November 2011. Bumps, kicks and less feeling sick.

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Thought I'd take the plunge and go for it.

^H007* are you on the iPhone app or mobile site?

blue it is going to be fab to see you there. :)

I'm absolutely shattered this morning, I think the last week is starting to take its toll, I've not been sleeping well, due to all the anniversaries and Belle's birthday and because I'm just so busy. Between the Angel Day and everything I've got going on in work I haven't stopped! Longggg lie in on Sunday/Monday I reckon! So glad I'm p/t!

Have PM'd about the group cep

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blue you truly are an inspiration!

Morning everyone,

BlueTinkerbell, I'm so very sorry to hear about your little Sterre, words aren't so easy but my thoughts are with you and your family xx

Just about to leave for work, dreading it... bloody hate that place.
Worked it out though, if I start maternity leave at the end of September I've only got 30 days maximum to work, thats not counting my leave that I've still got left to take!

Whats everyone else up to today? Anyone doing anything interesting?

Will try and have a proper catch up tonight.

Oh, and Folic, I just whipped this little lot up this morning, will this do as a 'forgive me gift!?

Ah blue and caz that's lovely you are meeting up at belle's day. Be a good support to each other I'm sure.

Well, not even Wuzz's feast can cheer me up today. I've had a bright red blood bleed, have phoned triage as instructed and I have an hospital appointment later. To be honest all I feel about this is anger. Just feel like shouting out for fuck's sake!

I'm pissed off about bleeding, pissed off with my body and pissed off with the timing as have scan this afternoon and was genuinely looking forward to it after basically dreading and panicking about the 12 week one after all my first tri bleeding.

I also can't work out if I'm having cramps as my anxiety is kicking in so tummy is churning.

Now I'm also completely second guessing that I had been feeling baby in the last week or so, and now I'm not sure.

panic rage panic.

thank you Wuzz

I will print of all of your lovely messages to put in Sterre's Memory Box first need to get round in buying a new ink cartridge...

Folic I sent you a PM... please take care of yourself! I'm here all day if you need to talk! x

Oh Folic I am sorry you are having this worry. It is not bloody fair just as you were looking forward to the scan. Hopefully they will look at you soon and set your mind at rest so you can enjoy the afternoon.

Oh Folic that's crap. I'm so sorry you're having to go through this, especially today of all days. Will look out for you on here this afternoon. I'm at work today but will be thinking of you.

H007 go to one of Ceps posts and click the little arrow on the bottom right and you'll get the option to PM. I haven't found a way to read replies through the app but you can send Cep your FB details.

wuzz I hear you about work - I had to take a temp job to get MA, as I had to leave my job in the church when I got pregnant (out of wedlock! Gasp!), and I absolutely dread it.
It's like walking through treacle, every day (working in a call centre, customer service - not the best place for a pregnant lady!)

folic my fingers are crossed for you that it will all be ok!

PMA I get my pram tomorrow! Yay!

Afternoon!

Folic that is officially rubbish. Fingers crossed that everything is okay.

Cal couldn't agree more about work - totally knackered some days. I looked in the mirror this morning and the dark circles under my eyes frightened even me! And I went to bed at 8.30 last night. What the what?!?

PMA:

Going to the Highland Show on Sunday and although I can't poke the livestock I literally cannot wait.

Hi all,

Blue and Caz, I hope you find strength from each other at Annabelle's Angel day. What a lovely concept. I hope it all goes well.
Folic, good luck for your scan this afternoon.
Cal, imprssed with your organisation - which pram are you going for? I'm afraid I'm going to make do with dd's old one. Have gone through 6 already, what with double buggies, strollers etc. Too tight to shell out again. Kind of wish we were though - such an exciting purchase.

I too am working today surrounded by teenage boys. Not in the least bit interested in my pregnancy except to suggest dodgy/rude/their own names
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On the bright side, feeling very well and enjoying feeling little kicks getting stronger everyday :o

Folic, I hope thngs are ok, let us know how the appointment goes.
Cep- I will PM you my facebook name just as soon as I work out a) how to PM you (someone has given instructions but my brain doesnt work right now) and b) what my facebook "name" is for youto invite me on. Yes. I AM that dense. Especially as I am on I thnk my 12th consecutive day of a headache and am so bloody fed up with them I could cry. But it would hurt. Clearly, not a person with a solution. Paracetamol. I have also taken two doses now of ibuprofen, as there seems to be some though that it may be ok in the second trimester, but only two doses as I am not confident. Works a lot better though.
Not at work today (part time. Alledgedly) but have just just finally gone for a nap ten minutes AFTER I lost my temper with my son and nearly threw sophie giraffe against the wall in temper. I know its cause he is over tired and my head is pounding. I know he isnt being "bad". I have just had ENOUGH today.
As for this birthing pool thing, I gave birth in my kitchen. Well, kitchen/diner, so we took the dining table out, but there were still chairs for the midwife to sit on! It was actually pretty handy in the end as my partner had to spend a lot of time boiling water (I know! Woman in labour, boil a pan of water) and taking water in and out of the pool to regulate the temperature- if you actually give birth in there it has to be the right temperature so the baby doesnt breath too soon _ I didnt in the end, I got out and gave birth on the floor. You know, between the washer and the dryer. But the only other people in the house were my parents and the dog, and they just went out for breakfast. By lunch, they were too tense to eat themselves. My partner did make coffee for him and the midwife around 5am, but that was handy cause they didnt have to leave me to do it! Ths time around, if I manage a home birth, it may not work as well cause you cant send a two year old out for breakfast and snack and lunch etc indefinitely really.
Eugh, i guess I better get the boy up else he wont go down tonight.

love the idea of my neighbours being my own personal cheerleaders! Not to mention my neighbours a couple of gay guys... I'm sure they'd love it!

Have been working away this week, but got finished nice and early, so left at lunch time today and home already! Yay! Earlier than I would be from a normal day at work, and also get a half (ish) day tomorrow as I've been so super efficient!

Can't wait for the weekend! going to visit my mum, and haven't seen her since we told her we were PG which was at about 10 weeks ago (isn't it funny how when your pg your whole life is measured in weeks!)

Folic fingers crossed all is OK, and maybe it's a good thing it happened on the day of your scan as imagine having to wait for an emergency scan appointment if not!

Welcome back Wuzz though I really thing you should sit for five hours and catch up! Only right really!

I feel like my belly has got really big over the last few days, and by DH couldn't believe it when I got home, how much I'd grown since Monday!

off to pm cep then sit patiently waiting for fb invite!

evening ladies finally back after work and dentist (3rd time in 1 month) and to Macro's i can finally sit down.

folic how did it go, i hope you're ok.

Hi all

Good news from me that we had our 20 wk scan today and all is well. Sonographer wasn't very nice though and whizzed through so quickly hardly showing us any nice pics of the baby or wriggles at all. Still what matters is that size is normal and all is healthy! And we're team pink!! SO weird because I was absolutely convinced we were having a boy, so I was like "are you sure?!" - few moments of not exactly disappointment but all previous imagining of baby totally changed! Definitely coming round to having a girl now though, plus the fact that coming from a family of 3 sisters I would have no idea how to look after a DS anyway!

voodoo poor you on the headaches. I had terrible headaches/migraines for about 4 weeks and only now finally better. Doc/consultant said use those cold patches you can buy in Boots - stick on forehead or back of neck. Also paracetamol is fine - up to normal dose if you need it. If really unbearable you can take co-codomal, they told me that is fine (obsetrician and neurologist both said fine). Last resort is something called a GON which is an injection into the nerves in your neck - like local anaesthetic - not as bad as it sounds! Hope you get well soon.

Wow all so exciting - feel "properly" pregnant now!

oh no am so stupid, sorry folic thought I had read last posts but was clearly reading previous page. So sorry to hear about your bleed. Absolutely have everything crossed for you.

Also like idea of FB - but not understanding how it works (feeling dumb) so if anyone can point out to a technophobe like me how to join the group that would be great!

Hope you are ok Folic.

Blue and caz I hope you can give each other strength. You are both amazing women.

Staceroo had to smile at thought of your personal cheer leaders in your garden!

Have my first physiotherapy appointment on Monday so very pleased about that.

I have been tired today which relates partly to the stress of the scan yesterday. Sonographer was quite reserved and professional and dh thought she was unfriendly but I explained that they have to do the checks and sometimes have to give bad news so she was just professional. As she could not get a clear shot of part of the heart we had to go for a walk a couple of times and by then she was happy that all was ok so was very chatty and gave us some extra shots of baby. Bonus!!

Because I was so sick we have been calling baby Vomit but now we calling him by the name we think we will stick with ...Christopher.

The pram is a second hand German pram from one of my church friends - big hefty thing with cot top and buggy top - £150! Bargain, I think, considering the same thing would've cost us at least double new.

Had to leave work early today - my lowered thyroxin levels are making me sick and dizzy. :(

Congrats on the scans. I know what you all mean about the headaches - you get rid of one thing, feeling sick, and the next thing comes along :) my scan isn't for another 4 weeks (22 wks), so I'm happy to take anything that reassures me i'm still pregnant :)
Looking forward to sharing buying tips! Best one I had this week was that a BT baby monitor (150 model) that got good ratings on Which is down from £70 to £40 on amazon at the moment...

Evening all!
cep the balloon sounds lovely, sorry you didn't have much luck with the lanterns, sure Belle was looking down on you and seeing the lights even if they didn't go up. Sorry if I missed this but what are you doing on Saturday for belles angel day?
folic sorry you've got this worry when you were looking forward to scan. Hope you've been reassured this aft and the scan went well.
Nice to hear about good scans and flavour news...got mine tomorrow aft and looking forward to it.
Def up for the FB thing (some of you seem expert on "secret groups"...are you members of MI5?!!!!) -will pm you cep.
Think I need to change my name on here too...have decided it's a bit unimaginative and crap!

kate we've organised a summer fete in Belle's memory to raise money for Sands. We've raised an incredible amount so far; justgiving page is up to £1300 and I have nearly as much in offline cash donations and sponsored walk money before the fete has even taken place (and Santander are donating after the even too on some sort of 'match' system...)

Quite gobsmacked and cannot wait to find out the final total!! I think its going to be beyond our wildest dreams. And I thought £1000 was more than ambitious when we started this!

folic hope your scan went ok!!

Def up for secret FB group but I too have no idea how to get into one... so simple instructions, using small words, would be great:)

I never even got the option of a home birth or a birthing pool! Oh well, not brave enough for my first anyways... I'll see about arguing for one next time a round.

Folic really hoping the scan went well. Have everything crossed for you.

I have my fat girl appointment tomorrow, what do they actually do at it?

Been up since 5:45 trying to apply for 2nd chance olympic tickets! No special price tickets available for babies on any of the things we want though! But cannot pay for a full price seat when baby will probably be in our laps the whole time! Grrrr!
Plus website is crashing! Grrrr!
So glad its Friday! H007 laughing at you calling it fat girl app! Sure thats not what the mws call it!