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August 2013 Part 2: Looking forward to scans and the beginning of bumps!

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chocolatesolveseverything · 08/01/2013 21:48

Here's a new thread for us summer mums-to-be.

A link to the first thread is here.

This first trimester will end eventually... it will, it will!!! Grin

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FoofFighter · 13/01/2013 17:42

It is rather cute isn't it :)

Weewee, I youtubed orgasmic birth once...errr.... I suppose I can see where they are coming from...

ScubaSarah · 13/01/2013 19:02

Does anyone know how to look at profiles on the iPhone app? I'm dying to see Foof's piccie but can't work out how Hmm

Silver15 · 13/01/2013 19:24

Foof Congs.

Just read the article on orgasmic birth and the idea does not appeal to me. Just felt a bit embarrassed. Anyway I'm currently off sex and all that is related to it. Was hoping my libido would have picked up by now as I'm 12 weeks tomorrow.

RuckAndRoll · 13/01/2013 19:49

congratulations foof
I'm Freaking out a bit tonight, I went running today in the snow and.freezing, warmed up gently, felt fine whilst I was doing it, but since getting home, defrosting, nice warm shower, I've got loads of lower abdomen pain and the period pain dragging type pain.
reckon it's me over reacting, but needed to rant!

LittleMissSnowShine · 13/01/2013 19:51

weewee - if you can find anyone who has actually had one please drag her on here to tell us how! I cant imagine anything less sexy than labour wuth the puking and mucus and contractions lol my spd was so bad DH had to help me get my knickers on and off and i was wearing crocs too...cant imagine he was feeling too turned on by the experience either Grin

i'd settle for a shortish epidural birth with no complications...but orgasmic sounds fun!

Going to check out your pic now foof!

ScubaSarah · 14/01/2013 06:44

silver me too! It's driving me and DH a little potty but I'm really not in the mood. Ever.

Ruck hope you're feeling better and all is well after a good sleep. I ran a lot Pre-PG but feel feeling too tired and sore boobs have put me off. Was thinking of starting again this week but v gentle. Nervous tho, dunno why...

LexiLoganberryBump · 14/01/2013 10:23

hanikan I'm so sorry for you loss, take care of yourself.

waves Hope your ok. Sorry your dh is being difficult, I hope he's just freaking out with the pregnancy becoming a reality and will come round soon, Im glad you've got your mum for support.

I've got my booking in appointment tomorrow morning, our dd is 8 in a couple of weeks and neither of us can remember what happens at the first appointment, I've seen alot of you say it's all form filling.
I'm worried the midwifes are going to keep going on about my weight, does being quite alot overweight automatically put you as high risk?

8+0 weeks

wavesandsmiles · 14/01/2013 10:40

Hello everyone Smile I'm getting a bit excited about the first scan tomorrow, and hopefully a more certain EDD. Really really hoping that all is ok, and flitting between scared excited.

DH and I had a loooooong chat last night. Things are looking brighter, and we have identified the "issues" so a good start. He didn't mean what he said about the baby - it is just wobbles.

Still being sick, cold disappearing though, and 12 +1 by GP/MW dates but should be able to say this with confidence after about 12.10 tomorrow!

OxfordToLondoner · 14/01/2013 10:59

Waves that's great to hear (not about you feeling sick, obv.)

I had a 'bonus' scan this morning. Because i'm OTT worrying about everything, especially about being ancient and the chance of abnormalities, I'm having a private 12 week scan (plus the hospital one!) next week. I went in to have my bloods taken this morning and she gave me a quick free scan just to have a little look. There s/he was wriggling about! So cute! So exciting! Am worrying less now about the Nuchal test - she said from what she could see at 11 weeks everything looks tickety boo.

Makes up for feeling like shit, in spades!

ScubaSarah · 14/01/2013 11:17

Foof Managed to see your pic today at last - on work laptop... SOOO cute!
Waves we both have our scan tomorrow and like you I'm flip-flopping between nerves and excitement. fx for both of us that we get clear piccies and LOW LOW LOW DS risks etc xxx Really pleased to hear things with DH are on the up :)

wavesandsmiles · 14/01/2013 11:58

What time is your scan scuba? Keeping fx for us too! This time tomorrow I will be chewing my fingers off waiting patiently at the hospital for my scan.

Bonus of the vomiting is that I have put on no weight at all, and have even lost the 2lbs from the mince pies over christmas. Still in my size 8 work dresses, though trousers are too tight Confused

Oxford how lovely that you have seen the LO wriggling about. I really really hope that I can bring a similarly happy tale to the thread tomorrow Smile

RainboxFX · 14/01/2013 12:13

Wow! I take a mini mumsnet break over the weekend and come back to 10 pages! Grin There is no way I can catch up with everything :)

So sorry to hear of the losses from this thread. It is a sad and difficult thing to have to go through, wishing you peace and an easy journey from here. Sorry also people are having tough times. It's just not fair, pregnancy is hard enough on it's own without other people adding annoyances!

I am still having dark brown spotting (going on for a week now) but have another reassurance scan tomorrow so just have to sit it out til then!

With DS I was so convinced he was a boy, we found out the gender just in case I was wrong and we were confused when SHE was born! Turned out I was right though. We are a bit worried about bonding with this pregnancy, after losing our first child we are so scared of being hurt again. So I think we are going to find out the gender to help us see them as a little individual.

10+1 today, subject to change tomorrow!

ScubaSarah · 14/01/2013 13:09

Waves My scan is at 13:45, sounds like a little after you?
Rainbow good luck to you as well x

sunflowerlady · 14/01/2013 13:09

hanikan so sorry to hear your news. take care x

waves really glad your DH has come to his senses, not sure what planet blokes are on sometimes!

foof fab picture - congratulations!

I check in everyday to see what everyone is up to but it is hard to post from my phone so I have found it's easier from work at lunchtime!

Had a funny weekend. DS was not 100% hiself on Friday and went to bed with bright red cheeks and really grumpy, nobody got any sleep on Friday night - he was in and out of our room all night. Saturday he still had bright red cheeks but seemed better in himself. Sat eve we had friends round and one of them noticed that my cheeks were bright red and covered in bumps...was a bit strange - I felt a bit off but not too bad. Anyway, went to bed thinking was too warm and that it would have gone in the morning. Sunday morning cheeks were just as bad and DS's were too. SO I called my midwife for advice and she told me to go the GP as soon as I could because it sounded like Slapped Cheek virus...off we went to the GP led walk in centre (after Googling and scaring myself half to death). He checked me out and said he couldn't say for sure either way but even if it was there was very little they can do about it and it just has to take its course. And not too worry!
I am worried. I am! How am I supposed to not worry? He said it might just be a virus that we have passed to each other and it will clear up.
Today neither of us has red cheeks and feel slightly better. Anyone got any thoughts or experience on this?

I had my booking appointment last week which went fine, new Midwife who was lovely. Got my scan on Thursday 24th when I will be 13 weeks exactly (I think).

Told new Midwife (cos old Midwife didn't want to know) my concerns about Natural Birth and she gave me some leaflets about Hypnobirthing - def going to look into it. She also said that I should consider a water birth so def going to look into that too. I'll do anything to prevent a repeat of DS birth.

Anyway hope Monday is going ok for you all, I reckon all expectant mothers should automatically be given reduced hours Grin

11+4

Boosiehs · 14/01/2013 13:28

Sunflowerlady I completely agree!! Been back 5 hours and am exhausted!!

So so sorry to those with bad news. Fx for next time.

JollyToddles · 14/01/2013 14:15

Lexi my MW said they don't get concerned about your weight at all unless your BMI is over 30. And even then I reckon it just means you get some dietary advice and possibly an extra appointment or two.

Hi everyone else :)

I have had a crap day so far today but won't bore you with details. I am currently in the house by myself (DS is at nursery) which is utterly weird and hasn't happened in about 6 months. I think I may have to go clean the bathroom or study or something to make good use of the time.

wavesandsmiles · 14/01/2013 14:22

Another vote for reduced hours. Not sure whether it is being pg, or the lack of caffeine but I am shattered too. sunflowerlady I am seeing MW tomorrow at my scan (which is at 12.10 scubasarah) as I am pretty sure my DS has had slapped cheek last week/this weekend. Have also scared myself to death after googling it, and hoping they will do a blood test to check my immunity. Might be worth following up with your MW as normally they will do a blood test, and then more frequent scanning if necessary.

FX DH and I have a good evening tonight. Still feeling vulnerable about the whole thing, and hoping that there is no repeat!

thekatsatonthematt · 14/01/2013 15:05

Lexi with DS (2011) my bmi was 34 or 35. Technically I was under consultant care, but as I have no other medical issues never actually saw a consultant at any point. I just had the gestational diabetes test. Oh and during labour a consultant did visit, to say that usually my BMI would mean constant monitoring but the baby was not in distress to the MW would just do regular monitoring and it would be reviewed if necessary. DS's heartrate didn't change AT ALL during the entire labour so a high BMI might make you a higher risk, but that is all. Higher. Not a definite risk.

Rant over!

I guess it will depend on the PCT and of course I've moved from Manchester to the midlands so not sure what kind of care I'll get this time round despite my BMI now being down to 31.

My booking in appt is next Tuesday. And I was hoping to not tell work till mid March as I'm on a temp 12 week contract until the start of March at which point I should move on to a permanent contract. But I'm a postie and it is snowing!! Only work Wed-Sat so fingers crossed it'll have cleared by Wed but there is no way I am getting on a bike in this weather....

FoofFighter · 14/01/2013 15:28

Hello all, good luck to those having scans today/tomorrow x

sunflowerlady · 14/01/2013 15:47

waves can't believe that we are both worried about Slapped Cheek..that is crazy. I had not even heard of it until this weekend! Good luck for tomorrow and let me know if they do a blood test. Nobody mentioned that to me, they really didn't seem bothered by it at all TBH.

lexi / katonmat My BMI was 30, Midwife crossed through it and changed it to 29..presumably to save herself a load of paperwork/hassle!!

katonmat We moved from the Midlands to Manchester!! I had my DS in the Midlands and now we are having this one in Manchester! We have swapped places!! Which hospital did you have 1st time round?

JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 14/01/2013 16:48

Lexi, my bmi with my first pregnancy was about 53 (size 24) you probably aren't half as big as me, but I'll tell you what it meant for me. I had to see the consultant, not just the mw's, I couldn't give birth in the midwife led unit ten minutes away or at home, I had to be in hospital. Also a waterbirth was out of the question.

I had to have a gestational diabetes test (They test your blood, you drink some lucozade, go sit somewhere for 2 hours, then go back for another blood test) which I passed fine. My blood pressure was perfect. No complications. The consultant was a cheerful chap who took joy in doing a LOT of scaremongering, predicted I'd end up with everything from diabetes to pre-eclampsia, a baby the size of a christmas turkey, and said I would most likely end up with a c section. So I had to go and see the anaesthesiologist who did a bit more scaremongering and telling off Hmm and disappointed prodding of back squidge. Grin

I had growth scans because obviously because I was fat the baby was going to be huuuuge. And he was, I felt every ounce of that enormous 7lb 2oz baby. Wink The birth wasn't great because they were only happy if I was strapped on my back on the bed with a stomach monitor AND a scalp clip on the baby. Lying down was incredibly painful, I wanted to be standing/moving!

Funnily enough after a couple of hours of the weight of a full term baby and my fat belly on top compressing the veins at the back of the womb, the monitor started recording decelerations in the baby's heartbeat Hmm Funny that. I suddenly had every sodding midwife, doctor, janitor and tea lady in the hospital in my room shouting at me to push. He was out in a couple of pushes, no pain relief, and apart from a tear everything was fine, but I don't think I'll ever forgive the way they totally medicalised my birth DESPITE every test, growth scan etc coming back fine. (If there had been a problem I would be have been happily strapped to that monitor, trust me)

They barely spoke to me like a person, no encouragement or it was a shame. My second pregnancy and birth was better, perhaps because I didn't take as much shit, perhaps because they saw that my first pregnancy and birth was completely uneventful. I went 11 days over and they were "threatening" induction, but I refused because by my dates I was only 4 days over, it was them who had put me forward a week. They weren't happy about this at all but I'd had enough of them dictating how my births should go. I went into labour 11 days over naturally, contracting nicely until I got to hospital and they stopped because I was so scared of the hospital.

Anyway after a couple of hours of walking I got them going again and then they got me on the monitor again, stuck a really painful IV out of the side of my wrist "just in case" Hmm then tried twice to do an epidural. It didn't work but I didn't need it anyway, I was actually coping quite well although I doubted myself initially. I stopped them trying to put it in a third time because I could feel the baby crowning. Once again, a couple of pushes and she was out, a truly ginormous 7lb exactly. Wink At least since I was sitting up for the epidurals I wasn't flat on my back again so there were no decelerations, although due to the odd position I did tear upwards, which was nice... They wouldn't take the painful IV out for nearly 2 days because they were determined something would go wrong at some point. I'm going for an active birth next time and they can kiss my arse.

I wrote all this for you to see that even if you're a heffalump like me there's no guarantee that anything will go wrong, so don't worry, and don't let them scare you. I have two beautiful healthy (slim!) children to show for it, thank god. I'm not saying nothing can or will ever go wrong but all you can do is try to eat healthily, maintain gentle exercise, do the tests, have intermittent monitoring and hope for the best! No need to scare the pants off new mums imho! Smile

thekatsatonthematt · 14/01/2013 17:46

sunflower how funny! I was at wythenshawe for ds. And randomly the 1st mw sat with me in the delivery suite had a sister studying in Northampton and then the one that took over was from Northampton! Both dh & I are from a smallish town in Northamptonshire.....which is why we are back here.

JollyToddles · 14/01/2013 18:10

Morning sickness can fuck the fuck off. It is not morning sickness. It is all day long nausea which has today moved up a step to include puking too.

I don't know how on earth some of you are managing full time jobs.

8+3 ish. Far too far from 12 w anyway.

chocolatesolveseverything · 14/01/2013 18:35

Jolly - Poor you, sounds awful! But I'm 11+4 now and it is easing a fair bit if that gives any comfort for the future.

Had a call from the hospital this afternoon to say that my glucose levels are too high and they want me to take a glucose tolerance test on Wednesday. So, no breakfast, then a full bottle of lucozade, and then to sit in the waiting area for two hours before another blood test. Sounds lovely! But I'm going to use it as an excuse for guilt-free pigging out on chips at my regular pub quiz tomorrow evening before the fast starts Smile.

I strongly suspect that the test result is because of my decking down that chicken sandwich moments before the booking appointment so not very worried, but best to make sure I guess. As I have a family history of diabetes on both sides the midwife had recommended that I had this test later in pregnancy anyway. Hope this doesn't mean I have to have it twice!

Guess it goes to show the diabetes risk doesn't purely correlate with weight. My BMI when they measured me last week was 23.5. (Nice midwife then recorded it as 23 on my notes.)

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Boosiehs · 14/01/2013 18:36

JollyToddles I feel your pain. It's is fucking horrible. Constantly feeling like you are going to barf. The idea of food is not a good one.

8+5 today. I really really hope this ends soon. Work is going to be unbearable. :(