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Due December 2011!!

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Crazybit · 22/03/2011 22:13

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?

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Jan9ne · 11/04/2011 10:02

So sorry Vix. I know from experience the heartache. Take care and all the luck in the world for the future xxx

Tjuice · 11/04/2011 10:09

Sorry to hear that Vix (I also know how it feels) and good luck.

Well, I am working from home this morning but have to drag myself into work later for a 'brainstorm' this afternoon. I am actually contemplating telling some people at work already because I can't believe how sick I am this time and I don't want them to think I am flaky for no reason. I am really struggling to pretend everything is cool, when I'm retching and puking all the time.

And to top it off, I have a cluster of coldsores that came up over the weekend and I have NEVER EVER HAD ONE BEFORE IN MY LIFE. What is going on?

On a positive note, I just bought some maternity pieces in the ASOS sale.

ThePippy · 11/04/2011 10:58

Morning all.

Really sorry to hear your news Vix and please don't think you have put a downer on anything - that is what we are all here for to support each other through the ups and downs. Hope you get a better result very soon.

Congrats to all the newbies who arrived over the weekend. I have had a very busy weekend with sister and her hubby staying, which was really nice although my resolve to not tell her I was PG crumbled as soon as I sat down to dinner on the first night and she commented that I wasn't having wine. I knew it would be impossible to hide it from family given how much I like to drink wine (OMG I am missing it sooooo much more that I did with DD). So the whole weekend was spent with her asking me questions about being pregnant and what would I do about this, that or the other. I loved it tbh as I was able to talk about being pregnant all the time without boring anyone.

Also was a super nice weekend - even have a bit of a tan now!!

Still no PG symptoms here other than tiredness. Time is dragging - can't beleive I am only 5+4 - feels like weeks since I got BFP!

ThunderboltKid · 11/04/2011 11:04

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ThePippy · 11/04/2011 11:16

Thunder I am telling all the rest of my family at Easter too (sister has been sworn to secrecy) and I can't wait.

DH has started talking about when the new baby is here now too, so it has obviously finally sunk in for him, although I was a bit scared when he mentioned having to cut back on DD nursery days when I was on maternity (cost reasons) as I think I will loose my mind with a 2.4yr and newborn to look after all on my own. I know plenty of people do it, but it scares the life out of me!

Xiaoxiong · 11/04/2011 11:43

Well, the secret's out - to the close family at least. We had lunch with my FIL last week and he guessed it, so in fairness we then had to tell the rest of the immediate family. I guess it's 8 weeks along so still respectable, though we will still wait till 12 to tell friends and as late as is humanly possible to tell work.

Everyone very excited except my mother - we expected this but I suppose I always have a tiny ember of hope that she will be able to tell me she is pleased and happy! The texts of congratulation I've been receiving from random friends of hers must mean she is telling people about it behind my back which I suppose shows she's happy about it. I just wish she could talk to me instead of maintaining this pretence that she's completely blasé and couldn't care less about it and that it will be a disaster for my career. I'm sure she will come round eventually but it's such a bore that she affects this indifferent attitude when she talks to me :( This is a whole different thread though, perhaps I will pluck up the courage to write about it somewhere else on MN.

Now we've told family I just hope everything works out. I still have no symptoms other than tiredness and indigestion/bloating (though this may have less to do with pregnancy and more to do with some very rich food we've been eating recently!)

Saw the GP last week and she thought the due date could move up to the end of Nov...but you lot on the December thread are so friendly and a great mix of experienced mums giving great advice and slightly clueless first-timers like me that I don't want to leave, so I'll just pretend she didn't say it. Two appointments to be booked: midwife at 10 weeks and scan at 12 weeks. Seems like an age to wait!

LaraMi · 11/04/2011 13:42

Hello....

Can I join? Been lurking on this thread but was scared to join after a MC last Oct. Got a BFP 2.5 weeks ago and an early scan at St Georges, south London on Sat confirmed that my EDD is 2nd December making me 6+3 today!

Ever so scared that something will happen although it was fab to see my bean's heartbeat on Sat.

Symptoms - not many; lots of weird stretching in my stomach which I guess is uterine stretching combined with the odd sharp twinge. Am extremely tired and hungry all the time (with terrible indigestion!). No food aversions and no MS. Am super bloated and boobs are huge!

Really, really hoping this little one sticks!

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Tjuice · 11/04/2011 15:19

Tyelperion - I kind of know how you feel, my mum wasn't exactly over the moon when I announced my first pg. Which surprised me because I was 32 years old, in a really established relationship etc etc. Anyway, she did come round and got very excited because it was her first grandchild, and I think we have all been shocked at what a renaissance a grandchild can bring to a whole family and its relationships.

LaraMi · 11/04/2011 15:33

Thunderbolt - I have probs crossed paths with you in Wandsworth! I also can't wait to get through these weeks... it's so very hard and am so scared!

Xiaoxiong · 11/04/2011 15:48

Oh Tjuice, thanks for that, that's so good to hear - it would be so wonderful if that happened! I live in hope! Thank goodness I'm lucky enough to be having a really easy time of it so far, so it doesn't upset me as much that she can't be bothered. If I was throwing up 20 times a day and on top of that she was negative about the pregnancy it would really compound the misery.

I'm sorry for all you ladies on here who are feeling ill and really hope you feel better soon. On the flip side, because everyone says MS is a sign of healthy pregnancies, I'm over here worrying that something may be wrong precisely because I feel fine!

LaraMi · 11/04/2011 16:43

Tyel - I also feel absolutely fine which worries me.. I could eat anything and everything... It petrifies me that I don't feel sick!

LoveACuppaTea · 11/04/2011 16:58

I feel fine too! Sore boobs but thats it! My symptoms are flipped - Im fine in the morning but as the day progresses I get sorer boobs and more feelings in the womb!

My mum had 4 kids and NO MORNING SICKNESS with any of us!

LaraMi · 11/04/2011 17:06

LoveACuppa - thanks for reassurance. I too am getting the weirdest stretching sensation in my uterus area. It feels like a pair of hands are literally stretching it apart. Doesn't hurt, just feels weird. The closest thing I can liken it to is the sensation after lots of sit-ups - but of course in a totally different area. It also worsens as the day progresses and sometimes awakens me at night. I hope it's just bean growing as I rest.

LoveACuppaTea · 11/04/2011 17:09

LaraMi I wasnt reassuring you! Just being terrified at lack of symptoms with you!!!

My boobs wake me up at night - its like they say "hoi! Get off you're squishing me when I'm already sore!"

Also - my brother got his GF up the duff and she only found out TWO WEEKS before she gave birth. I KID YOU NOT!

Xiaoxiong · 11/04/2011 17:22

Shock LoveACuppa Was the baby ok? That really puts all the worrying we are all doing about lack of symptoms into perspective!

I'm glad I'm not the only one worrying about feeling TOO well LaraMi and LoveA, thank goodness for MN!

LoveACuppaTea · 11/04/2011 17:26

Yeah as far as we all know just now! Hes a year old. She had her 21st Bday when she was PG which was pretty wild! but was still on the pill too so was still bleeding each month. She is a lucky lady!

xstitch · 11/04/2011 17:26

Hello ladies. I'm so sorry vix

I had the midwife today. She told me off for worrying too much about lack of symptoms. In a nice kind of way that is.

That would be scarey loveacuppa.

adalle my mum went to the GP for help with the menopause and was told 'No Mrs stitch that's a baby' The result was me.

Missgiraffe1 · 11/04/2011 18:00

Hi Everyone,

Congratulations to everyone. I'm another newbie. I think I'm 4wks+3 days pg!

I am so glad I found this site and forum, as I have been bursting to tell people! However, I am also a bit cautious as I had an ectopic pregnancy last April, so we are trying to keep this to ourselves for a while yet.
Offered an early scan which is 2 1/2 weeks from now, due to previous ectopic. Am swinging from hyper-excited to terrified of every little twinge.

Quite a long gap between first and this pregnancy. DD will be 15 in June!

Cherrypi · 11/04/2011 18:03

Hi all,

Just found out this afternoon I'm pregnant. Bit of a surprise as had only just started trying. Due on 10th December which is husband's birthday oddly enough. Glad I can tell someone. Good luck everyone.

LoveACuppaTea · 11/04/2011 18:04

Im so desperate for a scan! Im considering lying about how far along I am to the doctor lol

xstitch · 11/04/2011 18:12

I know what you mean loveacuppa I keep reminding myself that scanning to early won't show up things properly. The MW did say that if I am worrying a lot she will try and get my scan brought forward a little but I do have rather a complicated obs history. She also told me I am to have a section because the consultant had written in my note not to risk me going into labour after it went so wrong the last time.

LoveACuppaTea · 11/04/2011 18:14

sorry to hear things went wrong before xstitch hope you are more lucky this time! x

LadyOfTheManor · 11/04/2011 18:17

Cannot stop eating ready salted doritos with sour cream and salsa Hmm oh and grapefruit with branflakes.

Thankfully no sickness as of yet :) Hoorah!

beannachd · 11/04/2011 18:31

Hey, I'm a total newbie too, this thread was suggested to me when i posted in another thread

I've literally just found out today. I had an idea I was and tried not to think about it. But eventually I knew I was going to have to do a test. The first test came up so faint that I tried to convince myself it was wrong, but I did a second one which confirmed it.

my OH is delighted, as is my family. All I've been doing is crying whenever I think about it. I just can't seem to stop :( The overwhelming fear and panic just gets the better of me. I just never imagined actually being pregnant - especially so quickly, and even though we had tried! I'm 33 and felt like I was going to be an older mum, but I guess nowadays, 30s are the new 20s....at least that's what I tell myself :)

So reading all these makes me feel like I'm not alone, and things will get better. I will see a doc and speak about how scared I am too. Thank you for this thread, as it has reassured me and others it seems that everything might just be ok.

Sarah