First Time Frolickers foray into 2011

[cherrycobbler]

New year, new babies and lots of new BFPS!!

Link to future grads here

ARRIVALS:

Fudgecat - In loving memory of Baby Elliot - Born asleep on Friday 17th September 2010

Fulhamgirl - EDD 30th May - DOB 9th Apr - Girl - Lily Ann - 4lb
Trying4Baby1 - EDD 25th Apr - DOB 6th May - Girl - Emily - 10lb 2.5oz
Pepperonipizza -EDD 24th May - DOB 28th May -Boy
CurlyCasper - EDD 21st July - DOB 24th June - Girl
Spirael - EDD 25th Jul - DOB 7th July - Girl - Miranda Jane - 8lb 3oz
DesperateHousewife21 - EDD 18th July - DOB 9th July - Boy - Dylan James
Sazziej - EDD 1st Sep- DOB 24th Aug - Girl - Evie - 7lb 8oz
Ozziegirly - EDD 24th Aug -DOB 25th Aug - Boy-Thomas - 7lb 1oz
NovemberAli - EDD 2nd Sep - DOB 8th Sept - Girl - Matilda - 8lb 6oz
WhiteRoses - EDD 15th September - DOB 19 September- Boy
Hobnob - EDD 26th Sep - DOB 21 September - Girl - Matilda 6lbs 6oz
Pixiestix - EDD 24th Sep - DOB 26 September - Girl - Tegan - 7lbs 7oz
Addie81 -EDD 7th Oct - DOB 19th October -Girl
Chancewouldbeafinething - EDD 10/10/10 - DOB 21st October - Boy - William James - 9lb 14.5oz
Hermya321 - EDD 24th Oct - DOB 24th October-Boy - Asher - 8lb 3oz
WorrisomeHeart - EDD 12th Oct -DOB 26th Oct Boy - Lochlan - 8lb
YorkshireTeaDrinker - EDD 6th Nov - DOB 5th Nov - Girl - Eleanor
Bunnygirl80 - - EDD 19th Nov- DOB 11th Nov -Boy-WIlliam - 7lb 2oz
Mumnerves - EDD 8th Dec - DOB 16 Dec Boy - Sean 8lb 2.5oz
Luckyseven - EDD 17th Dec - DOB 20th Dec Girl - Beth Elise 8lb 4oz
Oneof8 - BFP 18th May - EDD 17th Jan - DOB tbc - boy

CURRENT GRADUATES:

Capricorn76 - BFP 12th Apr - EDD 1st Jan 2011
Homebound - BFP 30th Apr - EDD 8th Jan
Seablue - BFP? - EDD 10th Jan
Aly323 - BFP? - EDD 31st Jan - Boy
Muser - BFP 22nd June - EDD 27 Feb
Superpenguin - BFP 1st July - EDD 4th March - Boy
Haloflo - BFP 22 July - EDD 20 March
SaorAlba - BFP 7 Aug - EDD 15th April
Kurlyvoice - BFP 1st September - EDD 16th April
MrsWajs - BFP 13 Aug - EDD 24th April - girl
stegasaurus - BFP 27 Aug - EDD 3rd May
Cherrycobbler - BFP 3rd September - EDD 11 May
Crazydays - BFP 4th September - EDD 13 May - twins - boy and girl!
crazybutterflylady - BFP 1st Sep - EDD 14 May
Bellaby -BFP 11th September - EDD 22nd May
Highheelsandequations - BFP 30th Oct - EDD 13th July
Slowshow - BFP 3rd Jan - EDD TBA
Roundtable - BFP 14 Jan - EDD TBA

Thanks for all the yoga advice, really good to hear it recommended so highly in pregnancy. I do a mix of classes at the gym: zen, hatha & ashtanga. I have told the teachers - one says there's nothing I shouldn't do, the other says no twists... I have to say, the ashtanga class last week absolutely wiped me out!

I'm doing a good job of staying calm and rational this evening, as I really wasn't earlier when I saw blood in my pants when I went to the loo. It's like a tea stain, and there's some very small traces when I wipe... I'm so worried it's all going wrong again, but it's not definitely that is it?

Hi late no personal experience but quite a few ladies on this thread had spotting and bleeding early on and now have bouncing babies. You poor thing tho, hope you manage to retain your calm positivity xxx

florin did you tell your parents and in laws in the end? How did they react? I was quite emotional and nervous telling ours, esp as it was early days.

late how is the bleeding now? I hope all is well - I'm sure you are worried beyond belief but try and remember that not all bleeding is bad. As cherry said there are loads of ladies on here that had bleeding and everything turned out ok. Keep us posted and I am sure someone with some experience will be along to offer some words of wisdom. Have you sorted out your scan?

On another note (not that you are probably thinking about this I imagine) but I am doing a pre-natal yoga class as I saw it a good opportunity to meet some other mums as well as not be worried about whether we were doing yoga moves that would not be great for the baby. Plus as bunny said they spend a lot of time concentrating on the breathing that would help through labour as well as make you work that pelvic floor which is important.

Highheels wowsers - already back to the pole classes? Hope it went well! Thanks for the well wishes re the house - we are nearly there - I can see the end is in sight! After 10 months of works! God I could not wait when the bath was done a few months ago -I bet that was a warm welcome for you before Rose arrived!

Florin have you told your in-laws and parents? Hope they were over the moon for you. I am in your camp - if you have the impetus and money to do the works now go for it. You want to enjoy your mat leave with the little one with your extension and it not being spent getting on first name terms with builders (which is was inevitably happens if you are at home while the works go on.

Womanly has the spotting gone? I was with the others - I didn't tell most people until 15/16 weeks - as when we saw friends and other family really so there is no hurry - just make sure you are in the right place.

Spotting has slowed almost to a stop now, feeling much better and more relaxed about it now. My appointment with the GP is on Friday morning and I'll hopefully be able to get a scan soon after. I'm 6+5 today so will be 7+ by the time I (hopefully) get a scan. I didn't realise I would be quite so paranoid about everything this time round, I need to take a chill pill (along with my Pregnacare vitamins ) I'm not even 7 weeks in for goodness sake!

Lanky and Cherry, you're both right, lots of ladies get spotting (and worse) and it doesn't mean anything. I will start looking ahead to pre-natal yoga

Womanly, here I am banging on about my little tea-stain & you've had so much worse - hope your bleeding has cleared up?

late I had pink and brown spotting from 8 weeks, it was apparently a little patch on the uterus wall shredding away and the midwives told me it was very common. Was mostly when I wiped after going to the loo (sorry if TMI). I know what it's like to panic, especially after a previous mc, but please try and relax. The GP will probably tell you that spotting in early pg is fairly common, make sure they get you a referral through to the EPU or EPAC, our EPAC was fantastic, happy to speak to me on the phone when I was panicking again a couple of weeks after they saw me and then happy to give me another scan when the spotting started again after going away for a couple of weeks. Sending lots of hugs your way. xxxx

Told mil and she was literally jumping up and down with excitement. She then couldn't sleep with excitement so 4 in the morning she was going through her sewing materials to see what baby stuff she had knowing she can look but she is on a making ban until the scan! My parents were very excited too although also extremely cautious as my mum went through a lot of miscarriages, I think it's brought it all back to them and try are scared the same will happen to me. I am aware miscarriage is a risk but trying to think positive and enjoy the beginning of my pregnancy as much as possible.

florin glad you enjoyed telling parents/ILs. Keep thinking positive and enjoy early pg as much as you can.

hh didn't see who the post about pole classes was from - for a minute I thought one of the pg people struggling to get up in the air [hshock][hgrin]

late/womanly hope your bleeding has cleared up and you can get on with enjoying being pg

Aw florin what a lovely reaction from your in laws! Can understand your parents reaction, my mum was more worried than excited at every stage of my pg. Once the baby came along though I was relegated to second place and baby is number one in my mum's list of favourite people

late hope spotting has stayed away and Doc is helpful this morning. My first appt with the doc took all of five mins!

Happy Fridays all!

Just saw Toria on another thread, so had a little stalk and it seems she's being induced on Monday.

Good luck toria

Ooo yes, good luck Toria!
I remember when she got her BFP over on FTF conception thread - can't believe her little one's on the way, doesn't feel like that long ago...!

Had my GP appt yesterday, all good and she booked me an early scan at the EPU for Tuesday morning (when I'll be 7+4). So, after that I'll at least know if this little bean has progressesd further than the other one, even though I know it's not a guarantee of anything. Spotting stopped & didn't come back, and GP didn't seem concerned about it.

Florin, what a lovely reaction from your mil - makes me excited about telling our families! Fx it's all plain sailing for you &your little pip

Spoke too soon... Spotting's back . Trying not to worry, I have the scan booked for Tues so will know one way or the other by then

late sorry to hear about the spotting, hope it stops soon.

late how is spotting now? Am so sorry the little thing is causing you so much stress. Any way you can bring the scan forward to tomorrow? xx

Thanks for your thoughts Lanky, the spotting stopped on Sun evening & hasn't come back today, so who knows what to think! [hconfused]
I'm exhausted by it all, and I'm not even 8 weeks yet! Fx the scan tomorrow provides the reassurance it's supposed to!

Good luck with the scan and I hope you get some peace of mind after this. You poor thing I can imagine you are shattered after the last few weeks. Keeping fx for tomorrow x

Good luck with the scan today late xx

late hope the scan went well today.

I went for my first docs appointment today, I mentioned I had literally 1 spot smaller than a full stop of blood once on fri night and once on Sun afternoon. I wasn't worried about it as so little but doc has rushed through a scan appointment so going to be scanned tomorrow morning so now wetting myself about it. I am so worried they won't find anything. Especially as apart from tiredness, only slightly achey boobs which have grown a size I haven't had many symptoms.

Hello all!
See that grin? That's because I am a VERY happy Late tonight . The 'reassurance' scan did exactly what it said on the tin and DH & I saw our little bean and it's flickering heartbeat
It's 2 days further on, by measurement, than my original date, doc put it at 7+6. he wasn't concerned about the spotting at all, although said to go back if it got worse, obviously. Sooooo relived, this little one has already made it further than the first one did.

Florin, there's probably nothing wrong (hark at me! ), but really good you're getting an early scan, it has made an incredible different to how I feel about this pregnancy. Really hope it does the same for you, do you know when it is?

Thanks everyone for your support over the last week

Ps Florin, I also have zero symptoms -I even did a pg test this morning before the scan to make sure . Good luck for tomorrow

Aw yay late so happy it went well!! It's pretty fab to see isn't it?!

Hope tomorrow goes well florin, I felt sick with nerves before every scan even my growth scans at 30+ weeks, completely normal pregnancy behaviour. Fingers crossed for you x

late I was thinking about doing another test before my scan too, I keep worrying I have made it all up!
So glad your scan went well hope it's given you some reassurance. Do you have any more scans booked before your 12 week one? I already have an 8 week scan booked with my private gynae who I was seeing to get pregnant, I think I wil still keep this if tomorrow goes well. I am so nervous about this pregnancy, it's taken us 20 months to get this far and we are so desperate for this baby. Hasn't helped that my mum had lots of miscarriage so it so nervous about my pregnancy it's like she is convinced it will happen to me too. Plus our best friends who were pregnant (4 weeks ahead of us) have miscarried which has upset us and made us so much more nervous.
Hopefully all will be fine tomorrow.

Late! Fantastic news! So pleased you got to see the little heartbeat and it's great that you are further along than you thought. I really hope you can start to enjoy it a bit more and think about the next milestone of the 12 week scan. Chuffed for you! x

Florin - as late said - hope you can take some reassurance from her situation and lots of others on here that have had some spotting. Let us know how you get on tomorrow - but try not to worry.

If it helps - my symptoms were pretty non existent as well. I think around 7 weeks I started feeling really sick and thats when I let myself believe a tiny bit that I was pregnant.

Womanly how are you doing? Have you started to tell folk yet? Hope you are enjoying it a bit more now.

Toria if you are lucking wishing you lots of luck! Report back when you get the chance and hope it all went well yesterday.

Gold any news?!

Had my scan and there is a baby! A little early for a heart beat she kept thinking she saw it but wasn't sure so going back next Friday for a rescan to check. Feeling a lot more positive now!

Fantastic florin - glad you saw the little thing!

late really great to hear about your little bean all snug and doing what he/she should. I had spotting at 13 weeks... don't know why it happens but can be normal and no problems:)

florin glad your scan went well too:) and that you get another one so soon. Very reassuring until you can feel baby move!

lanky no news yet. 38+1 here. Everyone I know who is due after me is having there babies thou!! seems unfair as I am ready to meet bubba (although I will probably change my mind once that first contraction hits:) ) How are you feeling? Do you have a nice bump now?