January/ February Snowflakes 2024

Glad to see a thread has been made :). I think all the January ladies were all to nervous to start or even join a January thread just yet, but one has been needed.

I'll be following this thread as well as my November/December one if you don't mind, since I'm just as likely to have a January baby as a December one based on my history.

Congrats to you and everyone else who is due in the beginning of 2024
 
@NDH Of course, all are welcome! I took comfort in joining a group early last pregnancy. Was surprised there still wasn't one but totally get the hesitation.
 
9w5d for me today. Recently, my nausea is much better. I definitely need to eat less sweets; definitely don't want to have gestational diabetes this pregnancy just because I have little self control.
I have been having a hard time sleeping lately. Might start taking melatonin from time to time to get some solid sleep while I can.
Already up 5 pounds from pre pregnancy weight, so I might want to watch my diet a bit more.
Definitely also looking to the future and have a lot of home renovation desires floating around in my thoughts.
How are you all doing?
 
@littlewitch glad to see you join! I'll add you. I'm doing some home renos as well working on rebuilding a deck at the moment.

I'm eating everything in sight so probably will need to be careful but at least I'm not sick. I'm 6 weeks today so hoping it doesn't change. I'm up maybe a pound so far but I feel bigger already. Don't remember it happening this fast before.
 
Welcome @littlewitch cute ultrasound!

I'm 11+2 today. Feeling pretty good so far. I'm lucky and don't tend to get too many first trimester symptoms thankfully. I have my dating scan on Monday and I'm so nervous but I managed to find baby's heartbeat on my doppler today so hopefully all is good.
 
Beautiful scans ladies

Think I’m going to join now too. My scan is on Wednesday so won’t give a date until then as it’ll more than likely change to what I have myself at. Been so nervous to join and then have to leave again like last time but I tried my Doppler again Thursday. Couldn’t find anything in the morning which had me panicked and upset but tried again with a full bladder in the evening and they were right there as soon as I turned it on and was the loudest and longest I’ve heard the heartbeat so I’m starting to feel more excited then nervous for my scan now. Still struggling a little with morning sickness. I’m ok until I eat then I go down hill from there and by nighttime I feel awful. But hopefully it will start to subside within the next couple of weeks. Can’t wait to get into the 2nd trimester and excited for those little flutters to start and to finally be able to tell the children. I’m starting to get a little bump now. My sister pointed it out the other day so wouldn’t be able to hide it much longer anyway it seems
 
Beautiful scans ladies

Think I’m going to join now too. My scan is on Wednesday so won’t give a date until then as it’ll more than likely change to what I have myself at. Been so nervous to join and then have to leave again like last time but I tried my Doppler again Thursday. Couldn’t find anything in the morning which had me panicked and upset but tried again with a full bladder in the evening and they were right there as soon as I turned it on and was the loudest and longest I’ve heard the heartbeat so I’m starting to feel more excited then nervous for my scan now. Still struggling a little with morning sickness. I’m ok until I eat then I go down hill from there and by nighttime I feel awful. But hopefully it will start to subside within the next couple of weeks. Can’t wait to get into the 2nd trimester and excited for those little flutters to start and to finally be able to tell the children. I’m starting to get a little bump now. My sister pointed it out the other day so wouldn’t be able to hide it much longer anyway it seems

Glad to see you here hun :) I'm excited to tell my kids too. I'm going to tell them on Monday after my scan. When will you tell yours?
 
Glad to see you here hun :) I'm excited to tell my kids too. I'm going to tell them on Monday after my scan. When will you tell yours?

We’ll be telling them Wednesday after our scan too. Be lovely to have the scan photo to show them. I can’t completely stop feeling nervous. Think I’m just worried going back in that same room after last time. Hard to imagine them not telling me it’s bad news again. I’m going to use my Doppler again the night before I go and just hope I hear baby’s heartbeat.
 
Congratulations all you ladies on your pregnancies and what amazing scan photos already :) xx

@Laurabub84 I so get your anxiety I had the same last June :cry: I had a private scan 2 weeks before and baby was fine moving around heartbeat perfect that was at 8 weeks, fast forward 2 weeks and I'd started spotting so rang epu and they sent me for a scan I was supose to be 10+4 baby only measured 7 weeks, now fast forward to November found out pregnant again going for that first ultrasound is the worst waiting for the news that baby not there I was panicky anxious everything foing through my head, now I'm 34 weeks with a healthy baby boy, my pont is I no what your going through lovely and ill be sure to stalk for gorgeous scan pics xx
 
We’ll be telling them Wednesday after our scan too. Be lovely to have the scan photo to show them. I can’t completely stop feeling nervous. Think I’m just worried going back in that same room after last time. Hard to imagine them not telling me it’s bad news again. I’m going to use my Doppler again the night before I go and just hope I hear baby’s heartbeat.

I understand. I didn't refer myself until I'd had a private scan at 7 weeks because I couldn't stand the idea of going to the hospital and finding our it was a mmc again. My mmc was between 5 and 6 weeks so very early on but it took weeks of repeated ultrasounds for them to confirm it was a mmc and I should have been 11 weeks when I finally had the surgery. Fingers crossed we both have healthy rainbow babies
 
When I had my first midwife appointment I told her how anxious I was so she arranged for me to have an early reassurance scan at the epu. I was booked in on a Monday, but the Friday before I had really bad cramping and I broke down because I was convinced the baby must have died with the pain I was in. I called the epu and they had me straight in and baby was measuring 7 weeks with a little heartbeat. It was such a relief to see but unfortunately it didn’t reassure me as the baby i lost passed away at 8+3 weeks so I was still terrified. It was hard to believe it wasn’t going to happen again. With that pregnancy tho, straight from my bfp I just had such a bad feeling something felt wrong. The day baby passed I woke that morning and it was like someone had turned my symptoms off with a switch. Everything was gone. Morning sickness just vanished and I just had such a bad feeling. I tried over and over to contact my midwife team but it constantly went to answer machine. I sent an email to them like it said in the message and I never received an answer. 3 days later I had my first midwife appointment and told her that my symptoms had gone and that my morning sickness never ends this early and that I just had a bad feeling something was wrong but she just brushed off my concerns and said my hormones were probably settling and that I was probably lucky it was stopping early. I tried over and over from 9 weeks to find a heartbeat with my Doppler and never could so by the time I had my 12 weeks scan i knew in my heart baby was gone. I said to dh in the waiting room I was absolutely dreading going into that scan. Was still devastating to have it confirmed and when she said baby measured 8+3, the exact day my symptoms stopped I was just so hurt that no one bothered to contact me back when I voiced my concerns and that the midwife I’d seen had brushed me off. When I first tried using my Doppler at 9 weeks this time I was so nervous and to have found baby’s heartbeat I burst into tears, I was so relieved. So to be able to still hear it is so reassuring. I’m slowly starting to believe I’m really having this baby and I’m starting to get a little excited now. More nervous still but the excitement is starting to hit now. I can’t wait for Wednesday. Baby was a tiny little blob with a heartbeat last time we see them so will be amazing to see an actual little baby.
 
Congratulations all you ladies on your pregnancies and what amazing scan photos already :) xx

@Laurabub84 I so get your anxiety I had the same last June :cry: I had a private scan 2 weeks before and baby was fine moving around heartbeat perfect that was at 8 weeks, fast forward 2 weeks and I'd started spotting so rang epu and they sent me for a scan I was supose to be 10+4 baby only measured 7 weeks, now fast forward to November found out pregnant again going for that first ultrasound is the worst waiting for the news that baby not there I was panicky anxious everything foing through my head, now I'm 34 weeks with a healthy baby boy, my pont is I no what your going through lovely and ill be sure to stalk for gorgeous scan pics xx

I can’t believe you’re so close to meeting your little boy now. So excited for you
 
I can’t believe you’re so close to meeting your little boy now. So excited for you

Just under 3 weeks now well I'll be 37 weeks when they induce me and guess what I'm not even ready I've got hardly nothing :rofl: I have always done this tho left until last minute lol xx
 

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