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I went last week and had my check up with GP. Asked about iron tabs and was told for the first pregnancy that I don't need them! Surprised me as it seems that everyone is on them.
I have been feeling movement for about 2 weeks now. Some days more than others- like yesterday i could feel baby flopping around lots (i dont know if i would call them kicks as such yet!) and today, just in the evening I have felt more movement. Its always really low in my abdomen. Nothing near my belly button yet! I still always jump a bit when it happens.
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Woohoooo! Our first baby due December 18th! Visited emergency GP at 13 weeks with severe abdominal pains, she said my fundal measurement was more like 20 weeks and sent me to hospital for a scan, all was well though. Diagnosed bladder infection
better now though Had my 14 week checkup last week with my usual GP and when she used the doppler she could hear 2 separate heartbeats, a strong one on the left and a more faint one on the right :0 She picked out the placenta sound first higher up so wasn't confusing it as another baby. She asked if there are twins in the family (there are!) Could baby #2 have been hiding during the scan??? Have read that this can happen but REALLY?? Can't wait til my next scan in a month's time!
Had 19 week scan today, just a singleton! Had convinced ourselves there would be two but not disappointed as I know one will be easier to cope with!0 -
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Oh a second brilliant! You've done this once before then!irishrose1981 wrote: »Rachineire wrote: »Irishrose is this your first baby as well?
no this is my second baby rachineire how does this pregnancy compare with the first one? 0 -
Woohoooo! Our first baby due December 18th! Visited emergency GP at 13 weeks with severe abdominal pains, she said my fundal measurement was more like 20 weeks and sent me to hospital for a scan, all was well though. Diagnosed bladder infection better now though Had my 14 week checkup last week with my usual GP and when she used the doppler she could hear 2 separate heartbeats, a strong one on the left and a more faint one on the right :0 She picked out the placenta sound first higher up so wasn't confusing it as another baby. She asked if there are twins in the family (there are!) Could baby #2 have been hiding during the scan??? Have read that this can happen but REALLY?? Can't wait til my next scan in a month's time!
Hi,
I was at my doctor last friday for a check up and am 9 weeks. He said he could hear 2 heartbeats possibly???? (using the doppler) and to ask the hospital to check for twins. One was to the left of my belly button at 145 and the other to the very right of my stomach at 178. I was wondering what was your placentas heartbeat?(if that makes sense?) Both myself and my husband have twins in our family and I am spending my whole time wondering if twins or not!! I have a private scan booked for next week as my own one is not due for another few weeks and couldnt wait.
EDIT: Just saw your post above. I think this is probably the case with us as well. But just killing me trying to figure it out!!0 -
Rachineire wrote: »Oh a second brilliant! You've done this once before then! how does this pregnancy compare with the first one?
well rachineire i felt movement earlyer than when i was pregnant on my daughter n morning sickness got on n off this time round n didnt finish till round 17 weeks,unlike when i was pregnant on my daughter the morning sickness stopd at 12 or 13 weeks,plus im more sore this time round than when i was pregnant on my daughter i wasnt as sore,just ive noticed the odd thing that i have this time round than when i was pregnant on my daughter,but its all worth it in the end rachineire,im doing great the past two days not sore or tired or anything feel great,hope your pregnancy is going well for you.0 -
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Expecting The Unexpected wrote: »Hi,
I was at my doctor last friday for a check up and am 9 weeks. He said he could hear 2 heartbeats possibly???? (using the doppler) and to ask the hospital to check for twins. One was to the left of my belly button at 145 and the other to the very right of my stomach at 178. I was wondering what was your placentas heartbeat?(if that makes sense?) Both myself and my husband have twins in our family and I am spending my whole time wondering if twins or not!! I have a private scan booked for next week as my own one is not due for another few weeks and couldnt wait.
EDIT: Just saw your post above. I think this is probably the case with us as well. But just killing me trying to figure it out!!
The two heartbeats my doc found with the doppler were about 145 and 160 bpm but they were quite far apart on my tummy and almost at bellybutton level although the one on the left was a bit lower than the one on the right. The placenta sound was completely different and was much higher up, it sounded like a hurricane blowing compared to the galloping horses hooves sound of the heartbeats. I told the consultant at the scan on tuesday and he very quickly (for about 10 seconds) swiped the scanner all over and said 'I can only see one for today!' To be honest, I'm still not convinced that there's only one
I know somebody else who is due with her second the day before I'm due with my first and she's almost flat as a pancake while my bump is huge! I'm having the anomaly scan in a couple of weeks and am still half expecting another little head to pop up! I'm just starting to feel movements this week and they are on the right side which according to the scan is where baba's head is so he/she must be headbutting me rather than kicking. We also have twins on both sides 0 -
Hello ladies and bumps, haven't been in the December threat in a while, hope everyone is doing well.
Expecting The Unexpected, Mugbags, I hope for you you get to find out if there are more hiding there soon!
I had a lovely holiday and am proper recharged now, holiday was almost symptom free, which was great. I do get good movement pretty much every day now and it no longer feels like hunger
I went to the ante natal clinic on Wednesday for an appointment that was scheduled in May and I was told there was no such appointment. I even had the letter with me, and they still insisted there was no appointment, but was offered to wait for about 4 to 5 hours until everybody else was seen to. You can imagine how upset I was, really had to hold myself together - I mean I was looking forward to that appointment since the second week of May.
The reason they cancelled the appointment, they informed me, was because I was a private patient - I had hoped this would finally be sorted now, since my GP said he'd sort it out for me at the end of June. Apparently the EPU made the appointment without informing my GP, and whoever thought to cancel it did it without informing me.
My GP almost got angry at me because he said I didn't inform him about that, but I'm pretty sure it did because it was the first appointment that was scheduled and all the others (that admittedly said were referred from the GP) only came after that, which was when I first got suspicious there might be something wrong. But he was good enough about it, telling me how to conduct my phone marathon today, who to call and what to ask, since it is out of his hand if the EPU starts meddling with appointments without letting others in on it.
I am scheduled for a scan today, this was arranged back when I was in the system unknowingly as a private patient by mistake, but was confirmed as a public appointment on the phone yesterday, so I just hope it really really takes place and nobody cancels it away from me for whatever reason they can come up with this time.
I am very irrationally upset and anxious about this scan today, the last two days were so upsetting because I really thought this whole mixup was finally sorted, and although I am really looking forward to seeing the little one (and possibly find out if it's a little boy or a little girl), I am really scared it is going to be cancelled again. Another two hours until I can ring people to confirm things for me (prescribed by the GP even)...0 -
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Thanks Rachineire, it helped!
Although the calls in the morning were frustrating (we didn't get your GP's letter) the scan went ahead and by now it really seems to be all sorted. I am seeing the same obstetrician, just in a different place which turns out to be more convenient for us to get to as well.
But more importantly, the scan, awww
We have a 'very happy' baby according to the scan technician, it seems to be daddy through and through, refusing any opportunity to be caught on camera, so we didn't get a clear shot and no idea* about gender but a lot of dancing, waving and high 5ing going on. The legs are so long they put me 1.5 weeks ahead, but the daddy and my dad are both very tall so that seems to be coming through.
Weighing 10oz (286g) at 19+2 days, sounds big to me compared to what I have read in the books, but the technician said it was all very healthy, very well developing and the due date remains as is now that she's seen the dad, lol.
*OH thinks he saw that it is a boy but for some reason neither of us asked the technician, although we thought we wanted to find out0 -
I'm glad you got your scan! I would have been one unhappy pregnant lady if on top of all that mess I didn't get to see the baby as well!
And a happy baby, sounds so cute! A little boy as well, exciting...I can't believe we are at the stage that we can find out sex!
Do you think you could call and maybe try and talk to the technician and find out if they saw which sex it was for sure and just forgot to say it to you?
We dont have another scan until october (:eek:) and I just cannot wait that long. I'm dying to be able to pick out the right colors for clothing and start seriously thinking of some names (also all my family overseas is starting to give us some pressure as to finding out the sex...bah!) We are planning on doing a 3D scan closer to the end of august and hopefully finding out what little baby is! Does anyone know of any good scanning places in or around limerick/limerick county that won't cost a fortune? We had some friends get thiers done and it was 200...thats ok but wouldnt mind paying a little less if possible!
Also plenty of movement (especially when I'm eating!) but its definitely not consistant yet or hard enough for my OH to feel anything. I start getting a little nervous when I have days that I hardly feel baby at all...if its not one thing its another right?
And thankfully no heartburn yet (knock on wood!!) and no swelling yet beyond a little in my hands. (knock on wood again!) I am starting to find sleeping at night more uncomfortable though. not a great side sleeper, pillow helps but I wake up pretty much everytime I want to turn over. I guess it takes some adjusting!0 -
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Half way there Moonbeam, that is great
I wake up at least three times per night, it actually got better, at the start of the pregnancy I woke up every two to three hours either for the toilet or because I was hungry, or both. I had difficulty falling back asleep after 4 am when it started getting bright but I found a sleeping mask helped wonders with that, maybe you can try that FunkSoulSista if you haven't already.
The midwife measured my BMI during my last appointment (20 weeks), which I found fairly inappropriate, particularly because nobody bothered in the first half of the pregnancy, not even at the very start, where I understand it would make a lot of sense so know how much I am to gain in the coming months.
I would have prefered she checked me for gestational diabetes with the baby being so huge, but the only thing she checked was my BMI ... But at 20 weeks, what good is the BMI? Is this normal? As far as I know, the BMI does not really apply in the way it does outside of pregnancy, or am I wrong there?0 -
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