Morning all. Thanks to whoever updated the weeks, seeing 26 weeks in writing is pretty exciting and something that I could never have imagined back at the start of the year.
@Seahawk80 so good to see you back and tentative congratulations to you. Anxiety is totally to be expected but hoping that this new pregnancy (as is so often said on here, new egg, new sperm!) is a smooth one for you.
@futuredreams @AnxiousLady1 20 weeks is a great milestone. The scan is a bit nervewracking but hopefully will give you the reassurance you need. In my area (Leeds) partners are still not permitted at scans or appointments and (perhaps a little too late!) they've suddenly increased the levels of hygiene with hand washing stations around the hospital and the government requirement to wear a mask whilst you're there. I'm hoping that by September things may have eased somewhat but trying not to get hopes up as it's still so uncertain.
@Sunflower1608 I booked my whooping cough vaccine by calling my GP. My midwife told me (over the phone) to give them a ring after 20 weeks and I had an appointment within a couple of days.
Wishing you good luck with the scan this week and with the house, fingers crossed that this is the one. I'm also a planner by nature and think that makes pregnancy hard given that there are so many things out of our control! They say that buying a house is one of the most stressful life experiences so it's no surprising that going through both at the same time is having an impact on your day to day life.
I also had a bit of a meltdown yesterday at my husband over the state of our house - it's not that I'm a particularly tidy person, I'm really not, but he is appalling and never does any cleaning unless I nag him. He doesn't really mind being asked but I snapped because I just wish that sometimes he would just think to do something (simple stuff such as hoovering or putting his clothes away) without me having to ask multiple times.
Re Father's Day, I got my husband a card from the bump. It's a hard one for him as he lost his dad a couple of years ago and last year it was only a couple of weeks after our first miscarriage so I felt it would be nice to give him something positive on what has been a sad day over recent years.
@Ranoutofgoodnames hope you're ok today. From what I've read I don't think it's unusual for the pessaries to cause some irritation to the cervix which can result in spotting / bleeding. My fingers are crossed for you.
@RestorationInsanity welcome and congratulations! So glad things have worked out for you after such a tough journey. You're amongst friends here and I think all of us either feel or have felt the way you do - I definitely won't believe that things are going to work out until we bring a baby home. Feel free to ramble away, we're all here to listen.
@tmc14 congrats on reaching 24 weeks. In my mind I hoped that reaching the viability milestone would help ease my anxiety but that definitely hasn't been the case! I have several face to face appointments at 28 weeks starting with a growth scan two weeks today so I'm looking forward to that. Monitoring movements is a weird one, my midwife asked me about patterns during our telephone appointment last week but I can't quite figure out what is really meant by a 'normal' pattern - is it a matter of exact times or day, approx frequency or something else? My movement seem to be generally quite frequent when I'm sitting still but when I'm active (for example going on a walk or doing jobs around the house and garden) I don't consciously feel them - maybe because I'm distracted?
Wishing everyone a calm, healthy week ahead, and for those of you in the UK some time to relax in the sunshine that we've been promised!