Due December 2012 - third thread, moving towards the second trimester!

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Well, our nattering on the previous thread has used up 1000 posts and I can't see a new thread so here we go!

The list is below, please add yourself if you're missing!

Clarella - due Nov 28-30 DC#1
BigRedIndiaRubberBall - due 29 Nov DC#2
Quills - due 1st Dec DC#2
smongesmonge - due 1st Dec Dc#2
pleasebethismonth due 1st Dec DC #2 i
QueenofMacaronicheese - due 2nd Dec DC#3
ssimma - due 2nd Dec DC#2
DKNY123 - due 2nd Dec DC#1
AceOfBase - due (approx) 2nd Dec DC#3
PurplePidjin - due 2nd Dec DC #1
KMBatfink - due 3rd Dec DC#1
TeaJunky - due 4th Dec DC#2
M0naLisa - due (approx) 4th Dec DC#3
StrawberrytallCake - due 5th Dec DC#2
Yikesherewego - due 5th Dec DC#1
mummycox - due 5th Dec DC#1
queenofsiburbia - due 5th Dec DC#1
ItsMyLastOne - due 6th Dec DC#2
kalidasa - due 6th Dec DC#1
Wittywhirl - due 6th Dec DC#1
SeymoreButts - due 7th Dec DC#3
ivanapoo - due (approx) 7th Dec DC#1
prunelladeville - due 8th Dec DC#1
Brenau - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#1
Chloe55 - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#2
minipie - due 8th Dec DC#1
lauraloo09 - due 8th Dec DC#2
acjfluff - due 9th Dec DC#1
Rosa7 - due 9th Dec DC#2
gilsbubbles - due 10th Dec DC#1
walnut - due 10th Dec DC#2
cashmere - due 11th Dec DC#2
Stacks - due 12th Dec DC#1
Cherrypiew3 - due 12th Dec DC#4
Cookiesandcream06 - due 12th Dec DC#2
Barbeasty - due 12th Dec DC#2
VegemiteSandwich - due 12th Dec DC#1
CODwidow - due 12th Dec DC#5
backwardpossom - due 13th Dec DC#2
bellaboo123 - due 13th Dec DC#1
brooke89 - due 14th Dec
ddas - due 14th Dec DC#2
Margie32 - due 14th Dec DC#2
FriendofDorothy - due 15th Dec (ish) DC#1
QueenandKingMum - due 15th Dec DC#4
Dillydollydaydream - due 16th Dec dc#4
kateand2boys - due 17th Dec FF or due 20th Dec LMP DC#3
roseandroli-due 17th Dec DC#1
ChangeMyHappy - due 18th Dec (ish) DC#2
Whatmess - due 19th Dec DC#2
Shangers - due 19th Dec DC#2
StaceymReadyForNumber3 - due 19th Dec DC#3
nasara - due 20th Dec DC#2
blackcurrants - due 20th Dec DC#2
annelid - due 20th Dec DC#7
CupOfBrownJoy - due 21st Dec DC#1
Chipsandmushypeas - due 24th Dec DC#1
sicilianlemons - due 23rd Dec
JingleBellBaby - due 25th Dec (?) DC#2
Magic69- due 26 December DC#2
MyDaydream - due 27th Dec DC#1
SpottyTeaCakes - due 27th Dec DC#2
LolaAnn - due 28th Dec DC#2
livismum - due 29th Dec DC#3
NaomiRuth - due 30th Dec DC#1
Mama2threemaybemore - due Dec 31st DC#4
KMR281 - DC3 due end

Wow stacks that must have been lovely to see! Got to wait three weeks for mine it can't go quick enough!

Ooh stacks congratulations! How lovely

That reminds me, did anyone else get really emotional at their scan? We saw the baby moving, like Stacks describes (ours was very active, lots of jumping around!) and I started crying during the scan!

This is very unlike me, I don't usually cry at happy things, but I was totally overwhelmed by seeing our bean move around on screen just like an actual little person.

Best of luck to those still waiting for their scans.

I cried. Think 1st time seeing the baby is allowed! :)

I think I'll cry, I'll just be so relieved if things are ok

I'm nearly in tears now..................because I'm out of eggs and really really want to make waffles

I thought I would cry, as did DH, but neither of us did. It surprised me not to feel emotional, as I was crying reading a MN thread just before leaving.

I think it might be because it was so still to start with it didn't seem real? It was like watching a photo. There was only about a minute of scan where we saw it moving.

Anyway, wanted to own up in case someone else also didn't cry and feels like the odd one out.

Wow I've missed a lot of chatter! Congrats on scans!

Pleasebe get thee back to the doctor! If it was definately slapped cheek he should follow this guidance :

www.cks.nhs.uk/parvovirus_b19_infection/management/scenario_diagnosis/view_full_scenario#418554006

Sorry on a phone - and there's more general info here on tests etc:

www.cks.nhs.uk/parvovirus_b19_infection/management/scenario_diagnosis/view_full_scenario

In my extensive and naughty googling I've found that the biggest risk of infection is from your own children, then a little less for child care workers and teachers. It is everywhere in society, but at 35 I've not caught it as not immune! 60% adults immune, most have no symptoms. If you're not immune and caught it there's a 25% chance baby gets it, resulting in fetal hydrops, which is,treatable but will need weekly scans to monitor. 1 in 10 or 1 in 6 chance of mc before 20 weeks if baby caught it.

Based on that he should be testing you at least for immunity but its a long wait - if in the clear for infection they'll test again in a month in case its brewed ( as happened at school!) My docs not letting me near teaching kids till after 20 weeks, but I'm going to work towards working at home on paperwork when thyroid and my head more settled.

seymore sorry if I worried you I get so down about the 5 weeks my tsh went from 5 to 11 but no idea of my t4 (they just wouldn't do) - your t4 is in range (9 to 21 I think) but not sure for pregnancy - its the tsh that's a better indication, best below 2.5 or 2. I just get low cos fought so so hard to avoid this and still couldn't.

Really really need mumsnet advice:
Not sure what to do about some training on Friday at work, no kids - doc said risk same as sitting in a docs surgery so was ok if I was ok, friends and family and deputy head not too sure, mum going nuts about it, I worry missing out on such an important thing long term, also trying to show willing, head quite keen, don't want to piss her off but don't want to risk my babys health..... thing is I go swimming etc but I do worry about being near staff who are around kids who have it etc. Had planned to sit away from everyone.... argh!

Clarella don't apologise! I'd got in a state all on my own! When we were back in the UK I saw a GP just to talk it through and she said it's T4 that affects the baby's growth and so that's the number they worry about in pregnancy. She also said that severely hypothyroid (i.e. v low T4) women just don't get pregnant in the first place because they don't ovulate. She thought 12 was fine (even though the pregnancy range they gave me here 12-21, so 12 seems a bit poor to me). Try not to worry, it's easier said than done though. Regarding the training, it's a difficult one. I would say don't go if there has been slapped cheek in the school recently. You will spend the next few weeks worrying about it after. Is there any way you can do the training another time, or get the notes from someone else?

Hi seymore, thanks for the reply, yes feeling pragmatic about the training. It doesnt help the doc sort of ok'ed it but technically i have a sick note - I think, though not panicking, if im having to think at length and feel pretty torn, its not going to stop.

The mumsnet preg thyroid thread has a poster around 4th march 2010 mumNWlondon, who describes pretty crazy numbers, but everything was fine. I agree 12 may not be best but not terrible. I do know it can vary day to day though. Trying to tell myself that my high tsh could be other things and the t4 nay not have been so bad. Tmi a bench mark for me is sometimes how bunged up I get, which overall hasn't been too terrible! But Omg, a week on this high dose and am now very much the other way! May have to ease up on the ryvita... (tmi tmi tmi!)

Don't actually know what tmi stands for...

Good luck any scanners!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/864666-Underactive-thyroid-and-pregnancy/AllOnOnePage#18796847

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/864666-Underactive-thyroid-and-pregnancy/AllOnOnePage#18796847

Glad (but sorry for other suffering) that I'm not alone in the weird heart and headache area! I went to see the dr just to check blood pressure anyway and he told me to take paracetemol 3 times a day for 48 hours, I just can't bring myself to do it. I know the headaches are bad but I'm a bit worried about the effect on the baby and I know it's safe so I don't know why I'm being so ridiculous.

I didn't cry at the scan, I didn't with dd. I didn't cry when she was born either but made up for it crying plenty when I watched her being all little and helpless. It was nice to see the baby wriggling though as I can't feel a thing. I'm 13+3 today, keep meaning to change my due date to the 3rd.

Hope you're all ok and looking forward to the jubilee long weekend. I'm going to dd's pre-school for a party tomorrow afternoon and they have organised a dance routine for the kids, I know I will definitely cry at that!! Dh has organised a party for my 30th (it was a month ago but we were away) on Sunday and it's our wedding anniversary on Tuesday so I'm taking him away for a couple of nights, really looking forward to it all.

Hi strawberries sorry to hear your headaches so bad - I suppose being over 13 wks might be better? My doc said as paracetamol is soooo old and well used they know its ok but I understand your worry. Hopefully your lovely upcoming weekend will help ease the pain too.

I thought I was being heartless with no crying given all the crying at other times! I was mainly mesmersised. Felt a little emotional looking at scan pics, then got very distracted looking at the 'bits' which seem very clear! 75% sure I know what this wee bairn is! I know its tricky though.

So funny, DHs main issue at the scan was seeing the legs, wasn't happy till he'd spotted them and asked sonographer to double check - Such a male footy lovers thing! Fave pic is one that shows the legs, even though the profile is rubbish in that one!

Just out of my scan etc, and the due date has move forwards to the 10th, so I'll change it when I'm not on my phone.

All of you moaning about having a pint of water.... my letter told me to have 2 pints an hour before. I wasn't surprised when the sonographer said the baby was a bit squashed!

It didn't move much, but stuck a hand out at one point. Lazy thing!

Glad to hear all the happy scan stories - hopefully it means happy babies and happy mums-to-be! I have had two scans so far - one at 7+2 because I am obsessed and paranoid and anxious and another one at 10+2 because.....can you guess....I am obsessed and paranoid and anxious. Are you sensing a running theme here?!

I cried at the first one as I was just so relieved that everything was okay and in the right place (I was worried, because of some cramping on one side that it might be ectopic....naturally because I'd Googled myself into a catatonic state of nerves) and it was just so emotional to see a little heartbeat! At the next scan I wasn't just as emotional but still quite teary - this time because the baby was really....baby-like! It was so lovely to see and also he/she was dancing around, kicking arms and legs which we weren't expecting! I have my actual official 12 week scan next Friday (12+5) and I fully expect to cry at that. It's just me I don't think it means anything if you cry or not - it's a very personal thing and your reaction is yours. I guess, like a lot of things in pregnancy, people just have a lot of opinions and think that it's perfectly okay to air them!

Hope headaches are clearing? Strawberry - a friend of mine recommended a cool head strip thing as she suffers from migraines and she said it helped. It didn't always take the pain away but it eased it enough that she could sleep. I haven't tried it yet but had a bad headache last Saturday and wish I'd known that tip then! Think it was mostly down to heat and squinting in the sun, so a cool compress might have helped. Also, with the palpitations - I used to suffer from them quite frequently (pre-pregnancy) and I was told that making yourself cough would interrupt the cycle which can bring things back to normal. I found it helped some of the time - might be worth a try.

One last thing...does anyone know how I can add myself to the due date list?

Thanks

Jo x

Strawberries I was suffering from terrible headaches and doc said pretty much the same thing, I didnt take any because I didn't want to worry and they have eased off!

Scan in 35 mins ahhhhh

Whoop whoop happy lady today for a change! DH bought me eggs so I could have my waffles for breakfast
Then the lovely postman brought my scan letter (19th when I'll be 12+3) and my maternity exemption card!
I didn't cry at scans or birth of either DD, but missed being pregnant as I loved it and got sad when I stopped bf'ing, I'm worse now (DD1 reciting promise at rainbows and singing a solo as Mary in her nativity!)

morning everyone, sorry to hear of those with headaches, hopefully they will ease soon.

i had to dash to the loo while in the middle of getting my nails done at the salon, to throw up!so but ho hum, at least they know i'm pregnant lol

so jealous of all the scans, mines on the 20th of june when i'll be 14 weeks, feels like ages away! and as we decided not to tell the kids until the scan, they still don't know (cue DS age 5 reciting, but why can't you pick me up 100 times a day, although i only don't pick him up when i'm feeling sick/dizzy, the rest of the time i still do)

and i've been a bit naughty and eaten pate on crysty bread, it was DH's fault for bringing it into the house. Sure i'll be fine though i have a cast iron stomach lol

WeeJo08 to add yourself to the list just copy and paste the last list in the thread (the last one is more up to date than the one in the first post on the thread) and then add yourself to it before posting :)

haven't seen this in a while, loads of EDD changes needed i think, i've updated a little, if anyone can't update please let me know details and i'll add/alter

Clarella - due Nov 28-30 DC#1
BigRedIndiaRubberBall - due 29 Nov DC#2
Issimma - due 30 Nov DC#2
Quills - due 1st Dec DC#2
smongesmonge - due 1st Dec Dc#2
pleasebethismonth due 1st Dec DC #2 i
QueenofMacaronicheese - due 2nd Dec DC#3
DKNY123 - due 2nd Dec DC#1
AceOfBase - due (approx) 2nd Dec DC#3
PurplePidjin - due 2nd Dec DC #1
cashmere - due 2nd Dec DC#2
KMBatfink - due 3rd Dec DC#1
TeaJunky - due 4th Dec DC#2
M0naLisa - due (approx) 4th Dec DC#3
StrawberrytallCake - due 5th Dec DC#2
mummycox - due 5th Dec DC#1
queenofsiburbia - due 5th Dec DC#1
prunelladeville - due 5th Dec DC#1
ItsMyLastOne - due 6th Dec DC#2
kalidasa - due 6th Dec DC#1
Wittywhirl - due 6th Dec DC#1
SeymoreButts - due 7th Dec DC#3
ivanapoo - due (approx) 7th Dec DC#1
Brenau - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#1
Chloe55 - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#2
minipie - due 8th Dec DC#1
lauraloo09 - due 8th Dec DC#2
acjfluff - due 9th Dec DC#1
Rosa7 - due 9th Dec DC#2
gilsbubbles - due 10th Dec DC#1
walnut - due 10th Dec DC#2
Stacks - due 12th Dec DC#1
Cherrypiew3 - due 12th Dec DC#4
Cookiesandcream06 - due 12th Dec DC#2
Barbeasty - due 12th Dec DC#2
VegemiteSandwich - due 12th Dec DC#1
CODwidow - due 12th Dec DC#5
bellaboo123 - due 13th Dec DC#1
brooke89 - due 14th Dec
ddas - due 14th Dec DC#2
Margie32 - due 14th Dec DC#2
FriendofDorothy - due 15th Dec (ish) DC#1
QueenandKingMum - due 15th Dec DC#4
Dillydollydaydream - due 16th Dec dc#4
kateand2boys - due 17th Dec FF or due 20th Dec LMP DC#3
roseandroli-due 17th Dec DC#1
ChangeMyHappy - due 18th Dec (ish) DC#2
Whatmess - due 19th Dec DC#2
Shangers - due 19th Dec DC#2
StaceymReadyForNumber3 - due 19th Dec DC#3
nasara - due 20th Dec DC#2
blackcurrants - due 20th Dec DC#2
annelid - due 20th Dec DC#7
CupOfBrownJoy - due 21st Dec DC#1
Chipsandmushypeas - due 24th Dec DC#1
sicilianlemons - due 23rd Dec
JingleBellBaby - due 25th Dec (?) DC#2
Magic69- due 26 December DC#2
MyDaydream - due 27th Dec DC#1
SpottyTeaCakes - due 27th Dec DC#2
LolaAnn - due 28th Dec DC#2
livismum - due 29th Dec DC#3
NaomiRuth - due 30th Dec DC#1
Mama2threemaybemore - due Dec 31st DC#4
KMR281 - DC3 due end

Thanks FriendofDorothy! Okay, hopefully I have done this right... :)

Clarella - due Nov 28-30 DC#1
BigRedIndiaRubberBall - due 29 Nov DC#2
Issimma - due 30 Nov DC#2
Quills - due 1st Dec DC#2
smongesmonge - due 1st Dec Dc#2
pleasebethismonth due 1st Dec DC #2 i
QueenofMacaronicheese - due 2nd Dec DC#3
DKNY123 - due 2nd Dec DC#1
AceOfBase - due (approx) 2nd Dec DC#3
PurplePidjin - due 2nd Dec DC #1
cashmere - due 2nd Dec DC#2
KMBatfink - due 3rd Dec DC#1
TeaJunky - due 4th Dec DC#2
M0naLisa - due (approx) 4th Dec DC#3
StrawberrytallCake - due 5th Dec DC#2
mummycox - due 5th Dec DC#1
queenofsiburbia - due 5th Dec DC#1
prunelladeville - due 5th Dec DC#1
ItsMyLastOne - due 6th Dec DC#2
kalidasa - due 6th Dec DC#1
Wittywhirl - due 6th Dec DC#1
SeymoreButts - due 7th Dec DC#3
ivanapoo - due (approx) 7th Dec DC#1
Brenau - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#1
Chloe55 - due (approx) 8th Dec DC#2
minipie - due 8th Dec DC#1
lauraloo09 - due 8th Dec DC#2
acjfluff - due 9th Dec DC#1
Rosa7 - due 9th Dec DC#2
gilsbubbles - due 10th Dec DC#1
walnut - due 10th Dec DC#2
Stacks - due 12th Dec DC#1
Cherrypiew3 - due 12th Dec DC#4
Cookiesandcream06 - due 12th Dec DC#2
Barbeasty - due 12th Dec DC#2
VegemiteSandwich - due 12th Dec DC#1
CODwidow - due 12th Dec DC#5
bellaboo123 - due 13th Dec DC#1
brooke89 - due 14th Dec
ddas - due 14th Dec DC#2
Margie32 - due 14th Dec DC#2
FriendofDorothy - due 15th Dec (ish) DC#1
QueenandKingMum - due 15th Dec DC#4
Dillydollydaydream - due 16th Dec dc#4
WeeJo08 - due 16th Dec DC#1
kateand2boys - due 17th Dec FF or due 20th Dec LMP DC#3
roseandroli-due 17th Dec DC#1
ChangeMyHappy - due 18th Dec (ish) DC#2
Whatmess - due 19th Dec DC#2
Shangers - due 19th Dec DC#2
StaceymReadyForNumber3 - due 19th Dec DC#3
nasara - due 20th Dec DC#2
blackcurrants - due 20th Dec DC#2
annelid - due 20th Dec DC#7
CupOfBrownJoy - due 21st Dec DC#1
Chipsandmushypeas - due 24th Dec DC#1
sicilianlemons - due 23rd Dec
JingleBellBaby - due 25th Dec (?) DC#2
Magic69- due 26 December DC#2
MyDaydream - due 27th Dec DC#1
SpottyTeaCakes - due 27th Dec DC#2
LolaAnn - due 28th Dec DC#2
livismum - due 29th Dec DC#3
NaomiRuth - due 30th Dec DC#1
Mama2threemaybemore - due Dec 31st DC#4
KMR281 - DC3 due end

Can we have a vote in whether or not I should get a private scan? It would have to be on Wednesday, assuming they're closed bank holidays. I'm 10 weeks today NHS scan not until 19th June and I'm pretty symptomless at the moment

Mmmm pâté!

Hope you have a lively weekend Strawberries

Hurrah for all the great scan news! My great news is that I really think I've got past morning sickness - five days now with no symptoms at all apart from being very tired (9pm bedtimes, yay!) and extremely weepy. Now that the morning sickness is gone I feel soo much better, even though I'm still tired I don't feel like I'm dragging myself around my life. I'm almost contemplating a pregnancy workout dvd.

Note, I said almost :)

spotty it depends if you have the cash to spare and feel u want it lol, i wish i was symptomless tbh (although no the worries that can cause too lol)

tbh if money isn't an issue i'd do it just for an extra peek at baby!

Hi SpottyTeacakes

I would vote Yes for a private scan - I had one last week (22nd May) as my NHS scan isn't until next Friday (8th June) and we were going home to see parents and, as well as wanting the reassurance, it was lovely to have something to show and for everyone to get excited about (i.e. the photo). I used My Ultra Baby, in Highgate, North London and it cost £65. It was well worth it for me and there was such a difference from the early scan (which was done at 7+2.) I say go for it! :)

Jo x