2nd trimester bumps!!

[sophiejane]

Hello all .... Elizabeth, Jackie, Jen, Anna, Toni, Valli and me (Sophie-Jane). Have I missed any one off???
Well this is to welcome us to the 2nd trimester . Wow, I can't believe I have got this far ... and the last 13 weeks have seemed to last forever. I wake up everyday being worried.
Only 2 1/2 more weeks until my next scan, the baby will be 16 weeks then, and I hope they will be able to tell us the sex then.
R the rest of you going to find out the sex of your baby / babies?????
From S-J

[Toni]

Yay!!! a new thread. We are the 'Bumps'...................

I am nearly 11 weeks so i'll join you guys in just a week..............tho ill still be checking in. dunno yet whether we are going to find out the sex of our babies............we thought if we were having 1 then no, we wouldnt, if it was 2 then yes, we would. now we are having 2, to date, i still dont know if i want to know!! I guess i've got a few weeks to think about it yet.......!

Love and Kisses

Toni xx

[Guest]

Well done S-J for starting the thread!!

As for the sex..............I change my mind every day!!!!!! DH said yes and I said no because it was the only natural bit left............but now I am not so sure!!

Scary thing is I know I can find out at my next scan..........on Thursday.......hope all is ok............probably will think about it more to 20 weeks!!

Love

Jenfx

[eacole]

Hi everyone,

good idea to start this SophieJ!

Well, today I am 14 weeks and I am jealous of all you gals having scans before your 20 weeks. My next one is at 20 weeks, and even though I too still get a wee bit nervous, I can feel that I'm really starting to relax now, so truthfully, I think I can wait.

Definately want to know the sex, I figure I've had too much uncertainty and surprises in my life this far! but though hubby doesn't really want to know, he knows that if I know, he'll want to know (plus I don't know how I can keep it from him).

People at work are disappointed in my decision about this. They say I should be surprised. Well, the way I look at it, no one will be more surprised when I finally see that baby than me, no matter that I know if it is a boy or girl!!

Love,
Elizabeth

[valpas]

Hi all,
I completed 12 weeks now, so yay I am in the 2nd trimester now.
Thank you sophie J to start the new thread. I think I am going to know the sex of my baby if they can find out in my next scan, which is on Feb9th as they noticed some bleeding under the sac on 24th. Its too stressful for me.
Anyone know some information on bleeding under or near the sac?
My baby is fine in the scan. Infact he/she waved at me also. It was really wonderful.
Lots of Love
Valli

[sophiejane]

Hi Valli,
Great to hear from you ... the scans are lovely aren't they. I'm certainly building up a portfolio of our scan photos. Have you spoken to Toni about the bleeding round the sac as this is what her latest scan showed, she's got a thread running on it. I am sure it is fine or else they would want to scan you again sooner .. not in 3 weeks time. Whats the pregnancy service like in the US ???? How often are you meant to be scanned and seen by a doctor? How are you feeling health wise??

Elizabeth - even though thes cans are lovely I would still prefer my doctor to say don't come back until you are 20 weeks as then I'll know that I can relax a bit and that this baby is going to make it. Its the doctor asking me to come back at 16 weeks, not me asking. Mind you I think I must have a WARNING note on my med file saying (paranoid, nervous wreck ... treat with caution).
I can't wait to find out the sex of baby ... I am still sad that I will never know the sex of the twin that died. I've waited so long to have a baby, that I am fed up with being patient, so waiting another 6 months to know the sex is a torture I can do without.

Jen - I can't wait to hear the story about your scan ... the baby will look so much bigger.

Are any of you having screening tests (nuchal fold test, blood test etc). I decided not to have any screening tests as i wouldn't want to have an amnio ..... but its a hard decision and I muts admit sometimes I think I might have the blood test at 16 weeks just to see. mmmm not sure, its difficult isn't it ???????

Toni - how are you feeling?? Are those twins still wearing you out !! You can join this thread now Toni as you are one of our cycle buddies .... I should have left it a week more so that you wouldn't feel funny coming joining us.

Hope everyone else is doing OK. Are any of yoiu still vomitting ... I'm 2 days of week 14 and still being sick regularly .... so hoping it will stop soon. Even though I'm vomitting I am still putting on weight (due to lots of toast, crumpets and chocolate muffins). I haven't got a bump yet just 2 great big rolls of fat.

[Toni]

Ok ok im joining - ive only got to go til next tuesday anyway to OFFICIALLY be at the 12 weeks mark - but ill prob have my babies before some of you cos apparently they want to cut me open up to 3 weeks early!! not too happy about this, im gonna see what i can do to push for a natural birth. not seen the consultant yet, this is just want the midwife said to me about the consultant I'm apparently going to be under.

Sophie - you sound like you are feeling a bit better now?! Im going to have the nuchal transluncency test as i was advised to. But im not really too woried as there is no history of downs and my age works in our favour. i think sometimes its good to not have the tests if theres nothing you think could be wrong. my SIL was telling me that when she was pregnant with her first they did the scan and it showed up that he could be downs. so she had to have the amniocentesis thingy (s that how you spell it?!). she was all ready to go in for an abortion as til that point they had told her her baby was Downs Syndrome, she was devastated obviously, and then the amniocentesis came back, and because her baby was aboy they were sure they had got the fluid and not her cells or anything, and everything was fine!!! So she went through all that for nothing in a way. Harry is now 10 in March.

Valli - im sorry to hear about the bleeding, it sounds excatly the same as what i have!!! you told me not to worry on that thread, so im going to say the same to you. im really trying hard to keep up a PMA here...and so far it seems to be working. I will find out a bit more im sure on wednesday, and thats not too far away considering some of the lengths some of us have had to go through between scans. did they say anything to you about the bleeding and what it was or might mean? my consultant was a bit vague....

i dont know what ill do if they say come back at 20 weeks next wednesday - i might just crack up!!! i dont think they will with twins, but ill just have to wait and see..............

Elizabeth & Jen, how you guys getting on?

Love and Kisses

Toni xx

[valpas]

Sophie,
I am too sick with nausea. Surprisingly my vomitings are stopped last week.
Food also I am not able to take properly, and milk also once in aday. I heard atleast three times in a day. Other than this rapid heart beat I am doing ok.
Here in US, pregnancy service is good. Actually I was supposed to go for the
scan at 20weeks, but because of this spotting and bleeding they did the ultrasound early. And now again its after 2weeks. Doctors visit is once in everymonth until 7th month, later twice in a month and in the ninth month every week. In my next appointment she is going to do the Doppler test to hear the heart beat.
Toni,
Thank you for your support. After taking almost 36hrs of bed rest, spotting as well as the brown discharge stopped. I am feeling little bit releived now.
How are you feeling now?
Hi gals,
One silly question- what are you craving for food? Sweets things or sour things. My friends told me if we crave for sweet food then its a girl or if sour things then its a boy. I think its just fun.
At this time I am on sour side. You also can have fun with this.
When can we know the sex of the baby in the ultra sound?
Lots of love,
Valli

[Guest]

Hi Girls

I am back from my appointment! Well thank god, things are looking fine...........so for today I am happy, will probably begin panicing tomorrow again!!

Got to go on 23rd Feb for my Fetal Anomaly (spelling!!) Scan.........so will be panicing about that too..........a lot!

I actually did have the nuchal translucency scan along with a set of blood tests.........although nothing is ever guaranteed it came back as a risk of 1 in 12220.......they do your age, the fluid in the nuchal fold, nasal bone, some other body measurements, alpha something in your blood and hcgs all entered on a computer to give you a figure.........!

Still undecided about finding out the sex.......will definately be able to find out on 23rd!!

I am off to Miami.......South Beach on 7th Feb until 16th.........can't wait.........1st holiday for 2 1/2 years that has not involved some sort of fertility stress!!..........unfortunatley will not be able to participate in cocktails in the Delano.........however will do my best to stay up past 10.00........which to date is proving impossible!!

I am so glad that our wee thread has become a little bit more on the calm side and everyone seems to be able to relax a tiny little bit.......just keep resting girls........!

I am the worst in the world at doing this as most of you will know!!...so I am just passing on advice my consultant gave me which was............ relax and enjoy the pregnancy or before you know it, you will have given birth and regret having stressed more than you have enjoyed the pregnancy.......especially us girls.........it may be our only one!

Big hug

Jenfx

[Guest]

Another thing I forgot.............i'm rhesus positive.........which means I have to have 2 injections of anti-D............anybody else got the pleasure of this.........more injections!!

Jx

[Toni]

Juts a quicky but Valli - your friends might be onto something. i was talking to my mother about cravings the other day and she said she craved sweet things with me (in particular Wine Gums) and savoury with my brother!!

how about that!!! im just its all just silly superstition.....................

My friend craved Doughnuts and Mars Bars and she had a little girl too........................................

interesting tho. it must be cos girls grow up to be soooo much sweeter and nicer than boys...................hee hee joke!!

My cravings at the moment chop and change but i have been through the sweets phase and seem to be craving chips and pickled onins at the moment. maybe im having one of each?!

toni xx

[valpas]

Wow Toni,
That would be so great for you. Isn't it? One girl and a boy.
Guessing will be fun. I am really loving the pregnancy thou its scary sometimes having the bleeding and pain everything.
Have fun and enjoy.
Lots of Love.
Valli

[Toni]

Hi everyone

Well, i had my 12 week scan today and everything was great. the babies were very quiet to start off with and then livened up..........one was jumping around in his sac a lot , and the second one, who started off by just moving his head slightly and waving gently at us (bless!!) ended up upside down by the time we left!! They put on quite a show, and we got loads of time to look at them, the nurse who was scanning us had twins 20 years ago, so she was full of advice and she just said she could sit and look at twins moving all day as they fascinate her!! which was great for us!! hee hee!!

its such a relief after the last scan i was really hoping for the best, and the good thing is that the bleeding seems to have cleared up. when i aksed about it the nurse said that she couldnt see anything except something which could possible be some bleeding, but if it was it was so small not to worry!!

i feel a bit happier now ive reached 12 weeks, like i can start breathing again. i have got healthy active babies inside me, so I also feel i can start making plans with the nursery furniture and stuff....... My poor DH had a horrible nightmare last night that 1 of them had died and we got told at the scan, which must have been so awful for him ...i think i would have woken up sobbing. he didnt tell me until we were on our way home though which is good of him. i felt so sorry for him what a horrid thing to have a dream about!!!

i still dont know if i'll decide whether to know the sex or not. dont think ill know til the day. Although i was told today that they have to find out with twins or something anyway - which seems strange!! and my next scan is at 20 weeks (20 WEEKS!!!) how am i going to cope?? thats 8 weeks away.... They dont do any downs screening or tests on the NHS in my area, so I have to book that privately. so maybe i will have a scan in a couple of weeks...

Does anybody else feel really fat yet? I am really starting to show!! I am at that horrible stage where im not big enough for maternity clothes but too big for my own clothes! and you just KNOW people are going to start looking at you soon as if they are trying to decide whether you are a bit weighty or pregnant!! grrr To be honest tho i dont really care too much, frustrating tho it is its just nice to be pregnant at last!

And has anybody else been struck with insomnia? ive got it really badly and its really starting to DO MY HEAD IN!!!!! if anybody has any tips please please please help me!!! i am literally lying awake in bed every night eyes wide open. my body and energy levels are so totally exhausted and depleted, but my brain wont shut down. Oh, and lavendar pillow spray? think i have overdosed on the stuff...................... pah!! it doesnt work anymore!

how are you all, Sophie-J, Elizabeth, Valli, Jen and Anna? Its been a bit quiet on here for a few days!

Love and kisses as ever

Toni xx

[julesg]

Toni

Just wanted to say that I am so pleased you have reached 12 weeks and the babies are good.

I think that there is a program on BBC1 tonight about sleep - it might help

Love and hugs as always
Jules

[Guest]

Hey Toni!!

Well done you!! You can breathe a sigh of relief for a while.......then start the countdown to 20 weeks.

It is so fab when you see that precious bundle that we have all been dreaming about...........if I am honest I just want to wake up and have a health baby handed over.......all this waiting around is testing my patience and sanity!!

Enjoy

Jenfxx

How is everyone else.........we are a bit quiet on here??? I am off to Miami on Monday for 10 days..........really looking forward to it but also apprehensive about flying.........chose USA cause they have good hospital facilities.........you see...........i'm obsessed!