July 2020 - thread 2

[RedRobin7]

New thread for our July gang 😊

Shall we do a little reminder of who we all are so we can see who is on here - Age, current EDD and if we know our 12 week scan date?

I'll start:

31 - EDD 08/07 - 12 week scan 24/12

@Ethellsmum yes thank you! :)

I have told my mum today, i figured shes got a right to know, if something went wrong its still her grandchild and she would want to know. Im only telling family at the moment. Would tell friends etc after the 12 week scan. It is a bit hard to keep it secret, as my friends do ask because we joked about getting pregnant with one of my friends and its like a little competition, who gets pregnant first. I wonder if she might be keeping it from me too :)

I was also told today that the uterus is not very heart shaped but that as it stretches it is hard to tell so i have no idea. Also found 1 fibroid 2.1 cm big, but hopefully there is only 1 and it wont grow much.

Up since the crack of dawn too excited to tell family and friends tomorrow. Only my mum and one friend know so far and I can't believe we've kept it a secret. Even my best friend told me she was pregnant a couple of weeks ago and I said nothing 😂 after my miscarriage Iv been terrified to say anything x

@mimiroo1 I'm sorry to hear your parents are ill. I do understand. My mum has a condition which makes her very poorly and stress causes flare ups. I told my sister first and she was so relieved I'd told her because she is pregnant too and was keeping it a secret! She didn't want to worry mum but when we did eventually tell her together, mum said we should have told her sooner. Totally understand though, you know what's best.

Scan day. I'm terrified. March 2018 I went for my 12 week scan to be told there was no heartbeat. I've seen this baby 4 times already but I'm still expecting them to tell me the same thing has happened again.

Good luck @RedRobin7 you'll be absolutely fine xx

@RedRobin7 good luck with the scan, i hope they give you good news, what time is your scan?

@Dafs123 im up early too, can never sleep anymore. Good luck telling family and friends tomorrow :) are you planning to announce it in any special way?

@F1uff you are not old! I am a full ten years older than you! Welcome, hope the rest of your pregnancy goes well. My first pregnancy (when I was 35) ended in miscarriage and I felt absolutely ancient then but I always remember the sonographer saying to me “you’ve got time on your side”, something that had simply never occurred to me because I’d grown up with all that alarmist stuff about fertility falling off a cliff at 35. Ended up having 2 children, when I was 37 and 38.

Good to see all the positive scan results. My nuchal is booked for 8 Jan but given that I was dated earlier at my early scan (am just last 7 weeks now - have a long cycle and ovulate late) 8 Jan isn’t going to be within the nuchal window. Will ring them to see if I should rearrange. I guess they may want to see me anyway given early growth isn’t always at a consistent speed.

Thanks ladies! It's at 9am so not too long to wait.

Lovely scan photos! Can't wait for mine on Friday... luckily Christmas is distracting me so I'm not obsessing too much.
Good luck today @RedRobin7
@mimiroo1 I think it's such a personal decision. However I've been outed by DM (who I told but she told DF and DB) and MiL who guessed but then started telling others too. I had a mc exactly this time last year which is why I wanted to keep quiet... I wasn't happy!

Good luck @RedRobin7 🍀

I love reading everyone else's progress, interesting about when you are telling people. I dont want to tell anyone until after my scan on 31st and have been avoiding going out with my usual drinking buddy for a while now until dh threw me under the bus when she asked if I could go out, I told her me and dh had plans and without blinking he told her he was working!! Fuming 😡 may have over reacted slightly however now feel I've no choice but to tell her . ... arrghhhhh, I also feel I need to hold off telling the family as my sister in law had a miscarriage at 12 weeks yesterday bless her . . I feel awful for her,, I'd gate to feel like I'm rubbing salt in the wound but I cant hide it too long . . . My waistline is expanding rapidly and theres only so much you can blame mince pies for!! Thanks for listening to my rant ladies . . Just needed to get it off my chest

Hi all, had a private scan yesterday and it so amazing to see the little one kicking around with a good strong HB. We are measuring exactly on date at 9+5 too. I would post my scan picture but I actually want my mum to be the first to see it (silly I know). We haven’t told anyone yet and will tell close family Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Getting nervous as this will be the first grandchild for my parents, they have so wanted one for years but conscious that my sister would love to start a family so need to be sensitive to her.

We actually made it to 12 weeks 🙏 I still can't believe it!! We've jumped ahead 6 days so baby now due 2nd July and I'm catching my sister up - she's 3 weeks ahead!

Good luck @Goldington and anyone else having a scan today!

Oh brilliant @RedRobin7! What lovely Christmas news.

@RedRobin7 that's amazing so clear.. how many weeks does that make you now :) xx

If (fingers crossed) I get that far I’m going to try to hold out till 12 weeks till telling anyone (other than my manager at work, and my husband’s manager, as it was best that they knew). I told family earlier last time and it led to painful unwinding of messages when things didn’t work out. They’ll all only worry anyway in the meantime. But tbh I’ve felt differently about it each time I’ve been pregnant.

Thank you @RedRobin7 ❤️ Had mine this morning and all good here! Due date 05/07/2020 😀 xx

@Secondsop Thank you!

@Rainbow2020 I thought I was 11+6 but now jumped to 12+5.

@Goldington Great news! So pleased for you 😊 xx

@Goldington @RedRobin7 congrats ladies!!! Beautiful scan picture @RedRobin7

@RedRobin7 yours is a fab pic!! ❤️

@Secondsop aw thanks =), that’s really reassuring! I’ve been feeling a lot like this is my ‘last chance’, as it were. And also that I’ve really been struggling with exhaustion, I’m like, how am I going to cope with a screaming baby and no sleep ever!

@RedRobin7 amazing scan! =) congrats x

@Doingitagain37 argh, yes I can imagine it’ll be very delicate with your sister in law’s situation =( that’s really sucky. I suppose you could tell a few people on the quiet? Personally I’ve always found people are less perceptive to changes in you than you think - you’re sure it’s stamped in massive big neon letters on your forehead but then people are all like “I had no idea!”.

congrats for everyone on their 12 week scans! Roll on 15th Jan, I think I might be last! Anyone after me?

@Doingitagain37 it’s good of you to think about your sister-in-law - perhaps see if you can mention it to her first?

@F1uff - I also very clearly remember my doctor saying to me, when I was in a state, “you’re 35 not 45”. No doubt some women may find mid thirties too late but there’s absolutely no reason to suppose you’ll be one of them.

16th Jan here for 12 week scan.

Fab scan pic!! @RedRobin7

Had my scan yesterday,all good.Has settled the anxiety.Great to be able to tell everyone now.

Measuring just over 12 weeks, a few days ahead than thought.That may change again when i have Nhs dating scan.