Due August 2009! Bring on the BFP's!

[gemdangracie]

Had a +ve pg test this afternoon so thought i would start a thread for august!

Add yourself as and when needed. x

gemdangracie LMP 29th Oct, Due 5th Aug.

Welcome ladies and let the BFP's come rolling in!

hi everyone. sorry, haven't had a chance to read all the posts but sorry to hear some people are unwell and others are worrying. I am worrying too but trying to take it one day at a time, and have decided to carry on with my acupuncture, once a week till twelve weeks. i'll be so skint by the end of that!!

feeling so tired and although only two days at work so far this week, really struggling to cope. i have a two and a half hour stint each day where i can't eat and i really struggle by the end of it. ribena may have to be my weapon!!
going to see my GP on Wednesday, so i guess it will make it all more official, and give me something else to focus on!

hi everyone,

hey sushipaws, im beginng to sound like you in your last pregnancy taking plastic bag just in case something happens..
this ms thing is soo draining i feel like i just ran a marathon when i just walked a metre or 2 lucky dh is beginning to help more in the household chores otherwise its gonna be a big mess at our place.
well after just a long time, we ordered the anti nausea wristband yesterday from ebay! keep forgetting to buy and now im suffering
also we are going to have our 2nd scan n blood test on 13 jan when i'll be abt 11 1/2wks by then. it was booked slightly early due to my travelling just after that date..
lastly good news is that we heard baby's hb using a fetal doppler! first got confused with my own hb but baby's hb is much faster am soo relieved now

i hope all of you are coping well with the ms and let the 12wk mark come speedily..

oh and olivo,
am not trying to sound like im nagging but one of my friend adviced me not to do any acupunture especially during pregnancy cos' it may be harmful.. (unless your acupunturist knows abt it) but its better to avoid it unless its really important

Just an update: Phoned EPAS this morning & they said I needed a referral from GP for a reassurance scan & they only do them on Monday afternoons! Got off the phone in tears as didn't think I would get in to see GP today as it wasn't an emergency. DH persuaded me to phone GP anyway. Managed to get in & saw a really nice doctor who tested my urine again & still got a positive. May have a urine infection. Felt tummy & nothing untoward felt. Checked blood pressure, temperature & pulse all ok. Phoned EPAS & arranged for a scan Tuesday morning . Really pleased I saw him & pleased I'm going to get a scan before beginning of February . Feel quite a lot better now despite still having this cough. Dr would have signed me off work until after the scan but don't want work to know about pregnancy until I know all is ok.

Hope everyone else is starting to feel better.

Just called the hospital this morning to chase my first scan appointment. They told me I was too early (10 weeks tomorrow), and that they will be in touch in a week or so. Is it so hard for them to book me in now? I just want a date to look forward to, all this waiting is so hard. I just want to see my little one and know they are well.

babycat - hooray about the scan - Feb would have seemed a long wait! Sympathy to everyone feeling sick. I've been a Ribena junkie too. Love it, instant sugar hit. I can't face plain water for some reason.

mammadani that sounds really hard. The main thing keeping me going is knowing the scan date. Why can't they operate a more straightforward and user friendly booking system everywhere. I just had to ring the hospital, got straight through and booked no worries. It's just their administrative process that's at fault I'm sure, but so tough when your emotions are all over the place anyway.
xxx

Hello everyone

Gosh its so hard to keep up here, its sooo busy!

Anyway I have had an awful week. After have an early reassurance scan last Tuesday I had TERRIBLE lower back cramps on Saturday night, bad enough to wake me up and keep me awake. It felt just like it did when I mc'd and I was convinced I was going to start heamoraging (sp??) on the bed. Phoned EPAU on Monday morning and they not intersted as I had a further scan booked for this morning and said I would have to wait for that.

All is well though, grain of rice is now a kidney bean and has tripled in size in 10 days, good strong heartbeat. They make me 8 weeks today and I read on the miscarriage association website that if you have a fetal heart @ 8 weeks you have a 98% chance of a continuing healthy pregnancy, so am optimistic for this one.

The whole booking thing is a palaver though, agree with previous posters. I self referred direct to EPAU for reassurance scans and they were happt for me to do so, but this morning they tell me I have to make appointment at GP to be referred back to community midwives who are techincally part of EPAU! Who aleady know I am up duff! Plus I object to going to GP as they get a £100 referral fee and this pisses me off......what for...they donlt actually do anything and will not look after my pregnancy at all. Why should they get a fee from the tax payer? Grumble.

Anyway, wishing happy puke and pain free days to all, and speedy arrival at the golden 12 weeks mark.

x

Hiya. I disappeared for quite awhile. We were so nervous about this pregnancy after losses that I was a little nervous about getting involved in the thread. But yesterday at 9w2d, we finally heard a strong heartbeat (179) on the home doppler, so we're now feeling cautiously optimistic. Sorry, but I'll have to read back a bit to catch up a little. Hope everyone is well.

that's great news Triggles! Welcome back to the thread.

I am 6+6 today...and someone asked me this morning if I was pregnant and offered me their seat on the tube!

I gratefully accepted but am now full of paranoia that I am huge already (even though this is only my first pregnancy) and people will guess before 12 weeks (me and DH agreed not to tell people till 12 weeks since we took a long time TTC and already had one scare, so paranoid about MC).

I am normally a skinny minny (size 8 and 32A) and now have a belly and 34C boobs! Not sure if this is normal

Maybe it's twins Pinkypanther

oh,i'm so envious that people are seeing and hearing their babies; it feels like i have so long to wait.

Nando, thanks for looking out for me regarding the acupuncture; my lady has a particular interest in fertility and pregnancy.i first went to her when pg with dd. I heard (not from her!) that it can increase the bloodflow to the uterus and help to maintain a pg? That may not be how it helps though, twas a friend who told me that!

feeling a bit better today but struggling with not being able to go to the loo when i need it!!

Blimey this has been a tough 24 hours.

I started getting crampy period pains last night as we went to bed, they carried on all night on through the morning. I went to the GP and they referred me to the EPU. They scanned me and dated me at 5-6 weeks as they could see a sac but no fetal pole. I think this puts my due date at between 31/8 and 4/9. I have to go back in 10 days for a further scan.

I am worried as I thought I was further along, but I guess we will just have to assume the positive stance and believe that all is well.

bratnav I had the exact same thing - but 2nd scan showed everything is fine. The wait is horrible, as does having your dates put back, but try to take care of yourself!

Met with the midwife last night and they were so lovely Dh was so sweet asking loads of questions and chatting away with them. Did have a sudden moment of panic when she started talking about labour it def made having a baby real!

Today the baby has decided to suck all energy out of me - I feel like one of the zombies from Shaun of the Dead! Can't believe how tired I am!

Hope everyone has a wonderful - ms free - weekend!

Hi everyone,

been off line for a FEW DAYS, we have been at our new house no internet yet, moving in very slowly.

bratnav and inspector gadget-i had quite a few crampy pains, in the last few weeks, i think that is very normal unless you are i some major pain.hope the next 10 days goes quick.

triggles- that's great you heard hb, you may get addicted to listening now

I had a huge scare on wednesday, had my second Obstetrican appointment, i am 11 weeks now, and he couldn't hear hb, same thing happened at 10 weeks when i had a missed m/c he had a really big try and saw the look on my face and got me an urgent scan at hospital. i told dh who waited outside and he was just about crying, we thought the worst, one anxious hour later. I saw baby and hb, and nearly went into cardiac arrest. dh cried, baby was jumping around strong hb 176 bpm and measuring on date.

that night i called my mum, she asked if i wanted to hear the sad news my SIL lost her baby, she was due a day after me. feel really rotten, life is fragile. It was always at the back of my head that if i lost the baby, i would have the reminder of hers, but i didn't expect her to lose hers, it will make it even harder for her I think, i feel so bad and guilty.

sorry enough about me, I can empathize with the tiredness, grumpy zoombie here, poor dc's

Thanks babybump and UKI for the support, I am currently in a pit of depression, worrying that the scan means that it's all gone tits up.

Glad the MW visit went well babybump, UKI so sorry about your SIL, but glad that the scare turned out to be fine for you

Uki, so glad that your scan went well after the scare that you had.
My best friend and i were pregnant at the same time a few years ago. She had a late loss at 18 weeks. I gave birth to Dd2 and I know that she is a constant reminder, it has been hard. Hopefully your SIL will go on to have a healthy baby eventually and things will be ok. My BF unfortunately has not been lucky she had another late loss and has to have treatment if she decides to try again.Life can be really cruel.I havent told my BF yet and I am dreading it. I am going to wait until I know that things are ok.

I had my blood work done this week (week 9) at first antenatal appointment. Just received a letter today saying I am anaemic with a haemoglobin level of 10.9g/dl (normal levels are 11.5 - 14.2). I am not suprised as we are on a vegetarian diet at home due to DH's diet, but otherwise I am not a red meat eater.

They are asking me to take Pregaday tablets for iron but I already take PregnaCare Plus tablets which also have iron.

Has anybody been faced with a similar situation, being deficient in iron? Is Pregaday a typical supplement that some of you take? I am trying to figure out if it is same-same-but-different to Pregnacare. Thx!

Uki, glad to hear the good result at the scan. Providing all is well with my pregnancy I may also have a difficult situation coming up with one of my close friends. She was having IVF in Dec in her late 30s and I haven't heard whether it was successful yet. Really hope so because to tell her that I am pregnant with a surprise no. 3 is going to be so tricky. There's also my SIL and BIL who've been having IVF, again very very difficult to tell them. Life is unfair.

Just popping in. Sorry I haven't kept up with anything lately. I've been so ill - had a horrible bug this week. Have been sick with it (still kind of puking but nothing coming up - TMI!), sore throat, aches all over, had v little food for 3 days but doc said that was ok and that it would take longer than normal for my body to fight the bug off because it had to balance fighting the bug with not fighting too hard and rejecting the baby iyswim. Has made me worry a bit but everything seems fine. Doctor gave me a good check - bp to make sure I wasn't dehydrated and felt my tummy etc.

Hopefully will be much better after the weekend and I can do a proper catch up.

Hi All. Bit of advice please. Since my first meeting with my GP, I have had no contact or dealings with a doctor or midwife. My GP just said congrats, signed me up to a hospital and shuttled me off saying they will be in touch. As I said, I am still waiting to hear from the hospital for my first scan appointment....is it normal that I still have had no medical dealings of any sort? Am I meant to be doing something. Feels strange to not have had anything yet...just waiting. Morning sickness passed a while back, feeling generally okay except for a real craving for any food that is not really nutritional. Is this all normal? Hope baby is ok.

Hi MammaDani,
As long as you are on the list (im sure they looked when you called) they will fit you in Im sure.
I only just heard about mine and Im 11 weeks.
But have you had an app with midwife yet? Think you should have had that. Chase up your GP if not.
Lots of luck xx

MammDani - on all my pregnancies(4 in total 1DS and 3mmc) mw hasn't contacted me until at least 10 weeks for booking in app and then they send off a request for a scan at that app. Every time I have felt that it was far too late-very impatient! This time I can have a scan when I want (consultant will organise one) but have chickened out so far. All mmc started to show at 10 weeks and baby never got past 8 weeks. I had an early scan at 6 weeks last time and there was a healthy heartbeat but then pg ended at 8 weeks anyway so we were given false hope. I might ask for one at 9 weeks I am thinking so if it bad news then at least I will know.

Inspectorgadget- it is interesting what you said about the 8 week heartbeat having a stronger chance.

Quite like the idea of a doppler at home but might wait till after the scan.

I have also been having lots of cramps and back ache- hopefully growing pains.

Does anyone else fall asleep if they sit down for 5 minutes? Am finding I can sleep almost anywhere!

Hi BabyVLump. Thanks for the advice. Does the midwife not come from the hospital? I thought I was assigned the midwife after the first scan. Is this not the case? Should this have come from the GP?

Thanks x

mammadani
it depends on how things work where you are from i think, but most gp surgerys have a midwife connected to them. they hold clinic once a week (again i think this varies area to area). most of the time they like to see you before 10 weeks so they can get all your medical history, antenatal notes etc (you need to take these nots with you everywhere, especially to your scans, everyone who sees you during your pregnancy needs to make a note of it in these notes). after the first time youve seen them, the next visit is about 16 weeks, then i think about 24, then once a monthe for two months, then fortnightly until about 26 weeks then weekly until you pop!!
i had to book my first appointment after i went to the dr when i got my bfp, i had it on friday (at 8 weeks pg).
i would ring your surgery on monday and ask them what the situation is there! maybe the dr should have told you but they dont always think too??!!