Baby Fever!

[judecorp]

I can't keep the excitement contained. I just can't. Eryn and Amy are PREGNANT! I am so happy I could practically pee in cider's orange bucket! I have been waiting for them to be pregnant for so freaking long now. (Though admittedly they have been waiting longer and with more emotion than I have.)

They're going to have a kid six months behind us! How cool is that??!? Think of all of the fun mamas-and-babies things we can do! We can help them assemble their nursery furniture! (They did ours.) We can pass on some maternity clothes! We can offer them outgrown clothes! And we can be BIG DORKS together! I am so effing excited - there are few people in the world (or at least the Valley) that I adore more than E&A!

In other exciting news, some other friends have seeeekritly confided in me that they also tested positive recently. It is on the DL but I can squee in silence. *squee*

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I am trying to do the whole "let go" thing in regards to the belly discrepancy thing. I am. Really. But I just can't get hopemcg and meglett out of my mind. So... Jen is going to call the midwife and see if she can get any more info (because she gets her info second-hand from me), and then we're considering asking for a growth scan/placenta check just to be on the safe side. H&M have implied that in hindsight, they wish they'd been more on top of things with Quinn... so maybe we should learn from them? Or maybe we should just continue to be ridiculous and overprotective. I don't know.

I /do/ know I was a LOT more "non-intervention" before I lost a baby. I guess that's how it goes.

Comments

[kjames.livejournal.com]

"non-intervention" is a great thing, it really is. but it's also really nice that we have the interventions to make sure that our babies are safe and healthy, if they need it. there is a reason that infant mortality is lower than it used to be, and one of the reasons is because we are more likely to spot a potential problem, where as before we would have had no idea.

having the goal of a pregnancy and birth that is more non-intervention is good, but in the end you do whatever you have to do to have a safe pregnancy and birth. it's a lot like parenting! :)

one more thing, and then i'll shut up: remember that people measure differently. one person could be HUGE and another tiiiiny and still be around the same month of pregnancy. people carry differently and you can't compare yourself to others. :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thank you for everything, Karen. I really and truly appreciate you. (But not Carol!)

I know that everyone measures differently... there were just a few things that had me concerned. Like the part where I was told I was 29cm two weeks ago and 29.5cm this week. Or that I had been measuring behind the whole time (when I had asked before). I just felt like I got a lot of wonky information all at once. I was pretty sure everything was good, but there were those niggling thoughts. I don't like those. And I couldn't imagine having them for 7 weeks.

It was totally worth it to see our kid for another 20 minutes this morning. And she has hair! HAIR! There is HAIR IN MY BELLY!!!

[kjames.livejournal.com]

i hope i didn't sound dismissive. i don't ever want to come across that way, b/c even if it *is* nothing (and i'm not saying here that it is), your worry is legit. i'm glad you guys went in and had another ultrasound.

the hair part is what freaks me out the most! it's like you have a hairball!!!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

*herk* *herk* *herk*

[cider.livejournal.com]

My orange bucket is the thing of dreams. You LOVE it. ;)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It's so true. You have me totally figured out.

[mtgirl.livejournal.com]

If you need a happy story to keep with you re: the smaller belly thing, I measured small throughout my pregnancy, and for the last 2 weeks of my pregnancy, I was on strict orders to eat some pancakes and whatnot. Anyway, Christian (my son) weighed 8 pounds when he was born (????), because well, I had a good lot of space to hide a baby, I guess.

Not giving advice, just wanting you to have a nice story to mix in among your worry. And, you know when that baby is on the inside where you can't see it, it's just a big fat source of worry anyway, I know.

Oh, and try the fire station for the blood pressure check. I had the same, exact blood pressure deal, and it was so remarkably good at the fire station (my MW had me go there once a day so I didn't have to schlep on down to her place) that we discovered that my arm was in between cuff sizes, so with the too small cuff, it measured high and had everyone in a bit of a fit. In the end it was fine, fine, fine. I think I have a bit of the "white coat syndrome," but I don't have "hunky fireman syndrome" at all.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the positive story. I love positive stories! Keep them coming! Especially if you are going to mention "hunky fireman syndrome," because that is REALLY funny! You make me laugh!!!

I wish there was someone who would "doctor's orders" me to eat ice cream and cake. Can you find someone for me?

[fumblingontrack.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

YAE!! So happy to have two fabulous moms to help us through the experience (you are the guinea pigs, you know!) hehe.
A

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha, I hope we are cuter than guinea pigs! (They kind of creep me out.)

Just think of all of things we can lend to you!!

[sassywoman.livejournal.com]

I am convinced that going through infertility treatments and losing a baby make you nuts once you get pg. I hated people who never had trouble getting pg or ever experienced a m/c who told me throughout my pregnancy I was overly anxious etc...

I think you're smart to get things looked at again. The peace of mind is so worth it.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It's funny, because the fertility treatment part didn't freak me out as much (I guess because we hadn't "tried" before fertility treatments and didn't have that agony, you know?) but the loss really kicked us in the pants. I was all prepared to be the Zen Goddess of Pregnancy until that happened... I thought my biggest worry would be morning sickness.

I WAS WRONG.

p.s. The u/s was SO worth it. A lot.