We are all jolly well going to have a perfectly uneventful pregnancy and pain free birth and will brook no argument at all

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In a moment bravery here is the anti-natal thread for all those continuing to Brook No Argument into pregnancy and beyond.

So raise your fists to the sky and sing loud for there is no turning back now! We shall all stand firm and prevail with joy in our hearts as all our pregnancies will be simply blooming perfect!

Hurrah! and more Hurrah! :o

MHS? Not sure what that would stand for - answers on a postcard...

Obviously I was referring to that fine upstanding institution of the NHS

Hello all
Just a quick post as on day off and literally haven't stopped today.

Think different GP practices have different policies on contacting those groups considered "at risk" so if you want the jab, you're right not to wait to be asked, calling up and spelling it out that you're pregnant is the best way, especially in the spirit of brooking no argument.

Just skim-read but glad meme better and sorry to hear about your disastrous day too.

Laters taters!

Mental Health Service?

Hello everyone, not sure if you remember me? I've been lurking these past few weeks but not posting due to general business/tiredness/feeling poopness (you know what I mean!) Well, had my scan today, I'm 11+5 and all was well - phew! Think I was quite stressed about it without realising.

I've been following everyone's stories, can't believe some ladies are already motoring to the 20 week mark!

Has anyone done any mat. clothes shopping? Any recommendations for a winter coat? I'm loving that I can finally tell work and let it all hang out!

What are we all craving at the moment? I'm loving percy pigs and sausage rolls (not the greatest nutrition there I know )

xxx

here, it's still all about the salt and vinegar crisps for me, hash browns in the oven tonight (with tuna steak and broccoli for the goodness, which were forced down, mostly...). I can't help it- fruit texture makes me vom- I can't eat pears, peaches, anything vaguely squishy/slimey/furry. Down to apples. Maybe grapes. But healthy eating is going badly!! Which is ironic as when not preggers I'm keen on fruit veg and healthy things!! oh- and i'd really, really like a MacDonalds chocolate milkshake... I haven't had one since pg with DD.

Once i see a heartbeat on a scan, i better start pestering about flu stuff.

Hope you're doing ok now out of hospital and free meme, must be horrible. I felt so awful when i was sick every 20 minutes for a day and that was one day. You poor thing...

No mat clothes shopping for me. I bought 1 pair of jeans and one pair of black combats for work last time. All hand me down tops bar one (which actually, I never stopped wearing and still do regularly, at my thinnest now, and wore it a couple of days before I had DD- now thats a good teeshirt, if a little pricey!!) and i did do well for hand me downs. I just refused to buy clothes to wear for 4 months...

Hi Here, hope you're feeling better now. Great news about your scan! I have bought a few maternity dresses in the Topshop sale but haven't worn them yet. I got so sick of wearing the same 4 outfits over and over last time that this time I said f*ck it, I'm getting some new stuff. Besides, last time I supplemented with some of my existing clothes which I wore out, so I can't do that again. I got by without a winter coat the last time - my existing one carried on fitting, much to my surprise! It was a swing style with a belt, and it just expanded with me. I also have a wool tweed cape coat that I might wear this time around, just for variety.

I need a winter coat will have to have a look dm offered to buy me a tent :/

Drs told me no cooking no milk no sprays n something else that I can't remember
So I'm sat her waiting for dh to come home ands make me food

Hi just a quick post, will catch up soon, I have been looking at maternity stuff and Debenhams have 25% off everything and there is some ok stuff. Mothercare have 3 for 2 on some tops and things. I spotted a nice coat somewhere but I can't remember it was a black duffle!

I looked on eBay and there are some nice Red Herring coats on Buy it Now for about 30 I think

Oooh I saw quite a nice black coat on JMB - here, or there have a duffle too here.

Next had a similar navy blue one here

It's hard to know what to do though. Because I am quite large chested I tend to have coats that nip in at the waist - otherwise they just hang off my boobs and look like a tent so I don't think any of them will 'see me through' :( And hard to know what style to go for that might actually look OK on me. But then again it is such a lot to pay for a few months. Maybe if I haven't lost the baby weight by 2012-13 it would do me then too?

I'm bridesmaid for my SIL in the States in Nov. Have dress coming from US this week in my normal size. I don't even think I'll fit into it now, let alone in 2 months.

When I was 5m preg with DS, I just about squeezed into normal dresses so wasn't too worried but clearly I am way bigger than last time. God knows how that's going to look. She is micro-managing everything so think I may have to try and FedEx it back if its too small and order another one but all without her knowing. Ugh.

Those coats are lovely biscuits but know what you mean about finding a style that suits. Its really difficult because so many maternity clothes are only available online so hard to try on lots.

Interesting to see different people's views on finding out gender. I must admit I loved the element of surprise first time round but think its more practical to find out this time as we can get rid of boy stuff if my suspicions are confirmed!

Hello ladies! I have missed you soooooooooooooo much! Thank you for noticing my absence, I feel all warm and fuzzy now!

Basically on Sunday I was hit with the most evil headache of all time. This headache hung around until yesterday, which has been absolutely fabulous because all my revision needs to be done on my computer (test prep software) and the exams themselves are 3 1/2 hours of staring at a screen. It's meant that since Sunday I've alternated between an hour of agony staring at my computer screen, followed by an hour of lying down in a dark room, followed by another hour of computer-screen-torture. Fun fun fun. I'm very sorry ladies but my limited screen time meant I couldn't come on MN at all.

Luckily I still managed to pass my exam on Tuesday, which was a complete relief! Unfortunately last night another problem flared up. I have sciatica in my back (no I'm not secretly 80 years old, even though my back seems to be!) and so I'm completely unable to sit down or walk today! How ridiculous! The sciatica has kicked off as a result of sitting in a chair for hours on end doing all the revision/exams. This has always happened to me, since GCSEs, so it's not pg-related at all. The problem is the usual drugs I take to sort it out I now can't have! So after all the torturous revision this week I've had to postpone my final exam at the last minute anyway, and I've got a medical certificate saying I can't walk or sit for a week!

It's all been a bit frustrating really, but today is the first day I haven't had that awful headache, so I'm very grateful for that at least! So I now have a nice few days of lying on my back at least! I don't want to push my luck on the headache front so I won't be spending too long on the computer today. Just wanted to say hi! I'm sorry this has turned into such a mammoth and completely self-centred post! I will definitely start the process of catching up on the thread tomorrow! I hope everyone's pregnancies are going well though.

Hooray scream well done on passing the exam, especially when you're feeling so awful.

Get some rest and hopefully the sciatica will settle. I recommend some DVD boxsets to prevent too much daytime telly-watching. Make sure you've got lots of snacks within arm's reach

Hey scream I just replied to your post on the ttc thread. What a relief to hear you're ok. Well, obviously you're not ok but I have worried about you since earlier in the week fearing you might not be back.

Sorry your headaches have been so bad. I suffered badly from them during my first trimester with DS. Bad headaches during the first trimester are supposed linked to carrying boys...

Is it wrong that I'm jealous of your bed rest?

Oh yes and massive congrats on passing another exam!

Scream - Yay and then boo! What a rubbish time you've been having. Welcome back!

I ordered three dresses from Mothercare and only one has turned up - time for a snappy phone call to customer services methinks.

I'm going to rely on ebay for jeans and tops I think.

Phew!

Scream, so glad you came back! But boooooo to headaches and sciatica!

I have to say a huge congratulations to you on passing your second exam with all those headaches - you are an examination force to be reckoned with! How long do you have to postpone the third exam for?

Hope your back is getting a bit better now that you're just able to rest it without stressing out about the exams (but how annoying not to be able to get them all out of the way)

How are you doing other than the headaches and back? Hope everything else is going ok. How many weeks are you now. You'll have to remind me, were you planning an early scan soon? I've sort of forgotten who was and who wasn't (can I blame baby brain?).

It is now one week until mine - deep breaths!!!

Yay, Scream is back! Yay for passing the exam, but hope you feel much better soon.

Hope the bridesmaid dress works out for you, Deny - or that you manage to get it exchanged for a bigger one without your sister finding out!

Am going to go back to lying on the sofa in a doze. I slept for about 2 hours this afternoon and now feel terrible. Maltesers haven't worked their usual magic.

ooh deny the pressure of getting into the bridesmaids dress, i dont envy you! Hope you can work around Bridezilla!

I have an inexplicable dairylea craving today, cant get enough of the stuff! Other than am blissfully symptomless. Mind you, had to dispose of some vomit at work yesterday and nearly threw up myself, was gagging for ages hahaha. I blame that on the blueberry (apparently thats how big it is!).
7+1 today, 6 days til 8 week scan...wooooooo.

scream well done on passing your exam. Sciatica is awful, have had it briefly and theres nothing quite like it. Hope it resolves soon.

I have bought a few maternity bits, got a couple of good bundles of ebay for very little. Maternity wear gets so little use that its a great pre loved buy, and planet friendly and purse friendly too. Will also buy some bits as progress through. I know you dont get much wear out of them but theres so much reasonably priced stuff about now that I think it will make me feel better to wear nice things, would feel like a sweaty hippo if just wear stretchy trousers and giant tshirts all the while, couldnt stand it. Fortunately half of my wardrobe is empire line so will take me quite a long way anyway!

Hey scream glad to see you back. I was starting to get worried!

I popped into denehams and picked up some nice black maternity trousers for work in the sale. I am absolutely in love with them as they are sooo comfy. I think I had got so used to my clothes getting bad fitting and uncomfortable that I had forgotten what it was like to wear something that doesn't dig in or just look plain weird. I have a lovely big black wool wrap coat that I got in a Sale ages ago that I plan on using as my winter coat as I can just wrap it over and belt over my bump.

I think I have suddenly got huge as I went into work and people kept commenting on my bump. I had to remind then all that I am only 13 weeks!

hello rat smackers < hands round home made baked goodies, Isabella Oliver discount codes and virgin margheritas>
Just popped in to say hello and rub myself up against your preggo ladies.
there is a glittery vom bucket with my name on it so don't nick it, alright??

Just another 3 days week before I can test but I am soooo updiffed its ridiculous (and I better well be cos there is no way I can keep up this level of SWI and still be able to sit down on a permanent basis)

Hello Farfalla! You started the thread before the current one right? I didn't get my BFP until the thread after the one I started either. You are clearly assured your BFP in 3 days a week! We'll be keeping the bucket aside for you!

Ooooo maternity clothes talk! I can't wait! I have been outgrowing my normal office clothes for the last few months for far more depressing reasons, so I can't wait for an excuse to have a pot belly and stretchy trousers!

Can I ask you preggo ladies at around 6 weeks (and up!) a really dumb question? I know I'm basically looking for trouble (now that I'm stuck in bed and bored out of my mind!) but I've been having a bit of a poke in what I imagine to be the general vicinity of my womb, just to see if I can feel the teeny tiny start of a bump. Well there's definitely a little bump buried way beneath the surface, but I'm super worried because it's totally on the right hand side! Shouldn't it be in the middle? I'm basically torturing myself with ectopic pg websites now and I really need a dose of sanity! Can anyone else at this stage feel a teeny tiny bump? If yes is it in the middle between your hips, or closer to one hip than the other?!

My scan can't come soon enough! It's currently scheduled for next week sat, which should be 7+6, but I'm seriously tihnking of asking them if there's space to bring it forward to wed! I'm just also worried that if I bring it forward, and it's too early, they won't find a heartbeat!

Too I hope your second snooze leaves you feeling much better than the first one! And Scarlet bedrest isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's mainly boredom interspersed with Dr Google induced panic!

Speaking of doctors, my GP prescribed me codeine this morning as a "safe" alternative to the NSAIDs I usually take when my sciatica is a pain. Well I was a bit wary of these, and I specifically asked him at the time if there were any risks in early pregnancy, and he said "no no, it's fine, like paracetamol". Well I went straight to Dr Google and apparently there are loads of risks!! It's one of those medicines where although there are risks of abnormal fetus development(!) you have to decide whether the benefits outweigh the risks. Well my doctor didn't tell me any of the risks! I'm really quite annoyed with him, and I definitely won't be taking the codeine. I'd rather have a few extra days lying down than risk my little bean! Stupid doc!

(Apologies for the ridiculously long posts, I seem to be incapable of being concise like normal people! )

you womb goes over to one side if you have a full bladder...
At six weeks you prb wont be able to feel it though, its still behind the public bones. Its also really hard o feel it on yourself too.
No worrying about random things Scream! x

Codeine is used in pregnancy but i'm going to avoid everything like the plague in these precious first 12 weeks of development. Its just not worth it unless you have no other option. Would tens help with sciatica perhaps?

oh, and i wouldnt bring scan forward if it was me, as tempting as it is and i am soooo where you are right now, but having seen the images from 6, 7, 8 week scan it will be so much more enjoyable to see an 8 week baby that looks a bit like a baby and to be almost guaranteed a heart beat. If you go at 8 weeks and for whatever reason you're a touch earlier than expected you should still see heartbeat etc. If you go a bit earlier and dont see what you're expecting it will be so disappointing and a real worry, and require another scan and the associated £ a week later.

Im booked 15th which will be 8 weeks by when i think i ov, would be 8+5 from lmp. Can't wait. We can compare baby pics on saturday!