January 2012: just POAS!!!

[Spagbolagain]

Anybody else out there?????
Very surprised, had only SWI once and I thought we had missed the window of opportunity. It seems not, BFP yesterday, royal wedding treat. EDD about 2nd Jan I think.

#2 for me, keeping fingers tightly crossed as had a bumpy ride before conceiving DS. Very excited and slightly terrified. :)

such sad news from so many!

Can I whisper that I have my booking in tomorrow and I am really excited? . This is DC2 so I know nothing happens as such, but it will just seem proper and official. They didn't ask for a sample but I'm off to take them one anyway

In bed already cos I feel shit. have been for an hour

Hope you have a good day tomorrow supa, Im abit as still havent recieved mine. Apprently I should get something next week, been waiting for the letter for about a month, so have been disapointed with it not turning up.

Had a teary day today, think the hormones are getting to me. :)

Let us know how it goes!

Hormones are well and truly taking over. For one reason or another I have been in tears nearly every night this week. Doesnt help that Dp is on nightshift. Dont remember ever being this emotional, not even when pregnant with Dd.

Hope everyone is ok, and supa enjoy your booking appoinment tommorrow x

So so sorry Tummytickler my heart goes out to you completely, I can't believe how many are suffering now, I'm so sad for everyone who is going through such a horrible experience. Love and hugs to you all xXx

Scan tomorrow to see what my fate will be, no excitement at all now :(

Good luck with your scan Mummaroo.

really hope your scan is successful mummaroo

Mama5 - DC6 EDD 28/12/11BA-20/6/11
Fifitrixabelle - EDD 01/01/12
sho - DC2 EDD 01/01/12 BA 20/6/11
summerfruitsalad - DC2 EDD 01/01/12
Broodyandnewtothis ? EDD 01/01/12
Spagbolagain - DC2 EDD 02/01/12 BA 24/6/11
GiraffeAHolic - DC2 EDD 02/01/12 Scan 24/6/11
kungfupanda - DC2 EDD 02/01/12
d0gface - EDD 02/01/12
Buttertart - DC2 EDD 02/01/12
GwendolineMaryLacey - EDD 03/01/12
BonzaBlue - EDD 04/01/12
knittiekitty - DC2 EDD 04/01/12
Sleepywombat - DC2 EDD 04/01/12
aurorasky - DC1 EDD 05/01/12
fishandlilacs - DC2 EDD 06/01/12
Mum2be79 ? EDD 06/01/12 BA 7/6/11
tigana - DC2 EDD 07/01/12
Purpleteapot ? DC1 EDD 07/01/12
Deesus - EDD 07/01/2012 Scan 27/6/11
Nanny01 - DC5 EDD 08/01/12
LaBobkin ? EDD 08/01/12 BA 27/12/11
SlightlyScrambled ? DC2 EDD 09/01/12
Hazysun ? EDD 10/01/12
bustersgirl - DC6 EDD 12/01/12
Fubble ? DC2 EDD 12/01/12 BA 20/06/11
MercyMe ? DC2 EDD 12/01/12
MabliD ? EDD 13/01/12
Bellakins ? DC1 EDD 13/01/12 BA 02/06/11
Fr00tbat- DC1 EDD 14/01/12 BA 10/06/11, nuchal 6/7/11
ghosteditor - DC1 EDD 15/01/12
Tanif - DC1 EDD 15/01/12
Weevie - DC1 EDD 15/1/12
Falabalamb ? DC3 EDD 16/1/12
mummyzoe2012 ? DC1 EDD 16/1/12 BA 25/05/11 early scan 6/6/11
blueeyedmonster - DC2 EDD 16/1/12 BA 8/6/11
Supadupapupascupa - DC2 EDD 22/01/12 BA 10/6/11 12wk scan 12/07/11
Capybara ? DC1 EDD 22/01/12 ? scan on 21/06/11
Mummaroo ? DC2 EDD 23/01/12
Greenlady78 ? DC1 EDD 25/1/12
BigHotMama - DC2 EDD 25/1/12
scarlettsmummy2 ? DC2 EDD 28/12/12
Lily06 ? DC1 EDD end of Jan
Xkatyx ? DC4+5! EDD
magaddict - hopeful!
Milkyway ? DC2
Curlygirl72 - DC1 EDD 20/1/12
Moobee - EDD 8/1/2012

Gone but not forgotten -

Hotcrosses
ShimmeryPixie
DizzyKipper
Browncoat
Tummytickler

I'm so sorry tummytickler. Wishing you all the best.

I'm going in for my booking-in appointment in 30 mins! Have told work I'm off to the dentist...

And so the waiting begins! Turned up at 10 am for my appt and at 10.05 the previous appt went in. I know I'm going to have to get used to the wait, but seriously, how behind can you get by 10am?!

Hacked off now... Could stroll back to work but then my dentist appt ploy would be seen through.

Of course I'm sure by the time of my appt the MW will be rushing through trying to catch up. Gosh I hate this GP surgery!

Sounds poo ghost. Hope when you get in there, it all goes smoothly.

Someone called and gave me my Booking app this morning for Tuesday. :)

oh yey for the appt d0gface !

Ok I take it all back as I only ended up going in about 20 mins after the appointment time, which isn't too bad. And the MW was lovely. She did make a crack about the possibility of twins after realising how many sets I have in my family history though! I should learn to relax about all the waiting - my blood pressure was high both times they took it, and I don't have high blood pressure normally. [breathes] Also they really struggled to get enough blood from my veins to had to have a couple of cracks at it - fortunately it doesn't bother me at all. So, I'm going to be midwife led so long as everything continue to be ok!

Also I was weighed and I've put on 9 lbs. Would be gutted, but trying not to think about it. It's a combination of feeling sick all the time and feeling a bit better when I eat, and not being able to exercise enough because I've been tired. Really hope I'm one of those people who puts it on early and then stabilises though. [worries]

Have just shuffled back into work (it's a very quiet week by the way, hence all the posting - I'm not a slacker, honest) trying to hide all the paperwork and notes she gave me. They're a dead giveaway apparently ;)

So sorry Tummytickler really sorry that you are going through this, look after yourself.

Is any one else finding it hard to eat, I have gone of alot of things I normally like and now eat toddler sized portions.

Also so upset with my self as I have been over sleeping this last week and that makes me late to school with the kids and then got my ear chewed of by dd2's teacher yesterday. Also I am just so ever at the mo and shouting at the kids as I have no patience what so ever after they have lost something for the 1000th time in the week. Is this going to get better?

:) Glad it went well and you wasnt waiting too long. Sure the weight will even out.

I also feel very sick when hungry, I eat and feel better, but then eat too much and feel sick again!

Ive been sleeping alot more as well I think it sorts itself out when you hit the 2nd trimester, well I hope it does.

Hiya

Been for my booking
Everything went well and i'm glad i took a sample because she wanted one!
I burst into tears when being asked about how I fed DS. I failed at breastfeeding which was important to me (ended up expressing due to inverted nipples, which gave me recurrent mastitus ending up in a breast abscess) It seems I am still not over the upset about it all! So I have all the info about feeding support already which I am going to read through.

Noone has checked i'm pregnant though!! I guess I will just have to wait until my scan to feel completely at ease. Actually I might POA leftover S later just to check. Wouldn't it be awful if I was mistaken??

Apparently they don't do the listening to the heartbeat here in Lincoln which I am sad about. MW says they go by mother's opinion of baby's movement as the sign of a healthy baby and not the heartbeat!

Also it says in my notes that over 30BMI should ALWAYS be consultancy led, Mine is nearly 40 and it is ticked as midwife led care. I will have to bring this up I think at the next appointment.

Noone has checked i'm pregnant though!! I guess I will just have to wait until my scan to feel completely at ease.

supa I feel exactly the same way! I don't really believe it. And after seeing what can happen even without complications and bleeding, I really won't be convinced until I see a heartbeat. Apparently my scan can be anywhere between 11 weeks and 13+5 weeks - I can't wait to find out as work is mad with meetings around that time and I'm worried I'll have to cancel things without being able to give a reason. Plus, I really do want to tell our parents but feel strongly that I need to wait until after the scan.

Wish me luck though ladies - holiday tomorrow and have decided that I should tell my three closest friends (with whom I'm going on holiday) as they'll need to know why I'm being lame about food/drinking/late nights!

Finally had a chance to catch up-been away from N for a week or so and had 9 pages to catch up on.
Firstly my sympathies and thoughts to Browncoats TT and dizzy and fingers crossed for you SS I am deeply sad for your losses and worries.

Had my booking app, alls well but BP is high which hasnever happened to me before I normally come out low. I feel wretchedly tired and cant stop eating crap, boobs are sore and my sickness is totally random, but still ever present so I can only assume this is all good. DH has taken my DD camping this weekend, I have a whole weekend of sleep and bliss to myself. Shame my house is wrecked and will need lots of attention while they are away. I'm too tired to do anything too much too quickly.

My back has gone out too, I had a lot of problems last time an I was hoping to get away with it this time, but sadly not to be. Osteopath tomorrow.

Bra's and cheese. I am still stubbotnly wearing my bras because they are all i can afford at the moment, will keep wearing them till I cant bear it any longer.

All want to eat is flippin cheddar cheese, and cheese realted products, which is not good. I have a high BMI and I have been invited by MW to take part in a pregnant weight management scheme- you get 16 free appointments with a dietician. i am quite pleased to have been invited because prior to conception I was on slimming world and doing really well on it. However with this current urge for cheese I may find it difficult to stick to any plan they give me.

Scan on 22nd. I cant wait, I keep dreaming it's fricking triplets and waking in a cold sweat.

oh, rubbish. I'm all a-flutter today trying to get things done before I'm away for a week. I thought I'd found a perfect NCT course locally for Dec/Jan babies, really near to my house and more importantly work. I filled in the application last week and the deadline for me to book was next week while I'm away, so I've just zoooomed through the application form, set up a direct debit, paid, etc.... only to see on the confirmation that the Dec/Jan course is nowhere near where I live and I must have looked at the wrong course. And I was so excited! I really hope they don't charge me the £30 admin fee for changing the course - I know it was my mistake but on the confirmation email they don't give times, dates, or location of the course you're booking on, and it only comes up on the actual confirmation.

I've sent a pleading email and really hope they're good about it (I am a grumpy grudge-holder about this kind of thing and I'll be cross if they try to charge when they could just cancel the application before it's even gone through and cost them any admin... especially when I'm a 'new customer' so to speak!) It really is my fault though, but I'm in a big rush. And have pg brain, obviously!

fishandlilacs -pregnant weight management scheme I would really like that. I was told they would put me in for the antenatal aqua aerobics at the local hospital but would love the weight management course I think my bmi is 42 so really not good. It's probably why I feel really tiered.

ghosteditor - I think they will be able to move it, I did the nct course with my first child and was so glad as the hospital one was rubbish admittedly it was 12 years ago but I know they really do offer so much info on pregnancy, labour , delivery and the neonatal period. I remember we had to listen to a crying baby and using a doll show how we would try to comfort it. Dh was most bemused but the things we learned were invaluable for first time parents. By the way each baby has been so different so we have apply our techniques for each baby.

As for breastfeeding please don't beat yourselves up whether you can or can't I only fed my first for 6 weeks he had reflux and colic it was horrible and in the end I was so physically exhausted that I stopped as I couldn't cope. My 2nd was so different and fed for 8 months, 3rd 6 months as physically became v- fatigued, 4th 6 months felt like I was physically drained and struggled as he had reflux like ds1. As you can see you really need an open mind as each bay and set of circumstances are so different. This time I hope to feed but it will be difficult as I will have 4 kids needing me and if babe has reflux I won't wait to move it on to special formula that we finally realized no. 4 really did better on.

Really like the fact that we acknowledge others losses on the Gone but not forgotten bit. Especially as we have come to know each others stories well on this thread.

such :( news from so many all at once. My thoughts go out to you all xx

fishandlilacs - I've managed to get my BMI to below 30 now, I lost nearly 2 stone on WeightWatchers before conceiving (in fact my OH thinks that's why we are now PG after so many years ) and assumed I had to stop now. The Dr said that I can carry on with it though as it is healthy weight loss . I've got my booking in appt on Monday so I'll check with the MW I think. Slimming World is also very healthy so it would seem odd to be able to do one and not the other.

@parsley yes you can continue and it's recommended normally, however I am not good at following a diet plan without going to classes, but I lost my job 4 days after I found I was preg so have gone into a uber money saving mode and simply cannot justify the fees. I am very please to be invited to this pilot scheme as it's free. I have had the intial letter but I am waiting for a phone call to make the first appointment.

The pilot scheme sounds ideal then :) I must admit I've been struggling with sticking to the diet myself the last week - I've got no control over when I feel hungry and my consumption of ginger nuts has hit a new high.

You can definitely so slimming world with the consent of your MW (you have to keep a record and get it signed off) but the group leader is no longer allowed to advise you on your weight loss. i was told you could not continue to do WW as was their policy (nothing to do with Doctor or MW).....

I'm so I'm not the only one already losing sleep over breastfeeding

I had a major struggle with Dd and with great regret had to stop at 11 weeks and to be perfectly honest I don't know how I hot through those weeks. One feed could take up to 4 hours after all the screaming, latching on and off. I was miserable, she was miserable.

We've since moved so I'm really hoping there will more support available in this area.

supa - you're probably right! They'll never know though - I do it online..

I've noticed that there seem to be more & more things I'm coming up against that people are telling me I can't do that's nothing to do with Dr or MW.

I had a real treat yesterday and got taken to a spa. When I got there I ticked all the forms and went to have a massage. I'd researched it beforehand and it was safe for pregnancy. She mentioned she might do my tummy so I asked if that was a good idea given the circumstances, at which point she said as I hadn't had my first scan I couldn't have any treatments at all only a file and polish. Facials and pedicures were out as they couldn't use any products on people in their first trimester (!). I queried it as whilst I could understand some of the products might be unsuitable, she wouldn't even use hand cream. In the end she went to speak to her manager and their policy had changed - I still wasn't allowed a massage but I could have a facial and pedicure with some toned down products. During all that I had my hands, feet and shoulders/neck massaged anyway - turns out it was only the lower back and tummy they couldn't do. They admitted it was no real risk they just didn't want to be sued.

It sounds lovely anyway parsley being pampered! I'd love that right now!!

I had my booking in on wednesday. It went ok, I had a little cry too when I spoke about ds' silent reflux and the fact I got no help or support from the HV and doctors until I got to a&e one night because he wouldn't feed anymore. They told me it was colic (I told them otherwise) and to deal with it. I thought I was over it but obviously not. It's either that or all these hormones are making us cry at these booking in apps!

I did have a little giggle to myself when I told her about my birth and she said ' we'll have to think about getting you a birth pack in case baby won't wait' Her eyes kept getting wider hahaha. It may be a good idea to have one here in hindsight though!

My scan is now booked for july 4th. Only 3.5 weeks to go. It is now sinking in that I am pregnant eeek. I won't settle until I have the scan though.

Is anyone else waking early in the morning? For some reason my bodyclock has decided that 5.45am is the best time to wake for the day grrrrrrrrr.