November 2011 - holding hands, making plans & having scans

[TerrysNo2]

Thread 2 for the chatty lot. Welcome from the first thread and hopefully some newbies too!

This thread is for chats and this thread is for stats!

Continue as you were....

Hi Truffkin! Good to have a buddy, let's see if we both stay on 17/11/11 after our dating scans!

Welcome panpipe, exciting times!!

I have moved since havind dd so not sure what happens here, really should call the doc at find out!

just got dd down for a nap, thankfully, i am tired and was getting cranky, poor wee thing

somebody was talking app's pages and pages ago, were there any good ones? I'm on the babycentre one which is pretty good but always on the lookout for app's!

random symptom question...!

i woke up in the middle of the night with really sore boobs, but only when sleeping on my side! does anyone recommend sleeping in a 'soft' bra to stop this?

:)

Wow! On to a second thread already?!

hils I do sleep with a soft bra on for just that reason. Besides I heard that support will help lessen the stretch marks and sagginess - does anyone know if this is true or not?

Only another week will I see my Dr and then finally book a scan. Off to work for the next 3 days, so won't be able to chat.

you can get sleep bra's such as these not sure about the strech marks but is supposed to help with sagginess apparently.

OMG, was just getting Sept AN thread link for a friend and they are on page 22 of their first thread - I knew we were a chatty bunch!!

Here in Trafford we never see a doctor - it is all midwives. The ones I had last time were lovely - am going tomorrow for my first appointment so will see if they are still there - it's over 6 years ago now!

If things are still the same we will have a dating scan at 12 weeks then a more detailed scan at 20 weeks.

Feeling OK here - funny taste in mouth, but I have never been sick with my pregancies. I am very tired and need the loo all the time and my boobs have gone massive and quite tender.

deemented i'll never think of you in the same way again. (just been to the chat page)

welcome and congrats panpipe

had my drs appt today. system seems to have changed a bit. i need to wait for my scan appt to be sent through. I get a dating scan at 10weeks, nuchal at 12weeks, and another scan at 20 weeks.

Last time I never had a nuchal. Just a dating scan at 12 weeks and I was able to make the appt myself rather than wait for it.

We don't see GP's very often here and when we do I always wonder why cos they have limited knowledge of what to do anyway IME.

What can i say, Cep? It was in my younger and thinner days!

Wow I missed the 2nd page. That was quick!

I have never slept in a bra during pg or otherwise and I don't think my boobs are any different to pre-children. Have slight stretchmarks but that is more from when theY grew in teenage years and little saggy but that is due to the shear size LOL.

My dr thinks that my due date should be the 10th and not the 8th. she did that last time too. Will see what the dating scan says.

third sorry I missed your question. Yup as someone has said clomid is a fertility drug that helps you ovulate

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OMG deemented that is too too wrong!! Assume said man isn't your DH!!?!?

cep and deemented you know i had to go check that thread!!

sleepy afternoon for me here at work!

Where is this Chat thread. I am intrigued...

Welcome Panpipe nice to see you on the other side

I've never slept in a bra either, although don't go without one otherwise. This is one of my worries, as I am a larger breasted lady (ahem) and wonder if my boobies are going to look like comedy norks by the end of my pregnancy! I have a bit of a thing about ending up looking like Kerry Katona in that corset thing she wore on the TV when she was pregnant the second time (I think)

I've got 2 apps ClipClop the babycentre one as recommended on here (love that it tells you what size the bean is each week!) and also the 'what to expect when you are expecting' plus I'm using the pregnancy tracker on the FF website. Phew, information overload much?

deemented ah youth i remember that phase. how's your sickness today?

I wore a sleep bra when pg with ds. i have rather large boobies and was worried i'd end up kicking them as i was walking.

So that'll teach me for not reading properly....

I'll try again....

Crikey its been quiet in here today!
Just got home from work, I'm having half an hour peace before going to pick DS up from nursery.
Been a loooong day!

Definitely LK, always around for a chat, bit of a dab hand at this forces-wife malarky now, 9years.....
Was just going to ask how today went but its not happened yet has it!? Wishing the day away now... would love it to be bedtime!

Congratulations Daiso, welcome to the thread! I'm taking pregnacare aswell but its your choice, my friend took tesco own brand folic acid, I think thats enough really but its nice to get a good dose of vitamins anyway!

Hows everyone today?

Sorry Daiso. I meant to reply to your question but then got confused by the new thread.

I am taking iron tablets as I have a history of plummeting iron levels in pregnancy but this is not considered essential. As long as you are taking folic acid you should be fine. I think some people take pregnacare for peace of mind, especially as this early on it can be difficult to eat properly and keep all the nutrients in with morning sickness.

Whatever you are happy with and can afford.

Oooh thanks Truffkin I'll go and download what to expect now, I loved that book the first time round. Must dig it out!

As for the breasts discussion surely you have to have more than an overnight bra to save them from the ravages of children?? Like a shed load of luck?!

Evening everyone, Hope we are all ok! Welcome to all the newbies! Ive been back at work this week and that was a shock, especially as i nanny for 3 girls! Busy Busy. I have the internet on my phone now but trying to keep up with the thread is hard! Hee hee. Im 7 weeks today, yay. Its going so slowly! I dont have an urine infection, just turns out my tummy ache and peeing lots are my sympstons!

Hello,

Eeek I don't log in for a day and we're on a second thread...fabulous :o

Hello to all the new ladies :)

Good luck to the ladies that have their scans coming up, fingers crossed. I am meeting my mw on Saturday morning for the first time. Quite nervous about it for some reason (I know it sounds ridiculous). Honestly I think it's because last time around I never got as far as meeting my midwife and the time before that I did but I had a mmc and found out at the 12 week scan.

Sorry for droning on. I'm over the moon but scared at the same time. I keep bouncing up and down to check that my boobs are still hurting (which could get interesting if someone catches me in work!) and going to the loo a lot just to make sure that everything is ok.

I've been injecting clexane to thin my blood since I found out and freaked out today when somewhere between the docs and the pharmacy my prescription had gone missing (luckily it was found but I needed a syringe for tomorrow morning and I was worrying about what I'd do - it was like the fear :(. I'd also made sure that I'd handed it in to them in plenty of time. Had to make an excuse and leave work early.

I keep thinking all I want for the moment is a scan with a heartbeat, I'm waiting on a referral coming through from the ante natal department at the hospital, it's been 2 weeks since this was requested, how much longer should I wait before I chase or am I being a nightmare?

Anyway sorry for yapping on...I just needed to get that off my chest (which has a mind of its own at the moment)

Hi all and welcome panpipe!

Well, after ds2 came back from the parade, he fell asleep on my lap. I put him in my bed, lay down with him and didn't get up till 6pm!

This is the worst MS I have ever had, I have never had to go to bed with it! Am seriously hoping it peaks sooner rather than later. I can't function like this!

pips i know what it feels like, i still haven't even made an appointment with my mw yet, don't want to until i've had a successful scan. (scan monday) even then i'm half inclined (sp?) to have another scan a couple of weeks after that before making an app. How far are you now they might be waiting till your a certain date, might be an idea to make sure they rcv'd the referral though.

marking my place, although I think by the time I've caught up we'll be on the third thread!

I'm convinced today I have a bump poking out, which is weird considering I miscarried 5 weeks ago today, so I can't be more than 5 weeks pregnant! My boss asked me today if I was sure I miscarried, does anyone know if its possible for the tests to go negative because of anything other than miscarriage? I didn't lose all that much blood, and I have no idea how far gone I was that time, probably about 6 weeks, I was having an odd post pill cycle. Seeing the doctor on Tuesday, will beg for a scan, I really, really, really want to see the little heart beat flutter!