[mellmatho]

Good to hear everyones scans went well
Im booked in for friday (4/5/2012) to have mine, Im having it more for piece of mind, we wouldnt terminate, but certain factors(40kgs over weight this pregnancy, and 1.5yrs of non stop antibiotic use) have made us and the dr want to check and make sure all is good...

Ill be 12 weeks on friday, wonder if we will be able to get a hint on the sex?????
I feel its a boy.

[shoopdeboop]

There's a due in January thread..? That must mean I am well and truly pregnant by now?! Wow. I'm only 11 weeks.
Most people know about it for us now, although I still haven't had the chance to tell my dad as he lives an hour away and we want to go and visit them in person rather than just call. Hopefully next weekend..
I had my first scan last week. It was so amazing to see the little baby waving its arms and legs around and moving about.
We weren't going to have the NT scan done but have decided we will just for another peek at baby Also I am reading too much about what even a little virus can do to the baby so I need my mind put to rest after the first trimester!
Not looking forward to the blood test though after my body's reaction to the last one!

Have a good week everyone

[charlottesmum04]

urrgghh horrible night/ weekend. Lunch with mum ended up being an early dinner which meant driving home on country 100km an hour road in the dark. While she tried being pleasant she didnt want to discuss baby at all and even offered me a glass of wine or how about some sangria darling its only a little bit of wine mixed with soft drink....

Came home to stomach pains/ back ache and headache that didnt end. by sun morning i was vomiting and by 3am monday i was sobbing in bed and heading to the local hospital.

Sat in the waiting room for an hour even though it was dead cause they wanted to let the doctor get some sleep. Then the doc couldnt get a vein for IV access so used the smallest one possible. Which meant when they kicked me out 3 hours later i still hadnt gotten a quarter of the bag through. they wouldnt give me zofran and tried me with maxalon first. Then the doctor wouldnt believe me when i said i was still vomiting until the nurse witnessed it. Finally they caved and gave me zofran all the while complaining about how much it costs them. Then told me i could go home. So i arrived home about 7am exhausted now starving because i finally wasnt and i hadnt eaten since saturday at 4pm.
Finally i'm awake in time to start work in half an hour. Woo Hoo... Why am i pregnant again? Can someone please remind me of the good things?

[Maree2411]

[/size]charlottesmum04-you poor darling! I can’t believe thehospital would question you??!! What the??

I hadmy bloods taken today in preparation for Wednesday’s ultrasound. Interesting.The lady taking my blood had a form to fill in, she asked me two times why I didn’tknow if I was having multiples, (I haven’t yet had a scan) the doctors request actuallysaid “first scan @ 12 weeks” she wrote down the wrong dates on everything,forgot to weigh me (the ultra sound people need that to be recorded), I remindedher twice to weigh me, I could go on. I think she was just having a bad day,poor duck. BUT what the whole thing made me feel a bit uneasy. I have been rather laxydaisyabout everything so far but I realised today that I need arm myself up with allthe information I can to keep an eye on medico practitioners. I am goingto start keep reading, learning and of course sharing with you guys.

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[monkey83]

Hi All,

Just a quick one from me.

charlottesmum04 - So sorry you had a horrible weekend.

I did not have a very good weekend at all. DD had croup on Thursday but we ended up back in hospital Saturday as she now has pneumonia. She is still in hospital so DH and I have been back and forward sharing the load. She is slowly getting better so hopefully she gets released soon.

It has completly taken my mind off this pregnancy and it is good that my mum is down at the moment and looking after me. I had to come into work today as we are a bit short and there was no one else to come in but hopefully they will let me go a little early.

Congrats to all those with good scans and I will post again a bit later.

Monkey.

[T.J.]

Hey everyone,

Monkey83 - Oh no. Your poor DD. My second has asthma and got croup at around 8weeks old. It was horrible. It seemed like it went on for ages, that horrible, hacking cough. I hope that she is feeling better.

Rachel5 - Wow, that was a big stuff around!! I have been shocked this time around with how incompetent most of the medical staff I have seen are. For the 12 week scan I was told separate things from 4 different people. Thank goodness for you ladies, at least I have an idea of what is going on.

Charlottesmum04 - That is horrible you poor thing. I didn't realise that the cost of medical supplies comes out of the doctors personal banking account I hope that you are feeling a lot better and it doesn't happen again.

Well I rang up this morning to see if my results have come in, which they have. The receptionist said that the doctor needs to see me as soon as possible anyway as something has come up in either the full bloods he had done or the urine test. Unfortunately I can't get in today, so I will spend the day stressing about what it is, until tomorrow. Hopefully everything was ok with the 12 week tests as I am awaiting those results as well. Uhhhh, I hate waiting. I will let you know what he says tomorrow.

[emnut]

monkey - sorry to hear about your DD. Hope she is home again asap & feeling better & that you & your DH are both managing to get some rest too

*howls* - congrats on selling the house & from your other thread finding a rental (wow they are expensive there)

rachel5 - yep definitely pays to be armed with basic information. How stupid to as why you didn't know if was multiples when it was marked that you hadn't had your first scan yet.

charlottesmum - hope you are feeling better now & sucks about the bad treatment from the hospital

hi to everyone else

AFM - had my appointment today to get results of NT scan & bloods. As I was told everything looks absolutely fine on scan so no worries there. The bloods though have totally skewed my results to 1:65 for DS & 1:120 for the other trisomys. As we half expected though, all but 1 of the bloods was within normal parameters. So it is literally only my PaPP-A that has made my results what they are (it was extremely low). So now I have the stress of knowing that the result is correlated with poor placenta formation/IUGR/premature birth/pre-eclampsia (all the issues I had with DS). Because it was only that one blood that was out of whack & my history we have decided against any further testing.

We will be keeping a close eye on things, with most likely some extra scans thrown in to check placenta function & growth scans etc & as I get further on CTG's to confirm that baby is coping ok.

Now though to unstress about what my mind has decided is pretty much expecting another early arrival, and wrapping my head around there being nothing I can do to control it other than trust in my ob's judgement on monitoring and treatment of any issues.

[christmasiscomin...]

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping this MS starts to ease up soon It's making starting the day sooo much harder, especially with two littlies waiting (not so patiently in the case of my 1yo DS2) for breakfast in the morning until I decide whether I should vomit or try to stomach breakfast first. My DS1 was sick yesterday/last night with a 38.5deg temp and vomited all over our couch just as we were sitting down to dinner so poor hubby had to do the clean up as I was gagging all over the place from the smell. I took over once he was in the shower and semi-vomit-free. Thankfully no more vomiting today but the temp is still persisting. Add to that DS2 is teething and has the most putrid nappies right now which he chooses to deposit first thing in the morning. Poor DH has to deal with those too as it's just too much odour for a queasy stomach first thing in the morning LOL.

*T.J.* Bummer that you cant get in to see your doctor today - try not to worry too much in the meantime. Perhaps it just a vitamin deficiency or something that will be easily fixed. I'll be watching for your news tomorrow - best of luck x

*monkey83* I hope your DD gets better soon. My DS2 had bronchiolitis when he was 6wks old and we had a hospital stay for 3nights with him while they monitored his breathing and what not. Hospitals are not the most pleasant places for us to be but at least you know that DD is getting the best help. Hope you can bring her home soon x

*Rachel5* Oh no, dont tell me that !! I'm already nervous about doing public hospital / shared care with a new doctor. I have 100% confidence in my ultrasound place though as we've been there many times before and they are awesome so I feel at least like I have that in my favour and under my control LOL. Which reminds me, when I went to the new doctor to get my referrals for bloods/scans/hospitals, she didn't even tell me when she next wanted to see me??? I guess I'll book with her for just after my ultrasound to discuss results and schedule from there .... hhhmmmmm

*charlottesmum04* Umm, good things about pregnancy ... let me see ... LOL. Maybe next trimester?? Hope you're feeling a bit better today. You definitely dont need another day like that !!

And congratulations to everyone who's had their scans - such great news !!

I am booked for mine on Monday 14th May - still seems like aaaaages to wait - so I'll have my bloods done early next week to ensure the results are there in time for my scan, especially with the public holiday next Monday, all the results will probably be a little slower to process next week. I cant wait to see this little bubba - I'm feeling pregnant, obviously have MS, and have a bump poking out (especially near the end of the day when I'm worn down and must be slouching a little lower with a belly full of food LOL) so am imagining that all is going to plan but not knowing is just so damn excrutiating. My family and close friends know already but I dont want to make that 'public' announcement until my scan so I'll be 13W5D when I can finally shout the good news !!

Good luck for everyone having scans this week - I'll be lurking for news

[christmasiscomin...]

One more thing - I dont if you're all on Facebook and I cant remember if it was in here that someone had asked about double prams - sorry if it wasn't and ignore this if it's too early to be thinking about prams but ...

Daily Baby Buys ( you can find them on FB ) is apparently having the iCandy Pear on sale shortly for up to 50% off. Those in the market for a double pram, it might be worth looking at (if you're ready to buy that is) !!

Hopefully this link works ...

Daily Baby Buys - Facebook

[franno]

Hi everyone,
My lovely week with mum is over she flew it this morning and I am back to work today :-( however, first thing is an appt to get my results from the scan/bloods. I know that the scan looked good but I am freaking that the bloods will skew the results and we think if risk 1:1000 or less we might go for amnio. Nervous!! At least when I get to work I can finally announce it.

Mum will take care of the family side when she gets back and most of our close friends know - a few left to tell on DH side.

Christmas - I feel so sorry with you for your terrible MS I really don't know how people cope. Mine hasn't gone beyond hideous nausea. I am so much better and not being hit as often but I had a bad day of it yday out of the blue. Hope DS is on the mend. I can't cope with DD vomiting either.

Emnut - feeling so sorry for you with the added stress but you seem to have put everything into perspective quickly and your head seems to be around it.

Monkey - so sorry about your little one. Croup scares the hell out of me. dD had it for the first time 7 weeks ago and we ended up at A&E at 3am. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

TJ - fingers crossed for your appt and keep us posted about what was so urgent!!!

Charlottes mum - that's terrible about your weekend. What was actually wrong? MS or virus? Sounds awful!!!

See you everyone I'll pop back and share my results tonight!!