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Second, third, fourth or more timers due in December

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sevendwarves · 01/05/2011 19:00

is anyone else feeling a little left out by the first-timers due in December thread? This will be my second DC (DS will be 3.5). I think I'm due on 15th December.

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sevendwarves · 10/06/2011 21:56

Fantastic news goodnight. My EDD was moved back by 9 days when I had my scan and I too was sure of my dates. The scary thing is I was checking my cervix whilst we were ttc and am certain when I ovulated. The embryo must literally have attached on the last possible day before AF was due.

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aethelfleda · 10/06/2011 21:59

Hey goodnight, that's great news. Glad to hear all was well and that's a very reassuring result for you.

Do other people's DCs have any clue what's going on yet? My DD is almost 6 and pretty clued up- she knows there "might be a baby in mummys tummy but shh its a secret til we've checked with a baby scan!"

DD2 (almost 4) thinks its funny and has taken to stuffing dolly up her T-shirt and telling me there's a baby in her tummy so she "feels icky too"....

nochy · 11/06/2011 14:26

That's great news goodnight on the scan and the house. May the good times roll.

aethelfleda my DD knows as she had asked me if there was a baby in my tummy and i waited until i had a scan done at 10w, which was a good one. Now i regret it as she's told everyone and i've just started spotting. Hopefully, it's just a change in hormones as i'm 11w and 2 days so cross fingers for me.

aethelfleda · 11/06/2011 15:04

Oh no nochy, fingers toes and all other things crossed! I must admit I did say to DD that you never know with babies, sort of trying to prepare her in case there are problems. I will have exactly the same thing next week as if the 12 wk scan is OK, DD1 says she wants to tell "everyone in the whole school"...

nochy · 12/06/2011 08:16

No more spotting and i puked like a good 'un this morning, so hoping it was just a hormone surge or such like.

Ah, the public pregnancy, at least is gives an excuse for looking fat. Ooh, after weeks of salad, i really, really fancy an iced bun...

goodnightmoon · 13/06/2011 08:52

nochy, glad the scare seems to be over and go get yourself an iced bun! I eat two breakfasts every day and have only gained about 3-4lbs - wonder when it will all catch up! my popped out belly also seems to have popped back in and is flat again. i guess my uterus is all over the place, or maybe it is just bloating day to day.

aethelfleda - my son is only nearly 3 so we haven't told him yet about baby. He was in the room for the scan and my husband was about to say it's a baby in mummy's tummy but i shut him up because I wasn't sure when we'd tell our nanny, etc. and didn't want him repeating that! I think he's too young to tell for a while yet, though funnily enough that same afternoon we had a conversation about how he could be a daddy someday, and who has babies and he said - maybe mummy will have a new baby.

harassedinherpants · 13/06/2011 10:05

Morning!

Sorry I haven't been on, we finally had our internet installed on Friday and it's rubbish..... keeps dropping in and out, and now the router has died a death. I'm not impressed!

Anywy, scan on Friday was brilliant! All was good, and they brought my edd forward another 4 days so it's now 22 Dec. I'm a bit Hmm about this, as I know my dates are accurate.....

We managed to keep it from dd. She's nearly 5 and pretty switched on where babies/preg are concerned. We were determined to keep it from her until after the 12 wk scan as we told her at around 9 wks in Jan, and then I had a mmc at 10...... I've put on quite a bit weight after two mc's this year, and am taking low dose aspirin which seems to be swelling my tummy up a bit, so I do actually look preg by the end of the day. Also it's my 4th and the old tummy muscles aren't what they were Grin!!

nochy how are things today?? Boring I hope...

goodnightmoon · 14/06/2011 16:38

hi harassed, great news on your scan. it'll be interesting to see how these dates develop; i'm sceptical of mine being brought forward too.

hope everyone else is well?

i am a bit out of sorts today after having had a dream (nightmare) last night that I miscarried. that hit way too close to home but i am telling myself it's probably just lingering anxiety.

aethelfleda · 14/06/2011 23:05

hmm, reasonable day today (not puked for over a week!! hooray!!)
Still nauseous but totally used to it by now (sigh)

Want that darned scan over and done with!!!!!!

Other than that I'm OK really.

Regarding that date thing - remember that dates changing when you have your ultrasound isn't cos they think you got your bleed date wrong, it's cos you ovulated later/earlier than the standard day 14 that's predicted in the "typical" cycle that very few ladies actually have. So if they move your dates forward by a week it means you ovulated on day 7 not day 14. If they move them back a week you ovulated on day 21. U
sing your LMP date is only a convention that's used in the UK to try and give a rough indication of when the first scan is needed: and in other countries they don't have predicted 40-week pregnancies anyway, in France I think they say 42 weeks is "standard"! Lets face it the little darlings almost never pitch up when they are meant to anyway!!!

aethelfleda · 14/06/2011 23:07

(oh and I know that the ovulation stuff doesnt always seem to match whats the scan says - I had a mate who used ovulation sticks, was darned sure when it happened and her dates STILL got moved!!)

mumtojandk · 15/06/2011 16:15

I am due 16Jan (9w+2 today) so technically not December but this is baby #3 and both DDs (4.5yr & 16mth) were early (4 & 2wk) so likely baby could arrive in Dec!!

I have no real pregnancy symptoms....occasional feeling of very slight nausea but usually when I've forgotten to eat! Otherwise just a positive test, no period and the overwhelming, fall down tiredness of the first trimester!! Both previous pregnancies were similar so not worried.

I have my scan on 27Jun so looking forward to seeing & hearing baby....and then showing DD #1 who will be very excited about a new baby.....she has been on about how we 'need' another baby for ages and has already offered to share her room & rock baby to sleep at night when it wakes so I don't have to get up....so sweet.

Mama5isalive · 16/06/2011 04:05

Hi mumtojandk - why dont you come over to the jan 2012thread2 ( an.natal thread section)- we r a friendly bunch, i also was given the 28th dec but doubt it so thinking early Jan 12 instead!Shock

aethelfleda · 16/06/2011 18:45

Hooray, scan was fine, I feel a lot more relaxed now!

Hey, mama5, don't pinch our lovely ladies! Though I must confess I didn't realise there was a seperate "antenatal club" section. Shows how much I know....

aethelfleda · 16/06/2011 18:46

Oh and hope everyone's doing OK :)

sevendwarves · 17/06/2011 10:56

Hi hope everyone is ok, had a super busy week and haven't had a chance to cone on here.

Is anyone else feeling movements yet? I felt my first couple of flutterings yesterday. Also my jeans are really loose today so I think the baby must have moved up out of my pelvis.

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nochy · 17/06/2011 12:32

Hi all
My scan was a mixed bag. Measurement was 2.6m and that combined with my age gave me a chance of 1 in 22 for Downs and high in the others. However, my papp-a and hcg were great and so it was revised to 1 in 625. Now feel abit emotional about it all as my 8 month old had a measurement of 4.6 and was 1 in 3, and he seems fine. We did have a cvs with him but my doc here is advising against it this time. He trained under Prof Nicholeides and did the last cvs and all my scans.

ANyway, looks like it's going to be another stressing pregnancy. Should accept it i suppose being in my late thirties (just!).

nochy · 17/06/2011 12:33

how do you edit??? i obviously meant 2.6mm not 2.6m!

sevendwarves · 17/06/2011 12:37

Sorry you're feeling emotional about it nochy. just remember that your dr can only 'advise', ultimately it's your decision so don't feel bad about wanting the cvs if you feel you need to know.

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aethelfleda · 17/06/2011 20:20

hey nochy, glad that the blood test parts were all OK, and really hope you feel a little more settled about it soon- as seven says it's totally up to what approach you prefer - only you can know that, so see how you feel over the weekend, and you can always ask to rediscuss it with them if you need to be sure one way or the other?

It's reassuring that your previous (healthy) DS had a big measurement too, may just be something that runs in your family? I had a friend whos little girls head measurements were waaaay off the chart and everyone worried about it - untll someone clever thought of measuring mum and dad and found both their heads were huuuuge....

(((((hug))))

aethelfleda · 17/06/2011 20:21

no movements here yet seven, but I'm still waiting for that damned nausea to settle down and let me eat more normally again....until then I can't tell which way is up, my digestive system is not me own!

goodnightmoon · 22/06/2011 07:50

hello, just checking in on everyone. Nochy, it sounds like you're getting good advice, that is worrying but your consultant seems to understand your history and the odds.

aethelfleda, good to hear your scan went well.

seven - are you still feeling fluttering?

I feel basically nothing ever except a general tummy ache a lot of the time! probably from eating loads. My little bloat bump is coming along nicely though, and I'm wondering when to tell work. I'd love to wait until around 20 weeks but not sure how big I'll be by then.

aethelfleda · 25/06/2011 15:57

Goodnight- EVERYONE at work knows- I told the bosses (as knew they need some time to plan around my mat leave) and two other people when they noticed I wasn't drinking tea (I've worked there when preg with my other two so they knew the signs!) one of them swears she didn't blab but the other one seems to have told several people- so I gave up and told everyone in the name of fairness!!

And- thank the Lord- I seem to be getting a bit less sickness, have stopped puking and def better than I was. Phew!

pantsandpup · 27/06/2011 09:29

Morning!!

I've changed my name, I was harassedinherpants.

I've told work too, a week ago so I was 13 ish weeks. We're a small company so need to plan well. God knows how they didn't notice, I'm huuuge!!! Combination of it being dc4 and my tummy is swollen from the aspirin I'm on.

My sickness is also much better thank goodness, and I haven't puke for 2 weeks!!! YAAAAY!

goodnightmoon · 28/06/2011 20:45

hi pants, good to hear you are no longer puking. you too aethelfleda! i don't know exactly why I don't want to tell work - though i've now had at least two conversations in a hallway near my workspace where i had to refer to the pregnancy and god knows probably half the office knows now.

one of those calls was me losing it with my GP today when i was trying to get a private referral to an osteopath from him via a phone appointment, after apparently having suddenly come down with SPD/PGP or whatever they are calling it these days. (i blame a pregnancy yoga class i took last week that had some unfortunate bouncy movements, lots of hip openers, etc.)

unfortunately I had this last time around, though only at the end, so the symptoms are pretty unmistakable. He insisted on having me come in immediately for assessment though, then passed me off one of his colleagues, who thinks I might also have a UTI, though at least acknowledged that wouldn't be making my hips all clicky!

however, she went on to freak me out by saying i'd better go to the emergency gynae unit and have another scan, to make sure the baby is ok. Of all the pains I'm feeling, none feel like anything to do with my womb so I'm trying not to worry but didn't really need that to consider.

not sure what i'm going to do ... i was hoping to never go back to that EGU, site of so many painful memories.

but how is everyone else doing? it's gone pretty quiet here - I guess this is the boring phase when nothing much seems to be going on for most of us.

needsanswers · 28/06/2011 23:07

hi all is it to late for me to join the group lol
2nd baby (3yr old daughter) due date 14 dec, altho im hoping to have it a couple of weeks early, although midwife says im more likely to go overdue because was 10days over with 1st. My 12week scan showed baby neck skin was 3.1mm had to wait 10days for blood results which were probly some of the worst days of my life! have come back 1 in 580 of downes which is considered low risk. they will be doing an hour long scan at 19weeks to try rule out dieseases etc that the baby might have, scares the crap out of me but fingers crossed!! iv had 2 previous mc. i have endomentriosis which mean i have cramps all the time!! my labour was about as bad as it can get with 1st ppl refer to it as the horror story lol so wont bore u with that. so this time around im not gonna think about it till i have to lol... well thats my life story lol
oh and have been feeling wee kicks for about a 10days now. silly question i no later on in pregnancy if u dont feel movements everyday its something to worry about.. i didnt feel anything all day yesterday, my partners worried about it, but im thinking babys still quite small so nothing to worry about? 16wk midwife app today!

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