Due September 2022 - Thread #2

[madeleine85]

Calling all the September 2022 mums/babies :) Here is our 2nd thread. Hoping for lots more new joiners, and early pregnancy stories.

Yes I was told this even in my first pregnancy in 2019. Won’t meet my midwife till 16 weeks this time which seems so strange!

Sorry was replying to @cardiffgal22 but it didn’t work 🙄

@cardiffgal22 think it’s standard practice everywhere. Home tests are so good these days and false positives are a rarity (especially with the amount we all test haha). So unless there’s any problems you probably won’t get seen until your booking in appointment which is around 8-10 weeks and the dating scan between 10-14 weeks. Xx

@MrsS7 16 weeks. That seems so late. Will you see the sonographer for the dating scan before that though?

Hi @blessedandstressed congratulations! I’m in a similar boat I have a 6 year old and a nearly 11 month old so I’ve never done the 2 close together before… it’s going to be completely different this time round. Xx

@Whoknew22 yes I will. Will speak to a midwife over the phone at the 8 week booking appointment but won’t actually meet my designated midwife in person until 16 weeks.

Hello!

Early days but looks like I’ll be joining you all!

Positive test yesterday, I think I’m about 5 weeks, due very end of Sept. Second baby for me - I’ve got a wee boy who is 3 and a half.

If there’s a Facebook group on the go yet, I’d love to join - I joined a group last time round and met some lovely ladies, we eventually moved to WhatsApp and still chat daily four years later, so it’s a really great support.

Hope everyone is keeping well. 😊

@MrsS7 that’s so annoying isn’t it? Over the phone just isn’t the same. Just need to get on with it I guess but it is frustrating.

@Whoknew22 yes it is a bit annoying. Especially as they told me the week that they’d ring, but no more specific time/date, and that it would be a 40 minute call- I work 4 days a week and have a 2 year old so that’s going to be interesting!

@cardiffgal22

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend I called the doctors this morning to ask for an appointment to confirm the pregnancy and was told that they don't do this anymore and that I should just register with the midwife, they just rely on home pregnancy tests! Is this standard practice everywhere?

Mine is the same. I'm in Wales, and assume you might be too (though if you're Cardiff you're a different health board to me).

Thank you @Rebeccalin @MrsS7 @Whoknew22 @110APiccadilly makes sense I just wanted to check as I had heard differently from friends in England. As its my first I have no idea what to expect!

Is anyone else really struggling with headaches?

Yes @110APiccadilly I am indeed from Cardiff :) whereabouts are you from in Wales? x

Ladies, I'm out ❤️ after spotting for a week today things have taken a turn for the worst and sadly it wasn't meant to be for me. Thanks for all the support and I wish you all happy and healthy pregnancies xxx

So sorry @Sassy144 :(

Oh @Sassy144 I’m so sorry. I hope you have support around you. Xx

So sorry @Sassy144 i know exactly what you are going through. Take time to grieve and get yourself healthy and back to it when you are ready. I feel much stronger this time round. It didn't take long I hope it doesn't for you either xx

So so sorry @Sassy144 sending love xxx

Hope everyone is doing well. I am 5+5 today (first pregnancy, due 22 Sep) and started spotting last night after waking up in the middle of the night with terrible cramps, after a very upset stomach yesterday afternoon.
Is spotting normal around this time? google is conflicting as per usual.
Paranoid about ectopic now, on top of the "normal" pregnancy paranoia.

Thank you everyone 💔

@sassy144 I'm so sorry, sending you lots of love and gentle hugs.

@cardiffgal22 I'll be pregnant on my wedding day in June too, around 24 weeks though, but as I'm overweight already I'm hoping I won't be showing too much. Dreading the dress situation though!

We are starting completely from scratch too, not so much as a single babygrow. I know from my previous kids though that most stuff I bought never got used so hopefully I'll remember that when I start buying this time. We're also not going to find out the gender so hopefully that'll stop me buying extra bits too 🤞

I'm also fairly certain I'll end up giving birth in October. I'm due 28th Sept going off my ovulation date but with both my kids being 12 and 9 days late, I imagine I'll go more than 2 days over 😩

@Sassy144 I'm
So very sorry

@Sassy144 so sorry to hear this. I’ve been there a couple of times and it’s shit. No words will comfort you. But you will feel better with time xxx

@Shabz22 we have the same date. I went 11 days early with my first and then my second they got me in a week early for a induction… our wedding anniversary is the 21st September so I reckon then. Xx

Hello all 😊

I'm 6+1 today, and I had a small dot of reddish blood this morning but nothing since. (Makes me panic as this is the same time I started spotting last time before my MC).

Ever since though, I've had nothing but a full, heavy, bloated feeling in my stomach - and lower back ache. Has anyone else experienced this at this time?
Found myself having 6 wees already today but I don't know if that's because I'm panicking in case there is blood!

Xx