Hello Ladies
Finally I get to sit down to catch up. My what a lot of chatterboxes you are today!
Dildals So exciting to have felt the babies. I think that the movement I've been feeling is definitely trapped wind. Sometimes not so trapped Thanks for the Pregnacare vits tip. I got 3 for 2 at Boots at the beginning. I know that the books say that we can stop folic acid now but I'm going to carry on with the Pregnacare. what say you all? It seems to be a good all round vitamin and the little one might need a boost. Good news about the MW in your camp. And she works at Kings. She will be invaluable. I'm very jealous of your collection of coloured jeans. I've hankered after a pair of lovely summery coloured jeans for ages but never had the cash to buy any. Now I have an excuse because I HAVE to have new jeans. I can't zip up my others.
Expat glad you have an active baby as well. I laughed at all your pregnancy brains. I had it really bad in the first couple of weeks but not too bad lately. The worse thing I did was I used a really fancy spreadsheet of a colleagues as a template for something that I had to do and I saved over it! oops. Luckily he was ok about it but he didn't know why I was being such an airhead. Its hilarious that you have been forgetting what you were saying mid sentence. and I love the coffee on the cereal Sweetie!
Gin I hope the sickness was better today. Lovely working from home. Do you find that your tummy is bloated all day or gets worse in the evening? By nighttime I'm huge but find that it has almost gone down by morning. I was also panicking about the MW not calling. I chased at about 9 weeks and she called me the next day with an appointment. The scan date had already come through by then though. Have you decided on the hospital yet? My postcode is SW16, if you are the same you might have the caseload care that I have. They are a small team that work in this area. I had my private scan/harmony test at the Fetal Medicine Centre on Harley Street. They are great and the scans are usually £100 but the nuchal with Harmony is £180 if you go between 10 and 11 weeks. Its £400 if you go after I think. It depends if you consider yourself to be high risk. I will be 43 when Shazlett arrives and I felt that for my peace of mind I needed the reassurance.
Hello Keep how is it going over in the sunshine? Are you going anywhere nice? Good to have the date for the scan in the diary. It is nerve wracking but reassuring.
Mrs H So exciting to have seen the baby. At 10 weeks there is abit more to see isn't there? And it must be a relief to see it waving and moving. No wonder you are on a high. I didn't have any symptoms either and was really fretting. If you haven't been sick now I don't think that it is likely that you will. we were lucky! Good news about the caseload care MW.
Sweetie, I also haven't bought any mat clothes yet. I'm going to invest in a pair of jeans (will check out Dildals recommendations) and then scour Ebay and charity shops for the rest. I'm not sure what size to get. do I get my usual size but maternity wear or should i assume that I will go up a size?
Crisps did you go on holiday? I hope you had a good time. I know what you mean about feeling like you are pretending! But once you start the scans and appointments and the bump starts you will realise that it is real. Bless your DP for being reassuring.
Foody 7 weeks sounds like a good time to go for a scan. It helps to see that there is something in there and see the heart fluttering away. Even though it looks like abit of a blob to be honest. I was just looking at all our scan pics, I've got quite a collection now, and I can hardly recognise anything in the first ones now but we were so thrilled to get them on the day. I'm sorry for your upsetting experience. I think that I would definitely have done the same. As a professional you know that it could have gone either way so you did the right thing. I hope you enjoyed your hot chocolates!
Blondebaby I didn't have hurty boobs so can't help with that one I'm afraid. Are you 2-3 weeks preggers or did your clearblue digi say 2-3 weeks (so you are 3-4)? How are you feeling today? has it sunk in abit more yet? did you get to speak to the clinic?
I hope that everyone else is ok today.
AFM as I said earlier the scan went well today. thanks for all your good wishes. I felt giddy with excitement when I left the hospital. (Dildals I thought of you cause my scan was next to the EPU!) I feel quietly confident for Friday as the Dr said today that unofficially she could tell us that the baby has a nasal bone and the stomach and nuchal looked normal. But she didn't take any official measurements as we opted out of the screening. She also said that the Harmony is brilliant and was fully supportive of us not have the screenings today and waiting until Friday. so that made me feel a whole lot better. I was worried that they would poopoo the Harmony test and tell me that I am silly to put my faith in it. she was super positive all the way through the scan and kept saying how perfect Shazlett was. I can't wait until Friday now so that we can get the results and hopefully be able to tell everyone. Although part of me wants to enjoy tomorrow as the last day of me and MrShaz having a little secret.
Well after that mammoth post, thats it from me for tonight. 'See' you all in the morning. Sleep well.
Shaz xx