It's no April fool part 2- due April 2015

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Part 2 of our bus journey.....

Yes yorkshirelass82 I am. Felt so sick Monday but dh made me go and I felt so much better afterwards! It's just finding a time I've eaten enough but not too soon after eating.

They don't usually listen for heartbeat until 16 weeks and even then they warn that that may not find it tryinghard2.

I think we are all worried LadyNovember, try not over think it though or you'll stress yourself out. Unfortunately a lot of mc are because something is not right anyway so although it's tough it's often the best thing. Try to think positive thoughts and we'll be here until you feel a bit better

I think I'm going to ban myself from Google for the foreseeable future! I just wish I had a crystal ball to see into the future. I so so want to get excited but daren't let myself. Stupid Brain! Thanks ladies xx

Yes I am cold too, you are supposed to get hotter when pg, but I always get cold, so it's reassuring to me to be huddled in a jumper
Other than that I have been feeling fine today, not even tired, so of course I am totally paranoid again and the sticks will be out again in the morning!

Tryinghard2 yes I was looking at going private for my early scan. There is a company called my ultra baby which have a clinic near me. I've also used the fetal medicine centre before, when I worked in London and they were lovely. I think that is where Lindalove is going?

Im not really sure what I have to do really!

Havent told anyone other than OH so not able to ask for advice. Ive booked an appt with my GP next week, earliest I could get in. Is that it? Will everything get booked then or should I have just told the receptionist I was pregnant and I would have been referred to a midwife?

yorkshirelass I braved body pump and fitness pilates classes tonight and enjoyed them both. I think I may have to give up the pilates in the not so distant future with all the floor work and laying on your back involved but intend to keep body pump and spinning up as long as I feel able.

Can't bloody sleep tonight, I've a horrible heartburn-y type feeling which I think is from scoffing bread too close to bedtime :(

HippoPottyMouth yes I'm off to the Fetal Medicine Centre at 10am tomorrow for a £100 viability scan. I'll be 7+6 then

mswibble I would ring the doctors again and tell them you are pregnant because you might not need to see the GP, at my Drs you just book a appt direct with the midwife between 8 - 10 weeks.

I'm glad other people are cold because I didn't know that was a symptom I thought I was coming down with something and was worrying about what I would be able to take. I slept in a fleecy onesie, duvet and a blanket last night

Hello ladies!! I was wondering if I could join you guys?i got my BFP yesterday morning and an online calculator put me at 4+4 this morning so think (if everything goes well) I'd be due around the end of April! Like some if you on here only DH and myself know and we are trying to keep it quiet (nosey relatives) until our first official scan at 12 weeks. Got a drs appt on the 26th for my super dry skin so will mention the pregnancy then or should I book a separate appointment? Thanks xxx

Every gp seems to be different MsWibble! Mine just got me to fill in a form which is faxed to hospital, I got scan date 3 days later but still not heard from midwife. Some surgerys seem to insist you see a gp, might save you a wasted journey to call them though.

Congratulations Cookiepants87!

Cookie at my GP you just make an appointment with the midwife at 8 weeks. Why don't you ask your GP what the arrangements are when you have your skin appointment? When I was pregnant with DS1 my eczema completely cleared up and it's never come back so maybe those pregnancy hormones will do your skin some good too.

I'm also really cold all the time!

Trying my early scan is a private one. I've not booked one before but I'm extra nervous this time because of my last pregnancy. The booking in appointment is just talking and filling in the worlds biggest form about your medical history.

Lady step away from google! It's impossible not to worry so try and keep yourself busy and distracted.

Welcome and congratulations cookie.

So one of my friends guessed I was pregnant. Apparently my decaf coffee order have it away.

The thing I love the most about being pregnant is DP brings me breakfast in bed every morning because I feel to sick to get up otherwise.

Oooh yorkshirelass another netballer! I've pretty much stopped playing now, I've been feeling too sick! Our winter season starts in two weeks and there's no point in me signing up and paying the money when I'd only be able to play a couple of matches before hitting 12 weeks anyway. I really really miss it though!

I'm thinking of joining a local antenatal fitness class one this sickness passes. Don't think it'll quite be netball though

Good grief you ladies can talk! This thread has moved on seven pages since I last posted! I have a heck of a lot of catching up to do.

Thank you for all the welcomes (all the way back on page five)! I have read them.

Since everyone seems to have introduced themselves a bit, maybe I should. I'm a twenty-nine year old (just!) and insanely happy to be pregnant in time to be a mother while I'm still in my twenties! When I was a kid when I was planning my life (as you do) I always wanted to be twenty-five when I got married (I was twenty-seven though, so oops!) and twenty-eight when I had my first child. I guess I'm a bit behind schedule but I'm very happy! My husband and I have been together for eleven years - married for two of them - and we live in the north east. We spent nine months after our marriage travelling around the world and have been back in sunny England for a little over six months now. We've settled in and it more or less feels as though we never left but we remember and talk about our experiences every day.

Wiggly If you're still looking in - I was so sorry to read your news. It sounds a bit trite but my fingers are crossed for better luck next time.

On the BMI discussion, it will be an issue for me. I'm rather grossly overweight - I'm a size 22/24. I have been eating very well for months for the cause of TTC but while I'm sure I'm getting plenty of nutritious goodness from it, my weight hasn't changed significantly. I've lost about a stone overall which is better than nothing, but I wish it had been more before I conceived. All I can think about is what risks I'm putting on my baby. Nothing naughty has crossed my lips since I started to wonder if I had actually caught!

I'm probably being a bit dumb, but I thought the first pregnancy scan was done at around twelve weeks. How come some of you are having them early?

I'm at 4w 5d today and struggling with nausea. I've had a hard couple of days with it actually and am sort of mildly worried! Part of my mind thinks it might be sign of a problem (feels like EVERY smell is setting me off) but part of me thinks it's a normal pregnancy symptom even if it is a bit early so there's nothing to worry about.

The worst bit is I'm making MYSELF sick - I take omega3 capsules and I keep catching a little bit of fishiness of my breath. It's so gross! I'm going to have to invest in some vegetarian capsules to get rid of that horrid scent I think.

My appetite has all but disappeared during the day because of the nausea and vomitting, but when I get home I'm absolutely ravenous by dinner time!

tryinghard2 I've been wondering about the heartbeat thing too - I don't know when they listen for it, but I hope it is at booking in! I think I will be feeling a little relieved when I hear it!

BitchPeas, BananaToast I hadn't thought about taking a CB Digital test to make sure things were progressing. What a good idea! I might try that in a couple of weeks. You know. Just for reassurance.

mswibble, I tell the receptionist that I was pregnant and wanted to book an appointment with a midwife, but I got told I needed an appointment with a GP beforehand anyway! I'm not sure how true that is though...

Congratulations on the BFP Cookiepants! You're due one day after me by the looks of it!

Hi tinkletink - you're right, the norm is to have your first scan at 12 weeks and then a second one at 20 weeks (which is when you can usually find out if it is a boy or girl if you want to). Some people pay to have a scan earlier for reassurance. And others have early scans through the NHS if there is a reason to need to check everything is progressing well. Many GPs like to see you first and then they refer you to the midwife. The GP appointment tends to be pretty brief - they just check that you are taking folic acid and talk to you about alcohol/smoking etc. The first midwife appointment is usually called the 'booking in' appointment and is much longer (mine is an hour). At this appointment they get you to fill in millions of forms and take blood/urine/blood pressure. They can't listen to the heartbeat at this point because it is too early - but they will start doing this from about 16 weeks. At this appointment they will give you your 'notes' which is a folder that you keep during your pregnancy and you take it with you whenever you go for hospital or midwife appointments.

Hope that helps give you an idea of what to expect!

Sorry to hear that you are suffering with the nausea - whilst it is really unpleasant it is certainly not anything to worry about - unfortunately it is par for the course :(

Morning ladies!

I've booked in for an early scan too - Lindalove I will be going to the FMC like you. I am going to shell out for the Harmony test there which includes a viability scan at 10 weeks (so I have to wait till 9 September, sob!) and the Harmony test, and a private 12 week scan.

Is anyone else going to have the Harmony/NIFTY test done? It's expensive but in my last pregnancy I got high risk at my 12 week scan for Downs, Edwards and Patau and I ended up having a CVS - all clear but very stressful - so feel like this time I want to have as much info as I can without invasive testing.

tinkletinkle I had early scans with the NHS last time but only got those because I was bleeding. Some ladies on this thread have had bleeding or cramps and so have got checked out, others have had private early scans. They can see a heartbeat on an early scan (from about 7 weeks I think) but can't listen for a heartbeat until about 14/15 weeks.

Do be careful those of you who are exercising - especially with things like yoga and Pilates - as your ligaments will be stretchier than usual and you could do yourself an injury! (especially 2nd and subsequent pregnancies I think). I'm sure you are being careful though.

Oh and I am bloody freezing too! (That's normal for me though...)

Minipie we can compare notes on the FMC then - I'll update once I've been tomorrow. Have almost convinced myself that I'll have a sac but no embryo (aka blighted ovum), so have prepared myself in case, but with luck will have a happy surprise.... fingers crossed.

I still feel very pregnant, with sore boobs etc, quite weird tummy and bloating etc, its just the lack of barfing which is making we worry I have low HCG levels so that things aren't developing preperly. I'm also not at all tired - I play in a band and was on stage playing guitar and singing last night! (Still thinking about how the hell I'll play guitar with a bump going forwards).

I thought about the Harmony scan set but wanted to know more about what the NHS offers.... I've been offered a non-invasive blood test to test for Downs as part of some research that UCLH are doing when I have my 12 week scan on Sept 22, so it basically replaces the CVS.

Is it possible for you to have this on the NHS too/ I guess it depends what your hospital does? I think the test picks up some foetal DNA in your blood which they can then test (I guess that also means I'll know gender, but I'll ask when/if I get that far).

I wouldn't be surprised if I end up having more detailed scans anyway though on top of my 12 week scan, so end up back at FMA again. FMC gets great reviews/ apparently does brilliant scans so I'm sure the Harmony set will be a really good choice.

I'm chilly too but have no idea if its preg related, or the chills of autumn coming (boo!). I now have red autumn hair, so hair dying went forward as planned....

This is the research they're doing BTW...

www.uclh.nhs.uk/HP/GPNEWS/Pages/EvaluationofnoninvasiveprenataltestingforDownssyndromeintheNHS.aspx

My dishwasher smell made me gag the other day tinkletink, I think it's pretty normal but I've had enough already!! I was 100kg when I got pregnant with ds1 and had a healthy pregnancy and reasonably straight forward birth apart from being induced and was 95kg with ds2 but by then they decided anyone with a bmi 35 and above needed consultant led care so I had to go the hospital a lot!!

Linda the testing that link talks about is the harmony/nifty test - exactly the same test. UCH is offering it for free as a trial but only for women who get 1 in 1000 or above according to the NHS screening tests (ie blood tests plus 12 week scan). So you won't necessarily get the test - you'll only get it if your NHS results are 1 in 1000 or higher. My hospital is offering exactly the same thing.

however - I've decided to go private for the harmony anyway, mainly because I would want the harmony even if I got NHS results of less than 1 in 1000. ie even if I get 1 in 1500 or 1 in 3000 I still would want the harmony/nifty test (plus I get the results 2 weeks earlier if I go private). We are lucky to be able to afford this option though - if money was tighter I would definitely go with the St Georges offer and think myself lucky to have that offer.

Yes sorry Minipie should have said I am assuming I will be higher than 1 in 1000 as I'm 38 - I could be wrong of course. The general 'guide' at my age is that my risk should be 1: 150 - it may that be once they assess me my risk is much lower, but I still expect to be in the capture 1:1000 group. If by a miracle I'm not in that group agreed I would certainly go for the Harmony test. I guess I'm hoping age means I get a freebie I can use! :)

I'm bloody freezing today - but then completely overheating at night - very odd! Glad it's not just me. I can also taste things more - everything seems stronger - my tea nearly made me gag this am, the milk tasted so strong (and it wasn't off!!).

Still feeling ok-ish generally though, just a bit nauseous if I get hungry, but still able to run and cycle and swim so far, so that's good. No more racing for me though, which is a bit weird.

At least this pregnancy has made me get my act in order and change doctors - I was still registered at my old address, and we moved a year ago!! So, I can't really do anything (and it's probably too early to do anything at all anyway) until my medical records arrive at the new doctors. And then I have to phone to make an apt with the midwife (no GP visit necessary) here for around the 8-10 week time.

I guess I just want to know that it's all going ok - it feels a bit weird having this big thing happen and no-one to verify it, or tell me that everything's ok. I suppose that's normal though and that's where the private scans come in.

Bugger just missed a call from midwife while playing with ds2 :( at least I know she's got my number but she's going to call me one evening next week when I won't be home! It's the same midwife I had with both my boys. She was retiring after I had ds1 who is now 7, and then after I had ds2 who she delivered in hospital and is now almost 4 and here she is again with dc3, maybe she actually will retired after this one! She's lovely, told me ds1 would be born because it was a full moon and that brings babies out but very experienced as well and not sure if have had the same outcome with ds2 had she not spent the time reading my notes and understanding my odd cervix!!

Minipie I'm having the nifty done. My last pregnancy was a downs baby and we decided not to continue with the pregnancy. It's the worst thing I've ever been through so want to know as soon as possible this time. I'm only 28 so it was really unexpected.

Ah CareBear how tough for you . Hope you get all clear this time, the stats are on your side.

Linda I must admit I don't really understand how the age/Downs thing works. The tables I've seen show the risk increasing with age, obviously, but even at the really young ages (like 20) it's still 1 in 2000 or so - whereas I've known people (in their 30s) get NHS results of 1 in 10,000 - I don't really see how they get such a low result but guess it must be on the bloods/nuchal etc being great. Anyway I hope you get the freebie but because of age not because of a nasty result iyswim!

cinnamon I heard the full moon thing on One Born Every Minute! Anyone else watching that? I am using it to try to maintain DD's current fascination with babies...

I've heard the full moon thing before and DD was born on a full moon. But I'd also eating a whole pineapple to try and get things moving so it could have been that