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

[luminescent]

random questions, why is a 12 week scan, specifically, a thing? is it for certain medical reasons or just convenient at the three month mark? I've had two scans already due to my mirena issue, and my next appointment is scheduled for august 7th which will put me near 14 weeks (not sure if I'll get another scan or not), but the 12wk scan seems to be a big thing. just curious!


jmandrews, congrats on the healthy bean! so cute!

 

[xxshellsxx]

12 week scan is done if you are having the NT scan - it is a longer scan to check for abnormalities/downs syndrome and any other birth defects.Not everyones chooses to have that done and but fi you do it has to be done between 11 weeks and 13+4 i think it is.

Jandrews - lovely pictures so glad all is well x

 

[laura109]

is anyone else not getting stretching pains anymore?i don't have any, boobs aren't sore anymore and not feeling like crap, im getting worried do you think somethings wrong?i was spotting for a week up until last Wednesday and I got a scan saw baby with a hb and they said everything was fine to come back for my 3 mths appointment.

Alot of my bad days were between 5-7 weeks. I just feel very tired now. Altho last two days ive been abit off colour. You should be ok hun x

 

[bubbamadness]

Booking in should be 8-10 weeks xx

Thank you RaspberryK, will wait til next week. If nothing by then will chase it up xxx

 

[bubbamadness]

Congratulations on your scans ladies. Love hearing good news xxx

 

[Captain]

Super cute pictures JM! And hello to all the new ladies

First appointment with my ob in a couple of hours then our ultrasound is on Friday, very excited!

 

[SurpriseBub]

Imphope GREAT scan photo! Yay congrats!

SurpriseBub- never realized the good timing on the Black Friday/post-Christmas sales! SCORE! Thanks for pointing that out

Does anyone else have a painful tummy? Mine is like, painful to touch. All in the front of my abdomen. It has been this way for weeks but it's worse as time goes on. I don't know if it's 100% digestion related, or what. It's just weird. I'm hungry all the time but trying not to over-eat. But, it feels kinda like a tight knot in my belly and sometimes cramps up if I twist my torso or push to use the bathroom... so that's why I think it's my digestive system.

I get occasional cramps that come and go, and this week it has felt painful to lie on my right side, but I can't say that my tummy is sore to the touch. It is likely nothing to be worried about, but I would talk to the dr about it. Might just be how your uterus is choosing to expand?

 

[SurpriseBub]

We seemingly had a boys name sorted in about ten minutes- I gave a long list of girls names I like, but so far my husband doesn't like any of them. I do have a favorite that I hope he would come to love if it is a girl! We are definitely going to find out the gender, so will hopefully find it easier then.

For twins- there are other sweet ways to match names without doing the same letter thing. The twins I watched had a similar letter pattern- ie. like the 'a's here: Marta and Paula. It was very cute, and not too matchy matchy. I am sure the right name set will come to you in good time- we still have months to go!

 

[SurpriseBub]

We had our ultrasound this morning. I was soooo nervous, but all that went away when i saw baby #2 on the screen. So tiny and cute already! Heart was beating away at 163 bpm. I am 8 weeks 4 days due Feb. 21, 2015. Could you please change my due date. Thanks! We are so thrilled and relieved that our rainbow is healthy. Here is an ultrasound pic and a pic of Everlee holding the ultrasound picture of her baby brother or sister.

DH won't even discuss names until we know the gender. i want to though!

Congratulations- and your daughter is super cute!

 

[RaspberryK]

Congratulations on the scamns xx

 

[swanxxsong]

The perinatal specialist here does NT scans prior to 14 weeks. They try and schedule them closer to 12 weeks but due to a conflict with my husbands work, we are having ours at 13+1 and it'll be followed by my maternal fetal specialist scan and consult.

Aka gonna be a long day. LOL.

But what was said above is correct -- it's a longer scan and they check for birth defects and indicators of something being "different" than expectation. Some women opt out - we are choosing to do it to see baby and since I need this MFS ultrasound anyway, may as well combine the two and just do it. lol.

 

[RaspberryK]

The "12 week scan" is actually for dating, viability and checking for abnormality ... The nt part is additional and has only been offered fairly recently and still isn't offered in some areas. You can opt in for the scan but opt out of the nt part If you wish.
Xx

 

[emily3399]

well I had my 3rd scan today for my subchronic heamatoma and the mw didn't really say if it had gone but she said she could see where it had been and that it would be reabsorbed by my 20 weeks and to stop worrying now as baby is 9 weeks and was actively wriggling around kicking and moving its teeny arms and legs she didn't give me a pic though so im a bit sad so looking forward to my 12 week scan in a few weeks to see my little bean again

 

[ZombieKitten]

We don't have any names 100% determined yet but we'll be choosing one boys first and middle name and one girls first and middle name and then we'll be surprised the day baby is born

 

[savvysaver]

MellyH, hopefully it is just a one and done type of thing! Did you do anything different this morning? Thanks, it gets hard to pick a name when half of the names are already chosen by people we know!

Surprisebub, thanks for the tip! Hoping that once I find out the gender it will be easier.

 

[MellyH]

Also savvy, even if you're worried you won't 'love' a name forever, honestly your babies will grow into their names and eventually you'll never be able to see them as anything else!

I felt a bit sick immediately on getting out of bed, so I ate a few pretzels (been keeping dry salty things near the bed for this kind of occasion) and had a glass of water. But I've been doing that every other morning or so! So I don't think there was too much different this morning.

I have honestly felt better for the rest of the day so far (well it's only 1pm!) since vomiting this morning than most of the last week! How bizarre.

 

[savvysaver]

Thanks MellyH, you are right that they will grow into their names. Glad I will have some time to decide after I find out their genders.

Glad you are feeling better, maybe you just needed to get it out this morning.

 

[Feronia]

Yay, 9 weeks today!

Congrats on the good news on the scans, ladies!

Here I wouldn't have had any scan until 20 weeks as my midwifery clinic doesn't like to do 12-week scans unless you're unsure on your dates. My midwife appointment was nice but uneventful yesterday. It was awesome to see my midwife again and have my daughter see the person who caught her (actually I caught her, hehe!), but I really just declined tests (I'm not going to re-test for rubella or STDs, and I'm going to decline the GD test and the GBS test again, and I didn't want her to do an internal check my uterus size since I know I'd start cramping). I know all of the decisions I'll make this time so we just chatted about tandem nursing and the subchorionic hematoma.

Ugh, we have to move out of family housing though since DH graduated! I'm not looking forward to moving while pregnant, and it's sooooo stressful how nobody will let us rent a 1-bedroom. One site even says "no more than two no less than one person per bedroom, couples share a bedroom, parents don't share bedrooms with children." Why the hell are they so judgmental on co-sleeping?! We're actually going to try to sneak her into a 1-bedroom because we wouldn't do a thing with an extra bedroom. 2-bedroom units are way out of our price range, too, since this is Vancouver. Bleh.

 

[EMYJC]

Boys names so far we have Jacob or
Charlie. For a girl Jessica or Emilia. Lovely scan pic and your daughter holding it is so cute! X

 

[EMYJC]

Here's my belly bloat! Feels like my bum and legs have doubled in size too. Need to do a bit of exercise I feel so sluggish.