August 2011 differs.......eating, puking and weeing our way into the 2nd trimester

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New home for us ladies!!

Selina your due the same day as me!! I'm not moving from here though. I have enough trouble keeping up with this post never mind the July one too eh?? . I had my scan Friday and not alot was said about the nuchal part of it to be honest. She said "if you go back outside I will write up my notes" so I assume she would have said if there was too much right?? Ok so just looked in my notes and unsure on what it all means now so going to put it all down here so you can all translate for me because I am honestly blinded with science me!! It says... "No free fluid or adnexal masses seen. NT= 1.5mm". Is that ok?? I have the results of the bloods coming at some point in the next week and a half, is that going to be the same sort of mumbo jumbo?? Sorry bit of a ramble there!!

nickster I'm so pleased your scan went well. How do you feel about your little monkey playing up to the camera?? Have you had the bloods aswel did you say??

Yup OBEM has turned into the programe I talk about most in the world now haha Gypsy wedding being a very very close second ha

JSPARK I booked private nuchal scan today. Available Dunfermline and Edinburgh if that's any good for you. Price £190.
Grudge cost just a little as NHS Fife starting to do NT scan at end Feb - 2 weeks too late for me - but being an ancient 41 and first pg feel the need to know.
Totally love this thread -so reasuring you all thinking/worrying about same as me: symptons not bad enough; bump going down somedays (now realised it is mostly wind!!); desire for ridiculous foods etc etc

LittleBeaut mine was on the online one not classes, so maybe thats why it's harder to stick to. they freeze your ability to weigh in with the online if you tell them you are pregnant, classes prob better but not able to go due to the timings not convenient with my dc, they've made our local one right in the middle of dinner time, bathtime, bedtime kinda time

going to watch obem too

OBEM in 10 mins

I am hoping it will distract me from panicking about my scan tomorrow.

Klou laughing my ass off at you with your FF butties! YUM

I have just had sliced tomatoes on toast, grilled... MMMmm and lots of butter melted on them. Healthier eating now i can stomach more. For those SW and WW - i am not a partaker in either, sadly i like food too much and prefer being fat!

Lovely to hear about all the scans , though I am a little jealous. I'm still waiting for the date of my scan and my first MW appointment.

hope you will get your scan soon mrsc

does anyone else cry their eyes out watching obem? i always find it emotional and cry when the babies are born, but this week the blonde girl having 2nd baby i just really felt for her, as seemed to be taking ages for a 2nd baby and also the birth partners were so lovely normally you just see the husband or partner sat in the corner making awkward comments cos they dunno what to do with themself lol but aww, that birth just really made me cry

makes me looking forward to birth too even though the pain, some of my friends are due quite soon too so people talking about birth, just makes me feel excited. although feels ages away! just hoping everything will be fine for scan on weds..

watched OBEM and it made me cry as always.

I've never been asked to have a full bladder before a scan so must depend where you have it done.

Of course there is no way of knowing for certain with nuchal scans but 1.5 or 2.4 for nuchal measurements sounds within the normal range from my limited knowledge. I have had a Trisomy 13 pregnancy in the past and the measurement was something like 4.6mm, so a huge difference.

Because of our past problems and also because people will think we are crazy to have number 4, we have been trying to keep our news quiet. However at my brother in law's birthday party at the weekend, a friend asked in front of a few other bfriends if I was pregnant. I was so surprised I just said 'yes.' Have not even told my parents or sister yet. Oh well

LittleBeaut - from the NHS leaflet I have re Down's syndrome testing, they do both the nuchal translucency measurement and a blood test - they combine the results from the blood sample with the NT measurement, also the mother's age, weight, weeks of pregnancy, family origin and smoking details in a computer programme to work out the likelihood of Down's syndrome. So just the NT measurement doesn't give enough information - I expect you'd get the result at the same time as your bloods.

This website gives a bit of info about the tests www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/scans/nuchalscan/#8 and suggests that "An NT measurement of up to 2mm is normal at about 11 weeks, and up to about 2.8mm by 13 weeks and six days. " so 1.5mm sounds good

spilttheteaagain good luck with scan tomorrow!

Watching babies being born has made me cry every time for the last 4 years i think. Triggers an emotion in me, whether am pregnant or not!!

Morning all

I hope this question isn't going to upset anyone, - I'm genuinely interested. I was just wondering with all this talk of nuchal scans, what you would do if it came back high risk? I cannot face having to make a decision to possibly not continue with the pregancy, so I'm not having any of the tests for this reason - I'd rather not know. After all, it is only an increased risk, it can't tell you anything for certain, or have I got that wrong? [bconfused]

Thats the way I understand it too KT I have done nowt but think about what I would do if my results came back high risk to the point where I realised the problem with my nerves at my scan was not fear of loosing the baby and them telling me nothing was there it was me having to make 'the decision'!! If I'd had no other kids then I would not bother with the tests at all... I wouldnt care, but I have so I have to take them into consideration and how a high risk result would affect them. I dont 100% know what the answer will be if the results come back high risk but I know that I have made the decision to tell as few people as I can get away with until I know all the results are in so I'm not judged in any way... I'm not here to be judged, non of us are, yet people do dont they?? x

Thanks Bryher that info has helped alot!! x

LittleBeau I think that's it exactly. It is a completely personal decision, down to each couple to decide given their circumastances and what they think will be best for them and their families.

I already have 2 DCs but I know I cannot make that decision. I'm still having the scans, because I like the chance to see its heartbeat, and know it really is there and also to make sure it is only 1 because DH has twins in his family (I'm in denial about that and holding firmly to the fact that there are none, ever on my side [bgrin]).

KT i would not terminate pregnancy either but reason im thinking of just having the tests done is because my first ds, i didnt have them (due to reason that i would not terminate at all so felt its a waste of resources to test) BUT then i went for my 20 weeks scan and they said oh you've not done the downsyndrome risk test so if we see any "markers" we will tell you (apparently if they knew you have a low risk these things become nothing to worry about?? not sure) so they started telling me that he had all these problems with his heart having calcium in it, and its a down syndrome marker etc. So obviously that can be a bit upsetting cos i started to imagine what if he had down syndrome and people picked on him and life was hard for him etc, so kind of ruined the day i had his scan which is normally really nice when you see them and also got to find out he was a boy but when they start saying all these things they just overshadow it with worrying. So they told me to go and have the blood test, i did and it came back extremely low, so felt like if i did that in the first place I could have avoided that?
so for my 2nd i just had it done, and probably will again and although I think i might be in a rush on weds when i go in so hope things dont take ages, so i will still be able to get the bloods done otherwise might ask to have them done @ my next apt?

Well thats the other thing KT I'm a single parent and the decision is purely on my shoulders, which I think makes it hard. What dont help is the fact that I had a friend that came back high risk, she carried on with the pregnancy and baby was born completely 'normal' for want of a better word. So it really is a hard decision, fingers crossed non of us have to think about it eh?? x

Wow Firawla I can imagine that being a horrible thing to have to listen to when you just go for your nice 'cant wait to see my baby scan'. It was surely in your notes you didnt want it??

Here here LittleBeau. Firawla that's horrible (note to self - remember to tell them I don't want to know). At least we know somewhere we hopefully won't be judged - we're all in the same boat here.

Hello ladies. Please can I join your gang? I'm 30 and this is my first pregnancy. Due 3rd August. Had my 12 week scan yesterday and everything looked good (it was really there, for a start!), though I'm still waiting for official' results on the Downs screening. Nuchal was 1.6 (at 12 +6 weeks) and nasal bone present so signs are positive. Would be so nice to get on with this with one less thing to worry about, though from what Firawla says the 20 week scan might throw up all kinds of new fears... Have a good day, everyone.

Firawla I've chosen to not do the downsyndrome test as well, but I'm sorry they took it upon themselves to tell you all of that, I would have been worried sick.
My midwife asked me what I'd do if I took the test and it showed high risk - I said nothing, this is my first child and much wanted no matter the circumstances. :)

My scan is in 3 days, and I'm so very excited! DP has been wonderful the past few days too, putting his hand on my tummy and I feel he's being more positive about a baby coming into our lives. I also have a houseviewing today as we need to move into a bigger place, so it's all rather exciting.

Been scanned and all is well
One little baby measuring 4.2cm with heartbeat.
I am so relieved, I have only just stopped wanting to throw up!

That's fantastic news spilt! hooray! Was that the 12 weeks scan or earlier?

Have been reading about everyone's plans for waterbirths and home births with envy...homebirths are pretty much unknown here in France and you can only use the bath as a labour aid (and only if your waters haven't broken), you have to get out for delivery But on the plus side, we get served delicious meals, even in hospital!

Hello everyone, sorry I haven't joined in much lately - been feeling too sick and tired to function and been whingeing every night at my DH, 'When am I going to feel normal?'. But I'm glad to say I am feeling better the last few days and have even managed to enjoy...a cup of coffee...gasp! Talk about life on the edge! Had my 12-week scan this morning...and I am exactly 12 weeks, with EDD of 9 August. I think the nuchal translucency measurement is OK, though I've got to wait for the combined result to come through. Hope everyone else is OK and blooming...

I cant decide today if I feel sick, have heartburn (there is defo a burning feeling in my tummy like) or am just hungy. Although I have had a big bag of mini cheddars and a picnic this morning so cant see it me being hungry

lila I'm sure you will start to feel 'normal' soon and really start blooming. Although the closest to blooming I am is blooming horrid. No feeling bad but I just dont look like me, when I look in the mirror its defo not me I see - weird or what?? I'm pale, my skin is all flaky, my hair is just well... its bad and I look fat, cant wait to look pregnant!!