MSE Pregnancy Club XVI

Evansangel

Skintgypsy - I heard they dont try until 16 weeks minimum. I heard mine at my doctors when i was 16+5 and on my own angel sounds doppler when i was 18+1.

hth x

always29

Lauralou - hugs and take care of yourself. Really do hope you come back here soon

Had our 32 week scan this morning. Background is at the combined screening at 12 weeks, despite every thing else being way above normal even with my age (36), one of the hormone levels was very low which is one of the indicators of chromosonal problems - our risk was high at 1 in 63 for downs - but also an indicator of placental function. We decided not to have a cvs or amnio and the 20 week scan found no "soft tissue" markers for downs or anything but have been having 4 weekly growth scans since. All the way along, he's been at the small end of things but this morning we were told that his growth rate is slowing down and there is now a chance of early delivery and we have another scan now in 2 weeks. His weight estimate is just over 3lbs which the consultant said shouldn't be an issue for early delivery. Boss agreed to bring my maternity leave forward so I'll be at home for 7 weeks before my due date now - apologies if I end up queue jumping but I'd rather that than the alternative. Infact would rather not even think about the worst case scenario mentioned this morning, just concentrating on counting kicks to reassure me.

Handy you were having the chat about clothes sizes yesterday - I bought a load of 0-3 months and also some up to 1 month from M&S. Can't bring myself to buy any tiny baby stuff but maybe I will have to. As DP said, if it makes me feel better to have some and we don't use it because he keeps on growing, we can always donate it to the special care unit.

Not too smiley here today.

Sarah_Joanne

Laura so sorry. ((hugs)) Hope to see you back soon.If you do decide to join the TTC thread they are very lovely, knowledgeable ladies on there!

SkintGypsy wrote: »

Hi ladies. Just popping in on my lunch break. How soon can the midwife hear the heartbeat on her doppler? I have my first appointment at ten weeks. Is that too soon?

I've read they don;t check til after 16 weeks as they're not guaranteed to find it before then and it can be distressing if they are trying to find it but can't, however I had an appointment at 13 weeks-ish and she found it straight away. I think 10 weeks may be a little early though.

Evansangel wrote: »

And then maybe hang a basket down on a rope, for him to put the parcel in, so i can pull it back up

:rotfl:

Well I had brown pasta with garlic olives, fresh tomato, courgette and grated cheese for my lunch - very yummy!!

TMI alert! - I have started with a bit of constipation and piles too :( Which is annoying. I wasn't expecting the latter until at least a little bit nearer my due date! My diet is already pretty good, lots of fruit, veg and water pretty much nothing processed and always wholegrain pasta, bread etc (except the occasional tiger bread!) so not really sure what else could help.

Sorry forgot before - (((hugs))) elasti, sorry your mum isn;t more enthusiastic about baby

aless02

Have some dodgy hugs, always

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

Sarah_Joanne

Aww always have a dodgy hug :grouphug: Big growth vibes for babybean too. Good you got your ML brought forward. You take it easy and look after the 2 of you

ska1982

SkintGypsy wrote: »

Hi ladies. Just popping in on my lunch break. How soon can the midwife hear the heartbeat on her doppler? I have my first appointment at ten weeks. Is that too soon?

Hi hun - my MW surprised me at my 15w appointment (had some blood taken for Down's screening) - it was nice and strong. She warned me before she tried it might be tricky to find and not to worry, but it was there straight away.

10w is probably just a little bit too early and she won't want to make you worried in case it's not picking up yet - you could ask if she can let you hear at the next appointment when you book that one

jha

<<<HUGS LAURA>>>

<<<Hugs too always>>>

Hope everyone is ok - keep the greggs / lunch discussions going it is making me feel hungry - managed a chese sandwich today:j

Still feeling rubbish - poor baby it keeps wriggling around every time i cough:o Normally its the baby keeping me awake not the other way around:rotfl:

SkintGypsy - the MW didnt even try untill 25 weeks with me but i think that might be a wales thing

EA i have ordered quite a bit of baby stuff off asda direct online - do they have maternity stuff?

Loving your postman stories threetobe :rotfl:

JoleneM - Yay on 13 weeks - welcome to the second trimester:TI just went into 3rd tri yesterday.

SarahJoanne - glad you are feeling a little better

Right - my HIPG money arrived today:j and i want to get a babasling and a moby wrap from ebay - does anyone know what the bidding tool is called for ebay so no-one can outbid you? I cant remember who was talking about it:o

The docs dont think i have swine flu as i dont have a temp - thanks princess i have asked if i can have rolenza as some ladies dont get the temp but they said no - might be a welsh nhs thing / primary care trust thing but i am taking it that i do have it - is it two weeks you are supposed to stay indoors - i would hate to give it (whatever it is) to anyone else?


Weezl :hello:how are your activities with fergie going? Please be careful there is loads of swine flu in cardiff and i would hate you guys to get it http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2009/10/07/prediction-of-november-peak-in-swine-flu-cases-91466-24870036/

yorkygal

Lauralou wrote: »

Afternoon everyone hope you are all ok
Well im afraid to say i can no longer be a member of this group :-(. I started bleeding on tuesday afternoon, got an emergency appointment with my doctor and he said that it prob has started and will happen in the next 24hours, which it did.
Thank you to everyone for being nice and giving me support and advice. Maybe soon i can re join, maybe i'll join the trying to for a baby group.
Thank you

Im so sorry to hear your news, my heart and thoughts go out to you xxx

Evansangel

With the heartbeat they say sometimes you can find it yourself before 12 weeks, i belived that and got distressed when i couldn't find it.

So ask the midwife anyway, but try not to worry if she cant find it

Good luck!

aless02

jha wrote: »

Right - my HIPG money arrived today:j and i want to get a babasling and a moby wrap from ebay - does anyone know what the bidding tool is called for ebay so no-one can outbid you? I cant remember who was talking about it:o

I use Goofbay which has a free sniping tool - it autobids for you in the last seconds of the auction which can make it easier to win .