September kindney beans ........

[TeeCee]

Thought a new thread might be a good idea?

Anyway: This should be most of us, I had put this list in date order at some point but it's all over the place again and I've added myself back on:

pinkhearts 36, Australia, 3rd Sept, DS 5 years and one miscarriage
Trinity1, 33, WestSussex, 2nd Sept, DD 7mths
Jess1996, 28, Scotland, 2nd Sept, first pg
spraklynewthing, 29, Kent, 3rd Sept, first pg
bendybus, 4 Sept 2007, London, DS 2.5
AnguaVonUberwald London, first pregnancy, due around 5th September
Miss Mapp, 34, due 7th Sept ds 22mths
Maretta, 8/9/2007, Manchester, ds 1 will be 4y3m and ds2 2y
Louise, 27, Southampton, 8 Sept '07, DD-21 months gap.
EdieMcredie, Sep14th, Norwich, one previous miscarriage, no children
Auschick 15th sept, London, ds 12 months
SheRaPOP, 29, London, first pg, 18th Sept
Nettee, 29, 19th September, DS will be 2 1/2
Canadianmum, 36, 15th Sept, London, twin boys 4y
Ajasec, 30, Yorkshire, 7th sept, DD 4, DD 18 months
Plasmon,29, oxfordshire, sept sometimes, girls 3 and 1
Flossam, 26, Bristol, 12th sept, DS 22mths.
JoniMitchell, 36, due Sept 19th, DS 24mths and one miscarriage
kinki, 38, Kent, 25th Sept, 2 boys (7yrs & 23mths)
EllieG, 28, Jersey, 10 Sept, 1 (step) daughter, 8yrs. First PG
Honey2theb, 22, wales, 2 mc, no children, due early sep
Chattyhan, 24, North Hants/surrey, 16th sep, DS will be 2y9m, 1 mc
Potoroon, 33, West Berkshire, 22 Sept, DS 21 months
atalantis, 27, Oxfordshire, 25ish Sept, first timer.
laksa, 29, SE london/Kent, 26th Sept, no children.
FactsAndFigures, 30, 24th Sept, first timer
Chicca, 32, Spain, 17 Sept, DS will be 3.2
HammerHeadShark, 38, SE London, 25th September, Twin Girls 2yrs.
Gin Girl, 22, Oxon/Bucks, 14th Sep (ish) first timer.
Sophus, 38, Cambs, 6th Sept, first time
Holly29 33, 19th Sept, first time
TeeCee - 35yrs, London, 23 Sept - 3rd pregnancy, DD1 5 yrs (has Down's syndrome) DD2 13 months

Hello everyone. Had my nuchal scan on Thursday. Thankfully everything went well. Have a 1 in 2,800 chance of baby being downs so fingers crossed its ok. Was lovely as DP and I took DD who's 8mths in with us. DP took DD up to the screen and pointed out that it was her little brother or sister on there, which got me all tearful, to which the lady who scanned me said 'I don't know why you're bothering, she won't remember anything until she's at least 3' What a total bitch! . Almost ruined a lovely moment for us. Still reeling at the prospect of having 2 children under 2 come September! xx

Hello - I'm due in September too - 22nd. Haven't had the scan yet, so still at the stage where it's difficult to believe there's anything in there (apart from the sickness, the tiredness, the belching, the ever-increasing tummy...). Think a couple of you will be at St George's - me too (I'm Green Team) - had my first there and they were excellent.

Honey2theb, 22, wales, 2 mc, no children, due early sep
Trinity1, 33, WestSussex, 2nd Sept, DD 7mths
FioFio - 29, 2nd Sept, Kent dd 7 ds 5
jdd0709 36, South London, 2nd Sept, 1 ds 2yr, 1 mc
Enormouschanges - 2nd sept, north london, second baby, dd now 15 months. 1 mc.
Spraklynewthing, 29, Kent, 3rd Sept, first pg
Pinkhearts 36, Australia, 3rd Sept, DS 5 years and one miscarriage
Minniethemouse, 35, London, 3-13 Sept, 2nd pg, but terminated the 1st.
Bendybus, 4 Sept 2007, London, DS 2.5
Norfolkbumpkin,34, Norwich,4th Sept, first pg
Sophus, 38, Cambs, 6th Sept, first time
Miss Mapp, 34, due 7th Sept ds 22mths
Ajasec, 30, Yorkshire, 7th sept, DD 4, DD 18 months
Maretta, 8th Sept, Manchester, ds 1 will be 4y3m and ds2 2y
Louise, 27, Southampton, 8th Sept '07, DD-21 months gap.

EllieG, 28, Jersey, 10 Sept, 1 (step) daughter, 8yrs. First PG
Flossam, 26, Bristol, 12th sept, DS 22mths.
EdieMcredie, Sep 13th, Norwich, one previous miscarriage, no children
Gin Girl, 22, Oxon/Bucks, 14th Sep (ish) first timer.
Auschick 15th sept, London, ds 12 months
Canadianmum, 36, 15th Sept, London, twin boys 4y
TOD due 15 Sept, Ireland, DS 24mths
Emalushka 27, first timer and baby is due 15th September.
Chattyhan, 24, North Hants/surrey, 16th sep, DS will be 2y9m, 1 mc
Chicca, 32, Spain, 17 Sept, DS will be 3.2
Mrsdoubleyou, 29, Herts, 17th Sept, (1 prev m/c) no children
JuJuMoo, 27, Huddersfield, due 17th Sept, 1 DS 2.2
SheRaPOP, 29, London, first pg, 18th Sept
Nettee, 29, 19th September, DS will be 2 1/2
JoniMitchell, 36, due Sept 19th, DS 24mths and one miscarriage
Holly29 33, 19th Sept, first time

MMooMar,36,West Mids,Due 20 Sept,DS aged 2
MrsMar 36 yrs, London 21st Sept, first time
Nibbs, 33, SW London, 22nd Sept, DS 16 months
Potoroon, 33, West Berkshire, 22 Sept, DS 21 months
TeeCee - 35yrs, London, 23 Sept - 3rd pregnancy, DD1 5 yrs (has Down's syndrome) DD2 13 months
NewDKmum, 30, W Midlands, 23rd Sep, dd 10 months
FactsAndFigures, 30, 24th Sept, first timer
Kinki, 38, Kent, 25th Sept, 2 boys (7yrs & 23mths)
Atalantis, 27, Oxfordshire, 25ish Sept, first timer.
HammerHeadShark, 38, SE London, 25th September, Twin Girls 2yrs.
Laksa, 29, SE london/Kent, 26th Sept, no children.
Minxx- 35yrs, Andover, 26 Sept - 3rd pregnancy. DS 15yrs,DD 13yrs in 3 weeks.
ccpink, 30, market harborough, 26 Sept, FIRST PG
Lovelylou Age 26, second baby due Sep 28th, one dd 22 months
TinaLC, 35, West London, 29th Sept, first baby
Plasmon,29, oxfordshire, sept sometime, girls 3 and 1

just wanted to wish all the best to missmap. i think you're very wise to resist the pressure from the consultant and do things on your terms. it's not always easy to take control in these situations.

Hi Moomar, That's very reassuring, thanks for that. I'm actually starting to feel very happy about symptoms disappearing, I've had quite a rough few weeks. Mind you, this afternoon I did put a load of washing on and forget to turn the machine on, just switched the machine on to dry, so heated a load of dirty clothes and succeeded in melting washing tablet and then fell asleep on the sofa for two hours, so I guess other symptoms are starting to take over!

Hi Nibbs, good to hear from another Georges person! My sister and I were just discussing today that we thought they were lying about the other m/w teams there, as she had both hers with yellow team, I'm on the yellow team and canadianmum is also with the yellow team! Good to hear they weren't fibbing!!

MrsMar

I think it's really normal for symptoms to die down a bit at about 9 weeks. My sickness eased and then I had the luxery to have my scan which reassured me baby was fine. Im still sick on the odd day but did worry intially when it started to fade...

However, don't fret, you will then find a whole new set of other symptoms!! Im suddenly dog tired and boobs wierdly have become even more painful (and they were sore enough before!)

Don't worry-this is a normal pattern and you will soon feel reassured when you start feeling like you did today (scatty and knackered) in abundance!!!! xxxxxxxxx

Hi nibbs, great to have another st. georges mum on the list - and glad to hear that you thought well of them the first time out. I am very envious that you get to be on the green team, green is my favourite colour . Like Mrsmar I thought there was a yellow team conspiracy afoot.

trinity - what a total cow your sonographer was, I bet she doesn't have children; if she does then I feel sorry for them. Does she think we shouldn't speak to our children at all until they are 3 then??? I would have been fuming. I reckon 8 month olds know a heck of a lot more than they let on .

I am 11 weeks today and the tiredness is pretty much gone, as is the queasiness. Now it's just sore boobs and fat tummy. DH and I are out for a posh meal on Tues night and I am struggling to find something I can wear...too fat for normal clothes and too slim for old maternity stuff - ho hum .

Hiyya all
Just wanted to tell you we had our scan last week and all looks well. Our date has been given as 3 Sept.
We had it at King's in London, which is a teaching hospital and they are doing a pre-eclampsia study which meant they took my blood pressure 5 times as well as the other bits, and a heart scan (for me!)
Baby scan was fab and very thorough, they have 2 doctors doing each scan. We saw toes and fingers and the baby kept moving around and standing on it's head! Some murmerings about a hormone they wanted to keep an eye on which worried me slightly, but they said generally all is well!!
We are off on hols tomorrow for 2 weeks to get a bit of sun. I've been freezing for months so I can't wait!
Take care all
bbx

Congrats bendy! I had my boys at King's 4 years ago and they were great, have decided on St Georges this time as it is closer and have a few not very pleasant memories of SCBU (although the staff and facilities were good, I just don't really want to revisit those hallways).

I am very envious of your holiday.....have fun.

I don't like being pregnant. My ms is back, thrown up everything this morning inc some paracetamol for a shitty headache. Had to cancel my optician app which I really need. I just feel ill and actually have done for the majority of this pregnancy.

Anyone else feel the same?

(It's taken me ages to type this)

Hi Canadianmum, have you had your booking in appointment yet? I haven't had mine, and as you're a couple of weeks ahead of me I wondered how long they leave it before they make the appointment. My sister said her booking in appointment was at home, all rather nice and relaxed!

Sorry you're feeling rotten Edie, I must admit so far I haven't been that enamoured with this pregnancy lark. I've not been really sick, but quite naseous and soooo tired. One good thing is that it's all starting to fade a bit now, not nearly so tired and the nausea is a bit random, but really only once or twice a day instead of all day. I hope you feel better soon xx

Hi all, I'm having my dating scan tomorrow (yay for irregular periods = additional scan!) but feeling a bit nervous, hopefully all will go well.

Is anyway having to start buying maternity clothes yet or is it just me? And another thing that is annoying me is some of my colleagues reactions to my MS ... the ones who have had babies luckily never had sickness and the rest who are childless just think I'm making it up! At least you lot will be sympathic lol :-)

I'm not in maternity clothes yet, but I'm regretting it today, in trousers that are just a tad too tight!! Quite uncomfortable when you're at a desk for 12 hours! my mum made me laugh when she said in the 60s when she had her first, you weren't expected to be in maternity clothes until you were 5 months gone!!! I'm only 10+3 but starting to fantasise about those stretchy waist bands!!!

Hi all
have had a mixed week of it. Stinky cold got worse and worse - still got it 10 days on. My very beloved cat died on Friday, although old it was such a shock and very unpleasant (had to hold her for an hour whilst she died howling in pain). Grief and pregnancy hormones is a crazed combination and i was a basket case all weekend.
Had my nuchal scan last night - am nearly 39 so was quite nervous - but we passed with flying colours. Was part excited and part thinking "omigod that thing is inside me".
So all in all it's been a roller ooaster.
Good luck all round with scans and heartfelt thoughts to those of you with furtehr waits and tests.
MS went for a week and is back today. Why oh why?
s
x

Hi guys,

sorry to hear your cat died sophus, its upsetting at the best of times but can imagine you'd feel much worse with all the hormones flying around. I was in floods of tears a couple of weeks ago when I watched a dog being put down in Greys Anatomy and I never cry at tv/film stuff. Dh was quite surprised.

Actually have been a bit emotional this past week. Dh phoned his mum (they live in South Africa) to tell her that we were expecting (we've had to tell everyone else for various reasons so it seemed wrong to keep them in the dark). She was happy for us but then proceeded to tell dh that she'd been reading an article on cleft palates and foetal development and that she'd post it out to us! I was born with a cleft palate, it never affected me (didn't need speech therapy/never felt different) and noone would have ever know unless I had told them but I feel like she is judging me for potentially passing this on to our child. Just made me feel really down and then I started researching the possibility of it ocurring again. I never worried about it before she brought it up

Spoke to my mum about it and she made me feel much better by saying that I was the most happy, talkative and confident of all her 3 children. Anyway felt better after that.

On a more frivolous note, I have put on 3lbs in the last month...this is definitely blubber not baby, I blame the dh who is being far too good to me and obliging the slightest junk food craving I have and doing the majority of the housework too, I have turned in a lazy blob

Anyway hope everyone gets rid of the last of their Ms soon and starts to bloom, so that we can see that it is not just a myth...

just read back my message and realised it sounds really whingey and overdramatic. I do know that cleft palate is a minor problem in the scheme of things but am just feeling a bit sensitive to outside comments at the moment x.

laksa, it doesn't sound whingey and overdramatic to me, it was a pretty insensitive thing to say but I find sometimes mums and mils just run their mouths off when they don't know what to say and end up talking crap - a bit like me when I have had too many gin and tonics!!

sophus - so sorry about your cat, that must have been horrible for you . Great news on the nuchal scan, what a relief for you. One more week to go for me and it seems to be taking forever.....

Mrsmar - I haven't been given a booking appt yet. I phoned to cancel my scan at George's (I decided to have the nuchal scan done privately) and asked about the booking appt. The midwife was very nice but basically said just wait for them to call you and if they don't then call them next week. I am 11+3 today. She said they would either do it at home or at George's. I will let you know when/if I finally get an appt.

Edie - sorry to hear you are not enjoying pregnancy - hopefully once you hit the 2nd trimester you will really bloom and love every minute. In my first pregnancy (twins) I didn't start to feel better until about 15 weeks and then I felt fantastic for about 3 months - hopefully that will happen to you too.....

Laksa - I can compleyely sympathise with you. I'm finding the 'fingers crossed my baby doesn't have Down's syndrome' type comments really, really hard at the moment, they just seem to jump off the page at me and slap me round the face. I am actually thinking I should come back to the ante-natal thread when the whole testing, Down's syndrome thing has died down as I'm finding it reallY hard and upsetting
Anyway, you have my sympathy and support. Glad you're mum made you feel better , xxx

teecee I had noticed you'd made yourself scarce on the thread. Talk of nuchals should only last 2/3 weeks longer at the most.

My mum said that all you can hope for in your children is that they be happy and enjoy all that life has to offer. I think that is very true.

Don't stay away too long, we need experienced mums to calm the ridiculous fears of hopeless first timers like myself

xx

TeeCee
I just wanted to say that it is some of your comments about having a daughter with DS which made me less scared about the whole process, and more able to engage with it in a non-hysterical way. So don't be a stranger - you really made me challenge my own assumptions.
S
x

Thanks so much for those posts you two
I am checking in to keep up with everyones news but find joining in with the conversation a bit tricky around this time with everyone. I support everyones decision to have a nuchal and further tests if that's what they want btw, jsu struggling with chatting in and joinning in with the 'hope everythings ok' comments. I would feel so disloyal to my DD in wishing anypone that much deserved comment, do you understand? Of course I want everything to be ok for everyone, but how can I say that without meaning 'i hope your DC doesn't have DS like mine'. I can't say that. I love my DD with such a fierce passion and wouldn't change a thing about her and the world is a better place for people like her being in it. I can't feel that and then chat to everyone about hoping their children are all OK. I hope you understand what I'm attempting to say here. I don't want to offend anyone.

Hi Teechee and Enoromus...

i am also at QC.. we had a dummy run to the hospital at night, we mistaken the prison (just next building) as QC . i am glad we made the run otherwise.. more panicking on the real one.
xxx

Has anyone booked the NCT class yet?
xxx

LOL at the prison / hospital mix up! It's a lovely hospital, prison not so good . I actually had DD2 at home and most of appts were at home as well but the visits I did make to the hospital were lovely and everyone was great.

I'm going to do active birth classes rather than join NCT. I did active birth with my other 2 anbd they got me in a brilliant mind set for the pain relief free births I wanted and was able to have. Without those classses whose to say I'd have had the births I had so will carry on with them.

Dont think I will bothering with the classes,kinda set my mind to thinking I will have another premmie as I read somewhere that you have a something like a 70 -80% chance of your second baby being prem if your first one was,so cant get myself motivated into thinking there is any point at the moment.