Due May 2011?

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Just got back from the docs, however we have known a few days.. Anyone else around? :)

Hello to all the new people!

Got scan date through today for 21st October. Not sure how many more dates there are to add to the list as my brain doesn't seem to function properly anymore.

Loopy sympathise on the dinner front -trying to bring myself to do chilli nachos after another day of having my head down the loo. Thank god tescos deliver cos I just cannot bring myself to walk around the shops thinking about food!!

Icanonlytry Keep us updated and good luck x

Hello!

Just wanted to pop on and say congratulations to loopymumsy! So glad for you (we were on the November thread together).

Got my fingers crossed for you.

Hi Ladies! Can i join. Due 17 th may.

All was well until yesterday, brown discharge and slight cramps.
Just been EPAU and was checked over.Gave me a scan date for 27 sept. To see if anything is there.
This is my 3rd pregnancy have two DS 5 and 3.

Hope everyone is doing ok. xx

Icanonlytry its always better to get checked over for piece of mind.

Gosh so many new posts since i read through yesterday. I did write a long post yesterday but internet died when i pressed send so that was that.

Anyway, hello and welcome to everybody who is new :)

Sorry to hear of all the people who are worrying about unusual discharge. Im in the camp where i think It is best to get anything like that checked out as soon as you can. The likelihood is that its nothing to worry about but the worrying can drive you mad.

Iv got my booking in appointment with mw tomorrow after work. Im 9 weeks tomorrow and very excited about officially being in the system :o I won't get another dating scan but am hoping for a scan to check nuchal fold/triple test etc. Will see what policy is around here or may have to go private.

Good luck for tomorrow iheartRPatz will be thinking about you - been meaning to say i love your mn name too :)

Hello and congratulations to poppytosh, Icanonlytry and Lizzyy!

Still no date for my scan yet, I'm 8 weeks - have most people got their's now?

Can I ask for advice please? I'm not really comfortable with my midwife and wonder if I should just ignore it or if it will be a problem... She made a bad mess of my both arms when taking blood (and I have really good, easy veins so never been a problem for anyone else) and told me my blood pressure was 100/50 and I'm pretty sure it's not that low (from a test I had only a few days before)! Also she mainly only read a list of questions from a book and gave me a raft of info to read, cutting my questions short. I told her that I was worried about money and that a friend said "it's never a good time" and she told me to "just get on with it"... I just didn't feel very comfortable with her. Am I being over sensitive? How much will I have to do with her? Seems most people have a good relationship with their midwives...

Sorry, missed adding "good luck for tomorrow iheartRPatz and Icanonlytry - thinking of you both" x

Hello Yorkstar,

I have also got my booking in appt tomorrow! Looking forward to it but also about why they spend an hour and half asking millions of questions...when the baby might not even be there. Seems odd to take people's word on being pregnant. Saying that, I am just desperate to have more reassurance that it's real. I am due 29th April or 2nd May.

Had an early scan at 6 weeks and considering a 2nd this weekend. Someone tell me I am not going nuts, but heading to states for a work trip on Sunday and utterly paranoid that something might happen whilst I am there. So if I can have reassurance that baby is still alive (but not yet kciking) I migth be able to relax. Just terrified that I might've miscarried without knowing and will bleed or something terrible whilst there.

My family is urging me to step away from tinternet as my paranoia about MC is reaching fever pitch! I've had NOTHING to indicate anything untoward. But I'm so negative.

Anyone else going bananas?

xxx

LittleMilla I am also worried I think it is normal and it is so easy to imagine problem ime!
Just a quick message girls, I think it is great how many of us there are, and we are all doing so well, and nearly there for 12 weeks!:)

GOOD LUCK! Everyone who is going to have an early scan.

It looks like I am going to be away for a few days (Grandad's funeral)so won't be able to catch up :(

Sticky wishes for everyone!

Hello Ladies. Last Friday I woke up at 4.30am and thought, 'I'm pregnant.' Just like that. I waited till today to test though. Due date is May 27th. DH and I have been 'trying' in that we don't use protection and have sex. But really, I was hoping not to be pregnant till Christmas. DD, 22 months, just weened herself on our trip and I was looking to get my booze on at the next mum's dinner. I rang my midwife and she was so happy to hear from me and said she was thinking of me a few weeks ago... I laughed and said it was her fault. Anyhow, no symptoms but I never had any with the first one either so here's too many fingers crossed that it is the same. I did catch an awful chest cold at the end that I couldn't shake but that was it.

I've read through the thread and am glad to have another group of fabulous women to share this experience of being a mom.

Iheart and Ican good luck today, let us all know how you get on and especially if you still have questions afterwards.

Thanks Loopy for updating the list! Cheating with dinner is just fine at the moment!! We're going out to dinner tonight (I feel good in the evenings thank god)and I have leftovers for DD so I don't have to think much about food this evening! hooray!

Tinwe I agree with what Loopy said re CMW. Would also add that my booking in appt (next week) is with the one MW that I got really irritated with last time and if there is any likelihood that I have to see her more than once I will request a different one. Remember this is all about YOU and your baby so don't put up with something you're uncomfortable with.

Oh and Loopy it was me asking about preparing a 2.5 year old so thanks for the advice, I guess you just need to apply a lot of common sense and understanding!DD is 22 months at the moment but will be 2.5 when baby is born.

LittleMilla - I'm also freaking out - don't seem to be having any symptoms really apart from sore boobs and being a bit tired so am really struggling to believe Im actually pregnant. Trying to just count myself lucky that I don't have to deal with morning sickness (big hugs to all of you that are)...I've got my booking in appoinment next week and like you it seems weird to be doing all that without anyone medical confirming you're actually pregnant. Am thinking about a private scan to put my mind at rest. Anyone else feeling like that or should I just relax and enjoy not feeling rotten?

Ugh, I feel rubbish today.. Was only thinking at the weekend that I've been feeling fine and wham, yesterday afternoon, bang on 5 weeks the nausea started.

I don't remember how on earth I managed to keep things quiet at work last time with morning nausea.
I was never sick last time, not so sure i'll be so lucky this time as my gag reflex nowadays is not good..

Last time I just kept eating to stave it off but this time I feel like if I eat much i'll hurl. :S

Tips anyone? I have ginger nuts on my desk but can't bring myself to eat them.

Hello! Can I join? Only just found this thread. I am due on May 18th - it will be our first. Suffering a bit with tiredness and sickness, and think I've taken on a bit too much.

I have 2 part time jobs (library assistant and NHS admin) and have just started an evening class which will mean a very long day from 8am to 9pm (signed up before I was pregnant), also about to start another course with my library job. I have been off work this week due to the sickness, and I think I shall have to tell my bosses.

Does anybody else have experience of having to take time off/reduce hours/having to juggle jobs? I'm sure I am being a wuss, but I don't want to risk anything by taking on too much. Other than that, I am thrilled to be pregnant, and am just hoping that 12 weeks goes quickly. :)

Been trying to catch up with this thread, it moves SOOO fast. I will make a mental note to check more often.

I have a question for people if you don't mind.
Is anyone nervous about the first proper midwife app/scan.
Reason I ask, in my first pregnancy I had my first scan at 16 weeks (we'd just moved areas) and after the scan I remember the nurse wanting to take my weight, and was quite strict about it. It took me aback a bit and put a bit of a downer on it for me at the time.
At my midwife appointment beforehand, she was more lax and said I could have my weight taken if I wanted but she didn't mind, so I didn't.

I'm very concious of my weight and although I managed to lose 3 stone before getting pregnant I'm still a little more than I was before I was pregnant last time, tho I'm not sure what I weighed at 16 weeks as I didn't look....
Anyway, they didn't take my weight again for the whole pregnancy so it seemed pretty pointless to me at the time.

I'd like to consider a homebirth this time or at most a birthing unit birth but concerned they may use my weight as a way of 'trying' to refuse.
I can be quite straight if I want to and can stick up for myself but I'd rather not have the hassle to be frank.
Will I look stupid if i point blank refuse to have my weight taken? That way they won't have the evidence so to speak...?

I'm over 6ft and bmi a bit over 30 hence the concern. The bmi 30 thing seems to be the 'golden rule' with such places aside from other complications...

Sorry for the essay so early in the morning, it's been playing on my mind so I need to blurt it out.

Good luck today Iheart and Ican fingers crossed everything goes well

I am getting nervous now, DH picking me up shortly for the appointment.
I am SO tired, I am SO hungry, but I am also SO sick. I feel for anybody who is feeling rough at the moment.
Will update later, but not til I get home tonight, possibly late evening before I update.

Good luck Iheart. Will be thinking of you. :)

Loopy: last labour was fine. I was induced (pessary only) as went 2 weeks overdue but had no pain relief and a water birth, on a MLU actually. I was over 30 bmi last time but had no plans for homebirth etc. The hospital I gave birth at didn't have a CLU but had them on call.

Only pregnancy issues was spd and a bit of rib pain, nothing else.
I spose the only thing that could be brought up is that i had a 2nd degree tear but that won't necessarily happen a 2nd time..

Obviously if there are issues with this pregnancy I'll reconsider but I think part of the reason I went so overdue last time was because I was worrying about the whole thing and didn't feel comfortable at the hospital.
Also, postnatally, my bed was too short (i'm over 6ft and they obivously only had womens beds...) and I barely slept. I had DS at 850pm and left hospital at 2pm the next day as I was NOT spending another night in there.

This time however, I live in another area, where they have a CLU, MLU and seperate birthing unit. I really want another water birth and can't see me getting it if I get pushed down the CLU route...

As for not gaining too much, i'm very hot on that this time as I really did pig out last time. I'm hoping not to waste all that effort to lose the 3 stone in the first place. Hey, if the morning sickness is bad I could end up losing more!

LittleMilla and Lola I know how you feel, despite now being awash with symptoms I veer between being quite chilled out and telling myself that (at 7+5) it's now much more likely that this pg will be OK than not, and being gripped by panic whenever I get so much as a twinge anywhere below the waist (for instance in a long meeting this morning at the end of which I became convinced I was starting to mc. It was wind).

I have been lucky in that have never mc'd myself, but have two close friends this year who have found out at 12 wk scan that they have, so know I won't feel at ease until after that (even though obv that's still no guarantee of going the distance).

However I don't want to look back on what (all being well) will almost certainly be my last pregnancy and just have the first trimester ruled by terror. It's bad enough coping with the nausea and all the rest without crippling worry as well. There's very little you can do to control what happens, but I think it has to be a case of 'keep calm & carry on'.

Hang on in there, and do tell the MW your worries. They can't change anything but should be a sympathetic ear if nothing else.

loopymumsy - I've been neglecting the thread shamefully - the theory being that this pg will go more quickly if I don't think about it too much.

Last time I checked in, though, everyone was both fat and fed-up.