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Hi Cody, Thanks for starting the March thread here. I remember reading your story and it broke my heart. I am so happy that you are pregnant again and that we can share in the journey with you. I have had my fair share of heartache, but nothing in comparison to you. I have had 5 losses, but have on beautiful son aged 6. I have been given another shot at this and I am very grateful. P.S. my due date is March 12th.

I am happy to be preggos again too, although I'm sure because you have had losses you understand how hard it can be. My blood pressure goes up every time I have to go into that doctors office. I am so looking forward to feeling movement. I say lots of prayers for this little one and I know He hears me....but I just get caught up in my own emotions sometimes. I had my appointment today and baby has a HB of 150-160 BPM. I hope that means it's another girl, but I will be happy with a healthy little boy too.

Yes, I know exactly how you feel. Just like you, every appoint. I am nearly pa__sing out with fear. Glad to hear your docs appoint. went well. Are you going to find out the s_x? I am planning on finding out around 16 weeks (having a amnio). Take Care.

Yes, we are going to find out the s_x. I'm not doing the AFP or Amnio (I'm 24 & DH is 26), but because of my stillbirth, I see my regular OB and a perinatologist. The regular OB will be doing her mid-preg u/s the end of October/early November, but the perinatologist wants to do hers between 19 & 20 weeks, so I'm going to make my appontment tomorrow. So hopefully if the baby cooperates we will know by the middle of October when I'm about 20 weeks.

Hi ladies, mind if I join you? I am 13 wks tomorrow. I also had an appointment yesterday and got to hear the heartbeat. I have had 3 miscarriages but I do have 3 teenagers so this will be my fourth baby. I'm having a NT scan on Monday. I am due on the 13th of March but I will have c-section on the 7th at 39 wks.

Welcome Katie! we are one day apart on our due dates. I had my NT scan last week and all looked good. But after 5 losses I need more positive results. That is why I have decided to go with the Amnio at 16 weeks. Good luck with your test. All of my losses were Trisomies. What was the cause of your losses? I am 39, so this is another reason I am doing a Amnio.

Hey Denise, my first loss was at 8wks, a missed miscarriage doctor just said it was chromosonal. No testing was done. Then I had 2 chemical pregnancies so I'm sure the baby just didn't implant right. I'm 38 and so excited to be pg again. I hope my NT looks good. If it does then I will not have the amnio. Did you get any guesses on the s_x yet?

Hi Katie, no it was too early to find out the s_x. I am thinking girl, just because I was so sick the first few weeks. My ds is 6 and I was not too sick with him. I am so paranoid with this pregnancy, it is sometimes overwhelming. I guess that's part of the deal when suffering so many losses. But it's nice to have company that understands how you feel and can share the journey. I have been haivng ultrasounds every week, so that has helped with the anxiety. Now I will go every two weeks just for the next month.

Hi Katie. My name is Katie too! My hubby's name is Cody, so that's how I got my SN. Welcome to this chat. I'm sorry to hear about your losses as well. So we're all early March mommies so far. Congrats on making it to the 13 week mark. I had a c-section delivery w/Brooke (my daughter), but I am going to attempt a VBAC (v____al birth after cesarean) because my c-section was really due to Brooke's breech position. Plus, I have a genetic mutation called Factor V Leiden which makes my blood a little more prone to blood clots, so both my OB and my perinatologist are in agreeance that they don't want me to have another c-section unless absolutely needed. I am hoping though that this baby will make it's debut a week or two before my due date though....they can't induce a VBAC, so I'm just hoping baby will not go all the way until my due date. I would have taken whatever I could get, but I said a special thank you to God for not having me be due in the summer time again...my last one I was due in August and it was just so MISERABLE. I live in Arizona, so you can only imagine....March is perfect weather for me. :)

Hi Katie, thanks for the welcome. Actually my name isn't Katie, that is my daughters name. My first name is Felicia. I had originally signed in under that name about a year and a half ago but I forgot my pa__sword under that login so I created a new one. I do love the name Katie though as you can tell. My doctor actually asked me what I wanted to do as far as a VBAC and I'm just scared of rupturing something if I push too hard so I'm most likely going to stick with the C-section again. Sorry to hear about the blood clotting issue. Do you have to take shots while your pg for that? Denise, you are so lucky to get to have ultrasounds every week. Trust me I know what you mean about the anxiety. Some days I just don't feel pregnant but of course by belly tells me I am so I don't freak out as much. My dh is hoping for a girl and I really don't care either way. I already have 3 children. My oldest dd is 18 and I have a set of twins boy/girl that are 16 so this is completely starting over again but I don't care. My kids are to the age where they will be leaving the nest soon and I'm glad that I will have children around me as I get older. My dh is so excited, this will be his first child and he wants a little girl so I am hoping for that. According to the chinese lunar calendar I'm suppose to have a girl but who knows. I'm sure that is just a gimmick. Anyways, have a great day ladies.

I just wanted to pipe in....I am 12 weeks today and I cannot wait to join the second trimester board!!! When am I considered in the second trimester cause I have heard 13 weeks, 14 weeks, and 15 weeks!?

Courtney, you are more than welcome to join. Haha, I'm not picky as to when the second tri starts because it is so confusing...all the websites say different things! I went by 12 weeks my last pregnancy, but then baby center said 14 weeks...oh who cares? :)....Felicia, did you have a vertical incision because of your twins (if that was your c-section delivery). Sometimes I get a little nervous about rupture, but my perinatologist a__sured me that the type of incision and the way I was st_tched up (double layer of sutures and staples) is the best circ_mstances for a VBAC. My deliveries will be 19 months apart and she says that the uterus is an amazingly strong muscle. So, when the weather cools down, I'm going to go back to my drinking red raspberry leaf tea to "prepare" my uterus. I don't have to do shots, since i only have a single genetic mutation and I didn't test positive for any other clotting factors (I had 7 vials of blood tested). We found it because my mom has had issues w/blood clots, so they tested me. I didn't develop a clot after my c-section, so they think my risk is low, but they do have me taking a baby aspirin every day for my entire pregnancy. So far so good.

Katie, no I had a bikini horizontal cut. My doctor did a great job. Do you think I would be ok to attempt a VBAC with the horizontal cut? Courtney, according to everything that I have read I believe it starts wk 14 but who cares. Welcome aboard!

Thanks guys! I'll lay low for the next two weeks, then surprise! I'll be here in full force!! I am glad to hear everyone is doing well!! When (if you guys are planning to) are you scheduled to find out what you're having?!

Felicia, the decision to VBAC is really your own decision and I'm not the type to push someone into it, but if you are interested in it, do some research. After looking into it and talking to my doc, I personally want to have a VBAC for a few reasons. I a__sociate my c-section w/my daughter's delivery which was not a pleasant experience due to the circ_mstances. I had no complications w/the c-section itself or recovery (I mean, it was as painful as you could expect it to be) and I too had a low transverse (bikini) cut. Your uterus should DEFINITELY be healed with 16 years having gone by. I really felt like I didn't "give birth", and I want to experience that, as crazy as it sounds. Plus, Cody and I want 3 or 4 living children, and usually after 3 c-sections, the doc says there's too much scar tissue...thin uterus...etc....so that would basically limit how many kids I can have if I go through with an elective c-section this time. Being that I've never gone through labor, the docs say there is no reason as to why I should repeat a c-section if everything is going well with this baby. My OB's office says they have a high success rate w/VBAC and my peri says that when she has seen uterine rupture in a VBAC, it has been caught so early in labor that really no damage was done to mom or baby. They just did another c-section and repaired the tear while in there. She said the worst ruptures she has seen have been on women with NO uterine surgery (pitocin just overstimulated their uterus) and those women who had the cla__sical vertical c-section incision. Did you have a v____al delivery w/your oldest child? If so, your chances of having another are very high. It's great that your doc was even willing to talk to you about VBAC....so many docs don't even do them these days because they can't make you work on their time frame (no induction). My doc is an hour away because the docs at the nearest hospital w/L&D don't do them. But, I'm happy w/the care I'm receiving, so I'm not complaining.....On a different note, I scheduled my mid-pregnancy ultrasound w/my perinatologist on October 10th. So hopefully baby will cooperate and we will find out what it is! I'll be 19 weeks. YA!

Hi ladies!! Katie it is so good to hear from you again. I was just thinking about you the other day. We were in the Aug 07 group together. This is our 6th pregnancy and hopefully 3rd baby here on earth with us. I'm due Mar 18. We have two other girls a 5 year old and a 12 month old. Felicia, I know some docs won't do VBACs and others are all for it. Courtney, yes we do plan on finding out the gender of the baby...I'm already driving myself crazy wondering and thinking about names :) They typically do the 'big ultrasound' at 20 weeks, that's when they check the heart and circulation, look at the placenta, measure the baby and the amount of amniotic fluid, they check for abnormalities and then check the gender. I hope everyone's doing well.