October/November Conkers 2021***

Soo my hubby read my results today and googled which I now wish he didn’t! Basically everything looks completely fine, bar, the freeB-hcg level which is 5.24 MOM?!

I have no idea what this means but apparently it should be anything from 1-2 so 5 is pretty abnormal and not great! I’m going to send myself loopy I think so I’m gonna phone the midwife tomorrow and ask her explain etc a bit more! I’m not googling it anymore because all I’ve done is made myself worry about my health!

when’s everyone’s scans? Looking forward to some baby scan pics! Xx

We won’t have another scan till 20 weeks because we don’t do the 12 week screening just by choice. So 9ish more weeks and hopefully if baby cooperates we’ll find out the gender at the scan. They’ll give me an envelope and I can open it with DH and the girls since they can’t come to the scan anymore. I hope the anatomy is all ok since I haven’t been able to take any vitamins past 6 weeks cause of my sickness. Hopefully the 4 months folate will have been enough stored up for a healthy nervous system!! Plus I’m 34 so more risk for genetic things than when I was 31 last time!

we haven’t really talked names yet but last time we agreed on Peter for a boy and now I don’t really want that but I know DH is still wanting it... kinda hope it’s another girl just so I don’t have to talk him out of that name XD

I was able to get out of bed today and make my own food and help the kids a bit. So it’s definitely getting better but still throwing up once the late afternoon and evenings hit. 2.5 more weeks till 2nd tri for me! I should have a shower but I’m too tired.

The owner of the clinic I worked at emailed me and said, I can’t help thinking there’s something else going on because you’ve missed so much work... like she thinks I’m trying to sneak away from her business and work somewhere else or something. I replied saying no I’m literally so sick I can’t work, or get out of bed and I’m throwing up constantly... it’ll be another few weeks of this. She never wants to have kids so she just doesn’t get it lol.

we are having a whole week of sunny weather this week 14-20 degrees celcius predicted so the kids are playing outside in the backyard and DH is taking them on bike rides all the time. Thank goodness for some good weather! It rains a lot here lol.

@angie90 i have no idea... I googled it and it just confused me! I defo think calling your midwife is the best route. Dr google can be a bit of a scary place. Step away from the keyboard!

as for me I’ve got to wait till late may for my 20 week scan!

@Reiko_ctu yay for getting out of bed for a bit... still sucks you’re not so good later on in the day but hey small steps! Great that you’ve got some sun too!!! Makes such a difference.

We don’t really talk about names until after the 20 week scan but I do still keep an eye out. I think it’s tricky having other babies as the new name kinda has to fit too! And then there’s a middle name to come up with aswell!!!

My first scan is tomorrow and I’m such a bundle of nerves! I will post back after I have it. I should be 7+5 and I’m so excited to hear baby’s heartbeat.

@angie90 so glad your scan looked well, I have everything crossed over here for you.

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My first scan is tomorrow and I’m such a bundle of nerves! I will post back after I have it. I should be 7+5 and I’m so excited to hear baby’s heartbeat.

@angie90 so glad your scan looked well, I have everything crossed over here for you.

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So exciting! Hope all goes well and you get all the water down XD

Maternity clothes.

we were “done” after our third baby so I gave mine away to a friend... who has now moved away about an hour. Not super far but I haven’t talked to her in a long time.

I don’t feel right about asking for them back lol.

so I’m going to thrift when I feel better and then buy some good stuff. I’ll probably need them by June when it starts being warm here so some shorts and t shirts... and then some leggings and maybe a pair of jeans to get me through the fall!?

Had my first on appointment and scan! Baby is measuring right on track at 8weeks and 4 days! The heart rate was 150 !

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Had my first on appointment and scan! Baby is measuring right on track at 8weeks and 4 days! The heart rate was 150 !

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Yay congrats! Lovely to get that first scan and know all is going ok in there!!

Has anyone made any plans for birth?

We’ve had an induction with our first, car birth with our 2nd, and home birth with our 3rd. So I am thinking home birth again as long as my blood sugars don’t get out of control (I get gestational diabetes each pregnancy). My 2nd labour was 90 mins and my 3rd was 2h16m so thinking this one might be on the quick side as well, and driving to the hospital In precipitous labour is really extra uncomfortable.

We have our dating scan on tue and I ve booked a gender scan for 15th may.

@daniyaaq im still unsure! I wanna find out but then don’t want to find out. We never have found out before.... I just don’t know!!!!!! Hahaha!

@sil Goodluck with your scan today! Hopefully you get to share a lovely picture with us all!

@RachRav what a lovely little beanie you have there! Glad all looks good!

@Reiko_ctu Id either like to use the birthing centre again or homebirth but I’m undecided. My first was delivery suite, 2nd and 3rd birthing unit, 4th at home and 5th birthing unit again. So I’m unsure what to do. I wanted a homebirth with no.3 but I had low iron and because they kept on talking about haemorrhage (I haemorrhaged with my molar and I don’t think I could have handled that at home) that I chickened out and went to the birthing unit. No.5 I wanted a homebirth but I had static bump growth but they said baby was a giant. The consultant wanted me to have baby on delivery suite but I said all my babies had been 8lb plus so I’m sure I’d be fine so the birthing unit said that they would take me but it was lovely so all worked out ok and baby was only 8lb 2oz. So yeah birthing unit or home!

what about you guys?

@topazicatzbet exciting! Wonder if you’ll be adding to the team blue or team pink! We need some pink in this thread!

I have booked my gender scan for 8th May x

Well unplanned homebirths do happen!

@playgirl666 exciting stuff! Not long till you find out.

@daniyaaq your team yellow? Is anyone else team yellow?

@angie90 how are you today? Have you had a chance to talk to your midwife?