Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / May 2005

BP still fine at 125/70, trace of protein (last week it was +1, so that's
good), I weigh 77.75 kg; baby same as last week (ie, head down and a bit into
the pelvis).
BUT because on Sat I reach <gasp> officially 41 weeks (based on LMP and 28-day

I will be offline for a while as we are soon moving back to Europe.
Everything is going according to plan. Due to the stress I have a bit more
BH, but nothing I cannot handle. At my last checkup on wednesday
everything looked just perfect. Cervix still nice and long, hearts beating

I am so happy my BP is "perfect" 118/78, which is stunning considering it
was horrendous during the same time period last time.  It just goes to show
you that every pg is different!
Still measuring ahead (40 wks), doc is suggesting baby probably weighs close

Well, with everyone posting their
almost-due updates, I figured I'd
post mine, too.  ;)
My c-section is scheduled for next

Where do I start?  I went in this morning, half hoping that there'd be some
reason that i'd have to stay in and that the baby would be born within the
next day or so.  OTOH, I was fully prepared to fight my corner should
everything look alright but any pressure was applied for an ...

Not me!!  My ceiling.  Ugh.  We need, need, need the roof fixed, but
apparently much sooner than we thought.

I had a genetic counseling appointment today.  We were hoping to find a
possible cause for Mariam's death, anything we should watch for with this
pregnancy, and hopefully find out if the boys are identical or fraternal.
This was a huge waste of time, and I really wish I hadn't went. ...

My partner and I spent some time (and money!) going through IVF
but with no success.  This finished over a year ago and we are still
trying but attempting to not let it rule our lives.
    This month, my period was just over two weeks late.  It was much

weekend was bearable, Monday morning was not, I was in total despair, a few
calls were made and the decision taken that I should go to the hospital,
fortunately saw very sympathetic midwives and doctor, doctor instantly
referred me for assessment by the rheumatology team. Their ...

DH travels one day a week for business, so today was
my alone day (well, alone evening, after daycare) with
DS.  He needs new sandals (last summer's sandals don't
fit), more pants (that's the limiting factor on laundry

Just trying to figure out if I'm almost at the end of the first trimester
(12wks on Fri) or if I have two more weeks to go.  No particular reason,
it's just that there are lots of references to risks decreasing at the end
of the first trimester, things that start to happen in the ...

had my scan to check my gall bladder today, all clear, so I've just got to
cross my fingers that this pain goes away after the birth
I asked them to check whether the baby was head down as yesterday the
midwife still thought it had 2 heads and it was, yeah! I got to have a peek

I'm 24 weeks along and today is the first day I can actually say I can
feel the baby moving.
Before now there were twinges of possible could be maybes...
Not today!  No denying that this action is a live moving being.  This

    Has anyone tried to get c-section rates out of Virginia
(particularly Northern Virginia) hospitals with any success?  Someone
I know says he's getting the runaround at the hospitals, with them
refusing to give out c-section stats, saying they don't have that

We've decided not to discuss our plans with any family members until
after the fact. All live far away and while we talk often, it shouldn't
be *that* difficult. However, I know my MD sister who is totally
anti-non-medical birth will push for details about everything...and