Due September 2022 (Thread 5!)

[IzzyLeigh]

Continuing on from thread 4!

Hi all, anyone else suffering with the worst headaches? Iv had covid 2 weeks ago and since then they are worse than ever! I take paracetamol, tried full fat coke, baths, cold showers but Iv got a constant muzzy head I hate it!

@Carebear99 my scan is not until the 13th May but I might go for a private one before then, not sure if I'll be able to wait this long since my last scan was on the 7th March 😅

@mol2mum congratulations! 🥰

I'll be 15 weeks on Wednesday and I'm feeling fine, the headaches are now easing off a bit and I feel like I have a bit more energy.

@nicc1000 my heart absolutely breaks for you. I’m so sorry. I’ll be thinking of you.

@Weddingaug2019 congrats on the scan! I honestly thought it was a painting at first!

@Carebear99 I’m downright panicked about the 20 week scan haha

@Em85kk congrats on the news of your little boy!

@mol2mum congrats on your little girl! I feel like we’ve got lots of baby girls in this thread! Maybe we should make one of those lists of everyone's due dates and what they're having at some point? What do you guys think?

In other news, I was having a nice relaxing weekend until yesterday morning I went to pee and had light brown spotting afterwards that lasted the rest of the day. I know brown is better than red, but still. Nothing like returned spotting to put your confidence and excitement back in check. Luckily it seems to have mostly stopped (a hint here and there now), but it brought me right back to the earlier weeks when I spotted a bunch and was constantly afraid I was about to miscarry. I know miscarriage is way less likely at this stage (14w 2d), but that worry has now been replaced by wondering if it’s a sign that something has happened since my 12w scan. That maybe my incredibly active little girl has passed since then and I’ve just been blissfully unaware this whole time? Or that it’s a sign of something else going wrong?
I’m going to call the doctor’s office as soon as they open today, but I know they won’t be able to offer me much. My next appt is already scheduled for next Friday and then my next scan isn’t until April 29 (which will be by 20-week scan although they’re doing it at 18+5???).
Anyway, I’m back to being scared and checking myself every 5 minutes. Fingers crossed my doctor will let me come in earlier to maybe offer me a doppler or some other kind of reassurance. Doubt it though. It's likely nothing—likely one of those one-off spotting episodes that will be chalked up to my cervix or just a fluke, but still, these things have such a way of robbing your of excitement.

@izzyleigh can you contact your local EPU?

@Carebear99 I am the same re the scans. I always thought they were just nice times for you to see your baby, but I never realised what they were truly for! Also you read horror stories on here don't you.

I think this time is hard because you really have no clue what's going on, can't feel any movements or anything to reassure you everything is still going well.

@IzzyLeigh Sorry about the spotting, must be scary, although I'm sure it's common and nothing bad :)

I think they do say to contact the MW for any bleeding so I'd have thought they'd have you in for a scan or something?

@annlee3817 no EPU here (US) but at least my doctor's office will be open in 17 minutes, so that's something.

Ah of course, sorry @IzzyLeigh hope the doc can get you in for a scan

@IzzyLeigh hey! I had the exact same this weekend I had light brown spotting and was getting in a panic because I had already been anxious about my symptoms going. But I've just got back from my 16 week midwife appointment and got to listen to babies heartbeat and could hear them moving around and they said the light brown was nothing to worry about xx

@GlitteryGreen No midwife here, but I called my doctor's office when they opened (about 10 min ago) and left a message on the nurse's line, so hopefully they will call me back soon. I'm really really hoping they let me come in sooner than my next appt (which is next Friday) to get a doppler or maybe a scan for reassurance, but I 'm doubting they will. I'm expecting they will say something like to call back if it comes back/gets worse/is red and to just try to hang tight until my appt next Friday.
Which I totally understand. It's likely nothing. It wasn't anything the last few times I had spotting either. But there's still that worry in the back of my mind every time regardless. I was so hoping the spotting would be behind me now that I'm in the second trimester. ugh.

@MOLWI so sorry you had to go through this too! Glad everything is okay! Although I already know it, it's still reassuring to hear that you were told to not worry about it. Hopefully I get to hear that heartbeat soon too. fingers crossed!

I'd also like to say how much I love this little group we've got on here. It's so lovely to have other people to talk to who are going through the same thing. Even if all the details aren't the same, it's incredibly comforting to have a place I can come to voice these concerns, get support, and offer support. I'm just really thankful for you guys. Sorry for being sappy haha just blame it on the hormones

@IzzyLeigh I'm sure you will! But yeah it's so hard to not overthink every little thing and worry so I agree it's so nice to have this group to talk to and know that they'll understand/relate!

I'm glad I could put your mind at ease a little! X

@IzzyLeigh I find that when I have a concern I can Google it and see sooo many posts/articles saying it's nothing to worry about but then if I just see ONE that says I should be worried that will be the one that sticks in my head

@IzzyLeigh I totally agree, this group is great. I had no idea everyone was feeling as I do about the 20w scan, it's nice not feeling so alone. There are many bad stories but we all need to remember all the many many good ones, which far far outweigh the bad.

@IzzyLeigh completely understandable why you'd be anxious about spotting. I gave myself a heart attack a couple of weeks ago with a few spots of blood when wiping only to realise later it was a shaving cut 🤦‍♀️. Hopefully the nursing staff can offer some reassurance, from everything I've read it's really common 💕.

I'm slightly anxious about my 20 week scan but much more excitement than anything else. First ever pregnancy which maybe makes it a bit easier. After trying for 2.5 years I'm just happy to be pregnant in the first place, that's a win to me. I really don't want to waste the pregnancy being anxious about something I can't control. Always in the back of my head what can still go wrong (I'm the type that likes to know all worst case scenarios) but I try and keep it there.

I'll be 17 weeks tomorrow and had a strange feeling on Saturday that I think was baby turning around. Felt like I'd swallowed an eel is the best way to describe it 😂. This relate to anyone for how that feels?

@Belle2210 that eel comment has made me laugh. Yes it does feel like that at times 😁 wait until they get bigger and you can see whole elbows protrude out of your stomach that you can push back in 🤪 it's a beautiful thing (but also slightly mental)

@EverydayIsPJday 😬😬😬 elbows eek 😅😂.

It's so lovely @Belle2210 🥰 you have lots to look forward to

@EverydayIsPJday 😁😁 Can't wait for all of it 💕.

@IzzyLeigh I had some spotting for the first time last week at 15 weeks. It was light brown and lasted 2 days (on and off). I had a scan at EPU and it showed I have a hematoma which the midwives have said is nothing to worry about and they will just check it again at my 12 week scan. They said a lot of people have them and don't even realise, it's just that that's where my light bleeding was coming from

@Belle2210 hahaha yes! That is what it feels like. When they get bigger and they do this sort of roll thing and your entire stomach moves it is SO weird!

@EverydayIsPJday That actually creeps me out a bit! Feeling my belly move as baby gets bigger and stronger 😂 I know it's the most beautiful thing but at the same time a tiny bit creepy

@Peauela absolutely it's creepy 🤣 the full blown rolls with all the limbs out is quite extraordinary. Feels like someone is playing the xylophone on your internal organs too sometimes. Hiccups are absolutely adorable though (during the daylight hours 😂)

@MOLWI it’s so true! I read stories/articles and start to feel better but then it just takes that ONE bad one to set me on a spinal of worry. There was one I read here on mumsnet last week that has been particularly weighing on my mind. Wish I never read it.

@Carebear99 you’re right and I do need to remember that. There are far many more good stories than bad! It’s easy to forget that sometimes

@Belle2210 thank you! Also that shaving thing is totally something I’d do too haha
And the eel feeling sounds like how I’ve heard it described! Sounds absolutely magical yet slightly unnerving and creepy at the same time! Congrats!

@mol2mum I have a feeling mine is coming from my cervix (I have mild ectropian), but it could possibly be that too. Ugh, there are just so many things it could be. Most are harmless and I really need to keep reminding myself of that

I’m still waiting for my doctor to call me back, but in the meantime I called a private place and booked a reassurance scan for early this evening. Honestly, I didn’t know that was a thing that was offered here in the US, but I gave it a look and was surprised to find out that it is! If it weren’t for you guys talking about them in the past, I would have never known to look into it as an option. So thank you!
Fingers crossed that they find the heartbeat and that my little one is just as active as she was during my last scan!

@IzzyLeigh I hope that your scan goes well. I think I know the post you saw last week that you're referring to and wish you hadn't seen. When I read it I actually deleted the Mumsnet app from my phone for two days.