October/November Conkers 2021***

[Weemcb26]

So I met my consultant today for the first time and she is lovely! Been booked for a glucose test at 26 weeks because I’m a little bit on the podgey side after loosing a baby last year and they have also booked me in for growth scans at 32 and 36 weeks. So I feel reassured that they are keeping a close eye on things.
Got my 20 week scan on the 8th June which just seems ages away xx

 

[Suggerhoney]

Nooooooo @Mummy2Corban I need to know haha. I'll be itching to know lol.
Oh yes I can imagine it being very hard esp if u have brought everything and painted the nursery etc.
I love feeling them movements with my hand. It's still so gentle and light at the moment. But I bet in a few more weeks he will be booting me lol.

So I met my consultant today for the first time and she is lovely! Been booked for a glucose test at 26 weeks because I’m a little bit on the podgey side after loosing a baby last year and they have also booked me in for growth scans at 32 and 36 weeks. So I feel reassured that they are keeping a close eye on things.
Got my 20 week scan on the 8th June which just seems ages away xx

So glad u have a nice consultant hon and they are keeping a eye on you.

I am also consultant lead and will be having growth scans at 24 28 32 and 36 weeks with induction around 37 weeks.

I have to have the glucose test too but just because of some medication I am on.
I had to have it with my last 2 pregnancies too but both times it came back negative.
Hope it will this time too.

I did find the wait for the Anomaly 20 week scan dragged so badly.
But hopefully ures will come around really quickly.

 

[sil]

When did everyone start feeling baby move? Baby was going nuts on the ultrasound but I still can’t feel a thing yet. I can’t remember with my other 3 when I started feeling them.

 

[daniyaaq]

@Mummy2Corban please don’t keep us in suspense. So excited to know. Good luck with the scan. I want to do what you are doing would be so much easier but DP loves going to scans and he’s already been bugging me about when the best one is.

@Weemcb26 hey lovely, glad to see everything is going so well. June 8 will be here before you know it.

just curious when you ladies say consultant, you mean a doctor right?

 

[daniyaaq]

When did everyone start feeling baby move? Baby was going nuts on the ultrasound but I still can’t feel a thing yet. I can’t remember with my other 3 when I started feeling them.

I’m only feeling flutters occasionally, but I have an annoying anterior placenta. With my previous kiddos I felt them quite early. So disappointed I won’t get proper movements till later on.

 

[Mummy2Corban]

@Weemcb26 so glad you’ve got a good consultant always gives you a bit more faith in things. Sounds like they will keep a good eye on you so that’s reassuring. Hopefully time will pass quickly and you’ll be at your scan in no time.

@sil mine have all varied but usually 16 weeks- 20 weeks. Everything before then I’ve never been certain certain.

@daniyaaq DH is gutted that he isn’t coming with me but we literally have no one to have the babies as no one knows. My mum is rubbish and so is DH mum. So He is getting the biggies to school and then looking after the littles.

 

[daniyaaq]

You are giving me ideas. He’s too excited to know but I want to make it a special surprise. So annoying this man.

 

[Suggerhoney]

When did everyone start feeling baby move? Baby was going nuts on the ultrasound but I still can’t feel a thing yet. I can’t remember with my other 3 when I started feeling them.

I started feeling the odd flutter here and there around 18 weeks.
Then little kicks and taps from 19 weeks.
I'm almost 22 weeks now and today was the first day i felt him the most.
He has been on the go on and off all day today.


With my last 2 I had a anterior placenta and didn't feel them unrill week 18.

With this one I have a prosteria placenta and was told I may start feeling movements as early as 14 weeks but nope.

19 weeks is when I can pin point the first real movements.

Have no idea why it took so long. DH thinks smaller baby but we shall see lol.

My bump is huge but I can still suck most of it in which is so weird.

@Mummy2Corban please don’t keep us in suspense. So excited to know. Good luck with the scan. I want to do what you are doing would be so much easier but DP loves going to scans and he’s already been bugging me about when the best one is.

@Weemcb26 hey lovely, glad to see everything is going so well. June 8 will be here before you know it.

just curious when you ladies say consultant, you mean a doctor right?

A consultant is the next one up from a doctor.
Then we have professors which is even higher up. Buy don't have them in my hospital just doctors, consultants, nurses and midwives.
But where I had my liver transplant in Birmingham that is a huge major hospital and my liver specialist is a professor.

 

[Suggerhoney]

What time is ure scan tomorrow @Mummy2Corban ?


I have a neonatal mental health appointment at 11am. It's just a telephone appointment so not to bad.
But then I have a hospital appointment with the liver nurse at 4pm.


I've been doing all the house work again today but DH is going to Hoover/vacuume tomorrow and then all I need to do is mop the wooden and kitchen floors and do some laundry.

 

[daniyaaq]

@Suggerhoney got you. We have them here, just never refer them as consultants I wonder why. My friend is a consultant. I’ve also never seen them take on a more active role with a patient before, might just be cos I’ve never been high risk anything.

 

[daniyaaq]

@Mummy2Corban I think that grunt from DP is slowly turning into a yes, last night he asked me again what the name is and I got a ‘it’s a really nice name’ he asked how I came up with it and I said to him the baby told me in a dream and his response ‘yeah probably because he thinks like me’

 

[Reiko_ctu]

So I met my consultant today for the first time and she is lovely! Been booked for a glucose test at 26 weeks because I’m a little bit on the podgey side after loosing a baby last year and they have also booked me in for growth scans at 32 and 36 weeks. So I feel reassured that they are keeping a close eye on things.
Got my 20 week scan on the 8th June which just seems ages away xx

Don’t they do glucose tests standard? They are standard here for every pregnant woman at 24-26 weeks.

honestly, it’s dangerous if they’re not testing everyone. I have zero risk factors, I weigh 100 lbs pre pregnancy, no genetic history, fit and healthy, and I’ve had gestational diabetes 4 times. I never would have been tested if they were only testing based on weight or genetics, and likely my babies would have died from the uncontrolled blood sugar.

 

[Reiko_ctu]

@Suggerhoney got you. We have them here, just never refer them as consultants I wonder why. My friend is a consultant. I’ve also never seen them take on a more active role with a patient before, might just be cos I’ve never been high risk anything.

We don’t have consultants in Canada either. I just assumed they were OBs.

Here most places will have a maternity clinic with OBs that will take pregnant women, or if your family doctor has delivery privileges at the hospital you can stay with them for your care. Midwife care here is the best but we’re short midwives so it’s hard to get in with them. They are the more holistic birth practitioners and they usually recommend home birth if possible.

I usually have co-care at the end due to the gestational diabetes so I go and see an OB a few times to make sure he’s happy with my blood sugars and then will deliver with the midwives at home if he is. If not I have to go to the hospital and have a glucose drip during labour, but my labour will likely be about 15 mins by the time I get to the hospital so they probably won’t even have time to get it it XD

 

[daniyaaq]

@Reiko_ctu that 15 minutes haha. I have started reading other people birth stories, freaks me out how much quicker everyone third labour is, considering I haven’t yet laboured for more than 2 hours, if I’m not careful I’m going to have an unintentional home birth.

 

[Reiko_ctu]

@Reiko_ctu that 15 minutes haha. I have started reading other people birth stories, freaks me out how much quicker everyone third labour is, considering I haven’t yet laboured for more than 2 hours, if I’m not careful I’m going to have an unintentional home birth.

We chose homebirth for our third for that reason... cause our 2nd was born in the car in the hospital parking lot after about 90 mins of labour (1st labour was 4 hrs). 3rd labour is said to be the “wildcard” and can sometimes be longer, mine was 2.5 hrs so definitely enough time to get to the hospital. How far are you from your delivery hospital? Do you have the option of a homebirth? My midwives highly recommended it to me just based on my previous labour. I think you could definitely end up with an accidental home birth, unless you’re right next to the hospital and go as soon as you feel 1 contraction! One of my other friends had her 4th on a hotel bathroom floor after less than 45 mins of labour!!

 

[daniyaaq]

We chose homebirth for our third for that reason... cause our 2nd was born in the car in the hospital parking lot after about 90 mins of labour (1st labour was 4 hrs). 3rd labour is said to be the “wildcard” and can sometimes be longer, mine was 2.5 hrs so definitely enough time to get to the hospital. How far are you from your delivery hospital? Do you have the option of a homebirth? My midwives highly recommended it to me just based on my previous labour. I think you could definitely end up with an accidental home birth, unless you’re right next to the hospital and go as soon as you feel 1 contraction! One of my other friends had her 4th on a hotel bathroom floor after less than 45 mins of labour!!

hospital is about 10 minute drive. But you have to factor things in like where are the kids? Who’s taking them? Where’s DP the moment contractions hit?

I wanted a home birth so badly but in my area not enough midwifes to make that happen. So sadly I’m stuck with hospital.

 

[topazicatzbet]

So I met my consultant today for the first time and she is lovely! Been booked for a glucose test at 26 weeks because I’m a little bit on the podgey side after loosing a baby last year and they have also booked me in for growth scans at 32 and 36 weeks. So I feel reassured that they are keeping a close eye on things.
Got my 20 week scan on the 8th June which just seems ages away xx

I have mine the same day, it does seem so far away.

 

[Mummy2Corban]

My third was very similar to my second but I would say my contractions changed real quick and then I was pushing her out. The midwife left the room to get some scales and when she came back in baby was on the escape. Both my girls took about 3.30hrs from first contractions.

@Reiko_ctu ive never had a glucose test.

@daniyaaq well that’s an even better response to a possible baby name! Yes!

so I’m now on the bus on my way to hospital! Trying to drink a bottle of juice so my bladder is full but it’s not easy trying to be sneaky slidding my mask up/down. Don’t wanna drink to much because I don’t wanna wee myself! Haha! Scan is 8.30am so hopefully they won’t be running late.

 

[Mummy2Corban]

@topazicatzbet once this week is done you’ve only 2 weeks to scan time so hopefully not to bad of a wait!

 

[Weemcb26]

Sorry ladies I fell asleep last night

yeah I think a consultant is the same as a doctor, I’d your high risk then your automatically seen under there care until baby is born or unless they decide at the end you don’t need them then you can so midwife led. It’s all taken care of under your chosen hospital you don’t really get a choice of which consultant you get but iv always been lucky abs likes mines.

still not feeling baby move abs I’m almost 18 weeks but I have an anterior placenta xx