November 2020 Babies - Thread 4

[Sakura54]

Another new thread for the Nov mums to continue our discussion. It’s nearly time for our dating scans!

This week I am waiting for harmony test results, and then my 12 week scan on Thursday. It’s going to be a hard week of waiting. Growing increasingly nervous. Just hoping to be able to tell my grandmother - she is feeling very lonely and needs a lift.

@Pippop21 great news at your scan, love your picture! Hope it's given you some reassurance x

12 weeks scan for me on Wednesday...the nerves have kicked in x

@Pippop21 So glad everything went well at your scan! X

@wannabebump Got my scan Wednesday too! I get a nervous/excited feeling in my belly when I think about it 🙊 x

@Pippop21 thats great news! I am so happy for you

Xxxx thanks everyone, defo reassured (for now 🤦🏽‍♀️ lol)

@Pippop21 congratulations on the scan! It’s so clear. So good to hear a positive story. 4 more weeks exactly until my 12 week scan. Finally starting to feel closer.

@excitednerves you should have seen the size of my bladder on the ultrasound, it was about 4x bigger than my womb haha! Id drank a litre of water and nearly pee'd myself every time she pressed on my abdomen 😅 think i'll drink a but less next time 🤣 xx

@WildflowerPetals I'm much more nervous than excited. I think if i'd had an early scan (cancelled because of covid19), I'd be much more excited! Probably won't sleep tonight or tomorrow night!!

@Pippop21 lol! It obviously got everything into the right position though

Is anyone else really struggling with feeling pregnant? My symptoms started to fade last week at 11 weeks, I still get some nausea and headaches at nighttime but I just don’t feel pregnant.
I know it’s a silly thing to say but all my bloating has gone, and I’m convinced there’s no bump or sign of a baby anywhere. I was very realistic in the start of this pregnancy after a previous miscarriage, and a bleed at 8 weeks this time. But now I’m actually starting to dread my scan next week because deep down I know it’s going to be bad news. I’m not even a tiny bit excited. It’s really starting to get me down, I can’t shake this fear out of me

I am looking forward to seeing lots of happy scan posts this week. Just remember, 98% of 12 week scans are normal, so the odds really are in our favour. I have to wait another 8 days for mine.

@jeleigh your symptoms should be disappearing around now. Thats incredibly normal. I am 11+2 and I have mild nausea at points throughout the day and that's it. Nothing else. At 12 weeks lots of women do just go back to feeling 'normal' and not pregnant. I cruised through my second trimester on DD feeling perfectly normal except for getting a bit fat after 16 weeks. Try not to assume the worst xx

@SqidgeBum thank you, it’s even more difficult that I can’t keep my mind busy with work. I think all this sitting in the house is starting to drive me crazy.
I told myself exactly that at 11 weeks, that it was normal to feel okay and now I’m like I feel TOO normal and this can’t be right.
I’m so thankful for this forum, my poor DH is round the bend with me right now 😂 x

@jeyleigh I'm exact same as you! 11+3 today and had a proper wobble yesterday thinking all my symptoms were gone (including bloating going down). Previous MC also. I was a little sick this morning and feel okay again. But I'm telling myself this is normal at this stage. Like you im dreading my scan Friday but as @squidgebum said Im looking forward to seeing news of everyone's positive scans this week. I think it will reassure me. We just need to hang on in there. Xx

Apologies @jeleigh I misspelled your name when trying to tag you on the phone app . Couldn't work out how to edit! x

My Harmony results came back early - and it’s low probability for everything! I’m so surprised, in a good way!

Mine’s not for 3 more weeks @SqidgeBum 😫 feels like so long to wait. I’m still only 9+5, due Nov 18 (for now)

My symptoms have been waning and changing since 7 weeks, but as I’ve had no cramping or bleeding I’m trying to go with it’s probably fine! My body probably just does well with pregnancy (not that I’ve got nothing going on but definitely better than many!) I keep reminding myself the chances of MMC are really small - but of course they do happen.

Hello everyone :) Hope you're all having a great start to the week!
Just wondering if any of you have started to notice a Linea nigra yet? I'm exactly 11 weeks today- and whilst I was getting out of the shower just now (and was admiring my teeny bump... as you do lol) I noticed a very faint line, starting from my pubis, extending all the way up to my stomach button- its VERY faint, and i'm extremely pale/ blonde so maybe that contributes. But I just didn't expect to see it this early on!

Anyone else?

@wannabebump I haven’t had an early scan either, it’s a nervous time so that’s completely understandable! I think I’m 50/50, I’m excited to see the baby but then nervous in case it’s not there but either way we’ll find out soon 😊 Good luck for Wednesday! X

GOOD LUCK to everyone having their dating scans. Let's do this, guys! I hope to see us all report back with positive news. We have nearly passed the first milestone. Now on to the 2nd trimester!

Sat in the antenatal clinic waiting room waiting for my 12wk scan at 11am.

Absolutely crapping it.

DH keeps saying everything will be fine and why wouldn’t it be. I feel like it’s all too good to be true and ok maybe I won’t lose both but what if one of them stopped growing in the last two weeks 😬

I think it’s natural really given my infertility and everything we went through to get here 🤷‍♀️🙏🍀🤞

Hugely regretting posting that now as it will look like I'm an ungrateful b*tch.

You are 100% not an ungrateful b*h @seventhrow !!! I felt similar on my first. I always wanted kids, but I dont like babies. I became a secondary school teacher because I hated little kids. I grew up with lots of kids in my house and knew the reality of them. Also, not having quiet, your own space and time, sleep, peace, the ability to pee alone, are all things I missed when I had my first. I also missed my friends who abandoned me because I became a boring mom. But, once my DD turned about 9 months and started to sit up herself, entertain herself, and shuffle around, I suddenly liked motherhood a lot more. I made new friends (go to NCT classes if they start back in time). You will meet moms in playgroups who also feel the same. Now, it's just normal life. I dont feel particularly excited about this second baby. I hate being pregnant. I had a hard labour on DD which I sit up at nighg dreading again. I hate the newborn stage. I know the hardship that is coming, but I always said I would give my daughter a sibling. But, I know it gets easier, it gets fun (1 year olds are hilarious, I promise). Its a life of ups and downs, and fun at the pub is replaced by fun in other ways (although if you have a mother in law nearby it can still be fun at the pub). You are not ungrateful. You are going through a massive change and you are unsure of what is ahead. That's normal.

@FlashesOfRage Best of luck with the scan!!

@ParisInTheSpringtime Brilliant news on the Harmony results 😁