The spring grads are settled in, now BROOKING NO ARGUMENT for new summer grads and quick sneeze births!

[EverythingIsTicketyBoo]

One last thread from me, Sparks hope you're ready, you're sneezing on this one :):):)

[cartoontrickster]

cautiously marking my place, save me a place on the sofa! I shall hopefully be moving back here in a couple of weeks time.

[EverythingIsTicketyBoo]

Consider it saved Cartoon

I think this will be your sneeze thread Sparks you can make the next one, I thought I had better do one, the last thread was at 999 posts

[ControlGeek]

Marking place ready for sparks' sneeze :)

[EverythingIsTicketyBoo]

Geek don't you mean you're marking your place ready for your BFP

[ControlGeek]

Absoferlutely, but the length of my cycles I'll probably have to stim for a record 365 days and you'll be onto a new fred by then

[GenericDietCola]

Place marking for Sparks's sneeze!

[SweetieTime]

Evening all thanks for doing the new fred boo

Sparks you have a few watchers ready for the sneeze. How are things?

I will share this link here too. It was the story the nurse was telling us about a single embie splitting into quads

I have my booking appointment tomorrow, so what do I need to ask? Do you get nuchal scans on NHS? or is it like IVF postcode lottery? I am not sure what else I need to consider really. Any tips gratefully received.

[RubberBullets]

Marking place until I can think of something to say

[DreamingOfAFullNightsSleep]

sweetie depends on your area for twins. I couldn't here, they only do the blood test which is no use for dcda twins. Yours are dcda aren't they? Separate sacs separate placentas? If they do nuchal scanning its less accurate as can't be combined with the blood test so easily, I think.... On my twins thread I think almost noone had it. Ask for a good consultant if there's one you want in particular, as 60% of twin births are c section due to positions etc (LOVED my section, if i have another I'll not go vbac, much better than my vb!). Think that's it for twins at this stage...?? I have a book I can send you if you like? I'll look at title tomorrow, by an American obstetrician so a bit OTT but about twin pregnancy. and we have a secret twin mum sanity saver fb group of my mn twin mum friends we won't mention at this point . Can you tell I'm ridiculously excited for more Brooking twins?!

Anyone sneezed yet?

[DreamingOfAFullNightsSleep]

Oh, its hospital birth only for twins as its considered high risk, and you'll be consultant led care. In most places anyway. You need to be able to have help for twin 2 if needed. In our trust a consultant now HAS to attend a twin vb too after some bad outcomes.

[DreamingOfAFullNightsSleep]

Sorry sweetie that should be a doctor, could be a registrar not a consultant. Not that any of this is important yet, but it'll be a bit more restrictive than singleton pregnancy.

[keepitgoing]

Oh poor sparks...

Sweetie are you OK?

I had some brown cm yesterday morning, so was/am v worried, though I know it's normal, and have had no more. Argh, 12 weeks today, was hoping to relax now. Maybe after next Sat's scan...

Dh got the job!! V excited.

I am on hold till next Friday but checking in when I can x

[DreamingOfAFullNightsSleep]

sparkle. I say blame the toilet seat. My 23 week ish pregnant friend, who's normal sized not overweight, just shattered a toilet seat. Faulty I say ;) . However hers was way less traumatic as not at home so not her problem...

[SweetieTime]

Sparks don't worry about the toilet seat, it is an excuse to get a new one. Have a look at this one I want one of these for my new house. It is lovely well as lovely as a toilet seat can get and I think it might be right up your street. Sorry you are feeling bleugh, hope DH is looking after you.

Keep well done DH on getting his job, at least you and kip won't go hungry now. 12 weeks OMG where does the time go, how is the bump coming along? Did you have a nice time away with parents?

Dream thanks for that, I have a feeling I will be classed as high risk due to my age, twins, first DC etc. Watch this space ladies as OBEM is filmed at my local hospital!!! As if, I am joking before you all go getting excited. I think I will be pushing ignore the pun for a c-section too. I have always been terrified of the giving birth bit and I think knowing I will be more likely to have a section has made me more chilled, if that makes sense. DH is keen to do as many tests as possible bloody men so I think we will try for the nuchal scan, even if we have to go private. I have ordered the book (Keep the one you recommended) but I think it is just pregnancy so if you no longer need your book I would give a good home or just let me know the title, there are a few twin ones on Amazon but not sure which to go for. Also did you have to take any additional supplements? I will ask the midwife today what she suggests too.

Hope everyone else is ok and ready for the weekend. Yeah!!!

[GreenOlives]

Marking my place!

[DinoSnores]

Marking my place too!

[SweetieTime]

Well I am booked in, the midwife was nice enough but not very knowledgable on twin pregnancies. She did say as community midwife she deals with the majority normal pregnancies and I don't fall into that category. She has referred me to Multiples Clinic as Dream says for consultant led care. I was weighed and given loads of leaflets to read, no blood or pee tests though. She did write me a prescription for calcium & Vit D supplements as I don't drink milk. I have to go back at 12 weeks, she also ordered nuchal screening but didn't know if they do it for twin pregnancies so will ask the screening team to ring me So that is it really, pretty much as I expected.

How are you feeling? Are you still feeling off it?

[DreamingOfAFullNightsSleep]

sweetie I was prescribed high dose folic acid when I first saw the consultant at 15 weeks which i took until 21 or 25 weeks?? I didn't know it was twins til 12 week scan though. I was high risk and i was 28 with one normal singleton pregnancy so you definitely will be. I have "everything you need to know for a healthy twin pregnancy" and I read the "double trouble" book too. If you want either give me a shout. With the nuchal scanning, unless your twins are same sac same placenta (mcda), if the blood test came back terribly, or one of the scans, you don't get an accurate picture. Especially if its the blood test, as you don't know which baby is causing the poor result iykwim? Then you'd have to go amniocentesis route which carries a miscarriage risk, then if you find one has a big problem and decide to terminate one you risk losing the other. Therefore most of the twin mums I know didn't go for it as noone would risk one healthy baby anyway, so why have an inaccurate test? Does that make sense? I'm vair tired so possibly not the most lucid :) I may have misunderstood something along the way despite extensive research so ask away properly yourself but I'd not bother. If they're mcda they'd both be affected so that's a bit different.

A crack you say sparks? Totally not your fault then!