November 2014- thread 4- 12 week scans and blooming in the second trimester!

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Hi everyone, we have run out of posts on our last thread so hopefully we'll all find this one easily enough.

Here is to more positive 12 week scans and enjoying our second trimesters, all feeling more human hopefully!

Welcome FTMK!

Twiglet I don't understand - can't you make an appt with the GP and give a urine sample? I mean, ignore the midwives completely? All you have to do is pee on a stick in the GPs - as soon as he sees blood, leukocytes and protein present he'll prescribe you ABs straight away.

I thought that Annarose, but apparently as there 'may be' a prescription in the works (though clearly it's floating around somewhere out of everyone's reach) they don't want to reissue a new prescription in case (shock horror!) I end up with two lots of antibiotics.

Hi FTMK, welcome! Hope your UTI gets shifted soon, it's bloody miserable.

hugs maths bleeding is horrible!!!! But that sounds like a lovely doctor! have you phoned your midwife for a follow up?

twig let and hopeful I hope you get support and feel better!

Venus how do I stop though?? I get so wound up in it I can't let go even if it's ridiculous and Me arguing makes me sound mental and bitter! I end up wanting to hit every thing!

Ok, clearly all I needed to do was have a hormonal meltdown on the end of the phone All sorted, going to pick up ABs later today. Startled the poor receptionist when I started to sob 'All I want is a painless pee' though...

tigsy - i was told i was more at risk from having contracted mrsa from.being in the states... Was quite shocked really so was my family over there when i.told them. Even though i didn't go into any hospital or doctors over there... Strange

I'm not doing the flu or whooping cough jabs. It's not flu season and I've had whooping cough and I don't want to pump myself full of toxic chemical crap on a very small off chance that I might catch a bug I've only managed to catch once in 37 years and then the other smaller chance again that that bug might be dangerous. My mw has not mentioned it to me yet but I'll be saying no anyway.

I've booked a week in Spain in July at my parents' place and got my bikini ready! Dad will fr da know as he hates pregnant women with their bellies out but tough, I need a tan and hate one piece swimsuits and tankinis so he'll have to just suck it up. Plus he can't talk with his belly being as big as mine will be by then so nur.

I'm getting kicks all the time now, so strong it wakes me up, and it's lovely!

fr da know?? Stupid autocorrect. Freak out.

Twiglet, I'm so happy that you got your ABs sorted and very impressed that u lasted this long before having a tanty.
Alita, I have no idea how to stop them. My DH knows I'm just on a hormonal roller coaster this week and doesn't read too much into it. We laugh about it later.
Random, mmm Spain. Was there a week ago and wouldn't have come back if it wasn't for my scan. Can't wait to feel kicks and movement. Must be magical despite the disturbed sleep.

Thanks Venus, clearly I should have just gone for it yesterday and I might have had them ready to take this morning! Nobody wants to mess with a hormonal pregnant lady.

Is anyone else's body doing weird things? Am just over 12 weeks and noticing some slightly odd changes. Shaved my legs Thursday last week - normally I have very fine, slow growing hair. Looked at them in shower this morning and I look like a Yeti!!! Also seem to be unable to sit down for more than ten minutes without getting that horrible prickly, numbing pain in my butt that you get when you're been in the car for too long. Argh! I'm neither showing bump nor putting on weight yet. Hope this isn't going to continue for the next 6 months!

Yay, scan went well. Officially measuring 13w1 (I am 12w2) but as it is ivf they don't change the due date. NT measurement was low but had blood test too and will get the combined results back in a week or so. Amazing to see it wiggling about, really would love another one to watch it for longer!!
Hope everyone else with scans today has had good news.

Ah, more good news from peoples scans is just lovely. Maths- Sorry to hear about your bleeding, it must just be so horribly stressful for you. And to those of you still feeling rubbish and sicky - I hope it all imporves quick-smart! I have total sympathy for those of you with UTIs - I used to get them all the time but seem to have escaped so far this pregnancy...

I finally have my dating scan on Friday, and then we plan to get straight on the train to go and tell most of our family this weekend! I really can't wait, it's felt like a long long wait of keeping it under our hats.

I went into John Lewis and Mamas and Papas the other day to peruse buggys and other baby stuff but just ended up blankly looking at things having no idea what is best. I seem to be eyeing up every buggy I walk past, but it's not something I find myself particularly excited about buying. I don't plan on getting a massive amount of baby paraphernalia, and hope to get most of it second hand rather than a big expensive splurge anyway. To be honest, I think I'll find the shopping a bit more exciting when it all feels a bit more real (whenever that will happen!).

I was interested to read about peoples thoughts and experiences of christenings and naming ceremonies. Me and dp had discussed having a naming ceremony, which I really like the idea of. I'll have to look into it a bit more.

Yeah I was thinking of a naming ceremony or some sort of humanitarian thing but I really don't know anything about them. And I don't really see the point of them, it's just an excuse for a get together, without the religious side there's not really any point to just a gathering, even though I don't believe in the religious side of things...! I dunno I'm going to have to think about it more. is there a role for an equivalent god parent in a naming ceremony? That's the only reason I'd do anything so DD could be godmother, it would be more for her than anyone.

Are there any big pushchair shops you can try them all out? The mothercare in town only has about 5 out- I know the one in my mums town has lots more so I might see if she'll take me up there.

A friend who is the wife of an old friend of dps, but who I have only met a few times (but had a good long conversation with recently) has offered me her travel system for free but thinking about it I don't think I want it- they've been storing it in the cellar for a while so they say it needs a big clean- I don't think me or dp would want to clean it- would rather start with something relatively clean in the first place! And it has the handles I don't like- one for each hand, I like the bar across. I'm not sure how to decline gracefully should it come up- or if I should mention it again at all- and just get the one I want. It would save us a lot of money but I'd rather spend money on what I want and either mine or dps parents or my nan might even offer to buy one for us.

I'm glad scans went well!

Venus, it's not really laughable at for us- I really get too unreasonable and go too far, and sometimes I end up really mean or really rile dp up and I can't stop it at the time and it takes ages to get out of the fuck you mind set and stop hating everyone and everything.

I don't really manage well with milk atm but I want to drink something similar- the milky way milk cartons in with the nesquiks and stuff were ok yesterday- does this count as a reasonable substitute until I want real milk. Part of the problem is an unexplainable stench in the fridge- we've cleaned it out 3 times and got rid of the contents and the smell keeps coming back!!!

Twiglet I am also very hairy- but then I was anyway -.- it's just growing quicker now. I really don't understand it, I don't have any facial hair but I have very hairy arms, the leg hair on my legs grows too quick and I have a little more hair than normal around my belly button- but despite having lots of symptoms of pcos particularly after coming off the pill, I didn't have any cysts or anything on my ovaries at my early 7 week scan?? Not sure why else I'd have such hairy arms!

Random- i didnt see ours as just an excuse for a get together!!!It had alot of point for us as a ritual to welcome our dd to our wider families and mark that occasion. For us - there was was totally a point to a gathering - a transition into a new phase of our lives, our families's lives and of course our DDs. You can whatever roles you want on the day and have complete control over what happens - you can whomever you want as nominated adults/ guardians / guides/ significants (whatever you choose to call them.

You cant have a godmother though in humanist ceremonies as no references to religion are allowed. You dont have to a humanist one of course. My friends daughter had one recently and DD was nominated as her honourary sister. DD was so chuffed and wrote and recited a poem she had written for the baby.

each to their own!

Just a quick question from an absolute novice...I'm now 11+6 and over the last 3 days or so have "acquired" a burning-like sensation / pain in my left hip joint. I feel it the most when I've just woken up or have been sat down for a while.

Does anyone else have this and if so, any ideas how to get rid of it?

Thanks

Glad to hear about more happy scan news.

I got told when I need to book my whooping cough injection, but can't remember when. I'll ask at my 16 week appointment. Think it's 28 weeks, but I need to book it directly with my GP. It's to give baby immunity via you, for the first few months before they have their injections. Don't know about flu, but I'll take it if offered. Baby will be tiny during flu season so will hopefully have some immunity, but mainly because a client of mine caught flu at 28 weeks and had it so bad she was in a coma for 4 weeks. They delivered a very premature baby via EMCS. All ok as it can be now, thankfully. Think the new set of flu jabs comes out in the autumn so I guess we can ask for it then?

Happy scan here today, baby was wriggling about and dated 12w6 so due date pulled forward a bit to 13 Nov. NT measurement came out as 1.7 which seems a good start. So relieved!

Another happy scan day!! Although annoyed everyone else has been put forward and I've been out back two days! Pfftt!!!

weeonion no I didn't mean there's no point as in its totally redundant, of course there's a point to the family, but there's no legal or religious standing to it. With a christening it's being made part of the church community and a promise to raise them in Christianity, it means they can go to certain schools, be a godparent or get married in a church etc (because unbelievably some churches still insist on this having happened as a baby when you had no control regardless of what they believe or how they live as adults which is just beyond me and I don't want that to affect my kids choices as adults). I think my friends and family and others won't take it seriously and will think it's not as important as a christening, I think it's more my scene than a christening, but it's so not my scene at the same time because I tend to not do things just for the sake of it, only if there's a practical reason to, I'm overly logical and practical and very lacking in any fluff or fancy! IYGWIM! (Think Sheldon Cooper!) I've just been looking on my local council website at their venues and suggested framework and readings and it does look lovely. DD would love it. And i dont want to do a christening at her age and encourage her with religious beliefs when I've been discouraging it for 8 years. I'll have to think more.

Great to hear the scan news and wriggly babies!

Hey stripey - good to "see" you. Good luck on friday and the babyexpress to tell your folks

Great news on scans everyone!
I'm having a tired afternoon today, I seemed to get all my energy back yesterday and did a monster spring clean during DD2s nap, I'm so tired again now though! Just given in to sofa and Nick Jr....

Moggle, glad your scan went well. Looks like you are stuck with me and Twiglet on 17 Nov :)

The whole out of breath thing is odd- hayfever is stopping me from breathing through my nose so I'm totally breathing through my mouth, but I'm sat here on the laptop and occasionally notice I'm breathing very heavily and loudly...

Great news on the scans everyone. Chives - I was also put back 2 days so you're not the only one.

Just had a missed call for my harmony results. Called back but the person who called me is now on the phone. Frustrating! I just want to know now!

Hopeful will the tell you the gender?