Waiting For Baby J

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Oh my God I'm crying 😭😭😭

I hope it's right! 😂

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Having some random spotting and mild cramping but I sort of remember the same thing in the beginning of my second pregnancy so I'm trying not to worry. Out of town for a month so there's literally nothing I can do about it except go to an emergency room and we're not there yet. My friend is mailing me my Doppler and it should get here today but it's still a little early to find a heartbeat with that so we'll see. I just feel so guilty every time I see blood. I didn't want this baby and I was so mad and upset the first couple weeks. If anything happens now it's going to kill me

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I'm dumb and paid $10 to this website to tell me what it thinks the baby is based on the ramzi theory of placenta placement 😂 it was only $10 so I don't feel that stupid but I feel a little stupid lol. This ultrasound is from 6 weeks 4 days but I'm 8 weeks 2 days now. I can technically do the sneak peek test but I'm waiting until after my second's birthday on the 15th. That's more legit than a guess based on a picture. Still fun to guess. I really hope it's a girl but I'm trying not to get too excited or think about it too much

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Welp, here we go again

I'm pregnant. Baby #3. Only 11 months postpartum. I'm terrified.

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39+1

Got my memberanes stripped at like 9:30 this morning. Currently 3:30 and I'm having contractions 3 minutes apart for 30-1:30 long. I really hope this is it folks 😬 I was 3cm, 30% & -2 when they stripped me

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38+5

Yesterday I went and walked up and down my friend's stairs, bounced on my exercise ball a lot and went on a mile walk. Some of that was curb walking but it hurt so not all of it was lol. Then last night we had sex. This baby needs to come out now bc my doctor deploys in 24 hours 😂

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37+3

Last night I prayed for a sign of whether or not I was in labor cause I just felt weird. I had 2 dreams that I was in labor. This morning I'm super crampy, my head hurts, I'm exhausted and I just started feeling nauseous. 🤔 Hmm.

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37+1

WOOOOOOW I have sucked at being active on here 🙃 baby and I are still doing well. My GD is diet controlled so business as usual in that department. Next appointment is on the 4th and I have the option to get my membranes stripped then. I also have the option of being induced at 39 weeks. I'm not sure if I want to do either yet. Since I'm going for a VBAC I've read that as little intervention as possible gives you better chance of success. At my last appointment I was 2cm dilated and 50% effaced. So I hopefully won't even need induction and he'll come on his own any day now.

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27+5

Failed my 1 hr glucose test so I have to go back for the 3 hr 😔 is there anything I can do to help pass this one? I know sometimes it's just out of my hands but if there's anything that might help me pass I'd like to try it!

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If I don't have postpartum depression this time I'm going to do so much with my kids. I see these mom's doing things with 2+ kids that I wouldn't have even thought to do with just one. PPD stole so much from me and I hope with everything in me that this time is different

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Reading labor stories about big babies and FREAKING OUT pls tell me it's possible to still have a normal sized baby and get my VBAC 😭

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21+4

Had a mini scan today to get pictures of baby's spine since he was in a weird position last week. He was much more cooperative today and they got all the pictures they needed! He was also head down this time! I had an OB appointment after and my Dr says "they told you he's huge, right?" 😂 I'm a little nervous about his size because I don't want to be pressured or scared into a repeat csection because they think he's too big. I want to at least try for a VBAC and if he doesn't fit he doesn't fit 🤷 I'm getting a growth scan at 28 weeks and we'll go from there. If he's still big I'll get them every 4 weeks but if he dropped off then I'm good to go.

I want a VBAC so badly 😭 I hope his size doesn't prevent that

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It's official! Sneak peak and 2 ultrasounds confirmed 😂 I believe it now! Anatomy scan was Wednesday and everything is looking good. He was breech but I know he has time to move still so I'm not worried about that yet. I was 20+3 and he was measuring 21+2 and in the 94th percentile at about 15oz 😬 Oliver was 29th percentile and 12oz at 20+3. So I got a big boy growing in there. I could tell he was a chunker as soon as they started. Big ole belly already. He was also stubborn and didn't want to move so they could get pictures of his spine so I have to go back next Thursday for another quick one. Maybe they'll print me a few more pictures lol. I also have a regular appointment on Thursday so my Dr can tell me if I need to worry about how big he is 😂 the tech that did my ultrasound was already talking about coming back in my 3rd trimester for a growth scan so we'll see I guess! Anyone else have big babies at their anatomy scan? Should I be worried about GD?

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17+3

Had my appointment today and baby looks great! Heartbeat was perfect, placenta looked good and in a good spot. Baby also looks like a boy 😂 Doctor said I might have a yeast infection and I should get the results of that test tomorrow. And there was a spot where the placenta looked like it had separated from the uterine wall a little bit but my doctor wasn't concerned about it. She said either of those things could have caused the spotting but as long as its not a lot of bright red blood it's nothing to worry about!

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17 + 2

I have been spotting on and off since last Monday. Only once a day. It stopped on Friday but happened again today. Mostly brown and in discharge but today was a little red streak. We had sex Saturday night so I'm thinking today's might have been from that. I called my doctor and she said if it's more bleeding than spotting to go to the ER, and I'm going in to do a urinalysis today and have an appointment tomorrow morning. I've been finding his heartbeat on the doppler every day since it started, and I'm feeling a kick at least once a day now. So I know he's still okay in there. I'm kind of wondering if I have an infection or maybe the placenta is moving? I've had a little discomfort in my lower belly a few times since it's started but nothing really painful. I've had headaches since it started, too.

We did get back from vacation a few days before it started so I wonder if I just over did it and my body is recovering because it's been mostly brown spotting not red or pink. Or maybe I'm dehydrated or something?

Hopefully we get to check on baby tomorrow with an ultrasound. Anyone else had this happen before and have it be nothing? Mama's starting to worry 😔

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16+1

I suck so hard at updating this 😂

I'm feeling better finally. I still randomly get sick but I'm not nauseous 24/7 anymore so honestly I'll take it. I'm hungry all the time. Breastfeeding is horribly painful now 😭 similar to how it was when he was a newborn. Luckily we are down to only nursing before bed. He turns 2 at the end of October and then I will wean him completely. I have mixed emotions about that but that's a whole other topic. I'm actually not super exhausted. Definitely tired, but I've been good about going to bed early. I'm having some round ligament pain. I barely ever feel him kick which makes me nervous but I guess it's still early to be feeling it a lot. Oliver was in constant motion from 16 weeks on so I'm trying not to compare the two but it's hard.

I also think I've been having Braxton Hicks occasionally. Only at night. I'll get up from peeing and then immediately my bladder feels full again, like it's about to burst, and my stomach gets heavy and hard. It's a little uncomfortable but doesn't hurt. So I think that's BH? It's totally different than the ones I got with Oliver so I'm not sure.

Overall feeling pretty good! I have an appointment next week and will hopefully get to schedule my anatomy scan from there! I can't wait to confirm that he's a boy 😂

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It's (probably) a boy! I honestly thought I would even upset if it was a boy but I'm really not! It would have been more exciting if it was a girl, but only because we already have a boy. If you've been following me for a while you might remember that with Oliver they told me at 16 weeks that he was a girl. And at my anatomy scan 4 weeks later they said "uhhhh... Are you sure it's a girl" and it killed me. I felt horrible. I was so sad, and then I felt like a bad mom for being disappointed. We had even wanted a boy first but had gotten used to the baby as a girl. I honestly think that's what started my PPD. But now that I'm not upset about another boy I know that I wouldn't have been upset the first time if they had gotten it right. And that makes me feel so much better! Also I say probably because there's a chance of the test being wrong but I kinda feel like it's right. So we will see at 20 weeks.