Due in July - Part 2!

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Hello everyone - Just starting a new thread for this... Will send a message in a mo.

Hope all the scans are going well today - seems quite quiet on here!
Had the results back of my Serum Testing (blood) - im low risk for DS , so thats good. Was talking to a lady at work who has a DS Daughter - and she was told all the way through her pregnancy that everything was ok - whilst her friend was told that her baby could have problems - when they were both born - the "OK" one had DS and the "possible problem" one was perfect - however, this lady told me that the good times with her daughter outweigh the bad times - so I think its just a case of what will be will be and getting on with it. Theres no way i would put myself through an amnio though, so i'll just have to wait and see. got my scan 8/2.

Kyte Have images of you naked under your cassock.......

Sorry to keep quiet and keep all you 'newbies' hanging on
Used to have lovely pert boobs could easily go without a bra and didn't need chicken fillets. Now have to ALWAYS wear a bra to pretend I've got something
Just to let you know that I used to be about a 34A/B cup and went down to 34AA after DD1 and just could barely fit into a 34AA after DD2 Goodness only knows how small I'll be after number3 am seriously considering aboob job once I've finished breastfeeding tho.

Am loving the fact that I've got boobs again and didn't realise just how much it had bothered me until now. Feel much sexier and more womanly.

Not trying to put anyone off b'feeding as you will see that I still plan to do it with next one.

I couldnt breasfeed neither of mine would take so I expressed for 2months first time and 2-3 weeks for ds.. (Will try again this time to bf if not will be expressing again!) but my boobs have gone up and stayed, beforre I had D I was b-c Cup I am now a D-DD have been since DD 10years ago.. (pre preg already up to an E!!)

twoplusone;

I'm VERY jealous

Wow Kyte I hadn't even thought about things like that, perils of the job! I guess there can't be that much call for maternity cassocks...

Well finally had my blood test and scan today; really lovely to see proof that it wasn't just Christmas overeating making that bulge. The chances of Downs syndrome have gone from what is a standard 1 in 112 for someone my age (38) to 1 in 1450 after the blood results and nuchal measurement so very happy with that, along with all the usual limbs and no extra ones. The only thing that feels weird is that with ds first time around, I was so gobsmacked at the scan that I cried most of the way home, and this time I just feel a bit "Oh yeah, so there's a baby, right better get on with dinner". Has anyone else felt like this?

Hi everyone, got on well with scan, saw baby wave,jump about and suck thumb,which was amazing couldnt get a photo taken as it wouldnt sit at peace,did manage to get a few in the end though (thought i was gonnie burst out crying) It did take mw nearly 20 mins to get blood from me though,felt very faint and sick,she couldnt find a veinand i just wanted to go home but kept thinking this is worth,this is worth it Hope everyones well...gonnie have a nice bath and examine my poor arms with bruises all over them

Actually my blood test was horrible too, I am really squeamish and said so, and asked the nurse to distract me with conversation about something else as that always works. So she said "OK then" and then started off with "Right, you'll feel a small scratch... keep your fist clenched... nearly there... that's it" and completely forgot the distraction so I was having to do my own work to make sure I didn't faint. At least I didn't - I remember once having one and fainting 3 times; it took them an hour and a half to get me out of the surgery!

Hi everyone, scans are so amazing, it makes it all seem so much more real.
I have a question and i'm not sure if it's been asked before but are any of the second (or third/fourth/fifth???) timers going to go to antenatal classes again? I wasn't going to as when i had dd only one person in a class of 20+ had had a child before and her youngest was 12. My dd is only 15months but i did wonder if it might be a good idea just to meet other mums with babies to be the same age as mine. There are no NCT ones in my area either. Any thoughts?

Groveregg, i know what you mean., i always tell then i need to lie down when i get bloods taken, the really nice ones even put a fan next to me if the room is too warm so i don't pass out. feel a bit daft but not as bad as blacking out

Girls,forgot to say, my edd is still 27 july,ive not to go back to the hospital until the 26 july
I thought there was another scan before that????? Mind you it may just be our area that does that (to save nhs money) i was told to visit my mw at my gp surgery, but our gp doesnt have a mw,i did tell the mw this but she just replied if theres any problems we'd see you here,but it was that way she really didnt mean it,so will have to speak with gp soon to find out what happens Anyone else been told to do this??? With ds i had 4 weekly app with the hospital (mind you that was 13 years ago,
things have changed since then)

Hi!!

LynnC - That seems a bit strange - definately speak to GP as I'm sure there must be some facilities as you can't be the first pregnant woman in the area

Earlyrise - My DS is 2.8yrs and I think I will do back to antenatal classes - even though I remember most things. It would really be a way of meeting people in a similar situation and I'll probably end up bumping into them again at post-natal things. I asked the MW about it and she really encouraged me to go to the classes run by the mid-wives as she said they appreciate the mix of first-timers and those that have been there before.

Groveregg - I kind of know what you mean about the scan second time around. i did have a tear in my eye 2 weeks ago but haven't been busily showing it around to anyone who'll bother to look at it this time.
We had our dating scan today ( the other one was a nuchal scan at a different hospital) The sonographer was just so cold that i was glad it wasn't my first baby or my first scan. She was luterally like: thats the arm thats the heart thats the brain... Just really cold...

kieralou - it's so weird that people who do such an amazing job should be cold, isn't it... I'd be constantly grinning/squeaking/bursting in to tears if I did it!! Seriously though, it can't be difficult to smile and explain gently to the overwhelmed parents all about their little one... I mean, have a heart, how could you not be happy? I think it should be in the job description - must smile, be sensitive and realise that you are absolutely making someones day/week/year/life. I mean, after all, other people that work in jobs where the public 'sees' them have to put on a show, don't they?

As an aside, my midwife has really black hairs on her chin. Am I going to be faced (pardon the pun) with them during labour? And will I accidentally mention them (ie start singing nursery rhymes about Michael Finnegan) during our various meet-ups over the coming months. Think it is something I could be slightly obsessive about. Maybe I'll start by counting them. , , , , , , , . Oh dear - sense am going to get in trouble....

Oh, oh, oh saf1 - you're telling me my boobs are going to get smaller than a 36A... eek, they'll be spaniels ears in no time! Gutted. Oh well, am just going to enjoy the cup-size ladder while I can - am a C already... beam me up Scotty!!

Sorry about this post - waffling as usual!

Missus C

lynnec - does seem very odd that you have essentially been cut loose by the system. I thought that the 20 week scan was definitely done for everyone, regardless of area. As for the mw - does she have a day every fortnight or so that she comes to your surgery? That's what mine does - check with your GP. I'm almost certain that you cannot be abandoned, I mean, she'll have check-ups she has to do.... Every 6 weeks, then every 4 weeks, then every 2 weeks until the birth is how they do it here (Swindon area).

Grrr to the system and another chaotic mw - how can they not realise what a spin pregancy puts you in and make things crystal clear??!

lynnec that is wrong, it must be !!!!! The scan at 20 weeks is for anomalies and I am pretty sure thats an important and fairly necessary one - they can't see much at the 13 week scan because the baby is so small, ring the receptionist and check. The consultant you saw may just have meant that you are in good health and need no more medical or blood tests. Try ringing NHS direct or even ask the receptionist at the hospital if you ring them there may be a midwives' clinic at another health centre or surgery you can join - you dont need as much monitoring 2nd time around but you may need some checks from either a GP or community midwife so they can listen to the the baby's heart and measure your fundus

Sorry I was grinning cos I think fundus is a funny word snigger

Hi All, am glad to see that scans/tests have been going well. Thanks for all your good wishes, after three days of sleeping on the sofa all day and not really doing very much, I am starting to feel slightly more human again. We have got DS sleeping at night again which makes a big difference, in the end we just left him to cry and after two nights of crying for three quarters of an hour, he slept through last night - we are all much happier this morning .

I am sorry but my master weekly stats list is at work and I am at home so I won't be putting it online. Is it alright to leave it for this week and I'll update it next week as normal?

LynneC the NHS pregnancy book refers to the anomaly scan at 18-20 weeks so I am pretty sure it is standard practice. Try ringing your ante-natal clinic to check.

Hope you are all well!

I'm afraid 20 wk scans aren't done everywhere as standard (although they should!). Where I am in Scotland you only have an anomoly scan if there is a reason (history / nuchal / blood test results) etc...

Really pleased you are feeling better abgirl - I sure we can let you off one week of stats! - You're a star for doing it in the first place.

I know I think fundus is funny too - there are so many words in pregnancy that make me snigger - mucus plug is another... Although we have a fair way to go before that comes up in conversation!

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Oh gosh firststar I remember that thing first time round of trying to look at pushchairs and things and then getting really scared and running out of the shop! I had completely forgotten all that. Dh used to hate even walking into Mothercare and couldn't understand what he was doing there. As the months went on, the time we could spend in there got gradually longer and longer before we freaked out and ran away (this usually happened at the breastpad and breastpump section!).

Abgirl yes do relax and forget the stats, here is my little attempt at it in case anyone's missing it but please forgive me if I've got anyone wrong...

Date Name
27-Jun Beartime 17 +2
29-Jun 3flightsofstairs 17 +0
29-Jun Cakehead 17 +0
29-Jun Justbeme 17 +0
30-Jun Swift1 16 +6
30-Jun Dophus 16 +6
01-Jul Gingertoo 16 +5
02-Jul Pulapula 16 +4
02-Jul Becks08 16 +4
05-Jul Relax 16 +1
06-Jul Abgirl 16 +0
06-Jul Emmyb 16 +0
07-Jul Pookey 15 +6
07-Jul Greyclay 15 +6
08-Jul Helenmumof2 15 +5
08-Jul Cyee 15 +5
09-Jul Flipflop 15 +4
09-Jul Nadinetd 15 +4
09-Jul Catstar 15 +4
11-Jul Earthtomummy 15 +2
12-Jul Dorisofdevon 15 +1
13-Jul Loujay 15 +0
13-Jul Breadandroses 15 +0
14-Jul Firsttimer40 14 +6
14-Jul Hamptonnewbie 14 +6
14-Jul Weddingcake 14 +6
15-Jul Bodkin 14 +5
15-Jul Twoplusone 14 +5
15-Jul newby29 14 +5
15-Jul MarchBunny 14 +5
16-Jul Cutiebabies 14 +4
16-Jul Earlyriser 14 +4
16-Jul Gingerbics 14 +4
17-Jul fido 14 +3
18-Jul Keiralou 14 +2
18-Jul Saf1 14 +2
19-Jul Kyte 14 +1
19-Jul Vicky55 14 +1
20-Jul Faby 14 +0
20-Jul MissusC 14 +0
21-Jul Miaou 13 +6
22-Jul Jennster 13 +5
22-Jul Baysmum 13 +5
22-Jul Tutter 13 +5
22-Jul Madmumnika 13 +5
22-Jul Chooster 13 +5
23-Jul Dewmeadow 13 +4
24-Jul Firststar 13 +3
25-Jul Groveregg 13 +2
26-Jul Bubble78 13 +1
27-Jul Lynneclynne 13 +0
27-Jul Leiselvontrapp 13 +0
27-Jul Divaskychick 13 +0
27-Jul Giulia 13 +0
29-Jul Tallysmummy 12 +5
29-Jul Myfairone 12 +5
29-Jul Typhoonsmum 12 +5
31-Jul Littlepiggie 12 +3
Glittercaz

Have a fab weekend everyone, there is some likelyhood my builder will be finished today and I can use the new downstairs loo so I will be in there all weekend!!!