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....

Jojoba have you had an more bleeding this morning?

mumtoobee about the only thing my doc told me was to take the pregnancy vitamins. My GP is very down to earth which is what I need as I tend to let the irrational me overtake the rational one!

jojoba Would say if you're worried and if there is pain it's better to be safe than sorry. Can always call NHS direct if you prefer a middle option.

Hello all,

Can I join you on the October bus? I'm a little bit tentative as I was on the Feb 2011 thread but had to bow out in August. It's been 7+3 since last period but having problems working out due date as mmc/erpc messed up my cycle something chronic. Anything between 26-29 Oct I think.

No real symptoms yet. Feel a bit sick occasionally but not sure if I'm imagining as that's how I'm expecting to feel. I am burping more than normal (nice!). Also have had loads of heart palpitations this time. Googled it and apparently normal when pg due to extra blood being pumped. Also might be due to the stress at work (public sector - thanks mr Cameron!). Last time by 6+2 I was feeling awful; constantly felt sick, dizzy, lightheaded and was very sensitive to smells. Not that I mind not feeling like that but, like others, I do worry that I'm not!

Hello ladies! I was wondering if anyone else had popped out yet? Am 11 weeks tomorrow and over the last week have really noticed the size of my belly. I can't work out if it's bloating, baby, or both. My aunt commented on how I looked pregnant, and a friend at work the didn't know was angling the conversation so I'd have to admit to being pregnant, and when I did tell her she laughed and said she'd thought so, unless I was just getting really fat. I am in two minds - yay that it really is happening, but boo that people may think I'm just getting chubby!

Hi Penelope1980. I was 11 weeks yesterday and I've definitely popped out. Up until last week it would go out and in, depending on the time of day, but now it's pretty much just out.

Penelope - yes, I have a proper bulge, think it is mostly bloating as it's firm but given that I have lost weight everywhere else from the sickness, it has to have something to do with the baby and not the pickled onion monster munch I just ate!!

My eating mixes day by day, some days all I want is melon and carrot, apples and oranges and other days (particularly if ms is here with full force) it's all about strong flavoured crisps, cheese and ice cream (which luckily for me is today's desire!). I find more with pregnancy is the things I can't eat. Last pg I couldn't go near apples or peaches, this time it's chicken, tea and coffee. As soon as it settles in my tummy it comes straight back up! So avoiding it like the plague at the moment! Am really hoping that when I get to second trimester, I regain my love for good cup of tea again. My biggest worry at the moment is getting enough fluid in me!

Hey Tally, congrats x

Jojoba, it's more than likely just a result of the constipation and (sorry for this) the force of pushing it out, but if you are worried, get it checked. Hope all is ok now.

Got my scan date through for 29th March - 16 days and counting. Excited but a little bit apprehensive for some reason. Just being silly! Can't wait to see the little bean and make it official! Slight problem is it's the day before a huge launch event at work so think it's going to go down like a led balloon at work! whoops.

My sister is due in 6 weeks and I can't wait to meet her little one. We went shopping for baby bits together yesterday and I had to really stop myself from buying too much, while she loaded up her bags! Although walking round mothercare makes you desperately want your baby to be here! DS is sooo big now. And as for teary I started crying yesterday looking at the newborn clothes remembering when he was that small!

elgolden flower - snap on the laziness at work. I find myself really resentful that I am there when I feel so rough and just grump around a bit. ilove, re crying, i went through an entire week just in tears on the train and bus, I would cry my eyes out saying goodbye to DH in the morning and not stop weeping until I got to work. It's just the hormones, I figure no one really knows me on the commute up to London so at least it's then and not in front of all my family and friends

Right I best go and use my time efficiently whilst DS sleeps (or just catch up on some of my sky+ programmes and eat some more monster munch.... hope you all have good days xx

BB2 It's so tempting to buy little things isn't it? We love browsing the baby sections whenever we go shopping. I have resisted so far because I still can't really believe there's a baby in there, so will definitely wait until the 12-week scan.

Apart from being sick once, I've felt so normal! My mum keeps telling me just to be grateful, but it is really worrying me. I'll feel better once I see the scan I think.

Still, at least the wedding dress still fits - for now at least! 34 days until my tummy 'pop out'!!!

Hi all.

I'm 9 weeks now and I'm still getting achey pains low down. I'm in 2 minds whether to make an appointment with my GP? It's not so much cramps as heaviness. Has anyone else had this?

cupoftea, how often do you get your pains? I wonder if it's just good old constipation. Worth giving NHS Direct a call, or your midwife, if you are worried, just to put your mind at rest.

Well today I have reached the magical 12 week mark!
Now what I'd really like is for the nausea and vomiting to stop. I've been so fixated on it stopping at 12 weeks, despite meeting numerous women who've told me they were hurling daily until 16 weeks. Fingers in the ears - not listening! It WILL stop this week!

cupoftea - maybe TMI but I had constipation with my first pg - I rushed to the midwife convinced something was seriously wrong - and it was just that!
This time I'm getting sort of crampy pains around my sides, higher up - generally when I've been on my feet and moving about a lot - a sign to slow down and sit down for a bit - it's tricky with a very energetic DC to entertain!
liabella - think you have same EDD as me (21/10) so very impressed you can still fit in your wedding dress - I've only put on a pound but having to find clothes every day to hide my tummy bulge. I have just bought a beautiful new dress to wear for a big occasion in 3 weeks so hoping I don't get too much bigger in that time....

Molybdenum that's great news! Will be there myself in just one week Am counting down the days ...

cupofteaplease I have had cramps on and off all the way through, and asked my MW last month and she said not to worry. More recently though, like some of the others, it has been related to constipation. Ah the unsexy side of pregnancy no-one tells you about before it happens to you ...

For me its been burping loads, and recently this weekend heartburn has been my companion!

Hi everyone

i had mu MW appoint and dating scan on Friday. it was amazing, the little one was in there moving around and we could see the heartbeat! i thought i was 10+3, and the size worked out at 10+2 so all pretty much on track. it was such an amazing relief to know everything is ok so far. i couldn't stop crying for the next few hours. i NEVER cry. my DH has never seen me like that!

i would recommend making no plans after your scan - it is so emotional, i felt exhausted after from all the build-up of tension.

Also, as suspected it was too early to do the nuchal screening, so if we want it (we do) we need to go back for another scan. as it happens we have booked into the FMC for 12 weeks because they do all the checks, but i am glad we have now, because otherwise we would need to wait to have another NHS scan.

we are going to wait to tell people after that scan next week - 8 days to go and counting....

i think i am beginning to show as well. very exciting, but i am sure everyone will have guessed by the time we tell them!

I've just had my MW for first time to book her appointment to see me. She is coming on Friday when i'll be 9+4, and I have my scan on 5/4 when i'll be 12+1.

Bring it on, all I want is a medical professional to tell me i'm up duff!!!

"Bring it on, all I want is a medical professional to tell me i'm up duff!!!"

Hah! That's exactly how I was when I went to see the MW last week. I almost felt like a fake up until then! It's sort of weird that a pee stick at home is all you need to convince yourself, isn't it?

I can't wait for the scan now: 8+1 days to go. Eeeek!

apples & mpops that is exactly right. i felt like it may have all been in my head until i had the scan (never mind the stick, no periods, etc etc).

also, anyone with any medical knowledge - they said my urine test had protein in it. should i be worried? what could it mean?

I'm having a bit of a scary time, had some increasingly severe cramps last night (no bleeding and also had wind -sorry TMI too so thought it was that but felt like really strong, intense period cramping).

So after an hour I phoned NHS Direct who referred me to out of hours GP who asked me to come into hospital to see them. So off we went at 10.30pm. Doc was great, had a good feel of my belly and checked my wee, said no indications of MC although it is possible, also pain on palpation was above my womb which is a good sign, he thought it might be my ovaries and fallopian tubes being pulled about as my womb might be about to pop out above my pubic bone.

Got my booking in appt Tue so MW may refer me for early scan apparently. Doc said carry on as normal but woke up with a cold on top of constant uncomfy, stitch like feeling in my belly (hurts when I move) so after many phone-calls and emails I've got out of work for the day and am going to rest up. Not much MS today but still burping and got sore boobs

Scary stuff, got my fingers crossed that all's ok. DP was wonderful, kept joking away and playing I SPY in the hospital waiting room to stop us from brooding on the worst possibilities.

mpops and emmazed, until someone tells me i'm up duff, I can't get excited.

I'm dismissing away the sore boobs, amazing tiredness, nausea, heartburn and two pee sticks!

elgoldenflower sorry to hear about the cramps you've been having. You did the right thing having someone check it out. Good luck for your appointment next Tuesday .

Hiya all - lovely to hear all sagas and stories (obviously not poor people in pain and feeling icky) but just that fabulous feeling of not being the only one in the world going through all this!

I managed to over-do it spectacularly this weekend - first by helping my dad out with some composting (...as you do!) I pulled a muscle in my back. Damn that hurts! Anyone had it? It was by my lungs and hurt everytime I breathed!

Then I decided on a long sunday walk to stretch out the back - and ended up going a little too far. By the time I got home I was totally exhausted and everything ached! Still can't believe how pregnancy totally changes your body in such a short space of time!

Great news about people eating rubbish. I managed to get through a large bag of salt and vinegar crisps and then was convinced i had over-salted the poor growing bean.

Counting down the days till next Thurs scan!

elgoldenflower, sorry to hear you've been poorly. It's good that you are resting up now. I'm sure you'll be fine. x

elgoldenflower - get lots of rest and fingers crossed it's just your little bean making you rest and letting you know it's the boss!! xx

I am really suffering today, managed to eat breakfast then literally projectile vomited (sorry for TMI) at the train station and again when I arrived in London. Have always been able to control the sickness to get to a suitable bathroom but not managing to do that today.

I think I am losing track of time - think I am 10/11 weeks. Told my bosses officially today and they were predictably nice but looked petrified at having to cover workload from September! All being well going to take a month off pre-baby this time (worked up until due date last time and it was tough!!)

Sazzy - I know, I used to gym/swim 5 times a week, haven't been able to do any of it this time! Although am at the moment thankful that I am not too big - my sister is waddling around in pain at 8 months having to carry the baby round with her - forgot how hard that was.

So excited that we have scans coming up! Hope you are all enjoying the sunny day, not stuck in offices like me

Hey everyone - hope you're all ok? Feeling very blue at the moment - DP and I seem to be on completely different pages at the moment and I'm being very hormonal...
thankfully though the acupuncture has made a huge difference to MS - I've been almost a functioning human being the last week - feeling the effects wearing off a bit now but due another go on Wednesday. having bloods done wednesday too so will look like a pincushion!
elgoldenflower hope you're feeling better?

Anyone else finding it exhausting pretending not to be pregnant? Fighting off nausea and trying not to seem tired and as normal as possible....roll on the next few weeks!

elgoldenflower - hope you're ok!