12-24 weeks pregnant (part2)

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Mazzarati2000 - 30th January 2014
TeamLowe - 2nd February 2014
Faerie - 5th February 2014
Rummer - 6th February 2014
Birdie85 - 10th February 2014
Jox - 13th February 2014
MrsBunny - 21st February 2014
jenni_fer - 25th February 2014
Emz118 - 26th February 2014
Becca - 3rd March 2014
Kynthia - 3rd March 2014
Faithhope - 3rd March 2014
SmlSave - 4th March 2014
Hiddenidentity - 13th March 2014
squ1rrel5 - 14th March 2014
Claire16c- 23rd March 2014
LannieDuck- 23rd March 2014
sjlou- 26th March 2014
lushlifesaver - 28th March 2014
con1888 - 29th March 2014
laurabllue - 2nd April 2014
Eiteews - 5th April 2014
faith2009uk - 8th April 2014
Twigpig -14th April 2014
Debs0778 - 17th April 2014
McRach - 20th April 2014
Elsie37 - 26th April 2014
Sexki11en - 5th May 2014
jen_1985_04 - 8th May 2012

Hiddenidenity

After all the concerns and problems, my scan went well and baby seems healthy

I'm team Pink

con1888

Just back from a lovely evening having dinner and catching up with a friend.

Been feeling an 'odd' thing in my tummy, maybe it's baby but I don't know, could be wind or indigestion LOL... it's more to my left side and feels like a twinge/tightening but it isn't painful..

Eiteews

Hope everyone is well

I had my 16 week appointment yesterday... First with the new midwife, not too sure about her yet but the role is currently being reviewed so may not be permanent. Had to ask for her to try Doppler and she was really reluctant - made out it was too soon but I think she couldn't be bothered! She found heart beat instantly when she did try.

Welcome to new faces, I'm mostly a lurker as its hard to post on my phone, I was so amazed by 12 week scan... Torn between excitement and nerves for the next one!

TeamLowe

Eiteews they point blank don't do it in my area at 16 weeks and even yesterday at 25 weeks I was warned it was still very early for finding it and not to worry if she couldn't, so maybe she's from an area where they don't do it that early

Con best way movements have been described to me is its like when your tired and your eyelid twitches, so sounds like a kick to me

Eiteews

TeamLowe - I have a colleague who is same stage but different surgery and they did without asking. I was also told last time I went they would do it at 16 weeks so just inconsistent it seems.

I do have a home cheapo one which has worked since 12 weeks... I was mostly interested to see quality difference as I'm a bit of a gadget geek

25 weeks seems crazy - guess they must have to cover themselves against freaking out hormonal ladies (counting myself in that!) if heartbeat can't be found right away.

becca0417

Welcome to all the newbies
Can't believe I only have 2 weeks left on this thread, feels like yesterday I joined it!

Debs0778

Morning everyone and welcome to the girls who've just moved over to this thread :T

I had an apt with the midwife, I'm 15 weeks and she checked for bubs heartbeat and found it quite quickly. I was worried she wouldn't try as I wasn't 16 weeks, I'd be gutted having to wait till 25 weeks.

Phone everyone is well

TeamLowe

Eiteews wrote: »

TeamLowe - I have a colleague who is same stage but different surgery and they did without asking. I was also told last time I went they would do it at 16 weeks so just inconsistent it seems.

I do have a home cheapo one which has worked since 12 weeks... I was mostly interested to see quality difference as I'm a bit of a gadget geek

25 weeks seems crazy - guess they must have to cover themselves against freaking out hormonal ladies (counting myself in that!) if heartbeat can't be found right away.

TBH when i went for the 16 week appointment I'd worked myself up into such a state about what if she couldn't find the heartbeat or find it quickly that when she said 'we don't do that just yet' it was sort of a relief.
She also didn't measure my uterus with a measuring tape, just felt where it was up to and said 'that's about right'. and looking from the other thread there seems to be a lot of needless worry and growth scans when it's a cm or two out.
So I think the general overall philosophy seems to be 'don't worry and stress out pregnant ladies' which I'm on board with as an easily worried lady lol I trust the midwifery team - there's signs all over their clinics saying how highly rated they are and they've delivered pretty much everyone I know lol

Kynthia

Teamlowe, you're so right. I'm 21 weeks and haven't been approached with a tape measure yet. :-) Was it you saying about having painful hips? Can I ask if you have PGP/SPD as no one else here seems to have my aches and occasional difficulty walking.