***(61) 2015 November Sparklers***

[Teeny Weeny]

I still read here all the time. I am so pleased that all of you are enjoying healthy pregancys and those that have had scares are all okay. Xx

 

[CertainTurton]

Butterfly - sorry about your scare, I havent had one but I think they are quite common actually. So glad you heard the hb, its a wonderful sound. I recorded it on my phone so can hear when I want

Mimsy - Im afraid I have no experience but Im sure you in are in the best hands to keep an eye on you!

Steph - I do think you should mention it if it is worrying you - I guess the main thing is that you are not dehydrated or struggling too much with energy (any more than norm in preg...) I know the baby will be taking what it needs. I am having the opposite of too much on really Ive stopped weighing myself!

Thanks Teeny, how are you doing? Are you still ttc?

Afm - Just cannot wait for my scan on monday! will be so nice not to have to keep quiet any more! I am regularly finding the hb now but it's a wriggler so I find it best in the morning before I have eaten (and had a wee ) Sooo I just bought a travel system!!!!! I know its so early but I hated the one I had for my dd so we sold it and I loved my friends one (graco symbio b). That one just came up on gumtree really reduced so I went and had a look and just bought it...a bargain too! It came with a car seat but we will get a new one of those. But still not paranoid ive jinxed it!

 

[Twag]

weighed myself before work today, kinda wish I didn't but I need to keep an eye on my weight to make sure i'm not losing any. Well I am, still, lost another pound. so I am now down 5lbs. I'm not sure if it's worth me talking to my midwife about it or not, I know theres not much they can do, now down to 104, and don't really want to lose anymore, before pregnancy that would have been different, I would have been chuffed to be down to almost 100lbs lol

I am on metoclopramide seems to be making me stop being as sick as I was and I can now at least eat some & drink some fluids (still not enough tho)

I am too scared to weigh myself when went to midwife at 8+4 I was 68lbs with how much I have been sick I know my clothes are very baggy to I have to have lost some just hoping it isn't dangerous levels

Hope you feel better soon

Welcome new preggo ladies :wave:

sorry to hear about the scares ladies but glad all is okay

 

[Mimzy3]

Twag did I read this correctly you are 68lbs??? How tall are you? Isn't that dangerously small?

Twag and Steph I hope you both start feeling better soon. Where you both this sick with prior pregnancies? I would mention your weight loss to your doctor. If you aren't able to keep any food down for 24 hours you should let them know too!

AFM: I think I'm going to do a private gender scan at 15 weeks I'm anxious to know the sex and don't want to wait till 20 weeks! I'm a little nervous to find out if its a girl because I already have a boy. I know if I found out I'm having a girl I'll need some time to get used to the idea. As weird as that sounds

 

[Twag]

Kgs ouch I am 149lbs HOW DEPRESSING

I was sick before but nothing like this I didn't need meds at all and it stopped as soon as 2nd tri started

 

[Smile181c]

Twag that scared me too! I'm around the same weight you are as well but I started off at about 144lbs!

Mimzy, I'm having a gender scan at 16 weeks as well! Me and DH can't wait I would love a little girl this time around and DH would like another boy ultimately I'm not fussed, but it would be quite sad for me to think I'll never have a daughter! (this is probably our last) x

 

[Twag]

I am 5ft 7 and my midwife said my BMI was okay

Just found out DH can't come to my 12 week scan with me next Tuesday as he can't get the time off work sucks

 

[CertainTurton]

Twag is that 68lb or 68kg? I am around 155lb and 71kg....

 

[Twag]

I was 68kg at my 8 week midwife appointment which I believe when converted in Google is 149lbs

 

[littlesteph]

Steph - I do think you should mention it if it is worrying you - I guess the main thing is that you are not dehydrated or struggling too much with energy (any more than norm in preg...) I know the baby will be taking what it needs. I am having the opposite of too much on really Ive stopped weighing myself!

I texted the midwife today, she said as long as I am keeping water down then i'll be ok, but to phone the doctor in the morning to change anti-sickness tablets, again!
these new tablets are making me feel worse, haven't really drunk much more today but getting there. think i'm still going to have to phone the doctors in the morning though. energy levels are ok, not great but i'm getting by.

 

[littlesteph]

weighed myself before work today, kinda wish I didn't but I need to keep an eye on my weight to make sure i'm not losing any. Well I am, still, lost another pound. so I am now down 5lbs. I'm not sure if it's worth me talking to my midwife about it or not, I know theres not much they can do, now down to 104, and don't really want to lose anymore, before pregnancy that would have been different, I would have been chuffed to be down to almost 100lbs lol

I am on metoclopramide seems to be making me stop being as sick as I was and I can now at least eat some & drink some fluids (still not enough tho)

I am too scared to weigh myself when went to midwife at 8+4 I was 68lbs with how much I have been sick I know my clothes are very baggy to I have to have lost some just hoping it isn't dangerous levels

Hope you feel better soon

Welcome new preggo ladies :wave:

sorry to hear about the scares ladies but glad all is okay

I'm pretty sure that was the ones I was on with my youngest. I had terrible sickness with him, was on them from 6 weeks till about 17 weeks.
wow your tiny, I probably should stop weighing myself but I like to know i'm not gaining to much, should hopefully start gaining soon.

 

[aley28]

Ultrasound for me today! Baby looks good - HB at 169, it was squirming around like crazy The doctor looked at the genitals, but they weren't obvious, dang it!

Now for a question -- I was charting, and I'm fairly certain of my ovulation date being Feb 17th, putting me at 11+1 today. The ultrasound measured me at 12+3! I expected 1-3 days off in either direction, but 10 days seems like a lot?! Should I stick with my ovulation date EDD (November 10) or go with the scan date EDD (November 1)?

 

[DHBH0930]

Ultrasound for me today! Baby looks good - HB at 169, it was squirming around like crazy The doctor looked at the genitals, but they weren't obvious, dang it!

Now for a question -- I was charting, and I'm fairly certain of my ovulation date being Feb 17th, putting me at 11+1 today. The ultrasound measured me at 12+3! I expected 1-3 days off in either direction, but 10 days seems like a lot?! Should I stick with my ovulation date EDD (November 10) or go with the scan date EDD (November 1)?

So glad baby is doing well! I KNOW exactly what day I ovulated while charting and my last scan showed me 4 days ahead. The number they use for measuring is the "average" size baby at x weeks. Just like once they are born some babies grow faster than others. You may be off by a few days (I remember your chart was crazy ) and then probably just have a fast grower too IMO your due date is probably closer to your original estimate. My dd always measured ahead (my doctor never changed my due date though and she was still 2 days late) and always has. She is like 80th percentile for every measurement. I'm sure this baby will be the same

 

[aley28]

Ultrasound for me today! Baby looks good - HB at 169, it was squirming around like crazy The doctor looked at the genitals, but they weren't obvious, dang it!

Now for a question -- I was charting, and I'm fairly certain of my ovulation date being Feb 17th, putting me at 11+1 today. The ultrasound measured me at 12+3! I expected 1-3 days off in either direction, but 10 days seems like a lot?! Should I stick with my ovulation date EDD (November 10) or go with the scan date EDD (November 1)?

So glad baby is doing well! I KNOW exactly what day I ovulated while charting and my last scan showed me 4 days ahead. The number they use for measuring is the "average" size baby at x weeks. Just like once they are born some babies grow faster than others. You may be off by a few days (I remember your chart was crazy ) and then probably just have a fast grower too IMO your due date is probably closer to your original estimate. My dd always measured ahead (my doctor never changed my due date though and she was still 2 days late) and always has. She is like 80th percentile for every measurement. I'm sure this baby will be the same

My chart was nuts! O'd on CD41 I looked over my chart again when I got home, out of curiosity, and CD41 was definitely O day. I'm pretty sure my original estimate is close, but he's going to date my pregnancy based on the ultrasound, so I think I should just roll with that?

He'll let me go up to a week overdue... but even if I agreed to be induced as early as November 1st, its close enough to the due date as to not make much difference as far as the baby being ready - I think I'll plan to try to hold off on induction until November 5th or 6th, and then just hope that this baby comes on its own before then! I've felt all along that it would be an October baby anyhow... guess we'll seeee!!

 

[Mrs_Bump]

Yeah there are lots of variables that feed into the measurements including how good a view they get, how good the equipment is and the skills of the technician.

 

[Dollybird]

Wonderful news about the scan! I'd prob go with the doctors date cause Id like the thought of being 10 days further on! Lol.
Sorry to hear some of you still suffering with Tummy bugs? Morning sickness, and hay fever... Hope yous feel better soon!
Afm I'm not too bad. Still not sickness so I guess I've dodged that bullet this pregnancy. It made me nervous at first but im relaxing a wee bit now and just trying to enjoy the pregnancy without stressing about lack of symptoms. Only 3 weeks now till my 12 week scan! Woohoo! Can't wait. I've taken a wee bit time of work this week, thankfully my boss let me have some last minute annual leave. I'm just absolutely shattered, and I think that was contributing to my heightened emotions lol. defo feel much better for it Xxx

 

[MissyMojo]

to the ladies who have had scares
for the scans and doppler joys

i've lost about 6.6lbs /3+kg so far, i just have zero appetite, but im not too worried, i have the weight to lose tbh, im only 4ft10, 61.9kg(currently) with a bmi of 28, im managing about 1.5 meals a day + snacks and drinks so i think im doing ok

i survived the first 24hrs of hubby being gone, hes now safely in canada, and the countdown begins :/

 

[Twag]

Great scan update Aley

When I had my dating scan with DS I knew exactly my O date etc and I should have been dead on 12 weeks but he measured 13 weeks a whole week ahead but I stuck with that - thing is he is a 91st percentile baby a big boy long etc so guessing that is why he actually measured bigger than he should have been! He was 8lb 7oz when born

I am intrigued this time as although I don't know my exact O date I do know the day we DTD (as we only did it once that cycle) so will be interesting to see if this baby will be big too!!

Only 4 .5 days left to wait

 

[Mrs_Bump]

But my dates with as were bang on and he's a very big tall lad. 90-98th percentile for weight and height but I'm very tall too. 5'11" so they adjusted for my height and hit my dates.

 

[TexMel]

Mrs Bump your ticker says 2nd tri now!! How exciting!
I'm just waiting for the day I'm a proper fruit, who wants to have a prune?! A different website has this week as a kumquat.