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Country, I'm in Canada. OB's like you to think that things are 100% required, but they aren't. You can decline anything. I did the GD testing with my first (with the OB). The last 3 I've had a midwife. They went over the risk factors for GD. I've only ever met one and they said they felt comfortable having me decline it. In fact she prefers not to do it because all that sugar is not great for you or baby. I'll be declining again this time.
 
My midwifes did the GD test with chocolate (Smarties = m&m).
So, um, I said sure! :D
 
Wanting, welcome to the discussion and congratulations!!! Full scan! Because you said it was so Wiggley, I am going to guess boy for you ha ha
 
We also think boy but based on the fact that every child on my husbands side of the family are boys, and his mum got pregnant with 5 boys all up. I have a secret hope for a girl, mostly because we have gotten used to the idea of a boy a girl would be a nice suprise. I have another scan at 13 weeks, an early gender scan at 13+6 and then my regular ob scan at 14+3 (we get one every 4 weeks here) then every 2 weeks from 28 weeks. I am so excited to see our baby looking more and more like a little person each time. I love seeing everyone else's scan pictures and looking forward to seeing more. :D :D
 
Hey guys I had my 12w yesterday it was for the testing as well did bloodwork straightway after..
Baby looked Soo cute had legs up resting like just relaxing and I saw baby
Sucking her/his thumb at the end... Can't wait to find out the gender as well! I wish I had a picture to show but the tech said 'it's against their policy' �� darn. I would like to find a different clinic where they gladly take pics of baby. I'm in Canada as well.
So happy to see my little bun is doing good in there! heart rate is 147
Next scan Aug 27
 
Sorry to come on here just to moan but I'm so annoyed! The midwife has given the hospital my LMP as 22nd may, rather than 22nd of April like it should be and they have scheduled my NT scan for 16 weeks. Then when I rang the hospital to tell them it's wrong she said 'thats a pretty big mistake for the midwife to make and we can't just change the dates on your say so' so I have to go back to the midwife, and get her to ring the hospital. But I can't get through to a single midwife, and my NT scan should be anytime from next week, why would I lie about my dates, because they would find out when they scan me anyway and I would look silly!! Sorry that's my rant over lol
 
Bbb, wtf?! I hate when they screw up and make YOU jump through hoops to fix it! I just went through this with my hospital, they messed up my son's birthday and were requesting a birth certificate copy to fix it! I was like NO! He was freaking born there! Look at your own records and sort it out!

Hubs said i should be a professional bitch and makes phone calls like these for people because i'm good at it :rofl:
 
I did say too her that I found out I was pregnant on the 22nd May and my due date is January 27th so my period being that day is not very possible*eyeroll*. She was like how do you know that's your due date and I said because I know when I ovulated, but apparently she can only take my LMP, that the midwife provided. I think I know when my last period was, since I was the one that bled, not the midwife:dohh:

But enough about me, how is everyone else? Some beautiful scan pictures:kiss:
 
BB, your situation is so bizarre! I’ve never heard a hospital question a pregnant mama like this, ever. I’ve always just called, told them how far along I was, and scheduled an appointment. I’m so sorry you are being challenged like this! Makes me wanna march down there and give them a piece of my mind for you! Wherever it is, lol.

I’m in the fun limbo stage of being done with my 12 week appointment last week and waiting for my 16 week gender scan! Ahh! Three more weeks. I’m so impatient! Haha! I’m like, 85% sure I’m having a boy this time. I’ll be shocked if it’s another girl! Happy either way.
 
NovaStar said:
BB, your situation is so bizarre! I’ve never heard a hospital question a pregnant mama like this, ever. I’ve always just called, told them how far along I was, and scheduled an appointment. I’m so sorry you are being challenged like this! Makes me wanna march down there and give them a piece of my mind for you! Wherever it is, lol.

I’m in the fun limbo stage of being done with my 12 week appointment last week and waiting for my 16 week gender scan! Ahh! Three more weeks. I’m so impatient! Haha! I’m like, 85% sure I’m having a boy this time. I’ll be shocked if it’s another girl! Happy either way.
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It is so annoying, I've got to wait til next week because the community midwife office wouldn't answer:coffee:: Wow crazy that you're past the 12 week mark.. I hadn't even clocked that some people in this group are passing it!
Countdown to your gender scan ahh, I'm not sure if I'm going to get one this time. I probably will because I'm impatient:haha:
 
Nova what makes you think it's a boy?

Hubs and i were talking about keeping the gender secret from everyone, including ourselves, but I am changing my mind. I want to know first! I've always been the first to know. Or maybe just hubby and I could get a private scan to share the moment...but i selfishly want to know before the masses. I already feel robbed of seeing baby for the first time. Idk. I'll talk to hubby about it.
 
So fun seeing all your scan pictures! We don't do the genetic screening so I won't get another ultrasound till 20 weeks. So hard to wait that long! I'm still getting nausea here and there and my pelvis is already so sore!!

On a different note, we're putting in an offer on a house today!! It's got so much more space and a second bathroom and the most amazingly huge backyard. And it's just down the road so the kids can stay at our school (which we LOVE) and it doesn't make hubby's commute any longer. I really hope we get it!!!
 
Good luck jingles! House buying is so insanely stressful. I hope you get it, fx!
 
Gigglebox, nothing specific just a feeling. But then again I thought my daughter was a boy, too. Now that I have the 12 weeks scan and compare it to my daughter’s scan, I can see a difference in skull shape. I’m really new at recognizing skull shape and what that means for gender, but the little bubba seems to have a flatter skull and apparently that can mean boy? But really, I have no other clues.

Jingles, congrats on the home! That’s so exciting! Can’t wait until we have a huge backyard. That’s the dream!

My nausea is gone, hallelujah! My energy levels seem to be normalizing, too. Second trimester is right around the corner! Two more days and I’ll be there!
 
Well my bloodwork appointment got rescheduled for Monday as the nurse was out of the office today.

I think I'm going to do the genetic testing, but I hope I'm not making a big mistake. I guess I have all weekend to waffle.

I'm also supposed to have stopped my progesterone suppositories as of about right now, but I was hoping talking to the nurse today was going to reassure me about quitting them, so now I don't know whether to be a maniac and take them all weekend.

I had called my original specialist's office, and the nurse there said they agreed with stopping at 10 weeks, and really you probably don't need them after 8.

My current theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/8FftI0oRg2M

I can't even imagine buying a house and growing a baby at the same time! Stressful!
 
Bbb what an annoying situation!!! I cant believe they wouldnt just trust you since you are the pregnant one.

Nova im now impatiently waiting for my 20 week scan, even though i literally just had my 12 week...lol.can never see enough of the wee one....and i thought boys had a rounder skull not flatter? My boys were both round...

Giggle hubby and i are finding out 100 percent, but we wont tell anyone else...our little secret..we did that last time too...kinda fun

Jingle good luck with house buying!!!

Miss marple its so easy to second guess everything in pregnancy. Im sure the decision you make will be the perfect one for you family

Afm- i am over the 13 week mark?!?!?! How the heck did that happen....i definitely feel like i have some energy back which i nice. I have bump pics too..I will try to post later..
 
Oooh bump pics!!! Ahh we're all approaching the "bump, not bloat" stage! :haha:

Country how did you let people know what to buy as gifts? Or did they all keep it gender neutral?

Miss what is the wirst that could happen if you keep taking it? If it makes no difference i would until i spoke to the dr.

Nova do you have a nub shot? Anecdotally, i've seen that be way better of an indicator than the skull thing.

Everyone is rooting for this baby to be a girl and i am going to be really upset if anyone else gets upset if it's a boy. Any "ahhh man!" reactions, even if joking, are going to make me sad i'm sure. I've already received quite a few "fx for a girl!" comments -.- it's pissing me off.
 
I am so lucky to have you experienced ladies to talk to.

I found this article by a reproductive endocrinologist which seems to say both that it is unnecessary to keep taking the progesterone, and also that it will do no harm for me to continue my paranoid mania. :thumbup:

Bolding was done by me. Everything you never wanted to know about progesterone. :blush:

Since progesterone has no known negative effects on pregnancy, and since it’s relatively cheap, I educate patients about the studies, but do prescribe it for those who want it.

This way, the patient never has to wonder what might have happened if they had taken progesterone.

In pregnancy, how long should my progesterone level be followed?
In almost all cases, as soon as a heartbeat is seen, further progesterone measurements are not useful. The heartbeat can be seen as early as five weeks and six days.

In natural pregnancies, at seven weeks the placenta will make all the progesterone needed for a woman to stay pregnant. Even if you removed the ovaries and stopped all progesterone, the women won’t have an increased risk of miscarriage! How do we know this? A study was actually done that showed this!

We routinely give our IVF patients progesterone until around eight weeks of pregnancy, one week beyond this critical week. If a patient wants to stay on longer, fine. No harm should come from it, but it’s not needed.

Measuring progesterone levels at this point are pointless. If the placenta can’t make enough at this point, then the placenta won’t be good enough to support the pregnancy and the patient would miscarry anyway.

We would argue that progesterone levels measured after seven weeks, especially if a woman is taking progesterone as a medicine, these levels are providing no real useful information.
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https://trmbaby.com/dont-let-me-be-misunderstood/

I really want a girl, but I feel bad even thinking that, because I'm so lucky just to be here.
 
Country- hm, everything I’ve read says boys tend to have more angular skulls with a flat front and girls are all rounded.

Gigglebox- no nub shot sadly. And I hear ya! I would be really annoyed at people if they seemed disappointed with the gender. Like we have some kind of control over it or like we deeply care...as long as we have a healthy baby, right?
 
Exactly. I'm not knocking anyone who has a preference in their own baby, i just hate people assuming i am wishing for a girl.

Miss sounds good :thumbup: the internet can be so useful! And no shame in wanting a girl. I reeeeeeeaaaaally wanted my first to be a girl, but then we became a high risk pregnancy and i stopped hoping and just prayed for a healthy baby (lo and behold, he was a boy lol). Second time I also wanted a girl but that was more because my son gets along with girls well (because he's mellow and not rambunctious like a typical boy), but again, a boy! And i love them both to pieces. This time, after hoping for girls, then getting boys and loving them so much, i know i'll love another boy and don't care if I don't get my girl.

All that to say...there's nothing wring with a preference but you will love it regardless <3
 
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