December 2011 - Bring on the 2nd trimester

[jomouse]

Lets get with the glow :)

[plupervert]

BeeMyBaby, when we came back was out of the range of dates they prefer to scan, if you see what I mean. However, having slept on it, I came up with a suggestion that we go private for the anomaly scan. Not cheap (starting at about £200), but a damned sight cheaper than cancelling a holiday to North America, as insurance always insists you try to recover it through credit cards first, then of course there's the excess...)

I have spoken to the midwife, and she says they can accommodate scans done privately, and as for the confusing range of dates offered by various clinics I have looked at, she said every hospital or clinic had its preferred range. There was further explanation on the site of one of the places I was checking:

"The Anomaly Scan is best performed from 20 to 22 weeks however some consultants prefer that it is performed between 22 and 24 weeks because the views of your baby are often of greater clarity. The later time also allows the operator to perform some additional analysis.

"The reason the Anomaly Scan isn't performed earlier in the pregnancy is because your baby's internal organs wouldn't be fully formed.

"After 24 weeks a full anatomical examination may not be possible because your baby will often adopt a less helpful position. "

So that seems to be the clinical reason for the range in date-ranges insisted upon, which is extremely helpful to know, as "X to X weeks" can be said so dogmatically!

[plupervert]

Good luck today, kri5ty!

[BeeMyBaby]

Plup that was a very good explanation, and glad you are not cancelling your holiday :)

[msbuggywinkle]

Plu I think we're going private for our 20 week scan too, mainly because they won't make a fuss about what I do and don't want the way the NHS will. We did for DD2's scan too and I was impressed.

[Xiaoxiong]

Hope the scan went well today kri5ty! We may have an additional private scan just for my parents when they come over, since they can't make the 20 week scan. Maybe they'll offer to pay for a 4-D one.

I just got my TfL "Baby on Board" badge from HR - maybe this is a London thing but it makes it feel so official. Like now the entire city is recognising I'm pregnant!

(Not that they would have any doubt, yesterday the button on my trousers (not done up, held closed with a hairtie threaded through buttonhole) pinged off from the strain of my belly as I got on the train - thank goodness I had been working late and the train was empty, if it had been at rush hour it could have blinded someone! Time to investigate maternity clothes methinks...)

[KateM77]

The Baby on Board badges are great. I've dug mine out from first pregnancy. They don't always work but you do often get given a seat on the tube and it stops anyone having the dilemma as to whether you're pregnant or just a bit fat!

[xstitch]

I have certainly never seen the baby on board badges around here.

[chocolatebourbon]

I just wanted to say hello everybody! I am amazed to be due 15 Dec - I had no idea of my dates and thought I was really early. Had a scan yesterday and there was a proper moving little baby to be - I was quite overwhelmed and had not taken anyboday along as thought there would not be much to see. So I am delighted but a bit shocked to be joining the December team!

This is baby number two (DS will be two in December) so any tips on how to handle the combo would be much appreciated. Newborn felt a very fully time job last time so not sure how it would work with a chaotic and adorable toddler rampaging round the house as well.

xx

[ThePippy]

Congrats on all the good scans - lots and lots of good news at the moment :)

Loved the idea of getting some stories to help older children prepare for the new arrival - I will definitely look into them.

New worry of the day - 2 of the children in DD's room at nursery have chickenpox and my mother doesn't remember me having it! I have the docs checking my old records at the moment, and I know the chances are I did have it, but typical timing!

[xstitch]

pippy if you didn't they can do a blood test and if that is negative give you an immunoglobulin injection . Its worrying but try not to worry too much fx.

[ThePippy]

Thanks xstitch that is very reassuring.

[zambooloo]

Hi Everyone,
Had my scan yesterday - all good. Saw a wriggly little bean and got some lovely photos! Can't believe it, I somehow still didn't really dare to believe I was pregnant. Told everyone at school yesterday - the head didn't take it too well but calmed down after a while and was then very nice. My due date has changed to 23rd Dec - great timing!!

Glad everyone else is having happy scans too xx

[itsybitsy08]

Scan day today finalllllly! Not until quater to 4 though, dont know how im going to wait, it seems ages away!
Feel really excited but nervous - i am anxious about wheter everything will be okay.

Glad about all the good news on here recently, brill to read

[kri5ty]

Good luck itsy :)

after weeks of worrying and fearing a mmc as i have had no symtoms i am over the moon that our scan was fine :)

They woke nugget up, who was sleeping, it jumped then started waving its arms around and kicking, like it was having a paddy at being rudely woken hehe

And on the pic it looks like its scratiching its bum lol

[mopsytop]

Great news zambooloo. Good luck itsy. I had the most awful migraine yesterday - 2 days of bad headaches Tuesday and Wed turned into a migraine yesterday. Was horrendous. Paracetamol do basically nothing. Head not so good today but at least I can function again. I've been having lots of bad headaches but that was the first migraine since I got pregnant (I was on anti-migraine medication until I got pregnant and had to stop it). I don't know how I am going to cope if this continues :*(

[BeeMyBaby]

anyone got past the 12 week ms then have it start again? Now 15 weeks and everytime I drink tea I feel sick for hours after :(

[Mizza76]

Plup - I also have a problem with my anomaly scan - I am going to be abroad between exactly 18 weeks and 24 weeks. I know some places do them at 18 weeks so I am going to see whether I can sneak one in here before I go (like the previous day...). Alternatively I am also going to do one overseas although I have no idea how much it's going to cost or how to arrange it. Was going to discuss with the midwife when I see her on Monday (for my booking in appointment... finally) and then on the assumption I'm going to miss the dates here start doing my research....

[msbuggywinkle]

Just got back from my booking appointment, nothing exciting to report although a new record for me; 4 different people before someone managed to get blood out of me!

Hope your scan goes well itsy

[NoobytheWaspSlayer]

Hi all,

Haven't posted for a while, as tbh, until I had the scan I just had a huge feeling of dread and was a bag of nerves. Not to mention being a teeny bit busy with DS1 and 2! Had the scan on Monday, and all looks good. So reassuring to see a very very active little baby wriggling around. They couldn't do the nuchal fold as the cord was wrapped round the neck at exactly the point they needed to see (they assured me this was normal and not to worry), so I'll go for the blood tests at 16 weeks instead. Due date 12/12!

[ThePippy]

hey msbuggy I know how you feel. I had to have bloods done today to test for immunity to chickenpox and the nurse at my doctors completely mashed the veins in both my arms but got nothing so I ended up sitting in a take-a-ticket bloods department at the local hospital. Same thing happened with booking bloods - midwife tried both arms and hands but nothing. Thankfully the people at the hospital are great and got blood and have said next time I should just get the forms and come straight to them and not mess about with my doctors. I think the nurse at the doctors was genuinely upset as apparently it had been over a year since she had failed to get blood. My veins are super fine apparently and collapse at the sight of a needle.

[itsybitsy08]

hi every one, tahnks for all your well wishes - back from my scan - all is well phew! Saw litte bud wiggling about awah its an amazing feeling! Everything was spot on for how many weeks (i am 14 + 5) and I have my due date of 04/12/2011! Feel so relieved!

thepippy that sounds awful, poor you.

glad to hear of more good news scan wise nooby, kir5ty :)

[sevendwarves]

Great to hear of all the good scans going on.

I won't be around much over the next few days, I'm a bridesmaid at my friends wedding tomorrow, have my neice's christening on Sunday then DS's 3rd birthday on Tuesday. Early night I think!

[zambooloo]

Mopsy - I had the most awful headache this week. Started on monday - took paracetamol every 4 hours through monday and tuesday. Stopped taking it as it wasn't working then it progressed into the most terrible migraine on wednesday! Finally got rid of it on Thursday - about an hour after my scan so was probably caused by the stress of it! And it was my 30th on Tuesday - I totally wasted that day by having to go to bed at 8.

[emsies]

Hi can I join? I'm due Dec 2nd. Haven't been on mumsnet in ages. Still getting sick and tired despite being second trimester!

First birth wasn't easy (planned home birth but ended up c section :( ) and hoping for a HBAC

[mopsytop]

Oh no! On your 30th. That sucks :( Poor you.
Paracetamol are really shite aren't they?