Sneeze births! We shall BROOK NO ARGUMENT about overcoming any issues in our way! (part 10 yikes)

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This way ladies

The 20wk scan will be my 4th scan. Do they check which way baby is lying or can mw do that? I'm getting impatient for feeling movement lol even though i'm only 16+4.

Well, today is meant to be the final push on my essay, it seems to have been dragging on sooo long! I am still a long way off my word count but it is slowly coming together. I have had words with baby today and requested less rib kicking and pelvis squirming so I can stay focussed ( I am just on here while I wait for a document to print honest!) I will check in again at the end of the day.

Yeah I did far - finally saw the consultant when I was 15+4 and explained the awful time I've had getting a GP to check my bloods - he's going to write my registered GP a letter and has also written in my maternity book that I'm to be tested every 6 weeks, and has put the range in there too (as it's different for preggos).

I started getting symptomatic at about 12 weeks to I upped my dose without GP consent because 2 different GPs refused to re-test me, grr - I expected to get told off but he said I'd done the right thing and to carry on as I was. Then they tested my blood and I'm just waiting for the results in the post (he said he'd phone if it was urgent so they must be fine :) )

I'm really pleased he's writing a letter - maybe it'll save another preggo registered at the durgery some potential heartache?

Good luck wants!

Good luck Wants - hope it all comes together soon! :)

cake, for me the midwife checks which way the baby's lying. However, I found it was quite obvious due to the movement! The baby doesn't need to be lying the right way round (if it decides it wants to at all!) until later in the 3rd trimester, so the way it's laying in the 20wk scan is no indication of how it will stay. I had to be sent off for a walk and chocolate bar during my 20wk one to get my LO to move as it was in the wrong position for some of the measurements!

Fluffy, glad you managed to get everything sorted out (finally).

I've done all the ironing and packed three boxes. Can I take the rest of the day off?

Oh that is great news fluffy how scary that GPs don;t know the protocol as I understand an uncontrolled hypothyroid can be quite dangerous.

musical defo put your feet up now!!

Does anyone know if they tell you where your placenta is at 12 week scan? I am curious to know as I think it can affect when you feel movement.

Yeah it can cause increased miscarriage or mental development problems and a low IQ

I didn't get told but I was too busy sobbing to care but I'm sure they would if you asked, far

Afternoon everyone. Quick work post to make sure the thread doesn't drop off my list. Still nothing to report here, I feel sick quite a lot which I guess is ms, but it doesn't seem to fit the profile - I never feel sick in the morning before breakfast, just the whole rest of the day.
I decided at the weekend that I am pg, and I'm going to be happy about it, not worry. DH and I have been talking about 'if' I get to the 12 week scan and 'if' we have this baby in December. We've been so scared of something going wrong that we've forgotten to be happy and excited. That is going to end! So I went out and looked at cots and toys and clothes and things at the weekend. It is still too early to buy anything, but I can make plans. :)

Hi stacks :) I'm no expert but I think "morning sickness" is a bit of a misnomer and it strikes at whatever time of day it likes :)

Glad you're starting to get your head around being pregnant, it's difficult isn't it! It can't be long til your 12 week scan now, another month? I found I've been getting increasingly relaxed after that, it's a big milestone :)

Hi stacks I felt queasy all day with my ms and it didn't wear off until around 15-16 weeks. You are a year behind me! Makes me feel very nostalgic :)

Stacks morning sickness is a stupid name. I was puking all day, every day for 9 weeks

I've started to pack my bag. So far I have maternity pads, pyjamas with buttons down the front, a book, pants and my washbag. At this rate, it will be ready by the time I go into labour :o

stacks I am exactly the same, the only time I actually felt ok was before 10am then sick for rest of the day!!

Whoever came up with the phrase morning sickness was a) a man b) having a larf!

I found constant eating really helped, little and often. I am starting to feel a lot better now at 12 weeks although still get the odd bout of sickness.

jen that is so exciting!!!

Yay for Fluffy having a good consultant! It's so wrong that your GP, having admitted to knowing nothing about your condition, didn't even take the time to find out the necessary info to provide proper care. I hope the consultant's letter is strongly worded!

Yay for reassurance for Farfalla as well, can't wait for your good report on Thurs!

Is Scarlet about? Not that I check on her every day in what must be an incredibly irritating way! I hope she's out walking lots, or possibly even kicking off her sneeze birth!

I've spent the morning totally emptying and repacking my hospital bag, mainly to double check everything and to make sure DH knows what and where all the contents are. It's a futile exercise though, whenever I ask him for anything from the bag tomorrow I know he's just going to end up chucking the entire contents of the bag out on the bed and holding up each item individually until he accidentally hits on the right one!

My Nan's been round, which was a lovely distraction from my rising panic. She's also talking about "popping in" tomorrow eve though, and dropped some heavy hints that my aunts and uncles are trying to figure out if it would more convenient for me if they "waited" until Thurs to come to the hospital rather than tomorrow... I can see I'm going to have a full scale family revolt on my hands soon! I'm hoping to coerce my Mother into playing bouncer, but first I have to convince her that no I really can't have ALL of my relatives round on Thurs!! I have a very large family!

I've sent DH out now for last minute hospital bag snacks (fresh terrine... Italian cured meats... prosecco... nom nom nom!!!) When he gets back I'll be enlisting his help for the glamorous task of basically removing all hair from my body! (I can't reach my ankles so my legs are hideously embarrasing right now!) Then we're having a yummy dinner (if DH wasn't too traumatised by the hair removal process!)

Soooooooooooo nervous ladies. I'm trying to be mature, calm, sensible, rational, but I'm just super scared! Any No Brooking would be gratefully received!

Brooking big time scream! :) :) :)

Scream, brooking in huge amounts for you! Will be checking back lots tomorrow for your news - do you have a scheduled time?

Also keeping an eye out for scarlet of course...

Scream, I enlisted DH for hair removal at the weekend! He's done a good job (although not perfect - would like to do some tidying up but can't physically reach anywhere!). Think he was a little traumatised poor thing! Still - I had been telling him since early on in PG that this would be one of his tasks, so he dutifully stepped up..!

Hope you manage to enlist your mum as a bouncer too - sounds like a ridiculous amount of family want to come see you!

Scream everything will be fine. You are on this thread so therefore there cannot be any problems. Remember to tell the ward staff your visitor concerns when you go in tomorrow and remind them again (or get DH to do it) afterwards when you are having your lovely newborn snuggles. Is it worth getting something written down on your birth plan?

Thanks for the No Brooking! It really does make me feel so much better!

I spoke to my Mum about reminding relatives of the 2 week rule. I'm assuming she's the one who'll be sending out texts to family members when the baby arrives, so I want her to include a reminder of the ban in her messages. I'll be sending out an announcement email probably on Thursday, but I know Mum will have spoken to them all before then anyway!

Turns out she's actually planning to tell the world and his wife as soon as the baby arrives! Not just family, she's planning to tell basically every person she knows. I did point out that do people who don't even know me really need to be notified about the birth within an hour of the arrival. Her response was that it's not really about knowing me, she's letting her friends know that she's become a Grandma, which is the important news apparently Perfectly reasonable then! Clearly it's nothing to do with me really!

I shouldn't keep posting these things, because my Mum really is lovely, she's not at all overbearing (usually) and she's dying to help out. I've just been rather surprised at how differently we view certain things! Basically this means my Mum's old school friends will know about my baby before I even get a chance to notify some of my closest friends!

Family!

I'm not even telling parents that I've gone into labour. They will get a call after it is all over and I'm ready. The only people that will know will be our neighbours as they are going to feed the cat for us. If we didn't have her then they wouldn't know either

It's funny the things you discover about family when a first grandchild arrives scream! For us it was the ILs who went bonkers. All calm (ish) now though.

Anyway, just came in to wish you all the luck in the world - can't wait to hear the birth announcement tomorrow!

scream just popping in for a brooking session, all will be well because you are a brooker and I now have a very funny mental image of your DH sorting out hair removal. The things we do for love eh?

We must almost be reaching the one year anniversary of the brooking threads, I think it all started in May sometime. Almost enough to make you nostalgic.

Just nipping in to add my brookiest brooking for Scream tomorrow, and Scarlet (and anyone else) who might be needing it.

I literally CAN'T WAIT for the imminent baby news

Scream I'm brooking for you big time! I'm so excited. You will let us know once DD has arrived? Sounds like a good idea to let the ward staff know that you don't want your relatives to descend on you, just in case they choose to ignore your Mum. Enjoy your last supper, next time you eat an evening meal at home it will be a very different experience!

Nothing happening here still! Had a MW appt this morning, she is now concerned the baby may be breech. Not the news I wanted at 40+4. So I'm booked in for a scan first thing Friday. They couldn't get me in before, but said if labour starts before Fri to get to hospital immediately where they will scan me quickly on the labour ward and perform a CS if breech. So the ECV was possibly a waste of time, I could have had an ELCS over a week ago. I'm now back to panicking about cord prolapse and EMCS again. But of course I'm trying to think positive and tell myself she could well be wrong. Brooking required please?

Thanks for all the No Brooking! I will definitely be letting you ladies know when I get out (assuming I have reception of course!)

Sending lots of No Brooking Scarlet's way. I hope your LO isn't breech! If they have moved there's no reason to think they won't be back in the head down position by the time labour kicks off. Sending lots of luck your way for your perfectly safe sneeze birth (no cs necessary) to happen asap! Fancy joining me tomorrow?

There's no set time for the cs. We go in at 8 and just wait around for the other elcs ops, as well as any emergencies. We've been told they try to get through all elcs ops in the morning, but of course that doesn't always happen.

I remember being SO excited for Fishcake and then Dream the night before their cs dates. It's so surreal for it to suddenly be the night before my own! Soooooooo scared......

Good luck scream, I can't wait to hear your news tomorrow (and I love that you are taking terrine and prosecco to the hospital! You are a classy brooker x)

Quick message to send brooking in the direction of Scarlett and Scream I'm sure everything will be fine for you both. You're brookers!

Got my appointments through this morning, booking in on 21st may, and 12w scan at exactly 12w on the 30th may. Still seems like ages to wait, but at least I have the dates now :)