Darling buds of May and June bugs!

[moggi]

Never been for a private scan, really excited. I know I want a boy but I actually don't mind anymore as long as they are healthy.

Thats what I thought Debbie, about hospital confirming it. Be interesting if they came out with a different sex from each other, grrrrr nightmare lol xx

 

[minidancer]

I'm just munching on a huge bowl of juicy seedless red grapes mmmmmmmmm!!!!!!

Ooh how exciting moggi, that isn't that far away, you will probably be the first of us to find out what you are having

I am kinda hoping I am measuring big with this baby like last time as I got growth scans at 35 and 38 weeks!! I think the consultant thought I was crazy, I asked him both times to check that it was still a girl I don't know why, my baby girl was hardly going to grow a pair in the last few weeks!!

Thanks Debbie good to know that I would be able to see something then xxx

 

[moggi]

Mmmm give me some grapes!! I'm still not convinced on my dates as my due date now gives me a lmp of 16th Aug, it defo wasn't it was the 14th. I know it sounds a bit silly and not worth it for a couple of days but it has been bugging me. As soon as she measured it last week she said its measuring 12 and a half weeks which I agreed with as I thought I was 12+4 but its gestational age was 12+2. I'm rambling now aren't I lol but I thought if it was only a couple of days difference they stuck to your original due date? Not really sure anymore what my point is.....oh yes my point was that if I was on my original dates i'd be 17 weeks at the gender scan.... pregnancy hormones messing my head up completely lol xx

 

[minidancer]

Sorry none left, i've eaten them all yummy!!!

Ha ha that was a roundabout way of saying you are 17 weeks Since it is a private scan they will make sure that they get to see what they need to see, even if it means you going for a walk to get baby to move position. My midwife said she would have only changed my dates if they were out by more than 3 days. It took her ages to get an accurate measurement too, I was 12+6 by lmp but the measurements ranged from 14+6 to 12+4, I think it can be quite difficult to get the exact measurement due to baby moving and getting the right angle etc.

Does anyone know if the circular charts that the midwives use to calculate due date from lmp are different to online calculators? Both this pregnancy and the last my date has been 2 days before the date given on online calculators? Maybe this is what has happened with yours too moggi xx

 

[moggi]

Maybe that is what happened, I realise i'm being really fickle here over a couple of days lol. Originally the referral letter to the hospital from my doctors had EDD 19th May. It confuses me as much as all this nub theory stuff lol xx

 

[minidancer]

It is really confusing, I agree!! Last time I think the online calculator told me I was due on 12th Oct, the midwife said 10th October from her chart thingy and then my scan said 11th October. My midwife decided I should just keep the 10th Oct as it was 10/10/10 and she thought it was a cool due date for me to have-very scientific and medical based

 

[moggi]

Well yes thats very scientific isn't it? lol was a cool due date though. I do reckon my baby implanted late as I did a test the day I was due on and the following day and they were both negative so scan is probably bang on to be honest. Didn't test again until I was 4 days late and then got a positive. Plus I've been induced early with both of my girls so due dates don't really apply to me lol. Joking aside though really don't want to have to be induced again early. Watch me still have to be induced now when i'm two weeks overdue or something lol. Really looking forward to just going into labour naturally when the time is right xx

 

[minidancer]

Why were you induced early? Fingers crossed you start yourself this time and around your due date, not late!! I was a week and a half early last time and really hope it's the same again, I doubt il be so lucky tho xxx

 

[moggi]

Week and a half early sounds good to me lol. Was induced with eldest as she stopped growing at 34 weeks was delivered at 39 weeks weighing 4lb13 was very tiny and cute. They'd originally told me they thought she had something genetically wrong with her, probably wouldn't survive the birth and performed an ammnio on me at 37 weeks, not good at all. I felt because I was young and single they just used me as I was an interesting case for the medical students and I never spoke up for myself as I thought they knew best. Bit of a traumatic time and they kept me in as an inpatient until she was delivered, they also decided one evening they were going to do a c section due to severe decelerations only to leave me outside theatre all night and then decide they were going to induce me instead. Really messed me about! With youngest I was induced at 38 weeks due to unexplained bleeding throughout pregnancy which had me in hospital for the last 3 weeks of my pregnancy and they wouldn't let me go home until I had the baby. Just hoping this pregnancy is uneventful lol xx

 

[minidancer]

Aw sounds like you had an awful time hun The treatment you received was appalling!! Well this is 3rd time lucky and you will have a nice easy pregnancy and the labour an delivery that you want!! xxx

 

[moggi]

Awww thanks i'm hoping so too. It was a very long time ago now and I doubt they manage patients that way anymore, hope they don't as I'm back at the same hospital I had eldest at for this one lol

Both my births were pretty bad too, stuck on a bed wired up to monitors constantly. I'm not planning on going near a bed this time lol. xx

 

[minidancer]

I'm sure it will be a totally different experience this time I was stuck on a bed hooked up to monitors too, but I didn't mind as I felt more comfortable lying down, got pretty annoyed when they made me get up and bounce on the ball to try and wake baby up

Could feel baby moving loads this morning when I woke up, so exciting, can't wait for it to get stronger!! xxx

 

[moggi]

I've been feeling mine lots too Sooooooo happy just got my screening results through......... 1 in 51000 I'm so relieved

 

[minidancer]

Aw that's fantastic moggi, you can relax now and enjoy your pregnancy

 

[moggi]

Thank you I actually cried with relief when I read it lol xx

 

[gypsy1981]

Aw congrats Moggi, it's such a relief to get that letter isnt it? So happy all of our babies seem to be growing healthy and strong x

 

[moggi]

Thank you, yes it is a relief

Heres to all our happy, healthy babies xx

 

[meganOUFC]

I so can't wait until wednesday!!!!! Seems like years away! I swear i am feeling movements too ??? I am only 12 weeks so is it possible!
I am not showing 1 little bit, nor do i feel pregnant??? my only sign now it boob leakage! wierd My girls i was 'pregnant' feeling from week 0 LOL!!! yet with connor i didn't even find out until i was 24 weeks!! :O

 

[minidancer]

Maybe it's a boy this time Megan!! Can't wait to see your scan pics next week and then that will be us all in 2nd trimester

 

[moggi]

When you've had kids before you definitely know when you're feeling something don't you and it does happen earlier. I know its mine I can feel now as its happening several times a day and I never used to feel it lol.

Hope Wednesday hurrys up for you Megan, we need more scan pics to do our gender guessing on lol xxx