Less than 12 weeks pregnant club! Part 4!!

time2deal

No I think the harmony test gives you a more accurate estimate than nucal, but CVS or amnio is the only definite test.

lilmissreading

daisiegg wrote: »

Determines the potential risk of Down's syndrome

Googled for you ... http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/screening-amniocentesis-downs-syndrome.aspx

Cheers me dears. We sat and read through leaflet after our booking in appointment last month. I thought I would want NT test but not further testing as I wouldn't want to risk the pregnancy. However reading other people's posts we will have another think.

I get some funny pains too. I used to get a lot of cramping in February. This has gone away now but sometimes when I turn in bed it's like I've pulled a muscle low down or like the feeling you get when you've sneezed too much.

Ah teaandcakeordeath - good name, good way of eating breakfast. Respect. :cool:

time2deal

lilmissreading wrote: »

I get some funny pains too. I used to get a lot of cramping in February. This has gone away now but sometimes when I turn in bed it's like I've pulled a muscle low down or like the feeling you get when you've sneezed too much.

Ah teaandcakeordeath - good name, good way of eating breakfast. Respect. :cool:

I know what you mean about the pains. Like you twisted too much and the front/sides of your tummy hurt. I can only presume it's some kind of stretching ligaments going on.

I've never sneezed so much I've hurt my tummy though!! :eek:

samtoby

time2deal wrote: »

Oh - actually you distracted me! I meant to say that I have done something a bit silly though and bought myself a doppler thing. I know it probably won't hear anything for a few weeks at least, but that most likely won't stop me trying to find the heartbeat on the weekend.

I'm hoping that later on it will stop some of the stress I get between scans. Has anyone used one?

I just saw this and thought I would add my bit. I bought one at 11 weeks I think, and I did find it but it took me nearly an hour the first time. Literally you have to move it so slowly waiting for the waves of noise to bounce back.

You will pick up your own heart beat on the far right and left which is your main veins I believe which have a pulse. I kept thinking that was the baby but they are completly different you will know the difference babies is so fast!

There were days where I could not find it. If my bladder was full I couldn't find it. I have a retroverted uterus and mine was only every very low almost on my bikini line and now I am much further along I can still only pick it up in one place so either right or left side - high or low now.

To find it the first time I led down on the sofa and started at my bikini line moving it slowly side to side. You don't need the gel - I use handcream or body lotion it works just as well.

I don't know whether it has been a good thing having it tbh. I had a miscarraige and that is what made me buy it but of course everytime I could not find it I wound OH up and I think I will get rid of it after baby is born just in case we are ever lucky enough to have another - with my obsessive nature and some days worrying as I could not find it.

I hope you find it easily - and be prepared for it to take a while. I would recommend trying to find you heartbeat and then to find babies so you know the difference.

Good luck!

daisiegg

time2deal wrote: »

I know what you mean about the pains. Like you twisted too much and the front/sides of your tummy hurt. I can only presume it's some kind of stretching ligaments going on.

I've never sneezed so much I've hurt my tummy though!! :eek:

Yes I am getting pains like this too. I asked the midwives yesterday and they said it was perfectly normal.

I am ashamed to admit it is one of the reasons I left a birth group on Facebook that I was part of. Every day another couple of ladies would be posting about rushing to A&E with a little bit of an ache or pain, even though sensible people who can google know that it is perfectly normal. I am not belittling other people's worries AT ALL, and if I had severe pain or bleeding I would be the first to the hospital, but it started to annoy me that they were taking time and resources that could be needed for someone who really was in trouble. There was one girl who had already been to hospital 3 times by the time she was 8 and a half weeks, and each time had had a scan, seen the heartbeat, been told everything was fine and it was just a bit of stretching or even gas... For the record, every single one of them turned out to be fine so I am not being unsympathetic to someone who was genuinely having problems, btw.

I wonder if I should delete that comment because I sound like a bit of a b***h! I am not, I promise, and I do sympathise with people worrying (heck I worry all the time about every little thing!) but having heard about people on this thread for example who have had genuine reasons to worry like bleeding not being able to be seen very quickly, it just made me think perhaps part of the reason was all these women going in with normal soreness.

I do think though that the pains and aches and soreness at the start of pregnancy are NOT talked about enough. Everyone knows about morning sickness and weeing more often and food cravings/aversions. Why don't they tell you about these pains? From what I can gather, they are utterly normal and common, but no one knows about them until they are actually pregnant! (Or I didn't, anyway) For the first two or three weeks of pregnancy I had constant period type pains. If I didn't have the internet and a sister who is (almost) a doctor to ask, I would have wondered what the heck was going on. Whereas when I felt sick all the time I thought nothing of it as everyone knows that happens in pregnancy. Weird.

purcy81

Hi ladies

I just wanted to wade in on the whole doppler thing cos mine arrived this morning! I found my own heartbeat easily enough (phew) but even at 17 weeks today it took me a good 5-10 minutes to locate the babys heartbeat especially as they kept moving around and I had to chase them with the doppler!

It was lovely but I can't help but think that even a few weeks ago I wouldn't have been able to find it. Next time hopefully ill catch them when they're asleep and not so wriggly the little pest. I found them really low down on the bikini line in the middle so look much lower than you'd think for them and hopefully you'll catch them!

Also the cramps and (sometimes quite painful) pains seem to be perfectly normal so please try not to worry

big hugs to all

*relurks*

RobotsinDisguse

Hi ladies,

I'm now 23weeks and since joining the pg forums here I haven't seen anyone else who had an Amnio (even asking on the Big thread when I was 13 weeks), so I thought I'd post about my exp since you were talking about it.

I had the NT scan & bloods at 12 weeks, NT measurement was fine, bloods had 1 too high & 1 too low. Risk of Downs / Pataus Syndrome was 1/30. We decided to have all the tests so we'd be prepared.

The Amnio was v scary but didn't hurt. At my hospital m/c risk is 1/200, going down to 1/400 if heartbeat is strong straight afterwards. I out myself on bed rest for nearly 3 days (by which time mc risk is c.1/1000), but the 3 day wait for initial results was harrowing.

Luckily they came back fine.

I don't regret it at all. It was better, for me, than worrying throughout pregnancy. And it made going in to the anomaly scan at 20wks easier to face. I did a Lot if research and have concluded by blood tests were wacky due to the fact I had a bleed the day they were taken. (NHS doesn't collect this data for correlation, but some countries do).

Ultimately you'll know what to do for the best for you. All the best xx

cmace2

Just wanted to add in my two cents about dopplers. I bought one at 11 weeks fully preparing myself for the fact I may be too early to hear it. Amazingly I did find it :-) I got confused with my own heartbeat at first but once I found the baby's you can definitely tell the difference.

I'm very slim which I think helps and I have to lie completely flat and I found it very near my bikini line and slightly to the right, it's a lot lower down than you think!

I don't use it much now at 17 weeks as I'm pretty confident there's a baby there! I used it for the first time in a couple of weeks the other day and found heartbeat and I was about to switch off but then I turned the volume up and realised I coud hear it moving around inside and the heartbeat was moving around even though I was keeping the Doppler perfectly still. So now I have a new found excitement for using it :T .

lilmissreading

time2deal wrote: »

I've never sneezed so much I've hurt my tummy though!! :eek:

:rotfl:Think it's having hayfever and an animal allergy that whenever I get a cold, I usually end up sneezing enough to pull stomach muscles. Absolutely nothing to do with my lack of core stability and a belly like jelly.

Hey daisiegg - I left a netmums forum for similar reasons. People were posting dire information they found out on the internet through google and it wasn't doing my headspace much good. We all have our own way of coping and I need information when it applies to me, not all the horrors otherwise I start looking for them. Like you say, very happy to listen to people's genuine concerns.

I know what you mean about not knowing about the aches and pains. I was lucky in my early reading to come along a site that explained it was entirely normal and the result of the uterus expanding at the speed of light. I also spent all of February feeling like I was about to have my period. Everytime I said about the cramps and I think my period is coming, my husband would turn to me and nod thoughtfully before saying, 'or your womb's getting bigger?' His calm, consistent response was helpful in reminding me!

Thanks for all the info on screening test everyone. Lot of food for thought.

I think no doppler for me. My obsessive side would just run away with itself...

teaandcakeordeath

Scan day tomorrow! :eek: Am so anxious about it. Thought i'd successfully talked myself out of thinking the worst but it's all come hurtling back tonight. Am being daft. OH is taking me away for a couple of days straight after so hope everything is ok!

Speak to you all when I get back!