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SleepyCaz · 24/05/2011 13:31
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Thank you.

Only5 weeks today, I think. But feel different. Sore boobs and really tired, whereas last time I had no symptoms at all.

Fingers very tightly crossed...

ConfessionsOfAnAchingFanjo · 24/05/2011 13:43

Grin Welcome back SLeepyCaz! Fngers and legs all tightly crossed all goes well for you this time.
Bout time we had some new Grads what with Viroids having baby viroids and all (meant to say earlier, very excited for you Cowboy! Hope it all goes well Grin)

Nickel I still get the 'I want what they're having' thing (hence the cake yesterday!). I don't think it goes away until baby appears and you're just to tired to notice anyone else.

nickelbabe · 24/05/2011 13:57

fingers crossed Caz
really tired and sore boobs, definite good symptoms (is pregnancy the only time when it's a good thing to fee like shit?! Grin )

nickelbabe · 24/05/2011 14:13

scan in just under 2 hours.
why do i feel so nervous?? Confused

my friend is coming to look after the shop, and she'll be arriving just after 3.
DH is at a Union meeting now, so I hope he's not late back!

ConfessionsOfAnAchingFanjo · 24/05/2011 14:30

Oh you're scan will tide us over nicely while we wait for Coyboy (or rather Cowboy'sCoyGirl) Nickel Grin. No pressure then.

KateeHasABunInHerOven · 24/05/2011 14:33

Ooh exciting nickel you'll get to 'meet' your bean for the first time! Fret not, all will be well I'm sure Smile it is an amazing thing to see him/her wriggling around (or snoozing in my case)!

Remember to take some water with you!

Poo, my newish bra that I only got a month or so ago is broken, not happy. Underwire is starting to pop out.... and its the only bra that properly fits me too.

nickelbabe · 24/05/2011 14:38

bloody underwires.

you need to sew over the end of where the wire comes out.

Both of my sisters are betting that it will be two beans. Shock

ConfessionsOfAnAchingFanjo · 24/05/2011 14:38

Can you fix it with a stitch Katee? I had this happen once (wire in underarm, ouch) and managed to save it with a bit of needle and thread work.

Is this your first scan Nickel? I have no idea how far along you are anymore.

ConfessionsOfAnAchingFanjo · 24/05/2011 14:39

Grin great minds Nickel (the bra, not twins)

nickelbabe · 24/05/2011 14:39

it is my first scan, yes.
I'm 13+2 today

SleepyCaz · 24/05/2011 14:40

Good luck Nickel!!

Thanks Fanj!

KateeHasABunInHerOven · 24/05/2011 14:48

Blimey, 13+2 talk about time flying Grin

Yes I think I can fix it, if I can get the bloody thing to go far enough back in (its the between the boobs end), its more that I expect to get a couple of years wear out of a bra before the underwire goes, especialy as it was 5x as expensive as my usual bras!

I remember vividly sitting down about an hour or two after my first scan and thinking, there's only one bean! (I had somehow convinced myself that it would be twins and then forgot all about it at the scan) Grin

nickelbabe · 24/05/2011 14:54

I know! Grin
It flew even faster at the beginning, because I started counting from when the guessed conception date was, then I was told it was last period, so I added a fortnight overnight! Grin

it's not going to be twins.

It's a bloody nightmare your bra is so crap - normally I'd say takeit back, but you can guarantee that the same size, same make, same style won't fit you as well as this one.

KateeHasABunInHerOven · 24/05/2011 15:14

Sadly I think you are right re: the bra, I have one the same in white and it digs in a bit Hmm

Let us know how the scan goes!!

takethatlady · 24/05/2011 22:21

Thanks nickel for the cake advice Grin Victoria Sandwich it is. I am an apostrophe Nazi myself, so I can understand your weird desire to have cake names correct at all itmes Grin. How was the scan?

And sleepycaz - waaaaheeey :) Congratulations! Sending lots of jam and cream, from the Victora sandwich, or you to stick the LO in with :)

Eskarina · 24/05/2011 22:38

Welcome SleepyCaz and congrats!

Nickel Hope your scan went well.

Midwife appt went well. Bump is growing as it should and everything else is more or less normal. Except that I seem to have an extreme case of abdominal muscles separating. If I tense my stomach when I lie down it turns into a triangular prism!! There's a gap of about 4-5 cm between my 2 sets of abs. It's weird. Apparently it's perfectly normal but I'm going to have to do more exercises after the birth than those who don't get it to the same degree. Grr.

Vallinna I've had slightly leaky nipples on and off since about week 13, but the quantity has stayed about the same. It tends to be worse in the bath or if boobs are compressed. It's settled down to a couple of tiny patches on each breast pad during the course of the day - enough to be worth the pads, although it wasn't enough to be soaking through my v. lightly padded bras, but it does stain somewhat. Sorry for TMI - you did ask!!
I've not moved to maternity bras at all. When I was first pg I bought 4 no-wire bras from M&S teen section in their biggest size - fortuitously they go to a 34C which seems to be lasting me well. Not bad for £15 although I'm sick of wearing the same 4 bras and feel that at 29 I don't need pink hearts on my underwear.

takethatlady · 24/05/2011 22:54

Damn, esk, why didn't I think of that strategy? Maternity bras are expensive and rubbish. I did see some very sexy looking Elle Macpherson nursing bras online somewhere today ... they don't look practical but they do look lovely :)

Forgot to say - shells, shields, pads - thanks for the clarification!

aStarInStrangeways · 24/05/2011 23:00

Huge congrats SleepyCaz :)

Baby2b · 25/05/2011 09:39

Just a quick one. Congratulations sleepyCaz and good luck for the scan today nickel.

Baby2b · 25/05/2011 09:41

Oh, misread previous posts when skimming. Hope the scan went well :)

nickelbabe · 25/05/2011 10:00

right, I'm looking out for leaky nipples, now, am I?
oh dear Shock

Morning all!
The scan went really well yesterday.
I wasn't expecting the 2nd part - the huge prodder up the fanjo to measure my cervix Shock
And then I looked in the information for 22nd week one, it says measuring cervix then! I don't really want them to do it twice.

My scan was done by 2 men, and they were quite coy - I had to adjust my own knickers so they could get to the womb, and they kept leaving the room for me to adjust myself! (the 2nd time I did it all before they even left the room Grin)

The most odd thing about it, was that when they first made contact, and the image came on the screen, I was expecting to feel like it was all very real - you know, baby in my belly on the screen, seeing it move around etc.
but I didn't get that . I looked at it, and it felt like just another baby on a screen. (and I've never even seen one before!)
It was hanging upside down to start with (good, taking after its mother, then, awkward!), and it kept moving around - proper little fidget (just like its mother...) but they got all readings they needed, and they pointed out everything that they thought we needed to see.
It kept turning so its back was to the scanner, and everytime it did, it reminded me of the Simpsons episode where Bart-in-the-womb mooned the scanner. Grin
All readings were good, Downs Markers were all normal.

Anyway, felt very tired when we got home, went to bed at 1/4 past 10.
and didn't sleep much, of course.
And this morning, noisy cat kept being noisy and keeping me awake just when I felt I could drop off.

So, emotions, then?
I feel quite sad. And I just sad here at the shop and cried a little bit.
I don't know why I feel sad. I think it's because I didn't feel excited yesterday, like I'm disappointed in myself.
It still doesn't feel real, and I feel overwhelmed as well.

KateeHasABunInHerOven · 25/05/2011 10:14

You're probably still in shock after the prodder up the fanjo thing - I didn't get that at my 12 week scan and I hadn't been warned about it for the 20 week one (next Tues!) Shock

Mine felt a little more real as I had to jiggle my hips up and down to try and wake the baby up (which didn't work) Grin so I had to have down's blood test at 16 weeks instead as she couldn't get a measurement. Weirdly it did keep turning its head towards us which felt quite freaky (think smudgy face with eyes closed, eek).

Hope you feel a bit happier soon, it will probably sink in soon, you have a healthy, active baby in there... it will feel more real when it starts hoofing you, believer me Grin

For now though, have a hug x

KateeHasABunInHerOven · 25/05/2011 10:15

What I meant about the jiggling was that I could see how the pic on the screen was influenced by me jiggling, iyswim? Still a bit dozy!

nickelbabe · 25/05/2011 10:42

oh my god! yes! when it turned its face!
It looked like a skeleton out of a horror film! Grin
Grin
(I quite liked that, though! Grin )

the prodder up the fanjo didn't hurt at all, it was just unexpected!

I was worried that me moving would make the scan less accurate iyswim, so everytime I laughed, I felt guilty.

takethatlady · 25/05/2011 11:12

I have never had the fanjo-prod. Feeling left out now Grin

I think it's just one of those weird moments in life where you've seen people doing it on TV and in films so many times that there's almost a protocol for how you're expected to react - soooo many people said to me 'did you cry?!!!' really expectantly, and then looked at me weirdly as if I wasn't very maternal when I said no. I felt calm and happy at my first scans, and pleased to see my LO on the screen, but I didn't cry one little bit (nor feel like it) until we were told her sex at the 20 week scan (our fourth scan!) and DH went all wibbly and excited Grin.

So then you feel weird because you didn't have some humongous soap-opera reaction. But I think it's completely normal to feel the way you felt :)

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