April 2013- part 3 scan scan scan

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Started a new thread for all us April ladies.

mama my itchy foot must seem pathetic compared to your situation at the moment . yes will stock up on calamine lotion me thinks today, felt like hacking my poor foot off at 4am this morning!! also going to book in with a chiropodist to get rid of all my hard skin that I have accumulated from years of standing on my feet in retail! am sure scan will be fine, is always reassuring to see a happy baby. how far are you now?

The advice on folic acid is before conception and for the first 12 weeks.

However, the multivitamins which everyone takes these days are safe (and recommended) to take throughout. They contain folic acid anyway. I plan to keep taking mine...

miarose i love archie, isabella and ruby - they are all on my list - which is meant to be a secret. Except archie cause a friend has an archie. but it would be if i didn't iyswim.

xx

ps i'm not going to use any of them but they are in my top ten

Morning ladies, I'm having a miserable Monday, DH informed me yesterday that I looked like I was 5 months gone worked a very busy 12 shift yesterday and I'm feeling it today, my back has given up and I'm waddling barely managing to get around and I'm a bit sore uterine area, maybe stretching pains?
To make things worse DS is full of cold, only wants to cuddle, and fart like a trooper!
I'm sorry for moaning, I wish I could shake this mood.

12+5

miarosemum I hope the clamine helps, itching is horrible. hope you feel better soon. im 12 1/2 weeks now my due date is the 1st s april but they are aimng to get me to 30 weeks pregnant and then consider delivering. like your names by the way :) my sons best friend is called Ruby.
notshortimfunsized good luck today. I hope they will but depends on scan and my blood results plus how the stitch goes.....you gotta laugh sometimes havent you?!
Thanks all I will update later fingers crossed all is well

giddypants sorry you are having a crap day. Sounds like stretching pains i think but ouch. I hope you can get some rest today and feel better soon, can you distract todler with dvd? x

Hi ladies - I've been a bit AWOL of late. Mainly due to feeling so crappy and rubbish all the time and also just never being able to get onto the damn PC, laptop or Ipad at home due to DH hogging it all the time!!! Now at work with no boss looking over me so I'll check in and try to catch up with you all - its been so busy!

I'm now 13 weeks today yay! Had my scan last week and EDD now 2nd April, so no april fools for me. I highly imagine it will be born in March if my last preg is anything to go by. Was lovely to see little Dougal (it's what we've named him/her for the time being - we named DS Nobby when he was the bump hence the mumsnet name so we thought we'd go for a cutesy name again this time around, gives us something to say other than baby/bump etc). Everything looks all ok in there. Got to get my blood results soon by calling up the midwife. I'm not overly concerned about anything though.

Sickness is finally subsiding. Starting to feel normal again. I have even started going running again - used to run quite a bit before got the dreaded ms. Been 3 miles couple times this week so feeling good again .

Notice you all talking about names. We have a few on the radar. For a boy we are thinking about Finlay, we haven't really got any others! For a girl it's Holly, Isabel, Molly, Alana. We were trying to keep in an Irish theme as DH is of Irish decent but many of the irish names are just so hard to spell!!!

Will leave it there as I go try catch up on everyone elses posts.

morning all sorry to hear some are feeling poo or have had a crappy weekend, chin up :)
im getting fed up of those that know telling me i should be more excited!! i just cant get excited until scan is over with!! im desperate to tell ds but i just want to be sure its ok first that would be heart breaking having to tell him if it wasnt.

i was really cheeky this morning i rang and moved forward my scan appt a week lol so its now the 5th oct instead of the 11th i just couldnt wait that long!! especially as alot of you are having such lovely scan news to share, plus at my booking in appt i told the midwife i wasnt sure on dates it was either 03/07 or the 17/07 (last period) we agreed to put down the latter of the two dates but that would mean i would be approx 12 1/2 weeks on scan date but if my last period was the 3rd july id be more like 14 1/2 weeks which would put me out of the window for the nuchal dating scan so moving back 1 week puts me in window for both dates. does that make sense or am i being a total crazy person!

hope the rest of monday goes great for you all even if it is terribly miserable outside!

Thanks mama he's watching Mickey Mouse at the minute and letting me MN rest hope your feeling better, any news about going home yet?

Mum is coming over shortly so she will take care of him and I can get my head down for a bit, really bad night sleep kept having weird dreams about detailed scans, then my work colleague turned into a cat

Hi all, I lost you! Just catching up now working hard!

I'm 9+3 today, only 3 weeks 2 days til my scan! Still feel shattered but less sickly since I had treatment for the UTI which is a good thing! :)

Mama I really hope it's good news! How's your blood pressure holding now?

missmuffet that makes perfect sense - you have to assume its earlier so they can do an accurate nuchal scan.

I'll post more later when I've caught up.

So good to hear so much lovely scan news! I have to wait another week and I think this is going to be the worst week so far - we just want to be reassured that there is something in there and its all healthy etc!

Still have nausea, extreme tiredness, big sore boobs and now back ache over the weekend. The back ache makes me concerned but feels like its flat accross my back and no other problems or cramping so guessing its just another pregnancy thing!

We have been discussing names but as we had settled on William for a boy about 5 years ago before children were even on the cards my DH now refuses to consider anything else. I would like a couple of spare names just in case I change my mind!

Thinking of you mama and notshort.

9+3

Just back from scan, saw a wriggly little baby All looks fine. Measuring 10+2 but by dates I'm 9+6 so DD may change at 12wk scan.

Can go home later this afternoon!

Notshortbutfunsized - great news so very happy for you x

Fantastic news notshort!!!! just make sure you put your feet up when you get home!!

Great to hear everyone's scan news! It must be such a relief to hit the 12-week milestone!
Although, it has occurred to me that I am a bit behind schedule or something as I'm 9+5 and still haven't seen the MW or heard about my scan dates. Is this normal?
This is our first baby, so I really have no idea what's supposed to happen and when.
I have had a scan at seven and eight weeks, then I was discharged from the IVF clinic and told to go to my GP. I saw him at 8+6, dropped off my hospital form and am now just waiting to hear from the MW or about the scan.
Was my when I saw the GP the 'booking-in appointment'? Should I be worried that I will be 10 weeks on Wednesday and haven't heard anything? Shouldn't I have had loads of other tests - bloods etc?
Or is it just me struggling to adjust after the constant monitoring of the IVF clinic?
Also, my GP told me that my dates could change once I have had my scan. How does that work when one has IVF? I know exactly when fertilization occurred, pretty much down to a 12-hour window. So, wouldn't my dates stay the same?
Sorry about so many questions!

Ollibobs In my town in Somerset they seem to like to see you between 8-10 weeks not before! I was told i didn't need to see my GP at all, at my booking in appt with midwife they did a load of bloods then they booked scan according to my dates, but that's totally different to my first dc so I really think it depends on your area.
I have no idea about ivf so I can't help you there but I wouldn't imagine your date would change much if what you describe is the case :)

I would give them a ring tho definately can't hurt to find out what's going on can it :) I was also shocked at the lack of interaction you have with anyone medical I don't remember it being like that at all the first time round!

I think it depends on area oli but my GP practice arranged my booking in for me. I'm 9+2 and my scan date came through at the end of last week. I'd ring your GP practice and ask how it works in your area, you may have got missed for the booking. Actually my midwife sent the form off for my scan at my booking in thinking about it.

Miarosemum you might want to ring your midwife re: the itching, 'persistent itching', particularly in hands and feet, may be a sign of obstetric cholestais, i just thought that of it doesn't look like athlete's foot then this might be something to consider.

great news notshort, must be a relief for you.

ollibobs Re: booking in appt, here they see you at ten weeks, I had mine today at 11+6 EDD by LMP (actually I am 10 + 6) by USS date, but my paperwork didn't show this, so they are very busy/behind here! Just ring them, i kept ringing until they gave me a date

And if you know when you conceived, your dates probably won't change, really the LMP date is assuming you ovulate at an exact time in your cycle, but if you know when conception took place your dates should be accurate. Like I say, my dates are a week apart, so I obviously ovulated late...

I have had some improvememt in MS, but don't want to speak too soon, and had my booking in appt this morning. I have my maternity notes now, so it feels a bit more real!

Scan should have been this Wed, is now next Thurs due to DH's diary...roll on 4th October!

11 + 0 (ish!)

Congrats on all the scans everyone - great news funsized after your traumatic few days and good luck for this week Mama1980!

I don't want to give false hope as I know everyone is not this lucky but I am starting to feel human again! Happened as I went over the 12 week mark. Nausea almost completely gone - just get the odd wave if I leave it too long between meals. I had thought I was doomed to 24 hour nausea so hang on in there those with MS there is hope!!!!! (12/5)

Thanks so much for the good wishes everyone pleased to say after another scan baby is looking great, got to see lots of wriggling and squirming

Yay! Great news, Mama That LO of yours is certainly determined to hang on in there...

Hi all
Miarose someone's mentioned it up thread, but my mw said she wanted me to ring if I had itchy hands or feet as it could mean something's up with my liver. Probably nothing, but no harm in checking.

I told my TA today, partly because she's friends with the colleague who asked me on Friday and, even though she promised not say anything, I wanted to be the one to tell her, just in case. Was lovely to tell someone!!

12+1 today!!!!
Xxxxx

Wonderful news Mama!

Thanks angeltattoo, HaveALittleFaith and Missmuffet28. Much appreciated. I will chase it up asap. Although, should I call the hospital where I am to have my scan? Or the GP? As I don't know who my MW will be, I guess it is one or the other?