MSE Pregnancy Club IV

3onitsway

mummy2mygirls wrote: »

When do they say to start the rasberry leaf tea?? I know with your first your not meant to before 37(ish) weeks but i no i took it earlier with dd2 but cant remember when?

hope your all ok.

I got the tablets and they say on the bottle to start at 32 weeks - i didn't get them til 34, so started then. I'm on two tablets and one cuppa this week (36+).

Someone mentioned the free boots pampers changing bag earlier.
I've already collected mine, and have got a spare voucher as OH registered too. If anyone wants it - pm me your address and i'll pop it in the post. First come first served.

lisabell

Oh am excited now thanks skint chick mine too is a private one we decided to pay for it to put our minds at rest and to maybe convince us that there is going to be a baby!!!!:)

skintchick

lisabell wrote: »

Oh am excited now thanks skint chick mine too is a private one we decided to pay for it to put our minds at rest and to maybe convince us that there is going to be a baby!!!!:)

Oh they will show you loads then! We loved ours, it was almost better than the 12 weeks scan cos that was NHs and they didn;t really show or explain much, just did what they needed to do.

We got to hear the heartbeat at our 8week scan too - never heard it at the 12week although we could see it pulsing.

It will feel much more real after your scan!

lisabell

oh wow that sounds fab!!!! cant wait she said if we cant hear the heartbeat on saturday then they will just book me back in again to hear it in 10 days time:) am sure when i go for an nhs one it will be a bit of an anti climax compared to the private one then

skintchick

lisabell wrote: »

oh wow that sounds fab!!!! cant wait she said if we cant hear the heartbeat on saturday then they will just book me back in again to hear it in 10 days time:) am sure when i go for an nhs one it will be a bit of an anti climax compared to the private one then

The only thing our private lady said was that we would see much more at 8 weeks than 7 which is why we waited the extra week. Think that was a reference to the heartbeat, which may not have started yet at 7 weeks (although can start at 6) but if they let you go back it's no problem really.

mummy2mygirls

lisabell wrote: »

Hullo all,
Thought i had better show my face have been reading each day but havent had time to pop in and say hulloo!!! We have booked for an early scan so am going on saturday will just be 7 weeks by then so hoping i should be able to see something,have had a rubbish week have been off work am suffering with terrible nausea cant eat anything with out feeling sick but know i should because off the bubba!!:rolleyes:
Has anyone else had a scan at around 7 weeks were you able to see anything??

I had a scan when i was 7+4 by dates and went for a private scan they could see a tiny little 'blob' which was baby and there was a tiny heartbeat flashing away! I messured only 6+5 but by the time i had another scan at 10 weeks baby had caught up to right size for original dates. Both scans were external ones, If you are over 6 weeks they should be able to see baby externally but if not they will do internal one....

Thanks for the info 3onitsway, i thought it was something like that, i was 30 weeks on monday so will look into taking it from 32 or so weeks, With my first i had a very long labour and had to be induced with the second i took the rasberry leaf tea and i only went 10days over and was a quicker labour - not sure if it was quicker because of the tea but its worth trying it!! so will be taking it...

lisabell

yeah guess thats a good thing then oh cant wait now even though im so nervous i keep having a reaccuring idea that when i go theres nothing there and they say that there is no baby!!!:eek: :eek:
And that its all a dream:eek: :eek:

skintchick

Lisabell, this was what my 8week scan looked like



The head is the dark 'missing' bit on the right! Circle is the yolk sac. You should see something like this.

mummy2mygirls

the scans are amazing how much they change and so quickly! With this baby we have had a private one at 7+4 one at nhs at 10 weeks and then nucal scan at 13 weeks and each time the baby had changed sooo much!! The first two were so different! lovely to get to see your little one on the screen for the first time - even if it didnt look like a baby to start with
skint chick that is so much more detailed then my first scan!!!

lisabell

oh my god WOW skint chick its so cute!!!!!!!!!!
thanks so much for sharing that with me its amazing what scans show!!!