Due June 2006

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BFP!

Due 1 June 2006.

Roll up! Roll up!

laura, good luck with the scan.

i've not been very well. i seem to have caught gastric flu.

Bugs & Laura, good luck for your scans.

well i've made it to 12 weeks today hooray, can't believe i've got this far, seems to have gone fast too, probably because i'm wishing the weeks away.

Hows everyone else feeling?

good luck to everyone having scans today

congrats jigglediddle 12 weeks today, that means you can start relaxing a bit, as the risk of miscarriage is now very low

Hi everyone
Good luck with scans!
Have just found out that we're having a girl!
What do you think of Madeleine?

Good luck with your scans today Bugs and Laura, I hope all is well.

I have some very good news! I went for an ultrasound on my boobie lump yesterday and it is just a lump of breast tissue that has swollen up! The nurse reassured me that it is all normal even though it looks funny ( when I put my arm behind my back it is visible ) So now I feel a lot better!

So you're 12 weeks today diddle! Isn't it nice to reach that? You can relax a bit now! I'll be 12 weeks tommorow!

Sorry to hear that you're feeling poorly Lilacbump I hope you feel better soon

Is anybody else having to remind themselves not to do silly things 'cos you're pregnant? I keep going to pick up my 7 year old ds and stop myself just in time 'cos he's too heavy!

Aww! a little girl Abbey! Congratulations! I think Madeline is a really sweet name.

abbey - madeleine is a lovely name, and congratulations on your little girl.
After reading your message my DH wants to find out the sex of ours, but i'm adament i don't want to know. we'll see who wins.

curlycapers - fantastic news on your lump, what a relief, i bet you're so much happier about it now.
Yes i have to remember that i can't lift up all the kids i have, I'm a childminder and have 3 toddlers all day every day and even lifting them into the car is a no no right now, i'd rather teach them to do it themselves, luckily they love the independance. They keep me very busy though, i have 16 kids over a week. i'm knackered by fridays, fancy putting my feet up right now.

Diddle, how on earth do you manage to look after 3 toddlers all day? I struggle with my 2 year old dd some days! (mind you, she is a highly-strung impatient little madam!)

not sure how i manage really. although having more than one here is much easier, they entertain each other and often would rather play together than play with me.

The idea of 3 toddlers in my house, all asking me for different things at the same time and the general background noise they make would SERIOUSLY make me go and hide under the duvet! you must have the patience of a saint! hows your 'morning' sickness now?

abbey, fantastic news that you're having a girl. i love the name madeleine!

congratualtions diddle! 12 weeks was a big milestone for me to get past, can't possibly imagine how happy you must be after 2 previous miscarriages! well done you

curlycapers, so so pleased to hear the lump was nothing serious. you must feel so relieved!

i am feeling a bit better this afternoon. not been sick yet today, but feel very weak and tired. i didn't feel well enough to take DD to nursery and i didn't want to spread it around. i really hope DD doesn't get this tummy bug, she's supposed to go for a sleepover tomorrow.

lilacbump - i am thrilled, such a milestone, plenty more weeks to pass though.

curlycapers - they do give me a headache most days which is no fun when i feel so rough anyway. Tiredness seems to have hit this week, i am cream crackered every day as soon as i get up. Sickness is still there, more afternoon and evening than morning, feel quite well in the mornings. hopefully it won't last much longer, although so many people have volunteered their months and months of morning sickness with me. makes me scared that i'm never gonna be rid of it, until June.

Evening all!

Well we had the scan today & everythings looking good. am def 12+2 the heartbeat was really strong but the little bean wouldn't stay still for a decent photo (just like mummy !) they're ok with my weight it's back up to pre-pregnancy wieght which is good but still not keeping alot down have got to go back for the normal 20 week scan but i also have to go back at 36 wks for a scan as thats when i had my dd due to pre-empclamsia & a c-section.

All in all everythings cool hopstial are happy & so am i unlike dd's first scan you can really see it's a baby.

Hope everyone else is doing ok & feeling better.
Love
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LilacBump - sorry to hear you've been feeling ill, not what you need when you're feeling sick anyway!

diddle & curlycapers (fab news about the lump!) - congratulations on reaching 12 weeks

abbey - wow! a girl! I think that's a lovely name. We've got two in our street - one who is Madeleine, and one who is usually Maddy.

Bugs - glad your scan went well!

I had my scan yesterday, and all is fine thankfully. Was a bit surprised to find out there is def. a baby in there! Was really expecting them to say I'd made a mistake! They get me at a week less pg than I think, but maybe that will change again at my 12w scan. Baby wasn't doing much, but it wasn't a good picture due to scar tissue from c/s. Looking forward to 12w scan now, which is only 24 days away!

i'm feeling quite a bit better this morning. still feel sick, but i think it's the morning sickness reappearing now i am really trying to eat healthy food, but sometimes it's so easy to grab the nearest snack. i think i will make an effort this week to cook more veg and snack on fruit.

how are you all doing?

morning lilacbump - feeling knackered here, the tiredness has well and truly hit me, not having as bad morning sickness, which is great and worrying all at the same time. Feeling fat and pregnant now. slightly relieved to have made 12 wks, but i think i am too well imformed now, and i know anything can happen at any stage. will be very happy when i have my baby in my arms.

was naughty at the weekend and went to mamas and papas, got some lovely maternity clothes, a great sparkly top for a wedding we have in 2 wks. couldn't resist looking at the travel systems, chosen one already. Was great fun.

Good morning. Sorry for not having posted for so long.

Still feeling knackered. And seem to have huge bump.

Had scan last week. Didn't go well. Nuchal fold test indicted 'high risk' of Downs Syndrome, plus something wrong with the pacenta (lakes?). We were rushed off to see specialist midwife for counselling, who booked us in for CVS test the next day.

But didn't actually have test in the end. DP very much against it due to risk of miscariage (2%) and felt like we were being pressured into it. The risk of downs is only actually 1 in 276, despite the sonographer acting like it was the worst news ever. And we saw the consultant on Thursday who didn't think there was anything wrong with the placenta.

Back for another scan in week after Xmas. May have amnio, if I can get DP to agree.

Generally feeling upset, as I had been desperate for a scan for weeks and now can't stop thinking about downs and terminations even though odds are that everything is fine. And DS screwed up the scan photo!

oh nic33 - sounds like you're having a rough time of it. I have heard so many stories about downs testing and how unreliable it is, i would wait and see what happens after xmas, and not pin all your hopes on the results.

I know two people, one who was told they would have a baby with downs and they aborted it, and one who was told they would have a perfect baby, and it had downs. the lady who aborted found out after that the baby didn't have it, and would ahve been perfect. so it is so unreliable.

How nice to hear lots of good news: Abbey etc

Bad luck Hannibo though. You must be so miz.

Mmmmm interested in Nuchal Fold scan news. We have that scan on Thursday. It is our first scan. Am mostly looking forward to it. bit worried now though.

How nice to hear lots of good news: Abbey etc

Bad luck Hannibo though. You must be so miz.

Mmmmm interested in Nuchal Fold scan news. We have that scan on Thursday. It is our first scan. Am mostly looking forward to it. bit worried now though.

Great to hear that so many of you have reached the 12 week mark and all is well.
I am now 10weeks and 5days. Still feeling quesy all day

Am due for a check-up this Saturday. My doctor here does a scan at each monthly visit to check on baby's development. I know that this is not the normal practice and usually we get 2 scans throughout the pregnancy.
I have read that scans do not cause any harm to the baby. What do you guys think?
I had the first scan at 8weeks 1day and now the second scan will be done at 11weeks 2 days.
I have to admit I look forward to the scans as I get to see the baby

Have also been having such vivid dreams. They are action packed and seem so real at times. Never had dreams like these before. Anybody else have change in their dream pattern?

babybelly - yep i'm having vivid dreams, ones i can really remember, and unlike me i am waking in the ngiht, sometimes for the toilet sometimes just for no reason at all, which is very annoying. baby must be preparing me for when he/she arrives.

yeah, me too. I wake up for no reason. Usually it's to pee but sometimes it's because I feel uncomfortable.
Can't imagine how I'm going to sleep when my bump is really BIG

just crashing to say congrats to diddle (and all you lovely ladies) for reaching 12 wk stage, hope u can relax a little more (cos i know u can't fully relax) I'm really pleased for u, x

Gatecrashing here too.
Congrats on reaching your 12 wk stage!!!!
Little tip girls (for those who have'nt made it this far before), when you start to get big and you keep bursting for the loo, rock from side to side and in a circle as you go. This advice was a godsend from this stage all the way through until the end. it empties your bladder. You'd be surprised how much remains lol.
xxxx