The October 2011 Baby Bus... part 2

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A place for everyone due in October 2011 to hang out and support each other....

What a dick cupofteaplease, that receptionist needs to be taught some tack!

Hiya gang - hope all doing ok today. I'm still feeling grim and pukey (9+5) and wondering when this will ever end! Working right opposite my boss today which is unnerving, even though he knows, It still feels a bit weird!

Told DPs parents this weekend....it was quite odd. His mum is a royal worrier and clearly got very anxious and then changed the subject spectacularly quickly! We are not quite sure what to make of this really - DP was waiting for a call the following day and has heard nothing. I have told him to call today - I really hope they aren't going to be funny about it as it will just upset DP like crazy. Hey ho.

Have sorted my A/L so that I have Fridays off for 3 weeks. It's been an absolute saving grace.

Today is all about rice cakes and celery - lets see if that takes the edge off.

hi all
not been on for ages, MS & exhaustion really taking their toll now.
only just found the thread again as dropped off my list.

Ooh SazzyM, weird about your DP's mum's reaction, why do you think she had such an odd response to good news?

Yeah - it's stumped us a wee bit!
We've been together for nearly 5yrs and living together for 2 and I had always thought they were pretty fond of me...!!
My current thought is that they have not quite realised DP is a grown up (he's 34...but his bedroom at home is as it was when he left it, comics/tapes etc etc!), and so this news has taken them by surprise somewhat!!

I'm hopeful they just need a bit of time and all will be well.

Ah, maybe they need to cut the apron strings a bit. They'll hopefully get used to the idea of having a new little one around .

Congratulations by the way.

Anyone else counting the days till the end of this trimester?! I so fed up of lying to people & feeling so tired I barely get out of bed! The tiredness isn't helped by the fact that I'm struggling to eat because nothing seems appetising! So frustrated!!
I booked my booking appt the other day but the earliest they gave me was 2 weeks on Wednesday when I'll be 10+3. I didn't know we could organise a scan before the booking appt... I was really worried that I'd have a really late scan! Am scared enough as it is, rather irrationally so though, because my mum miscarried her first at 10 weeks & I'm convinced I'm going to do the same!
SazzyM At least you got a reaction... all my sister said was 'oh' & we were expecting much squeeling & jumping from her!! People can be so odd sometimes!!

hiya all sorry its been a long time since i last checked in my computer broke. wow loads of new members, i had my booking in appointment with midwife today, seems all official now, im 10+4 were almost there 2 wks and we can shout it from the roof tops!!! cant wait

Hello - can I join the October baby bus?

I'm pg with DC2, DS1 is almost 2 and I am due on 8th October. Feel as rough as a dog, commuting to work is not helping!

Had my booking appointment just waiting for a scan date!

Really nice to meet you all!

i'm also counting the days till end of trimester, had early scan last week and have been put back a week so now i'm just over 7wks i think?
booking appt tomorrow

i have already told every1 cant hold my own water and people at work would have guessed anyway as leaving desk at least once every hour to either pee or puke

definitely counting down until the end of trimester! hopefully this week will go by quickly, the nausea is so bad, but i plan on telling my boss tomorrow because my booking appointment is on thursday (so i'll need the morning off). wish me luck with that, i have no idea how she's going to react!

elgoldenflower thank you, i am eating constantly already! but that is hard to do at work as i'm a nursery school teacher (so i can relate to the bouncing around!) oh yeah, what's a pear drop? (sorry, i'm canadian, i know it's probably something i should have figured out by now!)

EdwardorEricCantdecide hope your booking appt goes well tomorrow :)

Ooooh, hello ladies.

I had my six week scan today and they have given me a EDD of 27th. So flipping excited. It will be our first and we have been having fertility treatment, although not full blown IVF.

Having a 9 week scan on 28th this month...just realised that there's a stats thread, doh!

Anyway, I'm very excited to be here.
xx

Hello, Rant warning, I'm sorry, I just want to get it out to hopefully get it out of my system and you will probably think I'm mad and pathetic but I am just v.emotional @ the mo. Ok nearly 7 weeks pregnant with my first and happy. I have told who I have to at work (boss, first aider) as I wanted to keep it quiet until the first scan so I feel a little like its safer and more real as I'm trying not to get too excited in case anything goes wrong, nothing expected to go wrong but paranoid. Anyway, I told my friend at work who is a mum of two and thought she understood and she was sworn to secrecy. I'm one of those sad people who have few friends outside of work as I moved away and lost contact so I count(ed) her as one of my best friends. Anyway I got a txt from one of my other colleagues who went out for a night out with my friend asking if I was pregnant! I denied it but was furious today I found out she was blagging all night to everyone that she new someone else in my team was pregnant (there are two already and its a small team) and considering there are only a few girls in my team and they know I speak to her a lot its not hard to guess who. I felt so betrayed and angry today I ended up taking the afternoon off and had a good cry. She is now off sick (conveniently) and doesn't answer her phone although I don't want to talk to her a the mo and am trying to work out whether I want to tell everyone else before she does. Oh and I phoned the mid wife dept as I haven't heard a thing since I put in my form saying I was pregnant 2 weeks ago and the receptionist was so not bothered it really annoyed me she just said if I haven't heard anything to phone again when I get to 10 weeks! So I have had no blood test, no blood pressure checks nothing except a scrap of paper telling me what I shouldn't eat! I have seen some of your posts saying you've had scans and tests, when are you supposed to have these? Am I supposed to have had anything by now or is the NHS being crap here? Sorry I'm just feeling quite low

anyhow, I was really sorry to hear your news. Hugs and good wishes to you for the future. x

Welcome zakiakatya and congratulations! I saw on the stats thread we're the same age and this is our first. Fingers crossed for us!

I caved in and booked a private scan for tomorrow. I had a weekend full of worry and stress and my proper scan is not for another two weeks, so me and DH agreed to go for it. I really need to know and put my mind at rest somehow. Can't concentrate on anything. Am I very bad and impatient?

Booking in appt today went well after a ropey start (I was made to wait with 5 other people outside the midwives' office for ages in the cold, past my appt time! - and then got stuck in the lift!). It was a proper 2-hour one, they got 5 bottles of blood off me, I came back with a big bundle of booklets to read.

anyhow I'm so sorry I just went full blown into rant mode without reading your post I am so sorry and wish you all the luck and good wishes for the futurexxx

hope everyone else is well?

anyhow - I was really sorry to hear your news too. Take care! xx

stephssjr how frustrating! Maybe a good way to deal with it is if someone asks, say that you are but it's really supposed to be a secret and could they not pass it on. At least that will expose your other friend as a gossip!

I still haven't told that many people but am sure people have guessed - my boobs are massive and my bloated stomach looks full of baby.

Hi all, also counting down the days till i'm 12 weeks. exhausted and sick, was sick about 14 times yesterday. Seeing GP this morning, also need letter to allow me to defer my course (do you think he will?).

stephssjr, I think we all had pretty much the same at docs. All you do is fill in forms. Then see MW at 10 wks, at which point they do the blood tests etc, and then around 12 wks the scan.

It feels like forever before someone actually confirms that you are officially pregnant, but i'm hoping it'll be worth the wait .

EdwardorEric My scan put me too early try not to worry mine put me so early that it was impossible because I would have a pg test about 6 days post ovulation which I think is doubtful early scans are not very accurate.

Anyone else having hot flushes and spots?

Thanks Penelope1980 and apples82 I just seem to be blowing everything out of proportion at the moment, I guess I just feel in limbo and feel that the scan will help (which seems a lifetime away). Silly really I guess its just the tiredness and MS.
EdwardorEric yes to the flushes although having dizziness too and yes to the spots, I have had a break out and going through my YSL touche eclait for the spots and ever increasing dark circles very quickly!
dribbleface hope all goes well at the Docs I hope he does write the letter for you. I'm off work revising (well, trying to) for an exam on Thursday. I couldn't bare the idea of having to do a whole course while feeling like this I'm having enough trouble trying to get this information to stick in my head.

Well things are progressing, although I still have bump envy! I'm 10+5 now and not a hint of a bump in sight. Hopefully soon, or I'll start to think it's all been a mistake...

MY DH and I have been throwing ourselves into learning and preparing. We've been to our first homebirth group meeting, which was enormously enlightening and reassuring. I'm having weekly chiropractic sessions to optimise pelvic balance and (later) foetal positioning, regular acupuncture, and I'm about to start pregnancy massage and reflexology. It's great to have an 'excuse' to spoil myself with all this treatment!

stephssjr I'm a lecturer and you have my sympathy - I often have pregnant students and I don't know how they do it. My head is all awhirl with everything that's happening, and the knowledge about pregnancy and birth I'm trying to integrate; I just can't imagine trying to force extra learning on top of that. Trust me, being a student is much harder than being the lecturer.

Hi all! Hope everyone's managing to survive. I have just got my booking appointment and scan dates, so I am very relieved, as I had not heard anything! I will be 12+1 on my scan date, so should be fine. stephssjr that is so annoying about your colleague! People just can't keep things to themselves. I think you just need to rise above it, and carry on. I'm sure it wasn't meant to be vindictive: I think sometimes people are so excited for you, they can't keep it a secret! SazzyM: sorry to hear about your DP's mum's reaction! Seems wierd, but again, sometimes this sort of news is so big, people just don't know how to react, and panic or freeze! I'm sure she'll come round once she's had a chance to digest it....
anyhow: so sorry to hear your news, thinking of you and your family and hope you get a BFP soon and can join another bus in the future.
Those of you who have had early scans, am so jealous! This week I have been feeling a bit better, and now so paranoid about MMC: everyone I've heard of seems to say it happened in week 8, which is where I am now....are there no symptoms (bleeding, pain, etc) with a MMC?
Love and for all
xxx

Had my early scan this morning and it was incredible! I highly recommend the FMC for anyone in or near London. We saw the heartbeat (and heard it!) and the baby is the right size. 1.87cm - still so tiny! Booking appointment tomorrow with my midwife. Feeling nauseous all the time and super tired. Need to tell work today, which I'm a but nervous about!

Hi all not posted for a while hope everyone is ok? I have a bit of a problen and hope you guys can advise. Had interview 2wks ago for internal job and was offered the post yesterday! I have my scan in 2wks what do I do? Be honest and tell them now or wait till my scan then tell? Dont want them to hate me for not being honest with them and know legally they can't take the post back... Any help would be great! This would also be my 3rd baby but don't see how that should have an impact. Thanks for any advice ladies x