👣 Due Late Nov/Early Dec it's bump time! 👣

[ChampooPapi]

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@Babyhope98 brilliant baby pic! A healthy beautiful girl 🙌💞

Im pretty sure I predicted a girl too. After 33 years I have found my calling 🙏 😏

@Beccarans89 four words.....Name that child Miles

It's perfect and I love it 💜

Hey sorry @Dee96 I only just responded. I'm pretty sure it'll be on your notes but when I forgot mine as I didn't write it down when I left I just googled ultrasound Torbay hospital (thats my hospital obviously). And I got through and they checked and gave me the date again. So Google is your friend on this one ☺️

Yeess! @PipTed! Fantastic looking nursery work there, gorgeous 💗 can't wait to see what you do next!

@ChampooPapi I absolutely love Miles too but we've had our gender scan this evening and it's a baby girl so Miles will have to wait haha! We had no preference but very excited now we know! I'll save that name for next time!

I have my 16 week appointment tomorrow and keep getting myself into such a frenzy they're going to tell me the baby has died and then giving myself panic attacks over it. I know it's silly which is even more frustrating that I can't seem to control the anxiety over it and have had such awful experiences in the past with seeking professional help I am worried to mention it to my midwife. I don't think it helps my bump is disappearing but I think the majority of it had been water retention anyway as I was huge from about 12 weeks onwards

@Beccarans89 yes now that'll have to go on the back burner for the next one! Any names for a girl yet? You and your partner must had loved the scan this evening together. I'm thinking of just walking in with my partner to the twenty week one as of it's normal? They'll let me do that right 🙄😂

@Amyyy1 I felt and feel exactly the same so much. Tomorrow will be good news and you will hear the heartbeat so this time tomorrow you will be feeling so much better and this worrying for now will be over for the time being. But it will creep back in if your like me or anyone really who is pregnant, honestly it's really really normal to worry so much, especially currently. Please tell your midwife, just say I'm constantly worried and she will talk to you and be kind, which is what you need lovely. She will not think your some basket case, she will probably refer you to their anxiety mental health department, but they just offer talking therapies which you then self refer to so no stressful swooping of some team into your care or anything like that!

But you need to offload and you need her support. It's literally the one thing currently she can really be useful for, you need that, and you deserve that. We are living in a pandemic, you have every right to feel anxious and for previous worries to manifest, your pregnant and this is totally normal.

We are all here for you too 💜

Thank you all 🤗🤗🤗 yes @ChampooPapi I remember you predicting girl 😄

@Amyyy1 I felt exactly the same but realistically if you’ve had no bleeding or pain all should be well. This is all in hindsight as I had the exact same emotions as you too. Wishing you luck 😇 x

@ChampooPapi I know, will save that one for next time if we ever have a boy! We both like Lydia for a girl so that's a top contender but will see if it changes! Yes it was lovely to go together and to see how much baby had grown. Haha do it, give it a try and see how far you manage to get! Fingers crossed the rules change just in time and he's able to go with you🤞🏼

@Amyyy1 oh bless you lovely, I totally understand and have felt the same in the last few weeks! We had a private scan tonight and I was convinced there'd be no heartbeat! But try and stay calm and relaxed and I'm sure baby is absolutely fine and thriving in there! You will feel reassured tomorrow and definitely speak to the midwife about your anxiety and worries, it's totally normal and she can support you. Be kind to yourself and wishing you the best of luck for tomorrow x

@Amyyy1 as a previous poster said, it's very unlikely that anything would go wrong at this stage and if something were to happen, it would be even more unlikely that you would have no symptoms. I think your worry is one that we have all had during our pregnancies. I know I have more than once in this pregnancy. The fact I'm 16+4 and have had 6 scans shows this!

I had a private scan this evening. DH's second view of the baby. It was lovely for him to see the baby so much bigger, we could see all the details like fingers and toes! The baby kept waving at us. The sonographer said developmentally everything was on track, we saw most of the major organs. I ended up getting DH a baby heartbeat bear for Fathers day, jumped the gun a bit but we have both waited so long for this. They even gave us a sneaky 4D photo.

Hi ladies, this thread has been recommended to me as although I'm due 31/12 I found out at my scan last week that I am expecting twins so likely to deliver beginning of December ish.
I have a son already currently 16 months. Early pregnancy with a small child already is a killer I swear 🥱

Hi @emma911030 congratulations on your twins! I also have a young baby, 11 months, so I can empathise on the second pregnancy woes! I’m only expecting one this time though. How are you feeling about going from 1 to 3?

There are a few people expecting twins here I think.

Hi @excitednerves thank you. I'm really worried to be honest. Although my little boy is really good apart from the horrid phase (I hope it's a phase!) he's going through recently I just hope it's teething but he's on some sort of emotional rollercoaster he's worse than me lol. I'm still not quite sure the whole 'twins' thing has properly kicked in yet. But if everyone else can manage I'm sure I can ?? Or at least I'll have to lol. I just hope they're boys cause then at least I got a bulk of stuff already which I didn't feel ready to get rid of yet thankfully! I'm back tomorrow for my 12 weeks scan as dated too early last time to be able to do any of the measuring so kinda worried incase something has happened and there's only one there now but I guess it's probably a normal worry! Be nice to see them more clearly and maybe it will sink in a bit more! 🤞🏻 what have you got and what are you having do you know? x

I’m sure you’ll do brilliantly @emma91130! So lovely to get to go back and see your twins again! Think of it as a bonus scan ☺️ I think we all worry before a scan but the chances of anything going wrong between 11 and 12 weeks are tiny once you’ve seen that everything’s ok.

I have a boy and I’m only 15 weeks so I don’t know what I’m having this time but I’d be equally happy either way.

@RunnerGirl123 I think I remember you saying you have a scan today (sorry if I have date wrong) with FM, best of luck💖

@Babyhope98 congratulations on your baby girl and your lovely scan pic!

Sorry, I find it really hard to read the posts about scan anxiety and worrying about things going wrong in your pregnancy, because I've been in that exact situation, quite recently too. I fully support that all anxieties are normal and it's impossible not to worry. It's just hard when those worries were my reality not too long ago. Wishing everyone a healthy and happy pregnancy🌟

@ChampooPapi I’ve just bought a mountain buggy duet! Eeeek! Now just to store it for the next few months. I’ll keep my eyes open for a second hand carry cot plus.

DS’s new car seat arrived yesterday too so I’m pretty much set for new baby!

Thanks @lionsmum. It's this afternoon, so just hoping this morning at work goes quickly! Wednesday mornings normally do with our standard meetings so just got to get through til 1PM then I'll have lunch and leave.

My heart also goes out to those of you with anxiety at this stage, but it's hard for me to comment right now. I think the best advice is to keep talking to your midwives and family and friends. Hopefully as time passes your anxiety will ease. If you've had a good scan at 12 weeks, and even at a more recent private scan, the chances of something going wrong now are really very small.

Congrats to those of you who have found out genders recently! Looking forward to hearing more news over the weekend as I know there's more scans to come.

@RunnerGirl123 will be keeping everything crossed for you this afternoon.

@Awkes I'm not going to bother with classes either. I don't feel the questions I have will be things they can answer, and I would struggle to engage with virtual classes. As all the NHS ones in my area are cancelled, and I'm not bothered about the NCT ones I'm just going to wing it. Similar to you, my mum is going to come and stay for a little bit right after the baby is born. My grandma did the same for her and DH is fully on board (it was his idea!).

Re aches and pains. I seem to have various ones all the time! I'm working on the guidance that if they come and go, aren't accompanied by bleeding etc that they are most likely totally normal. I have noticed I don't feel great if I lay on my back or right hand side for too long now, which I think is the weight of the uterus as everything is getting bigger more rapidly.

@RunnerGirl123 best of luck thinking of you.

@RestorationInsanity I think this is one of the reasons you're advised to sleep on the left. Difficult if it's not your normal sleep
position though.

Yes I was amazed at how quickly I've noticed it when outwardly I don't look much bigger. Am glad I bought a pillow or I would really struggle to stay on the left hand side. I've even got a sore elbow from sleeping on that side with my arm under the pillow 😂 took me a few days to work out that was why!

@RunnerGirl123 I’ve been thinking about you. Sending you good wishes and positive thoughts for this afternoon.

@RunnerGirl123 thinking of you this afternoon

@emma911030 welcome to the group. I’m also having twins, due early December but expecting them mid-Nov. I’m a FTM and can’t imagine how tough early pregnancy must be with a little one at home already. Good luck with your scan.

I’ve booked a gender scan for this weekend, partly for reassurance (my stomach is twinging all over the place which the rational part of me knows is perfectly normal but cant help worrying) but also impatient for find out sex.

Thank you all for being so supportive. I've had my 16 week appointment now and after many tears and an eternity of waiting (actually only a few seconds!) the baby's heart beat was heard along with lots of little disgruntled kicks from being poked about. The midwife was very understanding and reassuring but we have both agreed for now to not seek further help with it as I was quite against it but she said we will speak about it again at the next appointment but I can call beforehand if needed.
I've also been given all my next appointments up until my due date which surprised me, did everyone else get given theres in one go?? I thought it'd just be each time book the next one after that lol