Anyone else due in August 2005 yet?

[wilbur]

Well, I can't believe I'm starting this thread, but very happy to be. I'm due August 1st (according to one of those online due date calculators) and ds and dd were both over a week late, so I reckon it will be an August babe. Here's hoping. Still very early days for me, and I have an early scan to get done as I had an ectopic pregnancy in March this year.

Looking forward to someone joining me.

much sympathy with dh azure, my dh can sometimes win awards for services to Neanderthal culture.
I'm going to gp now about spotting. all the best.

thinking of all those with spotting etc and goodluck to all those with scans. Had midwife yesterday and all seems to be going well! Got my scan at 12 weeks on 28th Jan and cant wait!
My dh is also abit insensitive regarding things! He didnt even ask how midwife went yesterday until i shoved the notes in his face and then even after the fact that we have discussed him making a huge effort to come to all scans he proceeded to moan about the fact that its an awkwadr time and that he had to work... balh blah blah! I couldnt believe he was saying it! Told him in no uncertain terms that this baby was more important and he should make the effort to get 2 hours off!!! Also dropped a big hint that i would feel like a single mum again if he didnt come !(had to do all scans and stuff by myself when preg with ds as was a single mum!) That did the trick! God im so cruel!

Feel good and infact feel like im getting off lightly although do have the odd day of nausea etc.. Am tired by 4pm but can never sleep till atleast 11pm!

Back from scan - everything ok. Saw bean (only one!) and heartbeat. After waiting for 45 minutes it was all over in five minutes - the person doing it was a bit brusque. I asked her about m/c risk if everything is ok by this stage, but she only quoted the general percentage risk for the population. Still, I'm delighted to have got this far. I will hopefully have my NHS scan and nuchal fold test in 4-5 weeks, and can then begin to breathe a hugh sigh of relief.

That is good news Azure - I bet you are relieved. I'm amazed by how many of us are having early scans on this thread. No guesses last night at our dinner - luckily someone else is 'doing' a jan detox and he's a man, so not for the same reason....... all I know is that I can eat for Britain - off to M&S to get a full fat spag bog now for my lunch....I will have a bump whether I'm pregnant or not....

Just back from gp. sat and waited forever to see him. Have had period ache since yesterday and to be honest have been preparing myself and dh for the worst since last night. so the gp examined me and said it was a threatened miscarriage, unlikely to be ectopic and we would know more with scan on Friday morning whether the bean thrives or is 'blighted'! He also said take it relatively easy. This board has been a great support, thanks and hope I will be here a little longer, fingers crossed..............

Bloatella, fingers crossed that your little bean manages to hang on in there. Friday must seem like an eternity.

am thinking of you bloatella and have all my fingers and toes crossed for your likle bean! Rest up and try not to worry! (easier said than done i know!)

thinking of you bloatella - and wishing you hugs for Friday...

good luck with pending scans everyone; I was wondering if anyone knew what the chances of m/c are if you manage to see a heartbeat during an early scan?

well, when I saw the heartbeat on Friday, the consultant said that it means there is a Much lower chance of m/c, but unfortunately with my last m/c I did see the heartbeat quite a few times and then lost the baby. So I think the numerical data is good if you have seen the heartbeat, but I am still cynical and I will not be convinced until at least 12/14 weeks.....

Thanks to bonkerz, azure, beachyhead and all compadres thinking of you too. what did people do before mumsent?
Just got home with ds and feel really beside myself with luck to have him, so there are some good things to come out of this strange time!

oh bloatella, sorry about the news and yet more waiting have everything crossed for you on friday what a rollercoaster we are all on.
azure, glad scan showed what its supposed to right now. i get my scan tomorrow (cant belive how sick i feel with nerves) but i am an exception around my area, there is only one scan usually at about 20wks!!! isnt that ridiculous? so youre lucky with all those scans on the nhs!
beachyhead i'm sorry you lost one too before this. my consultant said a heartbeat at approx 10wks results in (something like) 8 in 10 chance of continuing successful. i am hoping that at nine wks IF its good news i kinda get into that group. who knows? its such a worry this pg lark! certainly everyones right 12wks is the first big cut off point for m/c. altho i never relaxed until i got to 'viable out of womb age' azure, sorry your dh was so MALE this morning. why do they always say something so dumb when we need 'em?!
hugs again bloatella.

Dramaqueen72 - I wish my scan had been on the NHS - I had to pay for mine today. I haven't heard a thing from a midwife. Best of luck for your scan tomorrow.

Just updated myself on the thread and Bloatella - hang in there - I haven't been in your situation before as both my mcs were silent but i can relate to the anxiety as many of us can. Don't know what to say but I'm thinking of you and will make sure I check in on Friday to see if you have any news.

There seem to be so many of us on tender hooks at the moment. We should all be through the worst of the anxiety by mid February - is that right? 12 week scans must be starting soon - has anyone had one yet?

Azure - Sorry must have missed your news. I am very pleased your scan went well if a little briskly. The 12 week scan makes all the difference to your confidence especially of you've lost a a baby before.

I have a friend in a local authority that only do 20 week scans. I think that is mad! I know you are in the lap of the Gods or mother nature and can do very little even if something isn't quite right but surely part of the purpose of a 12 wk scan is to reduce anxiety and reassure. Mother's anxiety can't do the little beans any good!

Bloatella - what a long time to wait, why don't the medical profession ubderstand that we need to know now!!! I shall be thiking of you until you get your news, which I'm hoping will be good.
Beachyhead, I am SOOOOOO jealous, I would love to be able to eat anything, full fat or otherwise.
Azure I'm sorry that your DS woke you up so early, my early start came as a real shock to the system.

good luck blotella - will have fingers crossed for you on fri - ive got my first scan on fri too and am getting really wound up about it, unfortunately dh has gone all negative too - i think my anxiety has rubbed off on him - just when I need him to be positive
he's just started a new job and will struggle to come on frid - dont know if i should insist as he would come then
part of me would prefer to deal with it myself for a bit if it is bad news as he is very emotional but then ive been v mean to him about not being there last time
please let us all make 12 wks! thank goodness for mn, it would be hard to put all this anxiety on friends/family - they would start to get really worried about me
need to take kids to school so better go - head has sent home a letter this wk about people being late!

Bloatella - so sorry to hear about your news. All the best for Friday.

Bloatella, sorry you're going through such a stressful time, all the best for friday, thinnking of you, lol x

Azure, glad you're scan went well

Hello to everyone, sorry not had time to read down the posts too far but hope everyone is keeping well. Am fine, still throwing up my breakfast daily. Am off on holiday for the next couple of weeks so won't be able to check in very much. Won't be able to get a scan in before we go, but should have an appt the week we come back at around ten weeks. Am really looking fwd to my break, work has been rubbish of late and am finding the shifts exhausting. All the best and catch up soon, lol x

I feel so dizzy at the moment, not something I have had with the previous pregnancies. How are everyone else's spinny heads???? Sick, dizzy and tired - WHY DO WE DO THIS

By the way - where are we all? I'm in London and probably having it at St Thomas'

I've not been dizzy, but have been a little disorientated at times, which is a little disconcerting. I'm in west London and expect to go to Queen Charlotte's. I had DS at Chelsea & Westminster (we've since moved house).

im dizzy - a bit like being carsick
i live near liverpool though not a native, originally from n ireland
any other northerners around?

I think the mothership has cut me loose and I'm drifting away into space waving a fond farewell!
Things not looking good, my sister says not to give up until scan on Friday but if this isn't a m/c than I'm the Pope. Any way people say it's pretty common to m/c isn't it? Hormones all over the place and feel wildly up and down. Thank god my mother has just arrived for a few days to look after me and play with ds. All the best and many thanks !

Sorry to here your bad news Bloatella. can they not bring the scan forward?

I live in Bucks and will probably deliver at Stoke Mandeville Hosp (if I get there in time!)

Went to see the physio today about my SPD and she told me mostly what I already knew. I have to walk like a gaisher (sp?) girl and be very careful lifting DD and remember my posture at all times. It is already hurting a bit, and at 10wks that isn't good news. 2 "friends" have said "oh you'll be in a wheel chair this time" Do they know how NOT funny that is!

Pleased to say the nausea is starting to fade a little. Yipeee! but acid heartburn is still there.

Wishing you all improvments in your symptoms and thinking of all that have scans coming up soon.