January 2014 (Thread 6) - The Lies and Truth of pregnancy..... Read on!!

[LittlePeaPod]

Lie = Your glowing vs Truth = Your sweating, freezing, puking and an emotional basket!

Lie = After the first trimester your ms will disappear vs The truth = It will be there in the second trimester and the third..... and probably after you give birth! Get used to it!

Lie = You don't look even look pregnant vs The truth = whatever, you look pregnant from space!

Lets see what we learn from the second trimester!

So so sorry Vatta - the loss of a baby is terrible and my heart goes out to you and your DH. Big hugs x

bebsy its so cruel! So sorry to hear your news. Very much thinking of you.

vatta fingers firmly crossed for you. Hope they dont keep you waiting too long....

Oh, Vatta, I'm so sorry :(

Great stuff frizz so pleased for u!

humpty that is such a difficult position to be in. Does your mum have friends/other rels to support her at the funeral?

mrsgsr I bet your mums friend was chuffed to bits! Very much bitter sweet, but how lovely of her to give you that book!

enormouse grrr! I feel your lack of sleep pain! Hope you get some tonight!

Toby lets hope bitchface gets a grip and squeezes u in!

Penguin pod any lengths today? From whale - sultana!

omg - major shaving rash has appeared on my bikini line this morning! Just to add to my attractive "whale in a swimming costume" look!

vatta am so sorry. Its just so sad. Thinking of you!

Vatta I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. What a horrible shame. Take good care of yourself, and good luck for the future.

sultana yeah, my sister is going to be there and mum's two brothers, so she won't be alone. I just feel bad, as I am always there for her, but in this case, I just don't want to. I don't want to be anywhere near the whole thing. Gah.

toby I second sultana's wishes: bitchface must relent soon, surely?

Well, I shall phone bitchface tomorrow afternoon (I don't think she's in until 12, so I'll give her until 1pm to call me and then it's ON!)

I need to know tomorrow so that I can try to get a private NT scan by the end of the week.

humpty its rough but at least she wont be on her own and you wont have to feel hypocritical being there. You can be there for her afterwards and I am sure she understands. Bless you - its hard feeling torn and guilty. At least you have reasons not to be there....

Good luck Toby! As u say, u need to know one way or the other.....

vatta & bebsy am so sorry for your losses. Have been thru it twice & its heartbreaking so am sending all my love & support.
frizz glad all went well. More details plz :)
Ok so my scan. I feel a bit guilty writing about it when some ladies have had such sad news so I hope people don't mind me sharing.
I'm completly overwhelmed. Had an amazing scan & baby was very active. Took a long time to get the measuremeants but dates have changed again I'm 13+2 & edd is now 4/1/14. The nuchal measurement was 2.0 & was told this was fine. Had all my bloods done as well 2day. Ok. Here's the amazing part. The sonographer kept smiling then suddenly asked if we were planning on finding out the sex at 20 weeks. We said we were. She then laughs & says do you want me to tell you now.... Omg, clear as day a little willy!!!! Well not that little to be honest!!!! She was amazed. I cried & cried. I was certain it was another girl as I feel exactly same with pregnancy with dd. She told us not to get too excited as she can't confirm it. We've not told anyone else! Eeek can't believe it :) x

Omg choco! Thats just so amazing! Thats worth all the vomming in the world! Ekkkk! Wish I had been a fly on the wall! Woop woop! Bet you werent expecting that! What a bonus! Yeay!!!

vetta and bebsy I'm so sorry to hear your news. Take care of yourselves xx

Sultana thanks lovely - you're right.

toby Bring. It. On. Bitchface ain't gonna know what hit her...

lou that is ACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So delighted for you after all your puking, woohoo!

Wow, loulou, that's lovely :)

choco how exciting is that!? You are the first on here to know if it is blue or pink!

Is everyone else finding out the flavour? We aren't....

Nope, we're not. I did with DS, and then we couldn't decide with DD, so we tossed a coin. XH won, and he wanted us to find out, but in the end they couldn't tell us anyway. I was so convinced she was a girl, I would have said she wasn't mine if she'd come out with a willy!

Lol toby! I want to find out for that exact reason - just feel its a boy - dont know why, but want to retrain my brain if its not! Ironically would prefer a girl as feel more familiar with little girls, but would be genuinely happy with either!

Well just done swim number two and am feeling really proud of myself! I had forgotten how much I love swimming! When I was stretched out on my front in the pool I was also really aware of what I can only assume is my uterus above my pubic bone. It felt as though I had a small tennis ball in there trying to get out! Funny feeling! It also felt really solid when I was showering afterwards as did my boobs! Funny this preggers malarkey!

Oh Vatta, Bebsy. So sorry for your loss. Look after yourselves x

Vatta - sending huge hugs to you. So sad xx

vatta & bebsy big hugs. My heart goes out to you when you've got so far x

I'm 12 wks today & still not a peep from the hospital with a scan date. I left a vm for my midwife on Fri & she hasn't phoned me back nor replied to my text of last weds. I just don't know what to do as the maternity centre were adamant I had to go through the midwife & not phone the hospital direct. Not a great experience so far is it?

frog thats really bad!!! Some areas are really terrible! I am not sure what else to suggest.....

Bebsy and Vatta, I'm so sorry to hear your terrible news. Thinking of you both.

Frog, once we've finished with toby's receptionist do you want the hormonal mob to head over to your hospital?

Scan today went well. They've moved my EDD by a week, so I'm now 6th Jan. I'm not sure if that date is actually physically possible though, so I expect it to move again. NT was 1.7, which I'm relieved about but am a bit peeved to be told it takes "weeks" to get the combined result. My age (37) will mean that I'm likely to get quite short odds anyway I think, so I'm trying to prepare myself for some stress.

I think I leaked some amniotic fluid last night (the smell was pretty strong and different to my usual pregnajuice), but it was just a tiny bit. I sent my midwife a text, but after cancelling my appointment on Saturday she hasn't replied to me today either. The sonographer said the fluid looked fine and she couldn't see anything too worrying so I'm trying to just take it easy until I get my referral to the consultant for my knackered cervix.

Time for dinner and a nap now I think!

Oh Vatta I'm so so sorry... Hugs

vatta I am so sorry for your news

chocco how amazing. Is it gonna come out hung like a donkey? Sorry for lowering the tone but I have to ask!
I got a nuchal of 1.54. She didn't say of that was good or not but I was happy to see bean chilling there kicking it's legs and flailing it's arms every once in a while. She had to jiggle my belly lots to get it to move to get measurements.

Have told a few friends now and called my grandparents. Off to visit dhs grandparents hopefully to give them the news. For one of them it's the first great grandchild.
On other news Dh didn't get his job but he did really well and seems positive.

Congrats book too