Due December 2011!!

[Crazybit]

HI everyone, I know it is very early but I got a very faint positve line this morning, and another at lunch, and another at tea time! Was not due AF till Thurs but was meant to be going for a proceedure that involved radiation tomorrow so needed to do checks and here I am, and there I will not be! I have already got 2 and not told OH yet but need to tell somebody! Anyone else yet?

Yes, DS had CP when I was pg with DD2. I was told it was fine as I'd already had them. I was also told that as a primary school teacher, the fact that I was constantly exposed to them meant that I was almost certainly still immune. I am so looking forward to the easter holidays. We also have 2 insets tagged onto the end so that week back, we're only in on the Wed and Thurs as the Fri is the extra BH and then it's the BH on the Mon too!

We normally have insets in schools obv but we have done twilight sessions this term to cover these 2 and they are given over to report writing! Oh joy!

Hi all.

Haven't had a chance to have a detailed read through yet, but have skimmed and would love to join you!

I got my BFP yesterday, the day before AF was due.

This would be my second DC. I have a son who has just turned 2. Unfortunately, I had a MMC at 10 weeks last November, so really hoping this is a sticker. However, I've already spotted some brown blood and mild cramping, so not getting my hopes up.

I bled lots with DS and he was fine, and I know spotting and cramps are common in early pregnancy, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I hope everyone is feeling well and happy today.

I'll be back when I've read more about you all!

Oh, and if all does go well, my due date will be Dec 15.

Hi Yarnie wishing you lots of luck with this pregnancy. My first DD had a due date of 15th December - but came on the 21st. Will be a busy Christmas for everyone!

Thanks for the reassurance regarding CP. It's v. miserable for DD2 I really hope she feels better soon.

yarnie welcome and congrats. Sorry to hear about the MMC, I had the same last summer. Fingers crossed this time will be luckier for both of us!

Hi again all and congrats to all the newbies as well!
Hope everyone is doing good. I dont feel sick either - i was sick as a dog with my DD - maybe that is true, sicker for girls than boys?! I dont mind either way, but this will also be my second and last child so im torn between thinking it would be nice for DD to have a sister and then thinking it would be nice to experience having a son!
Been to doctors this afternoon and the little magic wheel reckons my edd is 5th december (my birthday and my brothers birthday is the 6th december) hoping to get my midwife booking in appointment soon and then my scan dates

kat2504 Sorry to hear about your miscarriage. Doesn't make for an anxiety-free subsequent pregnancy, eh? Wish I could be flat out excited, like I was with my first.

I agree, it does rather take away the excitement of the first few weeks. I guess it's a sort of defence mechanism. I am thinking of paying for an ultrasound at 8 weeks so I can get some reassurance and start to get excited about it!

I paid for one at 7 weeks last time and saw the heartbeat, measurements were all great and then went on to have the MMC. Having seen the bean made it much harder, so I am going to chew my knuckles and hang on until 12 weeks this time. It's going to be tough!

Anyway, enough about miscarriages! Positive thoughts, positive thoughts!

oh ladies, I can't imagine how difficult it must be for you. I've seen some friends go through it and all have since had happy healthy babies but can't make it any easier.

You're right yarnie all we can do is think positive as much as possible.

On a positive note, 2 of my peers (one uni friend and one school friend) have announced their pregnancies, at bloody long last I am not alone in having a family! All my parental friends are at least 5 years older than me and I've only made friends with them since being pregnant with DS so it's nice that some people I've known for years are finally having babies and joing my club of one!

Hello everyone,
May I join? Did a test yesterday, lovely news but the next couple of years are going to be hard work as our first is only 6 months! Due date works out at 6 Dec, DD1 will be 14 months then
Well, I'm not getting any younger so health-wise perhaps it's a good thing, and DH is really pleased, he wanted to have two close together so they can do everything together (he was the younger of two just 11 months apart and loved it).
Thinking about how to deal with the inevitable comments...!

Congratulations Lizkin!

Thanks Ernie! And best wishes to everyone on here.

I am quite bloated too, DP keeps asking if I am like that now what will I be like when I really have a bump. I still feel very heavy down there.

Morning all. Hope the MS isn't giving you all too much trouble.

thunder I have the bloating - and worryingly I have had slightly swollen lower legs and feet when I have gone to bed the last couple nights. I had this with DD but not until the very end of the pregnancy, so I hope this isn't going to last the whole way!!

Can't believe it is 4 weeks before I even visit the MW - time is already dragging and I am finding it hard to concentrate at work.

I looked at private scans and it was £90 so I have decided to just wait. I had an early scan last time (due to MMC a few months before) and to be honest I still worried until the 12 week scan, so not sure it is that worth spending the £90 on.

ooh me too - off to the Lake District for the week after easter to make use of the extra bank holiday. Can't wait!

My DH commented that I seem really laid back about this pregnancy - little does he know how much time I spend reading these boards and worrying about things being OK. It's more that by the time we are both home and DD is bathed and in bed, and we have had dinner, that I just have no energy left to talk to him about it.

Morning ladies!
Congratulations, Lizkin!

The trouble with early scans is that sometimes thay can't even see enough for reassurance before about 8wks. I've known people go at 6wks and come out feeling worse because they couldn't hear a heartbeat but it's just been too early.
Though I can imagine how hard it is and the worry. I have had two early MCs but both at 5wks so within a week of getting a positive test. Apparently early MCs at 4 or 5wks is very common and most women don't even know they were pregnant and just think they are late.

Hope all the scans come around quick and give you all reassurance.

Sorry, Yarnie, I missed your post. That must have been even harder. x

Hi all,
I desperately need some advice.... I am currently out of work. I got an interview for a six-month maternity-leave cover which would be great --- and then got a positive pregnancy test myself!! If the pregnancy is viable (and of course I hope it is), I basically wouldn't be able to do the full six months - maybe 5 / 5.5. Do I tell them at the interview? I am only 3 weeks pregnant, anything could still happen with a pregnancy this early, it seems ridiculous to say anything this early... On the other hand the whole point of a mat. leave cover is that you need someone there the whole time. WWYD?

Congratulations Lizkin! Wow! A 14 month old and newborn will be fun! There's a lot to be said for having them closer together. A good friend of mine had two with the same gap as you and she says there were a lot of advantages. They are starting to play together now the youngest is two. Mind you, my other friend has the same gap but the second pregnancy yielded twins! Hardcore parenting, ahoy!

Mizza76 Hmm. Tough one. I think it depends on lots of things, like the nature of the industry, the liquidity of positions (i.e. is it a job that sees a lot of staff turnover anyway), how cosy the industry is (i.e. likely to be any repercussions if you hack this employer off), etc. I wouldn't have done it in my first job (law), but if I was in retail, or banking or something, perhaps I would. Actually, I probably wouldn't, but that's because I am very risk averse!

Mizza - could you notdo the full 6 months and finish at around 7 months?

Lizkin - you ae very brave! My DD is 14 months now and I have no idea how I'd cope with a newborn at the moment - but I am very disorganised.

Mizza - like Earwiggo said, could you not work up till you are about 7 months? I managed to work up to the day before DD was born - 8.5 months(was lucky I had a day of AL as otherwise I would have accidently given birth at work) - I intend to do the same this time.

congrats lizkin, a friend of mine had 14months between hers, she just made damn sure the eldest was walking by her 1st birthday! She and her whole family moved to Sudan a month after DD2 was born, along with their crazy dog, so she's a bit of a trooper like that really, but I think the positives outweigh the terrifying idea of a small age gap - and to be honest no age gap will be utterly perfect. I am a bit jealous, I wanted 2 within 2 years but after newborn hell it took me a long time to get round to the idea of having another!

Mizza tough one, depends on the industry - would word get around quickly if you pissed them off? If you tell them at interview, you won't get the job, that's for sure. How difficult in your industry is it to get interviews at the moment?

Been watching One Born Every Minute on 4OD during DS's nap and in floods of hormonal tears. The waves of nausea are def getting worse, am drastically wishing the next 6 weeks away!