Due February 2016

@BabyT - thinking of you, sure everything will be just fine

Hello ladies

Glad to see everyone is doing great. @BabyT try not worry about it too much. The assessments will come in with nothing but positive news.

We also going in on Friday for our 13 week tests etc I am excited to see the bean.

I started telling people that we are expecting, the feedback is fantastic getting gifts and well wishes.

Hi Ladies,

Glad to see you are all well!

Our baba was just over 7cm at our fetal assessment (13 weeks 2 days). Will only be going again at 20 weeks for another assessment as my gynie has broken his leg and isn't seeing patients until some time in October. Would have had an appointment at 16 weeks but am ok to wait, will save me some money and will be extra awesome to see baba agter a nice long wait, will be so different by then!

I have had those shooting pains when I sneeze etc. Also have a very full feeling lower abdomen but am struggling with bloating ( aka GAS)! I look like I am way further along than I am, the extra "padding" I have acquired doesn't help the look either! On the plus side I do have a bump that is obvious enough that strangers would know I am pregnant not just chubby in the tummy

Holding thumbs for you BabyT

@BabyT, could be that the lab does the calculations for him then and send him the data, vs the fetal specialist who does the calculations while you sit and wait

Thank you for the info! That sounds exactly like what I'm feeling. My doc didn't think to mention it. My one friend said she had really bad pains like those you are describing at 12 weeks, but this is her second pregnancy (34 weeks now), so I suppose she might have had it sooner. I thought I'd skipped it

@BumbleBee, its my actual gynae doing the assessment.

My doctor warmed me that from 13weeks on the lower pelvic ligaments start to really stretch due to the uterus moving our out of the pelvis and as it needs space to grow in the stretching starts. He said its very uncomfortable at times, but the pain shouldn't be prolonged and more like short lived shooting period pain....

Havent felt it yet, but I know its coming...

Our date hasn't changed at all, but they double check every time as apparently it's common. At 13 weeks our bean was 7cm from crown to rump (excluding legs). @Stormy, did your doc maybe include the legs in his measurement?

@BabyT, that really is strange the lab calling you. Is your doc or a fetal specialist doing the fetal assessment for you? Maybe they just called the wrong person when phoning to get the details as I imagine they should be talking to your doc and not you. Thinking of you the next couple of days, I know the wait is very difficult.

Since the initial pickle cravings I've just been craving fruit. My appetite has seemed to quiet down and I don't feel the need to eat ALL the time anymore - probably to do with the morning sickness going away (except in the evenings still).

I was really sore today. Feels quite 'full' and sensitive in my lower abdomen, though not like bloat, and here and there a little like period pain. My preggie friends tell me this is the uterus expanding, anyone else felt like this? And sneezing and coughing hurts! Found I have to double over every time I cough or blow my nose, otherwise I get sharp muscle pains in my abdomen. Haven't been able to manage this when sneezing as they creep up on me - ouch!

Thanks CarienM, guess I will just be praying a little harder during the next couple of days...