July 2023 (Thread 2)!

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Creating a new thread as we’re about to finish the first - just as we finish our first trimesters!

Sorry it wasn't the best experience for you 😔

Wow!!!! I'd love to have heard that news 😂

All the best for tomorrow x

@squirrelnutkins1 thank you! I’m terrified everywhere I have read says symptoms ease of around 12 weeks but it doesn’t reassure me at all! X

It's so scary when you've had a loss before. I feel your pain xx

@squirrelnutkins1 i say my symptoms have gone, it’s mt sore boobs they’ve eased. But I have got other symptoms it’s just that one that stands out. Started to have vivid dreams again, my nose is always bloody and snotty sorry 😂 my gums are sore and I have growing twinges. I just over think stuff xx

@candycrush789 All my symptoms (bar needing a wee loads!) stopped around 9 weeks and I'm now 11 and a half weeks and baby is doing fine ☺️ Totally understand the worry though x

Just placemarking- I had my 12 week scan on Monday and all was good. 12 +6 today.

Had my dating scan today. Baby was wriggling around so much. Due date is 28th July ☺️

Yay 😊😊😊

Hi All,

I got two letters in the post today - one for a obstetric diabetes consultation in Feb and another for an endocrinology one in March. I didn't know if anyone had any experience or attending an appointment like that. I wonder if something came up in my booking bloods, also I'm trying to presume if anything was needed urgently they'd be sooner? xx

Wow! Looking back, do you feel you had symptoms sooner than you thought or not a clue?!

Having had a straightforward dating scan between Christmas and New Year and been told our NT was absolutely fine, last Friday I received the dreaded call that my bloods (and I guess age - 37) had come back putting the baby at a 1/35 chance of Down's syndrome, and also revealed that its PAPP-A levels are quite low, potentially affecting growth. Another blood test (NIPT) was done the same day, and we have had quite an anxious weekend of worry.

Today the screening nurse phoned back, and I could tell from her voice everything was fine- and it was. The NIPT results revealed it is very low risk of Down's syndrome. And I get to spend more time with the consultant and have more check ups to keep an eye on growth.

There's many similar threads elsewhere on Mumsnet, and reading them gave us much comfort, so I'm adding my experience. Good luck everyone for your scans.

Oh - and new date is 10/07, which makes perfect sense :)

Very glad to hear your good news!!! Can I please ask how long you waited to hear back on your initial bloods? I have my dating scan tomorrow and im so worried something is going to come back wrong.

@Glowen I had my blood/scan done late in the day on the 28th December and got my results on my nhs app on Jan 5th and letter in the post followed on the 9th. They said to me can take 2 weeks so I was glad they came back a bit sooner even with the bank holiday! Hope all goes well with your scan 😊

Ahh that's so interesting @habiller thank you. I am 4 months post gastric sleeve so very early out of surgery and so that's good to know it's related to that. How is your food intake now 2 years post bariatrics?

I wonder what the diabetic appt is for but maybe they spotted something.

Everything is all okay and baby is looking healthy! thank you for the good luck wishes today! Measuring slightly ahead at 11+6 and due 27th July! Measurements were all low risk for the ‘syndromes’ so we decided to announce to our friends today and on social media! Blood tests will be back in a couple weeks but we felt confident after the scan to make it public! Has everyone else got it out there after their scan or waiting for bloods?

So glad to see all these great scans!

I'm 15+2 now and think I've felt the tiniest wee bit of fluttering but obviously can't be certain. This is my 3rd baby. Might just be gas though 😁

@BackOfTheMum5net - I also had a letter saying I have low Papp-a but without much info. A Google search initially terrified me about what could go wrong but a bit more research and finding the Mumsnet threads was really reassuring. Feel like it's just a precaution rather than something is definitely wrong. But won't lie, it's given me a bit of anxiety just as I was starting to feel safe in the pregnancy.

But as you said, extra monitoring is no bad thing.

Can't find my original post but ime just coming up to 7 weeks pregnant and I have pressure down below like a pushing pressure ( no cramps or bleeding ) I have had 3 already but this is alot different to rhe others

@Anon2021x sometimes your bmi triggers an automatic diabetes screening- I have to have one at I think 28 weeks as my bmi is high.

@Hjudge56 So glad all was well! ☺️ I didn't take them up on the testing. We announced today after the scan.

@Rutennotou I think I'll feel so much more reassured when I start to feel movements. Looks like I have an anterior placenta though so could be nearer 20 weeks when I start feeling it 😫

We had the bloods and scan on the Thursday and it was 8 days later they called. The second test was on the Friday afternoon and we heard back early on Wednesday afternoon so very quick turnaround.