The addictable wagoners have abandoned the waterlogged field back to the safety of the Wagon (with Spa facilities). Thread for those waiting to TTC, those TTC now and other graduates alike!!

Hey gruffalo- hope all goes well with your scan, i cant wait till mine, but haven't even got a date yet, not even seen the midwife either!!

Hello all

Scan tomorrow morning! Eek I dont think Ive ever felt so scared and excited all at the same time!!

Gyo - re friend I have worked in the field of autism/aspergers for 6 years and my nephew also has Aspergers, and it is hard to tell from that one description whether your friend has it or not. If you want a more reliable source look at National Autistic Society website here NAS are great Im currenty applying to do some volunteer work for them. It is thought that many adults are still undiagnosed and just passed off as 'strange' so it is feasible that your friend may not know of her condition.

Glaskham - sorry to hear you are suffering so much - my symptoms sound so insignificant next to yours and I am struggling, so I don't know how I would cope with everything you are going through.

Welcome back LL nice to have you back with us. Glad you are working things out.

I went back to work today which was a big shock to the system. I now have a four day week now I've finished my MSc and I think it will take a bit of getting used to!!

thanks you lot- make me feel less silly about coming and moaning... after all, i am pregnant, i planned it so it's something i knew could happen again!! but i know others on here are suffering and getting no meds for it, so i should be lucky i'm getting something!! Going to try and get an emergency app tomorrow so i can see about getting some stronger stuff, i think being sick all the time is making me even more sorry for myself and the hormones are bad enough on their own!! I'll not moan about the sickness again until i know what they can do about it!!

oooh- the DC's playhouse arrived today for xmas, and i have a playgym coming for them too, and the see-saw arrived a couple of days ago too... and have sorted all DD's xmas clothes, and DS has got lots of jigsaws and toys already for xmas so i'm almost sorted!!! just need a few more little toys for DD and some more clothes for DS...

then i need to make a start on DS's birthday presents for december too... i always sort xmas for them both then decide what to get him for his birthday afterwards... though i think it'll be hot wheels for him this birthday- he's mad on the things... and his train-set, but he has plenty of that!!

Glask, that sounds really similiar to my HG. Food down for 10 mins or so, though really lost appetite so ended up brining up that awful bile stuff (sorry!)As SES says, feel free to talk about it on here - it's part and parcel of pregnancy for a lot of us.

You are all so kind thank you...

and i also dont think size 12 doesn't sound so big at all either... i understand where you are coming from... but i'm the same this time, normally a size 14-16 and already filling all my size 16 maternity clothes at only 8weeks!!

LOL LB, thanks for the complement but I am not especially clever (OK, I am at sociology but not much else!).
I don't think size 12 maternity sounds big at all

thanks Diege- never knew you had hyperemesis.. glad i'm not the only one... i'm able to keep food down for about 10-15mins at the moment... so at least its able to go down, i know without the medicine i'd have not eaten a thing in the last 2 weeks, so its doing some good at least!!

Wow diege I didn't know you were a Dr of sociology you must be so clever. I did it at A level and that was hard enough!!!!

Glask I am so sorry you are so ill, really hope your doc gives you something stronger, I really feel for you.

I am 16 weeks now but am the size of a bus. I normally wear size 8. So I should be in size 8 or 10 maternity clothes right??? Well I am not I am in size 12 maternity wear. How unreal is that. The stuff I wore for the first 2o weeks of my last pg doesnt even fit. My legs are huge as is my bum (and the rest of me infact)!!!!!

x-post Glask - sounds like you are really suffering. I've had hyperemesis with all 3 (in hospital with dd1 and 3) so do have some feel for what you are going through. Sounds like your GP is trying to pass the buck a little, as there are far stronger and more modern anti-emetics than what you are on (but of course it starves the budget!)Maybe mention trying something different to him/her?? Tell him your friend who is a dr. told you : I am a dr. of Sociology (PhD) but he needn't know that

Thanks everyone and diege I had never thought of it like that..

Glaskham - don't worry! I feel like I'm always me, me, me too! I can't imagine how draining and worrying hyperemesis is and would far rather you posted so that we can listen and support. Is anything staying down at the moment? Water even?

maybe i should start a thread about it so others who've had it a second time can tell me of their stories and hopefully reassure me!!

Hello! GYO, good advice there from SES re; your 'friend' - I'm sure the direct apporoach (albeit tactful) may get through. Is she a very close friend? Just wondering how she'll be with you when baby is born?
SES, I think 8 weeks is the best time to go for a early scan personally as you can see a heartbeat, but can appreciate how scary this must all be for you.
Good to hear from you LB - sounds like you are tackiling things really well. Don't qorry about harming the baby with stress - women live in war zones and have perfectly healthy babies!

sorry- i sound so me, me,me... i just feel like i'm the only one... i dont know anyone else who's ever suffered hyperemesis, and with DS i had a 50% chance of coming out the other end ok, and then if i came out ok only a 30% chance of his survival because of how malnourished i'd been... I know i'm getting seen to this time but just worry it'll spiral so fast and i'll be in a hospital bed for weeks on drips!!

erm i'll only be 8 weeks today... but its getting blimin awful even despite the medicine working for the first week or so...

hi lb gr8 2 hear from you hope you are taking it easy

Hi Glaskham!
Sorry you're suffering. Hope it does start to ease off. How many weeks are you?

Hi LL- glad your back, and hopefully sorted things at home!!

Cals & Diege (i think)- i need to go back to the GP someday later this week to see if he will give me more medicine... will mention that it's not doing so much and see if there is anything else he can prescribe... however he did say that if it didn't do the trick then i'd have to be admitted to hospital so they could treat me and give me meds over a week period or so just to make sure i dont develop hyperemesis again... think he's just wanting to take extra precautions because of how bad it was allowed to get last time!!

GYo- sorry forgot to say this morning but congrats on the scan!!

Sorry for x-posting - am multi tasking with MN and a conference call!!

Have had v strange sleeping patterns. First 3-4 days woke up at 4.30am each morning, then settled out then over the weekend got v tired. Yesterday afternoon I went to sleep between about 2.30 and 6pm. Meant I then couldn't get to sleep later and I ended up sleeping between about 2.15am and 6am this morning!!

Not sure whether it's the pg hormones or the worry or both! Likewise though with the crying. It just suddenly creeps up on me and I can't stop it but that could be hormones or anxiety too.

Also have sore boobs and stretching pains in lower abdomen.

Unfortunately though I don't find any of the symptoms reassuring as last time I had all the symptoms including MS until about 4 days after the ERPC!

evening ladies.

Thank you so much for the warm welcomes. I am getting there thanks, have been through a tought time but hoping that we are coming out the other side. I am still very upset by everything but we are working at things... I really dont want to go to far into things if you dont mind because I will get upset all over again, I am just trying to move on now.

DP and I are doing lots of talking and getting there so hopefully things will be back to normal really soon and we can start acting like a family again (and I can move out of dd's room boy does she snore!!!)

I am a bit worried though about what all the stress and anguish has done to the baby!!! Have we harmed it in anyway or created any problems for it??? I guess I will never know!! I had midwifes appointment last week. I have high blood preasure (no shock there then) and a high blood sugar count of 6.6. Midwife said it can not go above 7 and that she will have to monitor it so I am having to go for another blood test in 3 weeks time but have to starve for 5 hours before hand... (does the women not know I am a fat biffa who can not go more than 5 mins without food )

Anyway you must all be bored reading this me me me me me note so I will stop now......

Diege I didn't get your email until today as I was staying at my parents who dont have internet access mind you they are 70 you know!!!!!!

gr8 news about scan being booked in not long now.
gyo your friend does sound rude would just ignore it.
got dds school forms from our catchment school as she will be starting school next year, have booked an app to look around on wed. going to an open day of another school in oct.