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UrbanSquirrel · 06/08/2024 16:32

Following on from the two existing threads, welcoming all the intrepid ladies due in February, for further excellent support 🤗

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MinionMumto3nearly4 · 06/09/2024 13:36

elb1504 · 04/09/2024 07:00

Had a cervical length scan yesterday not sure if anyone else on the group needs to have one, I had no idea what to expect but it was all ok got to see baby too as they do abdominal scan before the vaginal one and she confirmed it was a girl (always like to double check)

So if anyone else has one booked it's pretty straightforward!

I had to have this with my last pregnancy because I had cells removed due to an abnormal smear result.
I had to have them every 2 weeks to keep an eye on my cervical length to be asked at 26 weeks, why I was having them done because my cervix was fine.

It was lovely to see baby every 2 weeks but so glad I don't need it this time as I wouldn't be able to have so much time off.

Hope all is well, they are very daunting, if you don't know what to expect x

Piluka · 06/09/2024 13:55

@Odessa1 your dog made me laugh so much!!!! Every morning, when I get up of bed mine decides to get my spot and sleep with my partner as he was her boyfriend or so. Hahahaha I have to be there seeing both of them and feeling that I'm "the other woman" hahaha so, I take the most of it and dress up her and laugh.

Ps: Penguin is a door holder we have but she likes him (doesn't play with him but likes to have around at bed times)

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superj21 · 06/09/2024 14:09

Odessa1 · 06/09/2024 13:17

Got up for a middle of the night wee and my dog jumped straight in my pregnancy pillow 😂

Hahaha, love this. Mine is the exact same - as soon as I'm up for work he's snuggled into my pregnancy pillow 😂

superj21 · 07/09/2024 13:50

Had our gender scan today and as suspected from the very obvious nub, we're having a boy ❤️🥰 got to see him in 3D too which was incredible! He had his hands in his mouth 🥰

Lulahoop · 07/09/2024 16:58

I've been loving finding out what all your babies will be! I had a gender scan this week and found out I'm having baby girl 😍 very exciting. I'm 16 weeks no movements yet, feeling really good in general! Hope you're all doing well x

apple67cherry · 07/09/2024 18:32

Seen baby boy again today at 17+6
Head was measuring 17+4🥺
Had lovely pic of him sucking thumb, throwing a foot up and throwing a 🤘 sign 🤣🤣

Due February 2025 - Thread 3
Due February 2025 - Thread 3
KittyFantastica · 07/09/2024 19:28

apple67cherry · 04/09/2024 23:18

I have a posterior placenta so baby is at front (17+3) and feel like I can feel baby when I press on my stomach! Can anybody else? It's a bit sore wherever baby seems to be and I feel like I can feel part of baby as it's firmer in one area at a time!

Yep! I'm a FTM, 16+3 today and have a posterior placenta. I can feel like a hard little ball when I'm lying down, and if I'm lying on my back, I can feel the baby roll forwards and feel wriggled and little popping sensations!

herewegoagain123456 · 07/09/2024 20:11

Evening guys, wondered if anyone is feeling the same.
Super attached to their partner? But also super annoyed he gets to carry on with life like nothing has changed?

I've just dropped him off for a night out and I can't help resent him as I'm led on the sofa feeling sorry for myself.

He hardly ever goes out or does anything without me so I encouraged him to go as he needs to still see friends. But I'm literally so sad. I have no friends in my position and just feel so alone! I have no family either, he is my only person.

Piluka · 07/09/2024 21:11

@herewegoagain123456 i feel like yourself. I love him a lot but I don't like going through all of this (nauseas, body changes, mood changes, constant worrying and how my body is going to look after this) while his life/body/health/mood is the same.

I find comfort thinking it's temporal and sooner or later it would pass. My body/health would be the sameish (🤞🥸🤞 at least I'd do my best to try) and my moods would be stable again. So, don't beat yourself too much, it's quite normal to feel like this as our bodies and minds are going through a lot as part of the process.

We don't have family neither friends in the UK both of us feel quite alone, specially now. But, I don't allow myself to be too sad for a long time. What's the good of it? It just drives you to be depressed. And honestly thius is the last thing you need now. So, try to find the positive part of it. I think about how many good medical staff I came across (except one) and how lucky I am that my baby is healthy even though everything. I have some friends who I can talk about it despite the distance and others they've never been there but they can listen.

You also have us as a community. I found it very valuable to read everyones comments, fears, dreams and stories and find out they are the same or very similar, so made me feel less alone as we are going through the same. Honestly, try to see the good around you and you'll see how lucky you are. 😊 It sounds cheap but it works for me.

Kumquat89 · 07/09/2024 21:59

@herewegoagain123456 you are not alone in this. It’s hard to make friends as a grown up I find. We all become absorbed in our lives and everyone has their own family and responsibilities. It takes effort I suppose. I was planning to try to find other fellow mums to be in my area and maybe try to make some friends that way 🤷🏻‍♀️ but we can have each other for now.

It’s really nice that you encouraged him to go out. It was the right thing to do. Try to stick with that sentiment and in the mean time find something fun to do at home? A funny series maybe (I’m watching working mums on Netflix), or call an old friend, or maybe some drawing/ crafting? It sucks not to be able to drink a glass of wine during all these activities 😅

retrievermum · 08/09/2024 07:14

@herewegoagain123456 if it makes you feel better, I HATE mine at the minute 😂 even his breathing is annoying me! I was the same with my last pregnancy, and actually that was how we realised I was pregnant this time (furious at him all the time for no reason!), but being very clingy to them is totally normal too, so don’t panic!

ShivL · 08/09/2024 16:18

Hey, I'm 17 wks, due Valentine's Day. This is baby 3, I have 2 boys already, aged 5 & 3. I've been really sick since week 6. The best way of describing it is like an all day hangover. I've had 3 scans, one at 9 wks, 12 weeks & 16 weeks. My next scan is at 20 weeks where we will find out what we're having. Strongly suspect it's another boy 😊

Kumquat89 · 08/09/2024 20:56

apple67cherry · 04/09/2024 23:18

I have a posterior placenta so baby is at front (17+3) and feel like I can feel baby when I press on my stomach! Can anybody else? It's a bit sore wherever baby seems to be and I feel like I can feel part of baby as it's firmer in one area at a time!

@apple67cherry i started feeling the exact same thing. It’s very low on my stomach. I thought it would be higher by now.

QuantumPanic · 09/09/2024 06:32

I think I have started feeling movement! It's not like butterflies though... it's like very heavy thumps from inside. 😅 Usually two or three in exactly the same place, which is what makes me think it's not (extremely violent) gas. Also usually happens in response to me poking around, which I feel a bit guilty about - like a kid knocking on the glass of an aquarium.

herewegoagain123456 · 09/09/2024 06:38

Thankyou guys.

Glad my feelings are normal, although strange to me. He was very sweet and didn't stay out too late and brought me home some food 🥰

I put on my good series from Netflix and just got into that so soon got over it.
Just a very strange feeling to me being so needy 😆

8weekscrossed · 09/09/2024 06:46

Hi @ShivL, I also have 2 boys. I had a scan at 16 weeks and they were able to tell me the gender. I feel exactly the same with this one and she’s a girly 🩷

autumnbake · 09/09/2024 12:04

ShivL · 08/09/2024 16:18

Hey, I'm 17 wks, due Valentine's Day. This is baby 3, I have 2 boys already, aged 5 & 3. I've been really sick since week 6. The best way of describing it is like an all day hangover. I've had 3 scans, one at 9 wks, 12 weeks & 16 weeks. My next scan is at 20 weeks where we will find out what we're having. Strongly suspect it's another boy 😊

Hey 😊 Thats how I feel too x nausea has mostly gone now, but feel groggy/tired/hungover. Also due Valentine’s Day, found out on Saturday we’re having a girl 💘☺️

ThisLimeDeer · 09/09/2024 17:33

Hi everyone :)
I am 16 weeks today and had my gender scan at Window to the Womb yesterday… it’s a girl! 🌸
She had her legs crossed almost the entire appointment so I had to roll around, shake and pat my belly but in the end she allowed us to see ♥️.
We also got to hear her heartbeat for the first time 🥺.
I was told my placenta is at the back and that I should feel movement from 19 weeks 🤔 but I swear I’ve felt her today whilst sitting at my desk at work (kinda low and on the left hand side). I felt something last week but wasn’t sure it was her, thought it may have been gas 🤔 but now I’m certain.

Due February 2025 - Thread 3
Redapple21 · 09/09/2024 21:45

Hi everyone, lovely to see more scan pics coming along. Still a majority girl group so far it seems!
I feel very emotional this week as we approach my son's 2nd birthday! I feel like it was only 5 minutes ago I was pregnant with him and keep tearing up realising he won't be the baby soon enough. Anyone else? The littlest thing sets me off at the moment!

8weekscrossed · 09/09/2024 21:49

Aww congratulations @ThisLimeDeer, I also had a gender scan this weekend and we’re having a girl after 2 boys 🩷

@Redapple21 same, my youngest is only 18 months and he’s still so much of a baby 🥹 my eldest was kissing my belly earlier and he just came up to it and started hitting it and blowing raspberries on me, so definately doesn’t understand 😂

Redapple21 · 09/09/2024 21:52

8weekscrossed · 09/09/2024 21:49

Aww congratulations @ThisLimeDeer, I also had a gender scan this weekend and we’re having a girl after 2 boys 🩷

@Redapple21 same, my youngest is only 18 months and he’s still so much of a baby 🥹 my eldest was kissing my belly earlier and he just came up to it and started hitting it and blowing raspberries on me, so definately doesn’t understand 😂

Ahh yes my son is the same, no clue what's coming, I think that's why I'm worried how he will be! This poor baby inside though has had so many knees and elbows poking it, one minute my son is sat next to me having a cuddle, the next he's using me as a climbing frame to get off the sofa! I try and tell him to be gentle but he doesn't understand. When I ask him would he like a new baby he says a firm 'no' 🙈😂

Lidlisthebusiness · 10/09/2024 08:13

@Redapple21 I didn't feel like this throughout my 2nd pregnancy, until I was in actual labour. I sobbed over my sleeping toddler, apologising for how her life was about to be turned upside down!

Hopefully2ndtimemummy · 11/09/2024 06:14

Morning all, hope everyone is doing ok?
received nipt results and all low risk which is very reassuring. Still worry all will be ok but I guess that would be normal for me. 17.5 wks atm and almost 4 wks until anomaly scan

Piluka · 11/09/2024 13:55

@Hopefully2ndtimemummy congratulations with the NIPT results!!! It's just a relief once they tell you everything's OK, isn't it?

I have in 2 wks time my 20wks scan. Looking forward to see the baby again.

Is someone who already had the 20wks scan for anomalities? Do they tell you then? Is more blood taken this time?

retrievermum · 11/09/2024 14:41

@Piluka i has my 20 week scan yesterday at 19+3, and yeah it’s to check baby is developing properly etc! It can take quite a while as they check LOADS, including chambers of the heart etc, and if they had any concerns they’d let you know there and then before sending you on to someone to have a proper and more detailed look. Mine came back all fine but the sonographer did point out the scan can’t officially rule anything out as baby could still be born with undiagnosed abnormalities but that’s not very common. No bloods this time (but I did get my whooping cough vaccine and my arm is so painful now!)

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