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....

Molybdenum that's fantastic news :) i'm sure that we can keep you on the thread, just cross your legs till at least 1st october ;)

i can't believe some of your are already having your 12 week scans, i'm so jealous! just had my booking appt today, went well, but it really isn't that exciting. i was most excited about getting the date of my scan, but they're going to post it to me :(

9 weeks today :) baby is the size of an olive!

Hi everyone.
Not been on for a few days as I've been pretty ill - off work and can't stand the the thought of going back! Feeling and being sick constantly - even during the night and dreaming about it! Anyway, wanted to ask your opinions. Went to the docs today and he's prescribed me some antisickness tablets - what do you think? A huge part of me doesn't want to put any drugs into my body at all, but there is also another part of me which can't stand to feel like this for another five weeks, not to mention what it will do in terms of work.

In other news, got my scan date today - the 25th of March! When I'll only be 9 +3! and my booking in appointment is the week after. Checked with the doc today though and he said that's all fine, it's just a dating scan really so doesn't matter when it is. Excited that it's so soon but a little bit sad that I won't to get to see the baby in all it's 12 week loveliness. I remember my first scan with DS1 and it was amazing:) Anyway, go figure!

I haven't heard from my midwife yet - think I'll give it til middle of next week and then call her as I still don't have a booking-in date, let alone a scan appointment!

Wedding plans all going well and managed not to gain any weight yet - I'm having weekly wedding-dress fittings just in case!!

supergirl1 I've been really lucky to be one of the 15% of women who don't suffer with ms, so don't know if I can comment really, but if I was feeling really awful, I think I'd go for the medication. It's hard enough as it is without feeling rotten.

Hi to all the new people too

Hey to all the new people! Got my booking appointment and early reassurance scan on monday and the 12 week one on April Fools Day - just hoping they don't play any funny tricks on me that day :)

moly I'd say stick around, and if you do end up with a Sept baby I can recommend 25th as a good date - all the best Sept babys are born that day :o

Hi Ladies
Just been catching up on this busy thread after a week or so away-hard to keep up! Welcome to all the newbies :)
I'm so sorry to hear about your news anyhow :( I hope your ok as can be and will get another BFP soon

as for me, I'm still only just 7 weeks tomorrow so feel way behind most of you guys, but excited hearing about your scans and appointments etc. its 2 weeks to mine now and counting down the days....
my boobs seem to be growing at quite an alarming rate and not sure how much longer I can go without some mat bras. I did think I was going to get away with no MS bu the last few days I have been heaving over the kitchen sink whilst making my cuppa first thing, not good. no actual sickness yet though. what is it that actually causes MS-is it tiredness as it seems to be worse when I'm getting up early for work! I'm v tired much more easily, as if I'done a mega work out, which I haven't, not been to the gym for ages now! couldn't bear the thought!

Thanks - it would be a bit sad to retreat from the thread after reading each and every post that you have all made since day one! Plus, I figure I could easily go a few days overdue, and I am sure there will be some of us on the thread who pop before time anyway...

The scan was quite cool. They are active little things aren't they? I found a huge incongruence between the level of activity of the foetus and the fact that I can't feel anything!The sonographer said a had a very 'good baby', as it was in the perfect position for her to see everything (and get some cracking photos). She said the nuchal fold was just about as small as it can be. Down screening is not offered on the NHS where we are (unless you are deemed high risk) so we are paying for an OSCAR next week. After today I had half a mind to cancel it, but my DH said we may as keep the appointment. I was a bit glad, as it means we get to have another look at the baby :)

Hello, can I jump on the bus? I am due on the 17th Ocotber, with baby number 2. I had a scan last week at 7 weeks, and saw a little heartbeat and a tiny blob. Having a 14 month baby girl to look after means I keep forgetting I am even pregnant, and I'm so much more relaxed this time round about what I eat and how much coffee I drink. I feel a bit guilty about that! Also been having nice warm baths, last time I only had tepid ones, it was horrible! Should I be being nicer overall to the baby in my tummy??!

Blakey1 I have the same EDD as you!

Hopefully my 12 week scan on 5th April won't change the date too much. Congrats!

Thanks ladies. Im going to continue using the 8 weeks will mention the scan to my mw at booking appointment next week. I'm getting really fed up of taking it easy so much i want to get done

Hello, Blakey1 :) I'm no expert, but I don't think tea and coffee and reasonably warm baths count as child abuse. I'd guess that as long as there's not so much steam in the bathroom that you can't find your way to the bath, you're OK? But I'll happily stand corrected if I'm talking bollocks

So excited today - DH and I have decided that we're going to stay here until after the birth! He was due to start his new fellowship in New York in July, but the funding body has said that he can apply his grant to work in London, so we're staying put for now! Absolutely relieved - I was dreading the whole business of having to sort out health insurance, contacting midwives, trying to avoid caesarean-happy obstetricians, etc etc. It's made me appreciate massively what we have (for now!) with the NHS!

BabC I'm so happy for you as well! Moving country is extremely stressful let alone being pregnant and having to sort out all those things on top! relax and enjoy!

Hello all. I have two worries at the moment, and I was wondering if you have any advice: I'm 10 weeks and I know I should be eating super-healthy and I usually am. But I'm having great trouble cooking at the moment (just thinking about it is making me nauseous) and I can only really eat pasta and rice type things and even then, with just butter and cheese. Nothing else. Is my little bean suffering? I feel so guilty.

The other thing is that for the last week or so, before I go to bed I get palpitations and get in a bit of a panic. It's not about anything in particular, just stress I suppose. I'm finding it quite hard to relax.

Is anyone experiencing any of these? I know they are not serious or anything but I'm sort of worried about everything at the moment!

babcnesbitt You must be so relieved. My OH is panicking because he wants us to emigrate to Oz (we've had our visas for a couple of years now but due to the economy crashing and other stuff we're still in Scotland) before this LO is born cos he is convinced we won't have the guts to make the move when he/she arrives for some reason. That would mean selling our house for one thing which is a major reason for us still being here. We'd have to sell at a loss which is pointless as we need the equity in the house to clear our debts and finance our 1st year in Oz. He can't seem to be rational about it just now at all so I am just worried sick and trying not to think about it...

mpops I am in the same boat as you wrt eating crap. I can't stomach water at the moment. Only original Lucozade - bottles of it - and bland foods such as white bread, white rice and sometimes a chicken sandwich. I am trying to eat some fruit for breakfast but it usually doesn't stay down for long. I also bought muesli with lots of seeds and nuts in it but I've managed one small bowl and now can't even look at the box in the cupboard. I am just hoping the prenatal vitamins and Mumomega capsules I have been taking (and trying to keep down) are giving me all the vitamins I need.

I am having MAJOR issues getting to sleep at the moment too even though I am wiped out. My mind just starts racing. I have some hypnotherapy mp3s that I got for anxiety a few years ago and have been trying to do them but then I worry that I won't hear DS if he's up during the night.

To top it all off we all have a stinking cold. Even though OH can take vast quantities of Beechams and a small whiskey at bedtime, I am trying to get by on paracetomol. I literally can't breathe through my nose at bedtime and was up almost all night with DS last night as he couldn't breath through his nose either but wanted a dummy

Sorry - that was a total whiney post again! Is anyone else a little bit down just now? It comes and goes but I think as my 12 week scan is in a week's time I am getting really worried that I have no bump whatsoever and keep obsessing over something going wrong. Maybe it's the hormones plus the cold and lack of sleep this week but I feel guilty for being so blue. I am eternally grateful that we managed to conceive naturally and I know this is our last chance really so I seem to be getting all caught up in worrying about every little thing.

Thanks for reading if youmanaged to get this far! Moan over! I'm off to raid the cupboards for some effervescent (sp??) vitamin C that I can possible take once I have read all the labels!!! :)

All the best to everyone and hi to even more new BFPs.

Tamashii, no wonder you're feeling down :( Having a cold is sucky at the best of times, but when you're knackered and stressed and you can't dose yourself up on Lemsip and toddies, it must be utterly miserable. I know what you mean about the insomnia, too - is that a standard pg symptom?

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to say hello and join this thread too. This is my first post and my first baby - very excited...about both. I'm due on the 1st October and my scan is next week, although I already had a scan a few weeks ago due to some earlier pain, all went well and we saw the babies heartbeat.
Anyway I love reading this forum and it's been very helpful for someone as nervous, anxious and deliriously excited as me.
So Hi x

Hi everyone, am still lurking but haven't posted much as haven't really had anything to say! Feeling queasy and tired, that's about it.

I'm not eating enough fruit and veg either - lots of bland carbs here too. I do find I can eat a bit more veg if I smother it with cheese sauce or bread sauce though if that helps anyone

Getting very impatient about scan as it's not 'til 30 March - looked into getting a private one this week but it's £210 here so we'll wait!

Hi all,
Thanks for all your support earlier this week: it really helped. MS came back a bit a day later, although boobs still not that sore, but no bleeding or pain or anything, so think am ok. DH back now too and being lovely and supportive so I feel much better. All those of you eating carbs and cheese: me too! Cheese on EVERYTHING!! I have been worried too about not eating healthily, but I figure you just have to eat whatever you can, as that's better than nothing....Love to all xx

Hi all,

another not eating as healthily as i should. With DS i craved oranges but cannnot stomach fruit at all this time. No sickness at all yesterday, got worried, returned with avengence this afternoon. Had to break off a call with my boss to be sick , luckily he's very understanding.

Will catch up properly later, posting whilst at work!

I'm worried about what I'm eating too - although I've become a bit addicted to fresh fruit (pineapple, mangoes, melon) I can't face meat, veg or cheese.

Wondering if I should be taking pregnancy vitamins....

got my scan appointment letter today, but it was for 13 weeks! and even more annoyingly, i can't go, so i had to call and rebook which will make it nearly 14 weeks! i'm so upset, i know there are bigger problems in the world, but i really wanted to tell people at 12 weeks. am i being crazy? would it be worth getting a private scan at 12 weeks just for peace of mind and to be able to have my big reveal as planned? what was the name of the place in london where everyone else has gone for their private scans?

mpops i am exactly the same, trying hard to eat well, but often not succeeding and just eating white bread. my heart is also often racing before bed and other times of the day, i hope it's just stress and nothing else.

Hello all

Been a busy week at work so I'm feeling completely shattered. A huge part of me just can't be bothered which is so unlike me, also frustrated that I can't tell anyone yet as I can see people are beginning to notice me being uncharacteristically lazy. Doesn't help that more work means more MS, although eating every 2hrs or so relieves most of it. I too am eating more carbs than usual but trying to squeeze in plenty of fruit (esp pears and oranges) and a bit of veg here and there.

monkeybubbles pear drops are a strangely flavoured fruity boiled sweets (you can get them by the 100g from most sweet shops) and sometimes they take the edge right off the nausea for me.

Also my bloated belly is looking decidedly pregnant, all low and out front so I think some people might start to guess and I'm only 7+2 so ages off going public.

Went to my GP with my achy hips, which still interfere with sleeping and sometimes make walking, cycling and sitting uncomfortable, she's referred me to a physio so I'm hoping they can give some good advice.

Been using a Theraline pillow (long, thin, slightly V shaped beanbag type thing) at night which helps massively with the hips and achy boobs, as a usually tummy sleeper, I can lean on and wrap myself round the pillow instead and feel snug. I still wake up between 6-20 times per night but seem to manage to sleep in between so far (touch wood). Also have very vivid dreams all night so nights don't feel very restful which adds to the laziness.

Hope people with worries and stress find a way to relax a bit. If you can, get your OHs to give you a bit of extra TLC - goodness knows we deserve it. My DP massaged my achy hips and thighs for me last night and really helped the aches and comforted me too. This is such a weird, wonderful and overwhelming time!

mpops I've been having palpitations too as well as a lot of breathlessness, it feels different to asthma attacks though. I went to the GP and it could be anxiety, but I might be anaemic. They're both symptoms of aneamia. Have you had your blood tests yet? I've got my booking in appointment next week so he decided to leave off with tests till then and I'm trying to eat lots of iron rich foods. If you aren't eating well and you're concerned I'd get some pregnancy vitamins.

I've been having fun conversations with DD aged 3. We haven't told her but I'm sure she knows! She's asked so many times if there's a baby in my belly. We haven't outright said no to her but I've told her my lump is fat... which it mostly is :)
We want to wait till the scan before we say anything. I hoped to wait longer but if she's guessing already I feel bad hiding it.... we might not get to the scan at this rate.
My SIL is pregnant so DD is very excited about this, and any other babies, so it may just be wishful thinking... or she may be a spooky child who knows.

Hello all!

Hoping I can join the fun here. I'm expecting our third in October (around the 25th). I have two boys aged 8 and nearly 4 so this will be another big age gap.

I'm around 7 weeks pregnant and seeing my MW for the first time on Tuesday. I live in Canada and we don't get our first scan until 20 wks (!!!). My first son was born in the UK so it was a big change coming here.

I'm hoping I can persuade my MW to book me in for a scan early as I'm an older mum (nearly 39) and a little nervous about things going well.

Looking forward to chatting with you all!
Janice

I really should be in bed but too tired to move of the sofa!! Also suffering with insomnia so trying the "make myself as tired as possible" before going to bed to see if that helps.

mpops I'm 10/11 weeks too, and really hardly eating anything either. I was worried so asked my midwife at the booking in apt if our bean would be ok. She said to just eat what you feel like (as long as it's not rubber or something!) because the baby will get everything it needs from your body's supplies, and then in a month or so when the nausea has calmed down and you can eat more normally the baby will get the nutrients it needs from the food... I was so relieved, coz melon, ready salted crisps, marmite on toast and lemonade is basically all I'm eating!

Today I had a rubbish afternoon at work, and my DH phoned while I was on the way home to ask how my day was... I just melted! The train was really packed and I was desperately not succeeding trying to not cry. Then this lovely lovely lady led me to a seat and a lovely lovely man gave me a tissue... that was it, I turned into a blubbering wreck and couldn't even pronounce "thanks". I'm not really a teary person normally but I'm totally on the verge of full on water works about 90% of the time at the moment!

Hey all... freaking out a little!! Warning - TMI coming up!! Just went to the loo & have been really constipated so the loo is v painful but this time there was blood & I'm not 100% about where it came from. It was only a little & I'm not having any lower abdo pains... hands up who thinks I should give in to my anxiety & run to a&e?!