August 2019: thread 5, 20 week scans, bumps and cravings

[ScotsBaby2]

Morning all.

Thread 5!!! Lots of boys on the list.

UnicornDust, 28th July, DC2
Bakingabean, 29th-31st July, DC1
IrishCypriot, 31st July
MrsRyan15, 1st August, DC1
CalmerComber, 1st August, DC2&3 💛💛
Curlywurlywoo, 2nd August, DC1
Cobblestones, 2nd August, DC1
Emma1224, 3rd August
Ninunina, 3rd August, DC3
Whoopsies, 3rd August, DC2
Sunshine1987, 4th August
EverythingNow, 4th August, DC4
Chocolate89, 4th August, DC2
MrsH1990, August 4th
Kariana, 4th August
Elmamadegatita, 4th August
Fuppy, 4th August, DC2
Jokie, 5th August
Schmexy, 6th August, DC1
CautiousOptimist, 6th August, DC3
bubblegumunicorn, 7th August DC1
Blueberry2018, 7th August
MrsM2017, 8th August
Stylix1981, 8th August
Floriday, 9th August, DC2
abw94 9th August DC1
Clairelee17, 11th August, DC1
Marajade12, 11th August
MummaGiles, 11th August, DC2
Dolleymix, 11th-13th, DC2
Pixietheginger, 12th August
Queenoffox. 12th August, DC3 💙
Rachyrach300, 12th August
Trimusical, 12th August
ABearandABump, 13th August, DC2
Foodie68, 13th August
Mightypinkdms, 14th August, DC3
Poppy012, 15th August, DC3
Keebo, 15th August
Moonchild23, 15th August
Rachellev, 16th August
2dreamadream, 16th August
Jelliestogether, 17th August
ss3ajb, 17th August
Chiatta, 17th August, DC1
Bananamonkey, 18th Aug, DC2
Scotsbaby2, 18th August, DC2
LauraJustMe, 19th August
RaindropRoses 21st August DC2
Loveshinealight, 21st August
Sacrecoeur0712 23.08.19 DC3 💖
Rubbingbutnotscared, 28th August, DC3&4
Moncwf, 26th August; DC2
OctoberGirl91, 23rd August, DC3
PinkLady89x, 29th August, DC1
Kcjoe, 29th August, DC2
IVEgottheDECAF, 30th August, dc5

@pinklady89x don’t stress, it’s way too early to be thinking about patterns in movements, it’s not until around 24 weeks you start monitoring it. Could just be baby’s moved into a position where you now can’t feel it. I’m 18+3 and felt nothing but not worried as know everyone is different xx

@PinkLady89 don't worry about the movements. I had my first movement at 15+3 and since then it's been really random when I feel them, but like others say, not to worry til later in pregnancy to track movements.

@PinkLady89 as pp’s have said don’t get worried about movement. If you feel movement then it’s a bonus - lots of ladies don’t feel anything yet! I feel my baby a lot and have done increasingly since 16 weeks, however there’s no noticeable pattern apart from when I eat. Baby’s too small to notice regular patterns I think just enjoy the sensation of movement when it does happen!

Had my 16 week MW appointment yesterday at 17w, and got to hear baby's heartbeat. Midwife said they don't tend to check it but let me record it so I could let my DS listen to it.

Baby hates Dopplers apparently, everywhere she placed the Doppler baby would kick in that area. Felt a few slight movements yesterday but baby seemed to be wild this afternoon after eating strawberries 🍓!

Got my private scan booked for Sunday

@ABearandABump; mine is the same! Any sort of Doppler and echo and the baby doesn't want to play ball.

How is everyone doing?

Who has gender scans coming up? When?

Who's due the first 20 week scan? It must be soon!

I had my 16 week appointment today. BP good, urine fine but I got into trouble for not starting my anti sickness pills as GP said only if I wasn't functioning all week. She told me that being sick everyday and losing a stone was enough to justify the tablets. Felt a bit daft tbh. No hb check here until 22 weeks.

@ScotsBaby2 so far so good. I’ve got my 20 week scan on Tuesday 12th! We don’t intend to find out the sex if we find out by accident then there we go!
How are you? Aside from your sickness tablets? 💖

I have my 20 week scan on Thurs 14th. I will be exactly 20 weeks. Can't wait to see the little one again and find out 💙💗

@curlywurlywooo I'm ok. My 1 year old is very sad with teeth so it's meant crying all night then all day yesterday then all night last night. Nursery said she was good today and she was happy when she came home. Hopefully it keeps up. I want my bed to myself tonight!

@ScotsBaby2 I have my private gender scan on Saturday (they do not offer it at our local hospital at-all) . I then have 20 wk scan 2 wks today 😊. Saw consultant today and got to listen to heartbeat again which was lovely. X

18+4 today and 18 days left til my scan. I am literally counting the days down.

Baby is definitely more active and I feel it fluttering about during the day now. No actual kicks yet though and definitely nothing strong enough to feel externally yet.

Morning all. 18+5 here and one week till my anomaly scan. Can't wait to get through that now. I'm feeling a lot of kicks now, can't wait till they get bigger and ds can feel them from the outside!! (I would say dh too, but he hates it when the baby moves 😂)

Hope everyone is feeling ok.

@PinkLady98x I have days with more movement and days of less. The place I feel kicks also changes a lot so I think baby is just turning about a lot and I guess sometimes kicking towards the back move where I don't feel it!

I've been mainly lurking and not contributing for a while, but I wanted to share that I had my anomaly scan this morning (at 19+2) and all seems well . Baby was a bit dozy but we got a little wave! Best wishes to everyone else with scans soon.

Hi everyone, I've been a bit quiet for the past week since I was on holiday in France. I'll read through to see what I've missed out on.

Got my gender scan Saturday also I'll be 16+1 taking our eldest DD with us who is very excited xx

@ABearandABump my second was like that, hated all ultrasounds and echos! We had lots of extra ultrasounds too as she had a hole in her heart and they wanted to keep an eye on her. I would get beaten up everytime!

Still another 4 weeks til our scan, feels like it's going so slow! Is anyone else still so tired? I swear it's meant to be better by now but I feel worse than ever! Was awful in work this afternoon could barely concentrate and my eyes were stinging although I slept pretty well last night 😴

16 week appointment is next week and I think they will check heartbeat as they have with my previous pregnancies. I will have the three kids with me, so hopefully everyone will cooperate
20 week scan is not until the 2nd April.

Hey everyone, sounds like everyone is getting some good positive scans! Great news!

Anyone else suffering with heartburn?

@RaindropsRoses I'm definitely still battling exhaustion. I fall asleep at 830 every night 😴
@genome I had my 16 wk midwife appointment today and we listened to the heartbeat which was quite exciting! My DH is gutted that he wasn't there to hear it so I think he'll definitely come to my next appointment. The midwife said I should bond with the baby but I'm not really sure how. Any ideas? I've spent 4 months ignoring it just in case it didn't work out so this is a real mindshift for me.

Hi @keebo sounds like you were quite anxious like me. I completely ignored the idea that something was developing in there and just focused on getting through the sickness. But the last few weeks I’ve been feeling more positive. The little flutters from around week 15 have helped with the bonding. Have you tried thinking of possible names? And maybe doing some planning like the things you could buy for the room? That might help make it seem more real.

I’ve got my scan next Friday! Excited and nervous at the same time.

@RaindropsRoses I’m often tired! Expected it to go with the second trimester but I fall asleep in work.. in the cinema.. I go to bed as early as I can 😂
@Jokie yes to heartburn! I buy big boxes of rennies from b&m and keep them with me. I’m expecting it to get worse as the baby grows and pushes everything up!
@keebo my midwife also told me to start talking to baby and stroking it to bond, good for the brain development, I stroke my tummy often but honestly I feel a bit weird talking to baby as there’s barely a bump! I suppose the baby hears me answer DH chatting anyway!

@RaindropsRoses I'm another one who's still struggling with exhaustion. I don't remember being like this in my previous pregnancies. I'm also really struggling with mood swings and irritability. DH keeps telling me how grumpy I'm being - he soon gets sharp shrift! Silly man should learn when to keep his gob shut 😂

@sacrecoeur0712 absolutely I am!! Really struggling at work this week, starting to panic how people manage to work up until term! in my job they only let you only work up until 33 weeks at most but even that seems a struggle! I'm not sleeping well either, really vivid dreams. Anyone else?

Think I'm finally feeling little kicks now (18+5)! More so in the evening times, but it is lovely!😊 big scan on the 21st which feels ages away so nice to have a bit of reassurance with kicks.

@Chocolate89 I just awoke from a dream I lived in a New York apartment and my two dalmatians had 101 puppies... that actually resembled black and white rats (teeth whiskers and all) I started putting them in the bathtub so they didn’t pee on the carpets and they started disappearing down the plug hole...which I was ok about as they were rats 😂