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October 2013 hula hoops, daytime snoozes and booking in appointments

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Iheartcrunchiebars · 02/03/2013 07:27

Here you go. New thread...number 3!

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doobeedee · 15/03/2013 18:38

I got mine from Amazon for about £20.

Haylebop12 · 15/03/2013 18:45

What make is it? Was it easy to use?

Bronzemoth · 15/03/2013 18:45

When I had my scan a couple of days ago I'm pretty sure that the doctor/midwife said something that dopplers weren't recommended before about 12 weeks so she just calculated the heartbeat from a read out off the ultrasound. Can't really remember the details and you could still see the heart beating so I wasn't really bothered with hearing it. I got the impression it was a safety thing but I could easily be mistaken. It is definitely worth doing some research on the manufacturer and their recommendations though.

I can totally understand the desire to want to check from home though. I'd like a scan every day just to check!

I've schedule myself in for the Harmony blood test and Nuchal scan at the FMC. (there is a whole thread on it - on the whole it has some pretty good reviews). I'm a bit worried being a bit older and also my NHS test is actually past the recommended threshold for a Nuchal scan as I will be 14 weeks. It does mean another quick dating scan next week - so I get another bit of reassurance yay.

doobeedee · 15/03/2013 18:51

Don't worry Bronzemoth, I'm a research monster! It's not recommended as it worries people if the can find it and obviously it wouldn't be great if you used it every day for hours. Mine is an Angel Sounds. It's the one with the best reviews. Took a while to find HB as I kept finding my own at first and that particular doppler is recommended from 14 weeks and I'm only 11 so I tried it with the expectation I might not find it so I wasn't too disappointed.

doobeedee · 15/03/2013 18:52

"Can't" obviously!

TheFalconsmistress · 15/03/2013 20:12

I am so sorry mrsE sending lots of hugs and Wine your way xxxx

roofio and cazboldy yes im your scan buddy my scan is at 8.45 I should be around 13+3

MrsZzz · 15/03/2013 20:17

So sorry to hear your sad news MrsE xx

My scan is booked for Monday 25th at 9.40- really can't wait to go public, I'm sure people at work think I'm turning into the worst slacker atm.

Doobeedee- I have an Angelsounds too (dug it out from FIL's loft). Takes a while to find but heard the heartbeat at just under 10 weeks and it's clearer now at 11.

Is anyone else really popping out in the tummy area? I'm finding it harder and harder to hide...

doobeedee · 15/03/2013 20:20

Mrs Zzzz my scan is on the 25th too at 8.30.

Haylebop12 · 15/03/2013 20:27

mrs my tummy is huge :-(

Funny thing about being in hosp is that even though no one in RL really knows I'm pg I don't have to hide it in here Grin

cazboldy · 15/03/2013 20:57

mine is at 2.30, and then i have to see the consultant afterwards..... bit worried about that bit really

roofio87 · 15/03/2013 21:04

my scan is at 12 30 then midwife appointment at 2 30. hoping to find the canteen to amuse ourselves in between!! Smile

MrsZzz · 15/03/2013 21:44

Yey- scan buddies!

Caz- I saw a consultant with DS and it was fine- seem to remember an internal exam (my issue was a previous diathermy so cervix needed checking) but I think that was later on in the pregnancy. I guess it really depends on the reason for needing consultant care though.

Hope you're feeling better Hayle- not long now till we can wear our bumps with pride!

moonblues · 15/03/2013 21:44

MrsE I'm so sorry for your sad news. Wishing you all the best for the future.

moonblues · 15/03/2013 21:58

Wow ladies, it's taken me ages to catch up on all your chat! :)

It's strangely reassuring that everyone else has been worrying and having meltdowns. I've been very emotional and felt like crying most mornings, though I think it's morning sickness as I tend to feel much better by 10 o'clock.

My main worry at the moment it telling work... I started a new job in January and got pregnant pretty much straight away. I'm so worried about how they will react, but then I start feeling guilty that I'm not worrying more about the baby/having the scan - though really I'm mostly excited about that.

The other thing I'm worrying about is having a baby who has special needs. Somehow I feel that having had 2 healthy DCs I'm pushing my luck and because I'm older this time the risk of things like Down's syndrome increase. Good friends of ours have recently had their DC diagnosed with something fairly catastrophic and so I think it's brought it to the front of my mind. I worry about being a good enough parent. I think I'm going to have the screening blood tests / scan, but wouldn't go onto amniocentesis because I'd be worried about the risks of miscarriage and would not go on to have a termination. I think/hope that it's just the hormones talking and that I would be able to cope and after I've got to 12 weeks I'll be feeling a lot more positive.

Sorry not meaning to be a moany post, actually feeling a lot better this evening.

Sorry to hear you're back in hospital Hayle. Hope you get out soon.

cazboldy · 15/03/2013 22:05

MrsZ it's only because this one is my 6th baby. No previous problems in any pregnancies, easy births, last 4 born at home.....

but standard practice apparently...

maybe he'll tell me off for being a mad woman and having too many dc ShockGrin

Rockchick1984 · 15/03/2013 23:49

Umlauf I've had the opposite problem too - started a thread in Pregnancy about it and general consensus was that it's normal just not as common as being blocked up!

Re dopplers, I had one with DS and the midwife told me there is 2 main problems with them - people panicking when they can't find a heartbeat; and people feeling unduly reassured by them as often the sounds picked up are the blood flow to the placenta not the heartbeat so if something is wrong the mother may think "it's fine, I've heard the heartbeat" when in actual fact they haven't.

Moon that's a concern to me as well more so than last pregnancy (although I'm only in my 20's so not an older mum) but I think I worry now about the impact it would have on DS to have a disabled sibling. We won't be getting tests done as obviously it only tests for downs syndrome and nothing else; and the fact that it doesn't give you a definitive yes or no outcome so I know that whatever statistic I was given I would be worrying about and overanalysing it!

tuckingfits · 16/03/2013 01:49

So sorry MrsE. Horribly sad news for you. Once again a strong positive attitude. I'm not sure I would be so strong.

To all who passed on condolences on my partner's grandfather passing - thank you. He was a really lovely man,would have been 93 at end of March. He had been going downhill for some time so really it's a blessing that he didn't suffer longer.

Typically the family have arranged his funeral for the day of my rearranged & loooong awaited booking appointment. I really don't want to miss my chance to pay my respects to such a kind & gentle soul so have been trying to make arrangements to be seen by midwife elsewhere on another day. Won't know til Monday though if this is possible. Also have to change shifts at work as it is a five hour drive to family the day before & then an hour back down to the funeral so going to be at least a two day trip. Will be DS's first funeral,not sure how I feel about taking him but not taking him isn't an option.

Am dreading work tomorrow night,not coping with the busier nights,let alone the 3am finishes after a full day with a two year old dynamo!! I want my energy back!

Hopefully soon I'll be able to join in with the scan chat!

OrangeBlossom2 · 16/03/2013 07:51

So sorry to hear your news Mrs Excited. Flowers

Natalieand · 16/03/2013 08:03

Just wondering to those who have had two similar pregnancies have the sexes of the babies been then same? I had no symptoms with dd and haven't any this time either, just wondering how likely it is too be another girl? Xxxx

legallyblond · 16/03/2013 08:59

So sorry MrsE x x

Umlauf · 16/03/2013 09:36

I am having a crisis morning! Bump seems smaller, symptoms absent and NOTHING with the Doppler. I'm thinking phantom pregnancy/cruel trick of the body and they are going to laugh at me at the scan on Friday for being so silly and thinking I could possibly be pregnant.

someone throw a bucket of ice cold water over me

Natalieand · 16/03/2013 09:46

umaluf wouldn't a phantom pregnancy have been over long before 12 weeks? Xxx

TheFalconsmistress · 16/03/2013 09:48

umlauf calm down dopplers are unreliable and everything else uou say is the same that me and good few other ladies at near 12 weeks feel we are not all losing baby things will be fine your body has ajusted for the second trimester!!

Please do not panic we are all in this with you big non MN hugs xxxx

Umlauf · 16/03/2013 10:11

Thank you! Giving myself a Biscuit The nearer I get to the scan the more paranoid I'm becoming! Don't know what I'd do without MN, I'd have to approach random pregnant strangers for reassurance in the street!!

Sal1977 · 16/03/2013 10:19

At around 10 weeks ish the placenta takes over the hormone production hence why our symptoms become fewer and not as strong apparantly.

I knew this and it still didn't stop me having a melt down in a bid for a private scan, to no avail