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November 2011 Mums-to-be

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DirgeInVegas · 22/02/2011 16:44

Am I the first? I can't see another November thread.

Ok, my stats, I am 32, have 1 dd (2.1) and edd is 03/11/2011.

I had a mc at Christmas but feel ok about this pregnancy, though I only found out 3 days ago so I may get a bit more panicked as time passes.

Anyone else want to join me in a November baby thread?

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TerrysNo2 · 23/02/2011 13:50

Dirge I can understand why you don't want to tell them, how completely insensitive can some people be?!?! Enjoy your baby bubble. I knew we were on the same page here - home births and slings!! I all for them, can't wait to get mine out again. Oh god, I am getting carried away here but I really can't help it. I think I will be gutted (to say the least) if I MC even if I talk about these things so why not. Getting stupidly excited about the Stokke pram I want too - only just decided against it with DS and have always regretted it!

Oh, I wonder if I would qualify for an EPU under the NHS as I had an early MC last time? I am not doing anything till 6 weeks though (contacting docs etc) as receiving scan appts in the post after a MC was horrid.

TerrysNo2 · 23/02/2011 13:54

Meant "qualify for an early scan at the EPU*

DirgeInVegas · 23/02/2011 14:42

I asked my MW yesterday if I could have an early scan and she said only if I was bleeding. I feel ok about waiting but might pay for one locally. I don't know...

DD wouldn't entertain the idea of a pram. Ever. I won't be buying one this time, hers is still in perfect condition in the garage.

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TerrysNo2 · 23/02/2011 14:52

I will ask my GP Dirge but if not I will pay for one, worth every penny for me!

chipmonkey · 23/02/2011 15:07

I am dreading telling my mother. She told me not to "go again" after ds3, never mind after ds4. She will slap me with a wet fish.

DirgeInVegas · 23/02/2011 15:26

Haha!! Chipmonkey! I know plenty of women in their 40s having babies - happily and safely. I don't think its the issue it perhaps once was is it?

DH's grandmother said, when DH told her I was pregnant last year, "It will be your last one though won't it? You're both getting a bit old now".

I have to say I was a bit offended, although I also laughed my socks off.

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Bumpwanted · 23/02/2011 15:29

Oh no chip !! Well I wouldn't care what anyone else thinks - how can a baby not be a wonderful thing. I don't want to tell my Mum either but only because she will be so unbelievably excited she will be a nightmare and ringing me every five minutes with advice and to check I feel ok. Very sweet and caring but suspect it will drive me nuts!

cramps have started again for the day.

MissInvincible · 23/02/2011 18:14

Hi to everyone who has posted since I last posted yesterday. TerrysNo2 I also miscarried on Christmas Day :( My miscarriage was not straight forward as I was diagnosed with a PUL (pregnancy of unknown location) which involved numerous scans and trips to the EPU every few days from 5 weeks through til 10 weeks when I eventually miscarried. It was a horrifying process and I am extremely nervous this time.... I am off to see the midwife on Tuesday and hopefully I will be sent for an early scan at 6 weeks.

It's going to be over 9 years since I last gave birth, the third different decade I have been pregnant in. The last time I had an emergency section at 33 weeks, but trying to put the stressy stuff to one side for the moment!

Bumpwanted please try not to worry too much about the cramping, I had lots very early on with my first 2 pregnancies and everything was fine :)

chipmonkey · 23/02/2011 18:26

Honestly, Bumpwanted, don't worry at all about the cramping. It is normal.
MissInvincible, I had ds3 by EMCS at 32 weeks. Went full term with ds4.

MissInvincible · 23/02/2011 18:29

Hi Chipmonkey, that's good to hear! My DS1 was 3 weeks early but DD was 3 days late, so due dates don't mean that much to me! Did you have another section with your DS4? I want to try and have a normal delivery if all goes well (I'm feeling brave at the moment).

chipmonkey · 23/02/2011 20:18

I did have a section with ds4 but it was my fourth section altogether. Generally after 2 sections, you "have to" have sections after that. I did actually do a bit of online research into VBA3C but even the homebirthers on one Irish board said they were worried about that idea. So I just went along with what my obs said.

TerrysNo2 · 24/02/2011 07:45

Morning all!

So is it just me who is doing tests all the time? Last time the line never got dark and was always very thin and faint but so happy because this time the line came up straight away and very bold! CB Digi never got past 1-2 weeks last time as, I guess, the HCG never rose so that will be a big milestone for me!

bumpwanted I have much more cramping this time too - anything different to last time must be a positive!

DirgeInVegas · 24/02/2011 09:46

Terry I have done 2 tests but might go and get another today to do tomorrow.

I had a bit of pink on the tissue after wiping when I went to the toilet this morning. For as calm and go-with-the-flow as I have been this week I am googling like mad. I think I had this with DD but can't remember now. My mc started with darker blood but this is enough to make me fret.

Oh for a crystal ball....

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TerrysNo2 · 24/02/2011 10:06

Oh Dirge I hope its just a bit of implantation spotting - sure it will be as I think MC start with a bit more than that. Keeping my FX for you!!

Bumpwanted · 24/02/2011 10:52

Hi girls

Thanks for all the reassurance on the cramp front! It seems to be much better if I keep really hydrated so am trying to drink lots.

Saw the doctor this morning - she said "its very early and lots of people get BFPs to then find implantation doesn't occur and their period comes 5 days later or implantation doesn't occur properly so just remember its still very early on" - that's what I like to hear - nice and positive!

Have only POAS once more since I got the BFP but that was still before AF was due so I didn't really think the line looked that different. I might do another one on Sunday as I will be a few days late then.

Dirge never having done this before I don't really have any advice but what you have described does sound a lot like what people have desribed as their implantation spotting on here so am sure it is just that. Stay calm! xx

Bumpwanted · 24/02/2011 10:59

ps have just realised I am a total hypocrite preaching about staying calm when I have cramp freak outs!

DirgeInVegas · 24/02/2011 13:19

Haha! That's ok Bump, I feel ok. I went to the loo and nothing the last two times and if it's going to happen worrying won't make a difference. I'm going to try and enjoy this pregnancy - however long it lasts

Your GP was rather text book! Would be nice if they'd been a bit more gentle. I think being blunt must come with the job. I called my GP in tears when I was mc and she said "why are you crying? You don't even know you're miscarrying yet" in not very soft tones!

At least we have eachother

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chipmonkey · 24/02/2011 13:39

Dirge, that is very, very common.Fingers crossed for you but would be quite hopeful all is OK XX

cep · 24/02/2011 15:03

hi everyone bfp this morning very early as af due sat. so maybe out here earlier than last time. I also had a mmc in Dec10, scary how many of us there are. i've had slight achy cramps all the way through my last 2 weeks. blood in cm but not on st. should we have a stats thread so this can be just chat?

cep, 32, 1ds (2.9), edd nov 5th

cep · 24/02/2011 15:44

hi again just did a thread for stats only if that's ok. link here

chipmonkey · 24/02/2011 22:30

welcome cep!

cep · 25/02/2011 07:14

thanks chipmonkey i have to confess to being nervous, i wasn't going to join the nov thread until after 12 week scan but i saw quite a few had m/c'd at about the same time as me so thought we could all be scared together.

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TerrysNo2 · 25/02/2011 08:24

Hi cep Congrats, please lets start a hand holding chain for this happy yet scary time!!

chipmonkey · 25/02/2011 10:42

So, had this converstation in work yesterday. Colleague A has the same first name as me.

Colleague B: Oh A is pregnant!
Me: Oh wow that's great news!
Colleague B: Yes, C guessed ages ago. He said to me, "I think A is pregnant. I said to him "Do you really think chipmonkey is pregnant? I mean, really? 5 kids, seriously? So then he told me he meant A, not you and of course that made more sense."

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Bumpwanted · 25/02/2011 11:27

Morning girls! That is brilliant chip!! I had a similar thing with my Mum on the weekend when she was harping on about a couple of things she things I ought to do before I have a baby. I had to just sit there and smile (I'd only told DH the night before and I want to tell my Mum on her birthday next week so we're having a bit of time where its just our secret, oh and the doctors, obviously with you guys and the man in waterstones who sold me the pregnancy bible).

Cep I can't even imagine how scary this time must be. I'm finding it scary and I've never been through this before or gone through what some of you guys have. Had an awful middle of the night though - horrendous period pains where i was crying sat on the loo (TMI!?) waiting for something bad to happen. Thankfully it passed and everything seems back to normal again now. Very scary though...

Its the weekend !!

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