Due July 2010 - pukey tums & burpy bums on the road to becoming summer mums

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Gosh, we've gabbed our way to 1000 already!

I too am eating like a student - the shame of it!

hi winter this is my second i am 9+1, ds is nearly 11 so have had a few years since i have been pregnant feels, like the first time again lol. Luckily for me he always liked a longer lie in the mornings. Good luck with the 2nd scan i'm sure you will be fine.
emster i usually enjoy a drink at the weekend so have bn really surprised that i'm not fussed. Thats not to say i will manage all xmas lol.

Hi everyone
I'm 11 weeks today - woo! One week until my scan - so, so excited (and anxious at the same time). I have a question - sorry if it's a bit of a silly one - and I'm hoping some of you lovely ladies could help me out with a decision:

I have a private scan booked for next Monday (21st December) with a top Obstetrician. I booked it ages ago when I thought I wouldn't get a scan on NHS before Xmas. But now I have an NHS scan on Wednesday 23rd December and I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to cancel my private one for various reasons, such as:
Obstetrician is really good
I don't trust the NHS to actually give me a scan on 23rd as I have no confidence in them (terrible, I know)
Worried that if I cancel the private scan and I show up on 23rd for NHS scan and they say "oh, we're too busy today, we need to reschedule..." (I've heard that this is not uncommon) then I won't have had a scan before Xmas and won't be able to tell my family on Xmas day.

So, here's my query....if I have two scans in two days will it in any way harm the fetus? I've checked online but I trust all of your judgement and would really value your input.

Good luck with your scan today Winter -and anyone else heading off for an ultrasound!
xxx

Morning Violet!

I hope you had a nice weekend! This is something I had asked the doctors as I have already had 4 scans and she said the only link they can see after checking for decades is that it may raise the chances your baby is left handed (I think she said to about 55% chance but don't quote me on that as my brain is mush!).

Dh was delighted at the prospect as apparently being left handed is good for cricket players and that is what he is hoping for our little one. Lol!!

Ps I bet you are really excited now there is only a week to go! I would probably go for both scans too! You will have to post a picture of your little one to make us all go slushy!!!

Morning all! I hope everyone is feeling as well as can be expected today. The early July bunch are reaching the second trimester now, right? Is the grass greener on the other side, for us still stuck in the first??

I don't think having multiple scans can harm the fetus, violetbubbles, but I'm a first timer to this and don't really know for sure. So better wait until someone slightly more knowledgeable can come along and help.

I have my first scan on Thursday evening! I'm getting really excited now, I really hope it shows everything is ok and we get some clear pictures. I'm still exhausted and feel nauseated most of the time, so fingers crossed that's a good sign and everything is progressing well.

Saw the MW again on Friday. She failed to get any blood samples though, despite trying both arms. Owie! So I have to go back on the 29th so she can try again for blood. Augh... Just as well needles don't bother me that much, huh? I do seem to be difficult to get blood out of though, I'm sure other people won't have the same issue, for anyone a little more needle-shy.

MW suggested travel sickness bands for me, when I commented I was feeling sick most of the time. I picked up a pair over the weekend and they do seem to be helping, a little. They don't get rid of the nausea, I still have to eat semi-regularly to control it, but they just take the edge off it so I'm not constantly eyeing up the distance to the bathrooms while sat at my desk between munchies.

I'm also having the situation with DH asking for some bedroom fun after patiently waiting for over a month now, Chulita. Problem is, I'm literally spending 15 hours of each day sleeping at the moment! The rest is either at work or desperately trying to keep the household running, so I really don't have time, more than anything else! Add to that feeling nauseated and poor DH has been out of luck.

I'm hoping that when we have some time off over Christmas we might stand a better chance, but DH is being very understanding about it all. I think he's keeping his fingers crossed that I feel better and have a burst of energy after 12 weeks, like the books seem to imply.

I'm not a huge drinker so I've not really had any issues with staying sober, thus far. However, I have decided that I will probably have a teeny glass of Port on Christmas Eve and a half-glass of Champagne on Christmas Day, if offered. Tiny amounts like that are unlikely to affect anything, right? It wouldn't feel like Christmas without!

Hi just to change the subject quickly, sex is ok during the first 12 weeks right?

tish yes, provided you've had no problems, eg bleeding.

Ultrasound - generally thought to be safe, other than possible minor things eg more likely to be left handed, which is hardly a problem but the principle of changing the wiring of the brain isn't a good concept IMO. US works by exciting the particles within the baby and surrounding area, so while I personally am going for 12 and 20 weeks scans, and had an early reassurance one after bleeding, I'm not going to go for any additional ones. I'm only going for the 12 week for the nuchal fold, and the 20 week because we're at high risk for physical anomolies which may need urgent surgery at birth and need to be prepared for.

It's fine Tishtosh but not recommended if you have history of m/c or bleeding, or premature labour (but I think the last one's for further down the line?)

It doesn't seem fair to wake up feeling like you have a hangover when you haven't been drinking does it?!

Well - that is how I feel in the mornings! not sure about anyone else...

Good luck for scans for anyone having them. I might be going back for another reassurance scan next week - as am worrying so much about having a second miscarriage... although is only 3 more weeks until the next scan I have booked - what do you lot think? Shall I go for the 10 weeks one as well as the 12 weeks?

Morning ladies

Well technically as of Wednesday I'm in the second trimester but I'm definitely having a last minute burst of nausea! Mind you stomping round the Mall this morning didn't help and I wasfar too close to puking in Waterstones....poor bloke behind the counter, I must have gone a very odd colour! Still, all done and just have to wrap now.

iggy personally, I wouldn't go for the extra scan, it's only a couple of weeks. But then, if you are REALLY worrying then peace of mind has to be better? Have a chat with your mw...

spirael my arm is black and blue! My bp was so low the mw was literally pumping my arm to get enough out of me. It's still painful now. I've never had such a bad mark on my arm from having blood taken

Hope everyone else is ok?

I have 2 scans booked. NHS this week and private next. I also booked private thinking I would not get NHS before Christmas. I have decided to keep both as the private scan is of such detail and high quality I know (all being well please God) it will put my mind at ease a lot before Christmas.

Oooh Violet mine is on the same day! Not at the Portland too are you?

As an aside I had a scare with DD early on so had 2 extra scans and she does appear to be left handed she also spoke really early but walked late She can also be really pedantic and stubborn...I wonder if those extra scans affected her?

OOh violet and gibbon who is your scan with? my private one last week was with a consultant who refers to the portland - although actual scan was Harley St.

wicked you are right... consultant saidf if I could bear to wait until 4th jan - he would suggest that... but i do panic!

iggs YOB and I discussed the early scan as we were both worried about over-scanning CS. However the conclusion we came to was my stress hormones were likely to do more damage than the scan itself - both to me and CS. So we had it.

Anyone else craving curry/chilli? YOB doesn't eat anything spicy so I rarely get to eat it, but I've really wanted it! I can't cook at the mo as I'm too tired and it makes me feel ill, so he's doing it all, but when I insisted on a curry there was no way he was going to cook it so we went to a mostly asian street near where we live which I guessed would have the best curry houses (as we've not had an Indian since I moved there, with YOB not eating them). I wasn't wrong - it was FAB and I was also really excited to find that there was an Asian sweet shop selling those gorgeous, really sticky cake-sweets. I've not seen one of those shops since I was a kid! They were fabulous!

I do like curries but I don't really get excited about them - you know? But at the moment I'm REALLY craving them! I've brought a jacket pot and beans into the office for lunch, but I'm thinking that instead I may go across to the cafe for a jacket and chilli .

carrots I am loving spicy foods, had a notion last week for spicy onions and popodoms they were fantastic. Also really enjoying tangy stuff like pickles and salt and vinegar crisps.

Regarding extra scans, when pregnant with DS I only had the usual ones to start with but problems further in the pregnancy (lost amniotic fluid at about 6-7 months) I was scanned every fortnight until he was born. He isn't left handed, he walked at 9 months and spoke quickly too. To be honest I may have knocked it off with my son as he was and still is a good natured mild mannered boy. I don't know if the fact that the scans were done later on makes a difference but as I say he is totally fine.

Enjoy your scans it is so lovely to see the baby. violet since you are from my neck of the woods so to speak can I ask who you are seeing for your private scan?

Also what do you ladies think about the 3D scan is it worth it or not? Are any of you going for it?

Sorry for long post, hope your all well xx

Stac I personally don't want a 3d scan, for the same reasons I don't want to find out the gender really. There's something lovely about not knowing what your having or what/who they look like till they're here I think

I am worried about the 2 scans now.

This pregnancy lark is not good for ones nerves.

oo I'd love to have a 3d scan, but I don't want to find out the gender either so we won't

I just wish they did routine scans sometime between 20 and 40 weeks - it's such a long time! I had a growth scan at 36 weeks with dd which was great to make sure all was going well.

Ergh to spicy foods I never recovered my taste for hot foods after having dd but to be fair everything makes me want to vomit today!

Taking dd to softplay, will probably have a bowl of curly fries while there

I don't want to feel sick anymore, I'm fed up. DD's been asleep for the last 3 hours which is unheard of but I couldn't sleep cos I'm waiting for people to come and insulate our loft but they won't seeing as they're all across the way insulating other houses. Sorry for the whinge, I'm just really sore from throwing up so much and I'm grumpy

Still haven't got hold of the MW, I think I'll have to go back to the Med centre and try and get a number that actually works.

I like the idea of the 3D scan, but when we were going to the epu a lady who was gar further on than us said it looked freaky, which I didn't understand as you would be seeing your own baby.

I agreee with you wwsw about them offering another scan after 20 weeks, think thats why lots of women are opting for the 3D. I was lucky with ds as had quite a few towards the end so knew he was fine.

chulita is it your morning sickness hun or are you in for something? Hope you get MW and she can do something to help

winter I dont know whether or not to find out, DP and I have a son each so quite tempted to find out this time

x

Chulita

Re scans, as with just about everything, coz I'm sad, I've done a billion hours of research on it including from the Midwifery journals that my Mother has. My feeling is, it's safe, but given that it's vibrating the cells, it's worth not doing it for fun (eg 3/4D) but worth it for reassurance. I really don't think any baby has been actually damaged by it and we all know people like stac who've had loads of them (my cousin did with her twins, too) and the babies/children are perfect and gorgeous.

Rots you just made me feel better so thank you

It's just morning sickness, nothing remotely exotic. Sorry, I just needed a moan! It will pass...

Sorry gibbon if I worried you in the first place

In the end, these are really personal decisions and like I said, we all know people who've had loads of scans but I know of noone who can say their baby was damaged by them. I just err on the side of caution while trying to remain chilled about it all.

I make you right rots I truly do, but I am such a worrier and I know the private scan will be so thorough and that is what I need.

DD did have the extra scans due to my scare and she is bright, beautiful and bonny so I will keep telling myself not to worry I think.