September 2018 Moms
stothi
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Advanced Maternal Age check in May
stothi
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Alright Golden Girls, how's it going?
Questions? Concerns? Any upcoming appointments in regards to bring an AMA mom?
Eta: gif cause it made me laugh.
Questions? Concerns? Any upcoming appointments in regards to bring an AMA mom?
Eta: gif cause it made me laugh.
Re: Advanced Maternal Age check in May
I'm doing pretty good and haven't had anything come up relating to my age lately. I have my anatomy scan coming up this week and I haven't the faintest idea if they are doing anything special cause I'm all old and stuff or if I'm getting a regular old anatomy scan.
Nothing much going on right now, but Fetal Echo is in a week, on Monday 5/14. Not super looking forward, but will be nice to see the baby again, so that's what I'm choosing to focus on. They wanted more pics of the heart anyway they couldn't get during the AS, so it will be good.
@stothi GL at your AS! I think it should be the same as everyone else's, but really, I have no idea. :# As a FTM, this is all so new to me!
I’m feeling much better this pregnancy than last time even though I’m apparently huge this time around (not that I was small the first time).
My biggest concern isnt age related, but getting DS to be gentle with my bump. He’s a rough and tumble little guy and my poor belly is not fairing well. It’s making me nervous since according to my mom I caused her to go into labor 6 weeks early with my younger brother when I jumped on her belly. I can totally see that happening with DS.
When it comes to challenges, I think the main thing I am facing will be not gaining too much. They say I may start gaining half a pound a week from here on out, but I'd rather see if I can't just maintain, rather than gain 9-10 more lbs. Fully realizing of course, it may not be 100% up to me. So there's that.
But also, as we rearrange the upstairs, we are seriously talking about relegating the big dog (and maybe both dogs, although the little one doesn't shed, at least), to downstairs only. It will help <i>so </i>so much with keeping the bedrooms and bathroom clean if they are all dog-free. (currently 2/3 bedrooms are dog-free zones, but not our own bedroom), so I want to set up a new gate at the bottom of the stairs I think, and give him a nice new bed downstairs sooner rather than later, so he has time to adjust. And then maybe once baby is crawling, it'll make more sense to move it up to the top of the stairs?
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@nackie my toddler is beating the crap out of my belly too! It hurts. I'm trying to teach him to not do it but so far no luck cause he's not being malicious, he's just being a squirrely toddler so it's not premeditated so he doesn't realize he needs to stop until I start screaming. Let me know if you come up with a magic solution.
i haven’t had anything come up regarding my age. I was super concerned going into this, but the doctor really hasn’t mentioned it. I have an appt Friday, I’m not sure but I think we’re probably at the point where they test for GD?
Seriously though, just out of curiosity, we did and informal test at home last Friday. My husband and I each ate the same waffles with fruit, maple syrup, and whipped cream, and then about an hour later took a test strip. My sugar was down to 95, while his was still up at 165. So I mean, I realize anything can still happen, but as for now I'm satisfied I don't have GD. ;)
I have my 20 week ob appt on Friday morning, directly followed by the anatomy scan. I’m excited for the scan but the ob appt makes me nervous! My bp was pretty high at my 16 wk appt, so much that I had to do a retest the next week. It went down enough the next week that they were satisfied for now but I think it’s going to be elevated again just purely due to my nerves! Fingers crossed it’s all good.
And as for for my age showing its stupid ugly head, it is probably responsible for my sore hips and pelvis. I can’t believe I’m only halfway there and I’m as sore as I am! I remember getting pelvis pain at about 18 weeks with my DS1, and that’s still the case with this one, but I don’t think my hips hurt so much. I had to cut short my beloved solo Target trip yesterday because I just didn’t want to walk anymore.
I had my anatomy scan last week - have an echo scheduled in 4 weeks and a regular OB visit next week.
after being high risk and having a wild ride for the first half of this pregnancy I am just thrilled to the moon and plan to enjoy the back half to the fullest. I finally got to workout late last week - and my knees were creaking a lot, so there you go
I had my "tier two" ultrasound this past weekend. It was over an hour long and very, very thorough. Baby is 100% fine, but it felt like a "let's talk about everything wrong with you session". (1) I'm "old"--let's talk about all the risks with this. (2) My blood pressure was high (now with the lowest dose of meds it's reliably about 110/70), so let's talk about all the risks and possibilities with this. (3) My placenta is low--again, you guessed it, let's talk about all the risks and restrictions with this (goodbye summer vacation). Etc, etc. It was a hard appointment, and it was frustrating to hear all of this when there is almost nothing additional I can do to change/help any of this.
Regular OB appt this week, so hopefully that one is easier...
Daughter #2 - Oct 2014
Daughter #3 - Nov 2016
Baby #4 - Sept 2018
I’m just emphasizing how important the reliability and precision of all these measures and tests were for me in my last pregnancy. I think if I had done it at home with a finger prick for could have potentially passed the test and caused myself all sorts of harm.
My issue with all the tests isn’t so much the cost. We hit our deductible a while back, so now everything is “free”. But I have to make up all the time at work for all the appointments and it’s really tough.
At my old practice we were given the drink to take home. We chug that bad boy at home unsupervised and then get into the lab for the bloodraw within xyz timeframe.
I assumed it would be the same at the new place but I ran into a gal in the hallway who said she was there to do the test and she was obviously going to drink the drink there. It's so crazy strange to me how differently everyone does it! Here it's initially a 1 hr test and then it's a 3 hr if you have to do a second. I feel like I had a really good glucose tolerance test experience last time. I thought the drink was fine, actually felt better after drinking it, passed the test the first go and that was the end of that. I'm crossing my fingers really hard that it's just as boring this time.
It’s worth it to get tested though. I had GD with DD. It was extremely mild (failed by 3points.) She’s a peanut and it was a pain but so much better do do whatever baby needs. On the inside, it’s not a huge issue but I am glad she had no adverse effects.
^^ Glucola is a breeze in comparison.