Sep 05, 2008 11:41AM in the Pregnancy 18-34 Community
I love this! Especially the "my baby" part. My mother in law (don't get me wrong, I love her) but every time we go somewhere together she grabs one of her friends who hasn't seen me in a while and says "look at mt baby!" Ahh it drives me nuts! I think I will e-mail this to her!
Sep 05, 2008 11:33AM in the Pregnancy 18-34 Community
A Biophysical is a special ultrasound that tests the health of the baby and the placent. It usually is done with a NST (non-stress test) which is a fetal heartrate tracing. What an NST looks for is fetal heartrate accelerations with fetal movement. A reactive NST (a 20 minute tracing with at least 2 accelerations 15 beats above baseline lasting 15 seconds or...
Sep 01, 2008 03:27PM in the Pregnancy 18-34 Community
If you have a positive test now and didn't before (if using the same brand of test) I would assume that your Hcg level has gone up, which is good news! Hope everything works out for you - I have a good feeling that you and baby will be just fine!
Aug 25, 2008 12:02PM in the Pregnancy: Dec 08 Babies Community
If your placenta is located on the front side of your uterus (the side that faces out towards you belly) then the baby's movements are not going to be as noticeable because the placenta has no feeling. So until the baby gets bigger and stronger (and takes up more room) you might not feel regular movements.
Jul 05, 2008 09:50AM in the Pregnancy 18-34 Community
I had a MC and D&E in Feb. this year and I never got a period after that because I was pregnant! I was told not to try for a while and wait at least 2-3 months (especialy since there was a molar pregnancy scare - but turns out it wasn't) I really wasn't trying to get pregnant, it just (oops) happened! And I'm glad it did! I'm now 17 weeks pregnant with a litt...
Jul 05, 2008 09:38AM in the Pregnancy: Dec 08 Babies Community
Congratualtions! I just found out I'm having a boy too! I'm so excited and I know you must be too!