SpikeAdelika, Vlinder & Anne!

[spikeadelika]

I had my scan done and it all turned out fine. I don't want to post the pic here as it is 127kb but if you would like to take a look have a look at this URL
Scan Pic
you can actually see most of the baby. It's amazing to actually see it move and the heartbeat. It makes it all seem so real now, and scary.

How are you girls doing?

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[Anne]

Ooooh.... so cute! Do you know if it's a she or a he? If you don't want to tell it's okay.

I've had several scans and I intend to put them on the net as well. I want to start a website for the baby when I get the time.

I'm having a major scan in 2 weeks, where they check all the systems etc.

 

[spikeadelika]

no we do not know if its a he or a she yet. We have another scan in August but we are not going to find out, at least I think not. I want it to be a surprise.

Good luck with the next scan.

 

[vlinder]

Haven't heard too much from you two about your pregnancies!! And Spike, I haven't even seen you around TheCatSite!! Where are you?!!

Well, like I said.. How are they going?? Mine is good! I am 30 weeks tomorrow! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon! My blood pressure jumped from 118/70 to 132/70 and now to 140/70!! I believe he will measure again to see if it's still going up and then probably administer the protieninuria (?) test to see if I have pre-eclampsia!! I'm not too worried. If I have it, I look forward to prescribed bedrest! (It'll get me away from this stressful job of mine a little bit earlier!!) But of course I don't want anything to happen to me or baby!

If you haven't heard, we're having a girl! I can feel her moving around so much, it's pretty awesome! The first time my hubby felt her was on the WTC disaster day (9/11/01) a day we will not forget now for a couple reasons!! Our nursery is almost put together! We found a *great* ChildCraft crib at a garage sale! It's really in perfect condition, and it was only $40. We really lucked out!! But then again, it's those ritzy neighborhoods that are always worth going to for great furniture! The crib is built out of Oak, and in high school my husband built 3 Oak pieces which we will pick up from his mother's house and put in the baby's room, in exchange for one of his other masterpieces!

Well, would love to hear from you all! Until then!

 

[spikeadelika]

So nice to hear from you !! I have been so busy at work recently that by the time I get home the last thing I feel like doing is getting online. I know its lazy.

We still have not found out if its a boy or a girl so we will only find out on the day. My blood pressure is also going up everytime I go to the doctor, and my back is aching something terrible. I only have a week and a half of work left though so thats the real good part, I cannot wait to stop the 7 hours of standing a day.

We have not done any preparing for the baby yet so I have a lot to do once I am finally off.

Keep well and I will be around here more often soon

Janine.

 

[Anne]

I'm on week 23 and so far so good. Had a lot of scary moments with this pregnancy - I do hope there'll be no more of these!

We're having a second major scan next week. In Israel you have 2 major ultra sound scans, each lasting about 40 minutes. There are specialists for that and they are supposed to check each and every organ to make sure that the baby is okay. The first scan is done in weeks 14-16 vaginally (we had it and everything was fine). The second one is in weeks 22-26 and we're having that one next Monday. Other than than I think I've had 8 regular US scans so far so I feel quite familiar with our little boy

I am waiting for the result of a toxoplasmosis test I had to do 3 weeks ago. The results are late because it's the holidays here and the labs are closed most of the days

I hope I didn't catch it and that everything will be fine.

My blood pressure is really behaving itself so far

I gained a lot of weight (not all of it is the baby's fault

) so I was afraid I might get high BP but so far so good.

We painted the house this week and we're going to visit friends with babies this week to learn more about the necessary equipment before we start shopping.

Thanks for the update Spike and Vlinder!