Due July 2011?

[MadAboutTheBoys]

Just got my BFP this morning and so excited! Managed this conception while DH was out of the country so very chuffed that it worked! Already have two DS, one who is 3.2 and an August birthday and one who is 16 months and a June birthday so bring on the Summer parties!

Have never been part of an antenatal club on here before but as this is planned to be my last pregnancy am hoping to find some other July mums to share the journey with (although know I am very early!) Am already worrying how the birth will go as DS2 was born unexpectedly in the kitchen after a 90 min labour with the midwife only just there to catch him, so am a bit worried if subsequent labours are supposed to go quicker whether I will have anyone with me for this one, but at least I have a while to go yet!

Hi Hulla, I have everything crossed for you. What time you got to go in the morning? Sending big hugs. xxxx

rest up hulla and sending you positive vibes!!

im feeling rotten dh is feeding boys before he's off to work im fit to drop already!

My appointment is 9.15am Emmy so hopefully home within an hour? I can't imagine what else they'll do though the doctor said they'd check everything was were it should be and point out the important bits to reassure me.

I told her I was worried because I didn't feel pregnant this time and she said "oh we tested your urine whilst you were in the waiting room and it was positive". For some reason I felt better about that. She said if the scan is fine I'll have to go back in two weeks for another scan and more bloods.

Nicola I know what you mean. I would go to bed now if I could. In fact, I might just have a little nap before dd gets home and bounces all over -me--

Sending positive vibes and big hugs your way Hulla

Just catching up with this thread after a few days away.

Hulla a bit of good news from your visit to a&e and I hope it goes well tomorrow. Will be thinking of you.

Talking about managing with a toddler I feel as though I have much less patience with my DD, which seems worse as she is going through a bit of a rebellious phase (which is probably a result of my lack of patience!) I do feel guilty though.

Hope your scan goes well tomorrow, Hulla. Is a good thing that the bleeidng has stopped. Not sure about the pain but hopefully there will be some rational explanation for it.

Hugs.

I think it is hard work managing with a toddler. Luckily I work full time so I get a rest. But when I get in I want to go to bed before he does!

Hi All, I'm new to this thread (and to the whole pregnancy thing!) I am due on 4th July and have been suffering with nausea, sore boobs and really bad insomnia since week 5. Now my asthma is playing up a but and i' m not sure if it is related to pregnancy or just a coincidence.

Did tell my mw that I had asthma at my initial meeting but didn't elaborate as I really have had enough of hospitals and am hoping to have a home water birth (have been in itu and hdu a few times with asthma). Wondered if anyone else is struggling with asthma symptoms in the first trimester?
Am also dreading telling my boss, he is nasty at the best of times and when i was in hospital earlier this year with asthma he made my life very difficult. Are you waiting until you have had your 12 week scan before telling? If he was at all interested in his team he might have guessed by now by the amount of times i have to run to the bathroom!

Debs x

Debs3693 Welcome to the thread. I'm due the day after you.

I don't have asthma, but have been experiencing shortness of breath in the first trimester, so I can imagine that might make you asthma bad. I hope you feel better soon.

Hulla, glad your A&E visit was relatively positive, fingers crossed for tomorrow. The doctor sounds nice :)

Hi Debs :) Last time I waited until the 12 week scan before telling, this time will try to get an early scan and tell family before Christmas but wait until the "official" scan before telling anyone else I think. It's up to you though.

Just grated my finger, finding it hard to type.

My MS has subsided a bit, so obviously I'm worrying, like an idiot but my nipples are agony. DD seems to have ramped up her feeds too. Also seem to have lost my appetite a bit - in that horrible place where you want to eat and know you should but can't face the thought of anything, if that makes sense to anyone.

Going to try to register with new GP this week, maybe tomorrow or maybe Weds morning as DD will be in pre-school. There is a MW attached to the practice so wondering if I can just book in with her directly.

Hulla, I don't think I answered your question about home birth. It basically came down to them being too busy to send a midwife out, though I think I was later told that I wouldn't have been allowed one anyway because I was too overdue/my waters broke two days before contractions started (though these might have been the reasons that I wasn't allowed a water birth, it's all a bit blurry now). Apparently there is a big spike in births in September because it's 9 months after Christmas! Annoyingly, by the time we actually got to hospital a few hours later, things had calmed down a bit, but it never occurred to us to call them back. It was horrible, I felt really abandoned - I knew that I should just refuse to go to hospital but was terrified of being left alone altogether. What made it worse was that we then turned up at hospital to find the lights off, the door apparently locked, and no one answering the phone! Felt really alone then :( Next time round I plan to hire a bolshy doula to do the arguing for us :) Had a good look at your website btw, it looks fab :)

hi Hulla,
will be thinking of you tomorrow, dont know if you remember but when we were january 09 mums to be i bled at week 7 and all turned out to be ok, hope you get some good news tomorrow.
i have my early scan tomorrow too, im lucky, York hospital will scan me even though i'd have baby at Leeds. my scan is at 10am so i will text you afterwards to see if youre ok.
really hope its all good for both of us tomorrow. i had 5 days of brown bleeding over a week ago and a really bad stitch in my right hand side (bith signs of ectopic) but as of last week ive not had any symptoms at all so am a bit worried about tomorrow.

iIm sure too its ok to go to concerts for those of us going to see take that, plusit snot like we'll be stand ing next to a speaker, well i hope not anyway.

hi Debs3693, i pity you having to tell your awful boss, dont stress over it though, he has guideline set by law to follow so make sure he sticks to them. im fortunate that my boss is femal with 4 kids and i told her straight away cos of hospital appointments and early scana and she was really pleased for me, and hasnt told our overall boss yet cos i asked her to wait until after week 12.

well i had to run for a train tonight and am now knacked so will say goodnight and hopefully both me and Hulla will have some good news to tell tomorrow.
take care ladies xx

Hi everyone, mind if I join you? I am due sometime in July, but won't have a date till my next scan on Christmas Eve. I don't intend to tell people other than family before 12 weeks so have hidden my profile page for the moment.
I already have a 10 month old DD, and have had no unwelcome effects of pregnancy - yay!
As with my first time, I was having bleeding early on and thought AF had arrived - both times this has been put down to an eroded cervix. I have been reading the last page and could see similarities between my experience and Hulla's, the last time I bled it was definitely more like the show I had with DD. My mw was quite worried it was ectopic, but my bloods showed high HCG levels and the latest scan showed the sac to be in the right place and a heartbeat. I really hope you get on well tomorrow xxx

Sorry sues1974 I just saw your post there - I hope all is well for you as well. I also have had a lot of stitch-like pain and still get quite crampy at night.
If any of you are worried about concerts...I went to a Skunk Anansie gig the day after my BFP though I did make my excuses after a short while and moved from the mosh pit to the safety of the back

Just opened up my post that was delivered this morning and have received my MW appointment, Sunday 19th Dec. I have my private scan next Tuesday (7th) and sooooooo nervous about it. I have days where I have symptoms and other days that I dont have any like today: no sore boobs, no nausau, no stretching pains etc.
Will be thinking of Hulla and Sues1974 tomorrow. xxxxx

I think I am the only 30-something woman in the UK to be utterly unmoved by the upcoming Talk That tour so I won't be there, but did do Glastonbury at 28 weeks pregnant with DD and she turned out fine (loves music/dancing though ). I think things are pretty muffled in there, despite my mad granny being convinced that DD could hear and understand everything I said and would come out swearing like a trooper (I am a bit of a pottymouth, my granny continues to be amazed that I ever found anyone to marry me ).

Good luck to you tomorrow too, Sues x

Just wanted to wish hulla and sues good luck for tomorrow. I've had 3 bouts of bleeding and its just awful not knowing what is going on. Was wondering if your pain could be an ovarian cyst hulla. I have also had sharp pains approx over L ovary (intermittent) and when they did the first scan they picked up a 2cm cyst which was probably causing the pain. I know they can burst and that is supposed to be v painful.

Hi there :-) I'm new to this thread, due around the 18th of July apparently! Got my first MW appointment on Wednesday. I'm in shock, despite this being a planned pregnancy. Somehow, the transition between the 'idea' of getting pregnant and actually 'being' pregnant has hit me like a train!! I suffer from intermittent anxiety, not severe but irritating. Since finding myself expecting, I have struggled to feel positive or excited. I am hoping that this is temporary and I will catch up to my partner who is more excited than I have ever seen him :-) I am worrying about everything there is to worry about... a few days ago it was 'will i bond with the baby if I don't feel thrilled and excited now' and more recently its 'will my baby be healthy or be born with problems' not helped by reading extensively about risks on the internet. Don't get me wrong, I am happy that I am pregnant, we have wanted this for a while now! I know all the exciting things I pictured before we conceived are still exciting and we are so lucky to be at the beginning of this journey but I am full of anxiety and stress. I am 31 and this is my first pregnancy. Sorry.... I have rambled, lol... Great to meet you all!! And huge congratulations to all newly expectant mums!!

Will be thinking of you both today, Hulla and Sues. I had bleeding in both my pregnacies. First time was nothing. Second time wasn't but was much, much more severe and had completely lost all my symptoms. Really hope you're both fine.

LeClerc I am 32 and couldn't not give a monkeys about bloody Take That. I will be happily chilling at home while all you heavily pregant women go off screaming like teenagers, getting hot and bothered. But FWIW I'm sure it won't hurt the baby!

Welcome Skyye and Fraochs Mum!

Had acupuncture yesterday and feel much more chilled about everything today

i feel awful so full of cold and so weak its horrible feeling like this especially when coupled with MS. Yuck, yuck. Sorry not much more to add atm!!

Hulla, I am keeping everything crossed for you xxx

I spoke (typed?) way too soon about not experiencing any nausea. It has been getting progressively worse over the last couple of days to the point where I have moments during the day when I don't know whether I to be sick or go to sleep more. I haven't actually been sick but I feel like I have got the worst hangover of my life and every days seems slightly worse.

Last night the trains were all mucked up going home and I managed to squeeze onto a packed train heading in the right direction but I was squished in between lots of very tall men (I'm only 5'3 and was wearing flat shoes) and I had to spend 50minutes standing on a hot, swaying train with no fresh air feeling sick, faint and incredibly tired. My dh said when I got home that I should have said outloud that I was pg and needed to sit down but I was too embarrassed - I am sorely tempted to get a 'Baby on Board badge' but I'd feel silly if someone asked me how far along I was... anyone else got a badge yet?

Hi Skkye. I know what you mean about the shock of actually being pregnant. Mine was planned, and I was really hoping I would be pregnant this month but when I actually saw the positive test I felt terrified! It took me a couple of days to get used to the idea and then I started feeling really excited again. I'm still nervous (and so is DH) about whether everything will go ok, and how we will actually cope with a baby but at the moment the excitement outweighs the fear.

Hulla hope your appointment went well today.

Hope everything goes well for hulla and sues today.

leclerc and ladyG I went to the last one and it was fantastic! Now that Robbie is back though, I have the royal hump and won't even listen to them on the radio.

Welcome skyye I am 31 and on my first too. I am oscilating between feeling overjoyed and overwhelmed. This is very much a wanted pregnancy but it has just dawned on me that I am going to be a mummy!

Poor missL! I was about suggest you just say you were feeling faint and not giving a reason but stoopid Gillian McKeith has spoilt that for the rest of us!

thinking of Hulla and Sues today.

Went for my first scan this morning - at 7 weeks. One perfect HB, implanted away from my C-section scar and measuring 7weeks spot on. My fella and I are very happy. It was particularly lovely walking to the hospital in the snow. Right - so where can I get some skinny flared maternity jeans (tight up top and bell bottom ends)? Please don't suggest Gap - I refuse to buy things there on principle.

Congrats on your scan, Stangirl.

Topshop for jeans. I've put mine on this morning (bottcut)as my normal jeans do up but just feel too uncomfy. They do all their normal styles but in maternity.

ladyGG - thanks for the tip.

Been for early scan. No heartbeat. I'm devastated. Not sure I'll be back but good luck to everyone else with your pregnancies x