Late December - Early January '17 Babies

[GerberaDaisy]

Hello,

So couldn't see a January baby post (probably because no one is mad enough to POAS as early as me!)

Anyway, I thought I would start one (waves). I am 28, this will be DC#2 making my 4 year old DS a big brother which he has been so excited about becoming (we haven't told him yet though as very early days!) I am roughly around 4 weeks and we're not planning on telling anyone for ages so thought I would start a thread so I have someone to get excited with!

Please come and say hello! Xx

Stealth, hoping all goes well tomorrow at the scan!

Freya I'm so very sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself

Stealth sorry to hear that you're having a worrying time. All the very best for your scan tomorrow.

Freya I'm so sorry! I hope you are doing ok, thinking of you

Good luck today Stealth fingers crossed for you!

I've managed to calm down since yesterday, but next time I won't be keeping my mouth shut! Magpie he didn't really have a reason for not mentioning it as planned, his justification was 'it didn't feel like the right time'. Fair enough, but give me a heads up and don't just sit there letting someone puff smoke at me knowing I can't say anything.

emz i'm literally the woman from hell at the moment, aside from this incident, on Saturday I cried at the supermarket because my OH asked if I was nervous about telling my parents. Somehow, to me, the question translated as 'your parents are not going to be happy about it and are going to be disappointed in you, you should be nervous'. Where that came from i've no idea - my mum was thrilled. My brain is no longer my own

Hope you are ok Freya. Good luck Stealth.

I had my follow up scan this morning. After a stressful nights sleep and an anxious morning, I am relieved to say we saw our baby with a very strong heartbeat! So happy. I know things can still go wrong but I'm so relieved we don't have to go through a MMC again. I am supposed to be 7+5 today but she has said I'm measuring at 6+4. She did say it's hard to date this early and it's more reliable at the 12 week scan.

Ktt I'm glad you are feeling better. You make me feel better. I feel like I'm going nuts. My poor DH and DS!

Yayy Emz, that's great news!! so glad everything is ok!

Yesterday I started as I mean to go on - taking myself off to bed when I feel the hormone monster beginning to erupt. Everyone is safer if i'm confined

Hi all - like Emz I had a stressful night & morning but also had good scan news - I am dating pretty much bang on and saw a little foetus and heard and saw a nice strong heartbeat. Am feeling more overwhelmed than happy right now, but am sure it'll sink in - definitely feel a lot better about the whole thing, although obv still cautious.

Emz and stealth so happy to hear about your scans, really glad they went well! Seeing those little heartbeats is a special moment.

I spoke to my gynaecologist's secretary today as they sent me dates for a scan and a follow up for my PCOS. When I told her I was pregnant she cancelled the appointments. No early scan for me. Still no answer about whether to continue the metformin either even though the GP faxed them about it over a week ago. I'm a bit unimpressed! Got my booking in appointment set up with the midwife for next week though.

Great news Emz and Stealth!! It must be such a relief! I've got my scan on Wednesday and it's stressing me out so much. Absolutely petrified that there's not going to be anything there.

Thanks guys.

Good luck happy I was an absolute wreck. They took my blood pressure before the scan and the doctor very politely put it to one side as it was ridiculously high.

magpie your gyn sounds crap. If it helps I explicitly talked to mine today about metformin and he confirmed that it does reduce miscarriage rate and I should stay on it until the end of first trimester. He was very clear about it. So if I were you I would keep going!

Thank you everyone. Support means so much. Stealth that's exactly how I feel. Hadn't let myself believe that there was a baby in case it was bad news. Just letting the news sink in.

Happy how far along are you? They couldn't see anything apart from a sac 10 days ago for me & now there's a little blob & heartbeat. It's amazing how much difference a week makes. I guess that's why they are so cautious.

Magpie that's rubbish they aren't giving you an early scan. I thought they did with PCOS and watched you more closely.

I can't stop eating. I just want carbs. I want pasta, potatoes & bread... Preferably garlic bread??!! Which my DH hates. I lost half a stone to HG in my previous pregnancy in the first trimester but I think I'm going to be gaining weight this time. I can't stop sleeping either. Just woke up on the sofa & a whole hour had passed.... Oops

Emz I'll be 7+5 at the time of the scan so I'm guessing they should be able to see something by then?

I hope so Happy I'm 7+5 at today's scan although they put me back a week. I didn't get a photo or anything. I was sort of rushed out & so shell shocked. Hopefully they will see a heartbeat but be prepared that it's still early days & your dates could be out. I ovulated a day late and was expecting to be a few days out but not a week out. Maybe iv just got a chilled out bean who is taking its time!

So glad it went well for you stealth and good luck for next week happy!

I fell asleep at 4 and my OH woke me up when he got home from work...haven't exactly achieved much today either - totally blaming the bean

magpie I have my booking in next week too, have they given you all the paperwork to fill out? I'm a bit confused about which bits are for me and which bits are for in the session!

Thanks ladies. Emz there's no way my dates are out as I had IVF. Could probably pinpoint conception down to the exact second . Can j just check whether people have had internal or external scans at this stage? I was expecting internal but a quick Google has revealed that external is possible even this early?

Oh Happy fairly precise then 😁

Well I had an external but then internal to take measurements. My bladder was full it hurt & she pressed quite hard I nearly let go! Oops. She then said she'd like to go internal to double check the heartbeat & I was already out the room as I was desperate for the loo. I have heard other people just have external, she was dating me at 6 weeks though, if you are definitely over 7 weeks then maybe you will just need an external. Fingers crossed

Stealth the gynaecologist was brilliant when I saw him but the secretary is pretty crap! Everything I've read and heard says to stay on it but I'm worried that the GP won't reissue it without the gynaecologist's say so and I'm not confident I'm going to get that. Not a great time to have an extra thing to worry about!

Emz it's rubbish isn't it? I haven't been diagnosed that long so no idea what the protocols are meant to be. With DS the GP just gave me Clomid when I wasn't ovulating and no one really looked into why (she said I had high prolactin) so this is my first experience of pregnancy with a PCOS diagnosis. Enjoy your carbs and naps, perks of pregnancy!

Ktt I haven't been given any paperwork, I just made the appointment over the phone. The GP receptionist got me to fill out one sheet of basic info when she gave me the midwife details. What's on your form? Is it your pregnancy notes?

happy I had internal today at 7+2. I don't think you can hear a heartbeat with an external at this stage. In terms of measurements my yolk sac was measuring 7+3 and the foetus 7+1 so you still get a little variation (although not a whole week!).

emz I am also mainlining carbs - just pasta and rice, weirdly bread isn't appealing. Am surprised I'm not the size of a house yet, but I suppose offsetting the carb fest is the fact I've stopped drinking and gone off chocolate/ice cream/anything fatty or sweet. So hopefully they cancel each other out!

magpie I wouldn't worry. If necessary just be a massively pushy bitch with the GP and you'll get what you need. IIRC there is some NICE research around the positive impact of metformin on PCOS pregnancy rates - you might want to try googling that to give you a bit of ammo.

I did that before my GP appointment she was great and just said she wasn't the expert so it was best to speak to the gynaecologist and that's when she faxed him. I'll just have to keep chasing it up
I guess. I'll definitely take your pushy bitch advice!

happy I had a scan on Friday when I thought I was 6+6 (measured 6+3 but again, the lady said it's not that reliable at this stage so as long as it's in the same ball park that's absolutely fine). I didn't have to have an internal - she warned me she might have to do an internal, but she could see everything clearly. Baby is in a good position - if it wasn't, they might have seen more internally, but you have a good chance of getting away with it!

Had internals with my mc and they're not too bad really - not painful at all.

Going to GP tomorrow with my scan pics to prove I'm pregnant :D Didn't register anything before now and I'm 7 weeks and something, because it felt like tempting fate after last time.

Already panicking despite having a scan only three days ago, because my nausea is all gone again. Boobs are super sore though, so I just need to keep reminding myself that pregnancy symptoms fluctuate all the time. And they really do - had no symptoms at all last Wednesday, cried all the way home, and by Friday I was feeling vommy and looking at the baby's heartbeat on a monitor ...

ARGH I hate the first trimester for anxiety.

Good luck at the gp swancourt I feel the same with symptoms, analysing every change (today the nausea has barely appeared) which I'm really worrying about. I have cramping in my uterus in one side too which isn't helping with the worry. I'm 8+2 today so a long wait for the scan and am reluctant to go private. Why is time going so sloooooow?!

Hi Ladies!
I'm also part of the December babies but as my EDD is 26 Dec I thought I'd add myself to this one too. I'm 27 and after a MC after our last try I'm joining again as a nervous first timer.
Bella I'm a day behind at 8+2 today and riding the rollercoster of being terrified when my symptoms disappear ( you can always trust your boobs to hurt though ) and then the next day my nausea comes back with a vengeance and I'm cursing myself for missing it but also quietly glad it's come back.
And yes the wait is too long at this stage!

Welcome sueevone DH tells me I'm over analysing and should try and relax but it's hard not to when it's happening to your own body! Glad I'm not the only one!

Time is going really slow. 8 weeks today & seeing the midwife at my gps surgery & she then refers you to the hospital for the booking in. It feels ages until the 12 week scan especially if I am put back a week! I don't remember my boobs hurting this much with my DS. They are so sore all the time! They have also got much bigger.

Great news on the scan Swan and welcome Sueevone.