The Knicker-Checking Boobs-a-Swelling Carb-Craving Christmas and New Year Shaggers - all aboard the Sept 2012 Baby Bus!

[MissCoffeeNWine]

1,000 posts into the very popular September 2012 thread, here's a new one, for knicker checking, boob prodding, toilet rushing, oh and eating the entire contents of the fridge or McDonalds

Here's to our tiny beans and all the lovely ladies lost along the way.

Full steam ahead to booking in and positive scans aplenty.

I've been the oposite wrt food. I just cant get enthusiastic about it at all and am leaving most of what ever I cook.. despite that though I am busting out of my jeans, i'm sure I have a little bump I'm 9+3 today and washing planning on telling anyone till after I have my cervical suture in place at around 13 weeks but I'm going to my parents for the weekend a bit later on and i'm not sure that i'm going to be able to hide it from my very astute mother!

My doppler arrived this morning and I found the HB straight away, 170 bpm. The relief! I've all but stopped feeling sick now so I was worrying that something had gone wrong, I've had mmc & mc's before so on red alert for symptoms diminishing.

I'd bet money on the fact i'm carrying a boy [:D]

I've been referred to the high risk pregnancy team at Birmingham Womans and am just waiting for an appointment.. Is anyone else is the mega high risk category or anyone who's had premature babies or pprom before?

I'm high risk methe, but hopefully not mega-ly. I'm not to good at the baby-having, my last baby died due to PPROM at 17 weeks, and I lost another to placental abruption at 14 weeks and had a very big bleed. I'm high risk this time for both of those and preterm labour. So lots to look forward to. I have one lovely DD though.

It sounds like you have been though a lot :( How are you feeling this time? It is terrifying isn't it. My waters went at 22 weeks with my ds and then I had an abruption at 27 weeks so he was evicted. It sounds like we are both at risk of the same things :( Which team are you under now?

methe would you mind telling me which Doppler did you get? I'm very interested to get one too. 170 bpm! How exciting!

My scan is next week. Really can't wait to see my bean. Hope he/she is doing well in there. I'm still slightly worried that the plane crash might have hurt the bean.

www.anawiz.com/acatalog/Foetal_Monitor___Doppler_Rental.html

The LCD one. I used one with my DS too, It literally saved my sanity!

How is your DS now methe? DD bucked the trend and stayed in until term+17 so I've no experience of prematurity as neither of my others were anywhere near viability. I have a consultant and extra scans booked but no other plan. You?

I had a doppler last time but DP isn't keen on the idea of having another, says it'll make me cray. He may well be right but I haven't decided yet. I was right though, the only time I didn't pick up the heartbeat DS actually was dead.

Blimy 40+17! That's a real achievement! My ds is fine now thank you. He had a really rocky road through Nicu but is 3 now, has just started preschool and is absolutely perfect apart from a few minor physical things :)

Sorry to hear of your losses :( do they know what's caused your problems?

Oh my word guys!! Sounds atrocious to go through, I'm sorry for your losses! Ive been quite lucky really, I've had one MC but that was because I was pregnant with the coil in and my body rejected the baby, was still gutting though!

Last night I had 2 different dreams that I lost the baby, the 1st one I'd had the baby and actually lost it in a shopping centre! The second dream was an actual mc and now I'm terrified!! If I had the money I'd buy a dopler but I don't for another few weeks :-(

I don't know what to make of these dreams now, is it just my head playing games??

MadMonkeys I'm also eating less in a sitting, but much more often. I frequently have to dispose of the last mouthful i've attempted when i suddenly realise i've overdone it and can. not. bear. swallowing another bite.

And I also find I feel v v sick the moment i let myself get hungry. Though i've had mild, inescapable nausea most late afternoons too. i think it's that blood sugar slump post lunch.

DH still v amused that i fall asleep on his shoulder/belly every evening at 9pm whilst watching telly.

They suspect I have an irregular shaped uterus (bicornuate and retroverted) but nothing diagnostic has been done as I'm always pregnant when they look into it! So it could easily happen again, but at least my babies are healthy, I just need to carry them far enough to give them a chance. DD apparently hit the sweet spot. On a positive note if I get to 36 weeks I then become low/normal risk, as once it's all stretched out and still okay it's no more likely to cause problems than anyone else's. But it's a bit of a long wait until then.

Do they have any theories/strategies for you? Glad to hear your DS is okay.

I swear I'm addicted to food. If I don't get any I get the crazy shakes, feel really really unwell and generally awful really fast, I cram it down my neck and then get a nice warm glow of wellbeing. It is totally like being addicted and getting a food buzz, I have to make sure I have some with me at all times. I don't actually care what the food is, much (although bread, ham, and mountains of fruit are absolute staples) I'm costing us a fortune to feed!

sassle - our brains just churn out different ideas/combinations of things we think about during the day, so I wouldn't worry. Anyone pregnant has at very least a vague worry in the back of their heads about it, I should think. Doesn't mean anything.

Thank you misscoffeenwine I've only got 13days left until my scan and its kinda been plaguing me a little recently, my OH keeps telling me I'll be fine but its worrying me each day it gets closer!! I, also, know what you mean about having to have a little stash of food with you, I keep having to take things like lollies etc out with me wherever I go! My dad has bought me a large box of marshmellows, a big box of lollies and a box of mars bars from costco the other day! I nearly cried when he gave me them!!

methe thanks for the link. The Doppler isn't cheap but I'm very tempted to get one for peace of mind. I don't have morning sickness, no change of appetite, so reassurance that my bean's heart is beating would be good. I think I'd like to eat more though, especially for breakfast. Sometimes after breakfast at home I'm tempted to get another breakfast when I get to the office. Feel like such a pig! Also whatever food is being talked about on tv I develop a craving for that food. (craving only, no actual consumption!) I haven't been on the scale to see how much I've gained yet.

6 more sleeps till my scan. Really hope it will go well then I can start telling more friends and relatives. Fingers crossed for all of you with scans coming up.

funchum I am very, very of your nice skin and hair. My skin is horrendous atm. My face (and other places) have broken out in loads of spots, my scalp feels itchy and my hair is quite dry.

sassle I remember dreams in my last pregnany of misplacing the baby - a girl, so totally wrong - and being unable to find her :)

I can't seem to eat at all. Thirsty as hell though and realising an addiction for juice ice-lollies. Had to force cereal down myself at 1pm, the first thing I had eaten. I normally have a really good appetite come dinner time but my dinners have been small and I seem to get full up very quickly.

I wouldn't get a doppler myself simply because I know I would stress out with it.

Girls I am so so sorry for your losses - I can't even imagine what it must be like.

I had a reoccuring dream with DS that I had him and then he'd shrink down to the size of lego man - v odd

Feeling rough and tired today - lots of tv I think!

Got my scan date 13th march. I'll be 13+2. Feels like ages to wait!

I have developed a craving. Ribena. But only from a carton. Which is going to work out expensive! I always wanted an unusual craving. Last time it was milk. This time Ribena... Why can't I crave coal dipped in melted cheese or something?!

Methe I think I might get a doppler this time. I'm classed as high risk as dd2 was born at 35 weeks and died unexpectedly an hour later. The post mortem found she had fetal cancer But they have assured me it was a 1 in a billion occurrence and it shouldn't happen again but I'm very very anxious about this pregnancy. Luckily I have a lovely consultant who has said she will see me for scans and monitoring whenever I want. I will then have a c-section at 36/37 weeks as dd2 was an emcs and there will be less than 12 months between the two. My 1st pregnancy with dd1 was very straightforward she was born at 40+3 after a 12 hr natural labour.

After doing some research I decided to buy this sonoline B fetal doppler from amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003VKKR9A/ref=aw_cr_item_title Feedback seems to be good and it's 52 quid including shipping, a more affordable choice! will let you know how I get on when it arrives!

Oh Whatevertheweather so sorry to hear about your daughter.

Reading back over previous posts on this thread about losses and premature births it really brings it home how common problems are. I think it's taken for granted that at the end of every pregnancy we will end up with a perfect and healthy bundle. I know from close experience this isn't always the case. And as such I had a doppler in my first pregnancy and will use again in this one. I also refused up accept 'baby gifts' into the house before 30 weeks and literally didn't buy a thing until I was almost 35 weeks last time! Maybe a bit extreme but a friend of mine suffered a still birth when I was 20 weeks so I felt very vulnerable.

whatevertheweather so sorry about your loss. Must be so surreal and shocking when that happened. If its a one in a billion thing your bean this time would be fine! FX for you!

Thank you, it's the most awful thing to happen to anyone. She would have been 6 months old on the 25th Feb. I'm very lucky to have a healthy gorgeous nearly 5yr old dd as well and she has kept me going. There are pics of them both of my profile but the ones of dd2 are quite sensitive.

Sorry to hear about all the losses and sadness and upset some of you are feeling. Hopefully all is going well with healthy growing beans now!!

Latest from me (currently at 9+5) is that Im still feeling sick on and off on a daily basis though havent actually been sick (yet?!). Anyone else like this?
Also, on the food front, am eating soooo much!! Often have breakfast about 9am then am wanting lunch about 11am!! Craving lots of snacky stuff too like crisps and biscuits so imagine I have put on a fair bit of weight already though am not weighing myself just yet!!!
Have my first appointment with the MW on Monday so excited about that and just waiting for my 12 week scan date - cannot wait for that!!

Do feel slightly dull and bored though - anyone else?? Its just because Im feeling sick and tired all the time and just dont have the energy to do anything! Feel like I'll go crazy if this goes on for another 30 weeks though!! What is everyone doing to keep sane please??

I'm sorry to hear about your very sad experiences, it's amazing how many people have awful experiences to deal with. I guess it's all worth the grief and worry and sadness as we wouldn't continue trying for more children would we? This thread has been a real eye opener for me and has also made me feel that what I went through (ruptured ectopic at 8 weeks/removal of fallopian tube back in Sept) wasn't the worse possible thing, like I thought it was at the time.
I had my booking in app on Wednesday and it all went as expected really...I am lucky to have a good midwife system where as I'm looked after/seen by a team of 6/7 midwifes for my appointments (based at my doctors) and one of those ladies will deliver my baby...so you get to know them a little which is really nice and I don't think is the norm? I have my 12 week scan on Monday and am so excited/so nervous in equal measure (I know there are some other ladies on here with the same scan date so big hand holding on Monday) I know it's bad but I keep flicking between how I'll feel if there is a correct size baby in there kicking away happily vs if there is no heart beat or something awful. I know it's being negative but I'm scared and so desperate for everything to be OK this time. Not long to go (3 sleeps) but it feels like an eternity. Boy am I going to celebrate if everything is OK. Oh and btw, no real reason to think anything is wrong although nausea stopped about 2 weeks ago and although I'm still weeing in the night 3 times and my boobs are still sore if I push them...my symptoms aren't as bad as they were so that's made me nervous too. No pain or cramping or bleeding though so am trying to be realistic and positive (don't want to send bad vibes to the bubba!) Crazy times!!
I am tempted by the doppler but I just know I'd get obsessed and I don't think it would be very good for me although it's so tempting. My Mum actually mentioned it the other night....hmmmm...not for now.
Have great weekends all....will come back on Monday and update once I've had the scan.
xx

So sorry to hear the sad stories and journeys some of you have been on. Here's to healthy happy bumps and mums to be

I'm now 8+6 days. Lucky enough to have a midwife mum in law who managed to arrange a sneaky wee early dating scan for me. Means I can let my work know when I'm 12 weeks, as I live in Glasgow and due to a backlog won't be getting my first scan until I'm 14-15 weeks!
I'm constantly nauseous at the moment, with sickness most days! Have no notion for any food, having to force myself to eat (very unlike me) I'm hoping this passes soon, as losing weight can't be a good thing!
Loving keeping up with everyone on here, helping me get through these yucky weeks!
Xxx

Hello all

I'm 11+3 or thereabouts with #1. Had my 12 week dating scan today and all was well with the baby but the sonographer said it was slightly small for dates but nothing to worry about- 42 mm instead of 45 mm which is the minimum size expected for dates (42mm is I mean). Means I have to go back in 2 and a half weeks for another dating scan and NT test. Anyone else had this? Annoying as I did think 11+3 was a little early especially as my dates could be slightly out and I'll be 14 weeks by next appointment which seems to be leaving things a little late...

Really wanted to start telling people this weekend but feel in limbo now...

Good luck to others with scans coming up x