I am now two weeks into my second trimester and I am no longer feeling sick, but am constantly exhausted. We went for our second OB appointment on Tuesday to see how bub was doing. Our OB said that everything is progressing nicely. Bub gave me a bit of a scare though when we couldn’t find his/her heartbeat. But the OB found it eventually beating away at 140bpm. Phew!! This kid is giving me grey hairs already.
Popp Jnr's Development at 16 weeks... Bub is currently about the size of an avocado (about 5 inches / 11.6 centimetres long from crown to rump and weighing approximately 4 ounces / 100 grams).
I am already starting to ‘show’ and have broken out some of my maternity gear already. Not sure what that means for me later down the track but trying not to think about it. In my first scan I was semi-diagnosed with a posterior placenta which means that it is at the back instead of the front. I have heard that women with posterior placentas often feel the baby move earlier than women with anterior placentas but I haven’t felt anything significant as yet. My OB said that a 12 week scan can’t accurately determine where the placenta is going to be situated but we will have a better idea when we go for our 19 week scan.
We are going for our 19 week scan on the 25th June to find out the sex of the baby. Can’t wait. I’ve heard from a number of people that babies can tend to be a little shy and refuse to show their ‘bits’. Hope this isn’t the case for us. I am generally a pretty patient person but I can’t wait until November to find out what we’re having.
I finally broke the news to my colleagues at work. Since I am on a temporary contract until end of July I was worried that I wouldn’t get anymore temp work which would mean that I wouldn’t be eligible for paid maternity leave (12 weeks full pay or 24 weeks half pay) but they have assured me that they will keep me in a job until I am ready to leave which will probably be 19 October
On other news, two of my Canadian friends Jessica & Kate are both expecting baby #2. Jessica is due on 11th November (a week before me) and Kate is due sometime in the middle of January. Both are finding out the sex of their babies as well.
Well that’s about all my news.
Take care
Popp Jnr's Development at 16 weeks... Bub is currently about the size of an avocado (about 5 inches / 11.6 centimetres long from crown to rump and weighing approximately 4 ounces / 100 grams).
I am already starting to ‘show’ and have broken out some of my maternity gear already. Not sure what that means for me later down the track but trying not to think about it. In my first scan I was semi-diagnosed with a posterior placenta which means that it is at the back instead of the front. I have heard that women with posterior placentas often feel the baby move earlier than women with anterior placentas but I haven’t felt anything significant as yet. My OB said that a 12 week scan can’t accurately determine where the placenta is going to be situated but we will have a better idea when we go for our 19 week scan.
We are going for our 19 week scan on the 25th June to find out the sex of the baby. Can’t wait. I’ve heard from a number of people that babies can tend to be a little shy and refuse to show their ‘bits’. Hope this isn’t the case for us. I am generally a pretty patient person but I can’t wait until November to find out what we’re having.
I finally broke the news to my colleagues at work. Since I am on a temporary contract until end of July I was worried that I wouldn’t get anymore temp work which would mean that I wouldn’t be eligible for paid maternity leave (12 weeks full pay or 24 weeks half pay) but they have assured me that they will keep me in a job until I am ready to leave which will probably be 19 October
On other news, two of my Canadian friends Jessica & Kate are both expecting baby #2. Jessica is due on 11th November (a week before me) and Kate is due sometime in the middle of January. Both are finding out the sex of their babies as well.
Well that’s about all my news.
Take care
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