Comments | pregnant: post your Anatomy scan pics!! (and also-- sciatic nerve woes)

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post your Anatomy scan pics!! (and also-- sciatic nerve woes)

Jan 30, 2011 09:34

Here are the anatomy scan pics from Friday at my Perinatologist's office. She wont stay still long enough to let anyone see for sure what shes got between her legs, but i call this baby "her" because EVERYONE who has seen the anatomy pics except my ultrasound tech seems to think this is a little girl. What do you ladies think? (also--little skull ( Read more... )

ultrasound photos, sex - of the baby, sciatica

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iworshipsatin January 30 2011, 15:03:53 UTC

Acupuncture has helped with my pain tremendously!!

gen_here January 30 2011, 15:49:11 UTC

I can't help with the u/s question. Sorry.

I had horrible sciatic nerve pain with my two kids' pregnancies. Chiropractic adjustments helped me a lot. In between appointments, I was told to ice the area on my spine (like, really low back - almost tailbone) rather than heat.

Sciatic pain midge62680 January 30 2011, 15:52:47 UTC

I have two herniated discs in my Lumbar spine due to an accident a few years back and have had surgery on my spine as a result. Sciatic pain is a big concern for me during my pregnancy, so I know what you're going through. I already had an occurrence during my 1st trimester that resulted in a ER visit, and I'm totally scared that it might happen again. However, both for pregnant and not-pregnant people, the suggested treatments are the same ( ... )

kristi116 January 30 2011, 15:57:08 UTC

I can see where people would assume that's a girl, but I think they are saying that because you can't plainly see a penis. But you can't obviously see the girl parts either. I'm sure that's why the tech didn't make a guess...they have to see parts one way or the other. Just because it looks like no boy part doesn't mean she could say girl, ya know? I think the tech was right to not give a guess.

As for sciatic pain, it's been a while since I had it, but I used to try to stretch my legs to help. I also used heat and ice packs, too.

juel1979 January 30 2011, 17:48:34 UTC

They always have me keep a knee up for my ultrasounds (which helps tremendously. I think I have the nerve pain ON TOP of my already messed up back, on top of my inability to breathe while laying flat, which is exacerbated by larger boobs, which I didn't need. Holy run on sentence). Can they do them that way when you're there? I've had I think six U/S thus far due to a blood clot, so I dunno if you have to have a repeat one or not, as I'm not sure what a regular schedule is anymore, LOL. Keeping a knee up and an arm behind my head seems to keep my back calm and my breathing okay when they have me lie down for the U/S.