning. So happy I can join this thread, though! Hi, fellow lupie!  If you're still feeling sick tomorrow, don't feel ashamed or guilty about calling out. You need to do what you need to do. Have you found a rheumatologist yet? And you'll probably be sent to a high-risk OB, too. Depending on what medications you're on, you may also be asked to speak to a genetic counselor. The woman I saw researched the medication I was on and any potential side-effects it would have on the baby. Thankfully the meds that I take are safe, so I was in the clear. But there's a possibility that you may need to adjust your medication.
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Sep 5, 2012 04:39
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CravingSolace posted:Hi, fellow lupie! My regular doctor is a rheumatologist, so I'm good on that aspect. He was aware I was trying to get pregnant and he saw me briefly when I went in for the blood test yesterday. I go back and see him next week and I know he'll set me up with a good OB. I never even thought about a genetic counselor. I have been taking Plaquenil. If you have any advice for me, I would love it. I thought long and hard about becoming pregnant because of my lupus, so the whole thing still worries me. I have read this entire thread, so I am a little familiar. You're one of the reasons I wanted to post so early and hopefully get some advice! How often do you have OB appointments?
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Sep 5, 2012 12:22
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Callisto posted:My regular doctor is a rheumatologist, so I'm good on that aspect. He was aware I was trying to get pregnant and he saw me briefly when I went in for the blood test yesterday. I go back and see him next week and I know he'll set me up with a good OB. I never even thought about a genetic counselor. I have been taking Plaquenil. If you have any advice for me, I would love it. I thought long and hard about becoming pregnant because of my lupus, so the whole thing still worries me. I have read this entire thread, so I am a little familiar. You're one of the reasons I wanted to post so early and hopefully get some advice! How often do you have OB appointments? I'm on Plaquenil too, and my genetic counselor and rheumy both said it's one of the safest meds to be on while pregnant. If you're in remission they'll probably leave you on it. It's safer to be on the med than to go into a flare while pregnant. I saw my OB once a month until the third trimester, and then I saw him every other week and had non-stress tests done twice a week. Now that I'm 36 weeks, I see him every week and will have non-stress tests done twice a week until I go into labor. You'll also have ultrasounds more often (although I didn't mind seeing the baby more often ).The genetic counselor was also great because she was able to tell me how at risk the baby was for lupus and any other diseases that ran in our families. So far, I haven't had any lupus-related issues and my pregnancy has been pretty calm. Lots of nausea, but no real vomiting. My blood pressure has been great, no protein in my urine, no swelling, no real flare-ups. The only issue has been the inflamed ribs that they think might be due to the lupus, but that doesn't harm the baby in any way. He's been growing right on track and hitting all of his marks and his tests results have all been normal. So long as you keep up with your rheumy, you should be fine.
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Sep 5, 2012 17:01
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When is it necessary to schedule an appointment for my son about spitting up? I feel like he can't keep down the milk half the time. I've tried burping him for half an hour or more during and after feeding him. There always seems to be something bothering him, and sometimes when a huge burp comes out, the milk follows it. He's constantly hungry as a result of this. I've tried everything I can think of. He even spits up when I keep him upright and don't move him around much. (breastfeeding, by the way)
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Sep 5, 2012 23:28
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Awesome Kristin posted:When is it necessary to schedule an appointment for my son about spitting up? I feel like he can't keep down the milk half the time. I've tried burping him for half an hour or more during and after feeding him. There always seems to be something bothering him, and sometimes when a huge burp comes out, the milk follows it. He's constantly hungry as a result of this. I'd take him in. This sounds like classic reflux and if he's bothered by it then medicating it can make a dramatic difference.
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Sep 5, 2012 23:32
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Ok! I have an appointment scheduled. My husband thinks I'm overreacting though.
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Sep 6, 2012 00:36
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Awesome Kristin posted:Ok! I have an appointment scheduled. My husband thinks I'm overreacting though. I didn't take my son in to see if his spitting up was excessive until my mother-in-law had gone home, because she didn't seem to think it was a big deal, and I thought I was overreacting. It turns out literally the only symptom of reflux he didn't have was losing or failing to gain weight. At this point (7 months) he's starting to outgrow the need for Zantac, though he's very good about taking it. (He'll actually open his mouth and lean forward when he sees me with an oral syringe, and get very annoyed if the oral syringe has, say, vitamin D or gripe water and not Zantac!)
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Sep 6, 2012 01:04
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Awesome Kristin posted:When is it necessary to schedule an appointment for my son about spitting up? I feel like he can't keep down the milk half the time. I've tried burping him for half an hour or more during and after feeding him. There always seems to be something bothering him, and sometimes when a huge burp comes out, the milk follows it. He's constantly hungry as a result of this. My Eowyn had a similar problem and the doc suggested a probiotic called BioGaia that is available at Walgreens. It literally removed every bit of tummy upset and spitting up within an hour. Totally worth the 30 bucks for that wee tiny bottle!
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Sep 6, 2012 03:22
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Awesome Kristin posted:I do everything I can to separate day and night hours. Lights are on, there's tons of talking, music or tv is on and I sing to him. We dance around and do tummy time. At night the lights are off or low, I play soft music, we do bath time and I try to get him to eat and fall asleep. Yeah, the first while is pretty hard. I know it can take a while, and you seem to be doing everything "right." I would keep trying with the routine, but I do wonder about the pooping thing. I don't recall (and my memory is slightly hazy), my son having any issues with bowel movements - although he would sometimes cry until he farted, at which point he was much happier. Is it fairly normal to have issues with BM's that early?
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Sep 6, 2012 23:14
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The pediatrician said it was totally fine. The frequency and consistency are normal. He just needs to "learn" it or something.
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Sep 7, 2012 01:49
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So we started giving Eve a little bit of banana on Monday. She took right to it, a real champ, she gulps it right down and really seems to enjoy it. It's fun. What's not fun is that she didn't poop at all yesterday, and has yet to go today. I understand this can happen, a little mild constipation, but holy cow I'm afraid that at this point, when she does go, she's going to blow an o-ring and I'll wish I had flood insurance on the house. 
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Sep 7, 2012 15:38
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How often do people get surprises where the baby looked like a boy on the ultrasound but turned out to be a girl? I've heard that that's far less common than the other way around (boy that looked like a girl) but I'm starting to wonder. So far Li'l Neo keeps looking prrrrobably like a boy...but not positioning himself so that the ultrasound gets a really definitive view of a penis. At least we're more decided on a backup girl's name than on a boy's name! My husband had a kick-rear end Communist vegetarian Lithuanian radical great-grandmother who we figure is a good name source.
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Sep 7, 2012 16:37
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Andrias Scheuchzeri posted:How often do people get surprises where the baby looked like a boy on the ultrasound but turned out to be a girl? I've heard that that's far less common than the other way around (boy that looked like a girl) but I'm starting to wonder. So far Li'l Neo keeps looking prrrrobably like a boy...but not positioning himself so that the ultrasound gets a really definitive view of a penis. It happened to a goon here a couple years ago and I know one other person that had that happen.  It happens!
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Sep 7, 2012 16:49
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We had our 3d ultrasound today. It was pretty neat. The baby kept sticking their feet in their face. Every single ultrasound since the 12 week one ours has been more than willing to show whats between its legs with no obstruction. Its a secret though.  My mom said they told her I was going to be a boy. This was 30 years ago and I'm sure technology is a lot better now.
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Sep 7, 2012 18:02
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Andrias Scheuchzeri posted:How often do people get surprises where the baby looked like a boy on the ultrasound but turned out to be a girl? I've heard that that's far less common than the other way around (boy that looked like a girl) but I'm starting to wonder. So far Li'l Neo keeps looking prrrrobably like a boy...but not positioning himself so that the ultrasound gets a really definitive view of a penis. My sister's sister in law had that happen with her first daughter, who is now ... eight? I think. They had a few ultrasounds, and each time they said that it would be a boy. Baby comes out, girl.
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Sep 7, 2012 18:55
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My MIL was told that my brother in law was a girl. She was pretty shocked when he popped out a boy. It can happen.
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Sep 7, 2012 21:12
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I think my favorite story was when a friend's child was born. They were expecting a girl, and the father's first words upon seeing his new daughter were, "Is that a DICK?!"
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Sep 7, 2012 21:14
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Heh, all right, I won't be surprised. I've been considering it a probably-but-not-certain anyway; but someone told me it's harder for them to mistake a girl for a boy. Luckily no one in my family is all gung-ho about laying down the hardcore pink/blue lines. Of course, the old lady we passed in the grocery store parking lot was damned sure it's going to be a boy.
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Sep 7, 2012 21:58
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At my ultrasounds I was told that generally it's harder to be wrong if they say it's a boy. Actually they said that if they see "dangly bits", they don't just disappear by birth, whereas seeing a lack of "dangly bits" (seriously, their words lol) could just mean he's being shy. We had loads of scans, and every single one after 18w said girl, so I loaded up on pink stuff. Thankfully they were right; with the amount of floral frilly stuff I bought, I would have had a very gender confused baby if she'd turned out a boy! I had a gut feeling she was a girl at the first scan at 8 weeks, but I still had a tiny doubt right until she was born.
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Sep 8, 2012 01:10
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Regarding the sleepy baby at the breast -- has the baby been tested for jaundice? My baby had it and it made things painful while trying to breastfeed because he was always tired, so he wouldn't eat, and because he didn't eat, he stayed tired. Vicious cycle that was. Our baby ended up getting phototherapy through 36 hours in the hospital, and he's a champ at the breast now.
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Sep 8, 2012 02:06
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I have a friend who was told she was having a boy and ended up having a girl. She said she ripped the oxygen mask off of her face and yelled to the doctor "THAT is a VAGINA!!!" It can happen both ways.
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Sep 8, 2012 02:32
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Well we sort of figured out the spitting up problem. If he gets burped 3 or 4 times through his meal, he'll usually keep it down. There are still times when he spits up, though. We just have one problem with this. Sometimes he gas just will not leave his stomach. I've tried all kinds of positions and movements. When I think I got it all out, or maybe there wasn't anything in the first place, I put him to bed since he's usually passed out on me at that point. Well, right away he will be wiggling and whining needing to burp. I try some more and can't get it out. What can I do? This keeps both of us up for long periods of time, and it shortens the amount of time he will stay asleep.
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Sep 8, 2012 02:35
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Helanna posted:We had loads of scans, and every single one after 18w said girl, so I loaded up on pink stuff. Thankfully they were right; with the amount of floral frilly stuff I bought, I would have had a very gender confused baby if she'd turned out a boy! I'm pretty sure that wouldn't have mattered either way
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Awesome Kristin posted:Well we sort of figured out the spitting up problem. If he gets burped 3 or 4 times through his meal, he'll usually keep it down. There are still times when he spits up, though. This is probably going to sound stupid, but we had a very hard time getting burps out of our guy in the beginning too. During his first or second pediatrician visit, she said "here, let me burp him," so we handed him over. She hit him way harder than we were, and within 5-6 swats, he let out a huge burp. It turned out that we were just being really gentle with our burping, and once we started burping him harder, they came up more easily. My Mother-in-Law thinks we're hitting him too hard, but I figure the pediatrician knows how to do it.
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Awesome Kristin posted:Well we sort of figured out the spitting up problem. If he gets burped 3 or 4 times through his meal, he'll usually keep it down. There are still times when he spits up, though. My mom showed me how to listen for where the gas is trapped. Start low, at the tushie, and slowly work your way upwards, trying to find a distinctive hollow sound (it will sound different from the other areas you patted), once you find it, keep patting and push the gas upwards with your pats. If you can't find the hollow sound, he's hiding the gas down low, so just pat his butt until things move around. Sometimes it took us a good 20-30 minutes to get a burb out of D.
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Awesome Kristin posted:Well we sort of figured out the spitting up problem. If he gets burped 3 or 4 times through his meal, he'll usually keep it down. There are still times when he spits up, though. Also want to point out that the general rule of thumb to burping is to keep them upright 20-30 minutes after each meal.
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Sep 8, 2012 13:00
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Headaches. Brutal, stabbing headaches. I never got headaches before I was pregnant. Is this a normal thing? All that aside! I have the appointment for my first ultrasound on monday, and I'll be just about 13 weeks then. Is it almost time to tell people? I'm pretty stoked
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Sep 8, 2012 17:25
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Dandy Shrew posted:Headaches. Brutal, stabbing headaches. I never got headaches before I was pregnant. Is this a normal thing? Maybe you're dehydrated? I always get headaches if I don't drink enough liquid, it got even worse after birth when I was breastfeeding. Might not hurt to practice drinking more liquid now. =)
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Sep 8, 2012 19:53
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With both my pregnancies I had bad headaches early on. There's all kinds of stuff going on with your bloodflow, which I'd guess has something to do with it. For me, at least, it was a passing thing--I hope yours go away soon!
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Sep 8, 2012 20:14
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Lyz posted:Maybe you're dehydrated? I always get headaches if I don't drink enough liquid, it got even worse after birth when I was breastfeeding. Might not hurt to practice drinking more liquid now. =) I drink about 4 and a half pint glasses of water a day, so I don't *think* it's dehydration. They just started showing up about a week ago. Not debilitating, but unpleasant. Generally, I'll just close my eyes for a bit and it'll get better.
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Dandy Shrew posted:I drink about 4 and a half pint glasses of water a day, so I don't *think* it's dehydration. They just started showing up about a week ago. Not debilitating, but unpleasant. Generally, I'll just close my eyes for a bit and it'll get better. Could be all the hormones that are flowing now. I know my wife got bad headaches during her pregnancy. They got even worse when she had to take progesterone supplements for preterm labor. edit: another triplet picture 
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Your babies are so cute!!! I'm going to be 37 weeks next Thursday. Everything is starting to sink in, and I'm starting to feel very anxious. I feel like I'm not prepared and worry over everything. Am I going to bond with the baby? What if I'm not a good mom? Also, when did your OB start checking your cervix? I've heard mixed answers. I'm wondering if they'll check me at my next appointment on Tuesday.
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Dandy Shrew posted:I drink about 4 and a half pint glasses of water a day, so I don't *think* it's dehydration. They just started showing up about a week ago. Not debilitating, but unpleasant. Generally, I'll just close my eyes for a bit and it'll get better. My midwife has been telling me to drink a gallon of water a day, but I don't know if that's what's usually recommended.
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tse1618 posted:My midwife has been telling me to drink a gallon of water a day, but I don't know if that's what's usually recommended. I was told to drink two 8 ounce glasses of water for every hour that I'm awake.
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Sep 9, 2012 03:24
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CravingSolace posted:I was told to drink two 8 ounce glasses of water for every hour that I'm awake. Are you sure? That's 256 ounces of water a day, assuming you're up for 16 hours. Edit: "The Institute of Medicine recommends that pregnant women drink 2.3 liters (about 10 cups) of fluids daily and women who breast-feed consume 3.1 liters (about 13 cups) of fluids a day." That works out to 77 ounces, approximately 1/3 what you've been recommended. Chandrika fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Sep 9, 2012 |
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CravingSolace posted:Your babies are so cute!!! Mine start checking at 38 weeks. Since I was 37w 6d at my last appointment, they went ahead and did it, though. Nothing. And now I have a cold, again. This is the third time this pregnancy and every time I'm sick, my contractions really start. Like, for about an hour yesterday I was 4 minutes apart... We went to the hospital and although they confirmed the contractions, I was still closed so I was sent home. Why do I always get more contractions while sick? (They were so much stronger this time, too, so I was so hopeful!!)
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