Due March 2008 - meeting up for pies and cakes

[derah]

A nice new little thread for Skidoodle and anyone else who needs it.....

Hi everyone and congratulations to all the scanners

Mine is tomorrow and all this talk is making me extra excited/nervous. It seems that my mum and sister both decided that there was no point in keeping it all a secret any longer and now way more people know than I wanted before the scan.

iliketosleep, I'm so pleased to read about your good news. I logged on from a phone on Friday afternoon for the last time before last night and I was thinking of you over the weekend.

awww thankyou hun

Littleducks - you're right about the nuchal fold scan and probabilities, but the new test combines the results of the nuchal fold plus blood tests for an even more accurate probability.

The blood test addition is new, I didn't get it with dd 2 years ago - just the nuchal fold.

I'd be really annoyed if I was in an NHS trust that didn't even offer nuchal fold when other trusts are offering the new comined test.

I didn't realise I was having the nuchal fold done with DD. After my 12 week scan, they just told me "the chances of your baby having Down's are X in X thousand", and I just said "uh, ok". Didn't realise it was part of the scan at all. Maybe some of you have had a nuchal fold scan and didn't realise it?

Still over the moon. I've had a friend and her little ones round all morning, but they're just left and dd has gone down for a nap so I'm off to sit on the sofa, gaze at my scan pics and have tea and a Belgian bun!

Oh, and [rude raspberry emoticon] to all you skinny ladies who weigh under 60kg!

That was me once..... BOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I keep telling myself that next summer I will get in shape. Caught a look at my butt in the mirror this morning and it's developed moon craters! Something needs to be done!!

First of all congrats to derah, monthlymayhem and yardette.

derah I have never ever been 60kg. I probably was born more. Just started exercising properly this year and was doing OK. However I did not dare to keep it up when little beanie turned up on the scene. Too precious!!!
But last night bought a lovely maternity swimsuit, yoga trousers and tops, so I can restart my slightly less ambitious exercise regime. Hopefully I would not be sick in the swimming pool now.
When they were talking to me about the nuchal fold (and everything else) during the scan, I just could not get it. She could have said absolutely anything, I would not have heard it. I was too busy admiring LO and crying. Read the notes afterwards.

Congrats to everyones great scan news! Not long for me to wait now. 1610 tomorrow! Getting excited. Funnily enough I have had no MS so wonder if twins will appear?
What is 60kg in real wieght (lbs and stones) Managed to put on 4 st 10lbs last time (15st 10lb!)

Bless gingercat. I too couldn't really listen to the stuff they were saying - too busy crying and marvelling at my two little jumping beans who were poking and kicking each other, and then showing off their ability to paddle backwards for mum and dad.

By the way. you know some people have an annoying tendency to say the wrong thing or just be generally nosey? I think its amplified when they hear the news that someone is expecting twins. So far, my favourites have been "Wow - well, I assume you'll be sending DH for the snip afterwards?" (none of their business, and given these are our first children, kind of wierd to hear people saying that) and "Was it assisted or natural?" (none of their bloody business but if they ask, I will tell them that we conceived very quickly naturally, and i'm sure its do with the positions we adopted during sex- I basically give them far TMI to watch them squirm as a punishment for being nosey) as well as "my god you're going to find it impossible to come back to work" (that was from one of my line managers, so I may have to note that down for my serious purposes later on!!)

I will NOT let this ruin my elation at finding out I've got twins! insensitive b'stards

I've been offered the nuchal fold scan but decided that I wouldn't terminate even if it was high risk which would be a ratio like 1:160, so still only a chance of DS. Still 159 chance in 160 that it wouldn't be.

Tori32 60kg is a little bit over 9 stones. Good luck tomorrow.

Yardette I was totally shocked when people asked me if I had fertility treatment. It would not have been a shame, but what made them think and they have nothing to do with it, anyway. Especially that they all knew I had a miscarriage at 11 weeks last year. Sorry, it is the hormones. We should just ignore them...

I've posted a few times on here but then obviously haven't actually hit "POST" when I am finished... DOH!
Anyway, I'm so happy to hear the happy news - iliketosleep, you must be so relieved and excited.

Congrats on the twins too!!!

I still haven't got my scan date yet and I'm suspected to be around 12 weeks now but motherinlaw was sayin they prob wanna wait til nearer 14 weeks... It's hard to wait this long cos it seems like everything should be ok but I don't really feel much just now. Sore boobs, sick ALL the time again and upset tummy quite a lot (which worries me as I have heard this can be a bad sign)... Anyway, will just have to wait I guess.

Good luck to everyone else who's having a scan soon.

By the way, I am off work sick today as I am sooooo ill. I haven't had to take one day off cos of being preggers yet and I am worried cos I am just so ill.... Is it normal to feel this bad at 12 weeks? My mate tells me one of her mates had such bad sickness pretty much throughout the first 6 months she ended up hospitalised on a drip!!! I aint that bad!!

Think I am just being a bit paranoid (hence the nickname I chose).

Yay tori, we are scan buddies

I'm at 1pm tomorrow.

yardette I can't believe someone asked about sending your DH for the snip? Honestly, what a weird thing to say. Is 2 children the new rule?

Remember months ago someone saying that people were telling them they'd have to move house now that they'd have more children than bedrooms, as though there's a rule that children need to sleep alone. So peculiar.

Well yay for your tvins (sorry can't get that German accent out of my head. )

Paranoid1stTimer I do not know whether it is normal to be so sick at 12 weeks, but last week I was 13 weeks and hit rock bottom. I feel much better now though

I have an upset stomach, too. We might just be more sensitive to certain kinds of food now, as our digestion is so slow.

TMI info alert....

I have terrible upset stomach today resulting in many trips to toilet. Please don't worry paraonoid first timer!

hi paranoid1sttimer, yes i was very relieved!! lol

hows this for a sad coincidense??

Yesterday when i went to the scanning unit i saw a lady in a gown come out of the toilets and walk into the scan room, i thought that it must be serious as she was wearing a gown so must have been admitted. Well after my scan i spoke to my mum who told me my brother and his other half (who i only met once) had to go to hospital due to bleeding and cramps, obviously she was pg! I phoned my brother and told him that i had to go to hospital today too and he said, "really? nikki said she thought it was you but she wasnt sure". The women in the gown was my brothers girlfriend, i was stood right next to the room my brother was in and knew nothing about it! Unfortunatly they found the sac but nothing growing in it, so she technically lost the baby but what a coincidence!!!

Thanks for that... It's amazing how your own body doesn't know what your own body is doing!!! I always find that so strange.

Nice to get some back up I guess

Congrats on the twins! What great news! What a cool surprise!

I felt much more energetic this morning, but then ended up walking most of the way in to work today and so am exhausted now! Tube strike, bah!
(However, have managed to weasel in on 2 cake parties this afternoon, so I can't really complain )

60kg? I'm 5'10 and 60kg would be pushing it a lot! 70kg is a great goal for me!

We're off on holiday tomorrow morning- I can't wait for the sun and some time off. Bye for now!

i am suddenly so incredibly tired. Think that the emotions of the last 2 days have got to me as well as suddenly very teary too.

Going to leave work in 15 mins. Got piles to catch up on at work because I've been too busy googling multiple pregnancy, but i need to rest

By the way, I remember someone else on March thread is expecting twins - was it Victoriagirl? Anyone heard from her recently?

Thanks to all of you for your brilliant words of support and I'm laughing at all of you who are suddenly relieved when there is only one showing on your scan!

good luck to all of you having scans tomorrow xx

omg paranoid1stTimer, i just read that you havent had your scan yet! im really sorry about the story about my brother how insensitive of me!! im really really sorry

yardette...I am actually very very jealous. I went to my 7 week scan hoping that I'd see two. Have 12 week scan next week, and secretly hoping that there will be two miraculously this time. Have always wanted twins. I've been a maternity nurse/nanny for 17 years and have looked after many twins. The beginning is hard, but you won't know any different (!) and then it's just sooooo lovely having two. Promise!

turtle23... you may be an almost complete stranger, but i love you for saying that. thank you

i'm very emotional at the moment - to be expected i guess. just bought a book and am about to curl up on sofa with a cuppa andsome biccies (eating for three don't you know) and read all about twins.

lots of love to you all, and thanks again for all the support
xx

iliketosleep - ach don't worry about it! I didn't even think for a second you were being insensitive. Just another sad story that reflects reality isn't always a bed of roses. I aint gettin my hopes up too much until I have the scan (it's hard though) but I am getting to the stage that my man has told a few close close relations (I've STILL to tell mine but wanted to wait until the scan) so now we can talk to some people about it, it makes it more "real" and I can't stop sneaking peeks at starter kits with baby grows and all that. I just hope everything goes ok.

Sending hope out there to everyone x

aww LOL at turtle hoping for a second baby to appear. so sweet

I'm jealous of everyone who has had a scan. My SIL is due Feb 2008 and I saw her scan picture and it was the most amazing thing - so clear and looking like a baby already. I think it will make everything seem a bit more real or something, if that makes any sense.

paranoid and skidoodle- when are your scans? sorry if you've already posted that - i'm being a bit scatty today

fingers crossed for everyone and big positive vibes to you all. not long to go now ladies, and i'm sure everything is just fine.
x

Hi all I'm back again! Yay skidoodle! get on MN after scan and let us know how it went (and how many!!!!) I'll be on later tomorrow night after 7. Fingers crossed for us though.