July/August baby threads, where are you now? Wishing, Sunnydale, Homeinthesun, Headfairy, Bubble, etc..

Sif - you poor thing, keep close to the loo/bed ok?! I share your pain as I threw up in my Mum's car en route to sisters yesterday and the only thing available was a 'Save the Children' (the irony!) charity bag which had air vents so puke all over my jeans and me honking of sick all afternoon. My sister doesn't know so I had to quietly dissapear upstairs to throw up whilst avoiding her three children - not an easy task!

One of my friends has just been admitted to hospital as she can't keep anything down (she's @ 7 weeks) even the anti-nausea medication - its just HORRIBLE.

As you say though they better be bloody sticky ones for all this pain!!

My nerves are better thanks, going back to hypnotherapist on Tues for proper relaxation session. wasabi - hope they give me tips similar to yours I could so do with being able to go into a semi-hypnotic state .

hope everyone is doing OK Head and Issy - hope your resting up and Jumping - will be thinking about you next week x

irish and wasabi - hope the babydust arrived, fingers and everything crossed for BFP and the hell can begin .

Hey bubble, sunny and girl - hope you are all OK and enjoy the bank holiday - we don't get that up here in jockland - harrumph.

Later ladies

Hi peeps. Well i have been off work the last couple of days because me sickness has been so bad. I chucked on the Aldwych in rush hour on thursday evening, then woke up in the middle of the night with another huge one and couldn't even stand up yesterday morning. Was saved only by blues excellend suggestion of melon which i nibbled on all day yesterday. Have managed cornflakes and a poached egg today but can feel it coming back up. In between yakking I feel like i'm about to or like I have to sleep. 24/7. And i'll only be 6 weeks tomorrow. Seriously unfair. This had better be a sticky one.

Hi bubble and irish and anyone else who is hovering around today. I think i will take to my bed again.
love a
as in pukey
me

ps blue really hope your nerves are settling back down a bit. Not too long to go til you're in the proper all clear xx

Hey all!

blue im so sorry your having such a shit time. thats good news re the scan, i will help keep you positive chick

sif CONGRATULATIONS! thats brillaint news! welcome back.. i hope we see much more of ya

jumping i will be thinking of ya... gd luck for you cvs xxxxxxx

issy - yay so pleased to have a handholding buddy too. hope you don't feel to yukky.

I had to tell my boss this morning. I really didn't want to since he is not a very sensitive sould and told a kzillion people last time but I was just about to be put on a massive case involving lots of european travel and i just couldn't cope with that right now.

anyway he just said to me, but you don't feel sick all day do you? Yes i do actually! just cos his daughter and dil didn't get it like that doesn't mean i can't. oh dear. i hate feeling like i'm putting something on when in reality i am in hot and cold sweats and wondering if i need to make a dash to the loo all the time!

gosh sorry rant over just been to see him now...

Thanks wasabs not sure how i am giong to get through the next 8 weeks feeling this sick and crappy the whole time. That's if get that far etc etc

Hi jumping so sorry that you are having a nail biting time at the moment. Good luck xx

sif lovely to "hear" from you again- and huge congrats!! That is just wonderful news Really hope time flies (as if it ever does when pregnant) until your 8 wk scan.

Just popping on to send you all lots of love & luck over the next week, especially those on the 2 (or less) ww, and also those managing ealy pregnancy and all it entails...
I won't be online at all until next Weds now, and by then the CVS will have happened one way or another and I'll be on the wait for results... Thank you so much for you support over this time. Just hoping in 10 days or so time the wait will be over and I might have some good news too..but I'm barely daring to hope...just to make it through this that's all.

Have a good weekend all - and rest of week etc too! xxxx

Sif I saw Zita West on The Wright Stuff this morning and she said that anything goes when it comes to fending off morning sickness - just eat whatever you can keep down.

You have however made me fancy some Tucs - not had them for ages!

OMG SIF that is such brilliant news - congrats on the BFP and also on getting back on here. Hope the MS isn't too bad.

wasabi here's your sister - it doesn't seem fair that I'm not. My BIL was told that he had a 1% chance of fathering a child due to an incident involving a rusty nail when he was younger - but my sister fell pg after being with hinm for 3 years. (She wasn't actively TTC but not using contraception IYSWIM ) Now her DS is 4 and I'm just wondering why I can't just fall at the drop of a hat with seemingly healthy DH and my family history. (I have 9 siblings for anyone who doesn't know)

I think we're going to see how it goes this month and then when we get back from hols we are going to get tests started etc. (Go on AF - see if that doesn't tempt you! )

Sorry for that just needed to vent that for a minute.

Now I need to get back to work - talk to you soon.

and thanks for congrats.
having been off for a while my mnetiquette has deserted me

Hi you guys. It's so nice to 'see' you again!
I am due 12 Jan ish, I think. Trying not to know exactly cos i have july 4th forever imprinted on my mind now
but this is a day so won't dwell on such things.

So jealous of everyone being so far ahead of me. Time has totally stood still.

Fingers crossed this is your month wasabs. I so know that feeling xx IF it makes anyone feel an better i had more symptoms the month i was convinced i was but wasn't than the one i was. actually i had no symptoms really til I tested (about 3 days after AF due) then they all came flooding.
melon sounds nice. Am now obssessed with getting my hands on some juicy melon. It's mostly been tuc biscuits and fresh mozzarella in the last 24 hours for me! NOT SURE THAT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR A SPROUTING BEAN.
oops caps frenzy.SOZ.

Vit B6 is doing sweet FA for me. gutted.
Fingers crossed that we're all sticky ones this time. it's looking good so far.
how many weeks are you and head then? is it 8 or 9? can't work it out. seems so grown up to little piddly 5 and a bit me. If only i could fall asleep and awake with a 16 week little bump.

head this means that if all goes well our prayers have been answered about not having to go back to work after christmas. fingers tres crossed xxxx

does everyone recommend holding off til 8 weeks for a scan if poss for best 'reassurance'?

Sif Great to have you back a HUGE congratulations! I am so happy for you.

Blue So glad you have had the reassurance of the scan but so not glad you have had such a torrid time. Stick with the hypno and enjoy your nice pottering day!

Lol at mooncups and embarassed postmen Irish. I have heard great things about mooncups but am not keen on the thought of all faffery. Hopefully you won't be able to persuade me otherwise because you won't need it for a long time!

I am so desperate to be pg this month I really am.

sif you old devil welcome back! You've been busy since we last 'spoke' ! Big fat congrats on being pregnant - well done you! Morning sickness is awful, awful, awful just go to bed early and eat what you can - its the only way to get through it. I'm munching on fresh melon just now and its yum.

re: dates: I'm due 25th Dec , Head 27th Dec , Issy early Jan < post-xmas credit card bill emotion>... and you my pretty lady? oh its sooo good to have you back.

irish and girl - thanks for supportive words and LOL at your spelling irish - I am so like that - I call it my dyslexic typing - thank god for spellcheck.

Really enjoying my day home alone - pottering, listening to my cds and generally doing feck all .

big sif hug for you...doh

jesus Blue just read your last post you poor thing. Can you not get signed off work? What a total nightmare. Huge if bear hug for you. That's so scary x

Hi everyone!!!
Finally cracked and insisted that they let me back on this thing. well actuall i just said can i go on it and they said yes. so simple!

HUMONGOUS congrats on the BFPs. They've made me feel quite teary!

I am in the stage I am calling prepregnant. I.e. i am 5 weeks and 4 days. Will have a scan at 8 weeks to see how we;re getting on and then might consider myself properly preg. Like Head i thought that an ok there was a total ok but still 90% will do for me.YAY HEAD!!!!!!YAY BLUE AND ISSY is it twins?? Sorry only had a quick read through...will read back preoprly when i have time.

Am confused as to who is ahead of who. Is the lovely Blue now 9 weeks? Head? Issy? I must know!

I feel sick as a fucking dog the whole time. scuse le francais but really. this is a total piss take i HATE it. so early too. ugh. best be worth it this time. I am currently listening to a CD called Morning Well. It does help a teensy bit by tickling your inner ear or something. even bought some online book with a failsafe technique.

Anyway so much to say and to ask but no time now as have to try to do some work. seriously struggling thugh and it's not even got as bad as it's going to yet. GREAT.

Anyway much love and hand squeezing to you all at this nerveracking time - are we all due in Jan if all goes well?.

and vats of fertilisation vibes to those of you currently on the job xxxxxx

will catch up very very soon. GOD it's good to be back!!!

blue what a horrible couple of days, can't imagine, but all is well, and you have to keep believing that it will be. I hope you do get some positive help from the hypnotherapy, and so happy to hear that your bean is safe and well, and totaly oblivious to the heartache it is causing.

irish i did the same as you and bought a moon cup a couple of months ago, I was also hoping that I would be tempting fate and never need it... it is great though, and is much better for you, maintains a better environment etc! If its the same as mine it comes in a box with a very fat instruction booklet... all you need are the diaragrams and some patience. Also don't cut off too much of the stem!!

teh = the
ahve = have
yoru = your
knwo = know

So sorry for the misspelling - trying to post in work and not have people looking over my shoulder at the page.

Hey blue my God you ahve been through teh wars haven't you? I really hope the hypnotherapy helps you to stay calm.

So glad you got yoru scan - and that teh little bean is looking good. I can't imagine teh relief you must have felt to see it. At least you have a lovely midwife as well who will no doubt keep you on the right track. ,,hugs.. and lots of sticky dust for little bluebean

Also - we all need a "me" post every now and then - keeps the rest of us sane to knwo we're not the only ones. 9just mistyped there and put - Freudian slip? )

As for the mooncup - I hope it comes in some sort of packet - red faces all around for me and the postman if not.

Morning all, irish - glad to hear your feeling positive and have banished the black mood. Lets hope your mooncup stays in its packet (does it come in a packet ?)

Sending you and wasabi the resident shedload of babydust for next week .

bubble hope the old cow stays away over your hols. I'm v. of you going to Cyprus, its one of my favourite countries and the last 'adult only' holiday DH and me took - memories of eating drinking and sunning ourselves by the pool - ahhh.

Head and Issy - hope your both OK and not too floored with the ms.

I've been to hell and back since I last posted. Had some more bleeding yesterday morning which had a tiny stringy clot - blood pressure off/heart in boots and on phone to EPAS who secured an appointment for me this morning. Of course I had my hypnotherapy session to go to and as I was sure I was about to mc the hour was spent trying to help me 'trust' my body and cope with the uncertainty of early pregnancy. Won't bore you with the details but alot of snottery tissues were required. Woke at 2am this morning wide awake with 'Don't Give Up' by Peter Gabriel going through my head. Scanned this morning and baby there, heartbeat there, measuring right for dates cue me crying again, DH almost collapsing with relief and the sonographer giving me a big cuddle. Spoke to lovely midwife after who is scanning me in 2 weeks as is v. concerned about my mental health.

So I'm off work today, DS is at grannies and I am spending the day believing this is going to work, I have to banish negativity and fight for this pregnancy - as God is my witness!

Sorry for me post .

Off to look at the garden and breath in positivity x

have just tempted faith and bought a Mooncup - friends in work have been raving about them so I aaid I'd try one - they don't know I'm ttc - so have bought it in a (vain) attempt at keeping her at bay.

Hope everyone is in good form today - I'm in such a better mood after my moody Monday. Positive thinking and all that.

more testing for me today - procrastination is the name of teh game though I think.

Talk to you all later

I hope the witch stays away from you Irishmummy Glad you had a nice weekend as well.

Girl Brilliant post, made me chuckle. It sounded worthy of a West end stage. I hope your 2WW goes quicker than mine is this month!
Like Blue I also did a murder mystery a good few years ago. We all got really pissed far too early - not helped by the fact that 6 of us were in the pub beforehand and were late for the actual start. By the time the culprit was revealed all anybody really cared about was getting the next shots poured.

Hope everyone is having a good day. I really need to pee (again) but can't as the bathroom is next to DS's room and I don't want to wake him!

Hi All

Jumping sorry to hear aboutyour CVS being delayed - hopefully you'll get it on Thursday.

Head good enws about the scan - fingers crossed for the next few weeks as well.

Bubble hope AF stays away for your holidays.

Girl your holiday sounds like mine would be - DB drinking, DM going mad about it - full of slip ups. I think that's why we don't do holidays as a family - besides the logistics would be horrendous.

Blue hope the hypnotherapy works for you - let us know how you get on.

Wasabi I think we might be on the 2ww together well if I'm going to have my "normal" cycle then it'll be next Thursday / friday.

Black mood gone away - think I was just tired after my mental working hours last week and then had an incident on Sunday with my own DB. nothign much just a little bit of stress. Went home last night and DH was all lovely and gave me a big glass of coke when I went in, he'd lit the fire and cooked me dinner and jsut told me to relax. It was so nice. (He's off on study leave at the mo)

Anyway that's all my news - hopefully TEW will not come near me in the next week - fingers crossed.

Hello to everyone that I've missed and I hope you're all keeping well

Jumping Im sorry that the cvs didnt happen. cant imagine how disappointed your feeling. sending you hugs and hoping that this is all over with soon and you can swoon over your scan pics

HF so pleased the scan went well

Blue i hope your not feeling as worried about it all today. i know that a silly thing to say when its built in us to worry we worry now and the 2nd trimester and third then when baby is here Im sure that everything will be fine and am sending lots of sticky thoughts to all you PG ladies

issy how are you?

girl i couldnt help but laugh when reading your holiday post... It sounded like a sketch from faulty towers
GD luck for your 2WW

How is everyone else?

Still no AF! bet she shows when im on holiday... cowbag that she is.

With regards to Cyprus... Thanks for all your reassurances. I dont think it will be too harsh on DS2 so will go ahead with my original plans

(DS1 is 8 and DS2 is 2.)

oh girl - your holiday sounded very err eventful . Where to start? your DB almost thwarting your bd efforts, the old alcohol ding dong or the murder mystery debacle - well done you for managing to bd in the middle of all that I went to murder mystery a few years back (cue 6 drunk couples standing in a kitchen reading their lines). Our host made the mistake of plying us with too much alcohol before it all started and it decended into a farce - reading the wrong page, not noticiing when the murderer revealed himself etc. etc. Ah halcyen days...

jumping - I was gutted for you that they have had to postpone your CVS - do they not realise every day is like a week in pg world? But as Head says better to be safe than sorry. Have you been able to get someone to go with you? Really hope you don't have to get public transport back on your own..

wasabi - ah the hell that is the 2ww, keep busy and try not to symptom spot. Thanks for your kind words and good to hear you found hypnotherapy helpful. I really hope I can be there for you when you enter the hell that is the weeks following the BFP..

Head - thanks again for your words of comfort and empathy, I felt better writing it down today and really hope my sesssion tomorrow clears my head. I've always been a supersticious person - I used to walk home from school avoiding the cracks in the pavement - that kind of thing - its a wonder I ever get anything done .

Off to bed, night all x