October 2013: where we all make it to the 2nd trimester and begin to glow!

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Welcome October passengers--all aboard our new thread (is it number four or five?!). Hope everyone is having a lovely Easter and enjoying an egg or three.

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Omg really some ppl I deleted said comment asking if baby was planned and the girl in question then commented it on the second baby scan pic!!! I have deleted again and messages her saying the baby was planned and I would appreciate it if she stopped commenting asking that. Dh can't see the problem with her asking ...

Sorry, major cross post there because I took way too long to write that last one.

Good luck today Sanjifair and anyone else scannning.

Natalieand that is terrible. Some people can be so rude. I am glad you've set her straight.

Whaaaaat. how far do we have to wriggle our pants down? I thought they just put it on your belly (the bottom bit obviously).

Natalie asking once was rude, but asking again when you had deleted her comment is awful!! I'd be blocking her if it was me, but I tend to be a bit ruthless with deleting and blocking people on there who annoy me --(or share pics of abused kids etc) and even deleted my mother in law for a month until DH convinced me to re-add her

PseudoBadger how are you feeling? 2 days til your scan, I'm sure everything will be fine!

Rox I'm exhausted still, 12 weeks tomorrow so desperately hoping it eases soon. Don't think it's helped by the crazy dreams I'm having, am waking up more tired than when I went to bed

How planned can a baby be anyway...if it was PLANNED I would have been pregnant 8 months before I was!

falcon glad to hear your ds is ok.

I called dd this morning who promptly told me to call back later as she was busy eating her breakfast watching transformers!

Feeling a bit chirpier today, although have already had 3 litres my cannula was extremely painful so have had it taken out and waiting for next one. The nurse seemed concerned that my morning ursine wasn't much better than my uriine last night, maybe because I was s sleeping not drinking ill know if I'm our today a to whether they change my bed or not!

Good luck to all today's scanees

Smitten I didn't pull my knickers down, just opened my jeans and pulled up my jumper. I think they may have been pushed down a little bit but I was too busy looking at the screen to notice.

I had to reveal a little bit of what would be the 'hairy area' fortunately I neatened up for hear of dildo cam lol the woman didn't seem phased tho they tucked a peice of like tissue paper into top of knickers too xxx

Has n e one got a 20 week scan booked for may 24th yet?

I have my nt scan tomorrow at 2pm ( and get my harmony test results). I am really nervous about it. As it is school holidays, we will have our other 3 children with us so hopefully it will all be good news. It is also my youngest child's birthday so I have to remain positive regardless of how it all goes.

My 20 week scan is 23rd may

My 20-week scan is booked for May 13th - that's going to drag, I just can't wait to see baby again.

Perhaps a bit strange but has anyone felt more anxious since their 12-week scan? I've been eyeballing the pictures and pointing out different bits and harrassing hubby - 'do you think that looks normal?', 'is that supposed to be like that?!'. He keeps shutting me up and trying to reassure me by reminding me that this is my first baby and therefore the very first scan picture I've ever seen where as the sonographer hasn't raised any concerns and they've probably seen thousands!

Is it helping? Nah!

In reference to body hair, mine is trim - not shaved and I'm not ashamed by that, just goes to show what society dictates these days but I'd rather not look like a child down there when I'm having one myself!

Good luck Sanjifair can't wait to see more scan pics I was going through them earlier I love them!

I had to wiggle jeans down a bit but the lady really wasn't looking at my non-Feminist (see disclaimer in name) bikini line. They must see it all so no big deal either way, as long as you're comfortable. Once you can see baby wriggling its the last thing you will be thinking about anyway!

Natalie my 20wk scan is booked for the 28th May, just glad they're falling in school hols, means both me and DP don't need to take extra time off work.

Does anything know anything about internal scans at 20 ish weeks to measure cervix? My hosp is offering them to identify ppl at risk of prem labour. Says there's no harm to you/baby and that they monitor you more closely if you are deemed to be more at risk. Also says this may include you being part of a study. Will ask more qs at my midwife appt today but I'm wondering if its just my hospital (Lewisham, SE London) or nationwide?

Xuntitledx we all know logic goes out of the window once pg worries kick in. I'm ok now as the scan was only yesterday but if I don't feel movements in the next few weeks, which is quite possible, I will probably freak out!

Not heard of it fem I did have a scan with dd that measures blood flow etc and tells u if u r are risk of pre term labour but it wasn't an internal scan xx

Natalie what's it to her if it was planned or not?! cheeky cow!

Only 2 of mine were planned, but it doesn't mean they are any less welcome for that...... as horrible as it is, noone has to have a baby they don't want these days!

If you were devastated by the news you would hardly be putting it all over fb anyway!

People keep asking me this too, and I just say " no it was a lovely surprise "...... it's really none of their business!

With my first (when i was 14) he was clearly unplanned...... but we have always said he was an accident, never a mistake - there is a big difference!!

That's a valid point atchly caz their is a big difference between a mistake accident or lovely surprise.one of my friends pregnant with her second she fell pregnant both times on the pill so were technically 'accidental' but they r over the moon xx

Xuntitledx I almost immediately started worrying about the little pouch behind my babys neck and whether it was an ok size as we didn't pay for the nt test at our private scan, waiting for nhs to do that in a couple of weeks if it isn't too late. Really happy that the baby is there and has a heartbeat. I think I will always worry about something though.

Sorry if this is insensitive MoN.

I am the same OrangeBlossom2, except that I did ask for the test, and yet they didn't measure it.

Ooh, lots to catch up on!! HUGE congrats to all the lovely scan news yesterday!!

Good luck today to Sanji and any others x x

Reusable nappies - do it! I did it with DD from about 8 days old (once the meconium was gone) and, frankly, given land fill, I can't understand why people don't.... Its so so easy. I used humbled (new own size) with the motherease wraps with Velcro (Rikki?), then bumgenius Flips with stay dry pads for 1.5 years!!! I used a disposable at night though from about 4 months (flip organic inserts before then at night with a fleece liner) as, for need of sleep, I only ever changed a pooey nappy at night and we were getting leakages (at night only - never had a day time leakage) as DD weed more!

Roxvox - as others have said, I would chase up the NT measurement. Do they not do downs "risk screening" in your hospital. It has been the same in both places I have been preg (one outer London, now miles from London in South West): midwife explains that screening gives you a risk factor so can lead to difficult decisions (whether to have an amnio / CVS) and gives you a leaflet. At the scan, you hand in the last page of the booklet saying yes or no into reception. If yes, they do nuchal fold measurement in scan and record it (both times they didn't tell me in the scan, I could just see on the notes). Straight after or before scan, you are weighed and bloods taken. If you are high risk carter combined NT plus bloods (1:300 or worse I think), you get a call within 48 hours. If low risk, you get a letter about a week later giving fukk results - NT measurement plus combined risk (eg both twins are 1:15,500)....

All this has been explained to be at length by midwives for each preg!! Unless your region doesn't do this at all, I think you need to follow up... Good luck!

Umm, what else... Sorry about the annoying Facebook stuff Natalie.. This is why I totally deleted Facebook!

New born nappies are bumbles not humbled! From the nappy lady.

And I didn't pull my pants down for the scan... Just lowered them maybe a centimetre down, then they tucked a tissue over the top.

Smitten I was told to pull my trousers below my bum for my scan and push my knickers down without actually taking them off.

legally did you mean to say bumbles (newborn size) ie. bimbles? I assume your autocorrect "fixed" it Would you recommend them, I'm currently considering a rental kit of bimbles for the new baby until they're big enough for birth-to-potty nappies.

Thanks legally I intend to chase them up on it. The lady doing the scan just asked for my name, she did not ask to see the forms or anything. They did take some bloods, and will take some more at 16 weeks and then I will get my results apparently. So perhaps they do it here purely through bloods? Perhaps they only measure the Nuchal Fold if they have concerns by looking at it? I will give the midwife a text later and see if she knows the answers!

I like the idea of reusable nappies too. Our council appears to encourage the use of them, and will even get someone to come around to your house to explain the benefits, but there doesn't appear to be any incentives offered if you use them unfortunately. However, I just like the idea of it regardless so will probably use them the majority of the time, and then will have disposables to hand for the odd occasions when I will need them instead.

I agree with your last post Natalie. These twins were unplanned but we are THRILLED (and excited, and scared, and hoping it all works out... Just as we were for DD who we had on the first month of trying after deciding the time was right..)

Hi all

Congrats to yesterday's scanees..!

Natalieand your friend is so rude..clearly not a friend to be asking those questions and she's obviously jealous.

My 20 week scan is 17th May

rox I am feeling particularly tired and headachy today and have been to the loo in work twice to throw up...nice! I really wish this phase would pass and I'd hoped by 14 weeks it maybe would have. Though I do recall last time laughing at the urban myth that you start to feel great and glow....that didn't happen me!

I'm in NI and the nuchal scan is not done on the NHS unless you are high risk (think it may be due to the fact that abortion is illegal anyway so they don't seem to want to alert you to problems :(). I paid for a private scan as I wanted to know my measurement but maybe it's different in each area as to whether they do it at the 12 week scan or not?

This pregnancy was a " surprise" to us but we are still over the moon. We did want a second child close in age but as it took 18 months to conceive our first I didn't really think it would happen this time so quickly..we were only starting to think about trying :) Be warned those having your first, you are extremely fertile for at least a year afterwards so be careful!!!

Oh and I have never had to have an internal scan...they have always been on the stomach thank god! Maybe again it depends on the area or equipment used.

Lordy.. Take 3. Yes bimbles!!!! They're good, then flips are amazing!!! This time, given I will need double, I might buy the bumbles too plus extra bimbles and flips x

warlin similar to us dd was planned but took over a year to co cube as dh has sperm count and motility issues so this time round we started trying in oct (had implant out) and fell in the jan we thought it would take longer but I am over the moon it didn't :-)

This time round I brought some lube that is meant to encourage sperm to swim towards the waiting egg dh wasn't impressed when he found out I paid £15 for it but it seems to have done the trick haha