SMEP-ing our way to a BFP 🍁🍂🐿️🍂🍁 Part 2

@allgoodthings84 oh my massive congratulations!! how are you feeling? Are you still in hospital? crazy how we were all chatting away, trying to get pregnant and now the first of our babies has arrived :D I am so glad for you, that its all gone almost to plan @NSx what great timing huh, checking in on us just as one of us is having their baby !
I am doing fine ladies, baby's bowel has cleared up of echogenicity which im thrilled about but im not loving the care ive been receiving: I was told to have extra scans but I haven't got any consultant appointments booked? its something i need to write to the department and "highlight" that im falling through the cracks. I have a little swelling on my feet and my tummy is really big but other than that, all good

@HoneyPea have you had more scans? hows baby measuring? to be honest, the bigger baby grows the less accurate the scans become. i had a private one at 22 weeks and they put + or - 600 g next to the weight 😮thats like loads.
@NSx how are your cats? and the nursery, hows that coming along?

@NSx WAS last in line that meant

@NSx she’s here! Planned c section turned to emergency c section! I was here this morning at 7am for my planned c section and wasn’t last in line but she had other ideas and I started contracting at around 8.30am and it was straight to 5 mins apart and strong so I got bumped to first and went straight in as she wasn’t moving and turns out she was stuck. I won’t go into details here as it could be triggering but we are both doing great 😊

@NSx How are you doing?
Not feeling ready at all. Cleaned out my sons old room and changed the toddler bed back to a cot today. Got lots of things out of the loft so now need to clean and wash things like the highchair, play mats etc. Oh and probably need to think about packing the hospital bag soon!

Been having growth scans every 4 weeks as DS was below 10th percentile when he was born. Had a big wobble at the last scan as babies head was measuring less than 1percentile so they have referred us to the same consultant we had when we had our TFMR for baby girl last year. But then they looked at DS birth info and apparently his head was on the same percentile and he's fine.

Also finding it soooooooo hard to get comfy at night and once I wake up am really struggling to get back to sleep. Been awake since 4 hence the early post 🙈

Hi all 😊
Things are starting to feel real here at nearly 35wks. Unfortunately little man isn't putting on enough weight so have another growth scan in 10days and if he still hasn't put on enough weight again he will be coming out at 37weeks 😳 Only just starting to get things sorted so not feeling ready at all but still have everything from DS so hopefully won't need too much!
@allgoodthings84 We could end up around the same time.
@NSx How cute is Oscar 😍
@NatGee Im sure a few days babymoon in Sept would be lovely.

Hi all. I’m all good. Nearing the end now. I have 2 weeks 4 days until my c section date 😮 just got to put the next to me bed put together then everything is ready apart from my head 😂

how is everyone feeling?

@NSx hey! nice to hear from you. how are you doing? All OK here, 26 weeks on Saturday, where's time going
Starting to get excited now about baby's arrival - we chose not to find out the gender so are decorating the nursery in a very neutral palette. Sorting out through baby clothes too and just getting organised for their arrival generally
Have you got your egg pram yet? Is your nursery all done now, since you got your bits a while back now? Would love to see it :) Looking forward to your babymoon? We may go somewhere in September just for a couple of days. I want it to be just my DH and I but he dreads to part with the dog.... so we'll see how that goes !

@NatGee I hope everything will be fine 💕

I’m bloody exhausted as can’t sleep at night and get horrendous heartburn and baby is still up high so get breathless and uncomfortable all the time. The bump just feels so heavy as I’m only 5ft with a small frame and when I get too hot I feel like I’m going to faint if I don’t sit down right away. Am I selling third trimester? 😂. Second trimester was amazing I miss how I felt then. I really wish I had got everything sorted back then.

I don’t have a nursery for baby until we move next year so everything needs to fit into my bedroom which is the issue 🤦🏻‍♀️. I know how it will work now though just need to get it all sorted. I’m only in a 2 bedroom house at the moment and my 8 year old daughter is in the second bedroom and there’s not enough room in there for a cot as well as everything that’s already in there.

No holiday here. My daughter is at school and when she finishes for summer (in just over 2 weeks!) I’ll be 34 weeks and wanting to mostly sit down 😂. Would love a holiday abroad before baby comes but that definitely won’t happen.

@NSx yeah we got it already, itll be one of two pricey purchases. that and a 7-in-1 cot which should grow with the baby so a good investment. The rest I am looking to get cheaply, either second hand or free.
Thanks for the support @NSx @HoneyPea I booked a private scan for next Thursday as id like to actually get a measure of blood flow into the placenta before we go on holiday. I will be having scans on the NHS every month from now on too, the next one will be in august.

I suppose you are all now ready to get buying and decorating your nurseries now that we're all past the 20 week mark. This is where it begins getting exciting. I am so full of energy, just want to clean the house and get things ready. Also really wanted to have gone on a holiday abroad now in June but it didnt happen. Is any of you planning a holiday before baby comes?
@allgoodthings84 how are you feeling since youre way ahead of me. Any tiredness yet?

@NatGee Think I'm leaning towards the end of 38wks if possible. No idea why DS was small but I'm way under 5foot so it's not surprising really!!! Scans every 4wks on growth restriction pathway because of DS.
Don't know much about the echogenicity in the bowel but hoping everything turns out well for you 😘

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@NSx mink is a lovely colour, great choice. And will go with either a boy or girl but im sure you gave that very careful thought! Im v vanilla so went with the quartz :). Lots of lovely colours but my husband wouldnt go for anything else sadly! Had to be that or black.... why are men so boring?

Thanks for the stats, v reassuring 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Hello hello ladies sorry ive been quiet on here so many updates from you all how great!

@NSx how exciting to now want to find out the gender. in an age where nothing is left as a surprise, its nice to keep a shroud of mystery on something !

@allgoodthings84 hope you have a nice pregnancy pillow keeping you less uncomfortable than you would be otherwise. Fingers crossed baby doesnt come before your csection, i hate it when things dont go to plan. Have your urine results come back yet?

@HoneyPea have you decided when you want your csection ? its nice to know when your baby will be here, really lets you plan. Did you ever find out why your ds was on the 6th percentile? do you have to have extra scans now?

So I am 21 weeks now with a baby whose sex we decided not to find out. Theyre a wriggly little thing and even saw them sucking their thumb!
I have been told I need to have a GD glucose test because my mother had diabetes, albeit type 2 (they don't care) and i'm not looking forward to that at all. Had a uti early in the pregnancy and had to take antibiotics for five days. Also caught a couple of colds in my first trimester which were not fun either but thank god I had no temperature, i just felt poorly

In my 20 week scan last week the sonographer picked up echogenicity in the bowel of the baby so I was referred to a consultant and had a follow up scan two days later. The baby's tummy didn't look as bad as in the first scan but they want to monitor me and placed me under consultant care. They are doing further screening and bloods were submitted for for TORC, cystic fibrosis and the NHS' NIPT (combined test at 12 weeks showed low probability of anomalies)

All other markers and measurements are normal, but they got worried about this echogenic bowel in the baby. I am feeling positive but also have it in mind that things may not go to plan and accepting that in my heart.

The consultant I saw also measured my uterine arterial resistance with a doppler and said there was high resistance and told me to take aspirin for it. I didnt even know this was something they did and was surprised (so was she) because I dont have high blood pressure so again, another thing to worry about !

Apart from that all is going well, bump is growing and I feel great, no swelling, nausea, tiredness, or excessive hunger/thirst. Not started on the nursery yet but ive been getting a few free/cheap things online. Ah @NSx I was inspired by your choice of a pram and went and got an Egg system too, they look great dont they?

@NSx if baby doesn’t play ball now trust me it gets worse later on in pregnancy 😂. I agree if your baby is being a diva then probably a girl 😂 you’ve done well not to find out! I had to know with both mine.