Fjord how did the DSC?s mother take the news of your pregnancy? Hope she hasn?t gone mental about it. Amazing that you saw your LO having a wee at your scan!! Hope your drive back to Norway was ok. Is quite a trek? 3 days!!
Midget wow ? had no idea you could see trump smog on the scan!! Learn something every day on this thread!! How was your cultural day out yesterday?
LRM great news on your scan. Exciting, isn?t it? How are you feeling about it all now? Are you calming down a bit? How was the DIY? I thought you said BBQ first and wondered why you were complaining!!!
Tenner - glad you got to see someone today. Does sound positive from what consultant said. Keeping my fingers crossed for your scan tomorrow, and will be waiting for your update.
How are you MrsNesbit? Good luck for your scan tomorrow too. Fingers Xd that it is not the bad news that you are anticipating.
MummyPocPoc hope you are getting along ok? Interested to hear you say geriatric obs who was able to check blood flow to placenta and declared it good and healthy. Esp interested in view of being told I should be induced at week 40 if haven?t had baby by then. More to follow on this as Bananna also interested in this point.
Exex good luck for your scan tomorrow. If you are over the dates for the combined test then there are alternatives to check for DS if you want to do so. Hope the care you?re being given improves soon too. Not sure where you should go to complain if your care doesn?t improve, but I think there are a set number of appointments which every woman can expect in pregnancy, probably set down by NICE. If it is twins, you will cope. Don?t worry!! And we?ll all be very excited and supportive too!! Re feeling old? well, hopefully this thread makes you realise you?re not alone!! 
York I have a dreamgenii. Haven?t come across the other one you had.
Hi Blackcats- nice to see you on this thread. How are you doing?
Hpbp agree with you that conceiving and having DC in your 40s is only half the battle. I too am worried about having enough energy to look after a LO.
Oooh, and Hairy! More !! I have added you to the grads list. I like the idea of an older Mums thread. I will be looking to join in about 9.5 weeks, if you set one up? I think there?s defo call for one. I am already dreading people asking me if I?m Granny at the school gates. DH even more so, as he?s only a couple of years off 50. Becoming a Mum in your 40s must surely be as much of a challenge as it is to teens. Diff issues to deal with though, obv!!
Yesterday was crap weatherwise, wasn?t it? bythseaside - I could have done with a trip to a cake sale. Would have made the day quite exciting. I did make some very lurid lemon cupcakes on Sunday and decorated them with tiny eggs and chicks. Looked quite good. Shame I?m not more of a cake fan, but DH liked, so was a good move.
Bananna1 best speak to your MW first about there being nothing in your notes re induction at week 41. If she is no good, chase up with consultant direct. You do have to push to get the right care. It is too easy to fall through the net . I have followed up on things which didn?t seem right. I was supposed to have my cervix checked, but when I reminded consultant at 28 weeks she said no point bothering as pregnancy viable!! 
Ok, so for further reading on women over 40 going over term, see: www.rcog.org.uk and www.nice.org.uk. I admit, I haven?t read these yet myself. I was told about the possibility of being induced in a rather blunt manner in early preg. Think induction can have an unnecessarily bad reputation. I still don?t like the idea of it, however if you consider that the placenta can fail at any time, then the alternative, which is monitoring, is of limited benefit. For example, just because you have a scan to monitor placenta/baby and all ok in the am, there doesn?t seem to be a way to predict how long things will remain good. So it could fail later that day. I was told if have not had baby by week 39, then appointment that week will be used to set up induction. Bang on week 40!! As a more ?natural? alternative, am weighing up sweep at week 39. Some of the lovely ladies on the 40+ TTC thread have given me some positive stories about their experiences of sweeps which I need to study properly!! Hope this helps as a start? Maybe some of our recent grads can advise their experiences on the matter? Also, advice I have received from those in the know, that if you haven?t had it by week 40 you would probably delighted to be offered an induction as novelty of being preg has worn off by then!! Hpbp - induction itself carries increased chance of intervention, such as forceps or even CS. Also, even if no intervention required, labour can be more painful as hormones can bring on stronger contractions. However, I have read plenty of good stories re induction, and at the end of the day, holding a healthy baby in your arms, after carrying them for so long, is what we?re all after.
Where?s all that lovely weather gone? Hope we get a better summer this year. DH and I did some work on garden over weekend. Extended the patio. Repaired back wall and painted it. Shame kitchen and bathroom now have cement and mud traipsed all over them ? have made a start on cleaning it up. Was lovely and quiet too as most of neighbours away, but they are slowly drifting back. AFM, finally starting to feel more movement. Was woken this am by some sharp kicks/punches at 6am which was very reassuring, once I?d realised what it was!!
Right, well that?s enough of a catch up for the time being!! . I have done an update of the stats list. If you see anything you want to change, please just copy and paste a new version.
Love to all, FF xx
Boggler, 43 1DS, DD due 31 Aug 2012
bytheseaside ? nearly 40, 1st pregnancy, due early Nov
Debbbie68 ? 43, DC3 due late Nov
exexe- 40, DC3 due October
Fireflies-42, #1 due mid June
FjordMor - 41, -(2 DSDs with us part time; 10 & 12), first pregnancy, due 14th Oct
Firstbubba ? 43, DC1 due October
Heidipi ? 42, 1 DD, #2 due Oct
Hpbp ? 41, 1DS, #2 due end July
Horseygirl ? 41, #1 due May
Jollster - 44, Preg #7, 1DS, due early Oct.
Katie ? 40, first DC due end July
Knowlelite - 46, DC3 due ?Nov
Lisbethopposite - I am 44. DS is 19 months. #2 is due Oct 5th
Littleredmonkey ? 43, #1 due 12 Oct
Lopopo ? 41, DS1 (first DC) due 3rd Aug
Lucylookout, 40, DC2 due end July
Midget ? 40, 1DD, #2 due 27/10
Mrs Nesbit ? 41, 1DS, pregnancy no 8, EDD Nov
Mummypocpoc ? 44, DS3 due 26th April
OooohShiny - 40, first DC due Oct
SoSweet- 41, #1 due May
StuckUpTheFezziwigTree-40 in June, x2DDs, DC3 due October
Tennerlady ? 41, x3DSs, #4 due Oct
tigger8 ? 40, 1 adopted child, DD due end July
ValiumQueen ? 43, x2DDs, #3 due Sept
Velo ? nearly 40, preg with #1?
Wendy ? 47, ?#1 due ?Nov
York67-44 DC3 due end September
Zimbomaman, 40, DC4 due ? Nov
Grads
Bobblesmamma, 41, Emilie born ? 7th April
Hairy ? 44, DD born end Jan 12
Shinysideup - 45, 1DD, DS1, Noah arrived 22nd March