Been MIA... Catch up posts - March 10 2009 NT Scan take 2
The scan went really, really well :) Of course Bumpty was awake and a little stubborn this time around, but we got looads of waves and watched him/her turn upside down.
I am so in love with this baby! It is sooooooooooo cute! S/he looks a lot like Harrison did at this gestation.
Bumpty's heart rate was 164.5bpm which according to the sonographer indicates a girl if you follow old wives tales.
I don't care! Cliche as it may be, but as long as it is healthy I couldn't be happier.
The sonographer pointed out every single bit of the baby to me which I have never had done before, and she told me that the nuchal fold is nice and thin which is exactly how we need it to be.
So now, I just have to wait out the next 5-7 weeks until the Morphology/Anatomy scan and if all goes well, I can breath a small sigh of relief and hopefully relax a little more.
2009-03-14 (13 weeks)
Been MIA... Catch up posts - March 8 2009 We went to the markets today and it was fantastic!
We bought 2 new candles... a very vanilla one and a pineapple & coconut one which smells sooooooooo yummo!
I love the markets... and pre pregnancy I would spend hours there, but today Bumpty had other ideas after bringing me close to passing out whilst looking at wooden toys.
Argh! It was so frustrating! Thankfully we were close to where our car was parked. My ears were ringing like crazy, my head was doing back flips and my vision was darkening... Rob helped me to the car, I sat down and Rob gave me some cold orange juice that we'd recently purchased, turned the car on and cranked up the air conditioning... eventually I felt better.
I swear that my unborn children don't like me spending money! All the pregnancies I have had have made me feel like this when out shopping... James was probably the one where it affected me the least, and Harrison was the one that affected me the most.
Oh well... I guess I will be doing my food shopping online once I get further along.
2009-03-14 (13 weeks)
Been MIA... Catch up posts - March 6 2009 I had the yuckiest day today.
Firstly, let me start off by saying everything is ok with the baby. But my NT scan was horrible.
I will try to explain as best as I can... as you all know I am having a home birth with a midwife.
I called 2 weeks ago to make my appt for the NT scan. The place the referral was for had no available appt's in the time frame needed for the NT scan... so I was advised by them to seek out a private place which I did. I called up and made the appt and I was asked who my referring Dr was, and I explained that it was a midwife from Belmont Midwifery and that the referral was actually for a different company... I was told this was all ok, as long as the relevant info was there it was all fine.
Monday I had the bloods for the scan done. Today was the scan day.
We got to the place and I let them know I was there and gave them the referral. They said that there might be an issue because a Midwife referred me not a Dr and because of medicare, they needed a Dr to have referred me.
Soooooo I waited and they came back and saw me and told me they would then call my GP and get her to do a referral for me. Next thing I was called in for the scan by a lovely sonographer named Phillipa. She made me feel at ease and showed us Bumpty, who was waving and stretching away inside me. She even managed to get a perfect full face shot of Bumpty which made me so happy! Anyway... Bumpty was behaving and she managed to get the perfect shot for measuring the fluid in the neck/head. Next thing there is a knock on the door and it is the same woman who told me she was contacting my Dr. Well, she told Phillipa to stop the scan because my freaking GP wouldn't give a referral because she isn't dealing with my pregnancy and hasn't seen me in a while so no referral. I was FUMING! I started to cry even though I didn't want to. The NT scans need to be done between 11-13 weeks and I am 12w2d... so that leaves me 5 days to get another scan done and there is no way that could happen... I only just got that appt! I started to cry and vent how mad I was at the fact that I was there for a legitimate reason unlike many others who just book the NT scans as a way of seeing their babies again... I needed to have it done, on advice from many Ob's and even from Prof Giles because of Noah's abnormalities. And as for my f**king GP! What a joke she is, what a bi*ch! Because she isn't controlling this pregnancy (more like getting the money from Medicare for my visits) she wouldn't freaking refer me for a scan I was half way through having.
It was so humiliating and all I could do was cry. The sonographer was so lovely, she told me to get a referral from any Dr and to meet her at the other rooms on Tuesday afternoon, she would stay back after her shift and redo the scan for me, for free. She did tell me that what she did see of the baby looks great, she said all looks to be fine, which is at least something I got from that scan... as for the pics, measurements etc... nothing... they all had to be destroyed.
2009-03-14 (13 weeks)
Been MIA... Catch up posts - March 5 2009 I can no longer lay on my belly because when I do I feel baby bump and that is strange.
I feel fantastic today! Yippee! I wonder how long it will last for? I have been getting really tired around 1 every afternoon, so I have been snoozing with Harry until 2:30 most afternoons. It has been so nice to do so too.
We've come to an agreement on Harry's bed. I don't know what Rob's excuse is, but I am blaming my placenta brain because we didn't even think about the fact that Harry & Bumpty will eventually be sharing a room! So there goes the double bed idea for Hazz, we've decided it will be single beds only for them, at least until they're older.... by then Jamie may have moved out of home *sob*... but we've got years to worry about that yet.
I am losing so much hair!!!! It is insane! I leave hairballs behind me all the time, I am constantly having to vacuum because of the hair I leave everywhere, I have to uncover my drainhole in the shower TWICE when I wash my hair! It is sooooooooooo getting me down. I am considering a hair cut, or at the very least a thinning. My hair is sooooooooooo thick and it is fairly long at the moment... it is really healthy but I am losing these abnormal amounts of hair... I feel like I am going to have bald patches soon.
