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Hey guys, i know i dont come in here very often but i am stressing out right now. I have my scan tomorrow and i am so worried that the same thing is going to happen. I have been having nightmares agout the scan for a week now and i am feeling like i am going to be sick. the stupid thing is i know bub is alive right now, i can feel kicking but my stupid head wont stop playing the what if game... how on earth do you relax before a scan??
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mo4 - I don't relax before a scan! I could just about vomit before every single one. This morning it was only the fact that I was running late that actually saw me striding through that door - I was so distracted that I forgot to be worrying my pants off. I have played the what-if game for weeks - maybe that's not actually kicking? maybe it's something else? What if that leftover soup I ate wasn't hot enough? I was also briefly convinced there was a hole in my uterus (sooooo stoopid, but true) and the baby had slipped out and that's why I could feel kicks, and then thought they'd find nothing at the scan
Will be thinking of you tomorrow hun! (actually, I'll be thinking of my bed all day long, sooo tired, but I'll make sure you feature in my thoughts too! xxx)
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audax -before scans i get so nervous i cant even think i get in a bad mood just thinking that something that is going to go wrong.
afm i had a couple of semi good days not today i am super tired and m/s is setting in once again
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I am always scared before a scan. I work myself up that much that i cry all the way there and am a blubbering mess when i leave too! Lucky DH is so understanding!
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Angelfish - i'm so sorry you are having such a hard time with your b/f, i hope you know you have whole bunch of ladies here to listen to and support you when you need it. As for the m/s, i am about 8 weeks at the moment and the end of last week my m/s completely disappeared for 2 days and i started to worry and then it came back 10 fold and i have been pretty much in bed since so i wouldn't read too much into it.
TFAF - great news on your scan. Its great to see your hubby is so excited. Do you think he will be down the 'business' end when the baby arrives with the video camera in hand?
AFM - i have my scan tomorrow after my initial scan only showed the egg sac. I am crossing my fingers that everything is ok. I really hate waiting!
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Angelfish – hope you are able to rest now with the house a bit quieter and no angry monsters coming home from work complaining about messes. Your b/f needs to make up some MAJOR brownie points for his attitude lately. Really, what's more important in the big scheme of things? Your baby is needing your energy right now, not later, but now. I noticed you posted at 4am. You really must be having some grief today with your symptoms.
Audax – I’m glad your scan went well. Is that really a pic of your little one, on your signature? How many weeks is that? Hope your energy picks up a bit.
Tegam - I think to aleviate the worry, we need increased access to U/S. I’m thinking of asking my GP for extra U/S along the way if I ever get too anxious.
Mummyof4 – how did your scan go today? Sucks that this can be a rollercoaster of worries. Hope that you have had some relief with all good news.
Hoping – good luck tomorrow.
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hey guys!!
My scan went great today!! i was a bit of a mess when i got there stuipd tho i could feel bubby kicking away!
Everything measures perfect and there is nothing to be worried about!
And bub even let us see his little boy bits!!!
thanks so much for your support. it means alot to know i dont have to do this alone!
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mummyof4 - so glad ur scan went so well, here's to the next 21 weeks xoxo
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TFAF - The pic in my sig is from the 12 week scan! Baby was not so gracious this time round, and the pics are nowhere near as good - hands permanently in front of its face, maybe trying to get its hair done just right for the glamour shots?!
Bobbie - your post totally confused me. I read it, trying to find where I was up to in this thread, found yours, and thought "no, wait, I already read this."But I was thinking of the BoyTown (Belly Buddies) post.
dory - good luck with your GTT results!
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Time for a family - thanks for the info on the pins and needles. Most of the time it is the little and ring fingers. Sometimes the middle, index and thumb. I tend to get it when I have been lying on my side.... so like you suggested... to me that's indicative of compression. AWESOME NEWS about your scan..... that it just so good. LOL re DH and the camera.
Mo4 - hoping your scan went well today..... I am hoping you get some nice reassuring news and not repeat. Big hugs my love.
Hoping - good luck with your tomorrow. Sweetie - I am with the rest of the girls... as exciting as scans are theoretically, for anyone who's suffered loss, they are like walking on a precipice, just waiting for news we don't want to hear. There's not much that I found to help with the anxiety. Although I like the strategy of being so distracted by being late, that there was no time to remember to be anxious. I always felt sick before a scan and worse before every single Obs appointment ( and I was having them every week to two weeks, so for me there didn't seem to be any escape from the anxiety and tension). The progression of the pregnancy has eased some of that sense of foreboding, it doesn't mean I feel confident in bringing bubs home. Sometimes that makes me so sad... but if it does happen, it will make that time even more special.
AFM - had my 2 hour GTT today and didn't feel sick but did feel dizzy most of the time. Oh well... so on that basis I didn't even ask if I could wait in the car, I just stayed in the waiting room just in case I fainted or got sick. Lukcily it wasn't too busy either and no one who seemed obviously sick came in. Baby really started to move around about 30 mins after the drink(75grams of glucose). Disco baby! But it was reasurring as bubs has been a bit quieter the past two days. I will get the results either tomorrow ( the Obs rooms will call them through if there's something I need to know) or get them on Friday at my next appointment.
Only 2 more sleeps til the furbaby goes in for the 3 week treatment where I can't visit. I am still going to miss the little mischief, but am now at the point, that the sooner it starts the sooner it will be over.
HPL - 30 weeks my friend. I can not believe that number applies to me. 10 weeks to go. 3/4 of the way there. Wow, at times I am just speechless. Hope you're well.
Angel - good for you for being strong in yourself. Just remember you are worthy of respect and you can give yourself that, permission to respect yourself and take care of yourself.
Crumpet - thinking of you.
Hiya to those I have missed. Take care. Look after yourselves.
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Mo4 - congratulations on your little healthy bundle of blue....
Iona - hiya.
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Mo4 congratulations on your scan im glad everything went well and woo hoo to a little boy, very exciting news
Dory glad the GT wasnt too bad and that noone came in too sick, i always think that too while im in the waiting rooms, all these yucky germs. Hopefully the time your furbaby is away goes nice and quick for you and just think then youll be 3 weeks closer to meeting your little one.
Hello to everyone else ive missed and Good luck to all of you with scans coming up.
AFM had a Drs appt today and she confirmed what i had been thinking and feeling, bubs is head down! That makes it seem all that much closer to meeting our little man. I thought my belly shape had changed and im also feeling kicks and movement in different places. Everything else is really good other than this pesky heartburn/reflux but she suggested Mylanta so ill give that a go and hopefully it helps.
Take care everyone
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