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

I have my baby girls birthday ladies 😮! I had my consultants meeting on Monday and was told she would put it through that I’m having a planned section but wouldn’t get a date until 32 weeks which was fine as most people don’t get a date until after 36 weeks. I got the letter through today with my pre op appointment and my c section date! It’s so strange knowing when it will be.

although they probably should be, too

@NatGee yes, i am indeed! my NHS scan is next Wednesday but if they don't give me a nipt ill just have a private one done. I'm mustering the courage to call the department to ask... Ill be annoyed if they say no, although I think they might
omg, so glad you didnt have to go in for fluids - why do our bodies do that? 😥

@allgoodthings84 oh, yes I am aware of the warning on the NHS website, thank you 😊 good that doctors aren't nutritionists

@NSx my diet was shockingly bad for the first trimester. I can eat most things again now though phew

@NatGee careful with liver as it’s high in Vit A which is harmful to baby. It’s on the nhs list of foods to avoid.

Ladies remember to keep hydrated - very annoyingly i caught a uti and i really think a large part of it was because I couldnt drink when I felt so nauseous. Currently on antibiotics (not ideal but no choice) for a few days and feel much better for it.

@nsx oh wow what a lovely picture, baby is all there, legs, head, hands, arms wow unbelievable that we're carrying such fully formed human beings. i still pinch myself its actually true :D I am not taking a prenatal, its a lot of pills but i take what i think i need individually (high dose Vit C, Vit D, omega 3, methylfolate, electrolytes, probiotics) and then eat eggs for things like choline and liver for even more folate and so many other vitamins. my blood test came back slightly low on ferritin, missed the threshold by a whisker so ill supplement with molasses rather than pills as id like to avoid getting constipated. I may drop the folate but i havent thought about that just yet

With the nausea i feel like i haven't been eating as well as I should have but i am wanting to change that soon. Really dont want to get GD or anything like that...

@NSx I will be 22 weeks on Saturday 😊. You can stop folic acid but the rest of what’s in pregnancy vitamins is good to carry on taking as baby takes everything it needs from you so you’re left with the dregs. The vitamins are for our sake now, especially the vitamin D (which should be taken throughout pregnancy), iron and b vitamins. I think as long as you eat enough of the right foods you can stop but to carry on taking the vitamin D. That’s what I’ve been told in both pregnancies by midwives and GP’s anyway. I have a tendency to be on the low side of iron and b12 so feel better taking them. The vit D is the most important for the baby after 12 weeks though, the rest is for you.

@NSx that’s a lovely scan picture 💕

@NSx due date is 26th August but will be having a c section at around a week before. I’ve been taking boots pregnancy vitamins since I found out I’m pregnant. They are for throughout pregnancy.

@NatGee I’m glad things are going well for you? When is your 12 week scan? I’m due in August 😊

Hello ladies!! so good to have updates from you :D
sorry i am only replying today but ive been away from here, our thread have a whatsapp group and ive been spending more time there than here

@NSx chuffed your scan went well and your NIPT is low risk, what a relief indeed. Have you had your 13 week scan too now? how was that? @allgoodthings84 so glad your scan went well and youre fully into baby buying mode for your little girl, so very happy for you @HoneyPea good luck for your scan this Saturday, difficult not to worry, i think we all wish we had a little window we could just poke our head into every so often and see how baby is getting on :)

I think our due dates are all at different months, am i right, @allgoodthings84 @HoneyPea youre both september, @NSx you're october and I'm November

@NSx I hope your scan went well?

@HoneyPea yea that’s what I find so odd with me. I’ve no idea where they tuck themselves in. I’m only a size 8 pre pregnancy so not big. I can feel kicks sometimes above my belly button though and my bump goes from high to low so maybe just more spread out who knows 😂. With my daughter they predicted her to be 7lb 10oz at due date (based on 2 growth scans) but she was born 8 days late at 6lb 12oz so on her due date would have been a lot smaller even. I don’t trust growth scans fully. I imagine I’ll end up having to have at least one growth scan with this one too as I know my bump will measure small at my 28 weeks midwife appointment. It will at my 24 weeks one too but they don’t start growth scans until 28 weeks apparently. I’m not worried as I can feel her in there even though I’ve got an anterior placenta and she’s measuring over 10th percentile and in proportion. I don’t expect a big baby from previous experience and my size. My daughter isn’t small now (shes 8 next month) she’s completely average height. Just think my body knows what it can carry safely.

@allgoodthings84 I always seem to have a big bump (people asking if more than one/saying I can't have long left etc) but I think it is more it is a normal sized bump that looks huge on me because I'm so small and petite so it has nowhere to go! DS was actually really small 6lb2oz (even though a growth scan said he was 7lb10oz at 37wks!!!) so will be getting growth scans this time.
@NSx Due date of 9th Sept but will be having another c section (last one was emergency one but had been scheduled for later in the week due to him being breech and because of a hip issue I have) Really hoping it is before the first day of school as I really don't want to miss DSs first day of reception 😢

@HoneyPea yea I have no idea why my bumps are tiny. Was with my daughter too. Makes no sense as I don’t have a long torso I’m short and in proportion. I think this bump is even smaller than before from looking at pictures but she’s measuring over the 10th percentile for everything and she’s in proportion so I’m happy. I have no idea what percentile she’s on they just said it’s over 10th so nothing to be concerned about there and at the 17 weeks private scan she was measuring bang on so I’m not concerned.

I was so scared before my 20 weeks appointment but everything was ok. I’m sure it will be for you too 🥰

@NSx So glad your NIPT results were low chance 💜
@allgoodthings84 I'm under 5ft but the opposite here, very clear I was pregnant from early on. Still getting the dreaded are you sure it's not twins even from the midwife at my booking in appointment 🤦‍♀️
20wk scan is on Sat which is bang on 20wks to the day. Feeling really nervous that something will be wrong 😢

@NSx my daughter is so excited! She’s wanted this for so long bless her. Not much of a bump. I have got one but if you didn’t know I was pregnant might just think I’m getting fat 😂. My bump doesn’t stick out it’s long so from higher up right down. I didn’t have much of a bump with my daughter but think it was bigger at 21 weeks than this one is! I’m not worried though as I know baby is measuring fine I must just carry them tucked in. I’m only 5ft so I’m guessing I don’t produce big babies. My daughter was 6lb 12oz but at 8 days late! My bump with her was measuring 31 weeks at 41 weeks. I’ll probably end up having to have growth scans again because of bump size like I did with her but it’s fine I’ve had it before so know it’s likely fine still.

@NSx the ocean blue (basically navy 😂) as I didn’t want a black one and the other 3 colours are too light and will get filthy and then just not look so nice. We didn’t get the baggie style footmuff that’s on all the online shops (looks like a sleeping bag to me 😂) we went for the traditional style footmuff as looks so much nicer on the pushchair and to our surprise was no extra even though it looks more expensive. That’s why I was glad to go into a shop instead of online as wanted to try it out and see what it looks like in real life. We got 10% off our whole order and with a travel system and next to me bed (plus other little bits) that’s a decent saving.

We went for the joie roomie glide next to me bed as it’s slightly bigger than the others and we loved how it works and looks. We got sheets and mattress protector ordered too. Again, we was getting a chicco one until we saw these in the shop. My partner surprised me, he wanted everything 😂 he normally hates spending money but he’s so excited. He wants to buy everything new which is madness so I’ve been sneaking second hand sleeping bags and sleepsuits ha ha