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Loup23 · 05/03/2012 12:48

Hoping to carry on the brilliant thread started by misscoffeenwine which was so popular we got to 1000 posts before starting another - come over and join me...... Promise to think of a more original name for Part 3!

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cjbk1 · 19/04/2012 08:13

I had a really horrible long nightmare last night then I was nearly sick I had to read for ages coz I was scared I'd 'go back into it' Sad

Macaroons · 19/04/2012 09:01

So many girls on this thread! Good luck to those with upcoming scan. Mine's exactly a week away, can't wait! Hope everything will be ok.

TinkerMaloo · 19/04/2012 09:05

hey everyone :)

had my scan yesterday, everthing looked to be ok and its a boy! :) we told the sonographer we wanted to find out and she was merrilly scanning away when all of a sudden you could quite clearly see boys bits on the screeen, she then asked are you sure you want to know?... even if we didnt want to, you couldnt help but see haha :)

so my sons plan of boy, girl, boy, girl is working out so far! though not sure Im going to go past this little number 3 bubba (although now the girls are going to be outnumbered and may have to try to rectify that one day... ask me again in 6 months time! lol)

Xx

Loup23 · 19/04/2012 09:40

Congratulations tinker I think you might be our first confirmed boy! I started looking at the 12 week nub again and think boy.... we'll see!

funchum I agree, most of my friends have ended up with labours where any plan has gone out the window so perhaps it is a waste to spend a fortune... I think i'll cary on with pregnancy yoga which has some breathing/labour techniques and the NCT classes and maybe read a book on hypnobirthing! Like you say, I might end up having a c-section after all that anyway....

twizzle I am just doing NCT and not NHS - the NHS leaflet says not to bother if you've booked NCT as it will be repetition, although they do recommend a visit to the labour ward - not sure I want to do that though....

Having a bit of a wobble here as fainted yesterday and have quite an uncomfortable stomach, hoping it's "growing pains" coupled with low blood pressure, don't want to burden my GP/midwife but would you guys recommend a call to the MW to check? It's 5 weeks until my next MW appt...

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MakeTeaNotWar · 19/04/2012 13:34

A lot of pink babies coming, lovely news!

Twizzle we are planning a homebirth - DD was born in a standalone MLU and it was a wonderful experience, 4 hours start to finish and a waterbirth so hoping this one will be just as fast, I don't fancy getting in the car again and plan to buy a pool off ebay to inflate in the lounge. Midwife is very supportive though as with everything baby, I am keeping an open mind that things may not be as straightforward this time.

At a piddly 17 + 2, I just had my 16 week check today and got to hear the heartbeat. Amazing - so loud and clear, it was a very special moment

ballroomblitz · 19/04/2012 14:46

Hello ladies. I have been keeping up with everyones news. Actually wrote out a post the other night but it disappeared when I tried to post it and couldn't be bothered typing it out again.

Can't believe how many girls are due already for September. Glad all scans seem to be going well. Mine feels ages away in May. Had my mw appt last week and heartbeat was good and strong at 150-odd. Really pleased that my bp seems to be behaving itself and actually come down a bit from my booking-in appointment. Fc it continues.

Good luck for all approaching scans.

oikopolis · 19/04/2012 16:39

Loup deffo call the midwife, maybe it's nothing but you'll never forgive yourself if it ends up being something iyswim. rather annoy the midwife than rue the day you didn't.

pgreen · 19/04/2012 17:42

Loup call the mw you'll feel better just doing it. I did it after pain about a week ago, it was just stretching but I was working myself up.

Scan tomorrow ladies, wonder if I'll join the list of baby girls or TinkerMaloo's solo boy. Very excited at this sage and wishing the day away could barely concentrate at client meeting today....

MadMonkeys · 19/04/2012 18:10

loup I'd definitely recommend visiting the labour ward - then you'll know exactly where to go when you go in during labour, and you'll know which entrance to use if its out of hours etc. Its just one less thing to worry about when the time comes. Hope you're feeling a bit better now.

I'm reading Hypnobirthing by Marie Mongan at the moment. As soon as the 20 week scan is out of the way I'm intending to get going with the CD. I had a normal birth last time and I think it would have helped, so I'll given it a go this time. Also hoping for a water birth, which is encouraged at my hosp.

My bump seems to be suddenly getting bigger this last week. I certainly feel heavier now. All you ladies with just a few lb's weight increase are making me feel huge!

I can feel the baby moving right now, hello little one! Smile

funchum8am · 19/04/2012 18:21

I am 18 weeks today and determined to feel the baby move! Lying here concentrating on my belly is odd as I spent half my life nonchalantly pretending it's not there (am a bit larger round the middle than I like to acknowledge!)

oikopolis · 19/04/2012 19:02

my belly deffo popped out yesterday. not sure what it was, maybe the psychological effect of the scan has made me change my posture?? maybe just coincidence?

DH commented on it yesterday. "your bump is HUGE now!"
i thought he said "bum" and nearly lamped him. :)

rightontime · 19/04/2012 19:52

Congratulations on the scan news. Sorry your lady wasn't nicer Rusulka but yay for a girl.

We had our scan today and all is well. No news on the boy/girl front, we didn't ask so will have a nice surprise.

Iph · 19/04/2012 21:04

I'm so excited by all the good scan news and the gender reveals (have to live vicariously through you ladies as don't plan to find out). Also sorry about your treatment rusulka, I know the purpose of the scan is 'medical' but there is no reason why it shouldn't also be a good experience for you as well. Makes me worry because mine is just before lunch tomorrow, I hope my sonographer isn't super hungry and rushing!

We should maybe start a new stats list at some point to update gender, etc?

twizzlestix · 19/04/2012 21:31

Congrats tinker a boy at last (although we may have a few more as we have some unknowns still:) )

It's really lovely reading about all the recent scans. Good luck to those with scans coming up too.

oiko Grin at 'huge bump' confusion with DH. I'm really excited about having a bump and am insanely pleased when people comment on it as makes me feel like maybe there really is a baby in there IYKWIM.

maketea and funchum I am also trying to keep an open mind as I believe that birth plans are a little like writing a lovely fairy tale or a wish list not an actual real plan as birth will be what it is regardless of what's on a piece of paper. So even if decide to HB will go to hospital when/if recommended and know likelihood of hospital transfer is a bit higher will the first.

twizzlestix · 19/04/2012 21:33

loup thanks for advice re NCT and NHS classes didn't know they reccomend not doing both. Hope you feel better. Really wouldn't worry about bothering MW or Dr. I'd just go especially if you fainted.

MissCoffeeNWine · 19/04/2012 21:41

I had an 'according to plan' birth if that helps anyone with the idea of making a plan. Didn't have a very detailed plan, to be fair, but the gist was to do it at home and keep active with a managed third stage, avoid examinations and get by with as few drugs as seemed like a good idea at the time. And that's what happened, as luck would have it, was quick so there wasn't time for much mucking about but I was running about, needed no examinations, didn't end up with pain relief and even avoided tearing/stitches. Of course my other pregnancies all went wrong and this one is at risk of being premature, so who knows this time. Don't much fancy hypno-stuff I think I'm OK with coping, I think of my MCs as labours too as they were just as bad, so feel like I've done three now and I've managed. Eyes on the prize and all that.

Congrats on all the good scans, I'm very very nervous about mine, and it's not for a couple of weeks, despite being 19+3. I know there's been nothing obvious come up so far on my pretty frequent scans but they don't look at the baby just at me. Still feel like something bad could easily happen.

Good luck to all the scans coming up too and good news on heartbeat heard for those due later in the month - it's all exciting :)

MissCoffeeNWine · 19/04/2012 21:50

Why not just call it Birth Preferences, rather than Plan.

Takes away the whole problem which is just about semantics really. Birth will be as it is, often, yes, but medical professionals will do what they do the way they usually do it if they don't know your preference - and something really easily avoided or rectified can make a huge difference to your experience depending on what you want. And lots of things it's worth having there just avoid you saying it/having to think about it at the time.

For example, if you don't specifically decline it, someone will jab a needle into your thigh as the baby emerges. You may not notice, considering, but they'll do it, and if you don't want it, there's not a lot of mental capacity left over to say, 'oh wait, there, baby, just hang on a sec and stop that crowning whilst I chat to this MW about the pros and cons of this for a second....'

And then the baby emerges and the MW announces the sex when you wanted DH to. And then they put it on your chest all icky when that's your worst nightmare, or they take it away when you want skin to skin, and someone else is chatting to you about the placenta and trying to tell you if you've torn and the baby is screeching and your DH is crying someone is mucking with cord and scissors and PHEW. Just having a nice little list, in advance .... preferences for treatment. Not 'this is how my birth will go!'

ballroomblitz · 19/04/2012 22:16

funchum you must have the same due date as me then as I'm 18 weeks today also. Drinking something icy cold, especially on an empty stomach can get them moving. I had a bit of protesting today after pressing up and down my stomach to check fundal height.

Birth plan?? Grin Mine will be if I decide to go for cs, have a cs. If I decide vbac I'm extremely open to drugs and want to move about. Dp is already aware he may have to clear out away from me. I have a low tolerance for people around me when I'm in pain and prefer to be left alone. That's it.

I never had a birth plan with ds. Good thing too. Would have been a waste of time and paper. Never had NCT classes, parentcraft or anything like that as I was hospitalised.

Bless dp he actually bought one of those pregnancy books aimed at men. It's a bit silly and a complete overview but lovely that he's taking a bit of an interest, especially when he's not really a reader like myself. He also has a child development book ordered. This is his first so it's all new to him. I've been really hormonal all pregnancy so it was a nice gesture and put him in my good books for a while

ladygagoo · 20/04/2012 09:31

I've decided that the bump only moves/kicks when I'm online (do you think its addicted to mumsnet already?) Maybe try posting more funchum Grin

Really pleased with all the good scan/HB and gender news. Like Iph I won't be finding out the sex when I have my scan on Monday - I bet when I'm there though I will try to cave and DP won't let me.

Have been reading all the comments about birth preferences (I like this term Misscoffee). No idea what to do, never been pregnant before and I'm the first of my main group of friends as well (we are all very late child producers)
I know I don't want to be lying on a bed for an age and I hate hospitals and lack of control but equally I've ruled out homebirth, a bit because DP had a big scare when DSS was born and also because DSS will be 8 and I'd rather he just saw the finished article when its all cleaned up etc. Hoping I get some more insight and come up with a clearer idea over the next few months.

york67 · 20/04/2012 15:16

So glad to hear positive scans news. Although rus sounds like a horrible experience.
Had midwife appointment today at 17 weeks and heard heartbeat. Was lovely to hear.

leelteloo · 20/04/2012 15:20

I'm exactly 18 weeks today too Smile

pgreen · 20/04/2012 17:41

woop woop wooop been for 20 wk scan today.

All seems well with the little peanut, heart, organs, limbs etc. We found out the sex, even if we hadn't wanted to it was very obvious.... we're having a boy :) I blubbed. So excited, I'd had a feeling it was a boy. Don't know how.... so did DH.

I have to go back for another scan at 34wk's as my placenta is borderline low lying - it's under the recommend 2.5cm distance. If it is still low lying I'll have to have a CS

But most importantly a cheeky little chap is going to join our family and we can now chuck out half the name list

oikopolis · 20/04/2012 17:47

pgreen isn't it lovely to be able to chuck out half the names!!

glad your scan was good. oh and i also just knew it was a girl. funny how that happens eh.

Iph · 20/04/2012 18:40

Yay for good scans and lovely heartbeats! Well done pgreen for starting to even out the boy/girl imbalance!

We also had our 20 week scan this morning. I'm always so blown away by how much they can see - nose and lips were so clear! All looks great, although judging by measurements so far I am carrying a short, fat baby just like his/her mother

The craziest thing on the scan though was when the sonographer pointed out a Braxton Hicks contraction (or Higgs Boson as Dh remembers it Grin). It was like a huge lump in the uterine wall, she said it wasn't there when she started scanning and if we waited 5 mins it would be gone - I couldn't feel a thing at the time!

twizzlestix · 20/04/2012 18:49

Congrats Iph and pgreen on positive scans :)

Iph you're evening the ratio of pink to blue a little now. Is it 3 or 4 girls: 2 boys at the moment? Grin