Yesterday we had our 12 week appt with my OB. She could not pick up the heartbeat with the doppler at first. Even though I knew that it can be hard to pick up the HB externally at this age, I still started bawling. Once she brought in the U/S, you could see the baby kicking, the heartbeat was perfec...

The overwhelming guilt does get better with time although I can't say that it will really go away completely. It has taken me a long time to accept this but PE is a disease that no one can control. Bedrest helps the BP a tad but won't improve the liver and kidney function problems. I was on Hospital...

Congratulations!

My MFM and OB both said monthly visits with OB until 18-19 weeks were fine with them, then every two weeks at the min, monitoring at home daily and then of course changing that plan that if I started to show any possible signs of PE. I delivered at 24+2 with my second pregnancy, BP & Protein were no...

I just started my lovenox shots over the weekend. My MFM recommended it because the small study results he has seen. So far so good but its only been 4 days.

I just saw my OB yesterday and I will be starting lovenox shots Friday. Where on your body did you give yourself the shot? I asked the pharmacist last night when I dropped off my prescription where I am supposed to actually inject the needle. Her response was a little to the side of my bellybutton. ...

Congrats!!!

Yep I feel your pain. I am thinking the maternity clothes will be coming out soon

Don't worry about it. Actually I am having to remind myself this a lot right now because I have freaked out more than once about this so far. With my first pregnancy, I only got sick once. With pregnancy #2, I was very sick the first trimester and actually lost 7 pounds.

Congrats! That is so awesome that both him and you are safe.
On another note, can you imagine how big he would have been had you gone to 40 weeks. Yikes!