Due November 08 - We're STILL a bunch of worrying fusspots who don't know what we want to eat, but pass us the cheese (and rice if you must ) purlease, while we wait for 12 weeks

[Heartmum2Jamie]

Here's our shiney, new and slightly ameneded thread to reflect our main topic of conversation recently! Really didn't want to mention the cheese and rice in the same sentence, but as it is a favourite with so many of you, I had to add it in, sorry to Hanaflower!

sorry to hear about the spotting serrendippity. There is probably an innocent reason for it, but it is scary. good Luck for your scan, will be thinking of you.

pinky...your DCs are gorgeous and i love all that curly hair on DS . I'm lolling at dinkyminky as well!

glad there is only one of em in there Lolis

Congratualtions everyone who have had scans this week , and good luck to those still waiting for theirs!

Sorry to hear your appt didnt go as planned heartmum you would think after what you have been through with ds they would want to do all they could to put your mind at rest!! Interesting you say you home school your dc is that difficult???

heartmum, sorry your appointment wasn't what you'd hoped. I hope you can see the consultant and get the scan. I would've thought it would have been routine for you.

I can't think of anything amusing for a thread title......maybe something about no hiding our bulging tummies......or about the mothercare e-mail saying we'll start piling on the pounds now!

Serendippity - Good Luck for the scan hope it goes well. It is perfectly natural to worry but I am sure it will be fine. x

Lolis - YIPPEE brilliant news!

Heartmum2 - That is utterly CR*P. For gods sake don't they take peoples feelings into question? It's not good enough just to tell you that it's not hereditry (sp)you obviously want it to be checked out. Fight for it! That has made me , it is a little like my sonographer that wasn't going to scan me for my official dating scan cos I had one at 8 wk 4 days. Even though i told her I was worried something was wrong. I needed the reassurance, bugger protocol! Phewww ok i'm over that now x

Ceebee - I agree that if you haven't any pain or bleeding then things should be ok. Babies are happily floating around in lots of fluid so really are quite hardy to such things. If you getting more and more concerned ring the EPAU. x

Mum2becks, homeschooling can be hard work sometimes, lol! We tend to fly by the seat of our pants most days, but loosly follow the national curriculum for reading, writing and maths right now (ds1 is in year 2, ds2 is in reception). DS2 is particularly difficult because he has never been in a school environment and has a noticable speech delay (has alot of words and a HUGE understanding, but his speech is rather babyish in his pronounciation). We just do what we can with him, he picks up so much just from everyday life. He can happily read telephone numbers, lol! It definately is not for everyone though. If we ever move and get into an area with decent schools, we will condsider re-introducing ds1 and starting ds2.

Pinkali, thanks so much for your heartwarming rant! It makes me feel better to know that I am not being silly for wanting my baby checked out for my peace of mind. Admittedly, ds2's heart condition was not spotted in utero (infact, was not diagnosed until he was 9 months, was the worst 9 months of my life, he was a very difficult and sickly baby). I really am not sure the best way to go about getting my appt. I might try calling ds's consultant directly, he also specialises in fetal echo's, so may be able to bypass the referal system, other than that, or it is the GP, but I don't have time to wait for them to write back and forth with an appt. Dh works his rota's out 5 weeks in advance and is already fully booked at work (sales rep) until I am 19 weeks. If I want dh to come with me, I need to know NOW! LOL!

Heart - You are welcome it just makes me soooooo MAD.... for you and all the other people that are being subjected to blody protocol! I am sure DS2 will be ok. Does he go to any groups and mix with other children? Up until the age of 5 I was with a speech therapist and under a health visitor because no one could understand what i was saying. They thought I was slightly deaf at one point. I had so much to say but wanted it all to come out at the same time lol. Ended up that health visitor told my mum that I was actually very intelligent (I was boring and used to sit doing jig saws for hours). To be fair I struggled through school (not due to work but being bullied)and then I seemed to blossom and suddenly realised I had a brain and voila I qualified as a solicitor. (Would actually still like to study to become a doctor but Tarquin has put a hold to that for a few years which I so don't mind). God knows why i have just told you all that but thought it may help?? SEE i still talk C*P heehee.

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HeartMumtoJamie, know I haven't been on this thread much. Had quite a bit of spotting and pain so didn't want to commit myself! Anyone had a scan last week and all is ok and spotting has stopped, I just have one sided pain now, going to dr this afternoon about it.
Anyway just wanted to say that when I last took my ds with heart condition to check up in dec I had just found out I was preg (miscarried). Anyway at the time I told consultant I was pregnant and he said he wanted to scan between 18 to 22 weeks and even wrote this in the letter he sent. He said having one congential heart baby you have a 2 in 50 chance of having another so it is very important to be checked out. You should def def get an appointment, I would advise going straight to your ds consultant.

heart mum it makes me so mad when they say things like that! Don't they realise that it is an incredibly stressful time for us as it is without the added concern of potential problems. At least you have a couple of other courses of action in mind to try so good luck!

good luck with the scan serrendippity i'm sure all will be fine.

mower, good to see you on here again, and glad your scan was fine, but sorry to hear about the pain. did they check your ovaries at the scan? sometimes the corpus luteal cyst gets too big, or doesn't reabsorb as it should and that's what causes pain.

Off to wake DD up (she has been asleep for nearly two hours!) and go get DS from school.

LOts has happened today since we went to the park. Sorry SOExcited, I was rushing and got mixed up. It sounds like you need a proper photo scanner, is the one at work a document scanner? That may be the problem.

Great news about scans, Autumnlady and Lolis!

Heartmum, I second the consultant route. I have just been on the phone trying to chase up my mil's scan results (she's had colon cancer), and I've developed this method of being fairly quiet on the phone, but giving no impression of getting off the phone until I get the result I want, or someone offers to help me get there. I find it works better than getting cross and is much less stressful. You need this scan to get peace of mind and I can't see why anyone would say you don't need it.

Ceebie- I fell clean of a high stool a few weeks ago and all was fine. If you start developing any pain in the baby region, I would get it checked out, but otherwise thye are well cushioned in there!

Lackadaisy- thank you! The curls are all his father's work- and they are a real hit with the ladies!

Hello mower- glad to gear all is well, hope the pain stops soon.

Good luck to the people having scans tomorrow!

heartmum agree with others Fight, fight, fight!!
Thank you for luck for tomorrow everyone
Btw has anyone seen ThedoctorsWife recently? she seems to have dissapeared and she posted a thread a while back saying she was having a bit of a hard time.
Thread titles hmmm.....something about waving bye bye to sickness and hello to huge tummies? (whilst also mentioning that Serendippity is still a worrying fusspot )

got to include elasticated waists somewhere in the title....!

I just got off the phone with ds2's consultants secretary, I got as far as about 30 seconds into my "speil" before I broke down in tears. I am far more upset than I thought I was. The poor woman was flabbergasted and very, very nice. Took all my details (well, ds's detail, lol!) and said she would see the consultant tomorrow now, and talk with him about getting me on his list at the fetal medical centre at Birmingham Women's. Hopefully I will get a call tomorrow to say he will see me. I can't see him saying no, but I know that there is a private clinic that offers cardiac scans, but I would be more comfortable with and trusting of our ususal consultant.

mower, good to see you back on the thread! I am sorry to hear of the issues you have been having. I had a bit of pain 10 days ago, one sides that went away after a few days, and have been spotting myself, 3 times in the last 10 days. Thankfully baby seems to be fine. Ds2 was seen 4 weeks ago and I mentioned my pregnancy then, but it was a registrar (story of my life!), so I doubt he made a note of the pregnancy, but said they would want to scan me between 18 & 20 weeks. I had no idea the odds were as high as that, I think I was told 3-5%. I hope all goes well at the dr's for you this afternoon.

LOL Hanaflower, I really like that! We still have to squeeze in the mothercare pregnancy email that many of us recieved that says we will be piling on the pounds now. (SOOO not true in my case, I am still the same as I was the day I got my BFP, although the scales were ummming and ahhhing about the possibility of me having gained a 1 lb, but changed it's mind at the last second.)

Good result, heartmum. You are right to go for someone you trust.

well done heartmum, let's hope you get the treatment you deserve now. Perseverance is everything these days and a few tears may help at times

Mower glad to hear your scan was OK.
Serendippity good luck for tomorrow hope everything is OK.
Heartmum Hope you get the result you want.
Loving the new thread names!!

Serendippity and HEarttomum I know it will not make one iota of difference to you, but I spotted dark brown blood until 16 weeks with DS2. It scared the living daylights out of me but is quite common as you can see from these threads. Stay with it, we have got this far...If you are really really worrying then go directly to your EPAU. I found out at mine on Monday that it is a drop in clinic and you literally get a number and wait your turn. It is worth it for the reassurance (remember me convinced I wasn't pregnant as lost all symptoms?!)

Mower - glad things went well at your scan and welcome back to the thread!!

Has anyone heard from Oblomov - I wonder if she managed to sort her nightmare scan situation out???

DM x

Dozy, how are you feeling now? I feel great. NO boob tenderness. tired but not as tired as have been and no pain other than bowel pain that seems to extend all the way to below my chest !!!

Fab scan news for Lolis, Mower and AutumnLady but still no twins - i was hoping for that extra one in the post Lolis Oh well it's got to be someone on here!!
Anybody else suffering from sharp pains in ovary area? I have been for a while now when i stand up too quickly or stretch in a funny way. I'm not worried about it as sonographer says its uterus stretching but it can be bloody sharp sometimes and can take your breath away.

Serendippity fingers crossed for your scan tomorrow xx

Lola - I just had exactly that!

lol just wait till the sneezing causes other issues

actually on that note, i have two words to say, especially to all the first timers....PELVIC FLOOR.....get exercising now!!!

Mine is shot to pieces and I've already had a couple of embarrasing leaks so heaven help me further on.