September 2021 - Thread 4

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Evening all! Have been awol for a while due to sickness and there's already a thread 4! I've been reading all your suggestion and have been making notes 😃

I'm now almost 16 weeks, finally yay! Dh and I have decided to get a a gender scan but we're looking for one where they offer you a video in addition to scan pics and heartbeat bears - any suggestions please?? We're in London and can only find one place that offers this buts it's very far from us.

@taybz hello lovely! I'm 16 weeks on weds, what's your due date? I'm 15th Sept. We went to window to the womb for our early scan and they did the gender scans, videos etc x

@Taybz hope you’re feeling better now! Exciting that you’re getting a gender scan, I wouldn’t know of any places though sorry!

@Kirky658 hiya hun, I'm due a day before you! I also went to Window to the Womb and they were great but I didn't know they did videos as it doesn't say on the website or does it? I wonder if my pregnancy scatter brain has missed it 🤦‍♀️😃

@Squibble84 I'm feeling much better now hun. Starving every minute and easily exhausted but the dreadful nausea has subsided! How are you feeling? When are you due?

@Taybz oh that’s exciting you’re getting a gender scan. I had mine with DD1 at the birth company on Harley street, you can check them out.

@Taybz that’s good it’s subsided! I’m due 6th September and still sick! 😭

Hey all, hope you’re all doing well!

I’m 17+3 and I’ve felt sick all day 😞... it’s not been too bad for the past few days but today I could have easily stayed in bed. My friend said to me her multi vitamins taken when pregnant effected her nausea.... are you ladies still taking yours throughout?

@Squibble84 I’m due the 3rd September and I feel you with the sickness!

@CherylLW I was taking my pregnacare vitamins and my nausea was/is really bad so I recently stopped taking them. However hasn’t make a huge difference so no idea if it’s linked.

@taybz ahhhh lovely ❤️ yeah it wasn't mentioned when I had my early scan but they offered it to me after. Might be worth a ring to ask x

@Taybz our window to the womb definitely does videos and the heartbeat bears as they have the bears in the waiting room. They quite often have and 'offer of the week' on the reception desk too so might be worth a call to ask?

My sickness is still persisting so I feel everyone's pain I really do!

Hi @CherylLW. My nausea eased a lot after 14 weeks. I'm now 16+5 & have nausea again this morning, almost being sick. I hadn't thought about the pregnancy vitamins but yes, I'm still taking mine. Was planning on taking them throughout the pregnancy. Now that you mention it, I remember reading somewhere that they made someone else feel sick too. Though I had stopped feeling nauseous for a couple of weeks so I don't know if it's that? Maybe I'm just going to get the sickness on and off throughout...

My nausea went after about week 15, I get it now and then but much better than before. No more constipation either! Happy about that, but im still not really eating much, the hunger hasn't hit. In the day I'll eat toast or soup or something and then in the evenings I'll have a bit of what I cook for OH but I'm still on the craving burgers or pizza or pasta, cooking it and eating about 40% of it trip.

@Mamabearwhere I’m taking the Sevenseas pregnancy multi vitamins, I don’t want to stop taking them really so will just hope the nausea isn’t back to stay!

@AdventuresAwait I think that will be me... nausea on and off throughout... I’ll take that tho. Just hope it’s more off than on 😂

Ladies, sorry to hear some of you are still getting nausea! I found Asian/Arab lemon/ lime pickles helped me a lot for instant relief.

@CherylLW when I was taking the liquid Pregnacare I did notice that I was immediately feeling nauseous after. I changed to the pills and voila it got better!

@unicornpower thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely give them a ring. Dh thinks video and heartbeat bears are a bit excessive but I don't care, it's our first and I want to have it all! 😆

Thanks @Mamabearwhere I'll check them out too.

@unicornpower @Kirky658 was the video included in the package with window to the womb?

@taybz not sure hun sorry, I was only in for an early scan but paid an extra £10 for the video and extra photos at that point. All packages should be on their website x

@taybz Im not sure to be honest, when i went there they advertised them in the clinic so maybe its a thing you could add on when you're there? There were lots of extras like photo frames, bears, gender reveal stuff and then they had an offer of the week they advertised too! if you book the scan you want then maybe call and ask if you can add the video on?

Is anybody else feeling a bit disconnected from the pregnancy/baby? I am so excited to be having a baby when we didn't think that we could however I've been very fortunate I've had no sickness minimal symptoms I'm now at 16+4 I'm just starting to feel like isn't real.

We had an early scan at eight weeks just to believe it And everything went well at 12 week scan. My 16 week midwife appointment isn't until I'm 18+3 and then of course my 20 week scan two weeks after that.

Painted the nursery and this week putting in some built-in storage because it's small and a funny shape, I also finally allowed myself to buy just a few sleep suits but I'm feeling like a bit of a fraud.

My DP is adamant he doesn't want us to have another private scan and says four weeks isn't long to wait and I respect that, however I just do not want to admit out loud and talk to him about how I'm feeling.

Sorry this is a long one think I just needed to get it out my system I've already had unexplainable tears today I'm just feeling out of sorts, I guess you could say pregnancy hormones are currently the only symptom I'm experiencing.

@bubbles1st definitely not alone hun. I have these days where I forget I'm pregnant and it feels completely abstract to me. We are decorating the nursery this weekend which I think will help. For me I'm concerned about the 20 week scan so I think I'm trying to not get too excited till after that point if that makes sense. X

@Bubbles1st, I hear you and think I feel similar.. so excited but keep thinking "Am I really pregnant??" as not feeling movements etc, so in some ways it doesn't seem real. I think it will change when I feel baby move and know if it's a boy or a girl. Getting a noticeable bump which helps as I'm starting to look pregnant. It's a strange time at this point, isn't it? So exciting and all new, but at the same time, feeling the same as before (if that makes sense!). I even asked my husband, "I'm still pregnant aren't I?" 😄 xx

@Bubbles1st yes definitely - not feeling sick, no bump and no movements yet so I feel like I've imagined the whole thing! I can't believe there's really a baby in there. I had my 16 week appointment today (16+6) and now just counting down to 20 weeks. We haven't done any private scans so I think after the 20 week one I will start buying some baby things and it will hopefully seem a bit more real then.

Thanks ladies I'm pleased I'm not alone, I guess I just always assumed I would feel pregnant.

I think I have felt tiny movement once, if it becomes more frequent then I will feel much more assured. I think the 6 weeks between 12 week scan and midwife just is feeling like a long time and as many have experienced I might not even hear the heart beat which I was sure I would at that point.

We agreed to hold out until 20 weeks until we bought anything but I hoped buying something might help me believe it. I think once we know whether a boy or girl it will feel Much more real and an imagine of our future can form.

You wait, soon enough we will be on thread 12 with just 4 weeks to go never mind just 4 until scans!

Thanks again x

I have a bump but not really any movements at 18 weeks. I know I have an anterior placenta so...

I've bought a foetal doppelar and can listen to the baby's heartbeat. Took some finding but heard him earlier. Was about £60

Im the same, i I between looking at things to buy and worrying if the next scan is going to go OK. Its a hard balance between trying not to be negative and trying to not get my hopes up too much incase something happens. I definitely have a bump now and I'm hoping i will start feeling her move soon which will be nice for me and OH.

I've considered renting one of those self ultrasound machines so OH can see too. Anyone used one before?