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[beachlover1]

Hi all,

Well i had my NHS "20 week" scan today, all was fine....placenta still low and not moved...ggrrrrrrr MOVE!!!!!!!

My little fella is certainly a night owl too Poshie! 11pm is playtime! bodes well for us eh!!!!

My little fellas movements are constant one day and few the next, like he grows thru spirts of energy....I guess hes still teeny! Apparently his guestimated weight is 1lb!!

Quiet weekend round here, gutted its monday, but hey almost easter!!!!!!!

No news to report, hows everyone else?? xx

 

[Drazic<3]

So glad everything went well BL

I have a growth scan on Sunday. I wasn't going to pay for a private one this time but going between 12 weeks and my '20weeks' at 22 weeks was just too much. Now I am getting the real bad pre-scan nerves!

to everyone.

 

[Poshie]

Morning ladies

Glad your scan went well BL and it must be cool to see your little man again!

Good luck for Sunday Drazic. It was a long wait between 12 and 20 weeks, I must admit.

Here's my latest bump pic (21W3D) and my last bump pic for comparison (17W3D). Definitely some growth going on eh. In fact, in the shower last night, I realised I can't see my bits very easily anymore - bit of a problem when it comes to lady gardening

Please feel free to share your bump pics ladies

 

[MissyMojo]

wow poshie cute bump!!!

 

[OmiOmen]

I am glad the scan went well BL.

Lovely bump pic's Poshie.

Well, my midwife came round yesterday because the appointments at the GP's office were booked for that day and I was due for another one of my twice weekly checks. The midwife could hear a deceleration in his heartbeat and I had a urine infection (which can apparently be a sign of early labour). She sent me into hospital but they said the heartbeat was ok and the midwife was probably being over cautious and gave me some anti-biotic's. They also said the early labour test I had last time I was there grew something so I will need anti-biotic's via a drip when I go into labour to pass through the umbilical cord. When I had the early labour test they did say it can be a sign of early labour if it comes back with an infection so I would be surprised it if go over-due or even to 40 weeks now! Also, because he is still breach that if he has not turned by my scan on Thursday I will have another at 36 weeks and if he still is then they will try and turn him (which from what I know about the procedure I am really hoping he turns). The midwives keep um-ing and ar-ing about me going on iron tablets since the last blood test came back at 15 and it should be between 15 and 100 but the consultant seemed happy for me not to need them so that is something.

Joshua is apparently still happy inside me so I am so thankful but I am getting sick of things going wrong and all the trips to the labour ward now.

I was in a panic when I got home last night from the hospital though because Pepper (my cat) was pee-ing blood! It turns out that she also has a (unrelated) urine infection. The emergency vet said not to bring her in until this morning since it was not urgent and it cost loads on a night for an emergency appointment. So we are both on anti-biotic's for a week now.

 

[OmiOmen]

Update: I have just realised that when the consultant said I need drugs via a drip in labour due to an infection that it is group B streptococcus after looking on my notes! I don't know why they did not just say I had strep B. So I am now worrying again, it seem like I have half the things you can have go wrong in pregnancy. *Feeling sorry for self and worried about LO*

 

[beachlover1]

Oh Omi!!! at least you know you have strep B now so they can treat it!! These things are sent to try us im sure, and im sure all will go well in the end!!

Keep calm and try not to worry!....she says!!!!...I googled "placenta overlapping cervix" the other night as thats what it says in my notes!! BAD MOVE that freaked me out and now im half expecting to start wildly haemorraging or something.

anyway, that aside, my little fella has decided to have a party for 1 today and is dancing about...surely it must be near his sleep time!!

xxxx

 

[beachlover1]

Poshie...GREAT looking bump!!!!

xxx

 

[Drazic<3]

Poshie - gorgeous bump!

Omi - How stressful hun. Please don't worry - it is only a problem if they don't know about it and they have plenty of time to get it sorted for you.

 

[OmiOmen]

Thanks, I am trying not to worry so much about things but it seems like every appointment I have shows up with something new which is worrying. I am becoming more and more scared about my scan on Thursday to find out what it will show up. Plus, my natural birth at best is going to be me on a drip, with constant monitoring and blood pressure checks and stuck in the bed so labour and birth seems to feel scarier everyday. I am allergic to penicillin so am hoping that the drip they give to people who are allergic to it does not have a high cross over rate (apparently what I am on now has it at 25% but they seem fine so far).

BL, when will you have a scan to see it the placenta has moved?

 

[Poshie]

Oh Omi you poor thing You could do without this stress I'm sure. It does seem you are going through a bad time of it lately. Hope it all calms down and you can go for as long as possible before birth.

I would like to be tested for Strep B but we don't get routinely tested here do we. I know you can send off for a private test but I don't know whether to or not. I'd rather have a routine nhs one really. I'm sure you were tested due to being admitted for other reasons. It's good that it was picked up though.

Thanks for all your comments on my bump. I actually feel properly pregnant now and actually look pregnant to the outside world!

I guess you'll have another scan to check your placenta at about 32 weeks BL?

When I feel movements, they are still of a flutter type feeling are yours? Just more noticeable now than they used to be.

I tell you what I feel soooo bloated and uncomfortable after eating. I just can't get comfortable sometimes. I don't think my office chair helps much either

 

[OmiOmen]

My test was for early labour but it showed up at a later date so I am lucky that it was found by chance really. Plus, I have read that with the test that it only shows up in about 50% of the women who actually have it so I am lucky in two respects that it was found at all. I think the stress of the test making me bleed was worth it to know to protect my LO in labour.

Poshie, I am glad you are feeling properly pregnant now. Some days I still feel like I look more overweight than pregnant.

 

[beachlover1]

Omi try not to worry! poor you, its all so stressful enough without all the add ons isnt it. Im sure your scan will be fine...and then you can have a few weeks to kick back and relax before the wee man arrives!!

Yeah, ill have another scan at 34 weeks to see if the placenta has moved....why cant anything be simple grrrrrrr

Poshie, I feel proper kicks now and OH has felt them too....and seen them. BUT remember I have my placenta at the back, yours is front. That means the kicks are less noticable all along, although they obviously get stronger!! but kicks are felt later. My friend that had a front placenta didnt feel proper kicks til near on 26 week, it was fluttery rumbles til then apparently. You defo look proper prego now!!! I guess I do too...people ask me about it and random nurses in the hopsitals i work in keep stroking it....bizarre!! I even got to jump the loo queue in M&S the other day....awesome bonus!

Hands up I admit I bought some nursery stuff last night!! I didnt want to but Jojo Maman Bebe had sent me a voucher for free P&P and 10% off. It expires tomorrow so whats a girl to do eh!!!!! I bought some matching nursery bits. I was in GAP today and was soooo tempted by some highly reduced baby clothes, but I pulled my head in and made myself resist!! I know I know,,,,,,,im supersticious and want to wait! xx

 

[Poshie]

Hello BL

Yes, you are no doubt right about the different placenta positions affecting the feeling of movement. Thanks for the reassurance. It just so happens that last night I felt a really strong movement which made me actually jump! I am feeling more and more now and I guess this will just increase and turn into proper kicks later.

Hope your placenta has moved by your next scan - they say most of them do

Ah so you've made some baby purchases then eh I made my first on Wednesday.........I had a voucher (unused from my first pg) that needed to be used by end of this month, so I now have a packet of 27 Huggies Newborn nappies! Oh and I forgot to say, last weekend I bought a wooden chest which is in nursery for storing baby things

 

[Drazic<3]

Well done on the purchases girls, and hope your feeling better about things Omi

I have taken a confidence dive, I am just so nervous about the scan. Hoping and wishing I am coming on with good news tomorrow

 

[Poshie]

Best of luck tomorrow drazic.....we will be thinking of you and wishing you lots of luck. Totally understand your scanphobia, but it will get easier. With my 20 week scan I didn't get nervous til the actual day, so that was progress do let us know how it goes

 

[Drazic<3]

Thank you It was wonderful, and SHE is a GIRL

I am at work right now but will pop back with piccis later

 

[Poshie]

As you know, I have posted in your pg journal but Great news on the scan and for team It's all going on !

 

[beachlover1]

oh Drazic thats AMAZING!!!! a girl on the team...brilliant news.....can you relax a weeny bit now??xxx

 

[beachlover1]

evening all?

Good weekend everyone?? I was meant to be having a relax weekend doing nothing....but ended up going to London to a friends engagement party. Anyway it wasnt til 3 am, very sober and soooooooooo over being around drunk people that i managed to persuade DH it was bedtime......only to realise the clocks went forward!

I am now knackered, and wont be doing that again til I have given birth ;-)

YEYYYYYYYYY my nursery stuff arrived today, I love it, I cant wait to get cracking and decoratiing!!

no news to report, I think my little fella is a NZ all black in training (my DH is a kiwi) with the amount of kicking he is doing now!!

Any news from anyone here?

Dont think there is anything important this week.....Poshie we are due our 25 week checks soon...whens yours?? mines 14th April.

thats all folks xx