August 2011 differs.......eating, puking and weeing our way into the 2nd trimester

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New home for us ladies!!

Talking of fish and chips, I had some today. I've only has fish and chips and some haribo today. Terrible of me, but I can't eat cooked food at the moment (could barely eat the fish and chips), so I'm a little stuck on ideas.

Have a couple of questions. Does anyone else suffer from depression? Sorry if this is too personal. I've suffered from it ever since I was a little girl, and seem to be hit by it quite hard at the moment. Emotionalness due to hormones aside, I've been quite gloomy and unsociable. :(

On a happier note however! I'm presuming some of you have started thinking of some baby names and/or have already decided! Or maybe I'm just too excited. Either way, I'd like to hear what some of you have in mind for your little one! I've already decided on first names, I'm now thinking on middle names.

Hope everyone is well.

evening all
got my scan date - 15 Feb, and something called 'medical history' on 16th Feb; enclosed is a huge pamphlet about all the possible abnormalities they can find - hmm

bit bemused by all this OAP talk - I am 40 and would not consider myself old let alone of pension age

Hi Yukana, I was depressed in my teens and at uni but I have not suffered since then - I have found in my life my hormones play a massive role in how i feel/behave and atm our hormones are going crazy, it could be an excess of these which is increasing those feelings. I remember my previous pregnancy as being a time of great optimism and happiness, so there is a point where the balance goes that way, hopefully soon -
have only thought of silly names - ds was going to be Hendrix (we came to our senses) and atm this one is going to be Jupiter

re sri lanka ,I went there years ago and had the best holiday ever; it is a total paradise with amazing scenary, fab 5 star hotels with james bond style infinity pools in the middle of the jungle, beautiful temples, elephants, tea plantations etc highly recommended

i bought a pool for my homebirth but didnt use it as we've got a big bath which I felt I'd prefer - when i got in the bath, it was amazing how I instantly relaxed, it was wonderful.

my biggest skirt is so tight tonight. I will have to buy some larger things to wear, I cant possibly move into maternity clothes at 8 weeks

Hey! If you lot are old then I must be ancient!

I'll have to hobble to my ante-natal appointments with my cane.

hi ladies. I have just returned after a disasterous shopping visit, which ended up in me carrying my toddler, pushing the trolley feeling very sick. Therefore i haven't got anything much but i did succum to one of the design your own pizza things which will be my treat for this week. yukana i have suffered in the past and the preg hormones don.t help but it does get easier as the weeks progress.

Aw MrsV thats terrible!! Mmm... to the pizza though even though I dont particularly eat pizza haha have a cuppa and chillax for a little while. Maybe even look at the inside of your eyelids for a little while eh??

Good grief ladies, we're v busy on here aren't we?! It must be because we're such a super bunch of people :)

Echoing whoever said it on earlier pages - it is lovely to read everyone's stories and listen to the advice... for some reason in RL everyone's advice is just annoying me, but you guys not so!

Yukana - I know exactly what you mean. I've struggled with depression on and off for years, and the last few weeks I've found really tough. DH is a superstar and well used to getting me to laugh and calming me down from my completely unreasonable rages and stopping me fretting about nothing. It must just be the new hormones we've got coursing about us. I've found one thing that really helps me is getting some daylight early in the day (seemingly the light is more blue, or somehting, rather than yellow later in the day) - just sitting outside for 10 minutes on my morning break helps. I've been feeling really low though, beating myself up about pretty much everything. You can always pm me if you would like to :) x

Have also just realised that I've been v rude and not waved at fellow Leeds girl littlebeaut where are you at in this fine city? I'm in Meanwood. You'll have to let me know, if you live in North Leeds, where the best mum-and-baby or bump-and-baby groups are.

So I've had a bit of a fight on with my local hospital to get my 12 week scan at a time they can actually do the nuchal scan - they had me in for 16 weeks! After much shouting and negotiating, they've finally moved it to 14th Feb, when I'll be 13+5. So just in time, but I'm still not happy, I wanted it dead on 12 weeks. I guess because you set these deadlines for yourself, but for some reason I'm absolutely petrified they're going to tell me I've had an mmc (even though I've had 2 scans already and everything's fine!) and I just want to know!

Anyway - must stop wallowing in self pity. Off to eat rest of packet of croissants, as obviously that's all I want when there's a huge pile of fruit on the table in front of me!

Take care, y'all :) xx

Does anyone else start crying at the most ridiculous things? I watched American Idol auditions last night which usually makes me laugh and I became over emotional and cried and cried. I actually lied to distressed DH when he asked me what was wrong and said it was because I was worried about the baby after drinking too much at 10 year uni reunion (around the time I conceived). I couldn't bring myself to say it was the guy from the Bronx singing Jason Mraz that did it. The shame.

I have also cried at adverts. And trailers for tv shows that I have no interest in watching.

JenniL1977 I'm so glad you said you were petrified about what they were going to tell you at the scan. I feel the same way and it's comforting to know that it's a shared thing and not just a big bowl of crazy I've had for breakfast. WIth a side of hormones

I'm really glad I had the scan at 6/7 weeks when I was on holiday and got to see the little space prawn and the beating heart because otherwise I would be crazy with worry right now.

after eating the pizza littleb i feel far better, my dd ate loads me it too. My dp will be lucky to get half when he gets back. i'm aiming to do some baking with my dd today wonder how it will go :) a tip which works for me to combat depression is keeping active. I'm sporty anyway but going for a run/ gym and having a bit of me time is really refreshing. My mummy friends ( we all met at breast feeding cafe when our dc's were tiny and have continued to meet weekley) are wonderful and chatting to them helps too.

oh yes the crying over ridiculous thing. I heard halo on the radio the other week and was sobbing as i was imageoning dp and i having our first dance to it. Were not even engaged lol.

MrsVidic I did the same thing with the same song! Sobbing. Whilst driving. Which was of course the one and only time an extremely hot man has pulled up next to me at the lights.

You are probably right Mona and MrsVid, it's silly as yesterday I didn't feel like going out so I let my partner down there, and I feel like absolute dirt for it. Sat on my bed and felt sorry myself thinking about gloomy things. Then ended up making myself feel worse as I thought about what would happen to my baby if I jumped off a tall building... Even typing that is distressing and I don't know why the thought came to my mind at all.

Nice to see I'm not alone there Jenni, although it has been constant for me. My partner is great as he helps me with the chores and getting me food/drink when I need it, but he's very tactless when it comes to opening that darn mouth of his. So that doesn't help at times. Not sure how to PM on here, do you require a subscription for that? If not, I shall do so and you are of course welcome to at any time as well. On another note, ooh croissants... I did have a good stare at a chocolate croissant a lady was buying at the store the other day, but regrettably didn't buy any for myself.

As for baby names, Mona, Jupiter is actually quite lovely! (Also my favorite planet, although it's a tad silly).

I've thought of Aya for a girl, and Luka for a boy.

Hello wondered if I could join?Had my nuchal last week. Bit annoyed my due date had been changed from 4th Aug to 30th July after the scan. My other three (this has been a rather unexpected bonus pregnancy) were all late so putting me six days earlier means the threat of induction possibly looming. Had a gorgeous waterbirth at a birthing centre last time so would love to do that again. I hasten to add although the birth was gorgeous I looked anything but,unlike the woman on obem.

Hello, another newbie. I'm due 14th or 31st of Aug depending on if you take the Midwife or my dates. I've a dating scan on the 31st of Jan which should clear things up.

This week I've had a nasty tummy bug on top of my usual nausea and have lost half a stone. Still not better yet but fingers crossed no more running for the loo. Well except to throw up. I don't see that stopping any time soon.

Majormoo, I also watched obem and have been considering a water birth ever since. What was it like? Do you think it helped with the pain?

Wow, you lot are chatty!

Well, today you can't wipe the big smile from my face!

Went for my private scan this morning & all is well! It was the first time I've had a 4D scan. Wow - it is incredible to see your little baby like that. This probably sounds silly, but I just can't get over just how much it already looks like a proper baby! :o

On the downside, my dates have been put back by a couple of days (now 10+4), which to be honest, I should have expected as it is the same due date as DD2 had. Lets just hope baby doesn't decide to arrive in the middle of her birthday party!

Can't wait for my next scan on the 4 Feb now and so much happier knowing how far along I actually am. :)

Enjoy the rest of the weekend ladies & to the OAP's, take it easy (seeing as I'm 21 again this year...)

oh a 4d scan must have been lovely missw

im really looking forward to my scan now, is on weds so not too long to go. hoping my dh can come, i told him the date ages ago but just now realised he is busy at work but hopefully will be able to nip out just to come and see

yukana i have been thinking of names but dont have it finalised because dh doesnt agree on them all, and possibly ill change my own mind by the end but atm i like sabria or ayah for a girl and basim or ayyash for a boy

after today's football i have a feeling my dp will try to name the baby ryan giggs lol not a chance

Important question: can you get gravy on your chips from this amazing shop in London? I grew up down there, and having discovered chips and gravy will now stay oooop north forever!

Evenin ladies,

All good here, nausea seems to have resurfaced a bit after disapeering for a week or so, anyone else had that? I sort of feel like I have an empty icky tummy even when I have just stuffed my face!

yukana yes thinking of names already, i'm having the final say as this is our last and my hubby has some random ideas! So far I am stuck on Iris for a girl and Barnaby for a boy. Just desperate to see my little one at the scan to eliviate my stress about if everything is ok. Also can't wait to find out the gender. Fully expecting boy number 3 but secretly have a feeling its a girl.... Time will tell I guess and not too worried either way.

Libido is still a long distant memory but its made me feel so much better to know that most of you lot are all going through the same thing!

TTFN x

Iris is front runner for us too, Wheresmytractor. Have a couple of other girls names too - Marnie and Esme. DP has just suggested Lembit, Bob Marley or Ming for a boy . I am struggling more with boys names this time. Quite like Silas and Victor or Hector. Barnaby is cute!

Morning ladies!

I'm struggling with names full stop. Cant think of any boy or girls names... and if I do I dont like them. I cant even think of a name for my bump and I have always had a name for my bump before. I thought after my scan the other day I would have a name but I dont

Blimey! I don't log on for 2 days and it takes me 20 mins to catch up!

littlemissw - Congrats!!! Fab news! Must be amazing seeing your little one in 4d!

rehune - your comment about the bowl of crazy made me actually cry with laughter!! Particularly since over night I ingested some crazy in my sleep, and woke up filled with HUGE anxiety that everything isn't ok in there prods abdomen gently and that they're going to give me hideous news at my news scan. Which is still EIGHT SLEEPS away.

Down in Clevedon (nr. Bristol) this weekend visiting my outlaws. Already told MIL but breaking the news to FIL and SIL this afternoon. Telling people has been one of the most exciting parts of this pregnancy so far, but today I don't want to spread the word any further, I want to have another scan first and make sure everything's ok. I just have a horrible feeling that we're going to have to un-tell people before too long. ARRRRRRRRRRRGHHH!! Damn you hormones for making me so anxious!!

Hmmm 'hideous news at my news scan'. Think I may have meant 'at my NEXT scan'. Pesky hormones making me type nonsense.

Awww MrsSteveo I share your pain..... Try and relax and trust it will all be ok, i'm sure it will.

I am trying to curb my munching at the mo, or atleast stuff my face eat healthier things. I have gained 8 pounds and I am 11 weeks. That sounds excessive to me. With my last child i put on 4 stone (big blood sugar problems with both boys) and I had just got down to my pre any babies weight (Weight watchers is fab)so am determined not to get that big again...

Anyone else find it hard to stop eating junk?

I want to eat everything wheresmytractor!! I am going out for lunch today and have just been looking at the menu online so see what has the most food on the plate... as thats what I intend to get