June 2015 - thread 5 - second trimester fast approaching

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Have that fear bloody auto correct!

Congrats trying, chat and cupcakes. We are on a roll today. I declare it happy scan tuesday! I'm hoping for the same next Tuesday, i really am right at the back of the bus...holding on tightly though!

Me too Sparkle, what time is your scan at? Mine is 15:40. I'm feeling surprisingly nervous about the full bladder bit, is it better to just sip water in the waiting room in case they're running behind?

Forty so sorry to hear about your dog. I know how our pooch is a proper member of our family and how attached you become. Thinking of you.

Congrats to all those who've had scans today

Tranquility - I totally understand how you feel. I'm just over 13 weeks now and still not told a soul apart from parents and my sister. The more time goes on the more Im getting used to it being our secret. Pregnancy loss is bloody hard and robs you of future peaceful pregnancies. I'm starting to show so getting hard to hide but I have no intention of telling anyone until DD knows - we are hoping we can keep it secret until 20 weeks to get Xmas out of way etc but may tell her after our 16 week scan.

No one New knows yet. This week I need to tell a friend I can't go on her hen do as I'll be over 8 months. Hoping she'll not hold it against me.

Teenie- I was lucky as my scan was early! As in, I'd only just taken a seat. It might be different as you are afternoon. Maybe drink enough but take a bottle with you in case? That's if you can gauge "enough", I just downed two pints and hoped for the best.

Hello newbies!

Sorry to hear about your dog forty.

I'm hoping to keep offering her boobie till colustrum comes through- i'm sure she'll like that. She still seems excited about the idea of milk. She's not allowed to wean... I won't let her.

I don't know if I can post a link to my giveaway... I'll link to my page and then if it's not allowed someone can delete it?

www.facebook.com/highlandpapercuts?pnref=story

Not sure what to do- if the people who haven't liked my page can still be in with a chance of winning.

Oh and my scan pic.. since we're sharing. I think it's pretty cool :)

My husband and I did an afternoon of news sharing and announced on fb this evening - feeling strangely deflated now!!! It's been our little secret for 7 long weeks and today has been an emotional roller coaster in itself... What a lovely news day on this thread though! I've been checking back all day, can't keep myself away!

Great pic mummymog!

Teenie mine is at 8.50am. I think i will go for a first pee at 7am then just drink a pint or so before hand.

Just had a huge emotional outburst coz i was too tired, bad mood and nauseous to put the Christmas tree up. Dh wasn't in a great mood either and i started crying as putting up the tree is meant to be a happy and fun thing. Think dh is starting to lose his patience a tiny bit with my irrational emotional outbursts. We have postponed putting the tree up....

Congratulations on the scans, trying, chat and anyone else I've missed.

Good luck for yours, anything. I felt like that with DD but I had an early scan this time so had proof I wasn't making it up!

Congratulations nocupcakes!

Teenie, last time I struggled with a full bladder (and this time at the early scan) but I mentioned a plan in an earlier thread and it worked for my 12 week scan! Normally I drink a lot from the moment I wake up so I drank a pint of water 50 minutes before my scan but made sure I hadn't had anything to drink for an hour prior to that. My previous mistake was drinking as normal beforehand, so my bladder was holding a lot more than that pint. I didn't feel the need for the loo at all - result!

Forty I'm sorry to hear your news. Losing a pet is such a hard time.

I've been telling people about the pregnancy as I've seen them for the last few weeks. I'm not planning on doing a FB thing. Or much else. I've had bad experiences with facebook and announcements.

Today, I got a bump. I'm 12 weeks today. I'm like where the hell has this come from?! I've never had any kind of bump this early before! Maybe it's just wind .

Scan for me tomorrow. I'm in work and need to leave early. I'll be raging if I can't leave. Whether you are allowed time off for AN care, it doesn't matter when you are a midwife because you can't leave if it is unsafe. I'm saying nothing more on the matter...!

Congratulations on the successful scans of the last few days (been keeping a low profile due to work related business!).

I've also had the nausea lift in the last 2 days. And the aversions are lessening. I hope this is goodbye to my last ever first trimester! Whoop!!

Oh, a question. Nub - I keep reading the nub theory, but every single scan I've looked at I have no idea where the nub people are referring to is - as in, I just don't see it. I know where it should be . But it's like, nope. I see nothing. Would anyone care to educate me for my scan tomorrow . Should I ask if the sonographer can take a shot of the nub for me?

I had a really shit scan last time, so I'm going to play the nerve card, and hope for a much nicer experience. Last time the sonographer let DH watch everything, I saw nothing until the last 5 seconds, when she flicked the screen at me and said 'there's your baby' and then flicked it away in 5 seconds flat. The picture was so bad it was impossible to see a baby. I was so upset I ended up going for a private scan a few days later. I don't fancy a repeat this time!

Lovely papercut work, mummymog. I love the tree.

Lovely scan pics all :)

Forty hope you're OK today.

To anyone worrying about drinking enough, you really don't have to have a full bladder, don't make yourself in pain by drinking too much!

Detective, if you look at my scan picture, apparently the nub is really clear! It's how I've decided mine is a boy too. Accuracy depends on the date you have your scan; 13-14 weeks gives a really high rate of accuracy (something like 98% from memory). Before that, the nub can look like a girl but it still has time to change angle and therefore actually be a boy. Apparently if a nub looks like a boy one there's not much chance of it changing and actually being a girl.

Congrats trying and chat! Such a busy day for scans!

Congrats and welcome nocupcakes

Sorry to hear about your dog they really are part of the family

Good luck detective hope all goes well tomorrow x x x

Evening ladies,
Welcome cupcake x
Great to hear of more positive scans from today.
Mummy, liked and shared your page.
Detective - i've never seen a nub on any of my scans and when i asked the sonographer about it at 12 week scan she hadnt heard about it byt gave me a gud view of babys bits and she said she couldnt tell but would think a boy! Lets see if shes right at 20 week scan x

Hi all - haven't been on for days as i've been so busy! I've been put on fragmin for the rest of the pregnancy, as my protein s levels are very low (I have protein s deficiency) - can't remember if I even mentioned this as i'm straddling the may and june threads i get confused! Anyway i started the injections friday and i'm in for another blood test on monday. I have my 16 week mw appt tomorrow. I'm nervous though as I can't feel any movement and I have it in my head that I definitely should feel movement as this is my second baby.

So sorry for your loss forty :( it's terribly hard to lose a pet :(

Lovely to see scan pictures popping up! :D

Will go and catch up properly now, and will try better to keep up!

I didn't get the heartburn until much later before either, going to make a gp appointment for next week.

In other news, hands up who was sick for the first time after 12 weeks?! That'll be me! 12+1 today and just thrown up after brushing my teeth! what's that all about?! Could be the acid though.

Thanks everyone. I'm feeling a bit better today. Being able to think about him without just bursting into tears. We went up to the vet hospital yesterday to sort out a cremation for him which was really hard. They offered to let us see him, but I couldn't handle seeing him that way.

The vets seemed pretty shocked themselves that they were unable to do anything, and that there were no warning signs earlier in the day or in the days leading up. They suspected some kind of toxic substance, but found nothing in his bloods or stomach X-Rays so we'll never really know what happened. The vet said it was like an OD, but I have no idea what he could've eaten in the garden that would cause that and then not show up in bloods.

Anyway, in happier news, I see there's been lots of lovely scans, so congrats to everyone! Happy Scan Tuesday as someone said!
Good luck for everyone having scans today! Fx that everyone has a nice experience!

Has anyone else started thinking about what kind of birth they're having? I've tentatively contacted the local homebirth team, as although I'm not mad set on a natural birth or anything (always thought I'd go to hospital and get them to fill me with pain relief); I don't like the local hospital, would quite like a water birth (only one birthing pool at the local hospital) and don't like the idea of spending baby's first night without DP, stuck on a ward. If there's a chance I might avoid that with a home birth then yay, and if it doesn't work out and I end up going in anyway, oh well!

Spot the idiot who turns up to her NHS scan with a urine sample to be told no sample needed as it's not a clinic appt. Now what do I do with it. Took me ages in the hospital loo trying to do the stupid sample in the first place. Hope it doesn't leak in my handbag.

Still on ABs for teeth. Thrush has returned with a vengeance. Am totally paranoid that this pregnancy is not going to be far from plain sailing.

Lots of falling out with stupid thoughtless husband.

Went out with friends last night. Could have told them but I didn't. Suppose I'm waiting for today's scan to see if nasal bone has pitched up.

You're not an idiot, bingo - I needed a sample when I went to my 12 week scan. Here, they say you need a sample for every single appointment you go to, so I always take one with me. I do it at home as I find it much easier (learnt that during my last pregnancy!). Try and relax. Fingers crossed for your scan today.