October Babies #2 - midwife appointments and "scanxiety"

[TinySalmon]

Last thread was filling up so I thought I'd start a new one

Link to Thread #1: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/2832732-October-2017-come-one-come-all?

Current October babies list:

Puttingourhoodupdown – EDD 23rd September. Team yellow
Piraterach – EDD 27th September. Team yellow
NotMyPenguin – EDD 27th September. Team yellow
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Presh88 - EDD 30th September. Team yellow
Mulberry2627 – EDD 30th September. Team yellow
Dinosaurkisses – EDD 30th September. Team yellow
Stickaforkinimdone EDD - 1st October. Team yellow
Emmaluggs – EDD 1st October. Team yellow
MrsMcKeon – EDD 1st October. Team yellow
Hannahjoshaw – EDD 2nd October. Team yellow
Sbs6jb1 – EDD 2nd October. Team yellow
Addtothechaos – EDD 3rd October. Team yellow
Sj3rram – EDD 3rd October. Team yellow
Mummabubs – EDD 3rd October. Team yellow
10storeyloveson – EDD 4th October. Team yellow
Cineraria – EDD 4th October. Team yellow
gimbleInTheWabe – EDD 5th October. Team yellow
NannyOggsKnickers – EDD 5th October. Team yellow
Emberblu – EDD 5th October. Team yellow
Hometownunicorn – EDD 5th October. Team yellow
Bubbles – EDD 6th October. Team yellow
Wapsmahoney – EDD 6th October. Team yellow
Powerpuff – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
Rainingcats – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
BrioLover – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
Tammie49 – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
Conkerchops – EDD 8th October. Team yellow
Krakentoast – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
Rosalyn44 – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
Trytowin – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
CarpeDiem83 – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
Whyarealltheusernamestaken – EDD 9th October. Team yellow
Kirsty8333 – EDD 10th October. Team yellow
HollyMay84 – EDD 10th October. Team yellow
Chintaria – EDD 10th October. Team yellow
DancingUnicorn – EDD 11th October. Team yellow
MerlinsBeard87 – EDD 11th October. Team yellow
EmmaGarrick – EDD 11th October. Team yellow
Cath1212 – EDD 11th October. Team yellow
Greentreeseverywhere – EDD 12th October. Team yellow
Wishmeluck16 – EDD 13th October. Team yellow
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Pollybythesea – EDD 14th October. Team yellow
MrsCharlieD – EDD 13th October. Team yellow
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Loopyaboutmy2boys – ELCS 13th October. Team yellow
Babycarmen – EDD 14th October. Team yellow
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JackiePaper – EDD 15th October. Team yellow
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ALRM – EDD 15th October. Team yellow
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DaisyFranceLynch – EDD 16th October. Team yellow
TequilaSetAWatchman – EDD 16th October. Team yellow
Doomkittycleo – EDD 16th October. Team yellow
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Walikingdeadfan – EDD 17th October. Team yellow
Ppleasebob – EDD 17th October. Team yellow
Boxesoffrogs – EDD 17th October. Team yellow
Yellowstarred – EDD 18th October. Team Yellow
DrunkenFlamingo – EDD 18th October. Team yellow
TinySalmon – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
Lovechild2016 – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
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Emjmoore – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
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Luna4689 – EDD 19th October. Team yellow
Rachieg88 – EDD 20th October. Team yellow
SophieGiroux – EDD 20th October. Team yellow
Amyappletree – EDD 20th October. Team yellow
UndersecretaryofWhimsy – EDD 21st October. Team yellow
SeatOfMyPants – EDD 21st October. Team yellow
Glitterbubble – EDD 22nd October. Team yellow
Charmanar – EDD 22nd October. Team yellow
Mishmishmish – EDD 22nd October. Team yellow
Emwithme – EDD 23rd October. Team yellow
DrMum83 – EDD 23rd October. Team yellow
PlayOnWurtz – EDD 24th October. Team yellow
JanuaryJuniper –EDD 25th October. Team yellow
Shinysparklythings – EDD 28th October. Team yellow
DebsOctBaby – EDD 28th October. Team yellow
88claire – EDD 29th October. Team yellow
Calmisthemantra – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Miwelaisjacydo – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Donkey86 - EDD TBC. Team yellow
Dinosaursparklepup – EDD TBC. Team yellow
Chlo22 – EDD TBC. Team yellow
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Just popping back to wish you luck today emwithme and hope you get a scan booked asap loopy. Sending lots of positive thoughts your way x

25 hours till the scan and I'm increasingly convinced that I'm having a phantom pregnancy like my mums dog once did.

Salt and vinegar chipsticks here as well!! Living off them and toast! I can't eat much else. I'm so bloated it's painful. Want to cry with how shit I feel.

Think I'm going to have to invest in some chipsticks!

Good luck today em, my best friend had quite heavy clotty bleeding throughout her pregnancy, her ds is 5 weeks now.

I've got my reassurance scan this afternoon, dreading it but just want to get it over with too!

Spotting eased off last night and touch wood nothing today. Phoned EPU but they said they are full today and tomorrow and didn't offer me a scan for Friday, said it's likely to be progesterone irritating the cervix and to use the back door from now on. Said if it starts again to call them but they still won't be able to see me until Friday at the earliest (and they are closed at weekends). So am praying that they are right and that i don't start bleeding again.

A very close family member announced their pregnancy yesterday, due a month before our baby would be due to be delivered. Had this horrid instant fear yesterday that i will lose this baby and then spend my life watching theirs grow up, within 3 hours I had started bleeding, and was not in a good place yesterday. Feeling a bit more calm today, so relieved that it stopped as quickly as it started.

It's such a rollercoaster loopy. I'm glad the spotting eased off, hope you're more comfortable today.

Any one got any tips for coping with low blood pressure?! It's making me feel awful and making the nausea worse

I have low blood pressure (90/55 at Monday's apt). I didn't know it could make the nausea worse? That's interesting! I don't know how to change it though, it's always been low, although I do eat a lot of salt with the excuse I can get away with it!

I've also been eating salt and vinegar crisps like a madwoman, but prefer a bag of Walkers at the moment. And marmite is a saviour of course! Sure it's the low blood pressure making us crave all this salt. It definitely does make you feel more queasy but not sure there's much we can do apart from drink lots of fluids and not rush about too much.

I tried asking both my boss and the woman who does the rota at work if I can change my shifts around so I'm not too tired. Both are ignoring my emails! So I'll be in until 1am for the next few days 😭.

loopy fingers crossed the spotting doesn't start again, hopefully it's just a one off and nothing to worry about. I had a teeny tiny bit yesterday when I wiped but nothing since and now I think I imagined it! Won't go to epu unless I have any more I don't think.

Whoever mentioned 'sea-bands' thankyou! I got some amazon primed overnight and can already see a difference. Could be psychological but I'll take that!

*Charmanar
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I ate 4 bags of walkers salt and vinegar yesterday and had some after breakfast today!

Hope everything is ok loopy and you don't get any more spotting.

Think it must be hormones but I'm in such a low, grumpy mood today and have no patience with my ds. He's 22 months and a bit of a handful. He's got a cold at the moment and not sleeping well at night and won't nap at all. And the weather is too crap to go out and I am so so tired I can barely speak let alone be fun mummy! Ok, end of rant. Hope everyone else is ok x

Oh but I have booked a private scan for Sunday. Fingers crossed!

Makes me smile all this talk of crisps. With my ds's I ate lots of chipsticks and salt and vinegar squares too, and transformer snacks in the spicy flavour and pickled cabbage and at least my own body weight in haribo tangfastics, and McDonald fries. Couldn't eat sandwiches, or breakfast cereals, the idea of chewing and swallowing just wouldn't happen. Didn't get morning sickness but it affected my appetite a lot. I can only assume it's the effects of the pred but I'm not so bad this time round, as still eating cereal for breakfast and normal meals, just very hungry indeed and snacking on crap that I really shouldn't, as can't afford to pile on too much weight as my BMI is high enough already. Crisps and go ahead strawberry bake bars are current weaknesses as they are quick to grab.

At what point do you worry about cramps? My back and tummy are really crampy with sharp cramps like af. It's worse than normal but I'm not doubled up.

How are you feeling now tigger? If you're in pain and concerned ring your doctor or your midwife or whatever number she gave you to call at the hospital and just talk over your symptoms, hopefully they can reassure you. I'd say probably 100% fine except you used the word "sharp", so I would ring and see what they say.

It seems to have passed a bit, I still feel a bit uncomfortable and crampy but more usual. Got an early scan on Friday anyway to rule out ectopic as I am in a higher risk group. My pregnancy symptoms are very strong and have been since week 4! Was fine this morning and it's only been one really sharp cramp then felt unwell then settled to more period style cramps.

Glad it's eased. I've had a lot of cramps and aches, some were bad and did have me a bit concerned, but only twice had really sharp extreme pains and that was before I knew I was pregnant but did have an early scan when I found out, and all was fine. If anything matches with ectopic symptom (eg pain one side, cold clammy, bleeding, faint) then do ring them! Of course you would though... if your higher risk anyway they'd probably want to know about any unusual pains.

Friday not long though!

Well I had my scan at the EPU this morning - and there's a heartbeat Measuring about 12 days smaller than my LMP dates would suggest (I think it's actually about 6 days later as I ovulated on day 20 of a 26 day cycle as I normally do) but they are happy that the bleeding is "just one of those things", and that everything is progressing well. I am to keep an eye on things and call the EPU direct if I have any issues or the bleeding doesn't slow in the next couple of days.

I cannot believe the relief. And the love. And did I mention the relief?

DH and I had a nice brunch out afterwards and now I am off to bed for a couple of hours because I did not sleep at all well last night.

I am also having a salt and vinegar craving but mine's McCoys. The only issue is I keep biting my mouth instead of the crisp and then it stings when the salt and vinegar gets in it, but I can't stop!

Loopy I hope your appointment on Friday is as good as mine today!

I am going to keep my private reassurance scan booking (Monday 20th) just to see that things are going nicely along the right path, particularly as it's looking like my dating scan won't be until around Easter now and I can't wait that long!

Hey ladies just popping on to say i've almost updated the list and will post a new thread later today... too invaluable to lose you guys!!

Emwithme I don't have a scan on Friday, they wouldn't give me one as spotting stopped about 3 hours after it started, they said if it starts again to call them but otherwise I have to wait until 16/3, and we don't have money to waste on private scans. What money we do have is earmarked for either the Harmony or Iona test if we are still here at 10 weeks

Ps emwithme so glad your scan went well! Got ds2 wittering in my ear and meant to write that on first post!!

em that must be a weight off your shoulders!

I chased my hospital again today. Again I was told they don't have a record of me. Ffs!

New Thread Here ---> www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/2872852-October-Babies-No-3?watched=1