March 2021 babies

[Sussexbysea]

Hi everyone,

This is a second thread of March 2021 babies. I’ll add people as I go xx

@BabySweet85 also due on 17th March!! Did I read you are due a scan shortly?
Just succumbed and booked an early scan for Thursday. Today has been one of my better days - not struggled with any cramps or sickness which has made for an easier day but then starting to worry where it has gone and why! Hopefully I can calm myself down and start to enjoy this process!

Hi everyone, I had my booking in appointment. Lots of health questions, told me what to not eat and drink etc. Need to get bloods checked for diabetes next week and I scan date will be sent to me in a week or so’s time. I doubt I’ll be scanned until end of August.

@BabyG21 Yes I have a scan tomorrow. I had IVF and they scan as standard at 7-8 weeks. If all is well they will discharge me to my gp. Yes I know what you mean about disappearing symptoms - im trying not to think about it!

@Sussexbysea glad things are moving on for you! What kind of health questions do they ask?

@BabyG21 I had an early scan on Sunday morning at 7 weeks and I'm so glad we did it! Great for some peace of mind if you are a worrier, I felt able to pop my positive pants back on again after some light bleeding last week xx

@LuHen pleased your scan went well - I can imagine it gives you peace of mind although I’m sure I’ll still find something to worry about.
Has anyone told their family/close friends you are expecting?

@HGE20 I'm also due DC#2 on 25 March 2021 but my DS will be four by then. How lovely that yours will be so close in age. Best of luck with everything.

HEY ALL

I'm another with a March 2021 baby due
5 weeks pregnant found out last week!!

First time mummy and very anxious

Congrats to you all as well xx

@BabyG21 I always imagined I would tell my parents as soon as I fell pregnant, they went through hell to have a baby (infertility, miscarriages, still birth, and my brother being born at 6 months to top it off) My parents are very much into health and wellbeing and I always felt they would be able to advise me in having a healthy pregnancy or be there for me should anything go wrong.

Now that I'm actually pregnant I'm feeling really hesitant as I feel like if we do tell them, and something happens, I'll be letting them down. No idea what to do!

@DSP21 I'm holding off telling anyone until early Sept when I'll be 12 weeks as I'm sure my dad wouldn't be able to keep it to himself and we work for the same organisation! So tough keeping it to ourselves though!!

@BabyG21 I told my parents that I was doing IVF - i had a lot of family birthday gatherings that i needed to skip as I want to isolate as much as possible outside of work and I know my mum would not have accepted many excuses about not seeing her on her birthday. So to stop an argument I just told her.

@Smidge93 welcome! It’s my first time too x

@LottieX lockdown and working from home has been so great because it means I don't have to see as many people and keep lying about why i'm not drinking or eating certain things! Mums have a sixth sense though, gotta start coming up with plausible excuses!

@BabyG21 We havent told anyone yet. I'm desperate to tell my mum as she knows all about our journey as she also struggled with infertility. But like @DSP21 I'm too scared incase anything happens and how upset she'd be!

We have a scan booked for 7 weeks so maybe after that.

@LottieDot we're exactly the same, we have a scan booked for 6+3, so if that all goes well then we might plan to tell them at 7/8 weeks. Depends how I'm feeling, I feel like I'm allowed to keep changing my mind!

@Sussexbysea sorry I must have got confused 🤦🏼‍♀️! How are you feeling this afternoon?

Nearly all of my pregnancy symptoms have gone 😢 so I feel like I'm just waiting for the inevitable 😬! I am, however so tired I need to have a nap!

Another blood test tomorrow so hoping my HCG levels have gone up!

Just so emotional today!

Sorry to moans hope you're ok x

@2020wish thank you, the sonographer did tell me that I'd released 2 eggs...but I don't really know if this is a good or a bad thing!

My HCG levels were over 1000 and progesterone was also high so I'm hoping maybe I just got my dates wrong??

Have more bloods tomorrow so should find out more then x

@BabySweet85 oh so many!!! Lots of questions about if there are any illness in the family etc. Then if you drink, do drugs and my favourite question.... are you and your partner related 😂 I laughed and the midwife told me I’d be surprised.

Midwife dropped my purple folder to me and I got a bit emotional thinking that this is the start of it all. Also got my 16 week midwife appointment too. Very surreal x

We've told both sets of parents already. We didn't tell anyone until 12 weeks last time and held of telling lots of people like work colleagues until 20 weeks. This time I wanted to avoid family chatting behind my back about why I'm not drinking or having caffeine. They would assume pregnancy, particularly as we have a child already, so I figured I might as well be open about it. I've essentially asked them to forget the news until our scan and we're not talking about it with them until then. I've emphasised that we just want to be open and honest about it but that the outcome is far from certain as it's such early days. I'm glad we've told them. It's so intangible at the moment that they've all been pretty happy to keep quiet about it. We want to hold off telling DS until after our 20 week scan too.

Feeling absolutely rubbish today! Queasy and exhausted!

@Clara9 is it bad that I'm sliiiiiightly jel of you having symptoms

@BabyG21 we told my fiancés parents after our early scan at 7 wks because I'm super close to them and we see them regularly. I realised that after I had a scare with the spotting, I'd actually prefer for them to know if something had gone wrong so I could speak to them openly about it and have some support. I am a sharer though, so would definitely share my problems, if we come across anymore later down the road. I know lots of people who prefer to be more private. I think its totally understandable either way - for sure.

Everyone that's had bad news: I'm so sorry.

I got my 12w scan appointment today and was pleasantly surprised to find that my DH can come. I'm 6+2 so it's not for another 6w, but we've decided to hold out and not have an early scan.
I've told my mum, but we haven't told anyone else- I originally said I wanted to keep it quiet till 20w, but we've agreed to come clean at 12w now because there's a lot of family stuff going on and it will be hard to keep it a secret.

I'm in the Facebook group and find it quite supportive and inclusive, so if anyone does want to join feel free to inbox me.

Hi all, I've been reading this thread since the weekend it's nice to read that other people go through the same anxious wait for the 12w scan!!
Does anyone else think they can feel their baby already, I'm only 6w 2d but I feel like I'm carrying a hot pebble inside me, like I know it's too small to actually feel it yet but I feel like I can feel it?!
I self-referred online for a midwife but haven't heard anything back yet... we decided to book a scan so have one on 15th Aug (so I'll be 9 weeks ish) feels like a lifetime away!

@Taylortyler I feel really silly saying this out loud because I know realistically it's impossible to feel a anything yet but your description of a hot pebble is exactly how I feel! It's like I'm hyper aware of whats going on inside me. Glad I'm not the only one.

Oh and congratulations!