Wednesday, 03 October 2012
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My Second Ultrasound
There he/she is. That's my baby.
His/her head is towards the top of the picture, and it looks like he/she is lounging against the placenta (the circle on the left). You can see a little hand and foot, too. As soon as the image came up during the ultrasound, you could see the little heart beating, so there wasn't even time to worry if everything was alright. I thought I'd be a nervous ball of what-ifs that day. Instead, I felt so sick, throwing up was all I could think about, and the only nerves I felt were from the fact that I was going to the doctor (man, I hate going to the doctor!). My due date was changed to 5/3/13, and Baby is measuring right on target and everything looks good. I fell in love with the baby looking at the ultrasound, but there is still a strange disconnect between the baby in the picture and the fact that the baby is inside me this very minute! I've stopped waiting for reality to set in. I'm just going with it and dreaming of the tangible baby at the end. Speaking of dreaming. I have the most vivid dreams. Usually they're random, but every night I have them, and I seem to remember them every time now. My favorite ones are the ones with babies in them (like the time I was holding our baby and I still couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl). Those are second only to the one I had the other night, where I was dreaming about cookies! Lots and lots of cookies that I kept trying to eat! Hahaha! Before I got pregnant, cookies had been my favorite food almost my whole life. Since being pregnant? I haven't wanted them once. If there was no other symptom of pregnancy, I would know I am pregnant because chocolate and sugary goodies do not appeal to me at all, and that is the first time in my life I've felt that way! I can't even be sad about it, because I figure it'll help me keep the weight off.
We've told more of our extended family and friends that we're pregnant now, and I have to say how cool it is to suddenly be entered into the "new mom" club. Suddenly everyone wants to talk about their pregnancy with you, and every other woman who's been through it steps up as your greatest ally and moral support. I just feel incredibly grateful to be surrounded by awesome women who I can learn from and lean on. It makes everything seem more do-able. Even the dry heaving in the morning that's happened twice this week now seems like no big deal.
Did you have vivid dreams, or suddenly lose interest in what used to be your favorite food when you were pregnant?
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When I was first pregnant I couldn't stand chocolate or steak even though I loved them both before. I'm 32 weeks now, I'm back to enjoying both again. :)
The dreams are crazy!! I still wake up and am like WTF WAS THAT?
@sarahsmurfette@xanga - Benicio del Toro was mine.
That needs to happen again.
I hated peanut butter when I was pregnant with my son- which I usually love. I even hated Reeses peanut butter cups! CRAZY dreams too. This time I'm pregnant with a girl and liked eating almost nothing until recently. Instead of having aversions, I just had cravings- mango, peaches, cottage cheese, and kale. And no crazy dreams this time either.
@sarahsmurfette@xanga - Whoa. Snoop Dogg! How was he?
I had lots of dirty dreams, lol. When I was about 5-6 weeks pregnant I craved salads all the time. After 6 weeks I got morning sickness and couldn't stand the thought of eating those salads again, lol. I still am a little hesitant, nearly two years later.
you should try the 3d ultrasounds, the baby will look like cheese puffs
Is there medicine for morning sickness?
Back in the dark ages, when I had hyperemesis and gained only five pounds in 7 months, I was more concerned that the baby would live. She did in fact, but in those days we didn't do ultrasound, so it was always a joyous event to find out the gender upon birth. Guessing was a great family game, and we always had two names. They gave me medicine that has since been pulled because of it's danger, and I'm amazed that both kids grew up to be very bright individuals. Daughter is very klutzy, and I often wonder if an electric vacuum extractor on and off for 55 minutes did anything to her, but, she has the I.Q. of a genius, so I guess it all worked out. Not for me, but for her. All you girls are so very fortunate to have science on your side these days, to see the pictures, to find out the sex if you choose, to get an immediate C-section if there is trouble. I think it's fabulous, and I rejoice with you and your stories.
@SHEERROSE@xanga -
YES! First off, look up "Motherisk" at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. They are experts and will work with you to find your cause of morning sickness. It's not the same for each mother. I had non-stop nausea which was likely heartburn/reflux in disguise. So, I used Gaviscon and followed a low carb diet. Sea Bands also help for some women. If you're in Canada, you can get a prescription for Diclectin which is just B6 and an anti-histimine combined. It tends to make you sleepy. Elsewhere, you can try taking B6 supplements, with or with out adding an anti-histimine.
@TracyKVM - I'm not pregnant I was just wondering. Sorry.
Doesn't ultrasound cause a birth problem or something ? Φ ≡
And yeah, when you're stressed you can have totally wacked out dreams !