Any summer 2016 babies?

[JJay]

Ooops only the 6+5 attached. Here is the 6+3

 

[Miss Bellum]

Jjay - I pretty much feel how you feel. Its rubbish isn't it? Hope we both feel better soon. Today was a bit better, I did actually make it out of the house. Sounds like the scan was fairly positive and at least you don’t have long to go until the next one. Great scan pics.

Eva - Great news on the scan, its lovely to hear the hb. I think I'm the same as well, not able to do as much and sleeping as much as I can!. Sorry to hear you are suffering from nausea as well, hope it passes soon.

 

[eva1978]

Getting out of the house indeed tends to help, so hard to do sometimes though (when the opportunity to lie down presents itself)!

JJay - I'm so glad your scan went a bit better than the time before. Is there a different clinic with more modern equipment you can try to switch to - or is that complicated? I guess in a couple weeks the measurements will get easier, and should be more reassuring!

Hope everyone is feeling ok over the weekend. We might go cut our xmas tree... Where we live there are many non-native pine trees that are considered invasive and bad for bush fires... we're actually encouraged to cut them down!

 

[dimmu]

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice weekend.
Sorry for not being around much, it's been quite a busy weekend and whenever I have some time for myself I haven't got much energy for anything, not even for typing. A couple of times this week I've gone to bed at 8 pm, how sad is that! And the constant nausea is just exhausting. The only thing that helps is eating, but I don't seem to fancy any foods these days, not even crisps or things like that. Even vomiting offers no relief, I still do that but not much comes up if anything, sorry TMI!

JJay- sorry to hear the second scan offered little reassurance. But at least you've seen the bean there and that heart is beating! I hope the next one will bring some better news.

Miss B - have you been feeling any better? It's hard to try and do stuff with your child when you're feeling queasy and horrible. I took DD to a birthday party yesterday and it was such hard work, really didn't want to go. She had a great time thankfully so that made her day a lot nicer, but I really wasn't up for socialising with the other parents and all they had on offer for drinks was wine, beer and kids' juice drinks! I couldn't have any of those so felt quite exhausted towards the end, and nauseous as well.

Eva- congrats on your great scan! That's such good news.
It is hard without any family to help isn't it. We have also considered au pair in the past but I think our flat is just too small for that, would have to share the bathroom and everything, there just wouldn't be any escape.

I have told a couple of people at work but not my boss. He's quite observant (some would say sleazy, he's always eyeing people up and down) so I'm surprised he hasn't noticed anything yet. I've asked one of my colleague who knows I'm pregnant to tell me if he mentions anything to her or asks any questions.
To make things worse we have the work xmas party next week. I'm not a fan of the event anyway, but this time I'm dreading it. I was gonna maybe let them pour me a glass of wine and just have a sip or two and hope that no one notices if I don't have any more than that. Then might just use DD as an excuse to leave early..

Anyway, hope you are all feeling better today.

 

[Miss Bellum]

Eva - we put our tree up this weekend too.

Dimmu - Sorry you are having such a rough time of it, hope you are feeling better soon. I think I am feeling a bit better, still eating a fair bit though.

Cant believe the party hosts didn’t have any non-alcoholic options for adults, I always try to have something for non-drinkers/drivers etc.

Its my Christmas party next week as well. I think I will drive in as that gives me a ready made excuse not to drink. However when I was pregnant with Elllie, I didn’t drink and no-else even noticed!

 

[dimmu]

I know I couldn't believe it! We always offer soft drinks and even tea and coffee to our guests. I think this group of people, DD's classmates parents, seem to like their drink. Quite a few of them are part of the parent teacher association at the school, and they are known for their boozy pub nights and events! Still inconsiderate not to have anything other than alcohol at a kids' party, there were muslim families as well so not sure what they offered to them.

I think I will just pretend to have some wine at the work xmas do, and hopefully no one will notice if I don't actually drink it. They always do lunch followed by lots of drinking until early hours, think I will just say I have to get DD from school as DH has to work late or something. Wish I didn't have to go at all!!!

 

[Holliems]

JJay, that happened with my first pregnancy. I went in expecting to see arms and legs and baby was two weeks behind and was a blob. Shes 14 now! So, I dont think you have any reason to worry. (Easier said than done, I know!!)

 

[eva1978]

Nice to hear sometimes discouraging scans turn out to be completely fine!

dimmu - so sorry for your being sick constantly. I hope it starts to ease off sooner than later! I'm lucky that my nausea has been pretty "at bay". It's constantly there -- less so in evenings -- but it's usually not so distracting that it ruins my day.
That is strange about the drinks! Did they offer you water at least? We like our wine/beer but always have something other than booze to offer. It's just part of being a good host!

Miss B - good excuse with the DD for the xmas party I'll probably do the same though we literally live 2 mins drive from work, and I know some people will still think it's strange if I don't drink at all. I'm thinking of telling a close work colleague next week (a good friend). If others happen to figure it out, so be it. I think most people won't be paying attention. I also thought of having a glass of wine and taking a couple sips but then casually passing it on to DH to finish the job!

JJay - last time I forgot to comment on your doppler comment. So some people hear the HB at home as early as 8 weeks? I might give it a go later in the week, but I know I could drive myself more crazy if I don't find the heartbeat (which is more than likely at this stage).

 

[JJay]

Hollie you got your bfp!!!! Hurray and congratulations so pleased you're joining us here thank you for the scan reassurance. Did you know your ovulation date? I had my first midwife appointment today and she was also reassuring saying a 6+ week baby with a heartbeat on a scan is a good thing. Of course I am still worried anyway and finding it hard to think about the future at the moment. The midwife wanted to date me edd 27th July as a worst case so 10 days behind my lmp date. I am becoming crazy scan lady and have booked another for Saturday as I've found a place that does them for £50. So only 5 days to wait until that and then I have one booked for the 19th too.

Eva, yes I've seen threads on here where people have found the heartbeat prior to 9 weeks. With DD and DS it was around 10 weeks for me but I don't remember trying much earlier than that. Let me know if you decide to give it a go.

I am meeting colleagues for Christmas drinks on Friday - I will tell them as they will guess anyway as soon as I don't have a glass of wine in my hand. There are only 4 of us who work together so it would be difficult to fake drink. We are meeting in Yorkshire so I'm staying in a hotel so no driving excuse either! On the Saturday I'm having a 10 course tasting menu which usually comes with a wine flight so I will also be spelling the beans to our friends that night too! I don't really mind though as its nice to have support of things don't work out.

Much as I love my wine it sounds strange to only offer alcohol at a children's party! We usually just have tea coffee and soft drinks!

Miss B how are you feeling, are you managing to get out of the house? I had a bad day yesterday and ended up sleeping for a couple of hours in the afternoon.

 

[Holliems]

JJ- Thanks! Still hard to believe. No, I didn't know my O date with my daughter. I went off of last period. With my second daughter they changed my due date twice because of how she measured. I think being pregnant is scary. Id be getting scans constantly too if I could get them cheap!

 

[Miss Bellum]

Hi all hope everyone's had a good day. Back to work for me, boo! Was just getting used to being a lady of leisure. Still feeling nausea but it does seem to be easing off and is easier to ignore.

Dimmu - How crazy! Would occur to me to serve lots of booze at a kids party!

Holliems - Congrats & welcome! I'd love to keep having scans too if I could afford it

Eva - I won't use a doppler for that exact reason!

Jjay - Great news about your midwife appointment. 50 is a great price for a scan. The menu testing sounds like great fun.

I'm feeling much better thanks, yesterday did a bit more shopping, got to the gym as well. Back to work today boo.

 

[eva1978]

Did anyone have their Christmas/work party yet? Mine isn't until next weekend. Let us know how it goes!

I haven't tried the doppler yet. DH is working most of the next several nights though so perhaps I'll try sometime one of these evenings (when I have 30 mins of quiet, after the kids are in bed).

I'm 9 weeks today. Suddenly started feeling noticeably better... which is kind of a relief though of course has me a tad worried. I actually had a whole cappuccino today - haven't done that in several weeks! I hope everyone's sickness is starting to get better (or will soon)!

JJay - your next scan is in a few days, isn't it?
I saw my GP today and asked for another referral for a scan in case I want one before my 12 week scan (which is Dec. 30). It was kind of like pulling teeth to get it from him... but he eventually gave it to me! I don't know why he was resisting... he seemed worried about medicare auditing him or something. I told him I can pay the full price ($170) - I just want some (even more) peace of mind. Sheesh!

 

[dimmu]

Hi everyone and welcome along Holliems, big congratulations!! I think I remember seeing you on the TTC threads, glad you could join us here!!

I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately, my MS and other symptoms have peaked, or at least so I hope, and I feel drained all the time. Nausea is there all day long, thankfully the vomiting has a certain pattern and isn't there the whole day, it seems to peak in the morning when I get to work and then again in the evening when I get home. Maybe it has something to do with my commute!

I have my private scan this Saturday, feeling excited but at the same time very nervous. I just keep telling myself and all this nausea and MS must be a good thing. I'm also super bloated now, at this rate I'm gonna have to start wearing maternity clothes soon. The fatigue is pretty bad as well, I can't seem to stay awake past 9 pm and would go to bed at 7 pm if I could!

So how is everyone else? Glad to hear you nausea is better Miss B. Such a shame you have to be back at work now, wouldn't it be nice just to have some time off and sleep all day!!
Eva I don't have a doppler, I've thought about it but think as you said it would probably just drive me mad and make me feel even more anxious.

JJay good luck with your next scan, glad you found somewhere that does it so cheap!

 

[TLK]

Hi everyone, can I join this lovely group?

I just turned 39 and am cautiously expecting my second. In the past 2 1/2 years I have had 2 miscarriages so I am still very nervous about this one. I think I am 6 weeks pregnant. I have my first ultrasound next Monday. After a year of trying for #2 we decided to go the IVF route and have been successful so far. I have had bleeding/spotting for the past week. Mostly when I wipe and no cramps. I had an ultrasound last week that couldn't confirm where the bleeding was coming from. Basically, the doctor told me to wait until next week and we will no more then. I am feeling rather nauseous, actually it's more like the feeling that I need to burp all the time. No puking thank goodness. And super tired. I've been going to be almost immediately after my 2 years old.

How is everybody else doing?

 

[dimmu]

Welcome TLK and congratulations!

It's such a nerve-wrecking time the whole first trimester. Sorry to hear about you previous losses, hopefully this one is your sticky bean! From what I understand bleeding is relatively common during the first trimester. It's definitely a good sign that there's no cramping. Good luck with Your scan!

Eva I only saw your message now, we managed to post at the same time! That's great that you are feeling better! I think things start improving to a lot of people around 9-10 weeks so you're spot on. Mine is still pretty full on. I keep eating to keep it at bay but I still feel dreadful and evenings are the worst.
I have my work xmas do today. It willl start with a lunch followed by drinking and dancing - great.. I've decided to have some wine with the lunch but only pretend to drink it. Hopefully after lunch no one will be paying any attention to what I'm having. Gonna use DD as an excuse and leave early around 4.30pm.

 

[JJay]

Welcome And Congrats TLC! The waiting is horrid isn't it - when is your scan?

Miss B and Eva glad to hear you're both feeling better. Dimmu sorry you're still feeling ropey. I hope the work party wasn't too much of a trial. Mine is tomorrow night.

I've been feeling stressed and am still taking it a day at a time and not thinking of the future. I've been feeling rough and very tired and am trying to keep myself busy with Christmas wrapping etc to keep me away from Google. I can't wait to get my scan over and done with on Saturday- surely this one must be more conclusive. If baby measures 7+5 or more I think I will start to feel better.

Like a lunatic I tried using my Doppler today even though I know it's way early. I tried really low - on my section scar and actually picked up something around 135-140 a few times, for a few seconds each time. It seems too early so I know it likely wasn't baby but it seemed quite comforting anyway! Eva have you tried yours yet?

Dimmu did you say your scan is this weekend?

 

[Miss Bellum]

Hi ladies, hope everyone is OK.

Eva - Glad you are feeling better. Hope you get another scan soon. My work party is tomorrow. I'm quite looking forward to it. Its being held @bristol and they are having a 3d star show which should be fun.

Dimmu - Sorry to hear you are still feeling so rough, hope it gets better soon. Maybe the commute is unsettling you. Not long till your scan, good luck! I know what you mean about the tiredness - I'd planned to tidy the house this afternoon ready for the babysitter tomorrow but ended dozing on the sofa instead. Hope you have fun at your work do today.

Hi TLK, congrats on your bean! Fingers crossed for you, hope the scan shows good news. I get really tired too and its hard when you have a LO around.

JJ - Good luck for your scan on Saturday. Its my work do tomorrow as well. Hope yours is fun. Glad your doppler was reassuring.

 

[dimmu]

Hello how is everyone?
I have my scan today, feeling really nervous. I really hope it's good news and all this MS and suffering hasn't been for nothing. I guess I'll find out in a few hours.

My work xmas party didn't go that well. My boss noticed I wasn't really having my drink and said something about that to the office gossip who then proceeded to speak about to one of the two people I've told, my "spy", I have asked her to tell me if anyone starts suspecting anything. I'm sure everyone will be suspecting something soon now. Not quite sure how to handle this, whether to just officially tell them if the scan is ok or just leave it until after the 12 week can.So annoyed with my boss, why did he have to speak with that girl.

My MS is still pretty full on, although feeling ok this morning. I'm sure it won't last though. I also get really bloated during the day and look five months pregnant by 6 pm, guess that's normal..

Good luck with your scan today JJay!

 

[JJay]

All caught up, so relieved!

Wishing you a good scan too Dimmu X

 

[dimmu]

Jjay that's brilliant, such a relief!!

I just had mine and everything is looking as it should. Measured 9w1d so two days less than I thought, heart rate 174 bpm. So happy!