Due February 2017- thread #6

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www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/2697188-Due-in-February-2017-thread-5

Kiki, I've just had my 16 week appointment. (Although I'm only 15 weeks now). She told me they that here they don't usually listen for the heartbeat just in case they can't find it, which at 15 weeks is more of a possibility. She did say she try if I'd like. But to be honest, I'm stressed out enough already, I didn't want to run the risk of panicking if she couldn't find it.

That sounds rough Diva. Hope the medicine helps. Still feeling rough and sick here too. It's relentless.
London with the gtt you fast overnight and then drink lucozade. Think they do a blood test. I didn't refuse it because I'd rather know as there are risks to the baby if you have it and it's left untreated.

Thanks Wonder - I'm like you, I'm actually only 15.4-ish. I think when I get there I'll let the MW know I've got myself in a tizz and see what she says. She may recommend not trying, which I think I'd be fine with! Part of me wants her to try, but part of me knows how utterly stressed and shit I'd feel if anything was difficult, it's Catch 22!

Lol, Diva, I'm sure the dry cleaners have seen worse than a bit of sick on a duvet! Fingers crossed the medication helps.

London, heatwave?! Move to Scotland, not so much of a problem here!

kikis, I'm thinking the same as you. I'd love the reassurance of hearing a heartbeat but can't imagine the stress not being able to find it might bring. Do they always offer to try and listen for it or does it depend where you are?

Friendly sorry, my question was why did some of you refuse it not didn't. I think if offered I'd have taken it up too unless there was some risk in doing it.

Scotty its 29 in London! Its really unbearable. I've only just gotten in to work as public transportation in rush hour was totally out of the question!!

I'm supposed to be going to the Reading festival this weekend to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Lord knows if I can make it. I'm just hoping Saturday is one of my 'good' days...

It is roasting down here! I have my midwife appointment this afternoon so am working from home and avoided having to commute in this heat. No such luck tomorrow though. I'm glad we're not all heavily pregnant in this heat, it's a pain being huge in the winter as I found it hard to find a coat to fit but it definitely beats being hot and sweaty.

I am another who didn't use cloth bibs as my daughter has never been a dribbler. I have a whole drawer full of the things which have never been touched! We have one plastic pelican bib for mealtimes and that's it as far as bibs are concerned.

Afternoon all, haven't posted in a while - loving the tips about muslins/16-week apps/slings/oil!

15 weeks today - got more energy, a tiny bump, and only a bit of morning nausea. Off to Chamonix tomorrow to support my DH who's running 105 miles UP Mont Blanc this weekend. As you do!

Twocats you're so right...3-4 months pg in this heat is better than 8-9! My friend was due last Sat and is going out of her mind, poor thing.

Just back from 16w MW appointment. She found the heartbeat immediately

For the others with low PAPP-A, she said in her experience the number of people having issues as a result of low PAPP-A is really, really low so she doesn't think there's any reason to get overly worried about it. Having an extra scan to check placenta and a growth scan is routine, but she's not expecting there to be any issues. I know that's just anecdotal, but she's been doing this a long time so I found it reassuring.

Glad the appointment went well Twocats.

I've got an at home Doppler so I know it's quite easy to find my baby's heartbeat. Therefore I'd be very worried if a midwife couldn't! My appointment is not for a few weeks though. Not sure whether to admit to having one; I've read lots of midwives don't approve because they can cause unnecessary worry and later on stop people from paying attention to changes in movements. I needed something for reassurance though and am limiting my use to twice a week.

Screening results came back today. I've been worrying for nothing as the risk of Down's has come back as 1 in 69'334 and Edwards/Patau 1 in 100000.

London my maternal grandmother also has type 2 diabetes, so even though they've both acquired diabetes in later life (through their terrible eating habits and aversion to exercise), it could mean genetically I'm more likely to develop it. Hope your commute home goes OK, it's only 21 C here and I'm finding that too warm 😥

Congratulations Nasch - amazing results!

Don't think they listen for the heartbeat at 16 weeks where I am. It's a long wait until 20 weeks.

The midwife did say at my appointment that it's hit and miss at this stage so she was only going to listen if I wasn't going to get freaked out by not finding it. I was happy to try as I knew I wouldn't be too concerned if it didn't work as I can feel the baby moving around most evenings now - but she found the baby in the first spot she put the Doppler!

Mimi how funny-- my maternal grandmother also had (and died of complications arising from) type 2 diabetes. I told the consultant. It just shows that there aren't any hard and fast rules about how they decide to treat people.

Got my screening results back today, low risk thankfully . Though a lot "higher" than yours Naschkatze! It's strange how such wide ranging results are still both low risk.

Sorry to hear you're still not feeling good Scotty

I've spent 6 hours in my classroom today organising and other bits and bobs. Totally knackered now and those round ligament areas feel sore. Oops.

The gtt isn't invasive just horrible. They make you drink this horrible sugar drink and wait for two hours before they take another lot of bloods. Mines already booked in due to me having diabetes in the family and big babies 😖

Glad yours were low too Topmammy. I was in my classroom getting bits ready today too; now have awful back ache from sitting on the tiny chairs!

Oh yes the tiny chairs! My back is not happy either. I was standing on them too to put some display things up. Very naughty of me

We might suffer tomorrow but it won't have done any lasting damage. I hope (like me) you're having a relaxing evening in front of the tv!

I will probably need to have a couple of paracetamol tonight. When I over do it I get this horrible pain that starts in my back and goes down my legs

I will be sat in front of the TV just as soon as my toddler goes to sleep (which seems to be at 8.30 to 9pm recently, argh! ). I'm hoping I can get away without going back into school at all now until the training day. Still got planning to do at home though of course .

I'd personally never decline the gtt just because if I did and something happened I'd feel terrible. My only risk factor is larger babies and I'm low risk in every other way so its probably not really needed but I'll do as I'm told lol.

My midwife doesn't let you hear the heart beat until after 28 weeks here! I'll be making the most of listening at the 20 week scan. Less than four weeks away now!

I'm considering refusing the GTT - they've asked me to have one because DD was 9lb6, but I have no other risk factors and as almost all my nieces and nephews were all big babies and I was a nearly 10lb baby, as were 2 of my siblings I know that genetically we just make big kids. We have absolutely no diabetes anywhere in my family, either. MW did say that if I'd had GD last time there would have been some warning signs - sugar in the urine or something? Not too sure on that one, though, as what would be the point of a GTT if the urine test could spot GD.

Well my 16 week appointment was entirely useless! They no longer offer the heartbeat listening because of the fact that the baby's so small still, and loads of mums get upset if it can't be found straight away / at all.

So we went through my bloods, queries I had, updated some incorrect info and that was it! All tests from earlier stuff (booking bloods etc) came back fine though, so that's good .

Onward to the 20 week! Booooo.... i wanted some sort of info it's all still going on in there, too!

So I know I'm new to this, but I SWEAR I felt flutters today! Had cold water on train home, felt a flutter like flicking through the pages of a book. Had a cold glass of milk tonight, felt a flipping sensation. Burst into tears!! 15 weeks - too early??