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Yay marleys girl - sounds like it all went well, i guess they are looking in much more detail than a 'normal' scan would so i'm sure all will be well! hooray!
i love maternity trousers and jeans now - soo comfy! dont have much of a bump but they really feel so much better (not pressing on anything)!

Originally Posted by ellie

i love maternity trousers and jeans now - soo comfy! dont have much of a bump but they really feel so much better (not pressing on anything)!

Mine are still a little large, but my OH was getting fed up of me always having to hold my jeans up (because they wouldn't close around the bump) ... so I've given in to him! He's now loving the "really pregnant" look

Marleysgirl, sounds like a really detailed scan! Sounds like he was being a bit of an acrobat. Glad you got your piccie even if he is camera shy, we keep saying he, do we know?? (sorry if youve already said!!)
LdS 39 I was like that with my scan too, fighting back the tears, I couldnt actually cry though cause with my jelly belly they would never have gotten a picture at all,lol. Im so glad all was well, did you find out what gender you were having (God Im sooo nosey)
I finished my college course this Weds (hooray!) so I can now focus entirely on baby and dont need to worry about my pregnancy brain coming through in essays anymore.
I bought a few bits for the baby at last and now have an emergency hospital bag (just in case) I will add to it from now on till I have all I want in it, probably will have waaaay too much knowing me.

Originally Posted by soon2b6

Marleysgirl, sounds like a really detailed scan! Sounds like he was being a bit of an acrobat. Glad you got your piccie even if he is camera shy, we keep saying he, do we know?? (sorry if youve already said!!)

Yes, he's a boy, we found out last week, and it was confirmed today when he had his bits on show for all to see!

Was a lovely detailed scan, it's for research purposes but it meant we got to spend a fair time watching the baby whilst they took measurements from him. And it sounds like I'll be re-scanned every 2-4 weeks, so plenty more chances to see him grow!

Maybe camera shy but not that shy then, hey!! Great to get all the scans!!

Lds - congrats on the scan, don't blame you for crying, it's a pretty emotional experience seeing this little person on the screen

Hi ladies,

well finally here are my scan pictures - introducing the blob! I swear it did actually look like a proper baby on the screen!!

Now for my big rant...

I had a midwife appointment yesterday and had a big argument with the midwife about my due date. Basically I have been going on my date of ovulation because I was temperature charting so I know when I ovulated. But because I had a long cycle, those dates are about a week behind the dates calculated from last menstrual period. So my due date from LMP is 29th October, but I know this is wrong. So I had explained this to the midwife at my booking in appointment, and she told me the date would be adjusted at the 12 week dating scan, so not to worry.

So at the scan, by LMP I was 13+6 whereas by my dates I was 12+6. On the scan, the baby measured 13+1, so closer to my dates. But the midwife is saying that because there is only 5 days difference between that and LMP, they are going to go by LMP!! I am raging because I know it's not accurate. The hospital policy is that they will probably be pushing for induction from 10 days 'overdue', but since my dates are now a week out, that will only actually be 3 days overdue. She couldn't seem to see what my problem with this was, she was saying things like 'it's a good thing, you are further along than you think' - like as if the baby is going to come earlier just because they have decided on an earlier due date!! Then she started with 'I don't want to try to scare you, but we had a woman recently who refused an induction and it wasn't a good outcome.' I was just so angry and upset by the stupidity of it all. Anyway, she finally agreed that if it comes down to it, I will be able to explain my concerns to the registrar and they will 'allow' me to go 14 days overdue! I'm now really hoping that baby comes on time, I don't want to be induced just because they have my dates wrong so I could have a bit of a fight on my hands. I should have just lied about my LMP!!

Sorry for the long rant - just needed to get it off my chest!

Interesting that they are insisting on using the LMP date, Polaris. I'm facing it the other way - they adjusted my DD to two days later (3 Nov) at the 12 week scan, and they're sticking to that date, regardless of my LMP. So I reckon I'm gonna deliver early (assuming they don't take control of my delivery due to placenta difficulties).

Polaris - you must be really angry with that response. Its your baby and your birth and they have no right to "allow you" to go 14 days overdue, you choose. In fact the World Health Organisation define full term as between 37 and 42 weeks pregnant, so by their definition 42 weeks isnt even overdue! They should monitor you for sure (and I suspect that hadnt happened for the lady with the "poor outcome") but they dont need to intervene at that stage.
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