Any May babies?!

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I only did it a test this morning and have not even told my husband yet!

Quenelle So sorry to hear your news.
I feel the pain of the others scared of MMC, I was terrified too, even more so as two of my friends miscarried before my scan. I know exactly how you feel Duck

musicalmrs - My scan is on the 7th too! Bloomin' ages away but fair enough as I should be approx 12 weeks then. (Just found out the day).

dorris, tostaky, musicalmrs and dreaming - I know how you feel, even though like musical I have had an early scan. That was at seven weeks and in my mmc the foetus stopped growing at nine weeks so I can't relax. I know though that it is not the likely thing, the most likely thing is we'll all be fine.

My sleep is troubled due to bladder weakness which I hate, especially as I hardly drink anything all evening!

Yorky - My early scan showed only one baby, although at that stage it can be missed, practically positive there is just the one.

Quenelle and Lindor, I'm really sorry to hear your sad news. Do take care of yourselves and take the time to grieve.

mildert, what a scary way to start the day! I'm glad everything turned out to be OK. I know this won't help much if you have problems with anxiety, but your friend would have found out soon that you were pg. If she has had a mc, she is probably just finding it hard at the moment - that isn't your fault. You can't take responsibility for her emotions over her mc, which are not your problem. You have enough going on without taking that on board too. Do take care of yourself and put yourself first.

All still OK here. Feeling a bit stressed as was 9 weeks yesterday, and it was at 9 1/2 weeks last time that I started spotting. I know it's different this time because they saw a viable baby this time, and I never had that with the baby I lost in June, but will be glad when I get to 11 weeks with no drama!!! Have been feeling increasingly sick the last week or so, which I am taking as a good thing, even as I moan about it! Had my booking appointment with the mw today - it was nice to see her again, and we had a good chat. Am a bit worried, as she told me they aren't doing ELCS in our local hospital now until 41 weeks, which seems mad to me. I am not going to our local hospital, so am hoping that this isn't the case where I'm going. With DD1 18 days overdue, and DD2 15 days over, I was hoping to get this one out a week or two early :). If they do propose 41 weeks, I think my CS scar might get very sore indeed at my consultant appointment!!!!!

LittleSarah - woo, scan buddies! Mine is first thing in the morning - 8.40am or something. Lucky you getting yours at 12wks though, I'll be 12w+6, so nearer 13 (if the dating at the last scan is to be believed). I also have problems with bladder weakness as well as not sleeping generally - getting up several times at night at the moment.

mildert, how scary, but I'm glad everything's ok.

Yorky, very high HCG levels made a few people suspect I had twins, but the early scan only showed one. Of course that could be wrong, which would explain why I have a ballooning stomach already, and why I'm constantly hungry... but deep down I think there's one in there!

Musical - Mine is at 11am so I will be able to report back in the afternoon.

Milder - Sorry I missed your post. Poor you! I am so glad everything is okay and you didn't have to wait too long to find out.

Well I got the results back from the Downs screening and according to that I have a 1 in 12987 chance of having a baby with Downs. I think I can live with those odds! Was surprised to get results back so soon, just under a week! Anyone else had results yet?

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wriggle I think those are pretty good odds :-)

Did you have your nf scan at the same time as your dating scan? Why did it take a week? Does this mean that we will have the dating scan but still won't know all s ok for another week?

Did you wait until now to tell people or just told them after the dating scan ?

I guess it depends what action you would take as a result of the downs tests... We don't know, prob won't thInk about it until we have the results ...

We had the dating and the nuchal translucency at the same time- for the full results to come back they have to wait for the blood test results as well as they combine the blood test and the measurements they take at the scan to work out the odds. I was pretty confident after the scan as the nuchal measurements were well within normal range.

We started telling people after the scan, so we're telling people as we get round to it but not publicising it on FB or anything. It's lovely to be able to tell people as now they'll know why I was rather odd for a while (a bit grumpy and very forgetful!).

Hello everyone - I'm so sorry to hear about the bad news, my heart goes out to you :(

Thank you to whoever suggested i ring up and get them to change my scan because i was supposed to be having an NT scan and i would have been 13+5 at that date. i asked them what if my dates are off and it's too late and they agreed and changed it.
Well i'm 12 weeks today, scan has been rescheduled on monday at 12:30 right in the middle of my 9-5 work day, yippee..

I had an early scan but still scared sh*tless of the 12 week scan. I've had quite a mild 12 weeks so far to be honest, very little sickness and symptoms were few and far between so it's hard not to think the worst.

Sorry for being absent for so long; it has been such a long week.
Like everyone else, I was dreading my 12 wk scan, esp as we were having the nuchal scan too. My husband and I were quite split on what we would do if something turned up but thankfully we were given the good news straight away.
Being able to see our little alien now looking so baby-like, and knowing that for now all is well, is such a weird feeling. Was expecting to just relax but no...
After spending week batteling yet another water infection, the return of morning sickness and catching up with uni work, just dont think it's had time to sink in yet. Not even having to give in and buy first marternity item helped!
Im so glad to hear of all the other great 12 wk scans, and have fingers firmly crossed for those still waiting.
Thoughts are with those who have left.

Hi Everyone

Am sorry for everyone that has had bad news x

Things are starting to improve here - I actually managed to get to the supermarket to do a proper shop (rather than a run into the Co-op, grab the first four things then stand deep breathing in the queue trying not to faint/vomit) and I cooked DS some tea from scratch! Had to go to bed straight afterwards as feeling so sick but it's a start.

I had an unexpected bonus at the midwives - they had to repeat my bloods as the first set were mislabelled and all of a sudden she said 'do you want to hear the heart?' And there it was - a tiny little tik tik tik tik deep inside :)

Can't wait for the scan next week now. Thinking of everyone x

Hello ladies :)
All was well at my scan this morning thanks for your good wishes... and thankfully ONE baby too Yorky I would also love there to be multiples on the thread just glad it's not me
Little one was jumping and bouncing around it was so funny...and just as magical as the first time we saw ds :)
They hahve dated me a full week ahead of my dates though which I'm not v happy about :( I know when I ovulated so know my dates aren't out, and if I go overdue those 7 days mean a LOT! Mw said they would take it into account later on though. Just hoping I won't go overdue this time!

tostaky I was exactly the same as you - extreme tiredness and mild nausea etc and all stopped at 9 weeks; I was honestly expecting them to say baby had not got past 9 weeks today but thankfully they didn't...think symptoms can just ease up then and I'm v grateful they did now!! I'm sure everything will be fine for you, and others who are worrying. The first trimester really is horrible with all the worrying...and the 3rd is hard with carrying all the weight etc so time to enjoy the 2nd ladies

mythical great news they changed your scan date :) good luck for Monday

Quenelle I'm so so sorry to hear your news too :( seems to have been so many ladies on this thread it is heartbreaking. Tae care of yourself and eat chocolate. I know you said you're ok but these things sometimes don't hit us until later on so please do talk about the baby with your OH. Hugs to you xxx

Cairnterrier - thats so lovely, I can't wait to hear baby's heartbeat - seeing it on the scan isn't the same. I was so taken by surprise the 1st time I heard DS1's hb and still love that part of the checkup routine. Early though - your MW must be a dab hand with the listener thing!
Congratulations on cooking a proper meal too, I remember that feeling like such an acheivement a couple of weeks ago - DC seemed to have been living on frozen junk for ages
At the moment I'm finding a week too long - veg at weekend and get DH to do as much as poss then am OK at beginning of week and get loads done (still trying to unpack/tidy up new house) but by Thurs am knackered again

Congrats to all that have had good scans or heard the heartbeat this week! Only 4 days until my scan now....getting excited! I'm less worried than I was at the start of the week - I think knowing that other people are feeling the same way as me has made me feel less irrational and crazypreggerswoman!

Jealous of those cooking proper meals - I've been watching loads of cookery programmes recently - but see the food and think 'I'm sure that is nice to eat, I just don't want to eat it now, blurgh!' I think the most 'proper' thing I've cooked in the past few weeks is spaghetti hoops on toast! I'm hoping I can start eating proper things soon - 12 weeks on saturday!

Oh and Yorky my SIL is trying to convince me I'm having twins as I'm so bloated and pregnant looking already! I'm not so sure.....we'll find out on Monday! Think DH might freak out a little if we were expecting twins - twice the nappies and twice the sick!

I also seem to be turning into a complete soppy mare this week - have so far this week cried at Celebrity Masterchef, Frozen Planet (when the seal got whooshed off the iceberg by the killer whales :( ) Undercover Boss and I also cried because DH hadn't cuddled me all evening (more like half an hour as he'd only just got back from work...!). Please tell me I'm not the only one?!

Brilliant to hear of some good scan news (and wow, Cairn, a heartbeat already - had to wait to 16 weeks to hear the DDs) - hope there will be lots more!

It's reassuring to see that it isn't just me with the rubbish food intake at the moment. By the time I cook anything (whether it is a proper meal or a ready meal), just the cooking smell makes me feel too sick to want to eat it! Last night I had to open the back door to air out the food smell before I could eat my dinner, which of course meant it was really cold (the food and the house!). I kind of forced it down, and did feel a bit better afterwards. The previous night, I couldn't sleep for ages for feeling very sick and ravenously hungry at the same time [hconfused] so I was determined not to have that happen again! On monday I paid £12 for the nearest pizza place (we are in a village) to deliver jalapeno poppers and curly fries to me, because I just could not bear to cook, but again was really hungry!!! I was aware that it was ridiculous at the time, but DH works away in the week so I had no slave to demand food from [hsmile]! Even worse, when DH is here he does cook, but I can still smell the food cooking, so still can't eat what he makes. Grrrr! Still I am relieved to feel so sick - I'm taking it as a good sign, and am relieved that I never have actually thrown up in any of my pregnancies. Will be pleased when I get far enough on for it to stop though - still a while for me as I'm only 9 weeks at the moment...

Hoping to get my scan date through in the next few days, as my mw faxed the request through on tuesday.

Have sent the 2 DDs to nursery in halloween fancy dress today - looking very cute (DD2 especially looking hilarious in a red wizard's cape and hat, with a plastic mask - she loves any glasses or masks - she did look a bit like some sort of plague doctor, but very cute!) DD1 is in a long witches dress, and insisted in being lifted in and out of the car so her dress didn't get wet in the rain! Might do some halloween face painting this week too - distract myself from the nausea!!!!

dreaming I'm with you, I really appreciate everyone being so open with how worrying the build up to the first scan can be, but

But I'm feeling calmer about the scan now. Also I spoke to my mum and she told me to stop being daft... Which helped! (dh said the same thing a few days ago but I ignored him :-) )

I havent been to emotional yet, but I did well up when I saw the pampers ad the other day - its a picture of a scan, and the VoiceOver says something like ' soon the safest place inthe world for him will be in your arms' .

Wow- its getting me now as I type!!

Cairn - Fab about heartbeat!

Dreaming, Catsy and Yorky and indeed all those talking of food. I just don't seem to want to eat as much now. (I'm usually a right foodie). I mean I do eat and pretty much three meals a day but they tend to be on the small side and I tend not to fancy much of what I am having. The other night I made baked potatoes and had about a quarter of mine (did have a slice of lemon drizzle later though)! Dh gets very cross about it but really I think the overall calorie intake is probably fine, if not huge. I remember being accused of not eating enough with dd but I think it was more that I wasn't snacking as much as usual. The idea of food is much more attractive than the reality at the moment, which is annoying, I think I could pretty much survive on toast at every meal.

Catsy - Loving the Halloween looks! Dd will be going to Halloween party this weekend and then a little guysing (sp?) on Monday with a wee friend. We live in a village and apparently the neighbours quite like it but haven't done it before so a little nervous. Got ds (2.5) a little skeleton outfit which will be very sweet I'm sure.

Right must get the washing out!

Ooohh catsy you have me salivating thinking about curly fries mmmm.

I felt like you at nine weeks. Dreaded meals, couldnt eat much of anything

But I'm now twelve weeks and the nausea is much better,... I'm just hungry ALL the time.

But the indigestion is worse than it has been... Ah well you can't win it all!

Sorry to all the ladies that have had bad news

Got my first scan on Tuesday, will be 12+4, excited but nervous, just want to know that the bean is growing properly and in the right place.

Has any first timers got the beginnings of a bump yet? im not sure if it's just bloating or baby!

curly fries ....mmm.

Yes, LittleSarah, I just had some nice marmite on toast and was thinking I could survive on that for quite some time!!!! The skeleton outfit sounds very cute indeed. Hope DD enjoys the party and that you all have fun on Monday.

Dorris, I do remember enjoying the chalky delight of Gaviscon during both previous pgs... Hope the indigestion gets better for you soon! Curly fries are fantastic - why can I face fried stuff and cake, but not anything healthy????

Had a really bad scare last night, noticed I was bleeding (I'm 11+3) so dh took me straight to A&E. Had a horrible sense of deja vu as I had a mc in march at 6 weeks and was seen in the same room, it was awful. Dr checked me out and my hormones levels were ok and inside was ok iykwim. Will be having a scan tomorrow, couldn't get one last night cos it was 2am. So left feeling a bit better but still in a panic. Thankfully bleeding seems to have stopped so keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow. Only good thing to come out of this is that I am getting my scan early, original date was set for 7th nov so over a week away. So please keep everything crossed for me.

Oh and good for all having their scans too.

catsy il try gaviscon, I do have the Rennies tablets but crunching them up makes me feel I'll , blecgh- might go for some liquid gaviscon instead...

failsafe snap for scan dates, I'll be 13 + 2... Not long to wait nOw!!

It's my first time, sometimes I think I'm showing, other times not so much. I check about five times a day. I lost two stone in the last year, and I've never had a flat tummy, so I think I'm used to seeing a round tummy... It'll have to be more prominent than this for me to think I'm showing... Sometimes I'm sure I am, but usually after a big meal, so maybe just bloating?

I need some new tights and leggings but will hold off getting maternity ones until we have had our scan

It is lovely that we are now getting more good news scans than sad, congrats to all the ladies who have had good scans :-)