January 2012: Thread 2

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d0gFace ahhh MacDonalds, there is one down the road from me next to morrisons where we do our weekly shop and everytime it takes a lot to not go in and get a quater pounder hehe. Then with the crying, I do it everytime I get off of the phone from my mum, all for stupid reasons!

Congrats scrambled that is fab news. I read your post to my DH and he laughed about you sneezing it out =)

Moobee how did the rest of the train go? I had an awful train experience the other day. It was so packed that my DH and I were stood up for an hour it was horrible.

Hope everyone is well!!

My god what I would do for some McDonalds right now.

Im glad Im not the only one crying was starting to think I'd lost the plot!

Hi everyone, thanks for the comments. My train had intermittent phone signal and arrived at 8pm - I just went straight to sleep!

I told the two colleagues I was travelling with who were very understanding. The woman had guessed that might be the reason - no-one has travel sickness every half hour! Also meant I didn't seem rude not joining them for dinner. I've told my boss and that really helps - she's really good about me not feeling well.

I'm slightly dreading a trip to Switzerland next week - there and back in a day and a presentation in between.

Knittiekitty I'm 5''2 as well - my belly is definitely rounder but I just look like I've been on the pies so no-ones asked. :)

Welcome Fryn and welcome back purpleteapot!

I've just cried at an advert about donkeys...

And Moobee that journey sounds awful, good luck!

moobee good luck with all the travelling
mama5 happy travels and enjoy your trip

Welcome newbies and welcome back purple!

Belly getting bigger but was speaking the local gossip yesterday and she never asked or made any references to my 'who ate all the pies' belly, so I think I might just have made to the 12weeks without getting rumbled.

I found this dress yesterday. It doesnt look like a maternity dress which is great and its really quite flattering. Dp's reaction was good when he saw me in it Just need to accessorise it then im ready for the wedding in a few weeks. By which point everyone will know so dont mind looking a bit bumpish.

Hope your all well and Happy Friday!
Sho x

fifitrixabelle78 hairband expanders - you are a genius! I spent most of yesterday (in)discretely unbuttoning my trousers when I sat down and doing them up again when I stood up. I suspect this isn't baby tummy, but lard (I've been eating solidly trying to outsmart the sickness - odd, but it seems to work!)

Moobee - I feel your Swiss pain, I'm doing a day trip to Paris in a couple of weeks for work with my MD. I suspect I'll have to come clean for that one. Just hoping they won't offer me raw cow for lunch. Maybe fondue will help??

Oo - and thanks for the welcome everyone!

Ugh - don't talk to me about McDonald's - last weekend after a traumatic trip to one of these family science experiment parks (everything was swirly, revolving, stripy or swinging and I came my nearest ever to throwing up) I decided that McD's was the only possible food that wouldn't offend. Proceeded to pig myself and had revolting indigestion all evening.

I am eating mostly dairy. Cheese, yoghurt, sour milk, more cheese, more yoghurt... Can't face meat, though fish is good. And like Fryn says, just grazing constantly to outsmart the nausea.
How do you lot manage all this travelling and high-powered work? - I am just wiped out all the time. I work from home, luckily, so I can usually timetable in a doze about 1.00, otherwise I'm unconscious for the afternoon...

purpleteapot I just cried because someone had a rant at me on another board! :)

Nice dress shonnomanom, I wish I could pull something like that off.

I've been eating pretty much as normal, but dont look foward to food like I used to. The thought of cooking and eating makes me feel rough, but once I get to the actually eating part I feel better.

"How do you lot manage all this travelling and high-powered work?" Been thinking about that also abeautifulbutterfly. I spend most of my day sat in my pj's feeling sorry for myself.

I got my scan appointment through and as predicted its for next week when I'm on holiday!! how annoying is that. So now got to wait until 6 July and its at 7pm.

Still getting waves of nausea when I'm hungry but managing to stay awake until 10pm instead of being in bed by 7! So an improvement.

Looking forward to a week in the rain in Wales, as my parents are coming too so they can help look after DS who is into everything at the mo and is now trying to stand after crawling properly for 1 week.

Has anyone had any funny cravings yet? I didn't with DS and I still haven't with piglet, although if I'm in the supermarket I will be drawn to certain things and think "lemon curd on fresh bread - mmm!" Don't think that's a craving though.

Glad everyone's getting on ok, only a couple more weeks to go and some will be into the 2nd trimester already!

ive had a few cravings never could stand jelly before and now i want it all the time and the same with mash, obbusley not at the same time!!! had my midwife appointment today and all is good she put me forward a week but said that ill know more at my scan date!! Has anyone else chose not to have the downs test done ive opted out of it! whats everyones opinions on this?

mummyzoe first time round I had the blood test which checks if your a high risk for Downs and for Spina Bifida. Apparently they have stopped doing this test.
Anyways I came back a High risk for Downs but was an incredibly low risk with SB. We done the test as it was our first time but we refused the amnio as it was more of a risk to dd than her having Downs.
Long story short it wouldnt have made a difference to us if she came with either as we would find a way to cope and still love her unconditionally.
I work with a child with Downs and dp's sister has SB so we knew realistically what life would be like.
Hope this helps....

This week I have mainly been exhausted. I'm going to Glastonbury next week too - mega excited but a bit nervous about (a) being so knackered and (b) going with a group of friends, only some of whom know, and trying to keep it a secret. Any tips?! They will deffo be suss if they notice I'm not drinking so think I'm going to have to brazen it out and be sneaky! I'll be 10+1 ...

PS had a little weep this evening at friends on e4+1 ... rachel discovers she's preggo

mummyzoe we're having the test but our hospital does nuchal + blood test combined, i just said yes thinking i might as well ... although I don't think I would risk an amnio or cvs so part of me is now thinking what's the point in the combined risk test?

I'm not sure I am managing the work so well. I'm on the train back from Glasgow now and trying to stay awake (or who knows where I'll end up?)
I won't get home till 10pm. I'm glad I got an earlier train, I was due home at 11!

Fryn, yeah, think you may have to come clean in Paris! All those lovey French cheeses are out of bounds now which is a shame. You can't have pate either.

conchita they say to allow an hour for the booking in appointment. The zoo sounds fun!

purpleteapot I find myself crying at adverts all the time - even those super cheesy life insurance ones. I'm quite glad my husband hasnt caught me doing it yet.

weevie I had one of those packed journeys where I had to stad last week. There was no one I knew around so I tried to emphasise my belly, but it didn't work, think people just thought I was very fat!

mummyzoe this is our first and we had our booking in appointment wednesday just gone. Weve decided not to have the downs test. Mainly because it has cost £8000 to have this baby so we (like others) will love the baby no matter what. I think that people with downs are loverly (I work with a little boy who has it). However, im only 21 (will be 22 when he/she comes) so im in a low risk group anyway.

clarde the other day I had a craving for mud and candy floss on the same day. OH wouldnt go into town to get me the candy floss as there are major road works at the moment and its taking up to an hour to drive the 4 miles into town. Then with the mud side of things its more like a muddy potato then me actually diving head first into the soil outside =)

Hope everyone is ok!

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good day! Have got some good news, remember that i had gastroenteritis, my tests have come back clear for salmonella and listeria and other nasties so it looks like it was just a vomiting bug. I am so relieved. I had to really bust a gut to actually get the results though, persisting with dreadfully unhelpful doctors' receptionists who had the results but wouldn't/couldn't get a doctor to interpret them. Luckily I then spoke to a really lovely one who was pg as well and she didn't want me to worry over the weekend and phoned me back before closing time. What an angel! Also gave me handy hints about not being bullied into having my birth at the hospital where I have my BA appointment, ie the smaller hospital miles from me not the bigger hospital minutes from my house.
I've just had a recount and realised I'm 11+3 and not showing at all. But I lost a lot of weight when I was ill and can't really get my appetite back. Has anyone else found that they have suddenly got the palate and fussiness of an eight-year-old? Since about week 7 I've gone from being a total foodie to just wanting jelly babies, ham sandwiches, fizzy drinks and things like McDonalds, which I haven't really eaten for years. And I can't go near a cookbook or restaurant review without retching. I think I was coming out of this phase before I got ill so let's hope it's not back to square one!
abeautifulbutterfly I think with work it ends up being mind over matter as you're so determined to prove you can carry on. When I was off sick I just lay there exhausted; at work I can fire myself up. Then I get home and flake out. Also, I would totally choose sitting at a computer all day over housework or looking after kids while pg. I honestly don't know how anyone manages pregnancy and young children. And if they also work... Anyway, I salute you!

mummyzoe we are having the downs test. I am high risk due to age so we decided to see where the nuchal scan takes us. If it comes back high risk we will pay privately for a specialist scan to make sure they agree the risk (as they have better scanning machines than NHS). We'll decide whether to go for the diagnostic tests at that point. It's unlikely that a positive result will make any difference to us but we are both people who need time to get our heads around things so if it is a high risk we can more adequately prepare ourselves for the outcome.

I'd be devastated with myself if I didn't anticipate it and felt disappointed when the bean was born - not saying I would feel that way I just have a fear of feeling that way. Same reason as I want to know the sex - as I'm so certain I will have a girl that I don't want to be disappointed with a boy - I suppose it's part of the mental preparation. Either that or I'm just a worrywort.

I spoke to the MW about it and my fears about a silent miscarriage etc - she did at least reassure me that it's a perfectly normal reaction and that mental preparation is important.

weevie- i will be 23 when the baby is born!

conchita that's brilliant news, you must be so pleased! And what a nice doctors receptionist (not words that usually go together).

I have also gone off food. I had a big breakfast at the hotel this morning but the rest of the day I've had bread rolls and lemonade. Not the greatest diet. I haven't had tea and I was looking round m&s. Everything - foods I'd normally love - make me want to heave. I hate feeling like this!

Moobee it's such a pain isn't it? Nice food is one of my main pleasures in life, along with good wine- d'oh!
And I can just hear the pregnancy nags in my head saying: 'If you wuvved your baby, you would be eating lots of healthy vegetables even though they make you heave'
Agree on the doc's receptionist thing- 90% of them have this incredible power to make me feel about one inch tall. And so many times they tell me to go away and I say 'Oh okay then.'
Today I could have cried with gratitude when the woman was so nice and went the extra mile to help me.

Morning!

Waiting for the post to see if my scan date has arrived. If not I'm ringing the MW on Monday as by then I'll be 11 weeks + 3 days (exactly 12 weeks according to MW's predictions). Beginning to wonder if the idiots at York have lost my notes or something.

Doesn't inspire confidence in the NHS/Maternity Services in the York area!

On another matter, I suffered horrendous pains in my tummy last week and I seem to have had a growth spurt. Some people have commented that I look like I'm carrying twins or that I'm looking 16 weeks pregnant! Being my first, I don't know what to think but I certainly am struggling to fit comfortably in my work trousers. I can do the zip and the button but not the two clasps.

Hi ladies and welcome all newbies!

Had my ba yesterday and got scan booked for 18th July and I think we'll start to really believe it when we see everything's ok at scan.

Getting strong bouts of nausea especially when hungry and my diet consists of lots of juice n fizzy drinks as can't stand tea at moment.

mummyzoe we also decided not to go for nuchal scan as I will love this baby no matter what and true believer that fate will deal your hand in life so will be ready for whatever comes our way. I'm not sure if being 35 is high risk or not?

Lol at candyfloss n mud craving

Am feeling tired and lifeless when in the house but at work I seem to have spring in my step and able to get on with it.

Find it hard keeping up with this thread you lot can talk he he

Take care everyone x

Afternoon ladies! Hello to all newbies as well - glad to have you on board.

The days to my first scan are dragging so much! It's a week on monday so not too long now.

Big gathering tonight as a lot of our london friends are up for the weekend so we'll be telling a big group tonight! I'm very 'teary' at the moment though so as soon as I tell anyone I burst into floods :o)

As for cravings I'm still eating jars of tartar sauce and lots of pickled gherkins. No mud cravings as yet