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

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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.

Clara sorry.
Glad to hear alot of your are having positive scans. Mine isn't until the 12th when i'll be 12+4. Can't wait. Most particularly because I keep having nightmares that I'm expecting twins.
My sympathies with all of you who wouldn't cope with a disabled LO due to lack of family support. I read (and felt v critical about) an article about a year ago about people having selective abortions for multiple pregnancies (i.e. reducing triplets to twins, twins to singletons). Now I already have a v active DD I feel a lot of sympathy for people who feel they have no option other than to do this. If we had twins we'd be OK (although I'm ashamed to say I'd probably have a bit of a cry) as we're financially OK (we only have a small mortgage and could survive on DH's wage though would have to do a bit of juggling to afford a car for three car seats) and we have plenty of family back up. I can see how any higher-than-average-needs baby(/ies) might set you into a tail spin in any less-good circumstances.
So, I'm sure I'm not having twins. But I'd be interested in what people think their initial reaction would be if they found out they were???
Sx

so sorry claravet i was hoping all the bad news might be out of the way now, hope you get lots of tlc in RL.

pamplemousse re twins, i always thought i'd love to have them, but i think that in reality it would be an absolute nightmare, in our current situation, but there is no way i could reduce a pregnancy if there was nothing wrong with one of the babies. Although i really hope i only get singletons in future pregnancies!! Not only do we have no family living near us and very few friends, but DP leaves the house at 7.15 each morning and usually doesn't get back till 7.50pm. The idea of coping with a 22 month old which is what DS will be in Sept and 2 newborns fills me with terror. So i'm very relieved that there is only one bean on our scans as i think one newborn is enough to cope with for me! We have been trying to move closer to one side of our family for some time but until our house sells, we are stuck in this life.

Glad to hear your scan went well sassie.

Loopy I wouldn't reduce either..... but my DD will just be two when this one(!) comes along and like you the idea of her plus two brings me out in hives (despite the help we have!). Part of the reason is, I'm sure, because we've managed to be very baby-led with my daughter (feeding on demand, breastfeeding to 22 months, letting her get on with her largely rubbish sleeping patterns, attachment parenting) and I'm terrified about how I'm going to manage to do that with number two as a singleton!!

So sorry Claravet

That's good your scan went well sassle

Good luck to all my scan buddies today. Mine isn't until the afternoon. Not even looking forward to it now after a friend passed away suddenly last night. All I want to do is curl up in bed and cry and hug my ds :( :(

Sorry to read your news claravet and sorry to hear about your friend Ballroom how awful for you... Hopefully the scan will give you something positive to help you in your grief.

Good luck to others having scans today flipflopper and thali I think...?

I always thought I would love twins as I have twin cousins who are so close but I do agree it would be a complete handful! Hope for those with young DCs already that the scan brings news of singletons but think twins would always be fun!

Ballroom I'm so sorry, that's awful. As Loup says, I hope the sight of a new little life will help you at this time. Hope you can still enjoy your scan. xx

Sassle, glad to hear things went well yesterday.

We had our scan this morning, and it was amazing to see the little noodle on screen - quite surreal! I'd been waiting for this for weeks, and then suddenly it was just there! My bladder wasn't full enough, but it wasn't a problem and we got a good look. It was measuring 12+5 which is practically spot on (I thought it was 12+6) so v pleased about that. There were 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 brain lobes, and all seemed well. So relieved, and hope I can relax and enjoy things now! About to phone my grandparents (aged 91 and 95) to tell them about their next great-grandchild!! :)

ps. I must say I'm relieved its not twins. I've also always liked the idea of them, but I think the practicality of carrying (and giving birth!) to more than one would be too much, never mind coping afterwards. Although I'm sure it would be very special to have twins (and could get it all over in one shot!) ;)

Sorry ballroom and clavet.

Good luck to all having scans. I still have until the 13th to wait for mine.

I have tentatively purchased a couple of baby items. Feels way too soon as we didn't buy anything until 30 weeks last time!

But there were some big bargains to be had on kiddicare. Their sale ends this afternoon. Ordered a play gym for 12.99! Dd was sat on and broken by a hefty toddler cousin so had to be thrown. And some new baby towels as they were a very good price too.

Cant believe how quickly this pregnancy is going to go!

So sorry clara and ballroon.
Well it does make my problems seem insignificant. Feel crap because of a leaflet given to me by midwife as I am obese.
Its really crap being told that you are more likely to have a stillbirth because you are obese and loads of other nasty outcomes.

Great news on the scans littlecherubs, loopy, sassle, and thali :o Fingers crossed for you too ballroom - i echo what thali and loup have said.

Sorry to hear your news claravet - hopefully you'll be back on another MN bus soon.

Can't wait for my scan on Monday!

Ballroom Thats so sad. Thinking of you. Hope your scan goes well.

Thali Congrats on a lovley scan, did you decide against the nuchal test? Congratulations too to littlecherubs, loopy and sassle

I agree that the idea of twins has always sounded lovely to me but the reality, especially with 2 boys already would be a bit much I suspect. Would never consider reducing though if I was ever in that situation. I didn't even realise that was an option, it sounds horrific. Imagine if something went wrong and you lost all your babies, I can't see it being risk free, it doesn't even bare thinking about.

big hugs to Ballroom what a horrid thing to happen

So sorry claravet about your scan news.

Like LittleSpade my scan is on Monday and I am getting really quite excited about it while at the same time apprehensive. Twins run in my family but hoping there's just one bean jumping around. Not sure my DSS would cope with suddenly having two siblings after being an only child for 8 years!

I feel like I have been in limbo for months - hardly going out and basically being a hermit. I have booked loads of appointments for next week and will hopefully start to reclaim my life again. Here's hoping all the rest of the scans go well for everyone

Big hugs Ballroom and Claravet

Hi all, had my scan and it was amazing!

She said i was 12+3, so 2 days before my mw's date,and they dont change your dates if it's less than a week
So happy and relieved that everything was ok, we have told the kids, and they were so excited and happy, dd (11) cried because she was so happy!

I realise I am so lucky.

So sorry claravet for your news,hope you are ok xx

Thankyou so much Thali for the support, I appreciate it, and so glad to hear your scan was good too.

Ballroom, hope your scan was good and so sorry to hear the news of your friend xx

Glad to hear of the positive scans. ballroom I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.

I had my booking appt today and nuchal scan will be 14th March when I'll be 12+5, so two weeks to go. Had a horrible moment today when I thought I just feel far too OK to be pregnant, maybe the baby has died etc etc but it was just a wobble (I hope!)

We would have loved twins - hard work but as we have no other DC yet it would get it all out the way in one go. DH is going to give up work after I go back so that wouldn't cost us any extra, we have a relatively cheap mortgage and my salary would cover everything. If anyone gets two who doesn't want them I'll have one!!!

Congratulations flipflopper :o

Hope everything is ok ballroom? hugs

everyone. It has been a devastating time for everyone involved. She was only in her 20s and I'm so heartbroken for her young dd. She lived for her daughter and confided in me once not seeing her grow up was one of her biggest fears :( Really makes you think you don't know what's around the corner.

So chuffed for you both Thali and flipperflopper. Let the good news scans continue!!

Anyway my scan went fine and I'm pleased to announce there is just one in there and all measurements ok. Despite all the emotions of last night and today, seeing the wee one dancing about in there brought a big cheesy smile to my face. I thought dp was going to cry.

I did decide against testing except for the scan to check at 20weeks. All feels quite prepared. I've to go on aspirin and have further growth scans set up for 26 wks and 29 wks and all being well I can go down to shared care rather than consultant led. All I really need to decide is whether I want VBAC or CS. Most strange of all the consultant seemed quite relaxed about it being my decision whichever one I want to pick?? From what you read you think all consultants try to force you into vbac.

I don't think anyone can force you into anything.

Oh of course not Winky. Maybe force being the wrong word to use. Ok then push you in the general direction of vbac tend to be a common theme in these sorts of forums. (Of course it's more than possible people don't tend to talk about the good experiences as much as they do about bad ones.)

Glad your scan went well ballroom xx

Ballroom, when do you have to decide vbac or cs?

Thanks flipperflopper. You too :)

I'm not sure WinkyWinkola. I just told her I wasn't ready to make a decision yet and she gave me a bit of a talk and leaflet about the pros and cons of both. Said there was no rush to make a decision.

Sorry for your loss ballroom but congrats for your positive scan.

Big congratulations to everyone who had good scans today. Am I the only one due on September 1st at the moment? Are there any due date buddies?

Congratulations on all the positive scan news today. Wonderful to hear of lots of little jumping beans

Ballroom I'm so sorry about your friend. That must have been such a shock xx Good to hear you get to choose how you want to deliver. You're right the stories always seem to be people having to 'fight' for vbac. I know mine will be elcs at maximum of 37 weeks.

Hoping the positivity continues through tomorrow - I've got my scan at 11.30am. Feeling quite anxious but a little excited too. Not looking forward to going back to maternity unit where we lost dd2 though. Anyone else have scans tomorrow?

I do whatever, same building where we lost DS but different part, been back a few times already for post mortem and things, doesn't bother me too much to be honest, might if I had to go to labour ward but I don't ever plan on going there again! The next few weeks terrify me, and the scan won't help, even if it's good news, I've had things start to go wrong/go completely wrong after the scan twice - problems started with DS 3 days after the NT was just fine, he died a month later and I lost my first 15 days after dating scan showed 13+1 kicking heartbeating bean.

Scan not until 4.30pm so a long time.

Sorry Clara and about your friend ballroom

Ballroom what a sad and happy time for you.

I had my scan on Tuesday all tickety boo although the little monkey wouldn't lie flat. I had to stand up and shake my hips about to get him to move.... good size and puts me right where I thought. Made me go all damp eyed though. DH was over the moon too - such a great thing to see and we didn't feel rushed in the slightest