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....

Morning All,

Had my MW app on Friday, all went well, she is lovely.

Got my scan two weeks tomorrow, and have to book in to see the MW next week to give blood and urine .

Really looking forward to the scan now, although my nausea was AWFUL this weekend, hope i'm going to be ok at work!!!

evansmummy i'm the same as you, I keep watching One Born Every Minute too!

Hi all,

12 weeks yesterday and waiting anxiously for my scan on Thursday.

Has booking appointment with the midwife last week, she was running 1 1/2 hrs late, rushed me through as its my second and i know what i'm doing apparently! Was disappointed and forgot to ask questions, not seeing her again till 18 weeks now .

Penelope - i cried my eyes out during my scan with DS, was amazing!

Penelope, great news! How exciting. I've got my scan on Wednesday and I'm so anxious and worried because I've been feeling well this last weekend - which is unusual for me. Maybe the symptoms are subsiding. I hope that's the case. I just want to see the little one and hear its heartbeat. Fingers crossed. Good luck to everyone who have got their scans this week as well!

Dear all,
Sorry haven't posted for a while: been really busy with work etc.
monkeybubbles, buffy, pebbles hope you're all okay.
arabella: congratulations - how exciting and probably a bit scary!
Those of you who have had your scans: congratulations and good to know it all went well for you!
I have my scan two weeks tomorrow when I think I'll be 12+1, and am meeting my MW this friday. Had huge fight with DH last night though, as we went to his mother's for day on Sunday and had agreed we would tell her then, as good to let her know in person. Then he didn't say anything at all all day! As we were leaving, I asked why he hadn't told her, adn he said "It didn't really come up" (??!!) and it wasn't a "big deal", we could tell her after the scan. This is one the back of the last 8 weeks of him being not terribly excited about the whole thing: he says it just doesn't seem like a big deal, because his brother and sister have both had children, as have lots of his friends. I spend every waking minute thinking about it: how scary, and brilliant, and exciting, and terrifying it is, and he just thinks it "isn't a big deal" and doesn't bother telling his own family!!!! He was so excited to get pg when this all started, but now I feel like he just takes it all for granted, or isn't really that interested....gaaahhhhh!!!.
Sorry for rant, but just needed to get it off my chest this morning. And to top it all off now I have a stinking cold... boo hoo feel sorry for myself....

Just heard this morning that my colleague, who was due two weeks before me, has miscarried :( No idea how to respond - I feel terrible for her. (She knew I was pg, though no-one else here does.)

Oh rebel, sorry to hear your DH is being such a wally. What an underflated entry into such an exciting time. Hopefully his mother will be more interested when she finally hears the news than he currently is.

Coincidentally I have my scan day the same as you .

rebel, might be his way of coping with the enormity of it all? My dh was like that with our first - didn't really seem that interested most of the time apart from the scans. Turned out he was petrified and had retreated into his cave for most of the 40 weeks .

Bab, that sounds horrible. As someone who's suffered a bereavement (not a mc though), I'd say don't ignore your colleague, but just say you're very sorry and if she needs anything to ask you. How sad for her.

Everyone else - sooooooo jealous of your scans! Cannot wait for mine - just booked it, have to wait another 3 weeks!! Aaaaaaagh, don't know how I'm gonna cope!

Yeah, she's off today, but I'll speak to her when she's back.

Rebel, is it possible that he's trying to stay cool and not wanting to get excited until the scan, just in case?

Bab give her a huge hug, tell her that you're so sorry and ask what you can do. She may want you to not talk too much about your bump, or she may be like me and want to have the reassurance that it does work in the majority of cases and so love hearing about your progress....

I had a scan on Friday - at 9 weeks - to check that everything was going ok... and it is! Saw baby, saw heartbeat and measurements all fine... Next scan is the 5th of April - not long to wait... :)

Hugs to everyone...

Thanks all: think actually you might be right....cave/trying not to get excited 'til scan...maybe should try to be bit more understanding (difficult when hormones dicatate all my behaviour!) apples: yay for having the same scan date...let the countdown begin!!
Hugs to all xx

Hi everyone
Sorry haven't really been posting but reading everyone's to catch up.
My scan is booked for 14th April and I am 8 +4 today. Thought I was lucky with symptoms just tired and sore boobs till now but have had the nausea kick in with a vengeance this weekend as well as stretching pains but so looking forward to scan in 3 weeks.

Hugs to all.

Knitter, that's good advice. And congrats on your (and everyone else's) scans!

Purpletoes, your scan is the day before mine, and I don't want to think of it being only 3 weeks away - that's the deadline I've set myself for writing my sodding essay

scan is finally tomorrow...feel like it's been the longest 5 days of my life! am feeling a bit more positive today as symptoms seem to have come back. hope it's not just psychological / wishful thinking. was so violently sick last night that my whole face swelled up and i know have a million broken blood vessels all around my eyes. it's not pretty.

not long to go now for the scan, wish me luck.

thank you all for all of your support up until now, don't know how i'd cope without MN.

Good luck for your scan monkeybubbles!

I have my booking in appointment tomorrow. I'm 10 weeks now, and have another 3.5 weeks until my scan. I had a massive row with dh on Saturday, with me shouting and crying etc. I completely lost it Afterwards, I'm sure I had some twinges . I really wish I could afford another private scan to check baby is ok- it seems like an eternity until the next one!

Hi again,

Not posted much recently, but just skimmed through (boy does this move fast).

Glad most things seem to be going OK. monkeybubbles hope all goes well tomorrow.

Bab I agree with the others - having gone through that last year the worst thing is for people to know and ignore it. Depending on how close you are- even just an email to let her know you are thinking of her. knitter I had a pg colleague when I had my mc last year - I'm obviously not as good as you as I didn't want to know anything about it (didn't help that I was her manager) and hated everyone talking baby names in front of me.

I've only had a few symptoms so far (8+5) (feeling a bit queasy in the evenings, lack of energy, horrible taste in mouth most of the time, palpitations, burping!) but not much really. Finally managed to get through to a MW to book my first appointment (been phoning the wrong number and wondering why I can't get though - is it too early to blame it on 'baby brain'?) and mentioned to her and she said no problem at all with no symptoms - phew! Part of me would love a few days off work but the other part of me thinks that I'm not remembering the sheer horribleness of proper ms!! Do have cramps quite a bit of the time though, not bad but just 'there'. Don't know how else to describe.

Take care all.

Looks like I may be due in September! My scan gave my EDD as 25 September. May I please stay on the bus? I promise to bring some virtual wine to make the trip all the more pleasant

monkeybubbles, good luck for your scan today but also for you!

Bab, what's your essay for? I'm studying at the moment and have my final exam in June, plus 2 essays to write before then.

Tally, in some ways I think you're lucky to be working. The time seems to drag by for me when I'm pregnant, and I'm sure it's made worse by not being at work. At least then I'd have something to take my mind off it! Also, they sound like enough symptoms to me! What more do you want?!

Also double and triple checked the calendar, and it's 4 weeks not 3 until my scan

goodluck for today monkeybubbles

monkeybubbles lots of luck for today's scan[crossed fingers]

Hope all the scans are going well...
I need to go for a blood test today... taking in bloods, as the MW didn't take any on the booking appointment... not looking forward to that...

still haven't received a letter for scan appointment. have phoned hospital to check and they say wait till end of this week before contacting them again...
I will be 11 weeks on Friday... and would very much like to have my scan next week... as I would like to tell everyone on Mothering Sunday... thought that would be a nice occasion.

Bluetinkerbell I thought exactly the same, i'd love to share the news on mothers day, turns out my scan is two days later unfortunately, so we're having to wait another couple of weeks before we can visit and tell peeps.

Let us know how it goes monkeybubbles

Penelope, please stay! I have a feeling my dating scan might kick me off this bus in the other direction, but my seat here is nice and comfy and moulded to the shape of my arse now :)

evansmummy I'm doing a degree in German part-time, and it's the final year, so I have a big dissertation instead of one of my classes, then two written exams and an oral at the beginning of June. Really wishing I hadn't been so distracted by small things earlier this year, like, you know, getting hitched, ttc... What are you studying?

monkeybubbles, fingers crossed for your scan! :)

everything's fine! thank you for all of your good thoughts. saw the heartbeat and baby was bouncing all over the place!

there's no obvious sign of why i was bleeding, but could be because of the coughing which may have caused some irritation to the cervix.

monkeybubbles So happy for you!! Phew!!! X

monkeybubbles hurray for your baby!

apples it will probably be the same for me... as I don't think I will have an appointment next week... pity though.

just had my blood test done, the nurse was lovely... warned her I didn't like it very much, she offered me to lie down on the bed, which always helps for me... it was the easiest and quickest blood test I ever had :)
I have tiny little veins, and she hit one straight away! hurray!

I am now chilling out and enjoying a