Due July 2005 - part 2

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wow mergle, 16 weeks, i'm jealous!

i got given a seat on the bus today, don't know whether to be or ....

Dear All, haven't posted for ages as we've just moved house! Took a good 20 minutes to catch up with all the news. Congratulations to all those whose scans went well, and sympathies to all those weeping for no apparent reason. My weakness in that area is garden makeover shows! Truely embaressing, it's got so I turn over at the end...and they always seem to wheel out some long lost relative...it's appaling .
The new house is fantastic, lots of light and space, Dd is loving it, running around like a headless chicken. I'm getting fatter, 15 weeks +6 today, next scan on Feb 4th, and we'll be finding out the sex if they can tell,I think they stopped telling people the sex at the 12 week scans as some people would abort the baby if it wasn't what they wanted.
I've definately felt the odd strange kind of gut flip that must be baby movement, I think it all gets abit more obvious at about 20 weeks. Better go eat something before Dd wakes up from the midday kip.

Seems to be a busy day for scanning today. Good luck to all!

I've definitely felt weird movement sensations in my tummy (14 weeks today). No actual kicks yet.

Dd said a strange thing last night. We were talking about brothers and sisters as a result of her bedtime story. I asked her if she would like to have a brother or sister. And she said she's got a sister and its "in there" (pointing at my tummy). I haven't told her that I'm pregnant yet and have been careful not to talk about it near here.... Also, I'm convinced I'm having another girl, so she's picked up on that too!

How did everyone get on today?

Good news here! Saw the baby (only the one thankfully) waving although it did have its back to me and on its head, and good clear heartbeat. So relieved. Now I can tell everyone at last.

Ozjo - hope you are getting settled into your new home.

Lolasmum - How old is your dd? I am wondering when to announce it to the kids. dd was at the scan today but wasn't taking any notice. I feel I should say something soon as I want her and ds to stop jumping all over me!

Great news Eulalia . My dd and ds know, they are 2 and 4 but I didn't say anything until I had a scan so that I could show them the picture.

OzJo, congratulations on the move and lol at your weepy story. Forgot to say I cried whilst watching Emmerale the other week which has got to be the worst for me so far.

Mergle, snap, 16 weeks for me now too . Good luck with the scan - why so late?

HC, lucky you being offered a seat on the bus - that's very rare apparently.

yeah, but he was weird bagpuss, he kept trying to talk to me. NOT normal on the 149 bus..... .

really glad your scan went well eulalia. who else are we waiting to hear from?

we told ds quite early, about 8 weeks. he's almost 3, & seems very into the whole idea. he keeps stroking my tummy saying "i like your baby mummy" & apparently he has 3 babies in his tummy.... lots of friends have new siblings or are expecting them so i guess it seems normal to him. when the baby's born he's intending to pick it up & take it for walks. i am really hoping this attitude continues!

Congrats on the scan Eulalia. Dd is 2yrs 3months. I think with her I'll wait until a bit later. We're going on holiday in 8 weeks time and she can't get her head 'round why she has to wait so long (neither can I to be honest). I don't think she could cope with 26 weeks! In the meantime, I'll keep talking about brothers and sisters and how nice babies are!

Got to leave work early today. Need to take dd to the doctors as she has a urine infection and all the fur has fallen of the cats face so need to get her to the vets! Hope you all have a good weekend.

Well, our scan went fine. NT measurement shifted our risk down some, and hopefully the supporting blood tests will also be very reassuring. We even got a couple of waves from bean

MommyD, we left you a big scribbled message in a notepad in the waiting room. Hope you saw it and that you too had good news.

Either bean is a tiny bit small, or we're out by a few days on our calculations, but it looks like we've now got an August baby so I guess I'm officially in the wrong forum !

Scan went fine. No hub2dee- didn't see the message, although dh and I went and sat on the seats over by the loo, so didn't sit near the table. Glad your scan went well.

Baby didn't co-operate. Jumping around all over the place, but not lying so they could get the nuchal measurement (the nuchal fold test is standard at the Royal Free). When bean did eventually settle down we got a significantly reduced risk for DS compared to my age.

They kept asking me if I was sure of my dates. I kept saying yes - 100% (because I am!) Baby is measuring 5 days bigger making me just over 13 weeks instead of 12+4. They did not adjust my due date, because I am so sure of my dates. dh is convinced we are having another BIG BOY. I am just glad the scan went well - I even had a glass of champers last night! Haven't drunk at all yet due to feeling so lousy. Sickness has practically gone, though.

Have a great weekend! Fab news Eulalia about your scan...

Congratulations to all you scanners! Mine is next wednesday, and can't wait, although quite nervous as well.

How is everybody doing with sickness etc. If I remember right Eulalia and I are due the latest in July and we made 12 weeks today - HURRAHHHHHH!! So hopefully most of us are past the worst. I certainly feel much better. Anyone still suffering?

Sorry you didn't get to see the scrawl, MommyD, but glad that all looks good. I know we're pretty relieved !

Don't worry too much about the dates (they shifted ours one week). I think the ultrasound scan software they use plots your crown to rump length (ours was 49mm) against a statiscally average range of dates (say 11+0 to 11+6 weeks), and then spews out a best guess average (so with our numbers it came to 11+3).

Whilst we've got to 'go through a week again' you've 'skipped one'!

Have a nice weekend all.

pinkmama - My sickness has almost completely gone. I am almost 13 weeks. It was amazing - I went from feeling sick all the time, to within the space of a week it tailing off almost completely. Now that the first scan and sickness are gone, I can start enjoying the pregnancy, although I am at that "is she... isn't she?", lumpy stage where I can still (uncomfortably) fit my ordinary clothes.

hub - not concerned about the fact that bean is a little large - 69mm so 13 + a bit weeks, but still recorded as not quite 13 weeks - they surely don't all grow at EXACTLY the same rate....

I haven't posted in a while so happy new year to you all & big congrats to everyone on getting good scan results

DH & I are really envious coz ours is not until Wed, will be just over 13 wks by then. Pinkmama, I'm the same as you, feeling v excited but also a bit anxious in case we get bad news. My cousin has Downs, does this put me in a higher risk category, anybody know?

Hoxtonchick, your DS sounds soo sweet.

Good luck to Mergle, Pinkmama & anyone else having their scans this week

Hub2dee, have to ask, are you a statistitian or something like that. I have never thought about how they work things like that out at all but you seem so clued up! As for the dates, doesn't matter that yours have shifted, stay here anyway, you are part of the July gang now .

Thought I'd just post this link for those of you who haven't tried it Gender Guesser - just for a bit of fun. MommyD, I was thinking about you and your cravings thread when I found this . Mine said boy but my pg symptoms say girl (based onthe last two pgs that is), have fun .

Scan fine, plus they took the down syndrome test bloods also so at least no more blood tests for a while. Radiographer couldn't say if boy or girl but thought MAYBE girl. I don't really care-probably would slightly prefer another boy (just because of the small age gap-ds will be 22 months), dh wants a girl though. I want another one after this, he's less keen-another reason to want a boy this time!

BUT the gender predictor just predicted me a girl!

AND it was right last time with ds-predicted a boy. I know quite few other people who have been correctly predicted using it.

Is it that easy to get a boy/girl then?

Hi Freckly, my cousin also has downs, but I have been told on several occassions that it makes no difference to my chances of having a baby with downs. Good luck for wednesday!

Mergle, congrats on your good news.

Pinkmama, that's great news Thanks for that. Good luck for Wed too!

Pinkmama ? yes I am 12 weeks too today ... Glad to have passed this milestone.

Hub2dee & MommyD - glad to hear your scans went OK. MommyD ? yes you must be having a big boy!? My baby was also measured as 49 mm, same as Hub2dee and my weeks as being 11.4, two days smaller than date so pretty much spot on.

Told the kids yesterday and showed them the pic. Ds ( 5 ½ ) looked quite pleased and asked if I could take the baby out to show him. Dd who is 2.9 didn?t seem to understand and today they both seem to have forgotten all about it, more interested in the here and now. Went swimming this afternoon and they both acted up a lot. Got to go now as they are fighting?

merglemergle - great news too on your scan

V. cute about Eulalia's ds wanting to take the baby out to have a look !

Ref: Downs - apparently there is only a very tiny risk (1%) of Downs in a cousin impacting your chances. Your cousins may have been karyotyped (where their chromosomes are analysed) to check if they have any genetic characteristics which may impact their future risk profiles etc. etc. Perhaps you could ask them if they had this done? It becomes more relevant in cultures where cousins commonly intermarry. Sorry, but I don't really know much more about this, though I googled to this site which has a good summary of relevant info.

Bagpuss30 - I'm not a statistician (computer background), but did some stats as part of my psych degree. I find all the mathematical games relating to risk calculation for chromosomal abnormalities, due date calculation etc. very fun to explore. It's probably just a result of having too much time on my hands, being a healthy worrier, and being desparately excited too !

I've read several times that less than 5% of babies are born on their due date, so although it's very comforting to aim for 'goal', I wouldn't worry very much (particularly in 1st trimester) when your dates get shoved around. Perhaps pay more attention towards the middle / end as growth charts can highlight restricted / accelerated uterine growth which is something worth monitoring more closely.

If anyone is interested, the training manual for sonographers doing 11-13 weeks Dating / Nuchal scans, with full background on interpretting test results etc. Is linked to from this page. Incredibly long pdf document to bore the overly curious (like myself) !

Howdy folks, just had to add this tale about children wanting/not wanting sibblings. My friend is a single mum with a four year old, who has been repeatedly asking her for a " new baby ", even went so far as to come in from the garden with a trolley and told her he " had all the ingredients " for a new baby on the trolley, and was most upset that she hadn't had one before she went to work the next day. Bless his cotton socks. They will be moving down here soon, so he can fun with the one I'm having ( for all of 10 minutes before he loses interest I'm sure). Dd called her little sibbling a monkey at the last scan, interesting to see how she reacts when it arrives.
I'm feeling less exhausted, have managed to pretty much sort alot of the house out, still lovin it. Glad alot of you sick puppies are less nauseous.

Hello thought I would join the due July 2005 thread. My baby is due July 25th and just got the results of my CVS so starting to chill out a bit now. Expecting another boy so at least I know what to expect! Have felt very sick this time round and completely knackered (maybe it's old age - 39!). Hope all things going well with all of you other July ladies and good luck!

Congratulations and hello webwoman! How many have you got so far? Sounds like you already have a boy from your posting. What ages is he/they?

Welcome Webwoman. Cool name!

It hit me the other day-I'm STILL (at 16 weeks) bloody knackered compared to usual. Way better than 1st 12 weeks but STILL. I thought this was meant to be the happy, bouncing with energy trimester. I just want to pull a duvet over my head and sleeeeeep. Not really an option with a 16 month old. 2 under 2? What am I doing?