FEBRUARY HEARTS Due in February 2015 , open group all welcome!

[bridgetboo62]

hey everyone!
sorry i havent been on in a while, been kind of busy and just havent really felt like chatting much
im sure there is far too much for me to read back and catch up on
so i just hope that everyone is doing well!

i got my first trimester screening results back
they were negative thank goodness
down syndrome is 1 in 7,122
and trisomy was 1 in over 10,000
is that good? i know nothing about these

other than that
the skydiving for my first time went well last saturday
only did the 13,000ft and not the 18,000
because low oxygen levels may have affected baby
at the higher elevation one

its sooooo hot here
been in the late 90s for a while now
i cant stand it
i hate going anywhere
i just get all sweaty and sticky and grose

also made it too size of a lime today!
so awesome!
i have been waiting for this

 

[British Mummy]

great to hear from you Bridget yes those tests sound fairly conclusive to me so congrats and congrats on the lime that seems suddenly so much bigger! I said to my midwife I didn't really want to get the nt because I def don't want cvs or the amnio as both have a small chance of miscarriage so I said what's the point. but she encouraged me saying let me put you down for it anyway because otherwise you'll be at the bottom of the list for a dating scan, maybe even waiting until I'm 14-16 Weeks and she said if I wanted clarification of any results that there are other non invasive ways of checking the fetus so I kind of nodded and said alright then. in UK you only have 2 scans (in low risk pg) one dating (nt done at the same time) and one anomaly so I was happy not to wait even longer for my first scan. she convinced me with that
hope everyone is well

 

[bridgetboo62]

yeah we are getting all the blood tests done
but not the amnio or anything that would risk miscarriage unless the blood tests show possible complications or disabilities
because if the child were to to have down syndrome or any other severe disabilities
then we have agreed on something i cant mention here on BNB because its against the rules

i have had two scans already
one on june 19th and another on the 25th
my due date has changed three times
judging my LMP which was april 26th it would be january 31st
but i have longer cycles (30-32 days) and the only day we DTD the was cycle day 20
then at my first appointment on the 19th they did an informal scan in the doctors office and said i was measuring about a week behind and put my due date as january 7th and scheduled me a formal ultrasound at radiology for a week later to make sure baby was growing
on the 25th the ultrasound tech at radiology said i was measuring 8+1 which would make my due date february 3rd (i liked this due date the best)
then at my second prenatal appointment on the 10th they told me my due date was february 5th so the radiologist must have looked over my ultrasound results and decided i was 7+6 not 8+1

also i love love looooooove my new certified nurse midwife i saw at my last appointment
she is muuuuuch better than the first girl
she is a younger and i feel waaay more comfortable with her she is very easy to talk to
im so happy i wont have to try another midwife at my next appointment
which is on the 14th of august and that is when we schedule the ultrasound that will tell me whether or not baby is a girl or a boy
but it will be scheduled for about three weeks after the 14th
because i will be exactly 15 weeks on the 14th
and they do the scans between 18 and 20 weeks

 

[savvysaver]

delete

 

[bridgetboo62]

i didnt mean to offend anyone either when i stated my views on the matter which differ from those of savvysaver

 

[Megamegan]

I'm not sure if we will have the screening done. I just spoke to my nurse about it today for the first time. Our appointment to talk to the doctor and get another scan is on July 31, and I'll be about 10 1/2 weeks. I am going to talk to DH about it but I know that for us, it won't matter what the results show if we do decide to do the test. It would just better prepare us for what our baby will be like and inform us if we need to educate ourselves on any particular subject. But honestly I'm not too worried about all that. I have to see what DH says, of course. He is sensitive about these subjects and I don't know if he will be very open to talk about it.

I found a dish that had old moldy water in it from about a week ago. I gagged several times as I washed that thing. GROSS!

I feel some cramping sensations where my uterus is, only in that little spot in my belly. I'm assuming things are growing. Today is the first day I've felt such a specific "pain" but it's not that painful, just feels like a little cramp. It is so easy to worry too much.

Bridget, glad you're back. Do you mean February for your due date? Or is it January? I don't have the willpower right now to figure it out myself... lol.

 

[MellyH]

I'm so blooooooooooated.

 

[bridgetboo62]

yeah i meant february oops!
thanks for the heads up

i have pregnancy brain so bad already
anyone else?

 

[Megamegan]

I don't know if it's pregnancy brain or what, but I'm like such an airhead lately. Complex concepts are completely boggling my mind. Someone tells me something, and I just stare at them like "Wait... what...I'm sorry can you explain..." lol. I even practically yelled at my OB nurse on the phone today because I swear she did not explain certain things to me and she insists she has. Most likely I'm wrong, but I do not want to admit it. lol.

 

[bridgetboo62]

yeah i have trouble concentrating when people are talking to be especially the nurse at the doctors for some reason. they are trying to tell me something before i leave and im just like wait what. it goes in one ear and out the other. my brain just does not process the information at all

 

[savvysaver]

I definitely have pregnancy brain lately...plus all I think about are the babies. I have almost slipped a few times when out with friends since I want to mention something relating to the babies. 3 more weeks and we are telling some people.

 

[maisie78]

Bridget so good to see you back, we were getting worried Congratulations on your blood results x

We are in a weird position with regards testing. We're having the nt scan but I just don't know what we would do if it came back that baby has a disability. Obviously in our position we already have a disabled child and I just don't know if we have the capacity as a couple to deal with it again. Gabriella going blind very nearly broke us and so I am not confident we would survive it happening again and I have no idea how I would raise 2 disabled children on my own. Although we are not necessarily high risk for things like downs we have been struck by lightning once as Dd's condition was a spontaneous mutation. It does make you more nervous about your chances of something going wrong again.

 

[RaspberryK]

Hi girls!

Of on a weekend trip til Monday and no idea when I'll wifi etc.

Please would new members, due date updates, and any other changes be sent to me in a private message so that I don't miss any trawling through all the pages.

Thanks everyone and enjoy your weekend.

Xx

 

[maisie78]

Have a lovely break Raspberry x

 

[MrsPoodle]

I'm sick again.... Boooo.... I dropped Callie off at nursery this morning and was sick in the car park, then came home and was sick again... I had started feeling better as well! It's my friend's last day at work before maternity as well and I'm missing it. I also had plans to go to Bristol with a few friends tomorrow as it's one of their birthdays but I might have to miss that as well! Grrr!!

 

[xxshellsxx]

Just a heads up ladies that it is against forum rules to discuss the screening and options due to such an emotive subject... I have no issue with the discussion but i don't want this thread locking if it is seen. I've seen lots of threads closed that discuss it.

 

[bubbamadness]

hey everyone!
sorry i havent been on in a while, been kind of busy and just havent really felt like chatting much
im sure there is far too much for me to read back and catch up on
so i just hope that everyone is doing well!

i got my first trimester screening results back
they were negative thank goodness
down syndrome is 1 in 7,122
and trisomy was 1 in over 10,000
is that good? i know nothing about these

other than that
the skydiving for my first time went well last saturday
only did the 13,000ft and not the 18,000
because low oxygen levels may have affected baby
at the higher elevation one

its sooooo hot here
been in the late 90s for a while now
i cant stand it
i hate going anywhere
i just get all sweaty and sticky and grose

also made it too size of a lime today!
so awesome!
i have been waiting for this

Yay! So great to hear from you. Glad all is ok and that you enjoyed your sky dive. Its been hot here too, i've been staying home a lot and when i have to go out am so grumpy. At least when im bigger and further along the winter should be here, so not all bad xxx

 

[Megamegan]

Thanks for the heads up Shells!

 

[swanxxsong]

Getting out of bed today feels like so much of a chore. X.x

 

[MellyH]

Awwww sorry MrsPoodle, hopefully you're nearly at the end of the vomiting!

I feel like all I do is complain lately! Which is sad because this is so awesome, being pregnant. We're going to have one of those adorable burbling grinning kicking babies all for our own! But the day to day in the first trimester is just so awful. headaches, nausea, bloating, farting, this sucks!