👣 Due late Nov/Dec, it's bump time ladies! 👣

[ChampooPapi]

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@roro87 yes that is a bump for sure! Looking gorgeous 😘

I'm 17 weeks Friday and still don't have a date for my scan. It is the main reason I want to have tomorrow's 16 week midwife call, so I can sort that out and get them to sort out the mess with my due date on the app/blood test forms etc. Can't imagine it's going to be much use otherwise. I'd love some reassurance that everything is ok, but realistically if they don't see us face to face to listen to heartbeat, I just have to wait.

Last night I thought bump was looking much bumpier, this morning I'm not sure. Some days I think I'd just be better off in denial about the whole pregnancy thing until November and then get things sorted out when I can't ignore it anymore.

@Babyhope98 what a lovely neat bump! And a gorgeous neat body 💃 this is what I looked like with my first all those years ago, sigh 😏. You look fantastic 💞

I think I may be a little obsessed with other people's bumps. I can't wait until we do thirty weekers, my god I am going to be a planet by then!

@RestorationInsanity firstly, show us your bump 😏. Secondly, what is going on tomorrow then? Are you getting called or do you not know if it's going to be face to face? You need some reassurance as you still have a good three weeks until the anomonly scan, I really really hope that if it's on the phone you can perhaps ask for it to be face to face? I know some women have called the day before and demanded they be seen in person and it has been chanegd. Worth a shot? A large part of me would like to hybernate the first two trimesters and wake up in the last 6 weeks or so to just organize and prep for the newborn. Pregnancy is very hard going on the brain as well as the body. The worry is bloody endless!

I have tried to share a bump pic but the app doesn't seem to let me post pictures. Do you need to do something special to make it work?

Thank you for the reassurance @EithneBlue and @ChampooPapi. As you say, I guess it is good that they know about it and I assume I will be retested as time goes on as I was 13+1 at my original test.

I'm feeling quite down about it if I'm honest @ChampooPapi. I had some disappointing news from work yesterday and then this on top of it has made me feel really crappy. It is all making me feel a bit in adequate. I had to have IVF to get pregnant in the first place and now this.

@Pinktruffle I just want to give you the biggest hug. Ivf can sometimes be the only way you will get your baby and nothing to upset or disappointed about. We were going to testing and IVF was the most likely outcome before finding out I was pregnant. I know it is rubbish that this has happened but I think it is quite common (FTM and I've heard of it before this) I'm sure it will be treated fine and the big thing is at least they know about it. sorry about your work troubles. If you can take a day to yourself and do things that make you happy.

@Pinktruffle please don't be disheartened. I'm not an expert but at least they are going to be keeping an eye on it. This whole thing is such a roller coaster, but think of how far you have come. You will get there. Be kind to yourself

And don't beat yourself up about the IVF. I think it puts extra pressure on as I know how lucky I am to have gotten through it and this far. It also makes every set back such as mine this week harder for as I know this is my last shot at pregnancy. I won't fall pregnant naturally and we just don't have the money or energy for another go. But, when I think about how far I (and you) have come I can't help but think of all the odds we have beaten, and now thankfully for the first time in the whole process the odds are very much in our favour to deliver a healthy baby

Hello again!
I posted on the last thread but then lost track, only just found the new one.
Lovely bumps everyone.
Here’s mine from last week when I was 17+3 I think. I’m quite a chunky girl normally (as evidenced by my thighs) but my bump is really beginning to take shape, it’s so exciting😁

Welcome back to the fold @CurlyT94 🤗 fabulous bump, when is your 20 week scan?

Lovely bumps ladies. Having a bit of a crap week. Skin is terrible, covered in spots, got a massive cold sore and my nose has been bleeding. I've also gained another two pound which means I'm now 10 up. Must feel grateful though. Baby girl is very active in there. 17 +2

Thank you @ChampooPapi I don’t think it will last long with how much I have been eating lately

Was anyone ridiculously nervous about finding out the gender? have nerves about everything being ok also which norma

Hi everyone! Everyone's bump pics are so lovely! It's amazing how different they all are, but everyone is looking wonderful.

I got to see baby again yesterday at 16+1 for a detailed scan and everything is looking great so far. My consultant is so lovely and said I will be scanned every 2 weeks after my next scan which is in 3 weeks. Feel like I'm having such a different experience to some of you ladies who seem to be getting majorly let down by the service, the information some of these midwives are passing out is ridiculous! @lc86 maybe worth raising this with the appropriate people? I'm gobsmacked she'd say something that could put your anxiety through the roof like that! @peachypetite I was told this about bloody peanuts too with my last pregnancy, it's crazy some of the things they come out with!

@roro87 so off topic but how is your glossy box? I'm so tempted to get a subscription I have heard wonderful things😂

Also @roro87 I was super nervous but just about finding out that everything was ok. My husband was really excited about finding out the gender, it's equally nerve-wracking and exciting I think🤗

@lionsmum I love it, my little monthly treat however I only do it for like 4-6 months then cancel then wait a few months and start again it is my way of getting through the products.

@ChampooPapi thank you!
It’s on 8th July feels like bloody ages. When is yours? x

Feeling very lucky to have this thread. After reading that most of you were hearing from the midwife at 16 weeks I called my GP today to ask and it turns out I should have been seen at 16 weeks, and they are now seeing people face to face so she has booked me in to see the midwife on Friday. Thought I would mention it in case anyone else hadn't heard from their midwife. Goes to show it's worth an ask, things seem to be changing fast!

@lionsmum I know, honestly, now I just refer to the nhs website if I have any doubts about what’s normal, I have a feeling some of the midwives aren’t up to date with their training. But it doesn’t fill you with confidence does it.

Thank you for the kind words @roro87 and @confused107. I've been out for a walk and gotten a little prospective. I think I need to sleep on it and hopefully I will feel a bit more upbeat tomorrow.

It's tough feeling incredibly lucky for something that other people just seem to manage @confused107. I constantly feel like I'm waiting for my luck to run out and it's not a nice feeling.

@roro87 I was so nervous - and totally wrong haha but it so did not matter !!! I'm so excited to meet my little boy!

@Pinktruffle I know exactly what you mean. It's really just what I wish the midwives would understand. I don't need a referral to the mental health team that has never actually come, I need them to understand that I should never have got pregnant, and will likely never get pregnant again and that makes every aspect of this pregnancy terrifying. I'm literally just getting through the days when the baby can come safely.

@CurlyT94 the 7th of July, and yes, it feels like a month away rather then a few weeks! Time has gone sluggish again, it definitely is coinciding with me wishing it away to get past that half way point as well as past the anomonly screening. I can tell by next week I'm going to be obsessed by thinking about it 😆 the haircut the day before is also very much on my mind!

@MummyShark97 I do not know what to think. I am hoping for a girl but know I will be happy of it is a boy I just always pictured myself with a girl. Loads of people are saying boy but not sure what they are basing it on. I just know i won't sleep right until Saturday, at least it is at 11.30