Sneeze births! We shall BROOK NO ARGUMENT about overcoming any issues in our way! (Part 11 - blimey!)

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Welcome!

That sounds amazing tock - did you hire a pool or use the bath?

:o :o whims that made me laugh!

I'm going to get this one in the green/lime. I really like the turquoise too but it's a bit masculine?

Fluff - we had a private midwife and she provided the pool, but I spent the first hour or two in the bath while DP filled the pool. I also needed to be very near the loo at that point - let's just say both ends were pretty busy getting rid of any unnecessary cargo before I went into the second stage of labour in the pool, which was very quiet apart from retching at the height of each contraction. Sorry if TMI but birth is like that innit. It was actually a lovely experience and v empowering despite the multiple bodily fluid explosions.

This time round we will probably borrow/beg/steal/hire a birth pool. The bath is too small to actually give birth in - for the midwives to get in and help you see. DS had his chord around his neck (1:3 babies do) and it was easy for the MW to flip it over in the pool.

Welcome back to Whims and Stacks btw. What a summer this has been so far.

Blooming shitting myself over early scan 2mora

Ooh that looks loverly fluff. Are you getting a carry cot bit too? I love a baby in a proper pram. You know it's reduced by £100 on the website at the mo?

I too had a birthing pool for DS 1 and 2. It sat in the kitchen, permanently heated and ready to go for a fortnight. People used to come round and lounge in it like a hot tub. Fat lot of good it did though! First one I had to get out because I wasn't progressing. Second one fell out when I thought I was going to the loo, so I never even got in. Needless to say we didn't bother third time round. I'd still love a water birth though! DS3 was born in his amniotic sac (rare and lucky apparently - didn't feel like it at the time mind) and there's an amazing vid on youtube of someone giving birth to a baby in a sac in a birthing pool.

tock we hired each time, which i don't think was that expensive, and meant we could have a super whizzy one with heater and things.

Ooh, hello face. xpost there.

Brooking for you for tomorrow. No sign of a scan here for me - still 3 weeks til I see a mw.

Ninja Really sorry but I may have accidently reported one of your posts. I was trying to move down the page and my laptop was over sensitive and caught the report link I think. Hope it doesn't cause any problems

I spoke to mine over the phone and asked for the early scan. My booking appointment is on wed. Apparently now the NHS won't give me a 12wk one as ill have had one scan. Which I don't really think is fair. Id still like a 12wk one

Lmao at cakes accidental reporting :o
How many weeks are you? I'd have thought it would depend if you're in time for the nuchal scan? Fwiw my SIL had this problem too.

Whims it's only the horrible dull reddish colour that's on sale, sadly - not the green one (the photo is misleading). I'm toying with the idea of getting an ebay carry cot bit, as they won't have had heavy wear seeing as you'll only use them for a few months - not sure yet though.

U mean me fluff? I'm about 8wks. It just seems a long time to wait for the next scan otherwise.

I am bored in work today, and have actually done no work. I've bought 2 baby books though, and now want to browse ebay to see what baby things could be bought for bargins...

I'm being given a travel system thing by my sister. She bought about 15 pushchairs when she had my DN, and this one is completely unused. It's got a pram, car seat type thing, and a buggy attachment. I think. There's also a second similar set, and an unused car seat at my Dad's. I'm determined not to become a pram/buggy fiend like my sister, so will only buy a max of one pushchair!

She also gave me some maternity clothes, so I'm wearing my first set of stretchy jeans. They're comfortable but not perfect. The elastic 'under bump' waist means you have to wear really long tops, or not stretch at all. They also keep pulling my knickers down a bit at the back

cakes don't worry about the post.
cartoon I thought they had to give you the 12 week one as its the dating scan and 8 weeks would be too early to date properly? Also if your pct does the nuchal fold thing it has to be done then too I think? I would check as I'm pretty sure you have to have it?
Your sister sounds quite handy stacks with all those pushchairs. My top tip for under the bump waists it to wear a long vest top tucked in and you tshort over the top so you don't expose your belly. I love my H&M over bump jeans, really comfy and they have working under bump belt loops so you don't have to keep hoiking them up. And they were only about £20.
On the subject of birthing pools I'm aiming to use the ones at our MLU when the time comes. Unless I decide I really love the tens machine and won't take it off!

I thought the same as u ninja but my doc seems to think they mite not. Which I guess mite be cos I'm thinking of not having the nuchal. He thinks I may have to pay for a private one

Hi everyone. Hope all is well in PSEPP land

Cartoon that sounds similar to what happened to me with DS1. I should point out that I don't know why you've been offered an early scan so apologies if I'm barking up the wrong tree and you're not in the same situation as I was.

Basically before DS1 I had a miscarriage which was dealt with at the EPAU. At that time the lady said that in any subsequent pregnancy if I wanted to I could contact them directly for a reassurance scan. However I can't remember if they told me at that time, or when I tried to get a reassurance scan for my second pregnancy, that if I had a reassurance scan after 8 weeks it would then be instead of my 12 week scan.

The huge difference was though that at that time my pct didn't offer the nuchal fold business.

In the end when I was pg again (with DS1) my 12 week scan came through with a date at 15 weeks and I thought I would go mad if I had to wait until 15 weeks to check everything was okay so I phoned the EPAU and they got me in for a scan at about 12 weeks.

This time I didn't even bother phoning and just paid for a private scan at eight weeks. But then this was a different PCT and there was the nuchal fold stuff to consider as well.

I would also add though that it seems rarely do GPs speak the gospel as to what happens during pregnancy. Sometimes they know what they're talking about but very often GPs don't know the procedures like a midwife would so I would make sure you either speak to a midwife or directly to the hospital to see what the procedure should be. There are lots of examples, even just on MN, of people who get an 8 week scan on the NHS and a 12 week scan too so it is perfectly possible. I assume it just depends why they are giving you an eight-week scan and as I say I don't know your background (apologies ).

I hope that makes sense and when you speak to a nice sensible midwife they will see that you are a brooker and therefore completely deserve an 8 and a 12 week scan .

And of course GOOD LUCK for your scan Cartoon . Will be checking in for news xx

good luck cartoon!

Morning all. Having completely gone off chocolate for the last month, I just saw biscuits offer of brownies and now that's all I can think of. My mouth is actually watering. Drooling even. Nice.

Fluff, if you want all new stuff, you could think about buying your carry cot, and then selling that on on ebay? Presumably they don't lose much value if they're a new-ish make.

Good luck today cartoon. Can't wait to hear your news.

I think that's probably a bridge too far for our budget whims - I'd either go ebay or just lie the pushchair flat and use a footmuff I think :)
I should point out the one that's £100 off was more expensive than the others to begin with, so I'm not planning on spending an extra £100 on a pram just so it's green

Wow stacks that's super lucky! Why did she buy a gazillion prams, out of interest? Did she just buy them and then decide they weren't very good?

Morning. Good luck for your scan cartoon!

I am vair sick. Luckily just back to being a bad cold - guess the 'chest infection' was just part of this bizarre cold. Would like to spend the day in bed but we're getting carpets fitted so will be noisy. On the positive side, we're finally getting our house sorted . We've lived in a wreck for so long (with a child!) that it seems like such a luxury to live like normal people finally. Honestly, our house was like something out of DIY SOS - the 'before' bit!

How are you all? Grads & post-grads doing well?

:o :o smegs we got a stairs/hallway carpet fitted last week after about 2 years of bare boards! It feels like a real luxury
Hope you feel better soon :)

Hmmmm could be bad news I have an empty sac. Theyre saying my dates couldeasily be a wk or 2 out because of previous mc

Oh cartoon, how worrying for you :( It does sound plausible, though? Are they re-scanning you in a few weeks?

In exactly a week. I don't know wot to think. Surely if I was only 5/6wks I wouldnt of got a bfp when I did?

cartoon when was your bfp? I got a faint positive at 11DPO. I also had a scan at 5w which showed just an egg sac. My 12w scan put me forwards 3 days, but I'm not sure they're right as I'm fairly sure of my ov date.

Fluff I have no idea why she went pram mad. She bought about 20 in total, all from Ebay and all 'good bargins'. She didn't actually lose much money all told, and made a bit of money selling them on again. She'd just get them, use them for a day or two then get another one. She kind of treated Ebay like one of those catalogs for clothes you try on at home and post back if they don't fit :)

I think it's quite a common addiction? Certainly a few of the ladies on the 'due in dec' thread that have previous children were talking about all the prams they bought/own...

15th may. And last period was 17 April. Had a postive opk on the 30th April. I think that's the rite date. Wotever the last Sunday in April was

Oh cartoon that is worrying . Maybe the dates are a bit out? I hope everything looks better next week.