Due May 2011?

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

Im sorry to hear that Lemonsherbert, hope you have good support out there x

Rollercoasteryears I am with you there. I keep getting anxiety feelings; dont want to go outside on my own, cant face the drive to work unless im on the phone or something for company and if im any thing less than cold I think im going to overheat and makes me really sick! (or at least I think its going to make me sick)

I would also like to know more about the councilor thing as be great to have someone extra to talk to. I did have a really good chat with DH about it the other day with did help as just saying it out loud and getting it out there really helped as he didnt make me feel silly at all but listened to my irrational ramblings and supported me x

lemonsherbert how have things been today?

mrschemist thinking of you. Best wishes for tomorrow. Have everything crossed for you.

rollercoaster is this your first pregnancy? I totally agree with loopy. Early pregnancy is an overwhelming time, especially feeling so rough, tired etc etc - you know what I mean. One minute you are all normal and then the next wham! bam! it hits you. Things do get better. Focusing on your scan in 2 weeks time is a great idea. You should speak to your GP or midwife - as they can definately help you. Even if it feels 'silly' telling them. It's good to talk & tell people how you are feeling - get it all off your chest. Nobody will judge you - well not on here anyway - coz we all understand. I am going to be seeing a pregnancy counsellor as I feel pretty much the same as you. She is not a 'counsellor' as such, but an expert in pregnancy and who gives me dedicated time to talk about the pregnancy and how I feel, all the anxieties etc - I hope that makes sense.

loopy thanks for pointing me in the direction of the other threads. I do know that they are there, I have lurked a bit in the past, but don't feel like I fit in. I've not had an early loss, and I've not had a stillbirth - does that make sense. I know that at the end of the day a loss is a loss. I would like to join the 'gentle thread for those starting again' but feel like my emotional pain is nowhere near to that of a woman who has experienced stillbirth. I hope you understand what I mean - and haven't taken offence to any of it - I struggle sometimes to explain myself.

DMC that's alot easier to remember

Qwerty I am with you on the fancying something - so stock up on it. Then when it comes to actually eating it - you don't want it no more.

Had blood results back the other day, slightly anaemic (as always) but doctors are happy for me to carry on taking my own iron supplement for now! Phew! as everything else gives me constipation

Really hungry - but don't know what I fancy to eat for dinner - its so annoying. Today I have eaten porridge for breakfast, 2 white rolls with banana in for lunch, then when I got home I had another roll with banana!!!

xxx

lemonsherbert how have things been today?

mrschemist thinking of you. Best wishes for tomorrow. Have everything crossed for you.

rollercoaster is this your first pregnancy? I totally agree with loopy. Early pregnancy is an overwhelming time, especially feeling so rough, tired etc etc - you know what I mean. One minute you are all normal and then the next wham! bam! it hits you. Things do get better. Focusing on your scan in 2 weeks time is a great idea. You should speak to your GP or midwife - as they can definately help you. Even if it feels 'silly' telling them. It's good to talk & tell people how you are feeling - get it all off your chest. Nobody will judge you - well not on here anyway - coz we all understand. I am going to be seeing a pregnancy counsellor as I feel pretty much the same as you. She is not a 'counsellor' as such, but an expert in pregnancy and who gives me dedicated time to talk about the pregnancy and how I feel, all the anxieties etc - I hope that makes sense.

loopy thanks for pointing me in the direction of the other threads. I do know that they are there, I have lurked a bit in the past, but don't feel like I fit in. I've not had an early loss, and I've not had a stillbirth - does that make sense. I know that at the end of the day a loss is a loss. I would like to join the 'gentle thread for those starting again' but feel like my emotional pain is nowhere near to that of a woman who has experienced stillbirth. I hope you understand what I mean - and haven't taken offence to any of it - I struggle sometimes to explain myself.

DMC that's alot easier to remember

Qwerty I am with you on the fancying something - so stock up on it. Then when it comes to actually eating it - you don't want it no more.

Had blood results back the other day, slightly anaemic (as always) but doctors are happy for me to carry on taking my own iron supplement for now! Phew! as everything else gives me constipation

Really hungry - but don't know what I fancy to eat for dinner - its so annoying. Today I have eaten porridge for breakfast, 2 white rolls with banana in for lunch, then when I got home I had another roll with banana!!!

xxx

Hi! All

Sorry for re-post & re-post.

Mac is playing up.

xxx

lemonsherbert so sorry to hear your news. Take good care of yourself and best wishes for the future.

rollercoaster its an NHS thing, I just said to the midwife (had a few tears in my eyes) about how anxious I was feeling, how I felt down more often than not. I know my anxieties come from my losses - but I can also see how it can happen to anyone. As I think I said before, major hormonal changes & extreme tiredness isn't easy to cope with for anyone. I think you are doing the right thing by getting in touch with your GP & midwife. Having your DS as well, places extra demands on your time/mental capacity and you will already be physically tired too with having a little one to run around after. Are you working as well? I work for myself 3/4 days a week (about 20 hours a week), but I'm knackered and my DC are 9 & 7 and can pretty much do most things for themselves.

lemonsherbert So sorry to hear your news. Please take care of yourself.

Lemonsherbert So sorry to hear your news, please take good care of yourself.

Mrschemist thinking of you today.

lifescomplicated I've not talked to my doc about my little 'problem'. It slipped my mind entirely when I saw her on Tues and TBH I'd written it off as one of the joys of living in Fiji (D'you think the name gives it away??). Tummy habits are always a little erratic here but this 'dose' does seem to have lingered a little longer. I'm drinking heaps of water and trying not to let it bother me too much. Mornings seem to be worse and then things settle down... on the bright side we won't have to worry about piles!

Hello Loopy
I was a UK girl but have defected and am a Kiwi now. I'll be back in NZ by the time LO is born so won't have to run the gauntlet of Fiji hospitals. Midwife gave me their standard list of 'things to take to hospital' it included Angio cath, leur lock and panadol.. hmmm [scared witless emoticon]. With DS we had to drive 3hrs to first ultrasound (7 weeks) and then I flew back and forward to NZ for checks at 14 & 20 weeks before returning for good 36weeks and gave birth at the lovely National Women's Hosp in Auckland, fab views of the harbour... and although I wasn't really in the best frame of mind to appreciate them DH said they were spectacluar!

Sorry prob far to much detail...

lemonsherbert I can't even begin to imagine how awful you must have felt when the nurse told you. Hope you have plenty of support.

Cowboylover I too need to be a little on the chilly side, can't bear to be warm in case I overheat. I was like you with 1st pg, on the phone for company on the way to work etc but this time I'd rather just hibernate and not talk to anyone! lol, don't worry about it too much, it's a really unsettling time with all these hormones rushing around, changes happening and of course the race to the 12 week mark when we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Do whatever you need to do to get through pregnancy, it does make you do and think strange things and counselling is a perfectly acceptable thing to request.

Mrschemist fingers crossed for you.

hi
Can anyone else feel more happening on one side of their body?
My left hand side feels tingly and I get a sense of something happening in there, but not on the right hand side... is this normal?

Haven't been on for a few days as have been ill with an ear infection. I am so sorry to hear the sad news people have had :(

lemon I am so, so sorry - can only imagine how you must be feeling. Hope you are being taken care of, we will miss you here.

MrsChemist wishing you the very best of news today.

Qwerty, that's not something I've experienced, no, but that isn't to say it's not "normal" - there seem to be a huge variety of symptoms out there!

MummyW yes I work a 3.5 day week in quite a stressful job (law). My very unsupportive boss yesterday refused to let me work the half day from home, even though I have to commute. However the good news is that I managed to see the doctor this morning and she was lovely, she did an online test thing which was clearly to test for depression and said I scored high. I tentatively suggested it might help if she signed me off for a week but she said that wasn't long enough and has signed me off for two weeks. I nearly cried with relief. Am about to let work know... (is it really petty of me to say I hope they realise this is at least partly the result of them being unsupportive )

Cowboy sorry to hear you're having a tough time too. Maybe worth speaking to the doctor too?

Qwerty I get pains on one side if I move or twist too fast - a bit like a sharp stabbing - but it's not always the same side. Guessing it's just the muscles starting to separate. Did experience pins and needles down right hand side that woke me up in the night and some people do get carpel tunnel during pregnancy so I'm sure your symptons are very normal.

Sorry iv not been on for a few days, work has taken over and im still suffering from nausea at time, especially worse in morning and evening so trying to get pleanty of early nights in.

Very sorry to hear of the sad news regarding losses from the thread :( puts everything in persepctive so much more especially when im complaining about morning sickness.

Mrs C how are you?

11 + 2 today, scan a week tomorrow but am so worried that nothing will be there and at the same time i couls swear i am starting to feel tiny movement which feel very similar to last time. Is this not far too early or could it be something else?

Right, tis the start of a brand new day and am vowing NOT to spend the day zombied out on the couch while DS is distracted enthralled by The Wiggles.

Loopy upsetting to hear about your bleeding. Fx that it settles down and you can relax again.

Any news from MrsChemist?

Not been on for a few days, very sorry to hear some people have had bad news. I can't imagine how it would feel at this stage.

yorkstar our scans are on the same day - next Friday - although I'm working and am going to try and rearrange the time. I wish I could have it today and just know for sure if everything's OK!

This really has felt like the longest week of my life with the nausea/hunger proving exhausting, though I found curling up on the back seat of my car during lunchbreak for a snooze got me through the day! hope no one spotted me!

roller so glad you've got signed off for some rest. I felt very down/disinterested a couple of weeks ago (it's my first pg) but have picked up a bit now. I'm sure rest will make a big difference.

The scan yesterday showed that they hadn't grown, so they said it was a delayed miscarriage. I've to go back on Wednesday for a medical management.

Thanks for the support everyone and hope everything goes well for you all xx

mrsChemist I'm so sorry. How devastating. Will be thinking of you, especially for Wednesday. We'll miss you.

Mrschemist so sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself and hope Wednesday isn't too horrendous.

Thanks looby