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kater
kater has 69 days to go and is now in week 30
	Age: 27 Country: Australia Province/region: City: Brisbane Partner: aka best husband ever! Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: Yes Due date: 24 Jul ,2008 Occupation:
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my husband and i have been TTC since our daughter was born, without any luck. we had just given up, and gave away the very last of out baby things, when my husband suggested we try one last time.
well much to my suprise it worked, and we are now expecting our second child in July!! i guess that gives me a great excuse to go shopping :)

1/1/08
one more week until my ultra sound!!!! i am soo excited!! my husband is coming (of course) and we are bringing our 5 year old daughter too. she is so excited to have a new baby, she has been asking for one for about 2 years now. . i would love a girl because it would be more of a playmate for Olivia, but a boy would be nice because it would be different-pity i don't find out the sex for another 8 weeks!! i am just so pleased to be a mother again!!

8/1/08
we just came home from my first ultrasound!! i was so nervous going in, well as soon as the doc put the thingy on my tummy, i saw our beautiful baby!! i nearly cried at the sight of our little jumping bean, it was soo cute, my husband had a time of it trying to explain all the 'bits' to our five year old!! but i feel sooo much better now, its little heart is beating at 158 beats p/m, it has two arms and two legs, it has great blood flow, and normal nuchal folds. YAY!!

23.01.08
i have been under a lot of stress at work lately, and had been having some pain and cramping, so this morning i went to see my doctor. she examined me, at first she didnt want to listen with the doppler, because she said, often at 14 weeks, you cant always hear the heartbeat, and she didnt want me to worry too much. i asked if she could anyway, and i was releaved to hear straight away my little bumps heartbeat, going strong and steady at 153 b.p.m!! i feel soo much better. now i just have to wait another month or so to see the gender. i think it will be a boy, my husband and daughter think girl, really though a healthy baby is all thats important to me.

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28/01/08
i went to the hospital today to give my complete medical history, and have my first check there. i have been seeing my regular gp, and im going to have shared care between the hospital and gp. i heard the babys heartbeat there, and it had gone down a little to 140. im glad i chose to see my regular doctor, because i started seeing her when i was pregnant with my daughter, so i know her really well feel totaly comfortable. my maternity hospital offers three modes of care, a midwife program, where you get a team of three midwives through the pregnancy, and one of the three will be at the labor, or the third mode is where i go to the hospital for every appointment, and see the doctor on duty there. i really didnt want to do that, who wants to wait around a hospital for hours every couple of weeks? i am happy with what ive chosen, even though my doctor wont be the one to deliver the baby, from what i remember of last time, i really didnt care who was there, i just wanted to get it over with and meet my daughter

05/02/08
i have been having these weird feelings in my arms and legs during the night, they have been getting pins and needles and going numb. i was very worried, as i have also been feeling sick and faint a lot too. i have momentary hearing loss, where i can only hear a 'shhhhh' sound and lose my sense of where i am in space. i went to my doctor, who told me i have very low blood pressure, which is causing all of these symptoms. i was very happy to hear this, even more so when she said it was probably due to the babys rapid growth at this stage, and my placenta needing more blood than i had to give. she says this will go in time. i will be sooo happy when i feel normal again. i am feeling some movement, i really hope its the baby, its like a rolling, swooshing feeling with some pokes, rather than the bubbles i felt with my last pregnancy.

8th march 2008
we had out 20 week ultrasound on wedensday and..............ITS A BOY!!! and WHAT a boy! everything looks good (no spina bifida, which we were worried about as my brother suffers from it) except in his left ventrical in his brain, he has the upper limit of whats normal fluid buildup. it is still in the normal range, 10 mm, though that is the cut off for normal, so we have to go back in 4 weeks to have another scan to see how he's doing. the doctor told us if we wanted (he didnt recomend though) we could have amnio, but as we want this baby, we wouldnt care what the results are, and seeing as everything is still technicly 'normal' we dont want to run the risk of having amnio. so we are praying he is healthy and we will see more in another few weeks.

2nd March 2008

we went for the follow up appointment yesterday, we were both so nervous, but as it turned out, there was no need to be! the left nuchal fold is down to 9mm, so the doctor was very happy with the results. he took us into his office to explain exactly what was going on, he told us that it is very common to have a transient enlarging of the ventricals, and that it means the baby is fine. the horrible thing is though, that because of the ultrasound technoligy getting better, the doctors didnt see until recently these types of things, so when they started seeing them, a lot of people would abort perfectly healthy babys because of it.
well im glad to have seen my little bub again, and knowing he is healthy is just wonderful! no new piccys though, he was facing toward my spine with the cord in front of his face.

13th may 2008
i have had my latest lot of blood tests done, and although my glucose screen was fine, the found out i have anemia, so that explains why i have been so tired! my hubby kept saying to me 'arnt you meant to have a big energy boost during the middle of the pregnancy' so this explains a lot! at least now i know what to do about it. i will have further tests in a few weeks to see if my levels are normal, if not, i have to have injections up to the birth and maybe a blood transfusion after the birth. i am REALLY hoping it doesnt come to that though!
otherwise, my little bump has turned into a big bump, and my bub is super active, and very, very strong! i am on the final countdown now, i cant wait to meet my little guy!!!

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tantan0022 - Thursday, 31 Jan
Hey! Sorry it's been a while. I glad you got to here the little ones heart beat! It's so great. Try to keep it easy. Hopefully time will go by fast so that you can see your little one again and know what you will be having. Keep me posted!

cookiecakes8 - Friday, 25 Jan
Congrats on your pregnancy! You are due a day before me. How are you feeling? I'm in melbourne and looking forward to my second ultrasound at 18 weeks. Are you going to find out the sex of the baby?

tantan0022 - Tuesday, 22 Jan
Hey I just got back from my ultrasound and saw my little one. It was so awesome!!! Elyn loved it! My husband and mother were there as well. The ultrasound tech was having a hard time because the baby was moving around to much, it was so cute. We did get a good picture though. It measures just right and the heart rate was 164. It was perfect! I hope you are doing well. Keep taking it easy!

kelly.m - Monday, 21 Jan
Hey Hunny

Yes im sure people that are born on the 9th are just perfect too!!!

Good Luck with everything and speak soon

Kelly & Bump xx

kelly.m - Sunday, 20 Jan
Hey hunny

thank you sooo much for the comment on my tie-dye vests, im so proud of them!!!
just noticed you baby is due on my Birthday, the best day to have a birthday and the best people are born on this day!!!!!!
Us Leo's are amazing, make sure you dont have it early as the 24th is the first day of Leo.

Take care and speak soon

Kelly & Bump xx

tantan0022 - Saturday, 19 Jan
That's awesome! It's good to be able to go to a hospital you know and trust. I am going to the same doctor and hospital that my sister was born at 17 years ago. My doctor is also the dad of a friend of mine, so I know him well. I am going to be taking Elyn to the ultrasound on Tuesday along with my husband and mom. Have you felt the baby yet? I swear I felt it a couple of times. It felt the same with Elyn. Maybe I am just going crazy lol!

tantan0022 - Friday, 18 Jan
Hey! I'm glad you know what the pains are and that the baby is fine. I'm doing alright. Morning sickness is finally starting to go away some (I've lost 10 pounds the past 12-13 weeks). I'm back at work, but looking forward to the next big break (Spring Break!). Take it easy and I will keep you posted. Hey I have my first Ultrasound on TUESDAY!!!! YEA!!!

tantan0022 - Wednesday, 16 Jan
Hey hows it going? Are you still having prego pains and symptoms?

mama40 - Sunday, 13 Jan
kater, not every man is comfortable talking to the belly. Just don't press it with him. My husband is great, and he sure cares for me not to lift things and such, but behaves like he doesn't notice changes in my belly at all. Never asks if I felt the baby move yet or touches my belly apart from usual sexual activity. I go alone to all my prenat appointment, and according to what we used to in Russia, I don't want him in the delivery room (we live in the US now, but I don't care what everybody will be thinking). There are so many jerks and assh*les among bfs and husbands that we should be grateful ours are not among them:) Wait until the little one is born. Then see how your man changes:)

jenjen0506 - Thursday, 10 Jan
thanks for the advice....i'll just start bathing in the coco butter then maybe i wont get any or not alot at least.

joyfulmum - Thursday, 10 Jan
The name Morgan Anne would be for a girl or Madison Anne. Forgot to put middle name lol.

tantan0022 - Wednesday, 9 Jan
I'm so glad that your test came back well! They put me a week ahead so my due date is now the same as yours (: I can't wait for the ultrasound!

tantan0022 - Tuesday, 8 Jan
I'm so happy for you! I know Olivia will remember this for a long time. I have an ultrasound on the 22nd, I can't wait! The doctors appointment went well today and the doc put me at 11 to 12 weeks! Thats so cool! A little bit closer.

tantan0022 - Monday, 7 Jan
Good luck at your ultrasound tomorrow! I hope your daughter enjoys it.

kathrynb10 - Wednesday, 2 Jan
HI - I read your post about health costs. Consider yourself very lucky. I pay a health insurance premium of $500/month PLUS all the deductibles. Having this baby will probably end up costing me about $10,000 and that is WITH insurance. In fact, I am only 4 1/2 months and have already begun saving up to pay. You can't even leave the hospital without paying for the anesthesiologist, which is around $1500. A lot to consider when the costs of a baby are pretty high anyway. Hopefully we will elect a President that will fix the system. So depressing, when I think about it I want to hyper ventilate. I think I'm going to move to Australia :)

spoiledlil***** - Tuesday, 1 Jan
i like ur back ground...
good luck with the new baby*
happy new year!

MommaD - Tuesday, 1 Jan
Well I did, then I looked at the pic of her and your husband. She favors him alot too!

MommaD - Tuesday, 1 Jan
Im sure our motherly instincts will kick back in and we'll do just fine, even after so long! Your daughter looks just like you!!! We're hoping for a boy too. My poor husband grew up with 4 sisters, he thinks he deserves a boy!

tantan0022 - Monday, 31 Dec
Happy New Year to yourself and family (and baby to come)!

MommaD - Monday, 31 Dec
Im jealous, you have energy! Surely I will get some soon!

tantan0022 - Sunday, 30 Dec
I hope you had a good time at the planetarium! I am taking my 17 year old sister to Universal (Orlando, I only live 45mins away) for Christmas. They have the floats there from the Macys Thanksgiving parade that she wants to see. Have a good day and I'll keep you posted!

tantan0022 - Saturday, 29 Dec
I'm alright. I have a small cramp but its not to bad. I think it was because I have been doing a lot of housework (the joys of being a wife). At lease we have someone coming today to cook us dinner (he's a chef and owes us a dinner).

tantan0022 - Saturday, 29 Dec
Hey! How are you doing today? Are you still cramping or anything? I have been having cramps here and there today (not bad). I think I did to much cleaning today. I'm trying to keep it easy now.

tantan0022 - Friday, 28 Dec
Last week Elyn wanted a sister, this week she wants a brother (go figure?). We may take her to the first us as well. I will most likely be around 12 weeks by then if I can't get in soon. This is my first docs appointment on the 8th, I don't think they will do it then. Whatever the baby is, I thinks the girls will be happy to be a big sister.

tantan0022 - Friday, 28 Dec
Elyn has been demanding a baby brother or sister since summer. They are so sweet! She promised to help with the baby. We are going to take her to the second ultrasound so she can see the baby and then at 30 weeks we are going to do the 3D us so she will really be able so see him/her. What so you think are you going to bring your daughter to the us?

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