Due June 2006

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BFP!

Due 1 June 2006.

Roll up! Roll up!

trinity - i would get checked out if i were you, as i discovered yesterday, we start contracting from early on anyway, but don't always feel it, if it is contractions then you should make sure that they are harmless. I would get to the maternity unit today, just to be sure. Hope they sort you out, and you're ok.

Thanks for the good luck wishes for my appt All went well. I could hear the bump's heartbeat, and also heard it kicking a few times. Got all my blood test results, so it's nice to know that I don't have anything nasty Next appt now isn't until the end of Feb, but I've got a consultant appt at the end of Jan (had pre-eclampsia last pg).

slinkstah - do you think you'll be able to keep it a secret until 24w? I was quite big by then last time.

Lilacbump - when will you get the results from your sample? Do they send it to the hospital to be cultured?

Hope everyone else is well.

Hi All,

After spending my entire morning (I'm in New York and 5 hours behind)at work reading through this thread I wanted to introduce myself. My EDD is 08/06/2006 with my first and I am very excited. I am American and only stumbled across this site because I was searching for information on the NHS, but it would have been great to find you all earlier on in my pregnancy to comiserate over morning sickness, fatigue, etc.

My husband is British and we are moving to London from New York in 2 weeks time--at which point I'll be 20 weeks. It is very overwhelming trying to undertand health standards and processes in a system that is completely foreign to me, not to mention the fact that I have a medical condition that deems me as "high-risk" (or at least in the States it does).

Anyhow, I look forward to getting to know all of you and to bounce all of my bizarre and (what will seem like) idiotic questions off of you. Forgive me--everything about this is new to me!

Best,
HQ

Hello HQ - glad that you found Mumsnet and this thread Congratulations on your pregnancy.

Do you understand all the abbreviations being used? Let us know if not, and they'll soon all make sense

Whereabouts in London are you moving to? There is bound to be somebody else on the site that lives in that area - there are a lot of people living in London on this site. Moving at this stage must be quite stressful. We've moved a lot of times (both my dad and husband are forces), but I haven't had to move overseas with my husband yet. Are you being supported in the move by your work or anything?

I'd imagine that the whole health system seems quite different. I watched a lot of American pregnancy and birth programmes whilst pregnant with my little boy, and they seemed quite alien compared to my experience here. Do you mind me asking what your medical condition is?

Anyway, sorry for the long post, nice to meet you

Laura

Harlowqueen - welcome and congratulations!!! I'm due the 8th as well, with my first. Can't wait for the weeks to pass. How are you feeling now? has the morning sickness passed??

laura - so glad your appointment went well.

Got my midwife coming to complete my paperwork this morning, and hopefully give me my blood test results. Quite looking forward to it.

Welcome and congratulations HQ!

Glad everything went well Laura. It's amazing when you hear the baby's heartbeat. Not heard anything from my blood tests, so I assume everything is ok. I was told no news is good news by the midwife.

Looking forward to my 20 week (anomaly) scan in just over a week but also anxious encase anything bad is found.

Trinity feeling any better?

Hi Everybody and Happy New Year!
Big welcome to harlowqueen; I hope we can support you in your daunting adventure. My husband is American and so far he has been very impressed with the standard of care we have received and he can't quite believe it's all free. We have done a couple of overseas moves in the past(Turkey to US, US to UK) and it's hard even when you're not pregnant, but if you're getting stuff shipped or have help from an employer it will be easier than than the haphazard/excess baggage/no money way we did it! We're in South London, and my hospital is St Thomas' which so far has been great. So any questions, fire away.
Trinity: hope you are OK. Let us know when you can.
For all those who have been reading all my moans you will be glad to know that my morning sickness has finally passed, I can face food like a normal person again, and I feel so much stronger. But I never want to see another Hula Hoop! I've also started showing: finally I have a little bump. DH is very excited!
Sorry for long post.

hello Harlowqueen and everyone else
i am going to have the alphafetal blood test thing tommorrow, this will be the 3rd blood taken in 3 weeks so its no wonder i am feeling a bit low on energy. they told me that if i don't agree on hiv and hep test i will be treated as positive!! did anyone else have this i find it very strange. i just told them that as i have had all those tests very prevously at their hospital gum clinic there was no need to repeat.

Hope your MW appt goes well diddle

vbab78 - 20 week scan already! How many weeks are you now? I suppose there's quite a difference between the beginning and end of the month dates. Did you have a 12-w scan? Mine was a lot more detailed than just a dating scan, so I'm hoping they could have picked up most things then. I hope yours goes well.

mrsbabookaloo - glad the sickness has gone and that you're getting a bump. I fear mine is more xmas chocolate than baby, but at least I've got a bit of an excuse.

slinkstah - I think that's the blood tests I had done yesterday. Is that for downs etc? That's a bit worrying about the hiv and hep tests, but I suppose they're just covering their backs. When they say they will treat you as positive, does that mean they'll make sure they use gloves etc, or that they will treat you and the baby any differently? I must admit I didn't think twice about having them done, although I also had them done with ds (2 years ago now though), but you shouldn't be pressured into having them if you don't want them.

congratulations and welcome harlowqueen!!! and good luck with the move!

i went to the emergency doctor yesterday as i was in so much pain. she dipsticked again and she said there was no protein, so hopefully the infection has gone. i will get the results from the other sample that was sent to hospital tomorrow to confirm this. she said the pain is most likely to be muscle rather than the kidney, which is a huge relief. i need to just mind my posture, massage the area and take paracetamol. but my luck is short as i now have diarrhea. i wish i could start blooming, rather than be ill all the time!

looks like i will just give them more blood as i dont really want them to treat me positive

sorry your feeling poorly lilacbump

my 20 week scan is in 3 and a half weeks and counting in anticipation i will be 19.5 which is great, last time i was almost 23 weeks before i had the scan.
when is everyone having theres? we should start a stats thread so we can remember everything like edd, location, 20 week scan, how many kids already etc

I've got my 20 week scan on the 16th (in 20th week but actually 19 weeks and so many days).

I'm due on 06/06/06. Nearly halfway. But it (so far) seems to have gone quickly. Not bought or even thought about a single thing we need or sorted out the nusery.

sorry laura i missed off a bit ...

i did have a dating scan at about 12 weeks, I found out I was 11 weeks and 3 days from the size of the baby.

I was such a clear lovely picture. However they didn't go into any other detail.

vbab78 and harlowqueen, congratulations and welcome. harlowqueen we are due the same time, im due 8 june too.

i have my 20 week scan next week on the 11th jan, but im not 20 weeks, i will be 18weeks and 6days, has anyone else had 20week scan done that early before? i hope they can still pick everything up on it clearly

happy new year to you all by the way, hope you all had a good one and didnt miss drinking!!

i didnt miss drinking but i really wanted a cigerette on xmas day, i have given up smoking from the very beginning of pregnancy and its been okay up until xmas day but i stayed away from the bad habit!!

someone mentioned about having a new name, why dont we keep it simple and just say due june2006 partII? then if any ladies want to look up archives of june babies they will know from the title?

anyway my stats just to update are

18weeks pregnant
due 8 june 2006
married
wales
ds 3.7months old

oops, forgot to put down age

age 32
dh 33

Thanks for all of the warm welcomes.

We are being moved over by DH work, so at least the expenses are covered. We'll be in temporary accommodation near Liverpool Street for a couple of months while our stuff is being shipped, at which point we will look for a flat of our own. We are looking around Hampstead/Belsize Park as we have friends that live around there, but I guess our ultimate decision will depend on what's available at that point in time.

It does seem that NHS provides comprehensive care, but I am confused about the private option, which we have. We were looking into Portland Street but, after everything I have read, it seems like it has a very bad reputation. Since I am deemed high risk as a result of type 1 diabetes, I might have complications and it seems like many feel that one would receive better care in an NHS facility rather than a private hospital. Does anyone here have any opinions on this?

Other than that, I actually feel great! My morning sickness subsided at 11 weeks and I have had much more energy in the last two weeks. I've had the nuchal scan done here and everything checked out--and I actually get to go in next Tuesday for the 20 week scan (1.5 weeks early)to find out the gender!

All in all, I am really looking forward to moving to London, but it is very overwhelming to be dealing with something as lifechanging as pregnancy at the same time!

HQ

Loads of posts today - do people mainly post from work? Or was everyone just really busy over xmas/new year.

Lilacbump - glad to hear you've got no protein now Hope it stays away. Would a support belt help with the pain? Could you self-refer to a physio for advice on exercises etc? Hope you start to feel 100% soon!

We could do with an updated stats list slinkstah - did you do it last time Lilacbump? Have you got it saved anywhere?

I wouldn't worry about not having bought anything yet vbab - I didn't buy anything last time until after the 20w scan, and I still had loads of time I think it's just nursery furniture you need to get ordered in good time, as it seems to take ages to come (and the delivery is usually wrong on something!) Just read the threads on here on what to buy, and what is just a gimmick!

bubbly - yes, maybe we should just have a simple name for a new thread. Shall I start it? Any objections

HQ - glad you're being supported in the move. That makes it loads easier. I'm sure if you start a thread on the pregnancy or childbirth forums, you'll get some comments on NHS vs. Private. My private health insurance didn't cover the birth, so I've no experience of the difference. I know a few people on here have delivered at the Portland, so you should find out all there is to know! You can do a search of old threads as well to find out what's been said in the past on the subject.

hi there everyone i'm new due june 20th, everything goin well mega busy with other 2 ds so not really thinkin bt this one. Will get a shock when it pops out haha.

Hello all, and welcome to all the new mummies! Went for a scan yesterday, thankfully little one was busy somersaulting which made me cry with relief! Turns out its most likely to be a pretty aggressive UTI which is flippin' painful but hopefully with antibiotics should sort itself out quickly.

Haven't posted stats before so here they are
Me: 32
DP: 33 next week (Happy b'day hon!)
Due: 8th June
18 weeks pregnant today
West Sussex
Engaged (wedding was planned for June this year but someone else had other ideas!)

Can't believe we're all already approaching the halfway point - where's the time gone???

Have a lovely restful weekend everyone xxx

here's the stats list i've been doing. i haven't been updating it that much lately so please tell me if something's not correct. if someone else wants to add to it or redo it, feel free to do so.

PotPourri: EDD 24/05/06
Hannah1974: EDD 02/06/06, 31, DP 27
Nic33: EDD 04/06/06
mrsbabookaloo: EDD 04/06/06, DH
Waswondering: EDD 06/06/06, DH, DS 26m, North Scotland
Missmibaby: EDD 06/06/06
LilacBump: EDD 06/06/06, DP 27, engaged, DD 4.5y, Nottingham
vbab78: EDD 06/06/06
Joesmum1106: EDD 7/06/06
emkana: EDD 08/06/06
bugs: EDD 08/06/06, 27, DH 32, DD 4y, East Midlands
abbey1515: EDD 08/06/06, 28, DH 28, Manchester
bubbly1973: EDD 08/06/06, 32, DH 33, DS 3.7m, Wales
PomsMum: EDD 08/06/06, DD 1y
trinity1: EDD 08/06/06, 32, DP 33, engaged, West Sussex
dewberry1: EDD 08/06/06, DS 8y
harlowqueen: EDD 08/06/06, DH, New York (moving to London)
Diddle: EDD 09/06/06, 25, DH 34, West Midlands
docket: 09/06/06, 33, DH 33, DS 13m, NW London
Curlycapers: EDD 10/06/06, 26, DH 31, DS 7y & DD 2y, Bournemouth, Dorset
LottieLou: EDD 10/06/06
ladyschaefer: EDD 10/06/06, 25, DP 28, DD 4y, Swansea, South Wales
Flum: EDD 11/06/06, 33, DH 34, DD 21m, Rural, Wiltshire
Noonee: EDD 11/06/06
Dana: EDD 11/06/06, 26, DH 32, DS 2.5y, Denmark
docket: EDD 11/06/06
Juice: EDD 14/06/06
kiwimumtobe: EDD 14/06/06
kalebsmum04: EDD 15/06/06
BabyBelly: EDD 18/06/06, 34, DH, Malaysia
Slinkstah: EDD 21/06/06, 28, DP 30, DS 8y & DD 6y, West London
Laura032004: EDD 22/06/06, DH, DS 19m, Cornwall
morethan1: EDD 23/06/06
Bexibooboo: EDD 25/06/06
cr1: EDD 26/06/06
sarahsbump: EDD 26/06/06
snickle: EDD 28/06/06
Daisybump: EDD 29/06/06

Hi girls,
Welcome to those who have joined lately. Good to see that everyone is over the worst of the sickness, mine disappeared at about 14 weeks and I am feeling less tired as well.
Lilac, sorry about all your troubles - seem to be never ending Hope you will feel better soon.
Trinity, great that you had a good scan and can relax again.

I haven't been on here much as my mum has been unwell for a while. Between x-mas and new year they finally found out what was wrong and it turns out that she has got secondary cancer of the liver. They now have to find out where it has come from and whether it's treatable. I am absolutely devastated and just don't know what to do with myself . It is so unfair that this is happening and especially now when we should all be looking forward to the new baby in the family.
I know this doesn't belong on this thread, but I don't really post on any other threads and I might need a bit of support in the weeks and months to come. Hope you don't mind.

On a brighter note, I feel the baby kicking all the time and have got a nice wee bump

oh dana, i am so sorry to hear about your mum {hug}. i wish you lots of strength in the next few months. does she live closeby?

i rang the doctor and the infection is still there. just when i thought it was all getting better. sorry for all my moaning about this. DP isn't being that supportive and i need a place to vent.

Dana sorry to hear about your mum. If you need to talk don't hesitate in using this thread, we are here for you.

LilacBump an update for your stat's. I'm 28 this year and my DH is 31 this year. I live near Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

Thanks Lilac and vbab, she lives in the same town as me, so I see her all the time. We have always been really close, but I think this type of thing brings you even closer.

Lilac, sorry that your infection has still not cleared up - will you get more antibiotics or what can they do? It can't be fun being in pain all the time.

dana, im so sorry to hear about your mother, i can only imagine how awful it must be for you and your family..do you have any other brothers and sisters or are you an only child, you can vent all you like on here, its such an emotional time with double impact when your pregnant

laura, i have no objections to you starting a new thread by the way, where in cornwall are you from, we go there every year and really love it, we like going to the st austell area, my favourite place is mevagissy, would love to retire to cornwall when im old

lilacbump, sorry to hear your infection is still there, are you finding that your dh is treating you more or less as normal than when you had your first born...maybe its just mine then...i thought i would get the 5star treatment again, but what a shock it is that i aint!

thanks for doing that list lilacbump, makes it easier to see whose where and what!
blimey, theres quite a few of us there which is nice to see

well ive put on a stone and a half, 18weeks pregnant, but i have read that baby grows at a much slower pace from now on hmmm, if my memory serves me correctly i shot out even more after 20weeks all of a sudden!