Another Scan...
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Topic: Another Scan...
Posted By: Lisha
Subject: Another Scan...
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 6:13pm
I had my midwife appointment today and she seems to think that I need another scan @ 33 weeks... as there might be alot of extra fluid in my womb, and to make sure things are ok. A good thing about this is we will get to find out the sex of the baby as we couldn't @ 20 weeks... !!! And there is no way that I will be able to keep it a secret!------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 6:14pm
Or would you wait till the end and find out what the sex is?!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 6:16pm
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I had a scan at 34 weeks and thought about finding out too, but there was no way the sonographer could tell as baby was so squished the legs covered up every possible chance of seeing the flavour!
I am actually glad now that we didn't find out at this late stage as I am bursting to find out and the suspense is killing me!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 6:30pm
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I had regular scans from 36 weeks with Andrew and didn't find out what he was. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 6:50pm
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Awww didn't think of that, that we might not be able to see! Shouldn't get my hopes up then aye ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 7:08pm
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We could have found out with Briona at 35 weeks (growth scan) but chose not to... we had waited that long, so could easily wait another 5 weeks - right? hehe. Still, if you can and you're as impatient as me, you'll probably go for it anyway! And at least you'll be "with it" (compared to having just pushed the baby out) -------------  |
Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 7:24pm
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We had a scan at 38 weeks and we were looking at this big lump and asked if it was a kidney or something. The sonagrapher looked a bit embarrassed and said it was the testes. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 7:40pm
Hahaha jaz!!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 7:45pm
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We had a growth/position scan for Xavier at 32 weeks, and were able to confirm his gender (had already found out at the 20 week scan) and he was estimated at the time to be about 3.5kg so not exactly small... I would say there is a good chance you will be able to find out if you want to. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 7:57pm
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Fingers crossed! Wow big boy then! I am thinking this is a boy, as I am really big, then again maybe it's all the fluid ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 8:04pm
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Yeah, he was 4.02kg at birth, 15 minutes after his due date ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 8:27pm
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Yikes! Ella was 2.89kg. How big was Kiya, Becca?
I found out at 20 weeks that Ella was a girl, but they said 80% chance.. lol So at 30 weeks I had another scan (to make sure) and they found that the placenta was calcified, so I had to have more scans after that. I think I had 5 in total, as Ella was born at 39 weeks. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 8:37pm
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Kiya was 3.54kg (7lb 13)
Josiah was 3.18kg (7lb even) Xavier was 4.04kg (8lb 14) I don't know what to expect this time!  ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 8:37pm
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Goodluck for finding out. Ooo I will be waiting for post lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 8:50pm
My mums climbed in size like that and then her 4th was the smallest!!! Good luck with the scan, I wouldn't be able to wait if I could find out. We found out at 20 week scan but then had it confirmed as we needed extra scans at 35 weeks. ------------- 
 
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daikini wrote:Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 10 October 2007 at 10:10pm
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We found out the sex at 20 weeks, but had a scan on Monday at 27.5 weeks and there was no way he was uncrossing his legs to confirm! The sonographer said it is a lot harder from about 25 weeks on as they are just too big to get the 'wide angle' shots, but not impossible. If you're dying to find out, I say go for it. But then again, you only have a few weeks left... can you hold out?!
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 6:37am
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If we can't see I suppose it's not the end of the world! But now there is this chance...! I was just reading my notes and it said that my uterus is large for the dates that I have... so what does that mean? Never had this with lucy ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 7:20am
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Both my uterus and baby growth measurements have been large for my dates since 20 weeks so your not alone! For me its an indication of a larger than average baby apparently or my dates are wrong (which could definately be the case). At 34 weeks the estimate weight of baby was 3kg. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 8:38am
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Wow peachy... I am thinking a big baby, as Lucy was 8lb 5oz and I pushed her out with no pain relief and within 20 mins of arriving to the hospital... Looking forward to the scan to see what is happening in there.
Have you finished work yet peachy? I had lucy @ 37 weeks! Where you are now! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 8:43am
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Lisha if you midwife is worried there might be extra fluid that would explain why your uterus is large for dates as you would be generally larger than normal to account for all the extra fluid in there. Does not necissarily mean baby will be big, it could be lots of fluid, which i guess is what the midwife is wanting to find out by sending you for the scan - to see how much fluid is in there and how big the baby is in comparrison.
We found out Ayja was a girl at the 20wk scan then had another scan at 33 weeks as my fundal height was going backwards!! so we got to reconfirm then that all the pink we already had was going to be put to good use. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 8:46am
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Haha I am the same with the pink... either sell it all on Trade Me and get some boys things, that I already have, just in case! Got an appointment for Monday afternoon, so fingers crossed ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 8:49am
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Lisha yep I have finished work, I finished at 36 weeks, now just waiting waiting waiting! They have estimated a birth weight of between 8lbs 6oz to 9lbs something! MY DH was 10lbs 4oz and didn't fit in a hospital bassinette because he was such a long baby!
Well done on no pain relief with a decent sized baby!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 10:11am
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Wow your DH was a big baby! Here's hoping this time that I might be able to have another natural birth, or maybe some gas. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 11:47am
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I had a scan at 36 weeks for positon check and they found I had heaps of fluid too (I thought it was fairly obvious considering I was swelling like a balloon!) At that stage, they estimated baby's size as 7lb 15oz - she was born at 42 weeks weighing 9lb 2oz!!! I was huge near the end too! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 11:55am
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Ouchies! Thank god it's not summer though aye, I wouldn't be able to handle being so big in the heat. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 12:46pm
| I was told Joshie would probably be a 9 or 10lb-er, and he was 8lb 1, so a lot smaller than they "guesstimated". However, he was 56cm long, so that could have thrown the sonographer out a bit. |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 11 October 2007 at 8:13pm
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Gees! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 13 October 2007 at 11:48am
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Yay lisha another scan, my money is still on a boy
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 13 October 2007 at 4:43pm
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Bets are on then Rach!! I have no clue! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 13 October 2007 at 7:16pm
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Lisha, babies don't always get bigger in size either. I had (all full term) 7lb3oz; 8lb4oz and then 8lb exactly. ------------- |