Due Feb '06 into the 2nd Trimester we go

[TicTac]

Hi Ladies,
As per post last night, we have lost a member because she is unable to post to the old thread... I hope you are all ok moving over here!

Babylily I'm so sorry to hear this. Will be thinking of you and your family tomorrow. A good friend went through this situation recently, also with a second pregnancy. She and her husband also opted not to continue with the pregnancy. My friend has been very open about how she still grieves for the child that they lost and all the hopes and dreams that go with each pregnancy. She says that she is helped by the fact that she was sure her decision was the best one for her and her family. I hope that you and your dh will be able to feel this way too in the future. Like you mentioned, they waited a couple of months and tried again. They now have another beautiful baby girl. Lots of love and a huge hug to you and your dh.{{{{{{}}}}}}

Babylily - My thoughts and love are with you

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Babylily - Thank you so much for being brave enough to share this with us. Like everyone elses wishes, my heart will be with you tomorrow.

Lots of love and healthy wishes to you....XXX

Our thoughts are with you babylily and your dh and family xxxxxxxx

Babylily - cyberhugs to you honey.

I have a friend that had high bloods and Downs was confirmed by an amnio - and she was only 30 - she also decided to terminate - and she went on to have 3 lovely healthy boys - so don't expect the worse in the future. Enjoy the cuddles from your dd - it will help.

I will be thinking of you - hope to hear happier news in future threads.

Love hotmama1. X

Babylily, just sending my love to you. XxX

Hi fellow pregnant ones and congratulations to you all!
I hope you don't mind me gate crashing! I have been away from Mumsnet for several months what with job and house moves etc and have finally found time to rejoin. I think I was last on (under a different name) back in March and we were ttc No. 2 (had been trying for a year) at that time. Well, about a month after we moved house, guess what, with the aid of Persona, I got pregnant!
12 week scan was fine and all seems well - was rather worried about the Downs risk, being 39! - must stop reading so many mags and books!!! Have only just told most of the family/friends which felt quite weird cos first time round I couldn't keep my mouth shut and everyone know straight away!
Am now 14 weeks gone and babe due on 9th Feb. Have been suffering from bad nausea and retching and am sorry to say have been horribly grumpy with dh and dd (3.5 years). Thankfully the sickness is beginning to recede so feel a bit more human again.
I look forward to chatting with you all and sharing some of the joys (?) of being 'with child!'

Welcome smallhouse i fully understand having been wild and hormonal with my family for weeks!

Feeling a little more human these last few days too! ( I will be 38 when baby born so old too!)

Look forward to getting to know you!

Babylilly, sorry to hear what your going through, good luck for the future {{{Hugs}}}

Hi to small house

Ixel, I was kinda surprised by Nottm, but then if they were just counting city of Nottingham, then a lot of the areas aren't so good these days.....a lot of council estates, that have been left to rot.....there is a definate divide between the nicer outer areas and the inner city, shame really, as I'm from there and have lived in city centre in the past, but wouldn't do that now, as has definatley gotten worse.

Hi SmallHouse and welcome to the Feb thread. I hope you stop with us and check in often. We are a chatty bunch and I think we are a pretty decent bunch of ladies

If you want to post your stats I am sure the fab Tabs will be putting an update on soon (we have had some bad news on this thread too!)
Feel free to look at the stats at the bottom of this thread.....

Hey good news....so far I have not had my head down the loo tonight (sorry if TMI)

Stats:
SmallHouseDragon,
Due: 9th Feb
Baby: #2 (dd 3.5 yrs)
Lives: Devon
Age: 39
DH: 37 (my toy boy!)
Induction followed by ec/s first time round - hoping for a 'normal' birth this time

Back to work today - I was off sick last week!
I think it will become common knowledge at work now - because my bump is not very easy to hide now!! Well at least it means I will get to sit down lots!!
Babylily - so sorry - lots of hugs and will be thinking about you today.

Hi Smallhousedragon. I had the same as you first time, and am too wildly hoping for an easier birth this time. What do you think your chances are? I cant see any reason why my body would be better at having a baby this time, but Im keeping my fingers crossed!

Welcome SmallHouseDragon. Thought I'd add a new stats update in your honour

Teuch, Due 30th Jan, Baby # 1, Age 27, Lives West Lothian (Inner Hebridean Island from Jan), mm/c previously
Hotmama1, Due 1st Feb, Baby # 2, Age 38 (DP40), Lives Nottingham,
3K, Due 2nd Feb, Baby # 1, Age 28, Lives Gravesend, Kent, IVF conception
Tabs, Due 2nd Feb, Baby # 1, Age 32 (DH39), Lives N Herts, mm/c Oct 04
Kando, Due 3rd Feb, Baby # 3, Age 32 (DH35), Lives Holland, DVT last time
Lulu68, Due 3rd Feb, Baby # 4, Age 37 (DH40), Lives ???,
Yeahbut, Due 4th Feb, Baby # 3, Age 30, Lives Holland, IUGR in previous pregnancies
BarefootMama, Due 6th Feb, Baby # 5, Age 37, Lives ???, mm/c previously
Kassie, Due 7th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 32 (DH37), Lives North Wales, insulin dependent diabetic
Popadopolis, Due 8th Feb, Baby # 1, Age 26 (DH30), Lives Bedford, hyperemesis early on - tablets to control
JuA, Due 9th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 31, Lives Chorley, Lancs, 1 m/c prior to DD. Expecting twins!!
SmallHouseDragon, Due 9th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 39 (DH 37), Lives Devon, induction then emerg c-sec with dd
Womba1, Due 10th Feb, Baby # 3, Age 30, Lives Eastbourne, Baby 1 stillborn
TicTac, Due 11th Feb, Baby # 1, Age 29 (DH 42), Lives Horwich, Lancs,
Ixel , Due 11th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 31 (DH 42), Lives North London,
Spacecadet, Due 11th Feb, Baby # 5, Age 32 (DH 37), Lives Cambs, m/c in March, underactive thyroid, dvt after delivery of last dd
Marite, Due 12th Feb, Baby # 1, Age 30, Lives ???,
Popmum, Due 12th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 32, Lives Broxbourne, Herts/Essex border,
RachelRog, Due 12th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 33, Lives Chesterfield, Derbyshire, mm/c in March
Chloe55, Due 13th Feb, Baby # 1, Age 24 (DH 27), Lives West Yorkshire, 2 previous m/cs
Kyliefan, Due 20th Feb, Baby # ???, Age ???, Lives ???,
MrsDoolittle, Due 21st Feb, Baby # ???, Age ???, Lives ???,
Morgan, Due 22nd Feb, Baby # 2, Age 37, Lives In Dubai from Jan, Ectopic Jan 05. Heparin injections
Flamesparrow, Due 23rd Feb, Baby # 2, Age 24, Lives Bournemouth, Waterbirth for no 1. Hoping for homebirth.
Frizbe, Due 28th Feb, Baby # 2, Age 30 (DH40), Lives Ripley, Derbyshire,
RosiePosie, Due 28th Feb, Baby # 3, Age 30, Lives Isle of Wight,
angedemarche, Due 1st March (c-sec 14th Feb), Baby # 2, Age 27, Lives NI,
Scotsbird, Due ???, Baby # 2, Age ???, Lives ???,

Anybody heard from Marite, Kyliefan, Scotsbird or MrsDoolittle lately?

Morning All, Glad you are feeling a bit better Jua. I am afraid that most people at my work have known for weeks. Mainly because I was so paranoid about loosing the baby (although I had no reason to) that I told my boss in case I needed to take last minute time off. It kind of just spun off from there really

Good Morning...hope everyone is well, although I can't stop thinking about Babylily

Also, I noticed that the old thread had bumped up a bit and there is a posting to say that Kassie's had bad news as well...I see she's still on the stats (thanks for those Tabs)

I am growing by the day, and enjoying feeling the rumbles of my baby when I have a quiet moment - have to stop jiggling and poking my belly to make baby move!

Tabs, how you getting on with the doppler now?

I know it is inevitable that it wont work out for everyone but I get a really sad pang when I hear others bad news...I just wish that we could all have go through this and all have wonderful little beans at the end of it...

XX

babylilly-im so sorry, i lost my little girl at 16 weeks in march and in the autumn, dh and i are going to plant a tree, in her memory, thinking of you today. xx

teuch - thanks for pointing out the news of Kassie - I hadn't spotted that. Very sad for her though.

I forgot to update your due date to 28th as well!

Think I had a little more luck with doppler the other day, though still not as clear as the first time I found it - I guess Chip's able to be more active and move away from it now though! Question for you - do you find it better if you press into your tummy a bit with the wand, rather than just brushing it over the top? I had been very gentle, thinking that his reflex would be to move away if I pushed, but I did press in a bit the other day when I thought it was clearer.

Tabs, I am quite heavy-handed with it ...DH always gets on to me for poking at baby!!

I usually start just about halfway between belly button and top of bikini line, pointing slightly downwards and go in slow, sweeping circles...never fails! Once or twice has been hiding right over at one side, but I just listen for the 'whoosh' of the placenta and baby is never far away...

If the heartbeat is not clear, persevere...you might actually be hearing the placenta which is a duller beat.

I love it! Has anyone else got one?

The doppler sounds fab!! I still have not got one, I just keep thinking the mammouth fat layers will get in the way

not at all! I am a many-layered beast and it seems to work

I rented mine from baby-beats and although it doesn't have a read-out, you can tell all the different sounds anywway.

Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on...

TicTac - have sent you a CAT re weight. xx

Teuch - thanks for detailing how you use doppler. Will give it a go at the weekend using your method and report back next week

Babylilly - I am so sorry to hear your news. I hope this morning went as well as it could have done. Big Big hugs to you xxxxxxxxxx