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babybarbados has 12 days to go and is now in week 38
	Age: 32 Country: US Province/region: NJ City: - Partner: Husband Children: Pregnant: Yes Due date: 07 Aug ,2008 Occupation: Biologist
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Monday, 21 Jan

YAY! my husbands cystic fibrosis test came back negative (i was positive as a carrier). I am so relieved we don `t have to worry about that anymore too!

Tuesday, 22 Jan

11 weeks, 5 days today. I go for my NT test tomorrow. I can `t wait to see that everything is still ok and this little one is coming right along. I can `t believe that after that i won `t have another u/s scan for 8 weeks when i have my 20 week anatomy scan. It seems like such a long wait to be reassured again that all is well. In any case i can `t wait to see if (hopefully) everything on my NT test comes up normal. Both my husband and i are pessimistic in that we always think about how many things can go wrong. It just seems impossible for the baby to be perfect! I am not a huge worrier though...just always mentally prepared to hear something bad i guess. Wish me luck tomorrow!

Tuesday, 22 Jan

I need some advice. I just found out that my cousin had a d&c for a miscarriage last week (my uncle told my mother but we are not sure if my cousin is talking about it). Obviously I feel awful for her. We were going to announce our pregnancy this weekend. The timing is not good. I don `t want to wait too much longer to annouce because my sister is about to give birth and i wanted to annouce befor she does. I don `t want to steal her thunder when the baby is born and i don `t think i will be able to hide it very long if the baby is born before i announce. It just seems in poor taste to announce our good news right after my cousins bad news. What do you all think?

Wednesday, 23 Jan

So i went for my NT test this morning. I did it at my hospital. When I got there some drama started with another girl who came on the wrong day. She started to cry out of frustration (and probably hormones!) and i felt so bad for her. Anyway, after i registered i headed down to the perinatology department for my test. While i was filling out my forms there the big drama escalated. The girls were yelling at each other about not helping this patient who came on the wrong day. It turned into this huge thing and this employee stormed out of the room crying. Ooooookay. My husband and i tried to shrink ourselves down and remain unnoticed :) Next thing i know after waiting a few minutes the girl who stormed out comes back to get me. She is all puffy faced and sniffling. I thought `great-now i am going to get this upset/pissed off girl who is not going to give me good care and not do a good job on my test! `. Well my husband and i meekly made our way into the room and pretended this girl wasn `t sniffling and barely speaking to us. We proceded with the test and the girl was clicking away on the screen and not speaking at all. Fortunately i have already had u/s and had a pretty good idea of what i was looking at. I saw the baby moving around, looking much bigger than last time, and there was a good heartbeat (155). Lickety split we were done and outta there. Not a moment too soon. As much as i could have watched my baby all day i was sensing there would be more drama to come. Some people are so unprofessional! Oh well, i just thought i would tell my weird little story. I won `t get the results back until next week but at least i was reassured that the baby looked good. I hope there is less drama surrounding my 20 week scan. I can `t believe i have to wait that long to see the baby again!

Wednesday, 23 Jan

Oh and thanks to all of you regarding the advice about annoucing the pregnancy. We haven `t decided for sure what to do yet but are considering telling the immediate family including my sister and waiting another week or two to tell the rest of the family so my cousin will have some time to deal. I think my mother is convinced i am pregnant anyway and i am getting tired of all of the probing questions and innuendo. Why can `t she just wait patiently and hear the news when we decide to tell it????? GRRRRRR.

Friday, 25 Jan

Whew- busy day today. Good thing i have some energy for once. I am feeling ok although i did throw up this morning, but as has been the case with me, that is more the fault of the toothbrush! I am not really feeling nauseaus anymore, it `s just that the gag reflext is a lot quicker when i brush. oh well. Things are going ok. I am just watching the pregnancy clock tick on by and wondering how i am ever going to be patient enough to make it until august! I checked in with my sister today. She has been irregularly contracting for a while now. If her water breaks she needs an emergency C so we are just waiting and watching. It could go on like this until the 11th when she is scheduled for a C. Hopefully we can tell the fam before then. My husband declared he doesn `t want to tell yet. He says he wants to get through another drs visit to be reassured (on monday). I am not sure but i think telling people makes it more real to him and i think he is still adjusting...even if it was planned. I can wait anyway. I don `t know for how much longer though...i don `t fit in anything and have started wearing his sweaters to work to hide my belly because i can `t button my pants and wear the bell band to cover it up.

Tuesday, 29 Jan

Good news, we went to the doctor yesterday and found out our NT results were very good (very low risk for chromosomal abnormalities). Not that I was really worried, but i am relieved. We ran into some friends this weekend and told them. They are removed from the rest of our friends and family so we figured they are not a `leak `. Now we are going to tell the family this weekend. I guess we will get their advice on telling my cousin. We may wait a little longer to tell the extended family because of that. My sister is still ready to pop any minute. she has been having contractions but no water breakage or real labor yet. Hopefully she makes it to her scheduled C so she doesn `t have an emergency.

Wednesday, 6 Feb

So my sister had her baby yesterday via C-section. She is doing fine and the baby is huge. He is Kyle Hunter and he was 9lbs 5oz! He is in the NICU because he needed a little help with his breathing but he is doing fine now and should be in the nursery by tomorrow. He was born at 37 weeks 5 days so his lungs are ready but he probably had some fluid in them due to the C section (the vaginal birth helps clear the lungs). Anyway, we told the family last weekend. I still need to call my cousin and tell her. I feel awkward since her miscarrige. I will try to give her a call tonight...

Tuesday, 12 Feb

Here `s an early stab at it...please vote on my names!

Tuesday, 18 Mar

IT `S A GIRL. IT `S A GIRL! Had our 20 week scan today and found out it is going to be a little girl. Hubby and I are so happy. On the way out I said to hubby, `well thats good because I think we were leaning 55/45% for a girl. ` He responded, `I was leaning 60/40 for a girl `. So everybody is happy. The grandmothers are going to be thrilled because it is the first girl for both. My MIL has had all brothers and given birth to all boys so she is going to be beside herself. The tech said everything looks normal. I guess we will wait for confirmation from our doctor on the 27th but I can take her word for it for now and be happy. By the way we had the same cranky tech as last time (see Jan 23rd post). Pink, Pink, Pink. WOOO HOOO.

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