December babies 2021! Thread 4

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Seems thread 3 is shut. Not sure if I'm doing this right as never started a thread
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Agree pain relief is a very personal thing and everyone threshold is different. I only had gas and air but I had a straight forward 8hr delivery. If you had been labouring for much longer then I can imagine tolerance getting lower. My only ask was no pethidine because I didn’t like the thought of it making baby sleepy etc.

As they say, Labour is a marathon and not a race and there’s no medal for pain free or all the meds!

Last night we had a 10w scan as I still don’t have a date for my dating scan and I’ve had a really horrible, rough few weeks mentally with family stuff so I wanted some Reassurance baby is ok.
Saw a happy little babe with a beating heart waving it’s arms and jiggling a little and the sonographer told my son it was a lil chicken nugget in my tum 😂

Happy bank hol ladies

@May2311 hope your water infection is clearing up ok? x

hey all.
hope we are all doing well. had my scan and everything looked okay. now I'm just worried as my morning sickness has stopped lol and it was so horrible so now I'm panicked something has happened lol

I am exactly the same. Was bed bound with morning sickness and then the last week it has been like I'm not even pregnant

Just got back from holiday to find the letter for my first scan. It's 17th June which feels like ages away. I'll be 13+5 them so feels like it's cuyting it fine for doing that test where they measure the back of the neck to test for downs. If they move my due date a few days I'll be too late to have that done won't I?

@Sarahmummy1989 @hporter10 I have also felt so much better the last 3 days or so. I still feel a little sick, and boobs still hurt, so symptoms are not so gone that I am panicking about it just yet... just grateful atm to not want to throw up all the time. So nervous for scan this week though. Am either 9 or 10 weeks.

Love hearing about all of the recent scans, time seems to be going a bit quicker at the moment.

Still feeling really nauseas at the moment, @Scarletpig1 I’m in the same position, scan has been scheduled for 13+6... my midwife seemed a bit concerned about it being very close to the 14 week cut off, but I don’t really know whether I can phone to move it, especially as it will be a week away tomorrow. I may just go with it as I can’t bring myself to do a private scan, if they can’t do the combined testing I may have to pay for the harmony x

@Scarletpig1 That seems pretty standard at the minute. If your date moves by more than week, the NT measurement might be a bit less useful, but they’ll do bloods, and they can now order NIPT tests if your risks come back high from those. That’s what my midwife has told me. They’ve told me not to worry, so I’ve tried to push it out of my head!

That's good to know @TakeYourFinalPosition. We get nipt if we come back as high risk too but didn't realise they could work that out just from bloods. I'm sure they have it all worked out. I'm just impatient 😁

I'm worrying about fading symptoms too, realised today that I've actually felt quite normal for the first time in a long time! Had a scan on Thursday which showed everything going well at 10+1 so really hoping it's just a case of hormones hitting their peak at 9/10 weeks and now they're starting to drop again getting ready for placenta to take over - at least that's what I'm telling myself 😂

My symptoms have almost gone, I’m 11 weeks tomorrow, I think they do slow down at this point, I would try not to worry X

I agree I'm just over 13 weeks and symptoms went quite a few weeks ago so try not to worry. Xxx

My symptoms never went I'd be incredibly happy if they did!! They did get a lot better at 11 weeks, I. E the nausea change from all day 9/10 bad to feeling about 3/10 until 4pm ish and then when shattered going to 7/10.

However if I do a proper length work day, or a full day out I feel like crap the whole next day. I finally managed a proper work day Thurs, so when I had to do the same Fri it was so difficult as I felt horrendous. I then had to have a chill most of sat to rest & recover so I felt fine yesterday for a full day out climbing, and I'll now need to have a mostly rest day today to recover from yesterday 🤦‍♀️ I think if I just had an office job I'd feel ok tbh

Weds I finally have second blood test to confirm toxoplasmosis was pre conception. Fri have 12week scan (12+3, tho NHS think 13) 4 weekd after private scan. Can't wait!!

Do you guys think a cycling trip that would take c. 4 hours (lunch inbetween!) would be too much at 10 weeks? I feel good today so I am tempted but other people might find it crazy? Trying to listen to my own body and I think it's fine but also bit nervous.

• I am worried about the amount of 'exercise', not accidents! It's in a flat national park, no off-road, no cars.

Hi, is everyone planning on telling everyone after their 12 week scan?
We’ve just had ours and feeling apprehensive still. Wondering how long we can hold out.

@AnonymousXXIX All you can do is listen to your body, I think - if you couldn’t finish it, could someone come pick you up? My midwife said the only advice they could give before 12 weeks was to stick to things I’d done regularly before being pregnant, and to rest when I need to.

@Daisydrum Telling people got weirder for me as time went on! In the end we told the in-laws last week; as it was my husbands birthday and he really wanted to; and a few close friends. I’m 11+1 today and my 12 week scan is next week.

The excitement of my close friends was lovely and did make it feel more real, and also removed a lot of the stress around avoiding people when I’m not feeling well/explaining not drinking/eating weirdly, which has been nice... but I thought I’d be really keen to announce once they knew; and I just haven’t been.

The in-laws have started calling daily and asking when they can tell people and asking us not to keep them waiting long, which might be influencing that 🙈

It’s really personal, so whatever feels right for you. We wanted to tell people; rather than risk them guessing, which is part of the reason that we told a bit earlier - that doesn’t bother some people at all, so it’s a bit easier then!

I know someone who got to 24 weeks before they told anyone - it felt a bit weird for the people finding out, but I’d have done it if I thought I’d get away with it

I'm 10+4 and caved in a told close family but I have had 2 private scans so things are good

@TakeYourFinalPosition Thank you. It’s such a personal thing. We told people early last time and it felt like such a long time and I personally can’t stand the fussing. Being told to sit down all the time or you can’t do that. I know my own body and know what I can and can’t do.
I’ve put on loads of weight in the last year so hoping no one will notice on that front for a while for fear of being rude
But also worried that they will get upset that we haven’t told them sooner but to be fair it’s our news and if we are not comfortable until then, then they should respect that?
Amazon hasn’t helped as when I’m looking up an old purchase to show someone the price it keeps bringing up pregnancy tests! I haven’t taken one in three months!

@HPmagic that’s good to hear! Scans are honestly to emotional!

Hi @NatMoz, just seen your message. Sorry to hear about your MC - It’s definitely possible that you’re just out with your dates due to the MC. Hope all goes well at your scan tomorrow! X

I've woken this morning full of cold, feel terrible. Any advice on what I can take?

@Daisydrum we have told people who we’ve seen. I can’t hide my pregnancy I’m huge already. I’m one of those people that shows straight away. Our neighbours guessed as they have heard me throwing up ( I am rather loud 😂)
Everyone is different, last time we waited until 12 weeks apart from close family as I was very ill with dd too. We also got married when I was 18 weeks with dd, so did a whole gender reveal, got it out the way.
This time we will just tell people.

@Lindzers83 paracetamol is ok. Avoid decongestants in things like lemsip.

Thanks @Scarletpig1 x

Got my scan today! Wish me luck! By my dates I'm actually 13 weeks 3 days but I guess I'll get a more accurate date today if everything is ok.