Ooh finally got around to catching up on thread. Taken me all afternoon on and off to do it! And it's turned into a novella because of trying to catch up on nine pages.
addicted belated congrats on your baby sis!
smokeyand JFly I knew someone had recently had CVS here but preggers brain hadn't filed the details - it was both of you! (and have I missed anyone else recently)? Blimey JFly, your 1/5 makes me feel like a drama queen getting a CVS with your 1/5, and smokey, I didn't spot what your odds or reason was - but glad it all turned out well for both of you!
bunnygirl the full results for all chromosomes (free on NHS) are in two weeks. Hope they tell us the flavour. If a trisomy came up and we did decide to terminate (DP and I are leaning in different directions over this ) then I don't think I'd want to know the gender, though. We also decided to pay the 89 quid for a private rapid result for trisomies 21, 18 and 13. Usually three working days at this hospital, but what with the weekend and the bank holiday, apparently we find out on Wednesday. Sooner would have been good (especially at that price) but at least it's before PIL arrive on Thursday. I took my credit card to the appointment but apparently they'll invoice us.
Smokey good luck getting the faintness investigated.
I guess I shouldn't bad-mouth my MIL as I can see from the life she's led and the justifications she's had to make to herself (so's not to feel bad with putting up with nonsense from FIL/missing out on opportunites in life) why she is so neurotic and such a den-mother (men can do no wrong; all non-blood-related hussies are Under Suspicion ) Bit stressful as my DP is now under no illusions that I was not happy at my treatment at the hands of his sainted mother when they visited two years ago. He has always stressed that she's easy-going and gets on with everyone; odd, then, that her SILs and nieces-in-law feel the need to boost my morale! But I am working on 'unfailingly polite though very assertive' and 'awfully concerned that she has a problem'
umf I had a look at the stats thread and my hospital with Mr Lush and Mr Spiv as obs cons (I am to see Mr Spiv if all goes well) is the same as yours! Are you taking part in the ultrasound training course in July (run by Mr Lush)? If all goes well my flump will be volunteering to be looked at by the med students on 13 July. A friend who slightly knows Mr Lush and Mr Spiv says they're very nice really
Hello grinningbee, congrats on the forthcoming additional November b'day in your home! Preggers brain is nowt to be ashamed of. I think my friends spotted my preggers brain and realised something was up 9 weeks ago but tactfully said nothing - imagine if they'd been wrong And hi potbellybear and Lizzzombie
Booboobedoo your probs with the Slingmeet forum ring a bell - I'm sure I saw something about this on another slings forum. And I had the same problem some months ago so I think they must be plagued with intermittent techie problems, might be fixed later (speculating wildly). And some non-MNey hugs for your poor DS - hope he's all better now
Gaga don't you love the hands on bump thing? When preggers with DD I had an astonishing revelation at 8 months when I read somewhere that I could actually reciprocate and casually rest a hand on the toucher's tum. The next opportunity to present itself was a tipsy 60-year-old male friend at a party. He was most indignant! None of that crowd touched again without explicit permission
Rinnyx for your poor DD and her bike
Ebb I hope it all goes well with Down screening test. Personally I think your MW has a nerve asking you those questions! It's one thing to ascertain that you have thought about what to do and are taking the test with an understanding of the consequences. But quite another to ask point-blank what your decisions would be - not an issue and until such time as it is (hopefully never), not her business! There, my rant over - hope she didn't upset you and that my fuming on your behalf is unfounded!
shoppingstar nowt wrong with ending up in tears, preggy hormones doing their job!
Another one stumped by the pillow question. I thought 'well my head points east so the pillow runs side to side i.e. north AND south'. Or maybe they mean the big flump-support pillow they reckon we must have? The pillow test tells me 60% chance boy but hmm's test tells me 73% chance girl! Guess I gave the wrong answer to the pillow question, then.
cardi those two old ladies sound awfully entertaining as a spectator sport
Pidgin I have to agree; not read the book but had friends who repeated the 'no fear = no pain' mantra to me and I think that while that is all very well and possibly empowering and helpful for some people, that sort of advice does sound very one-size-fits-all and can be very damaging to people who find their expectations are not realised. Or who are judged because they haven't met other people's expectations - but then we spend our lives not meeting other people's expectations
Ooh boo you said it better - and I guess stubbed toes which hurt without warning are also due to fear? Sounds as though clueless has summed it up pretty well with the dissociation explanation (achieved by some strong language in case of stubbed toes! )
mumcha great news with your DS getting into his school of choice
Another one thinking about a postnatal doula as very little family in the UK (and none who can both be trusted and whom it would be fair to ask), and similarly not fair to ask friends.
And hideously faint and morning sick all day. I found eating ginger to work quite well at first but now I associate it so strongly with feeling sick that I can't face it so am forced to wear seabands (I'm sure they're hocus-pocus but anything to encourage a placebo effect) and to constantly drink sweet green tea and sour fizzy drinks and suck sour boiled sweets - none of which can be very healthy!
Good luck to everyone with faintness / morning sickness / not feeling faint or sick and missing it / scans / heartbeats / bleeding / colds / sick DCs / in-laws / forbidden foods! And goodnight, flumps!