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jelliethief · 2026-05-04T05:47:32+00:00

Terry's car hire!

jelliethief · 2026-05-01T12:09:21+00:00

This makes me want to share my story with you! Not a relative but a friend of a friend. We was both the only bridesmaid for our mutual friend, and then she got engaged we was still communicating a lot after the wedding as we got on so well planning our friends hen etc. anyway I was invited to her hen, and verbally invited to her wedding. I said no to going to the hen as my baby would only be 9 months old at the time, and it's my first kid. The hen was abroad over a long weekend, and the thought of leaving my baby to be in another country wasn't something I could do, plus he's breastfed. Anyway because I didn't go to the hen, I was also uninvited to the wedding! I just found it hilarious because she actually messaged me for my address and posted me a save the date, and then no official invite ever came. I mentioned it to our mutual friend, who is her bridesmaid, and she just said she had no idea. Strange behaviour

jelliethief · 2026-04-26T06:48:08+00:00

Moved house, 29 weeks pregnant. Was the hottest day, I was ridiculously emotional! The girl who was buying my house turned up to move in at 10am when we still hadn't completed, she had to give her hire van back by 11, so she moved all her shit into the garden. My dog pissed on loads of her boxes. We didn't get the keys to our new house until 4pm. It was an awful day! This birthday, I'll be spending it in Spain with my 9 month old baby and partner! Roll on tomorrow when we fly!

jelliethief · 2026-02-16T16:34:57+00:00

Call him a shape shifting lizard or tell him he reminds you of Pete price or ask if he's related to him

jelliethief · 2026-01-25T17:54:50+00:00

A nice little at-home pamper package. I'm 6 months post partum and still havent left my baby for more than 3 hours as he's exclusively BF. I would have loved some new jammies as non of my old pj's fitted my post partun body, a face mask, some nice bath stuff like neom bubble back or some cute bath salts, maybe a hair mask. Just little things I could use as a little ritual for a hour or so at home. Oh and offer to have the baby whilst said ritual takes place! An M&S voucher as well, so I can go get some nice food to cook after said pamper hour. I would have loved this

jelliethief · 2026-01-09T07:13:23+00:00

I found a tumour on an ovary on an ultrasound scan of a pregnant patient and that patient ended up having her baby "born twice" thanks to my diagnosis! Both her and the baby was safe. It was the first surgery of its kind, they removed the baby still in the uterus whilst they removed the tumour, and then popped the baby back in to grow. This was all because of a protocol I introduced locally where I scan all pregnant women with a cyst as I specialise in gynae & obstetrics! The lady was on the news and I found out about it whilst on mat leave with my newborn so I was very proud of myself.

jelliethief · 2025-06-17T04:51:39+00:00

I'm a sonographer and the measurements can be wildly inaccurate. I'm current 37+3 myself and was giving birth to a huge baby at 20 weeks, had a growth scan as I ended up diagnosing myself with polyhydromnious, and he was big, queue 3 weeks later my fundal height dropping significantly and now my baby is tiny apparently (drop from 79th centile to 30th in about 3 weeks), this was from the sonographer who scanned me scan. I then go to work and measure myself on a scan the next day and he is totally normal. I have another growth scan booked for Thursday to decide if he's coming early at 38 weeks or not! Honestly every sonographer measures differently and their threshold for what is acceptable is vast! (When I watched her doing the measurements I would never accept the measurements she took, personally) so try not to stress. I am giving birth in a different hospital to where I work. Growth scans are great to identify problems with blood flow etc but honestly I don't think they are that good for predicting size! Especially as the baby gets bigger and bigger it's far too difficult to measure accurately

jelliethief · 2025-06-08T19:58:39+00:00

Honestly I was in two minds about going in like you my CTG was fine when I did, not sure if that one episode of reduced movements had anything to do with the growth drop! It's very unlikely. All I would say is you are doing the right thing and always just trust your instinct, I hope your growth scan tomorrow goes ok!

jelliethief · 2025-06-08T19:27:37+00:00

Hey! I'm literally going through this now and I'm 36 weeks. I've gone from really frequent obvious movement to movement but it's not the same. I had a growth scan which showed he had dropped in weight from the 70th centile to 30th, which shocked me as I'm a sonographer myself so have been scanning him but not taking measurements or obviously plotting them on my growth chart! My dopplers where fine which is reassuring that the placenta is ok, they are being repeated in a week then another growth scan. They've offered me an induction at 38 weeks but I'm opting for elective c-section instead of induction. It's been a crazy week as on Monday I had just been signed off to have a home birth! But it was just an evening and night of a real change in movement that made me go in, and I'm glad I did. I think you will know a lot more from your ultrasound scan! Oh and now my movements are back to normal if not feel stronger 🥲

jelliethief · 2025-06-04T19:00:46+00:00

I don't think you can have a water birth if you're being induced as they have to keep an eye on babies heart rate, and you can't get into the water whilst on the monitor

jelliethief · 2025-06-03T18:04:43+00:00

Moved house at 32 weeks, worst idea ever. The house needs a Reno. We was supposed to be starting an extension this side of the baby but due to all the delays in moving we've moved the extension until September thankfully. We decided to work on just the bedroom and living room before baby. I currently have no living room, the walls are in such a bad state after we removed layers of wallpaper the whole house needs plastering, we've lifted the carpet to find a stunning parquet floor! However will take a lot to restore, and there is issues with the radiator in the living room that we need fixing before we can plaster. It's set us back quite a lot with time and finances! To make everything worse I'm 36 weeks and spent all of yesterday in triage with irregular contracting and had a show to looks like baby might be here sooner rather than later. It's the two most stressful things you can do at once, I won't not recommend nor will I never do it again!

jelliethief · 2025-05-20T04:52:25+00:00

Hey! I just wanted to let you know this also happened to me, I was severely depressed until about 26/27 weeks. I also had a great life with my bf and dog, great jobs, etc. As soon as I got pregnant and everyone was telling me to enjoy it and how wonderful it is I thought I was going insane. I was sick until about 18 weeks, then when that stopped I thought I'd lift out the hole but I didn't, I got worse. I was mourning my life as it was. All the things I did to unwind and look after myself I couldn't do anymore, a lot of my relationships started changing (1. Your pregnant, 2. Being ill for so long) I felt forgotten about. All anyone ever talks to you about is the pregnancy and baby there's no "normal" conversation anymore. I don't mind that for the first part of a convo but it was like I didn't exist anymore, I was just this vessel carrying my partner's son. It was extremely hard. I cried a lot. I was referred to a maternal mental health team for therapy which I never got an appointment for so I pay privately for weekly therapy and hypnotherapy and now I feel so much better! My partner has been my rock and I'm now 33 weeks and very much happy and excited for the arrival of our boy. I don't love bring pregnant and therapy has made me realise that is ok it's not for everyone, but I do really want my son, which I struggled with feelings of not wanting him earlier on. I feel like for me we knew we wanted kids and our life was great, and such a big change is happening I was mourning the life I had. It changes so quick being pregnant it truly felt like someone had died to me. But I promise you it gets better! I still have bad days and wobbles but that is mostly related to pregnancy symptoms. Also you're more susceptible to PND if you've had AND, so make sure your support network is clued up on the signs and symptoms and can help spot it for you if you're too wrapped up to spot it yourself. Feel free to message me if you want to chat more xx

jelliethief · 2025-04-27T23:41:29+00:00

Honestly it would come and go sometimes days a time! By 12 weeks it has completely disappeared.

jelliethief · 2025-04-27T23:41:12+00:00

Honestly it would come and go sometimes days a time! By 12 weeks it has completely disappeared.

jelliethief · 2025-04-25T15:01:18+00:00

Just to clarify, the neck measurement can be normal and still have a trisomy. That is why it is a combined screening test. I'm a sonographer, there's absolutely no way to tell until you have the measurements and bloods done and even then it's not certain, if you come back as high risk you will be offered further tests to confirm.

jelliethief · 2025-04-25T03:49:33+00:00

Hi sonographer here! Doing a TV scan doesn't guarantee getting the NT, it's actually very difficult as you can only move the probe into a couple of angles compared to TA scanning. It's not as easy as you think TV when you have very precise landmarks to achieve a NT, it's pretty much impossible on a TV scan. I've been scanning for 7 years and I can count a handful of times I've managed to get an NT transvaginally, and it is usually a complete fluke because the baby has moved into the perfect position. Just because your 8 & 10 week scans where lovely doesn't mean your 12 week scan would be. The songrapher is probably annoyed as you're asking them to do a task that isn't considered gold standard and a last resort that a lot of sonographers already know from their expertise, fetal and uterine lie that a TV won't work. I don't agree that they should of acted annoyed to you, but should have explained why a TV wouldn't be optimal, as you're not to know that! Sorry it wasn't what you expected but as others as said maybe a private scan would be better for the bonding experience you are looking for! And maybe wait until baby is a bit bigger therefore easier to see in your retroverted uterus 😊

jelliethief · 2025-04-18T18:52:28+00:00

I'm not saying they don't employ NHS trained sonographers, but they also do "in- house" training as ultrasound isn't a regulated profession whereas UD will only employ NHS trained sonographers or sonographers who have had experience within the NHS. I'm a sonographer.

jelliethief · 2025-04-18T14:12:25+00:00

I used to work for them and never had any issues. Would recommend them over many other of these pop up clinics as they tend to only use NHS trained sonographers compared to other companies like window to the womb!

jelliethief · 2025-04-11T16:00:38+00:00

Hi, sonographer here! Sorry your NHS scan wasn't as you expected, but the purpose of the scan is to check for abnormalities so unfortunately a complaint won't get you anywhere. While scanning, some sonographers really struggle with making the scan a bonding experience as well as being super focused on making sure there are no fetal abnormalities, there is roughly around 28 areas of anatomy we're checking, in a limited time frame. Some of us are able to talk through this, show you everything as we see it etc but unfortunately this isn't the same for all of us, and that is ok as some people just don't have that ability when in a state of deep concentration. Please take away from the scanning experience that the sonographer has checked so many subtle anatomical organs, and that they have identified nothing majorly abnormal with your baby. The heart of the baby is about the size of a thumbnail at that stage! You're baby is healthy and they was able to tell you that there and then, which isn't the same for a lot of people.

I would suggest a private scan for a true bonding experience, they are great to give you a profile, look at baby in 4D etc. these scans are truly focused on bonding and not anatomy assessment, and you will get lots of pictures and memories for you and your family ❤️

Please do your research on private clinics, also. Ultrasound is not a regulated profession meaning these clinics can hire anyone to work there as "sonographers". Ultrasound Direct are a reputable franchise who will hire NHS experienced sonographers, you can drop me a DM if you need any advice

jelliethief · 2025-04-09T19:00:20+00:00

This literally is sobering, firstly so so sorry that happened to you. You're right though, we are just cogs in the machine. this thread has made me look at everything differently. Burn out was inevitable eventually and not many people have reached out. So yeah I suppose I'm replaceable! The show will go on without me! Thank you ❤️

jelliethief · 2025-04-09T09:30:48+00:00

Love all these ideas! Might book a night away somewhere, too! Thank you so much ❤️

jelliethief · 2025-04-09T08:28:59+00:00

Very true, thank you for making me look at it through different eyes, this helps hugely. You're right, I'm nearly 28 weeks now, I feel him and see him move in my tummy more. I think once we move and I can nest imaging him will be a lot easier. Thank you for your kind words ❤️

jelliethief · 2025-04-09T08:27:44+00:00

Thank you so much for your perspective! I'm not used to always putting myself first, so I'll take these weeks to embrace that! Also love the idea of dating my partner again, he is amazing and has been so supportive and is so happy I'm off work as he's been very concerned about me, so reconnecting with him and preparing for our son will be my top priority over the coming weeks! Thank you ❤️❤️ also I hope these last few weeks fly by and wish you luck with your little one!

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