Bump buddies MrsWifey, Babywisher19, Satine51 and others welcome Aug 2011

[Babywisher19]

hey guys! sorry iv been a bit poo recently.. iv got so much going on with my mum being poorly..

im hoping your all doing well?? xxxx

 

[kaths101]

Glad it went ok MrsWifey ..

Babywisher - I hope your mum is ok? - take care of yourself too

17 days until my scan

 

[satine51]

Hello Ladies,

MrsWifey, so glad it went well for you. It was great for me too! My boss congratulated me and seemed genuinely happy for me I am glad, as it's a weight off my shoulders!

Lilli, seems like you also had been messed around by the system! I haven't heard from the hospital back yet, when I phoned they got me to fill in an online form. It also says on their website "if you don't hear back from us in 2 weeks, give us a call" eek! I will be 12 weeks soon, I want my scan!

We are going there with DH this Saturday for a tour of the ward, so hope I wil be able to sort it out in person!
Babywisher, hope you and your Mum feel better soon.

Lilli, it's nice to tell someone, isn't it! I am dying to tell my family but we agreed to wait until 12 weeks!

 

[MrsWifey]

I keep thinking, what if i'm not pregnant and i've just imagined it all? Nearly convinced myself to buy a pregnancy test today... Our dog had a phantom pregnancy years ago and i just keep thinking of that...
I know, i'm being silly, i am joking really

This made me laugh so much, not at you but at myself because (confession) I just did another pg test this morning cos I didn't want to go to my midwife appt on mon and have her tell me I just have a vivid imagination! Glad it's not just me going crazy! I had one pg test left from TTC and it's been calling out to me for about a week!

 

[Lilli]

Yeah, i've gone through my drawer where i had my supply of pg tests from before in the hope of finding a stray one... nope.
I got home hoping my doppler would've turned up... it has but the postman has it and i cant go collect until tomorrow!!! grrrrr
I'd talked myself out of buying another test until i've tried the doppler, i know 10 weeks is early to hear the heartbeat but some people do... So now i have another day wait. I'm just too impatient
TMI but i looked in the mirror this morning and my boobs actually look bruised underneath. Not that painful today though. Had some horrid cramps that woke me up in the night... think that's down to bowel issues though! Sorry, TMI again, haha

 

[kaths101]

ooo im a prune today

Still havent found anything with my doppler, Im going to try again on friday!

I did another pregnancy test at about 8 weeks but that sent me into a panic because my line was lighter - so im not going to test again! Im panicing enough as it is!!!

satine - hope you can get your scan date sorted!!

 

[MrsWifey]

I know it's way too early but has anyone looked into what type of nappies their going to use? A friend of mine (she's about 17 weeks pg) told me about a site where you can get reusable nappies www.fill-your-pants.com and they look really easy, the designs are so cute and it'll save about £500 a year on disposables! I couldn't believe it when I saw how much you can save! Still need to convince hubby but I'm thinking they might be the way to go, any thoughts?

 

[Lilli]

haha, i love the name of the website!
I don't know, i have very limited experience of nappy changing - only when my gorgeous nephew insisted i do his 'nap nap', and the idea of whipping the dirty one off and sealing it in a small plastic bag and not having to smell it for more than a few seconds appeals far more than whatever you have to do with re-useable... i know, i am not very environmentally friendly and £500 is a lot of money... i'll have to have a read. I'm so lazy, i'm sure i'll end up doing whatever is the easiest!

 

[MrsWifey]

Lilli - I have never changed a nappy in my entire life!

 

[Lilli]

yeah, i should've written "only once when my gorgeous nephew..." I'm hoping that NCT are going to teach me! Do they do that?

So ladies, after telling you yesterday that i had been through my drawer and couldn't find any stray pregnancy tests (little tiny strip ones), i was in there again today looking for something else, moved an old diary and tadaaaa, magical appearing pregnancy test fell out of the pages!!!! So i did it and i am still preggers! Pheeewwwwf I didn't really think i wasn't, it's just been such a long time since that first test...

My doppler has arrived but i couldn't find anything, going to wait until i'm bursting for the loo later and try again. Ahhhh, i feel so much better! It's weird, my work friend is having her 20 week scan next week and said today "...that's if there's still anything in there..." So clearly these doubts don't go away! And she's got quite a bump and her baby kicks her, a lot.
Cant wait for some pics and heart beat beep beep beeps

How is everyone?

 

[angie79]

hi girls

nice to see you are all ok
sorry i havent been around - i have been in the wars - fell over and broke my wrist - went to watford hospital a&e and they were shocking - after my fall i was cramping and all they seemed concerned with is my wrist and not the baby. Oh kicked off a bit but that got us no where so i ended up sitting there for 3 hours before even being seen. They xray'd my wrist and put a cast on and sent me home and this is the hospital i'm meant to have the baby in.
The next day i called my doctors who organised for a scan - it annoys me how the hospital didnt do this
Anyway so all is fine and baby was flipping about and had a healthy heartbeat.
I also found out i have a anterior placenta - which is the reason i have had no luck with the doppler so far

xxx

 

[Lilli]

Oh Angie, that sucks! And bloomin Watford hey?! Has it put you off the whole place or do you think it's just the A&E and that the baby bit will be different (and hopefully a lot better)! I'm so surprised that they didn't do you a scan in A&E, surely that's basic?
How are you now? does your wrist hurt? at least you now have even more of an excuse to take it easy!

 

[angie79]

Oh Angie, that sucks! And bloomin Watford hey?! Has it put you off the whole place or do you think it's just the A&E and that the baby bit will be different (and hopefully a lot better)! I'm so surprised that they didn't do you a scan in A&E, surely that's basic?
How are you now? does your wrist hurt? at least you now have even more of an excuse to take it easy!

hi hun
yeah you would think it was a basic thing to do - i must admit for the first few days i was put off completly and Russ wanted to pay for bupa or make me go to the qe11 - well now after i have calmed down i'am still going to watford but i think we are going to pay for the knutsford suite to go into after i have had the baby and i feel a bit better now.
I'm off work at the moment and i'm glad the doctor managed to get me a scan in hemel - really nice in there.
Still in loads of pain and i'm back to the fracture clinic tommorow for another xray and re plaster

xxx

 

[kaths101]

Oh angie thats not good news, I hope your wrist gets better soon - how painful and worrying when they wouldnt give you a scan
Glad youve got it all sorted now! Did you fall over in the snow?

Lilli, im glad youre still pregnant what doppler have you got? Have you got one with a heartbeat display on it? Im wondering because mine doesnt show the heartbeats whether I have found it but not realised
I keep trying and did get some dubious noises today but not sure what it was. i have found my pulse which I believe to be the one in the placenta as its right near my belly button but a bit lower so I keep searching round that point but its really didfficult to hear what the other noises are!

 

[angie79]

Oh angie thats not good news, I hope your wrist gets better soon - how painful and worrying when they wouldnt give you a scan
Glad youve got it all sorted now! Did you fall over in the snow?

Lilli, im glad youre still pregnant what doppler have you got? Have you got one with a heartbeat display on it? Im wondering because mine doesnt show the heartbeats whether I have found it but not realised
I keep trying and did get some dubious noises today but not sure what it was. i have found my pulse which I believe to be the one in the placenta as its right near my belly button but a bit lower so I keep searching round that point but its really didfficult to hear what the other noises are!

ha ha nope fell over my shoes in the hallway
Dont worry about the doppler too much like i said my placenta is anterior so i wont be hearing much for a few weeks - my midwife said alot of the time you dont find it until after 12 weeks - its annoying because i found the placenta (it sounds like the waves of the sea) and usually you would find the hb around there but mine is behind it so until baby gets bigger and the hb gets louder i wont hear it

xxx

 

[Lilli]

Angie, it only just hit me that you wont be taking much in the way of pain killers either?! poor you! Are you signed off work for a decent amount of time?
Crikey, i'd be properly wallowing in self pity! I am a bit pathetic though!
I have a Consultants appointment at St Albans next weds and then proper 12 week scan on the 31st in Hemel... shame we have to tour West Herts Hospitals!!!

Kaths, i have the angelsounds one without a display. I managed to find my own heart(!) which made me jump cos i had it turned up too loud! haha And i found a pulse in my tummy below and right of my tummy button, must by mine cos it's too slow to be the baby... i heard some swishy noises but nothing regular. It says on the bit of paper that 12 weeks would be early to hear it and more likely 14-16 weeks. I'm going to have to learn some patience!!!! not going to stop me trying every day though
I'm going to find that link i posted the other day and read it properly...

 

[angie79]

Angie, it only just hit me that you wont be taking much in the way of pain killers either?! poor you! Are you signed off work for a decent amount of time?
Crikey, i'd be properly wallowing in self pity! I am a bit pathetic though!
I have a Consultants appointment at St Albans next weds and then proper 12 week scan on the 31st in Hemel... shame we have to tour West Herts Hospitals!!!

Kaths, i have the angelsounds one without a display. I managed to find my own heart(!) which made me jump cos i had it turned up too loud! haha And i found a pulse in my tummy below and right of my tummy button, must by mine cos it's too slow to be the baby... i heard some swishy noises but nothing regular. It says on the bit of paper that 12 weeks would be early to hear it and more likely 14-16 weeks. I'm going to have to learn some patience!!!! not going to stop me trying every day though
I'm going to find that link i posted the other day and read it properly...

yeah the doctor told me he would have drugged me up had i not been pg - i'm allowed co codamol 4 times a day and thats it.
I had my consultant appointment on the 4th jan in st albans because of my bmi and it was fine just loads of questions - how come you have to go may i ask.
I liked hemel - all the scanning equipment looks top notch and the staff are nice

xxx

 

[kaths101]

this might be a stupid question but is it a good sign we can hear the placenta? Im so scared of a missed miscarriage which is what I had last time so Im REALLY wanting to hear the heartbeat right now - True Lilli - I need to learn patience too!! I know its early but i would love going to my scan knowing I had heard the heartbeat!

 

[angie79]

this might be a stupid question but is it a good sign we can hear the placenta? Im so scared of a missed miscarriage which is what I had last time so Im REALLY wanting to hear the heartbeat right now - True Lilli - I need to learn patience too!! I know its early but i would love going to my scan knowing I had heard the heartbeat!

yes a really good sign - i heard mine about 10 weeks
Also go really low with the doppler - when the doctor was trying to find mine she was checking around 6 inches below my belly button on the bone

xxx

 

[Lilli]

Yeah, i reckon a placenta pulse is almost as good as a baby pulse. There's not one without the other!? Isn't it awful that we feel so unsure! If only we had a little window in our tummy and we could look in whenever we fancied!
I wish i was very rich and could go to Bupa and get a scan every day!
I'm seeing the consultant because i have been on anti-epileptic drugs for the past (nearly) 12 years. I have never had a fit, just a black out when i was 17 but the type that i have means i can't come off the meds. Well, i could but i'd have to surrender my drivers license for a year (minimum) and there's no guarantee that i wouldn't develop fits... The medication can lead to some side effects for the baby, mainly neural tube defects and possible cleft palate. So i have been taking 5mg folic acid since TTC. Because i've been taking it since before i got pregnant, fingers crossed, 'little sausage' should be fine... The risks are only less than 1% more than for a non medication taking person, but still, it warrants a trip to the specialist.
It's so terrifying that absolutely anything we do can have an impact on our baby.

Angie, if i had fallen over my own shoes, my husband would be SOOOO smug and probably wouldn't be able to stop the "if you'd put them in the cupboard it wouldn't have happened". Well, a couple of months ago he would, now i've got his baby on board he probably wouldn't dare...