getting anxious/worried

[kosh]

hi all,

as my ticker says i'm almost 16 weeks. i feel fine, just very tired and still a bit a sick in the evenings. i've got a small bump, but not too sure whether is a real one or just bloat my boobs are massive. so everything seems ok, but i'm getting very anxious as i keep thinking that maybe the baby is not growing anymore (i had a missed misacarriage last year, although i was only 8 weeks).
this is my first and i do not know what i should expect at this stage, how quickly my bump should grow, etc etc. the baby is supposed to be the size of an orange - surely i should feel it somehow??

any words of encouragement?

 

[Kiki09]

I think you are doing just fine, when I was 15 weeks onwards I was still a bit bloaty more than bumpy, I did not have any real symptoms other than heartburn, which I still get now, in fact more now than ever, if that makes sense, even now at almost 28 weeks I cannot always feel my lo if I feel my bump, I can however feel him move everyday, it depends on where he is and I was slim before I got pregnant so I am all bump now

It is normal to worry, I still do, as you can see from my signature i have had losses and I think with all the hormones we are ultra sensitive and emotional most of the time

 

[kosh]

thanks kiki!
i needed that.... i broke out in tears after wrting my post.
i'm getting sooo stressed.
i wish i could feel my LO move!!

 

[Kiki09]

I was the same, the hormones don't help, you may well start to feel the little "bubble" feeling of you little one v soon, i think I started at just after 16 weeks, and this is my first! But only when I was v still and laying down flat! I also bought myself a doppler, because I got so stressed but made myself not panic if I could not find a hb, which to be fair I always did, it did take me a good few mins at times as he loved to hide from me but I still use it now when he has his quiet days!

You can pm me anytime you feel scared or just need to chat, I know exactly how you are feeling I am sure your lo is fine, you are in the 2nd tri now, before you know it you will be huge and wondering where time has gone

 

[Storm1jet2]

Hey kosh babes - don't stress! I don't feel that pregnant anymore and I'm only a couple of days behind you. My boobs are firmer and TMI nipples huge - but not even that sore and the MS has pretty much gone. Sometimes I forget I'm pregnant. My bump is mostly bloat which just makes me look fat and Im pretty sure anything I do feel is merely wind. Its totally normal not to feel anything significant up until about 20 weeks. The joys of parenthood, the worrying starts from conception. I am finding it rather awkward bending - like there is a solid ball in my abdomen and its pretty firm but really I'm just enjoying not throwing up everywhere at the moment.

When is your next appointment? I have one next week with the midwife so hopefully I will get to hear the heartbeat then!

 

[kosh]

I was the same, the hormones don't help, you may well start to feel the little "bubble" feeling of you little one v soon, i think I started at just after 16 weeks, and this is my first! But only when I was v still and laying down flat!

funny you say that - sometimes when i'm in bed at night i feel exactly that, like a bubble crossing around my tummy, but i thought it was too early and had to be gas or something! i only feel it when i get into bed and try to make myself comfortable.
maybe it is him??

I also bought myself a doppler, because I got so stressed but made myself not panic if I could not find a hb, which to be fair I always did, it did take me a good few mins at times as he loved to hide from me but I still use it now when he has his quiet days!

you know i was going to get a dopler and then read a few things that put me off buying it plus I knew i'd get a bit obsessed, but now i wish i had one!

You can pm me anytime you feel scared or just need to chat, I know exactly how you are feeling I am sure your lo is fine, you are in the 2nd tri now, before you know it you will be huge and wondering where time has gone

thanks so much kiki. it really helps

 

[kosh]

Hey kosh babes - don't stress! I don't feel that pregnant anymore and I'm only a couple of days behind you. My boobs are firmer and TMI nipples huge - but not even that sore and the MS has pretty much gone.

my nipples are massive too!
i was saying today that i feel like a milking cow!
i've always been cup A, so this is really strange to me!

Sometimes I forget I'm pregnant. My bump is mostly bloat which just makes me look fat and Im pretty sure anything I do feel is merely wind. Its totally normal not to feel anything significant up until about 20 weeks. The joys of parenthood, the worrying starts from conception. I am finding it rather awkward bending - like there is a solid ball in my abdomen and its pretty firm but really I'm just enjoying not throwing up everywhere at the moment.

When is your next appointment? I have one next week with the midwife so hopefully I will get to hear the heartbeat then!

end of july with MW. mid august for the 20w scan. can't wait!
good luck with yours!!

 

[MummyMEE]

I have nipples like dinner plates. I also have an angel sounds doppler which I use 2/3 times a week just to reassure myself, as long as you don't get obsessed then its a lovely thing to be able to hear LO's heartbeat

 

[kosh]

I have nipples like dinner plates. I also have an angel sounds doppler which I use 2/3 times a week just to reassure myself, as long as you don't get obsessed then its a lovely thing to be able to hear LO's heartbeat

mine too! and the left one is the bigger of the two, it looks quite odd!

i do not have a doppler but I saw my MW the other day and she made me listen to the heartbeat!

 

[Desperado167]

Hi kosh,so glad u got to hear the hb,I think u will worry till u have this lo in your arms Hun,it's completely natural ,good luck lovely,

 

[kosh]

Hi kosh,so glad u got to hear the hb,I think u will worry till u have this lo in your arms Hun,it's completely natural ,good luck lovely,

thanks despie!
how are you?

 

[BeachComber]

I have nipples like dinner plates. I also have an angel sounds doppler which I use 2/3 times a week just to reassure myself, as long as you don't get obsessed then its a lovely thing to be able to hear LO's heartbeat

mine too! and the left one is the bigger of the two, it looks quite odd!

i do not have a doppler but I saw my MW the other day and she made me listen to the heartbeat!

Hi kosh, so glad you got to hear your baby's HB! That is always such a relief!!!