Brewing September 2014 beauties

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New thread for the chattiest bunch of mummies to be I've ever known!!

It's hard being a woman ...symptoms make us feel terrible (& anxious), no symptoms makes us feel anxious & neither seems to be a good or bad sign from what I've read. I think I'm 9+4 now with no scan date yet but my booking app on Thursday so hopefully it's not too far off. I've had absolutely no symptoms whatsoever for the whole time so whilst I'm lucky, I'm now starting to think this is a phantom pregnancy much to DH's amusement and so have been concocting all sorts of scenarios in my head. I'm desperate to see the scan to see if Hitch is really in there and in one piece.

(Has anyone else named their bump or is that just me? I didn't like referring to it as it so I decided it's our little hitchhiker instead thumbing a lift for 9 months. Weird I know.)

I missed OBEM last night, but I did record it. Still not sure DH will ever be able to watch anything like that, but we'll see...and so I might have to wait until he's out to catch it.

Wishing everyone good days with no sickness, scan excitement and cheese galore...whilst I'm not craving it, I eat cheese every day cos it rocks!

Morning ladies! Blimey this thread moves fast, I can never keep up...

So scan #2 saw bean described as a "naughty baby" by the dr because there was none of the earlier wriggling. I had to get up and jump around a few times to help dr get bean into the right position! I felt so stupid!!

I can't remember who asked but the Harmony test looks for free cell foetal DNA in the mother's blood stream, and uses that DNA to calculate a risk factor for Downs, Edwards and Patau's. The difference between Harmony and the standard NHS blood test is that the NHS one looks for hormones like HCG, as a high HCG level can indicate a trisomy, whilst Harmony looks for DNA markers. Harmony has something like a 99% accuracy rate. More info here: www.fetalmedicine.com/fmc/03-harmony-test/

As I am 37, I'd be expecting quite a high probability of a trisomy based on the NHS test - Harmony gives me more accurate odds based on DNA, meaning I can avoid the invasive tests more easily.

The Harmony results were great - 1 in 10,000 risk of a trisomy, NT measurements were well within normal range so I am finally starting to relax a bit!!!

EDD has shifted again, to 8 September, so slightly confused on that point but I guess it just shows dating isn't an exact science... I'll go with 8 September for now on basis that I think the second scan was with more high tech equipment.

Can't find anything loose enough to wear today. The band of the maternity trousers makes the bump look worse! Tried to loosen the elastic and put leggings on and folded over the elastic to try and tame it lol. I have been wearing my works fleece religiously for weeks and its quite big for me, but I have meetings all day and it doesn't look very professional. Oh well I will have to play it by ear and only take it off when I'm seating at a table.. Sorry for the moan, dh just said the bump is lovely (but not when I have to keep it a secret to another 2 weeks!)

Have also been stuffing myself with cheese. When I was preg with DD all I wanted was sweet stuff, like chocolate and fruit. This time I am in cheesy carb overload!

So is there any basis to the old wives' tale???

Well

We're Team Blue

Ah your having a boy!! Can't believe it

Are ye going to tell family?

Great news Lucid, congrats!

Thanks ladies!

rockin I told my parents and DBro last night but once we've told DH's family we prob won't tell anyone else. Sounds a bit silly since we've gone to the lengths of finding out but quite like the idea of one last little secret!

Hello all, haven't posted for ages as been so stressed with work and a house move!

Not many symptoms just tired, sore boobs and constipation (grrrr) a bit of nsusea. Still waiting for my booking in appointment I will be 10 weeks on Thursday.

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i have been wearing high waisted jeggings for the last 3 weeks to work, they still fit but a hair bobble has given me an extra inch when I'm sitting down.

today i decided to wear a pair of jeans that fit fine 2 weeks ago, now they dont. the hair bobble is stretched to its limit and they are not very comfy to sit down in. last day wearing these. looks like i will be wearing my jeggings for the remaining two weeks until i tell everyone and can then thankfully move to maternity pants!!!

Hello, is it too late to join here?? I'm due 12th Sep...

Oooh congrats lucidlady! A boy. How exciting!

Welcome snickersbar! The more the merrier!

Congratulations Lucidlady!!!

I'm still at the hospital mid-scan. My appointment was at 10am, got called in at 10.30 (with the fullest bladder ever!!!) - got told bladder was too full, so had to empty it. Then tried ultrasound but uterus was tilted back so they had to do the more invasive one! Have had the majority of tests done and all looks wonderful though an now waiting to go back in as they want to see the baby's bladder full. Waiting... Waiting... Waiting.... Very happy though that all is good so far!

Finally had booking in appt today, now just count down to scan Friday- hopefully when all is ok I can then move to maternity clothes as I'm fed up of the one pair of trousers that fit me, also I've got a definite pregnant looking belly now, several extra inches plus baby no 3, so no stomach muscles, means I can't hide this for much longer.
The consultant appts start soon too, first one with the diabetic team in 4 weeks, I'm hoping to have lost a few more pounds by then too, which can only help, BMI wasn't terrible today but I really need to limit my weight gain, I've managed 3lbs in the first trimester- much better than the 8-10lbs I put on with the other 2, but annoyingly I've put all that on in last week by pigging out!

That's great news Jemma!

Hi can I join too? My EDD is 23/09/14. It's my first baby and I'm really excited.

Don't have anything resembling a bump yet. Which I'm relieved by because I haven't even considered maternity clothes. :)

Congrats lucid, I can't believe that backs up the old wives tale theory! We'll all be making wild predictions now...so I've just eaten an egg/cress sandwich followed by a custard slice (v healthy I know ). I'm guessing blue (today at least).

Congrats lucid!!

Not got a clue what im having so will wait until the scan which is in April! !!

Boo yup cant hide it much longer! I already look really pregnant!

Im always massive when im pg. Lots of water plus big babies plus same size placenta! (My babies were nearly 9lbers!!) Can you imagine the size of bump? People thought I was having twins which really got to me as I couldn't do much about a growing bump. The last person who asked got a big mouth full!
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I've just ordered a whole load of enormous lovely stretchy clothes from M&S, none of my jeans fit me any more. Thankfully I usually wear dresses to work and am fairly amply chested (!) so they're always a bit baggy round the middle anyway - should keep me going for a bit!

Colleague has just emailed me to say that another colleague has sussed me via the medium of 'pregdar' - am laughing so hard. However at least they don't simply think I'm doing lots of skiving off work, which is a bonus! And scan next week so not long to wait until the official news anyway. I'm just hoping there's only one in there and that twins etc aren't the reason for being so sick; any more than that would bankrupt us!

Welcome to the club karigan and snickersbar!

I hope you're not still waiting with that full bladder Jemma

I'm just catching up on last night's OBEM and I'm highly amused/ concerned that the guy thought his wife was suggesting Imodium for a baby name when she actually said Imogen

Ha ha, thankfully no Oneinaminion! I was in there for about 3 hours today (record for 12 week scan?). By the time we got out it was after 1 so no point in commuting up to London for work so instead went for a lovely pub lunch down the seafront with my hubby and then home for a nap on the sofa! All that waiting must have taken it out of me! Just letting it all sink in now and looking forward to Maternity Clothes shopping this evening!
My DH suggested looking on EBay for maternity bits as said be reckons they'll be some good bargains. Has anyone had any luck with this?

Sounds like a fun day Jemma!

Haven't tried EBay but I was browsing Amazon the other day and that looked like a good source of maternity basics.

I've bought a few maternity bits on ebay- all really cheap and in good condition but its hard to guess what something will look like so some was pretty ugly
I'm usually not very good at returning mail order stuff if I don't like it so but at least with ebay I didn't spend too much on it in the first place.

Ive developed a liking for tomato ketchup...not something I ever eat! I love it with chicken.

Roll on Friday for my scan and then I can tell people and they know I didn't eat all the pies . Im glad everyone's scans went well today.

Do we have our first blue- how exciting!

Thanks for the advice. I hadn't considered Amazon actually. I could spend hours looking, good to have another online shop to add to my list!

Whiteblossom, could that be a sugar craving? Girls?? Ha ha x

Or 'girl' rather than girls - don't want to scare you with twin talk!