May 2025 Babies

[BrodieKD]

I have just found out I am expecting baby number 2 and my due date is 1st May.

Has anyone else found out they are expecting and looking for some company?

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I’m 15 weeks and feeling a million times better and in all honestly it’s freaking me the hell out! Got a midwife appointment tomorrow and am going to ask her to listen for the heartbeat as I just barely feel pregnant anymore.

This gives me some hope ( not the anxiety part!)

I'm sure everything is fine, but I understand the worry

I just let my dogs out for the toilet there and it was such a massive struggle. Was wretching and bent over completely out of breath when all I did was walk up a tiny flight of steps. Absolutely ridiculous

Hey @MrsKurz - I don't know how to message directly on this app! Did you get an amnio in the end? I went in and they were going to give me a CVS, but based on all my reading I decided to wait for the amnio (I'm holding on to that 1% chance things are ok)

I had my 12 week scan on Friday, everything went well.
On Friday night I started getting really bad cramp so I ended up in the ER on Saturday.... thankfully it's a UTI, but they are waiting on a culture before deciding on antibiotics. With it every so often I get a shooting pain across my lower abdomen.
For those that have no or little symptoms, I seemed to loose mine around the 9/10 week mark.

So 15 weeks and my 2 year old jumped onto my newly formed bump with both knees really low down ok my stomach. I know they’re well protected in there but the panic is real 😭 how are the rest of you ladies with toddlers getting on with the rough and tumble? (Number 3 so I really should be used to it but it doesn’t get less worrying)

No not yet, my appointment is on Tuesday and I think they’ll do an ultrasound first before deciding on next tests. I think at this point it would also be a CVS for me, as I’m too early for an amnio

Hey lovely, sorry bit late responding 🙈 been one hell of a fortnight🥺

So i was beside myself, and decided to go for an early gender scan, fir myself and for my girls to enjoy 💝 . I didnt do a big fancy reveal, my sister came rnd and we let the girls do a confetti cannon. I needed to know and make this kore real if that makes sense. We found out were having another baby girl 🩷🥹 just what we hoped for. We got 2days to 'enjoy'the news as best we could....

Last monday we go a call with the results of the cvs.. and my little girl has downs syndrome 💔🥺
It was the hardest call in the world.
I felt mixed emotions then nd there as i was so grateful it wasnt edwards/patau BUT then it relly hit me, she hs downs, like 100%.
Ive been abit if a mess in all honestly and its been so tough. So many things going through my head. We were clled in to see a consultant weds gone and she was lovely. But theres lot of talk about not continuing with my pregnancy as she said tht tends to be the most common route 💔 i dont want that atall.

We have time, but the next thing for us is a specialiast sonographer will scan us in 2 wks and take a detailed look at my babies heart 💝

Im litrelly hving to take step at a time and day at a time. Im either in a mess crying my eyes out or just feeling numb right now still.

How are you doing @fingerscrossedmumma? 💙🩷

Hope youve had some news of soem kind?? 💝💝

Thankyou so much too to everyone whos asked after us, really kind. Ill be honest i completly switched off this last wk so dont know wht day of the week it is so om alittle behind sorry 🙈
hope ll your pregnancies are going beautifully 💙🩷 xx
Kim xx

Oh Kim, I’m so sorry to hear what you’ve been going through. I hope all the other scans and tests are more positive and baby girl is otherwise healthy.. just with an extra special chromosome 💖

Keeping fingers crossed for you lovely 🤞🙏💝 xx

Thabkypu @Dojo13 thanks really kind 💕
Its crazy how exhausted you can feel from pure emotions 🙈
But yes were preying all other test /checks are as positive as possible to give us some hope. The heart is the big one i beleive and then theres some other issues they look for much later on 🙏🙏
Its going to be 1 appointment at a time and just desperate to meet her safely already 💕

How are you doing?? Xx
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🙏🏻 really wishing you the best of luck with the upcoming tests. A uni friend of mine has a little boy with Down syndrome and he is just the sweetest.

I’m feeling much better the past couple of weeks. 16 weeks today, hoping time speeds up from here because it seems to be dragging!

I’ll be thinking of you and your family 🤞🏻💖

Wishing you all the best with your tests @kim

@Kimlpool that's heartbreaking news but I hope the future tests go ok. I have opted to wait for an amino instead of a CVS, so I have a few weeks of just being in limbo and already grieving a bit

@Kimlpool really sorry to hear of your update, it's really heartbreaking.

Just an update of my own. Had my 12 weeks scan today at 13wks1d, so it's been a long time coming and they measured me at 13wks3d. I've booked a gender scan for 1st week of Dec so that's a little something to look forward to.
As I'm away for Xmas my 20wks scan is booked for 1st week of Jan. Just happy to be out the first trimester but May couldnt come quick enough, just want the end result of baby in my arms.

Its really tough isnt it. Allow any feelings you have to just come. I felt the same waiting for results. Its like grieving something thats still here and you still have so much hope for 💔 so sorry your going through this too , i really hope you have some good news when the time comes for your amnio. Did you get your combined blood results back?

My next step os specialist heart sonographer is going to scan my little one in 2wks to check her little heart. Heart problems are really common with downs so its another hurdle to face 🥺💔 preying for something positive at least to gove us SOME good news, feels like ive been sucker punched from every angle recently 😫 xx

@Kimlpool - combined results were really low risk!! 1:3000! But I got a private NIPT anyway as I am generally an anxious person and the results for those came back 2 days after my combined screening test as high risk T21!
I am devastated!

Does anyone else just not feel pregnant?
Other than sore nipples, I don't seem to have symptoms.
I've been trying to stay positive but for some reason I am finding it difficult today.

@Beccaa123 I'm struggling today too!

14+2 and just got this anxiety looming over me today and not sure why.

I told my work yesterday so I'm not sure if it's that what's triggered it, the thought of having to tell them something has gone wrong and I'm not pregnant anymore even though I have no reason to think that currently.. guess that's what pregnancy after loss does to you!

Hope you're feeling ok lovely, you aren't alone x

I feel the exact same, I’m 16 weeks now and my symptoms have really dropped off. I was very anxious about it given I’ve had a lot of pregnancy losses but I had a midwife appointment monday and she listened to the heartbeat for me to put my mind at rest.

Just think, not long now hopefully until we start feeling definite movements and then we won’t be symptom checking as much. Pregnancy is such an anxious time! I was so carefree in my first pregnancy, I wish I was still that naive but 6 pregnancies later all I ever feel is worried and stressed about every little thing.

@Kimlpool sending lots of love to you, fingers crossed for your tests coming up x

@fingerscrossedmumma also thinking of you lovely, it must be really tough what you're going through! Were all here if you ever need to talk x

It's so hard isn't it @rosecbrm
I'm glad the midwife did that for you @Herewegoagain8
I am 13 weeks and my symptoms dropped off at around 9/10 weeks so it's been tough going.
When do people typically start feeling the baby move? I've read some people can feel from 15 weeks...

I’ve started to feel some very faint movement already but this will be my third baby. It’s been closer to 20 weeks in previous pregnancies and can be later if it’s your first x

@Herewegoagain8 that's so lovely, I can't wait to start feeling movement, although this is my first baby so expect it will be a while yet x

@Beccaa123 my symptoms have more or less stopped too, I just had sore boobs and the odd crampy/ligament pain.

Does anyone else still get the odd crampy feeling? I've had it the whole way through my pregnancy so far and 14 weeks now x

I am still getting cramp type pains at 13 weeks

@Beccaa123 that's good to know. I know it's normal as it's everything stretching but you just don't hear about it much in the 2nd trimester which I think makes you worry a bit!