About to start / Just started TTC no.2 (part 3)

Heya
Could I join?
Just had my coil removed, my baby is 15 months old.

We got here just after 9am. No stops, 2 3/4 hours! Better than last time's 7 hours!

I'm dreading the return trip with the turn in the weather. It's really windy here too so doesn't bode well really. :-/

Hi Hungry, are you there yet? I hope you've arrived safely, the weather has turned really windy here and is said to be bad for Xmas unfortunately.
Donna - I've been having heartburn for the last week or so, I think it's something to do with the baby getting hair. I usually get mine in the morning but it wears off x

oh dear folks I'm one crabbit batad tonight!

Heartburn has set in so my new companion is a bottle of peptac liquid.
swede so jealous of your holidays its sounds fantastic xx

Is the traffic really bad for the trip? That's be horrendous if you had traffic jams too.

The beaches sound lovely.

Do your ILs live at the Cape or is it just that you're all going for the holiday?

Yep it's a long way to drive but everyone does it here for the summer. They call it 'the big trek' when everyone gets into their car and heads for the coast. Long trip but so worth it to get white sandy beaches.

Swede, that makes my 170 mile journey look like child's play! I don't envy you at all. I couldn't be arsed with that.

And YY to insomnia. Once I'm awake, it's hell to drop back off. Which is difficult when you've got a non-sleeping through baby!

I had my first morning sickness today when my body protested at having to get up just after 5 so we could get on the road.

Engels, that's not so insensitive then. And at least you can avoid her! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you for this month.

I bought DD a panda onesie from Next the other week which she's wearing for the car journey. It's just too cute!

Is it bedtime yet?!

Tbf, I haven't told her about my mc though she does know we're trying. She's just a very annoying person to be around because she is one of those people who can't talk about anything else when she's pg. There are over 100 teachers in my school so it won't be too hard to make sure I don't have to sit next to her for lunch the next few months.

wow swede, what an epic journey. Good luck.

hungry we waited till scan last time too. Reckon we will do the same this time, especially since we want to make surewe have a sticky bean.

Morning everyone. Up early because I can't sleep. That's something I do remember from first pregnancy- the insomnia:(

Still it gives me time to prepare for our trip. Leaving on Sun night for Cape Town. It's a long bloody drive (about 1300km) so should take 13-14 hours. We have done it a few times before but not with DD, grandparents and Dh's aunt. Should be a right nightmare

My mum thinks I am showing already. Although I also think I have expanded in the front I am sure this is all just being very bloated. I mean the baby must be like the size of a grain of rice (or even smaller).

Hope everyone is feeling good today.

Engels, sorry about your stupid colleague. You'd think she would try to be more subtle than that.

Enjoy your time with your family in the UK. Fx for a Christmas BFP.

Kt, you're on the south coast, aren't you? We are going about 60 miles north of London. I've been down your way but can't remember how far it was!

We shall tell my parents after the scan. My mum has anxiety and it's quite bad at the moment apparently, so I'd prefer things to be a touch more secure before letting on.

Sorry to hear about your colleague calling must be a horrible situation to be in, glad your off though :) Sorry you also got a BFN, BUT it is still very early so don’t let that dishearten you! There might be enough to pick up a BFP on on Xmas day, but you might forget to POAS with all the excitement of Xmas so you can wait till after AF due then lol.
Not sure how far away that is from me hungry Good luck with the hiding the pregnancy! When will you tell them?

Lucy and kt I'm half way through the 2ww. Was very weak and poas earlier (only 7dpo so of course bfn!).

Af is due 27th. Was wondering about testing 25th but maybe too early. It's a long shot this month anyway as not really enough dtd!

my annoying colleague started flashing her scan phots around at break yesterday waving in my face I made some polite noises then got up and left the staffroom...a bit too much Still was crazy busy all day (Christmas show) so didn't really ahve time to dwell on it. Reckon her due date must be about the same time as mine would have been though. I really am going to have to avoid her at all costs if I'm not pg this month.

toothpaste sorry to hear about your dsis.

so glad to be on holiday for 2 weeks now. Heading back to the uk on Monday and spending Christmas with my mum and dad, dbro, dsis and dbil (well, staying I n a hotel!).

Kt, it's Northamptonshire. About 170 miles from where we live. It's a bit of a trek. :-/

The weather looks like it might be awful too. And I've got to hide my pregnancy from my parents. Sigh.

I really need to pack now.

Fx you get a new year BFP. :-)

I’m fine thanks lucy think I am in the 2ww now, feels like start of ovulation today so will see what happens! How are you? I hope it happens for you this month! I really don’t feel like I have the effort to keep ‘trying’ ! I have booked a docs apt for 2nd week of Jan if I’m not pregnant this cycle to see what the Dr. says. When will you POAS?
hungry where abouts down south is your home town?
Lucky you mrs finishing for work and having a nice few weeks off! I have work Monday 23rd then back again on the 30th for my usual 3 days.
toothpaste glad your scan went well :) sorry to hear about your sister, bet you can’t wait to tell everyone about you!
better I hope your DD is better soon, there is so many bugs going around at the moment! I am just getting over a cold which I got as soon as I had a back massage last week, so not sure if I had a reaction to the oils at all? Saying that DS has a mild cold too, so possibly caught from him! Hope she is better in time for Xmas.
donna glad your MW apt went well, I can’t believe you and mrs are 15 weeks already!

Good evening everyone!
So happy I've now finished work for Xmas. I'm really looking forward to Xmas, especially seeing DS open all his presents. We are going to my mum and dads on Xmas day and the inlaws on Boxing Day. Then a week tomorrow on the 28th it's my DS's birthday and having a party, got 21 people coming. Can't believe he will be 2!
Donna - I forget how close we are. I'm 15 weeks today. I hope I start to feel movement soon.
Better - sorry to hear about your DD, I hope she is better soon. It's scary when they have a high temperature. Unfortunately there is so much going about, like Hungry says. Everyone comes to work poorly which really annoys me. Thanks for what you said about big baby, you do panic in case you have to be induced or have to have a c section. I know a lot of people choose to have one so maybe it's not all that bad. I'd like to do it natural if I can though.

Your poor DD, Better. I hope she's better soon. There's so many bugs around it's almost impossible to avoid them getting something.

I like that others have no real symptoms to speak of too. I have started to get round ligament pain when I cough / sneeze. It's not every time though, thankfully, as I have a sneezy cold / tickly cough.

To be honest once you get past 8 weeks there's no point testing as your hcg levels are so high the test can get confused and show as negative even though it's not. You'd have to dilute your wee with water to get a positive result. It's best not to even start to scare yourself, I reckon! :-)

I'm not sure how good my weekend will be. My mum's anxiety is getting worse for some reason and she's really not herself. She's been badgering us (and my sister) for an arrival time which we have no clue about as we don't know when we are leaving or what the traffic is going to be like. It's so frustrating.

Donna, your ILs sound a bit 'special'. How will you cope this year?!

Hi everyone!

Sorry I've been super busy over the last week or so & haven't made it on to MN.

Glad you're feeling more positive today monster I think low days are inevitable when TTC.

Ooooh toothpaste donnas & mrs your scams/apps have been lovely to hear about, pleased all is well with you, lovely to have seen/heard your littleies, it's so long in these early days without confirmation that things are ok so lovely for you to have had that reassurance. They told me my DD was big all the way through last time mrs had me petrified she wouldn't fit through my pelvis as I'm small framed anyway but she was 7lb4oz born! So a load of rubbish. It's so hard not to get hung up on these kind of things though.

So sorry to hear about your sister toothpaste. Well done you for being able to keep quiet for this long! You're doing so well, are you showing yet? You can't wait much longer!! But a Lovely kind gesture to your sister that you've waited this long.

Oh donnas bless you at your midwives appt, was she kind to you? How are you feeling about the redundancy now? I hope you're ok.

lucy I'm so so hoping your AF doesn't arrive. I think it's impossible not to symptom spot, especially when you're due AF. I was convinced I was going to get AF the month I got my BFP as my symptoms were all there but it was AFP instead, so hope it's the same for you.

hungry have a lovely weekend away. Selfishly, it's nice to hear that you and mrs are relatively symptom free too, I'm exactly the same, tired somethimes abit more hungry but that it. Nothing else. 8 weeks today. No idea what I was like this time last pregnancy but know I got sickness frequently at somepoint, it must have been by now?! I think the most disconcerting thing is that I just don't feel at all pregnant. I've got myself convinced that when I go for my scan they're going to say I've had a missed miscarriage or something. Can't bring myself to test. Can't even bring myself to read the pregnancy week by week things, which I love even when I'm not bloody pregnant!

My minds been taken off it this week though as LO is ill, really terrible flu, temps over 39, awful wheezy cough & she often can't breathe, especially through the night so we've had next to no sleep the past three nights. Took her to the doc today, he said her chest is clear etc so at least it's nothing major. Hopefully it will pass in time for christmas as she doesn't have the energy to do anything at all at the moment, not even eat poor thing :(

mrs im 15+5 due 8th june.
I'm having Christmas dinner at my mum and dads but all the family come to mine for breakfast as we have the LO next year will be different as my sis will have a baby but she stays about a 3 minute walk from me

Boxing day we got to the inlaws which is brutal normally have a bottle of wine and some shots to get me through they are a strange lot.

We are going down south to my home town. Only for one night though, so definitely back for Christmas. Which we are having at home, just the 3 of us, which will be lovely.

It's kind of bonkers having the meeting when I'm only back for 6 weeks, but they have to do it. I'd expect the pregnancy to be mentioned, if nothing else.

I'm glad you were the same as me, mrs, with your testing. I was very impressed with the test this morning. It'd be nice to have more symptoms though. But my sister keeps reminding me I had barely any at this point last time either. How can I not remember 13 months ago?!??

What is everyone doing for Christmas? Is everyone excited? Almost all of your DCs are aware now, so it'll be lovely for you. :-)

I imagine we will have the European cardboard mountain come mid morning Christmas Day!

Hi Hungry - where are you going away and are you back home for xmas?
I can't wait to finish for xmas and then it's not long left until I go on mat leave. HC confirmed my last day today as Friday 28th Feb, so I will come back from xmas on 8th Jan and have to work just til end of Feb. I'll be on holiday (or getting paid holiday) until 2nd April and that's when my maternity leave will start. It is early to go on mat leave but i really want to spend some time with DS before baby comes.
Oh Hungry - I was the same, i kept doing pregnancy tests for a good few weeks after I knew I was pregnant and had even seen the doctor. I was just like you, kept thinking there were no real symptoms and had to keep proving to myself that I was 'still' pregnant or that it was definitely real. DH thought i was mad.
I wonder why your work haven't acknowledged you being pregnant. Maybe they are waiting to discuss it with you on monday. It would be a shame for you to go back for such a short time.
Can't wait to feel some baby movement.

Oh, and I've told work I'm pregnant. They've not taken the sodding bait. Boo!

Mrs, that's a lovely long break. Then not long til your mat leave. Yay!

I was stupid and did another OPK today, just to check. It was my second wee and after 2 pints of squash so was almost clear and I still got a cracking line, so it cheered me up a bit.

I felt DD by about 11 weeks and had my first kick by about 14-15 weeks! She's always been a strong little thing! If you feel second babies sooner it'll be any day now, ha ha. :-)

Bet you can't wait to feel your little baby kick.

Poor DD is really teething now...reminds me of that song: All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth! She's struggling to take her bottle because it hurts and she finds sleeping hard too. I hate seeing it. :-(

Lucy, SS is always there, isn't it? I'd love for you to fall this month. It'd be so great.

I suppose I should go and pack for our weekend away. Effort!

Hi Donna - my baby's heartbeat was 144 bpm on weds. I have never heard that about being a boy or girl. What do you think you are having? Just remind me of your due date Donna? I am 15 weeks today and due date 13th June. I am dying to know what I am having, I know you are waiting Donna but i just don't know how you do that. I am so impatient and I want to start properly picking names.
Hi Lucy - I finish work today at 5pm and then I am finished until 8th Jan. I can't wait. Glad you are looking forward to xmas and have nearly finished your xmas shopping. Could well be that over the xmas festive period is when it happens for you!
Hungry - Istill just feel hungry and tired so not complaining with those symptoms. I haven't had any fluttering but i think it's anything from 16/17 weeks usually for second babies. It will all start happening for you soon. I wonder how your meeting will go with work on monday. Definitely bring up being pregnant and they might insist there's no point coming back.