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rowan- sounds like you've had a really tough time lately. Fingers crossed for good news on Monday.
DD had a very late nap today so DH is still in her room trying to convince her to go to sleep. It's my fault for not waking her up from her nap, but i was enjoying the peace.
We had a lovely day today- got a chance to play outside as it was almost warm in the sun.
bethoo- hope hayden's feeling ok. DD's measles jab is tomorrow so i'm hoping that if she has a temp or anything it's all done and dusted over the weekend.
I have beeen reading all your messages as often as I can but I'm sure some of you know what it is like with a 2 yr old. The computer is not something they like you to use on your own which makes messaging very difficult. I have now had my NHS and private nuchal scan which were both fine. Baby "waved" at dd in first scan which she was very impressed with and now has her own scan pictures which she shows everyone and keeps waving at my tummy. Very cute. As you can imagine in my hormonal state it brings a tear to my eye every time!!!
I will be 14 weeks tomorrow and time is definately going faster now I have told people in the real world!!
Morning everyone. Scan was fine this morning, and due date confirmed as 30th October so looks like I'm destined to be at the end of the queue! I'm looking forward to telling more friends and family the good news now. I emailed my boss today to let him know - was going to tell him face to face yesterday but he cancelled our meeting, so email will have to do!
Bethoo, hope Hayden is still doing ok. My son had his MMR about 3 weeks ago and apart from some grumpiness (no change there!) and a bit of a rash he's been absolutely fine.
Morning ladies not had a lot to say for the past couple of days everything is going well and belly growing all the time it is obvious to anyone that I am pregnant and I love it I stand fat and proud.
Ds returns to school on Monday after three weeks holiday I love him to bits but I will be glad to have some time to myself again and get the house back to normal instead of having to climb over Thomas the tanks blur train track with tunnels stations and bridges.
Runny eggs are yummy dh makes me a cooked breakfast every Sunday gone off the bacon and sausages but everything else is ok but runny egg and hash browns with brown sauce are essential.
Rowanmac will be thinking of you this weekend, good luck for Monday.
Just had my blood test results back and I'm "low risk". It is such a relief as I'm getting on a bit (). Having been desperate to tell everyone though, I'm now wavering! Somehow it seems lovely and romantic for us to have the pregnancy just for us for a while longer. Not that I have a choice in the matter, as Bump and my dreadful stomach muscles are telling everyone, even if I'm not.
Am going to have to give in any buy some more clothes as jeans are getting too tight. Am still just looking fat though rather than PG (although am sitting here eating coconut cake and chocolate icecream). Looking forward to getting a real bump
I have developed a really nasty head cold and am at work feeling very sorry for myself. Woke DH at 4am sneezing which went down very well.
I think this will be the last weekend in my normal jeans and I will have to break out the maternity ones from Next. Having to sit very straight at my desk today
Hi all. Lovely new thread CSWS. We've been housebound and bedbound this week as DS had a pukey bug which he then passed on to me. Luckily my Mum was able to come up for a few days as I just needed to sleep lots which Ds didn't understand once he was feeling better. Hope MMRs went ok. DS has got his on Tue. I've also got a date for my scan - 22nd April when I'll be 14 weeks. Haven't even seen a MW yet so I've been phoning the hospital checking that they'll still scan me even if they haven't got any paperwork. Glad everyone else's scans have gone well. I've felt so rotten the last few days that I don't know whether I still feel PG or not.
Hey smudgey i think I have your bug have just been violently sick - was a relief for first few but then it kept coming even though nothing left howl howl supposed to be going up to inlaws tonight but not sure i can face four hour drive (this is actually a quesy emoticon) sugr i think i still look fat rather than "with child" but have caught colleagues sneaking a peak - to be fair unless i stand sideways in front of mirror in the nud I'm not sure what my profile looks ike anymore - am not able to get into my old keans though (yay) and get uncomfortable ifsitting scrunched up - found myself stroking my belly in a meeting thi sweek - hmm have to get on and tell all
Am on hold to insurers re: renewing house insurance and i feel like i've been stuck on the phone for days listening to soft jazz tunes - aaaaarrrggghhhh.
I too have head cold and can't hear properly out of one ear - like there's loads of water in it - very annoying!!
Oh stop moaning loulou....ooh woman's back on the phone to squeeze more money out of me - best go......
Hello all! Might now post a little more often as nausea which has been stopping me doing anything that isn't essential to life is now easing! Yehhh! Also had cold last week and felt dreadful but is now on it's way out. Can't decide if I have a bump or am just fat - have had to buy bigger jeans though! Might fish out my maternity ones and see how they fit.
is anyone else really tired?? it hits me mid afternoon and lasts about 2hours then passes eventually - DH is getting worried, but i have tried to reassure him it is normal as am only getting 6hours max at night sleep - so not only tired, but pregnant and tired - please come and reassure me it is normal - i am 14+5 and tbh look terrible!
hope everyone else is ok and that those being sick or with colds feel better soon!
Hayden is fine with after his traumatic brush with two needles! the second booster has left a red mark on his leg but apart from that he seems ok. he has back teeth coming up so his poo is horrendous, needless to say i am dry retching whilst changing him!
went into town for the first time since being pregnant and boy did i get depressed! so many gorgeous clothes that i cannot purchase!! so treat myself to a yellow handbag (sounds awful but nice and summery!) and two pairs of glasses since mine are the wrong ones adn battered from child and cat chewing on the ear bit!
talking about looking like crap i also treat myself to some face masks as may as well start trying to defy age! the one i have just had on was like spreading strawberry hubba bubba on my face, smelt yummy! after my skin actually looked nice and even tone for the first time in years even though it was just a moisturising one. will do this every week as a little treat to myself.
'hello everyone, can I join this thread? I'm due on the 12th October, kept a low profile after 2 MCs last year and a scare early on this pregnancy. Got a DD (2) already
Evening ladies everyone around me appears to have a really awful cold and now you lot have started i only hope that I cannot carch it through the web waves.
myhob tell dh we are all tired especially mid afternoon i try my best to have a sleep it recharges the batteries lovely.
My ds almost 5yrs saw me getting into the bath he exclaimed oh mum you have a big belly it looks just like the moon or maybe venus, what could I say to that.
welcome milf i will just refer to you asthat if that is ok as your name is rather long!!
oh and i also got through to O&G as it turned out i had been ringing the wrong number! my 20 week scan is on the 20 May seems like it is not that long to wait! amazing what a difference it makes having your 12 week scan at 13 weeks!!
welcome moomoo hope its ok to call you that pleased youve decided to join us its always nice to hear from newbies,
myjob when are you due I thought it was around the same time as me 5th oct but I just looked at the new list read it three times and still could not see you on it, I will say sorry now in case I missed it.
Welcome mmmm. I hold you (almost) entirely responsible for the fact that I sometimes call dd monkey monkey moo moo. Where did you get the name from originally?
cantsleepwontsleep, Yes 1 DD (is that what you meant?)
All ok here, its def getting a busy thread!
Can I say I love peanut butter at the mo (always have) and snickers bars!!! Not sure if my bump is at all baby or just food fat!!! Seem to be eating loads and it is getting obvious I am squeezing out of my clothes! Need to purchase some new things although dont want to buy too much as have some stuff already! Def will need some comfy summer shoes, last time my feet puffed up and my sandles stretched!! Lovely.
Just wondering if I may join you here. I'm actually due on 29th Sept but all my others have been at least 6days late so banking on another October bubba. Already have 2 of those! ds1 is the 2nd and ds2 is the 19th. What a busy month that will be
Anyway I'm Gem, 26, have 3 lo's, ds 6, ds 4 and dd 8 months. Yes I'm mad
Have had a 9wk and 12wk scan. All seems ok. Have my 20wk on 20th May at 21wks Can't wait to see all is ok again and find out what colour bump is this time!
Feels like forever. I'll stop rambling on now. Hopefully be back soon xx
Hi to MMMM (I opted for this one, hope that's ok!) and 1more. Glad all is ok so far for both of you. I'm feeling better at last so fingers crossed you do too perkypopsy. Saying that, I'm feeling lots better after having cramps lots of yesterday so now worrying that things have gone wrong. I also seem to fit comfortably back in my trousers again after they were getting tight but that might just be because I haven't really eaten for 2 days. I haven't got my scan for another 10 days so think it's going to drag. HOpe you're not still on hold to insurers loulou!
Oh so tired in the afternoons myjob and at real risk of child neglect because once I'm on the sofa with eyes closed I really have no idea what DD is up to... and the quieter she is the more likely she's up to no good! My skin has also been terrible - just hanging out for the glowing phase to start at some point please!
I call my DD monkeymoo too when she is being mischievous so there's definitely something about that name!
CSWS, thanks for the new thread! It's great to see this moving forward sooo fast. Cannot believe it. I am in Singapore now and really enjoying myself despite torrential rain and coolish weather (24-26 degrees...but I'm not compaining)
How are you? Is everything going well?
MrsTittlemouse, congrats on the good blood test! It's grin a bit more and no one really knows why...I guess my tummy is giving me away now though I did get the 'oh fat Westerner alert' look from locals here in Singers...
hello ladies still got another ten days till scan 12 weeks scan when i will be 14 weeks {very frustrated} my friend is due two days before me and had hers two weeks ago.
still dont feel pg at all apart from sometimes feeling sick and being full to the brim with trapped wind [tmi].
to be perfectly honest im dreading my scan im so worried they r gonna tell me somethings wrong with baby [ie no heartbeat] its all i think about lately. im a nervous wreck it didnt help matters that midwife tried to find heartbeat when i was 11 weeks and couldnt but then went on to tell me that she was just trying to show off and they dont usually try to find it til 16weeks.
i have not beeen on here for a while as have been flat out
welcome all new comers cant believe how many there is of us now hansnava it is normal to feel like that sometimes i still feel like something is wrong with me and im 16 weeks !!!
have to see the midwife on 24 april for check up i will be near 18 weeks will she be checking for heart beat ???
i look fat at the moment but everyone saying god you look great maybe thats cause i got my hair done and actually have been using a bit of bronzer hahahaha
hansnav - I know it is no consolation but when you do get your scan you will be able to see so much more. the pics will be so clear and detailed and then you will only have to wait 6 weeks til your 20 weeks scan! hth
i have been using my doppler every day jsut to make sure all is well and i can find the heartbeat really easily. i was looking in the wrong place before. the baby is still lying really low, if i place the doppler on my fanjo bone (not the real techno term! i can hear it loud and clear. so that is a relief.
had a shit day yesterday as my neighbour beat my dog so i have been advised to report the attack to the police. myu neighbours are horrible people.
long story sparkles but basically i had two boxers and the other god rest his soul was a bully with other dogs and liked to throw his weight around so i could cot walk them during the day in case of a scene. so when he passed away i got my confidence back in walking his brother who is good with other dogs. sadly due ot his brother he has to socialise and learn social skills all over again. i have already introduced him to 4 other dogs and there have no problems. even been off the lead with two of them and my friends jack russell beats mine up! this is getting long! anyway i had him on the field yesterday and the neighbour bought his dog on which i had no seen, now when Zeus died i spoke to the lady owner and suggested we walk them together so they can be introduced in a controlled environment. but i just get the silent treatment and dirty looks. so i have tried to make peace but they are set in their ways and convinced my dogs are evil. so i am on the field about to go when thor spots the dog and runsover, noses touch and bits sniffed. anyway thor got excited and started barking and running round in circles which he does when over excited, i am across the field with a buggy so start walking over and next thing i see the man whipping my dog with the end of his extender lead and kicking my dog even though my dog is not actually touching his dog. i get over there having ran with my buggy and he is still wacking my dog. i shout to stop it and he almost hits me and Hayden who is sat in the buggy watching whilst eating his custart cream. i shout that my dog has heart disease and he could kill my dog. i just shout at thor to sit and he does so i put his lead on. this man is shouting abuse at me saying my dog is dangerous and was biting his dog. funnily enough he cant bite as one side of his mouth is out of use due to a larger growth on his gum so he can only eat wiht one side of his mouth so biting a larger dog is physically impossible. i would not let my dog off if he was like his brother. anyway he almost hit me and hayden so i have been advised to report it as he was using threatening behaviour, this couple have spread rumours about me and had it in for me since my other dog had a go at theirs though once again their dog was not even bitten. i know some may agree with what this man did but anyonw who knows dogs knows that you cannot change animal behaviour. some dogs are not destined to get along. but thor is not a bad dog and in his life has never bitten another dog or human!
Oh bethoo thats awful, there is no excuse for anyone to mistreat an animal
your neighbours don't sound like very nice people, i hope they don't cause too much trouble for you - its not like you can stay on the house with a boxer they are energetic dogs aren't they
Have you managed to report it yet or will you do that tomorrow?
DP wants to get a boxer but i'm not sure i could cope with 5 dc and a dog!!
yes i will be contacting the mod police for advice tomorrow morning. you can see them on my profile. they are good with kids but from experience as soon as you get one teach it not to jump at people and stop them from pulling on the lead. when we got ours becasue they were small and cute we let them get away with pulling as they were easy to control iykwim but suddenly they were huge and powerful and still pulled. many a time i was heartbroken as i could not take them out but then i got the haltis and it has been a godsend ever since.
yes he coming too, i was trying to figure out if i could slip the nusre a note asking her to 'acidentally' slip in the sex
we haven't found out with any of the others but i just want to know with this one, i think its because we have 1 DD and she is desperate for a sister and when we had DS3 she cried i want to prepare her i guess if its another boy. I don't mind at all but i know it will be hard on her with 4 brothers
Sparkles I bet you have your hands full with 4. I somehow have convinced DH that it's his turn to do the ironing whilst DS has a nap. DH wants to watch car racing and I don't so I get to go on the computer - seems fair I think! Welcome Helen. Is it your first baby? We didn't find out with DS and we won't be this time round. As someone else said earlier in the thread, I can understand why people do but it's just not for us. Bethoo sounds like your neighbours are not wanting to try and get along. It's hard when people do that as you always seem to be bumping into them. Hope things go alright with the police. Hansnava, I'm exactly the same as you and also think that something has gone wrong. I even worked out at 4.30 this morning what wording I would put in a text to the people that I've told to say that there was no heartbeat I hate the wee hours of the morning because i always seem to be lying awake and worrying. Anyone else have that?
NO you're definitely not alone. I'm sure when I'm 32 weeks I will think 'how could i ever have wanted to be this big and cumbersome' but at the moment all I want is a huge, obvious pregnancy where the baby kicks every 30 seconds so I can tell everything's ok. At the moment I'm just like everyone else - don't feel pregnant, just fat, and wish I had my own ultrasound machine plus sonographer in the spare room which I could pop into every half an hour or so.
And also after the last GP appointment I managed to book my second one for next Weds which I've now had to cancel as I'm at a trade fair which I forgot about and now I can't get another one for three weeks! Bah!
Long time no post. having a nuchal fold scan on Tuesday privately as they don't do them here and am 35 now so want to know if something is likely to be up.
Did have booking in appt at home with midwife on Thursday, it was lovely as she was there when my youngest DD was born, so made me so so excited to be having another babe.
Also she had a go with her little heart listener thingy and found a heart bit. I was chuffed about that as my great friend who was a very bit ahead of me and due in October went for her Nuchal scan and there was no heartbeat. So very , very upsetting for them.
My eldest DD who is 4 is very keen on baby too, likes to lie on my tummy to keep it warm and tells people in shops that Mummy has a teeny, tiny, teeny, weeny baby the size of a prawn in her tummy. No secrets round here!!!
Good luck to all, am enjoying reading lots of the messages, sorry lots of you worrying so much. Remember 99% of all babies born are completely fine, and most of th 1% have something minor. Its great odds, it really is.
Very tired too. This week DH away skiing so have been putting the baby to bed in afternoon and older one in front of telly and going for afternoon kip from 1.30 - 3pm. Older one can't believe her luck with an hour and a half un interupted telly.
Better go to bed now though....... afternoon naps don't quite replace the night!
oh my god bethoo that is terrible i have a jack russel and he is part of the family and i would kill anyone who thought they could hit him !!!!
make sure you go to the police as your neighbours are big bullies who think they can intimidate you
you should get another dog that would really piss them off hahaha
have woke up this morning with pains in my bely and feeling sick hopefully its nothing but it might be a bug???
can i ask a question??
if you go to your 12 weeks scan and everything is ok whtas the chances of things going wrong between it and your 22 weeks scan ????
i am a bit worried as i have been so sick in the first 12 weeks and they say its important to take folic acid the days i took it i threw it up and i also forgot to take it some days should i be worried????
morning everyone. cant stay on long as small boy wants to put sticky fingers all over keyboard. well just rang mod police and he will pop over to see the neighbours. no d64bt they will portray my dog as some rabid dog! now off to check heart beat.
this is what is so great about MN, i come on here and discover that loads of you are feeling the same way that I am!
I have a MW appointment this afternoon and am considering asking to hear the heartbeat. I am 14+5 and have a retroverted uterus (not sure when it moves forward) so i fear i may be setting myself up for disappointment... just really want to know that it is all still going ok.
the vivd dreams continue and last night's was good for a change.. all about looking after a newborn.
hansnava I think what you're feeling is very common. Had my 12 week scan last week and was terrified there would be no heart beat. Had missed mc with first pg so have experienced that awful moment in the scanning room. When the baby came up on the screen I couldn't see it moving then she pointed out the heart beating and I just started crying, dh didn't know what was wrong but I'd got myself in a bit of a state. Chances are good by this stage that things will be ok but the waiting is awful, will be thinking of you.
Sambrads I know what you mean, you go from worring about early mc to wondering if anything will go wrong before next scan. I guess that you have to believe that everything's fine as you'd go mad tormenting yourself otherwise.
DD has chicken pox so not at work and dh and I facing a week juggling work schedules to look after her. It seems to be one illness after another with the poor child but guess it's better to get them over with now.
CSWS, hope little sleepers nursery time went well. What did you manage to do with yourself? A nice rest and a cuppa, shopping? I bet it's more likely to be housework Caramelbunny poor DD. Has she got it bad? It's awful when they are poorly and you can't even go out for a bit of sanity. Hope she's soon better. KSal - any success? I think I'm going to be about 16 weeks before I even see my MW. Things a bit behind schedule here! Flum I like your DD description of the baby! DS asleep so I know I should really do some ironing (Sparklesandnowine, DH made a valiant attempt for 45 mins and managed a pair of trousers and 2 shirts!!) but I really don't fancy it. Perhaps it's my duty to inform myself of other exciting MN topics. Off for a browse!
Hi just back from midwife appointment and heard the heartbeat, which has made me feel a whole lot better! Means i can have little more faith that my body is continuing to do its job!
Hello thank-you for good thoughts all helps. Good news I have a snoozing bean rather than a bouncing bean, lots of lovely piccies. So almighty amounts of relief all round. I've probably undone all good though as I had a drink when I got in, straight to hell for me. The downside was the tests I had done last week were in the wrong tubes so have to be repeated, also I was in low risk midwife clinic where conversation went something like Oh I see you had polyhydramnios last time, Oh and a pre term delivery and Oh you were admitted with high blood pressure Oh you're in the wrong clinic come back next month! I'm not too upset, slacker that I am, its another afternoon off work.
as for the sex of baby don't know for sure but have bet DH an ice cream its a girl this time.
I'm due to have my baby mid Oct. Had nuchal scan plus triple bloods and results came back as low risk. (Did post another thread on Sat after geting results). However, still got a dilemma with the biochemistry (bloods) part of the test as this came back as a 1:201 chance of trisomy 21, the midwife has assured me that the purpose of these screening tests is to read as a combined test which gives a 1:1080 and not individual so I am nearly comforted by her words! Cant believe that I am becoming irrational and considering an amnio with 1:250 odds of MC with such low risk!! What is wrong with me eh!?!?!?
Donado welcome and sorry to hear about your dilema. i think that you have to think that is it worth the risk and iknow it is a sensitive subject for some but it is only a choice that you and your dp can make. it is a tough decision. and what the mw says does sound encouraging.
First day at school was a success. She had one change of clothes whilst she was there after playing with water, and her second set were filthy, so think I'll be doing a lot of washing! Smudgey - you were largely right - housework and watched last night's Desperate Housewives .
Donada, sorry to hear about your results, they are in the bit of the no mans land for decisions, not very high and not very low. Prior to my nuchal I had decided on 1:300 to go on further. They came back as 1:2 so I had a CVS the next day (thankfully all clear). One recommendation if you are still below 14 weeks (not sure if this is the correct dates) is to go to the Fetal Medicine Centre in London. It costs but the Professor Nikoladies (?) who does the CVS is the expert in field and has a miniscule miscarriage rate (supposedly it is all down to technique). I didn't want to risk having a trainee NHS doctor stabbing about on me so decided to pay.
hello, am a new girl and finding this site addictive! My first baby due on the 10 October and am so excited I am exhasuting myself! Haven't told my bosses yet although my paranoia is making me think everyone around me thinks I have been attacking the biscuit tin. Weird question- why do my trousers start off loose in the morning and need un- buttoning come 7pm? (before tea!) is that normal?
Don't think she has it too bad thanks Smudgey but is irritable and hard work as we can't go anywhere. Even walking with her in the buggy yesterday people were giving me a wide berth, felt like I should be ringing a bell and shouting 'unclean'!
Glad for heartbeat KSal and good scan rowanmac, what a relief.
Sorry about you dilemma Donada, I have gone for the ostrich approach and not having nuchal or triple tests. It is a difficult choice but the odds are massively in favour of everthing being fine for you.
Glad school was ok CSWS.
Welcome and congrats beakas. Yes my belly gets bigger during the day, think it's quite normal.
I'm really confused about these blood tests. Mine are not until next week as mw told me (and the same with last pg) that you have to be at least 16 weeks before they do them otherwise not accurate [hmmm] ....I wanted them asap if need to make difficult decision - how come others have already had bloods taken and results at less than 16 weeks? Will be very cross if mw has been making me wait for no reason i bet my nhs area is just using out of date info about needing to be 16 weeks or more grrrrr
had my bloods done at 12 week scan and expecting the results at my 16 week check up with MW..hopingnot to have ay after that (maybe being a tad naive) I just hate needles
beakas - bloods at 12 weeks scan - are the the ones for hiv, syphilis, etc??? I had bloods done then for various blood bourne infections but not downs etc.
good luck flum but please stop drumming your fingers its really irritating and i can't concentrate on work!!
Just ignore my angry posts - i have answered my own question by calling mw friend. you can have bloods early particularly if you have a private clinic near you. Sadly my trust is only offering the worst possible detector of downs (double test) and are doing it as late as possible. very pissed off and wish i had checked this out earlier so i could have gone private (although it would have been a 3 hour round trip with a 2 year old!!) Ho hum just have to hope all is well......
Hi, Can I join you? I was in the Nov08 thread, but just had dating scan and due date now Oct 30th!
SUGR (and anyone else who's had one) - I'd really appreciate some idea of what the CVS is like as I'm booked in for one next week. I know what's going to happen, but it'd be great to hear from someone who's been through it. Also, I've been told that there is a risk of miscarraige for 4 weeks afterwards but that 2/3rds of them happen in the first 2 weeks. I just dont know how long I should take it easy after the test to minimise the risk.
hi, the 12 week bloods were for HIV etc. however I have opted against having further blood tests for Downs etc. It may sound daft to some of you but I am a bit of a fatalist , and after discussing it with other half we decided to opt out.
Welcome to all the new people, particularly ChilledBunny who is my EDD twin! Glad to have someone else at the end of October as everyone else seems to be weeks ahead of me. Things going fine here, am currently 11w+5, next scan isn't until 10th June but I've got a clinic appointment in 2 weeks so am hoping to persuade them to try and find the heartbeat for a quick bit of reassurance. Looking forward to feeling the little one start moving around!
I can't wait to feel some movement either- my next scan is on my 30th birthday and I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not..don't want to spend my whole pregnancy worrying but I guess it's natural to be concerned about whether everything will be ok. Am hoping to hear heartbeat at my next mw appointment though, which is in two weeks
evening all!!! you have been so chatty i can hardly keep up!
all is well here - looking forward to our trip to butlins next week, and then only 2 and a bit weeks wait until my 20 week scan, and seeing midwife at 17.5 weeks too, all seems to be moving forward fast here now!
hi everyone, jsut a quickie as new CSI Vegas about to start! came downstairs from a later afternoon nap to find a dead bird in my living room. just last week my cat bought in a bloody live bird!! obviously thinks i am not eating enough!!1 went to have ds weighed today and he is almost 14 months and weighs only 17 lbs! talk soon
thought I'd pop in and say hi. back from a far from relaxing week at Spring HArvest at Butlins.
dd1 and I ended up with a bit of food poisioning. myjob - don't eat in burger king at the bridgewater services, can only think that this was the problem.
14wks today and also suffering from horrible headaches. also can't eat a proper meal - doesn't seem / feel like theres enough room for it.
Hi everyone have loads of messages to answer but need a pen and paper to remember who said what and who to reply to...
smudgey I also wake up wide awake in the wee hours - last night was worst - i felt like I needed to get up and run around - so weird - to begin with was worry that kept me awake but now am wondering if minipops is just active at those times? or if hormones are rushing?
wombfor1more my dd twin and gemini yay! My 21 week is day after yours - am looking forward to it - other scans were about whether alive or not - i know i should be worrying about things being wrong but haven't any energy for anymore worry
been quiet here with a bug - can't remember who said they felt sick with pains (smudge?)- but sounds just like wht I've had since last friday - much worse than morning sickness..
spring harvest is a christian conference / holiday - they take over minehead and skegness for the whole of easter hols. my parents run a puppet company and exhibit - we went along to help out.
hi twinkle sounds like lots of stomach bugs around...and headaches here too - looking forward to feeling well again sometime soon - when will that ever happen?????
twinkle - oh that sounds good - do your parents do the singing puppet shows to christian songs? DS just loves watching that when we visit other churches, we dont have any puppets at our church though unfortunately - never knew about spring harvest though - that would explain why when we tried to book our holiday the week we wanted wasnt available - lol!
good morning to you all from Singapore, had a crap day yesterday with loads of cramps and stabbing pain (think knife taken up perineum and twisted for good measures sake). Been sick too and splitting headache. Has anyone else had this recently? I'm 14 weeks and a few days. Even today the stabinng pain continues, though not so strong. Really weird, don't know what this is.
KSal, I know how that relief feels. I went to see a doctor about the pain to check on baby and it was all there...and I could listen to the heartbeat...ahhhh, so lovely. Still couldn't see the sex though as baby was being a bit shy. Am exploding with curiosity!!!
Donada: I didn't have blood tests done yet but they said I don't need it as I'm 27 Will wait to have very in depth 4D scan at 19 weeks and then see if I need any more screening re Downs.
Another sick household here. Dd seems to have come down with the sicky bug that dh had at the weekend. Was woken at 5:45 by the sound of her coughing and throwing up all over her bed.
Hello ladies, I introduced myself a few weeks ago, but haven't posted since as I was feeling anxious and ill. However I finally had my scan last week and all was well. So relieved - after a mmc and an ep last year I thought things would never go right. I'm still nervous, but less so than before my scan. My due date is Oct 21st and I'm now 13 weeks. Still feeling a bit sick and having quite a few headaches, but my main problem is that I now feel fat. No proper bump just a flabby middle region (and big boobs). Finding (flattering) clothes to wear each morning is becoming a nightmare.
jess i know what you mean! i just look a tad how do we say cuddly!!! i have already been through my drawers and the top two are now allocated to clothes that will stretch around a bump! the worst place that has been hit is my thighs! they have never been so cellulitey in my life, i am so ashamed that no one is allowed to view them! gone are the toned legs to a mass of fat!
I've gone for the same approach as you beakas and not having triple test, just have to wait and hope!
Sorry to hear about sickness going round, how awful to deal with a sicky bed CSWS.
Welcome and snap due date jess! Glad scan was ok, the weeks leading up to it are so stressful, especially after the previous experiences you've had. I've just got a podgy belly too, such an awkward "has she just eaten too many easter eggs or is she pregnant" stage.
ChilledBunny CVS is very quick, they literally stab you with a big needle, whip out some placenta and that is it. You get to watch the baby on screen and they then check the heart rate. From what I was told, risk is either due to problems with the procedure, eg difficulties with the placement of the placenta or due to infection (highly unlikely as they do keep swiping with anti bacterial stuff). Where are you getting yours done?
Soooo had my scan. It was lovely and very reassuring Downs odds at 1:4300 and I'm 35 so that is great. got hundreds of pictures, but only one is really good.
Teensy bit sad wasn't twins as Iknow that is the only way was gonna get 4 kids as just won't be able to persuade DH to roll again. We have already agreed this is it. I'm good with that anyway. Three is a nice odd number.
Afternoon everyone this thread if so busy it has taken me ages to read all the messages.
I am also wide awake in the early hours and have started getting up and having a snack and watching tv for a little while it dawned on me that I will not gett another straight eight hours sleep until christmas and thats if im lucky. Maybe our bodies are getting us in training for when the baby is born.
Has anyone else seen shopping tv at 4or5am and seen the fantastic bricky tools it is a kit that makes bricklaying easy, I have never laid a brick in my life but I feel inspired to build a wall stark raving mad I know I suppose i could blame my hormones.
Afternoon everyone this thread if so busy it has taken me ages to read all the messages.
I am also wide awake in the early hours and have started getting up and having a snack and watching tv for a little while it dawned on me that I will not gett another straight eight hours sleep until christmas and thats if im lucky. Maybe our bodies are getting us in training for when the baby is born.
Has anyone else seen shopping tv at 4or5am and seen the fantastic bricky tools it is a kit that makes bricklaying easy, I have never laid a brick in my life but I feel inspired to build a wall stark raving mad I know I suppose i could blame my hormones.
Im due on the 29th and so excited. Got a 7 month old DS already - must be mad, anybody else with a small age gap? Thankfully he's a dream so hoping I will cope! Got my scan booked on the 22nd, ill be 13 weeks then and really looking forward to seeing this LO. Feeling exhausted all the time and nausia round the clock, didnt go through this with first pregnancy so does this mean LO could be a DD - I know wifes tales but its good fun isn't it!
Flum - I was a bit like you in hoping for twins, as dh wants to stop at 2 whereas I'd like 3.
Welcome BDE. Have to agree that it's all just old wives tales. I haven't been sick in either pregnancy. First was a girl, and don't know about this one yet.
lol at sparkles 'has anyone started thinking about names yet' - we have spreadsheets listing the top 1000 names that we have been through and highlighted all the ones we would consider, as well as our list from last time with some on that we sti
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but have caught colleagues sneaking a peak - to be fair unless i stand sideways in front of mirror in the nud I'm not sure what my profile looks ike anymore - am not able to get into my old keans though (yay) and get uncomfortable ifsitting scrunched up - found myself stroking my belly in a meeting thi sweek - hmm have to get on and tell all 
Can't wait to see all is ok again and find out what colour bump is this time!
i want to prepare her i guess if its another boy. I don't mind at all but i know it will be hard on her with 4 brothers 
