May 2012 babies - so far 8 yellow, 22 blue, 21 pink!

[sharon0302]

Fab news on all the scans girls, i wont my letter with my scan date x

So do I! My OH is off work this week and has been instructed to ring if a letter from the hospital arrives, with all the drama I just need this appointment to be set! As for MS last couple of days my afternoon sickness has been back in force, but I am enjoying taking it as a good sign!


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[YoungNImum]

Fab news on all the scans girls, i wont my letter with my scan date x

So do I! My OH is off work this week and has been instructed to ring if a letter from the hospital arrives, with all the drama I just need this appointment to be set! As for MS last couple of days my afternoon sickness has been back in force, but I am enjoying taking it as a good sign!

With my last pregnancy i got the letter within 2 days, seems like i could be waiting a while for this one postmans just been and no scan date

 

[sharon0302]

Fab news on all the scans girls, i wont my letter with my scan date x

So do I! My OH is off work this week and has been instructed to ring if a letter from the hospital arrives, with all the drama I just need this appointment to be set! As for MS last couple of days my afternoon sickness has been back in force, but I am enjoying taking it as a good sign!

With my last pregnancy i got the letter within 2 days, seems like i could be waiting a while for this one postmans just been and no scan date

Husbands just rang- NO SCAN DATE AAAAAAAAH!

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[YoungNImum]

Fab news on all the scans girls, i wont my letter with my scan date x

So do I! My OH is off work this week and has been instructed to ring if a letter from the hospital arrives, with all the drama I just need this appointment to be set! As for MS last couple of days my afternoon sickness has been back in force, but I am enjoying taking it as a good sign!

With my last pregnancy i got the letter within 2 days, seems like i could be waiting a while for this one postmans just been and no scan date

Husbands just rang- NO SCAN DATE AAAAAAAAH!

Oh we might get ours on the same day

 

[sharon0302]

Definately seems that N. Ireland likes to go slow mo!


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[YoungNImum]

Im sure with the ulster your ment to get a 10wk scan, so fingers crossed we hear soon

 

[kwood]

Hi ladies, I was told by my midwife at the booking appointment to call the scan department and ask them when my scan would be, which they were happy to tell me. Otherwise my letter only came last wed. a week before my scan. I would have pulled my hairout if I hadn't phoned before hand and had to wait that long.

Speaking of scans I had mine this morning and being my first pregnancy and scan I can say for me the experience was amazing. I was so nervous before hand but the baby came up within a second and she pointed out the heart beat straight away and keep telling me the baby looked great. (The lady doing the scan was lovely.) I have had the downs testing and she said the measurement was 1.2mm she said that is low risk but we have to wait for the blood test to be sure. I was measured at 11 weeks 6 days so not bad since I thought I was 12 weeks, only a day off. Due date is estimated 3rd of May.

She was suppose to only give me two pictures but the first two weren't great so she gave me an extra one and that is my favorite (even though it says rt ovary on it. hehe...my right ovary looks a lot like a baby.

Good luck to all of you that still have scans, hope you have as good as experience as I did.

 

[YoungNImum]

aw fab scan pics kwood! wait to you hear its little heart beat its amazing
x

 

[kwood]

aw fab scan pics kwood! wait to you hear its little heart beat its amazing
x

When do they normally do that? is it at the next scan or one of the midwife appointments? Can't wait.

 

[YoungNImum]

aw fab scan pics kwood! wait to you hear its little heart beat its amazing
x

When do they normally do that? is it at the next scan or one of the midwife appointments? Can't wait.

i got to hear the heartbeat at all my midwife appointments and my 20wk scan

 

[anti]

aw... we're all having scans and getting close to having scans!

I think you ladies that dont have dates yet should start ringing up to find out whats going on! I got my letter 5 weeks before the scan date - which meant I had to wait for ages - but it also meant I knew when it was!

My mom called me this morning and asked if she could come to the first scan with me. Considering she wouldn't talk to me when I first told her I was pregnant! So I said yes because she is showing an interest in it now. I told her it will either be good or bad news and she said, 'don't be silly, everything will be fine' so I turned around and said, 'well it's either one or two babies in there!' she cracked up and made a comment about retiring to help look after the babies! haha. bless her. I wouldnt be able to handle my mom around all the time! Cant wait for my scan - I wanna see the heartbeat and all that stuff. And get my maternity notes back from the midwife! Im still not sure if I want to go for the downs syndrome screening to be honest. I know it wont harm me or baby, but the chances of there being something wrong are so small. Dont see the point in doing the screening coz Im terrified of blood tests! (So selfish!)

 

[kwood]

aw... we're all having scans and getting close to having scans!

I think you ladies that dont have dates yet should start ringing up to find out whats going on! I got my letter 5 weeks before the scan date - which meant I had to wait for ages - but it also meant I knew when it was!

My mom called me this morning and asked if she could come to the first scan with me. Considering she wouldn't talk to me when I first told her I was pregnant! So I said yes because she is showing an interest in it now. I told her it will either be good or bad news and she said, 'don't be silly, everything will be fine' so I turned around and said, 'well it's either one or two babies in there!' she cracked up and made a comment about retiring to help look after the babies! haha. bless her. I wouldnt be able to handle my mom around all the time! Cant wait for my scan - I wanna see the heartbeat and all that stuff. And get my maternity notes back from the midwife! Im still not sure if I want to go for the downs syndrome screening to be honest. I know it wont harm me or baby, but the chances of there being something wrong are so small. Dont see the point in doing the screening coz Im terrified of blood tests! (So selfish!)

I decided to have the NT scan so I could either a. put my mind to rest if it was good news or b. give me and my DH plenty of time to prepare if it wasn't good news. On the plus side for the blood test for the NT scan they only need one little vile so it's not as bad as the other ones where they need 5 or 6 viles. The decision is up to you and I can completely understand why some people choose not have have the NT Scan.

 

[rjsmam]

Aw so great to hear about your scans and hearing the hearbeat ! kwood thank you for sharing your scan experience i was wondering when they did the nt measurement i.e. was it a seperate scan but seems they do it at the same time as the 12wk one

after a lot of deliberation we have decided to test for everything. i have my next apmnt in an hr with the mw and am hoping she'll give me a hint of a scan date!

haven't been able to get out of my overnight business trip next wk so mon/tues i'll be london and then on Fri my dh & I are going to Paris! Am v excited to go back as i worked there for a brief period many yrs ago but dh has never been & i got him the trip as a bday pressie! hopefully this will all make the wks whizz past until the scan



x

 

[sharon0302]

I love Paris, my OH took me their for my 21st birthday and same time we got engaged! Its our tenth wedding anniversary next month but not going anywhere as exciting as Paris! Quite weird I will have spent our 1st and 10th anniversaries pregnant!


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[yazzy]

Ladies....i'm back from my scan and it all went well yay!!

The midwife had put a note to say I was nervous after last time and the lady was lovely, literally within seconds she said there is baby and there is the heartbeat.

We could see his/her arms and legs moving and i'm dated 10+1 so only a few days out from what I thought. I got my piccies for free as she said we'll class it as an early scan and I go back in 2 weeks for my 12 week one.

I am so relieved and so happy to see my healthy little bubs

 

[anti]

so happy for you yazzy! whos next for a scan?

 

[wavescrash]

Im still not sure if I want to go for the downs syndrome screening to be honest. I know it wont harm me or baby, but the chances of there being something wrong are so small. Dont see the point in doing the screening coz Im terrified of blood tests! (So selfish!)

First off, fantastic news about your Mom

Anyway... I've decided to skip the tests. I got tested with my daughter and got a false positive (which is very common) and I got worried over nothing. The less I have to stress about with this pregnancy, the better. The results won't change anything and there's no family history of anything that they test for anyway. If there's something seriously wrong, they'll notice it on my 18-20 week scan most likely and we'll go from there. I don't think knowing a few weeks earlier would make me more prepared to deal with it in the event there is something wrong, you know?

So I opted out.

 

[anti]

I know what you mean waves. I feel like, no matter what the outcome - I'd still go through with the pregnancy - so why bother knowing?! I think Im gonna skip the screening and just have the usual scans and stuff. Ive heard so many stories about false positives and people getting really stressed and it turns out to be nothing.

So do I just tell my midwife I want the normal scans and the checks they do with the scans but I dont want the extra blood tests to do the downs syndrome screening?

 

[yazzy]

I've opted for the tests but purely because it means i'll get my 12 week scan, I think otherwise they would have classed today as my dating scan and I wouldn't have another until 20 weeks.

 

[wavescrash]

Well here we call it a Triple Screening or something like that. At my last appointment, my doctor asked if I wanted to go through with the Screening and I said no. She made a note in my file and ordered me some blood work for a Prenatal Profile, my thyroid, HIV and something else. I don't know how it's done in other countries but that's how I opted out of it here.