8 weeks on number two. We were supposed to have an appointment on Tuesday, but the wife was spotting so we went in on Friday. Thankfully, everything was fine. Saw the heartbeat. This time we're considering using a midwife. Anyone have experience with this? When my wife first suggested it, I thought she was nuts. However, she had me watch The Business of Being Born and I'm much more comfortable with it.
We had a midwife for both our singleton and our twins. In the case of the twins, the OB/GYN also was in the room during the birth in case anything went wrong and an emergency C-section was needed, but the midwife actually delivered all three of the kids.
35 weeks at the moment. baby is still in a transverse position so they have booked Mrs Biscuitman in for an ECV in a couple of weeks time. They warned us that it can distress the baby and there is always a chance that they may want to take it out through the sunroof there and then. They have also booked her in for a caesarean a week later in case it doesn't work. We are just keeping our fingers crossed that it someone turns on it's own! Anyone have any experience of ECV's?
i'm surprised they would schedule that early. a lot of babies don't turn until the last month. mine, of course, was in position from about 6 months on. but then he still didn't come out on time. lol.
3 days in hospital earlier this as they couldn't turn it. Caeserean booked for next week etc......then finally a specialist comes in and gets the EVC done. Now back home waiting for things to start naturally! 38.2 weeks
I'm expecting a wee one in May. This will be #4 and DEFINITELY the caboose. Making the jump from three to four was a really difficult decision and I'm scared to death, but my twins will be five years old so maybe they'll be helpful? I can always hope for the best. I'm at about 15 weeks and feeling great.
We're expecting our second in April! Our first is six, and he's excited! First trimester was really bad this time with lots of morning sickness... and afternoon and evening too! Ultrasound will be Dec. 2, so we should know the gender at that time.
Congrats! I'll have my first ultrasound in December, too. I'm also thrilled to be out of that ugly first trimester. *shudder* Just felt the baby move for the first time this morning... at 16 weeks! Life is good.
We had a false positive about two weeks ago. A fourth now would have been a little disruptive, to say the least. Maybe in a year or two.
I advise all you expectant mothers to avoid ultrasounds like the plague. Know the risks! Some of these risks include: - Slowed speech development - Slowed growth - Hair loss - Increased risk of left-handedness (indicative of possible neurological damage, as there was a reported 17 percent increase in the incidence of left-handedness over the control group) - Other neurological damage caused by the fact that a 2 minute Doppler ultrasound increases the body temperature by about 4.5 degrees Celsius(actual figures may differ based on the output of transducer); the fact that bone tissue heats up 20 times faster than soft tissue; and the fact that the heaviest concentration of bone matter is in the skull. - other risks associated with the fact that there is no training required to operate the equipment; and the fact that the output of the ultrasound transducers are not regulated, and can vary greatly from unit to unit. - abnormal neuronal development as demonstrated in studies with mice: http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/08/08/ultrasound-affects-neural-development-in-mice/ - higher risk of cancers due to free radical generation 1982 WHO report, in its summary "Effects of Ultrasound on Biological Systems," stated that "…animal studies suggest that neurological, behavioral, developmental, immunological, haematological changes and reduced fetal weight can result from exposure to ultrasound." In 1984, when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a conference assessing ultrasound risks, it reported that when birth defects occurred, the acoustic output was usually high enough to cause considerable heat. Here is a study of over 15,000 women that showed that even detection of serious conditions did not lead to interventions that improve the perinatal outcome. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8355740