Due in May: the 2nd trimester, more glowing and less throwing

[Yorky]

Before the other thread bursts!
Thanks Miko for the title!

Well apparently my odds are 1 in 109, so less than 1%.

I've opted for an amnio, because the chances of miscarriage are slightly lower that for a CVS, I have to wait until I'm 15 weeks, but that's only next week. I think a few days more worry for me to give my baby a better chance is a fair trade off.

I'm booked in for next Thursday, which seems a long way off, but I should get thre results back by the end of Friday, all being well.

I'm trying to stay hopeful, but I shan't add my name to the list just yet and may go into lurker-mode for a bit.

Best of luck to you all ladies.

Hi Everyone

On the basis that I'm meant to be doing the hoovering whilst DS naps before our friends come tonight for fireworks, I am of course on here instead! I've copied and pasted the last list from the old thread so hopefully it should be most up to date. I've put in Montymum and changed the dates for musicalmrs and cupcake fairy. heidihole I think you were on there anyway?? Hope that I've got it right, feel free to correct/update as needed.

My scan is now officially in 3hrs and 50 mins so I'm now trying to time the crucial last wee to ensure that I get there with a full but not bursting bladder. Hmmmmm.....

Morning sickness and bone aching tiredness arrived back yesterday unexpectedly so today's going a bit slowly but am starting to feel better. Will update after my scan.

Elizabethtailored - due 1st May
MyDaydream - due 1st May - #1
Mikocat - due 5th May #1
Harecare - due 2nd May - #3
Mythical - due 3rd May - #1
saggybaps - due 4th May
DialMforMummy - due 4th May
Goodname - due 4th May #2
Yorky - due 3rd or 5th May #4
LadyMaybe - due around 6th May #2
Wrigglebum - due 6th May #2
Mildertduck - due 7th/8th May
myweeangel - due 8th May - #2
Dreaming - due 8th May - #1
TooOldForThisLark - due 9th May #4
Marmite123 - due 10th May #1
Failsafe -due 11th May
chocolatesparkle - due 12th May #1
Cairnterrier - due 12th May nr2
Yay for May - due 14th May
Lalabaloo - due 14th May
Monty Mum - due 14th May nr 1
musicalmrs - Due 15 May - #1
Sugarx - due around 15 May - #1
BatsInTheSnowglobe - due around 15th May - #1
Heidihole - due 15th May
Titan - due 16th May #2
Byrnsie30 -16th May #1
cupcakefairy - due 16th May - #2
MandaHugNKiss - due 18th May - #4
UpTheOldDuff - due 18th May
Sunshine100 - due 19th May
Slovenly - due 20th May
jenfraggle - due 21st May - #1
Wommer - due 21st May - #1
littlesarah - due 21st May - #3
Knittymum - due 22nd May
PopEsMummy - due 22nd May #2
tostaky - due 24th May #3
limeflower - due 25th May
Dobbybono - due 26th May #1
SESthebrave - due 27th May - #2
Catsycat - due 28th May #3
MixedClassBaby - due end May #2
BlueCrane - due 31st May #1
Rugbylovingmum - due end May #2

Harecare to your DD, you did better than I did, asked DC1 if he'd like a baby brother or sister and was told he's got enough already! (he has a little brother and a little sister) May have to do some hard sell!

Glad you're odds aren't too bad Miko, fingers crossed for the amnio going safely, and happy results afterwards, I think in your position I'd need lots of deep bubbly baths to get through the next week. Look after you

Cairn - I'm finding the tiredness a bit hit and miss atm, defnintely easing but then from outof the blue I'll be hit by a 'bad' day and be useless without any obvious reason, v frustrating. Keep repeating 'this too shall pass.....'

Welcome Montymum, sorry to hear you've had such a hard time getting to this point but glad this you've got a sticky one this time :) I've been headachey too (unusual for me) but would be asking about BP or anaemia or other possible reasons behind the fainting - hope it turns out to be easy to sort

montymum definitely ask about your iron levels in your blood tests- common reason for faintness. You'll get a letter if they're v low but might be worth asking anyway incase they're borderline.

miko sorry you have such a worry :( but try not to give it too much thought- less than 1% in real terms is TINY. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Have had my 20wk scan date through...20th December; seems no time away!! Scary how fast this is going already.

Elizabethtailored - due 1st May
MyDaydream - due 1st May - #1
Mikocat - due 5th May #1
Harecare - due 2nd May - #3
Mythical - due 3rd May - #1
saggybaps - due 4th May
DialMforMummy - due 4th May
Goodname - due 4th May #2
Yorky - due 3rd or 5th May #4
LadyMaybe - due around 6th May #2
Wrigglebum - due 6th May #2
Mildertduck - due 7th/8th May
myweeangel - due 8th May - #2
Dreaming - due 8th May - #1
TooOldForThisLark - due 9th May #4
Marmite123 - due 10th May #1
Failsafe -due 11th May
chocolatesparkle - due 12th May #1
Cairnterrier - due 12th May nr2
Yay for May - due 14th May
Lalabaloo - due 14th May
Monty Mum - due 14th May nr 1
musicalmrs - Due 15 May - #1
Sugarx - due around 15 May - #1
BatsInTheSnowglobe - due around 15th May - #1
Heidihole - due 15th May
Titan - due 16th May #2
Byrnsie30 -16th May #1
cupcakefairy - due 16th May - #2
MandaHugNKiss - due 18th May - #4
UpTheOldDuff - due 18th May
PopEsMummy - due 18th May - #2
Sunshine100 - due 19th May
Slovenly - due 20th May
jenfraggle - due 21st May - #1
Wommer - due 21st May - #1
littlesarah - due 21st May - #3
Knittymum - due 22nd May
tostaky - due 24th May #3
limeflower - due 25th May
Dobbybono - due 26th May #1
SESthebrave - due 27th May - #2
Catsycat - due 28th May #3
MixedClassBaby - due end May #2
BlueCrane - due 31st May #1
Rugbylovingmum - due end May #2

Changed my date on the list.

Feeling a bit deflated - at this point with DD I was looking at prams and cots and bedding etc. We don't need all that for this one as we're going to use DD's stuff (we bought neutral). The only thing we actually need to buy is a new car seat base, and that isn't exactly exciting to shop for . Anyone else think it's a bit boring being pregnant with no. 2 (in a 'there's nothing to do until the baby comes' way)?

PopEs Number 2 does feel a bit less exciting. When DD2 turned out to be a girl I was even more disappointed as I felt I'd already "done" girl baby. They are of course utterly different and lovely. There's more to life than shopping though, but if you really feel the need maybe look at what DD1 will need in the future that can be passed on e.g. bed/wardrobe etc.
How much sleep/rest are people getting? Should I feel guilty that I am planning a night in front of the tv before bed? There are a million things I could be getting on with, but I'm shattered!

Hi there just checking in after a few days away at Center Parcs, it was so nice and relaxing and DS loved all the water slides! Can't believe how many posts there've been in the last few days! Was sorry to see Dorris had bad news, hopefully not too much bad news on our shiney new thread.

Miko I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you, those odds are still fairly long.

My nausea seems to have passed a bit now and I'm getting my energy back a bit more. The stretching pains have eased a bit too so I'm reaching the nice stage I think, I keep forgetting I'm pregnant now where I couldn't before!!

Harecare, you shouldn't feel guilty at all - we all need rest!

I feel like I should be arranging one of the 10 or so pieces on my list (I'm a music teacher, and I have pieces for GCSEs and Christmas concerts to arrange!), but have spent my evening in front of the tv. After a manic week I definitely needed some down time! It's also helped me catch up with everything on the internet, including MN :)

It's my first, so I'm all excited - sorry to hear those of you on no.2 are less so, though I suppose it's only natural! We're not buying much yet though - most will be bought after Christmas (maybe in sales?! Maybe not..).

Pleased to hear your nausea's getting better Wriggle. Also very jealous - mine is getting worse! Argh!

Scan went well and only one little person in there. It still feels surreal seeing it on the scan though - the baby looks nearly full formed and then you cotton on that the head - rump length is only 6.6cm!

Due date has been moved back by one day to 11th but I'm just going to leave the list as it as I was a week early last time anyway.

Morning sickness and tiredness have suddenly gone away again - I guess it must be hormone surges now rather than constant high levels.

Hope everyone else is having a good weekend and that you have/had a good bonfire night.

Hello again, all - if any of you even remember me! I've only posted a few times thus far, the combo of reasons being ms/exhaustion pretty much slayed me the last six weeks or so and partial denial - a midtri loss last time has left me very wary.

Well, I tuned 12 weeks yesterday. A scan at 7+4 and another at 8+4 showed 'so far, so good' but my quite horrendous symptoms suddenly easing made me feel very worried. So I dug out the doppler I bought when pregnant with DS2 (and didn't bother with last time!) and found the heartbeat! lcd reading showed it was 157 and it sounded wonderful. So now I'm agog that I feel relatively (in comparision to recently) normal yet baby is ok!

NT scan on wednesday so can't wait to see him/her looking more like a little person instead of a blob!

MandaHugNKiss I'm so jealous that you get to hear that little heartbeat any time you want!

I was 13+3 yesterday and had my scan. It was all good! Our little baby gave us a wave and the heart was beating away. The consultant (whom I'd found to be quite abrupt and unfeeling last time with DD) was a SWEETHEART. He made the scan a lovely experience for us and took time to answer our questions. Unbeknownst to DH, I also found him rather ruggedly handsome this time - STOP IT, HORMONES!

Wrigglebum know what you mean about forgetting sometimes. I've been feeling better too, thank goodness. Although sickness was the only thing curbing my appetite, shall have to be careful now...

Harecare TV is every night in my house and actually that's overstating my activity level - usually it's sleeping in front of the TV! The sickness may have gone but I still have no energy.

Does anyone else have any feelings or instincts about gender of baby? I'm thinking because I'm not as sick this time and generally feeling quite different then it's a boy. Did find out last time, not this time though. Want a surprise!

MandaHugNKiss I too am so jealous that you get to hear that little heartbeat any tme you want! Where do I get a Doppler?

Well, 'any time I want' isn't entirely accurate at this point - I initally found it on Tuesay evening (which was the first day I'd dug it out - as I said, paranoia after last time) an then although I tried every day since, didn't hear it again until yesterday. I kept my cool, because baby is still pretty small and I have a large pelvis (apparently, so the gyne told me in April!) which means if baby is hanging out at the back I'm not going to find it. So, it would be very easy to get absolutely freaked out at this stage when finding it is hit and miss. Not to mention an anterior placenta can also make things tricky to pick up (grante at this stage most of us won't know if we have one).

Also, without an lcd readout it's quite possible for us 'lay(wo)men' to mistake the sound of our own heartbeat or the placenta (which is more whooshy sounding) for the baby. False reassurance is probably as damaging as no reassurance if the worst has happened.

Generally speaking, most posters on here are against dopplers for the reasons I mention and think it should be left to the professionals to use them. But I'm an old hand at using mine, and I can see that as my 'loss time' approaches that I would possibly be diving them nuts asking for fhr and/or scans to reassure me things were ok. Hopefully, I can take back a little control by using the doppler but by no means think it will replace their care (nor will I hesitate to consult them if I DO feel there is an issue).

Anyway. That said, I have a hi bebe bt-200. I bought it in 2009 from ebay!

Hello all! Been a while since I posted too, again mainly due to tiredness.

I also have a doppler from when I was pg with DS. I've not dug it out yet as I don't want to worry myself if I can't find the hb. I think with DS it was about 15wks when I first started using it.

I have finally plucked up the courage to book my 12wk scan though and the date has come through for Mon 14th so not too much longer to wait.

Dorris - really sorry to hear your news. Thinking of you and take time to look after yourself.

myweeangel - at your ruggedly handsome consultant!

Miko - fingers crossed for you but don't lose sight of the fact that the odds are still definitely in your favour.

Montymum - did you get chance to get checked over?

Hope everyone is well and enjoying their weekends :)

lol i have a doppler too but it is in the loft and i dont dare asking DP yet again to fetch me something from the loft....

my scan is on thursday as well as my booking in appointment.. ill be 12+1 - cant wait!!

Is anybody feeling their baby moving yet? cant wait for this either!!

been away for a bit more than a week and ive probably put loads on weight... not sure the run-up to xmas will be the best time to "not gain" even more weight...

I have a scan this week and have suddenly been struck with a dilemma.... What should I wear?! Any tips plEase!

SirCharles - I wore leggings and a long top and cardigan. They have to be able to put the scanner really rather low at this early stage (prob just below pants line). Good luck with scan...

...and with all other scans this week.

Yup, sircharles definitely a 'two piece' outfit where you can lift the top and lower the bottoms (they generally take a huge piece of fetching blue paper (like the stuff you dry your hands on in a public toilet!) and tuck it under the top of your knickers, pulling them down ever so slightly to expose your pubic bone/bikini line. I was vaguely embarassed the first time it happened to me (many years ago!) as although I realise they're professionals who really pay no attention to that stuff they can see a tiny bit of (unless it's dyed a spectacular shade of pink or something - that may raise an eyebrow!), I just wasn't expecting it! Better to know and not be shocked, I reckon

My scan is two days away. After seeming soooooo far away, it now seems like it's HERE and I'm starting to feel anxious.

Hello all!

Well after much much worry and anxiety I had my 12 week scan today and all fine. PHEW. Little baby wriggling loads (dh chuffed as ds hardly moved in his 12 week scan), started off kind of on his/her head and then somersaulted round and waved arms and legs, v funny. Feels more real now.

They measured me as 2 days further on but didn't bother changing due date and I'm glad, my first two were both a little early and I'd rather that!

Good luck to everyone else having scans this week, and I believe there were a couple more today so I hope they are going well too, looking forward to hearing about them!

Congrats on your happy scan today LittleSarah.
Hope your scans go well this week too Manda and SirCharles (I wore a long top and leggings for my scan too - just make sure you wipe all the goo off afterwards - I missed a bit and had a soggy patch on my leggings, urgh!)

I think (fingers crossed!) the sickness is starting to ease - I'm still feeling sicky in the morning but I seem to be able to eat more 'normal' food now! I've probaby jinxed myself by saying that haven't I?!

Went to a hen do this weekend of one of my best friends...was certainly an experience being in bars and a club being sober and pregnant!! Wonder what the baby thought about the bass vibrations in the club too! Sooo tired now though - managed to stay out until 1am (there was lots of sitting down involved!!) and woke up at 7am...Zzzzzzz!

myweeangel and Harecare I'm glad to hear that it's not just me who has turned into a sofa slob . I get home from work and spend most of the evening in front of the sofa, both awake and asleep! We've also just bought one of those freeview recorder boxes so I can even watch telly that's on after I've fallen asleep!

Has anyone else been told when their 20 week scan is? I got my letter over the weekend - mine's on Tuesday 13th December...doesn't feel like toooo long to wait really! Exciting!

Thanks dreaming, they gave me my scan date today, I'm not 20 weeks until the new year so scan on 4th Jan.

Sick as a dog this morning,polo mints keep me sane.
Scan was great,the baby is very wriggly(they couldn't measure the nuchal pad) and bang on all dates so no changes for me-still 25yh of May.
Hopefully no more bad news on this thread.Now I'm going to go and catch quick 40 winkzzzzz...

Littlesarah glad I'm not the only one who doesn't enjoy being centre of attention! Would also love people to know without me telling them! A couple of friends at the weekend congratulated me when they'd heard from someone else so that's good, it can keep spreading like that! congrats on good scan btw.

dreaming we have a freeview+ box too, got it just after ds was born and is an absolute essential!! How else would I get to watch Strictly in peace, it starts before ds's bedtime

I'm not feeling like it's a bit of a downer being pg with no2 - there are still loads of things I want to buy before this one comes along...stuff that we didn't bother with for ds like a cot mobile, and some slightly fancier toys as this one will need to be entertained by them a lot with a toddler around too it's still really exciting...and of course there are names to be discussed!!

I'm a little confused...I thought we were starting the list again so it was accurate as we hadn't heard from some of the people in a long time...but not that bothered either way.

Hey cupcake, I did think a new list was a good idea, esp as some people will probably never come back!

Having no 3 is not the same as having your first but I am still very excited. Well, now I am! Want to make lots of things for this one, I knitted a lacy type blanket for ds and I think I'll do the same this time but I'd also like to sew a few toys and bits too. (The shawl is quite complex though so takes aaages!)

Told dd (7yr) tonight and she is very excited, she wants to name him/her either Susie or Ben, which are not half bad names, I may take her up on them!

dreaming - got 22 week scan date, it's 3rd January. Christmas hols so no half day off school for that one. Bummer. ALSO! Got 36 week scan date in post today for 30th March!!! Now that DOES seem a long time away!!!