Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[time]

my thoughts are with Sharan also, so heartbreaking to hear the news it's devastating. It doesn't bear thinking about how you would cope.

I have a midwife appointment next friday and then it's only a few more days until 3rd tri! so scary! cannot believe it is my V DAY today, these past few weeks have gone so quickly and i still have soooo much to do like the nursery and stuff that i am starting to panic now incase it keeps going so quick haha!
thankfully i don't have to have the GTT i don't think, nobody has mentioned it to me anyway!

just a quick question, did all you ladies get told babies weight at your scan? i never did, and it wasn't on my notes :S

 

[Sarahcake]

Congrats on your V day Just realised mine is tommorrow lol
My boys weight at my 20 week scan was noted as being 375g, id imagine thats a little bit different now lol He looked huge at my anomaly rescan!

 

[Inoue]

I never got told how much LO weighs either

Apparently the midwifes are re-introducing the flu jab to us now as its August, is anyone getting this? Im really torn x

 

[time]

i may ask my midwife at my appointment next week if baby's weight was noted at the scan as i would love to have known! stupid me forgot to ask and that was my last scan

oooh yes i've heard something about the flu jab.. when are we meant to get it? nobody has mentioned it to me as of yet so i'm not sure! i'm not really a fan of injections and my gran was really ill after having the flu jab so i'm unsure really

 

[Scally]

Congratulations on your V day time! I wasnt told my LO's weight either at the 20 week scan, nor is it in my notes.

Inoue- I havent been offered the flu jab yet, i'd be torn on that too...

I had my MW app- she found it very funny when i led down and my little madam is all over on the right hand side! She has written in my notes that i want a c section, but the consultant app will still be that late on, but they will schedule it then.

x

 

[time]

thanks scally! oh no, well doubt i will ever know weight now.. nevermind! maybe it depends what type of ultrasound machine you have as to whether they take a weight.

 

[Inoue]

I hope she doesnt mention it at the appt as i dont really want it (a dear friend had bad experience). Has anyone elce had or has a 25 week midwife appt (standard BP test, urine etc)?

xx

 

[Scally]

Inoue- had my 25 week app today- it was the usual and also MATB1. She wouldnt do the fundal height as i was 2 days short of 25 weeks! (they only visit my docs every 2 weeks so had to have it slightly early) x

 

[Sarahcake]

2 days short and she wouldnt do it?! Seriously?

 

[Inoue]

Good god?! I cant imagen two days would make a difference!

Ill keep my head down on appt and try and get out asap, i feel like a child sitting in headmasters office when im stuck in the room with her. I was given my MATB1 form on my 20 week scan so thats all handed in already xx

 

[kellie_w]

Kellie, the GTT isn't great but it's nothing to be scared about you'll be fine hun. The blood tests are the worst for me, but I hate having my blood taken so that's why! The drink doesn't taste of much (it's like water but with a very dull and tiny orange taste) and it's only a small cup you have to drink, and then it's just the waiting around which is poop but if you take some books or magazines along with you it'll help pass the time I have mine on the 17th I think.

aww thank you! I had visions of having a huge glass to drink and throwing it up! If I do have to have it, I think I'll get a babysitter. No way am I going to race round after a toddler, he would drive everyone mad!

I got my matb1 form at 10 weeks, my midwife must be very efficient! It's a bit ridiculous not to measure fundal height for the sake of 2 days. I didn't hear about Harwich and Clapton hospitals. I really hope it's sorted or else I have a feeling it's going to be get you in and get ou out ASAP. I also never had baby's weight noted at my scan, all I know is he is long!

I also never heard about the flu jab, I normally get offered it as I have asthma but don't like the thought of it whilst pregnant. I don't take any medicines at all, as much as I would love a paracetamol for my pain in the top of my legs!

 

[Sarahcake]

Im a bit iffy about the flu jab too. I get it every year as im Asthmatic but they havnt offered it to me so far. I usually get a letter inviting me to make an appointment before jab season begins.

V Day today So happy to have reached this point, cant believe how fast its come by! Next milestone, scan in 2 weeks time and then 3rd tri! Eek!

 

[pops23]

Hi everyone!

I've got the have the glucose test as well. At my booking in appt I was weighed and told my bmi was overweight, so I needed it. I'm only a size 10 but was a gymnast and am solid (well was solid, ha ha!) muscle so I've always been heavy. But she said I needed it anyway and kept writing 'very athletic lady' on my form, so annoying!! but oh well, I have it on 17th sept, the day after I get back from holiday which is a bit annoying. Do you guys recommend taking someone with you?

I've got my 25 week MW appt on the 17th august at 25 and 3, and then I have another 2 appts in the next two weeks after that, with an appt with the anaesthic consultant (I;ve had back problems in the past and apparently they need to consider whether you can have an epidural) and then my 28 week MW appt and anti-d jab (AB- bloody type, rarest in the world, typical!) at 27 and 3 as I go away when I'm 27 and 6. Phew, lots of appts coming up!

I've also got a scan at 34 weeks because of a low lying placenta, and if it hasn't moved far enough away from my cervix then I'll have to have a caesarean, at first I thought bum, I really want a normal delivery, but have heard so many horror stories lately of last minute emergency c-sections that I think perhaps it wouldn't be so bad, to know ahead of time and be able to plan better. Hmmm, lots to think about

Glad to hear all you girls are doing well, so sorry to hear about Sharan, my heart goes out to her xxxxxxx

 

[Sarahcake]

Busy times for you coming up Pops! Still, nice to have all these milestones really. Passes the time a bit quicker I think.

As for the Csec, I think I would definitely want a planned one more than an emergency tbh, id sooner know exactly what is going to happen to me procedure wise when I stepped into the hospital that day then to leave it and have the unknown factor.

My appointments for this month are,

Consultant Review + Midwife appointment on the 13th at 25+4
Growth Scan on the 14th at 25+5
2nd GTT on the 20th at 26+4

Gives me something to do eh! Im really hoping that I can get some answers on the 13th from my consultant on how my birth is going to be handled with the blood thinners.

 

[time]

i will be 25 + 2 at my appointment next week so hopefully they will check fundal height, i will definitely be turning down the flu jab if they offer me it as well as i have been researching it since we mentioned it yesterday and i don't think it is worth the risks!

happy V day Sarah, i have been so much more relaxed since mine came round

this may be a silly question but what are the chances of the placenta moving? as if you have a low lying placenta at your 20 week scan they seem to think it will probably move by 40 weeks, however is there as much of a chance of a normal anterior placenta moving down to low lying position and them not knowing because you don't ever have another scan? surely that is dangerous?

 

[Scally]

Sarah- happy V day to you!

Both you and pops look very busy with your appointments coming up! I would recommend taking someone with you to the gtt pops- only because when i had my first one i passed out in the time inbetween! I didnt with this one though but was nice to have my OH there to look after my daughter as i fell asleep!

x

 

[Sarahcake]

Thank you both of you I am feeling surprisingly more relaxed about things now that ive reached it. I know its in no way a garentee that things would be ok if he arrived now, but it is nice to know that he would stand a chance

 

[Scally]

Thank you both of you I am feeling surprisingly more relaxed about things now that ive reached it. I know its in no way a garentee that things would be ok if he arrived now, but it is nice to know that he would stand a chance

And that they would give him a chance- that was my big relief x

 

[Sarahcake]

Yeah definitely a massive relief that, that was one of the biggest things that scared me. That they wouldnt even try should he appear before 24 weeks.

 

[Scally]

Hello all!

Hows your weekend going?

I find I am getting tired again, work on a Saturday is exhausting me, and I have just helped Dave clean the car, and have had to sit down whilst he hoovers the inside! I have run out of steam!

Hows everyones baby buying going?

Can i ask how many sleepsuits/bodysuits you have bought? I bought all mine secondhand but have about 10 of each in newborn and 0-3. Even though its 2nd baby I cant remember for the life of me what we had for Izzy!

Hope you are all well, and babies are nice and active!
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