February 2011 babies... Getting to second trimester

[Lulabel27]

Hi All

This is the new thread taking over from "Feb 2011... Where only us and a select few know"

So sad that not everyone will be joining us on the new thread but here's looking to the future and hoping we start to see some lovely scans and good news from everyone in the next month

Yes, honey is fine when pregnant or breastfeeding, just not for babies under 12 months.

Have been trying doppler but not getting anywhere (except lots of placenta sounds wonder if I have an anaterior placenta agan) so it's reassuring to hear that some of those further on than me are only just picking it up. I keep feeling twitchy that I'll go to my scan next week and the baby will have died (it was fine at 9+4 scan, but still...). I think this is partly because I'm seeing my mother this weekend and will have to tell her (it's really quite obvious now, in fact I've already had my first "are you sure it's not twins?" comment) so I'm worried that's jinxing things completely irrational, of course.

Looking for a bit of info/advice, when I had my scan yesterday dr told me and showed me that I had a fibroid, not aware of this before (3rd pregnancy).

Know its quite common but just looking for bit of reassurance again . Have also posted in Pregnancy but feel more comfortable here!! Know I should have asked more yesterday but was so delighted to see the babs was there and ok, fully sympathise with the irrationality Professor.

I haven't had fibroids wigglesrock but it runs heavily in my family on my mums side. Found this link if it helps:

hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/fibroids.html

I think that loads of people have fibroids but they are too small for you to even notice they are there/cause any issues 'normally' or in pregnancy. It's only when they get really big I think that they get problematic. All I can say is that my Mum has problems with them but didn't get problematic until her 50's. She gets heavy painful periods and has been told that it will improve when she goes under menopause. If they didn't seem concerned in the scan about them then I'd say shouldn't be anything to worry about. If they thought it would be a problem they'd refer you to someone.

Hi all, I too had a scan early so won't get one now, so I also sympathise with the stress of not knowing.
My ms is deff. better, only there in the morning and at tea time (...) and have managed to eat two meals in the past two days! I seriouslyy don't understand how I'm not disapearing, but rather the opposite...
Anyway, going on hols today, so won't be around for a while, lots of luck to those having scans soon! Xxx

I am feeling very tired today. Ive been thinking alot about getting a doppler and decided not to because i know i would be in a state when i cant find heartbeat then it wouldnt be good for baby. Im really hoping these summer holidays fly by now because then i have my 20 week scan on 8th sep. I have 3 gorgeous little boys oldest being nearly 4 and the youngest being 15 months so im expecting to have a 4th boy this time. Ive been very busy painting in the last week and getting little jobs done.
Weve already decide on baby names and decided Caeden Joel for a boy and Kira-grace for a girl. Has anyone else decided on names yet?

wiggles I can't help re the fibroids either, but agree that the sonographer would have said more if they thought there was anything to be concerned about.

earlgrey I love my angel sounds doppler - am on my second pregnancy with it and it is still going strong. Really reassuring when you're having a pessimistic moment. I'm 14+4 now and can pretty much find the heartbeat straight away, when buba was smaller it was a bit more hit and miss.

angels here's hoping the restoration work on next door is coming to a close soon and that your manuka honey does you some good. Let us know.

knitta hope you have a lovely holiday

cler not decided on any names yet, but occasionally mull over them if I can't get to sleep. I didn't decide with DD until she was born, and the name that I was certain that we would choose was nothing like what we went for in the end. All I know is that I don't want a name that is too high on the popularity list or that is too made up sounding!

As for me, I had to come home from work at lunch time as feeling so poorly. Guessing it's the tail end of my tummy upset as my MS pills had no effect, neither did eating (still no appetite), wandering around outside or lying on the couch in the first aid room. I got home, lay on the sofa and promptly went to sleep for 3 hours. Am feeling a bit better now.

on the name front does anyone else find it alot easier to think of lots of nice names for one gender compared to another? I can get really carried away with thoughts of nice girls' names but when i think about boys names I just don't get the same excitement..maybe it's as I've always wanted a girl (but a boy would be great too!)or because I am a girl, so have known of more girls/girls' names in my life.

Hi,

Looks like I need to be taken off the list...

I had my 12 week scan today and they found a rare abnormality. I can't remember the name, but effectively the baby doesn't have a skull or only has a partial skull.

The baby is "not compatible with life" and would die either shortly after birth if not before. They have strongly advised I terminate the pregnancy before I bond too much, which I've decided to do.

As my symptoms faded a little over the last few weeks, I was so convinced I had a mc that when I saw that little heart beat, it suddenly occurred to me I hadn't even considered anything else.

On the positive front, its not genetic but was "spontaneous" and without cause and so shouldn't happen again. They will verify this with testing. The only advice they could give was that although it wasn't caused by this, make sure I take my folic acid and eat lots of fruit and veg before conceiving again.

I wish you all good luck in your pregnancies.

Aw giglet I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. As you say, I'm glad to hear that there is a positive side to it.

I wish you lots of big hugs and lots of luck for a bfp very soon x

I'm so sorry gigglet. That is such bad luck but I think a termination now would be better than to have a baby that you know would die of a defect soon after birth. Doesn't make it easier though. My Mum was talking to me the other day about when she had a baby that died of cot death before me and she said 'it's all very well to be told 1 in 2000 babies die of cot death as the statistic doesn't seem relevant, you think chances are it won't happen to you, It's only when it does and you become a statistic that you realise it can happen to anyone at any time.' It really made me think and I'm so sorry that you are just unlucky with this abnormality. At least it's not something that's genetic so hopefully won't happen again.

It really is rotten luck and must feel so unfair. I hope that you are OK and when you get good news in the future then do let us know. xx

Giglet I'm so sorry to hear your news. I found the terminations for abnormalities thread on here to be a place of tremendous support in Feb when our little girl was diagnosed with spina bifida. Much love xxx

Gigglet, so sorry to hear your news & what a hard decision to have to make.

Look after yourself xx.

So sorry to hear your news gigglet. Much love to you and hope you find all the support you need in RL and on MN. xxx

:( I'm so so sorry gigglet, I have no idea how you must be feeling. I hope you get lots of love and support over the next couple of weeks.

I'm so worried about my scan one more week to go.

That didn't come out right.. I know the pain won't vanish after a couple of weeks, but I mean for this initial first sinking in stage especially. Hope you know what I mean..

I haven't posted on this thread yet and am due Feb 20th but gave just read Gigglets sad post and just had to say how sorry I am. I can't imagine the pain you are going through. Am sending you a big hug xx

gigglet, I'm so sorry. Best wishes to you and your family.

gigglet, I'm so desperately sorry. As GinaFB says, there is a tremendously supportive termination for abnormalities thread in the antenatal tests and choices section here -- terrible that so many Mumsnetters have had to go through the same thing but there are always people to talk to there who understand what you are going through.

Just wanted to add my support for gigglet, so sorry to hear your sad news. If you haven't found it, here's the link to the support thread, hope it may help in some way here

wiggles I was diagnosed with a small fibroid last year and the sonographer mentioned it briefly during the scan a couple of days ago. He said it's still small and nothing to worry about, my GP said something similar too, so try not to worry xx

Hello is it too late to join?? Due Feb 12th with number 3.

Very sorry to hear gigglet's sad news, lots of best wishes for the next BFP.

Hope none of you are feeling sick this morning, angels1 sympathies about next door's chemicals. I have DH's aftershave instead, makes me want to heave every time I go in the bathroom.

(am away from home until Sunday, will update statistic spreadsheet then)

welcome endangered species and agree with aftershave - I have banned DH from using spray deodrant - he has to use a stick whether he likes it or not!

To those who have used dopplers - mine arrived this morning but all I get is a noise a bit like the sea (swoosh...swoosh). Haven't used special gel though as it's not arrived yet, just trying it with ky (not sure if this is a good idea or not...). I'm not really sure tbh whereabouts in my tummy I should be trying how low down/high up is it likely to be....and is it usually in the middle, or could it be very tilted to one side? also, do you just press lightly on your skin or press in (to get past all my jelly layers...). SOrry for the q's....the instruction manual wasn't too informative so thought I might be able to get personal experiences as I'm a little .

Hi all,

I've been lurking for the last few months but haven't ever stepped into introduce myself....so while there are a couple of other newbies around I'll say hello! I'm 15+1, due 3rd Feb, it's our first baby and we're based in Birmingham.

Finally started getting some energy back after an exhausting first trimester and I'm in my first pair of mat jeans today and really rather proud!

Hope everyone else is growing nicely, and good luck in the future to those who've had to leave.

swoosh... swoosh is the placenta. If you get a classic "heartbeat" sound then that will be your own heartbeat. The foetal heartbeat sounds more like galloping horses and is much much faster. You need to try low down at this stage, near the hairline. I've had to press fairly hard with previous pregnancies (harder the earlier you are...)

I got a bit of swoshing prof and a bit of oddd irregular noises that sounded like they could be kicks (or wind?!)....at one point I thought I heard a very tiny faint speedy heartbeat....but after half an hour on the thing it's possible I was just imagining it!