August 2014 - 12 week scans and holding hands!

[BunnyBaby]

Hello everyone, off we go again...

Good luck to those having scans today - they're really coming thick and fast now! Hope to hear all the good news later!!

Good luck with the scans today. A pint an hour before your scan was what was in my letter and it was fine. We were in for about 20 minutes for the scan and 30 mins for blood.
My sense of smell seems to have gone really sensitive today and all the smells are nasty, why can't they be nice flowers or perfume

Good luck to all having scans today!!

We are having our scan tomorrow at 9.30am.... so excited! My symptoms have subsided a lot so I am looking forward to the scan for some reassurance. Breasts not so sore and I am able to eat again without feeling sick and shoving food round my plate.

I doubt I'll sleep a wink tonight. Worried about the drinking a pint an hour beforehand.... I am worried about being sick.

So much to do at work this week but will not be able to focus until tomorrow after the scan!

Good Luck to those having scans today :)

Travis We went in and baby was in wrong position, had to go for a 20 minute walk and go back then wait for sonogropher to be free again, ended up being there about 45 minutes total I think.

Meant to ask, is anyone suffering with pelvic pain? I'm only 13+3 and starting to really suffer when i'm sitting or walking (can't win really!) It's an achey sort of pain its driving me mad! The only time I'm ok really is laid in bed with a pillow between my legs :(

Anyone with previous experience know if there anything I can do sat at a deak all day?

All booked - wed at 10.50am...fingers crossed now!!!

Lucy- glad you are getting your scan to help you feel reassured.
Piña- if it's SPD or Pelvic girdle pain then the things to help are using a special belt to keep your pelvis together. Don't separate your legs, try keep them together when standing up, getting out the car. I had it badly with my 2nd pregnancy, but not as bad with 3rd and 4th.

thanks all for reassuring comments last night and this morning - just back from appointment, which was strange because it was with a medical student who then had to go and check everything with the duty doctor! so I had to tell my whole tale twice and got two opinions! have been signed off for a few days which is good as was worried about the commute, and they reckoned it it a bout of vertigo and some gastroenteritis. Still feeling dizzy and weird, not helped by lying down, standing up, watching telly, reading computer screen! argh!!
Thanks countdown and shak, your comments were really helpful xxxxxxxx
Good luck with all the scans! exciting! xx

sorry to hear about pelvic pain Pina, I've heard you should get a wedge cushion for your office chair but look into it, something to do with tilting the right way and supporting your sitting bone xxxx

Me too piña! Have a general ache most days (a bit like that post birth feeling) and if I get up quickly I get a sharp pain!! Will discuss with midwife at next appt.

Good luck all those being scanned today!

Thanks for the tips guys, I'll have to see if I can man up and wait til my next midwife appt on 19th Feb for some advice, I've just slipped a cushion under my bum which is better already but argh it's so uncomfortable, mainly in my right side for some reason. It's allllll going to be worth it when i'm holding my precious baby

welcome to the sikurp club Travis, tc, sleepy and everyone else... ruggle I think siccups prob trump sikurps for sheer frequency...

been signed off work for a week, doc not happy with my dips in blood pressure and sikurpy, sicky self doing my kind of job and thinks that I could do with a week recovery (im not complaining )

flymo sorry to hear abound your vertigo.. I hope it eases it is nasty even without being pregnant..xx

well I'm waiting for news of these lovely scans happening today - who is first?

I have been googling gender scans this morning...my 20 week scan is 14th March so 6 weeks on Friday but I just don't know if I can wait! £79 for the sake of 3 weeks is ridiculous though, isn't it?!

I have rekindled my love of baking, don't know whether its a pregnancy thing or not but not good on the weight gain side of things that's for sure! I've just ate two cheese scones fresh out of the oven and currently have chocolate brownies cooling on the side...

I'm telling my boss that I'm pregnant tomorrow, eek.

X

Morning ladies hope everyone's well and we hear nothing but good news from the scan. I've had a real rollercoaster of a morning. Just to warn you, this is a very self-centred post, I'm sorry! Woke up as normal this morning and went in for a wee, and bam, looked down and bright red blood in the bowl plus more on wiping. Came downstairs to DH and he said to just phone the hospital, so I phoned at 7:45 and the Emergency Obstetrics Sister answered, took some details and then said to come down after I'd had breakfast, etc. Got DD up to her Grannie's (she always goes on a Monday) and went straight to the hospital. DH was brilliant and just said it didn't matter about work, he'd let one of his colleagues know. We got there and I had to give a sample - lots more blood, bright red and clots. I was beside myself

They then hooked me up to get my temp, BP and pulse. Pulse was through the roof (not surprising!) so they had to take it again. Then went over to one of the beds and they got me to strip from waist down and covered me up, then doctor came in and said she was going to do a scan. It was the longest wait of my life and it was only a couple of seconds while she found the baby and then she said "Look there's the baby and you can see the heart there" and I asked if the heart was beating and she said, yes, there you go, do you see that little flicker? It's beating away. Then she said, wow, don't think this one's going to stay still for me! And the baby was somersaulting and dancing away. Don't think I have ever been so relieved. Could not stop crying! Such a difference in what we could see from this time last week - well defined arms and legs and, like I said, loads of moving around! Then she did the exam, which was quite uncomfortable and told me that my cervix was closed and as it should be and also said, yes, you have a large cervical erosion, which is most likely the cause of the bleeding. Was so good to get a (probable) cause. And yes, I was still crying at this stage!

We're back home now and I feel absolutely wrung out emotionally - I am so happy that everything looks okay for the moment, but I had completely convinced myself that that was it, so I am just feeling drained.

Again, I'm really sorry for such a long (selfish!) post this morning, it's just so good that I can share it with you guys and you understand Thank you, ladies.

Not selfish at all WeeJo! So glad everythibg is fine!

Awww weejo what a morning!!!! so glad all is well with you and bubba what a relief. Thats great they saw you so early too.

Dont worry about seld centered posting thats what mn is for

Oh your baking sounds delicious.
Re: gender scan, I am having a 16 week scan to find out the sex. I have also just done a blood test which can also tell you. But will take 2 weeks for the results. I am too impatient, I would love to hear it's another daughter but will be just as happy with a son. Our 12 year daughter passed away a year ago and I have 3 gorgeous boys.
Just changed my scan for 2 weeks today as going away on my original scan date. So only 2 weeks to wait now

Glad all is okay WeeJo. Can't imagine how scared you must have been. X

wow weejo that must have been terrifying, so glad that everything is ok... you must feel relieved to know there is a reason for the bleed... and congrats on being the unintentional first great scan of the day!

Weejo what a scare you must of had, so pleased you were seen so quickly.

Oh Weejo, how scary for you. But such a relief to see that everything is OK, and REALLY good to have an explanation for the bleeding.

I hope you're able to take it easy for the rest of the day?

Pina, I had pelvic girdle pain first time around and the physio gave me a series of exercises that could be done at my desk. I set a timer for every 15 mins to do the series of exercises - five of each I think. The physio was amazed because it got so much better.

Have a look on the Pelvic Partnership website - lots of advice there that helped me a lot. One of the best pieces of advice is to get it looked at by someone who knows what they're talking about as early as possible - don't wait until you're crippled with pain.

michell what blood test determines the sex of the baby and where do you get one if you don't mind me asking..x

Back from scan, all good thankfully. Nuchal measurement 1.7 which is ok and now 12wks5 days. Just amazing seeing a live baby with heartbeat and bouncing around. Kept turning its back on us :-) . Such relief! Right, back to work. Sigh.

Wonderful news, Travis, congratulations!