Any May babies?!

[elizabethtailored]

I only did it a test this morning and have not even told my husband yet!

FloydieDoydie I'm so sorry.

FloydieDoydie I am so sorry to hear your sad news, sending you big hugs.

Elizabethtailored - due 1st May
MyDaydream - due 1st May - #1
Harecare - due 2nd May - #3
saggybaps - due 4th May
DialMforMummy - due 4th May
Goodname - due 4th May #2
Yorky - due 3rd or 5th May #4
Mikocat - due 5th May #1
LadyMaybe - due around 6th May #2
Mildertduck - due 7th/8th May
myweeangel - due 8th May - #2
Dorris83 - due 8th May - #1
Quenelle - due 9th May - #2
Wrigglebum - due 9th May
Mythical - due 9th May - #1
TooOldForThisLark - due 9th May #4
Marmite123 - due 10th May #1
Failsafe -due 11th May
Little9 - 11th May - #1
Dreaming - due 12th May - #1
chocolatesparkle - due 12th May #1
Yay for May - due 14th May
Lalabaloo - due 14th May
Sugarx - due around 15 May - #1
BatsInTheSnowglobe - due around 15th May - #1
Chipo - 15th may #2
Heidihole - due 16th May
Titan - due 16th May #2
Byrnsie30 -16th May #1
cupcakefairy - due 17th May - #2
MandaHugNKiss - due 18th May - #4
musicalmrs - due 18th May ish - #1
UpTheOldDuff - due 18th May
Sunshine100 - due 19th May
Slovenly - due 20th May
jenfraggle - due 21st May - #1
Wommer - due 21st May - #1
littlesarah - due 21st May - #3
Knittymum - due 22nd May
PopEsMummy - due 22nd May #2
tostaky - due 24th May #3
Dobbybono - due 26th May #1
SESthebrave - due 27th May - #2
Catsycat - due 28th May #3
MixedClassBaby - due end May #2
BlueCrane - due 31st May #1
Rugbylovingmum - due end May #2

Floydiedoydie

Am really sorry to hear your news.

So sorry to hear your sad news floydiedoydie. Look after yourself.

So sorry to hear that Floydie.

Glad to hear others are using Cbeebies too. Today I was feeling like the world's crappest mum due to my tiredness but I know it will pass. Dinners are pretty rubbish these days as I find cooking quite difficult and we are getting a few more takeaways than usual, plus little treats from the bakery! At least I was recently told by the dietitian to feed DS a few more chips, sausage rolls etc due to his poor appetite and tiny size, so at least I don't feel too guilty about a trip to the chippy or kfc! Made a massive portion of pasta bolognese today which should do 3 meals or so, so we are getting some healthy food.

Last pregnancy I was feeling much better by 10 weeks but I'm 11 weeks tomorrow and still bad, the nausea hasn't been as bad though but I am way more tired (though dealing with a two year old plays a part in that!). Oh well, nearly in that second trimester...

started bleeding last night so having a scan tomorrow but not hopeful

floydie I'm so sorry, take care of yourself.

codwidow good luck tomorrow, will you let us know what the scan says?

Thnking of you both

CODwidow, hope all goes well for tomorrow x

Have added myself to the list.

Elizabethtailored - due 1st May
MyDaydream - due 1st May - #1
Harecare - due 2nd May - #3
saggybaps - due 4th May
DialMforMummy - due 4th May
Goodname - due 4th May #2
Yorky - due 3rd or 5th May #4
Mikocat - due 5th May #1
LadyMaybe - due around 6th May #2
Mildertduck - due 7th/8th May
myweeangel - due 8th May - #2
Dorris83 - due 8th May - #1
Quenelle - due 9th May - #2
Wrigglebum - due 9th May
Mythical - due 9th May - #1
TooOldForThisLark - due 9th May #4
Marmite123 - due 10th May #1
Failsafe -due 11th May
Little9 - 11th May - #1
Dreaming - due 12th May - #1
chocolatesparkle - due 12th May #1
Cairnterrier - due 12th May nr2
Yay for May - due 14th May
Lalabaloo - due 14th May
Sugarx - due around 15 May - #1
BatsInTheSnowglobe - due around 15th May - #1
Chipo - 15th may #2
Heidihole - due 16th May
Titan - due 16th May #2
Byrnsie30 -16th May #1
cupcakefairy - due 17th May - #2
MandaHugNKiss - due 18th May - #4
musicalmrs - due 18th May ish - #1
UpTheOldDuff - due 18th May
Sunshine100 - due 19th May
Slovenly - due 20th May
jenfraggle - due 21st May - #1
Wommer - due 21st May - #1
littlesarah - due 21st May - #3
Knittymum - due 22nd May
PopEsMummy - due 22nd May #2
tostaky - due 24th May #3
Dobbybono - due 26th May #1
SESthebrave - due 27th May - #2
Catsycat - due 28th May #3
MixedClassBaby - due end May #2
BlueCrane - due 31st May #1
Rugbylovingmum - due end May #2

floydie Terrible news, I'm so sorry
codwidow fingers crossed for you
Wrigglebum - I'm glad I'm not the only lazy cook. I watched River Cottage the other day and the veg looked so lovely and tempting. I'm hoping my 2nd trimester energy will kick in soon and I can be more adventurous in the kitchen.
My scan on Thursday. Quite excited!

I'll post either way tomorrow but I'm sure it'll be bad news, I'm still bleeding now so can't see a happy outcome. Good luck for everyone else and I hope everyone has lovely may babies x

Fingers crossed for you CODwidow
Sorry to hear your news floydie, take care of yourself.

I watched the River Cottage veg thing too Harecare - I'm completely off meat at the moment, doesn't appeal at all, so I quite fancied some of the things they cooked. Whether I'd actually eat them (and cook them!) at the moment is another thing - seeing as the only thing I've 'cooked' this week is spaghetti hoops on toast!!

I've just had a letter from my doctor's surgery asking for ANOTHER urine sample. That'll be the 3rd I've given. Aargh! I wish the letter told me why, as my brain immediately thinks the worst. I don't reckon it's checking hcg levels as they start to drop from 9 weeks and I'm 10+3 now. Hoping it's just a contaminated sample. Googling and searching mumsnet has not done my head much good though :(

Hope all goes well today CODwidow.

Well I'm definitely feeling much less sick this week. It does feel as though the hormone levels are dropping, I feel different and smell different, I think it comes out of my pores or something. I hope it's a good thing anyway. I have my nuchal scan on Monday and dating scan on Tuesday so by Wednesday we will know if everything appears all well and good and can announce to family and friends. I'm glad I booked a private nuchal scan, it apparently takes up to two weeks to get results from the NHS one and just two days for the private one.

I had my booking appointment on Monday. When the MW tried to take the blood samples she stuck the needle in and it hurt SO much she had to take it straight out. Honestly, it felt like she'd shoved a pencil in there. It still hurts now, there's a sort of flicking feeling when I twist my arm. I guess there must be some sort of swelling going on. So I have to go to the path lab first thing on Friday to get it done instead. I did say to her, do you want to have another go?, just to get it out of the way and save me all the faff on Friday but she refused. I'm not a wimp, honestly, I have to give myself painkiller injections for headaches, I had a squillion blood tests last pregnancy because I had GD, this hurt so much more. MW reckons it was a dodgy needle, it might have had a little barb on it or something - squirm.

The MW said I will almost definitely get the GD again so I should pay attention to my diet from now on. Which means no more ginger nuts. What am I going to eat when I feel sick now?! I tried to find a straightforward list of good and bad foods on the diabetes UK website but couldn't find anything downloadable. The cook/housekeeper DH wants one so he can plan my meals.

LittleSarah I did yoga last time from about 16 weeks and it was really helpful. I will definitely be doing it again. It helped just to get me moving about, and the breathing techniques were absolutely invaluable in labour. It will also be handy this time for meeting other new mums because I won't be going to Parentcraft classes.

I hope everyone's feeling well today. I'll be thinking of you CODwidow.

CODwidow good luck for today
Floydie sorry to hear your bad news

I am feeling lucky that I don't feel nauseous yet, but I have actually lost my appetite and have to force myself to eat. First time in my life that I've not been into food!
Am actually feeling quite nervous today as attempting to travel on a 5 hour train journey with just my DD. I will have to carry our cases up lots of steps to get to the platform so am packing very lightly!
Once I get there i'm hoping to tell my sister and then parents. I know they will all be overjoyed if a little shocked! Just hope they can keep it in a bit so my DD doesn't realise. We have decided to tell her when we have had a scan as still not convinced there is a real baby in there anyway!
How do I add myself to the list?

Hi lindor. Just copy and paste the list and add yourself in due date order. If you're on a phone or something let me know your due date and I'll do it for you.

Good luck with the train journey. Take LOTS of snacks

Thanks Quenelle

Elizabethtailored - due 1st May
MyDaydream - due 1st May - #1
Harecare - due 2nd May - #3
saggybaps - due 4th May
DialMforMummy - due 4th May
Goodname - due 4th May #2
Yorky - due 3rd or 5th May #4
Mikocat - due 5th May #1
LadyMaybe - due around 6th May #2
Mildertduck - due 7th/8th May
myweeangel - due 8th May - #2
Dorris83 - due 8th May - #1
Quenelle - due 9th May - #2
Wrigglebum - due 9th May
Mythical - due 9th May - #1
TooOldForThisLark - due 9th May #4
Marmite123 - due 10th May #1
Failsafe -due 11th May
Little9 - 11th May - #1
Dreaming - due 12th May - #1
chocolatesparkle - due 12th May #1
Cairnterrier - due 12th May nr2
Yay for May - due 14th May
Lalabaloo - due 14th May
Sugarx - due around 15 May - #1
BatsInTheSnowglobe - due around 15th May - #1
Chipo - 15th may #2
Heidihole - due 16th May
Titan - due 16th May #2
Byrnsie30 -16th May #1
cupcakefairy - due 17th May - #2
MandaHugNKiss - due 18th May - #4
musicalmrs - due 18th May ish - #1
UpTheOldDuff - due 18th May
Sunshine100 - due 19th May
Slovenly - due 20th May
jenfraggle - due 21st May - #1
Wommer - due 21st May - #1
littlesarah - due 21st May - #3
Knittymum - due 22nd May
PopEsMummy - due 22nd May #2
tostaky - due 24th May #3
Dobbybono - due 26th May #1
SESthebrave - due 27th May - #2
Catsycat - due 28th May #3
Lindorchocs - due 28th May #2
MixedClassBaby - due end May #2
BlueCrane - due 31st May #1
Rugbylovingmum - due end May #2

dreaming I think you should ring them up and ask what's going on. It's making you worry, probably unnecessarily. Plus ( and you know this already) you should NEVER google symptoms, it will always make your worries worse!!

I am totally with you on unadventurous cooking, I bought hot dOgs and tinned spagetti hoops and tinned ravioli last time we went shopping. It's so strange as I have been doing weightwatchers for about a year, and my healthy habits have totally gone out of the window in the past couple of mOnths!

Is anyone else finding themselves ravenously hungry all the time? Fruit just doesnt cut it, I'm carb loading like crazy ...

Well at booking yesterday they offered me a nuchal scan. They must do it routinely here as I have no high risk factors. Don't think I'll have it as I can't imagine it would make a difference to me anyway but as I usually just agree to any scan/test it seems strange to turn it down!

Quenelle- My midwife seemed to assume I would be going to the parent craft classes even though it is my third! I might though as I don't know many mums in the area and my yoga class is back in town.

lindo - Good luck with your train journey, I'm guessing at 9 your daughter may be a little easier to keep entertained!

Wriggle - I had a really easy pregnancy with my daughter and then with my son I had nausea for about 16 week! Nightmare. It is easing a little now with this one (at 9 weeks) so I am hoping it may not last as long this time.

Dorris - I am definitely enjoying my treats. Not eating huge portions but snacking on biscuits and little cakes, I almost bought a big box of Milk Tray yesterday as it was half price!

Hello to everyone else, thinking of CODwidow, I hope things aren't as bad you think.

Can someone take me off the list please

Oh dear CODwidow, I'm so sorry

So sorry to hear that CODwidow. Hope you've got lots of support around you.

I've just been to the docs to find out what's going on with the million urine samples they want - receptionist told me it was because of 'scanty epithelial cell count'. From googling (I know, I know, Dorris83 it's bad to google!) epithelial cells in urine seem to be dead cells from the lining of the bladder or from 'vaginal secretions' (eeeeuw! what a horrible phrase!) so I'd think that can't be too bad if there's not many?! hopefully this will be the last wee sample I'll have to give them for a little while!

Hope your train journey went well lindor!

Ouch! Quenelle your blood test made me squirm, that sounds horrible! Hope your scans go well next week.

CODWidow and FloydieDoydie - really sorry to hear your news :( Give yourself time and space to get through this and do have a look at the mc threads on MN. I found them really helpful. Thinking of you both x

dreaming - glad you queried the urine samples and glad it doesn't sound like it's anything worth worrying about.

Lindo - hope the train journey goes well and that you have a good trip!

Quenelle - ouch!

Diet (or lack of) - I'm feeling constantly nauseous but not beign actually sick at all. Still finding the best cure is loads of rubbishy carbs

Harecare - looking forward to hearing your news from your scan tomorrow!

Rugby - hello if you're lurking

Hello LittleSarah, Dorris, dobbybono, Yorky, cairnterrier, chipo, wrigglebum and anyone else I've missed.

As for me, I've got my booking in on Friday morning and then 2nd "reassurance" scan next Tuesday at 9+2. I'm telling you, I'd better not be feeling this rubbish for nothing again!

I am so sorry to hear the sad news. Hope those that have lost have lots of love and support around them x
To those that are still struggling with cramps, spotting, symptoms.... my thoughts are with you.
For those who have had positive scans, congratulations! Fingers crossed its onwards and upwards from now on.
And for those like me, with scans looming (mine is tomorrow), I hope that all goes well and we can start to relax a little more.

Despite an early scan which showed a gorgeous little baby with strong heartbeat, I am petrified about tomorrow. Husband has asked for the extra tests; although we are in such a low risk group, the worse case outcome is still the first that pops to mind.
Feeling quite attatched now as I seem to be showing a little bump already. Was told because I'm quite petite, I'd probably show early.... husband goes away with work soon so who knows what it'll be like by the time he gets back! Thanks forces :)
For now tho, I plan to sleep between now and scan in hope of not only ignoring nerves, but possibly catching up on the infinite amount of sleep my body seems to need!

Best to all x

So sorry to hear 2 lots of sad news in one week, wishing you all the best Floydie and Codwidow

Good luck for tomorrow Malibu, do you mind my asking which service DH is? my DH is light blue :) but we've been really lucky with OOAs

Also, have to have a mini boast as can't do it in RL - started a thread about egg donation which has made the thread highlights bit on the side of the page - normally threads curl up and die when I'm involved!!

So sorry Floydie and Codwidow, that's just awful. Like SES I found the mc board on here really supportive and caring.

LadyMaybe thanks for the progesterone info.

Farfalla I am using the Emeritus Pro-Gest individual sachets. They cost more than just a tube of cream, but I like the fact it is pre-measured so I don't have to faff about measuring 1/4 teaspoon out!

Quenelle my mw has never taken my blood - she refuses to do it ever since I explained about my veins (lack of) and propensity for fainting!!! Your blood test story has made my arm go tingly!!!!!!!! Poor you!

Glad I'm not the only one who's fallen off the healthy food wagon, or whose belly has popped out disconcertingly!!! Am feeling quite queasy a lot of the time. Especially when I have just eaten. Or am about to eat. Or am thinking about eating. So most of the time really :) . Did have a Frys Mint Cream bar earlier today, and it was lovely....

Well I cracked!

Having had my early scan last week and still feeling yucky in the evenings I am feeling a little more confident and decided it was time to tell my colleagues in school. What a relief! Was nervous doing so, but am now finally beginning to look a little bit pregnant instead of just fat and was finding the wearing of assorted tents quite embarrassing. So I'm now "out" but of course still tentative in these early days (particularly after hearing so much sad news on here. Gutted for you all, I'm keeping you in thoughts).

So went to school today looking decidedly pregnant! Yipppeee. No more leggings and dresses - for a while anyway.. :)

Thinking of all who are having scans in next day or two and hoping they go well.

Biggest shock of my pregnancy so far is that I craved - not just wanted, but CRRRAAAAVVVVVED - a bowl of cereal and milk last weekend. I haven't had milk (except a little dribble in tea) since I was about 10. My body is well and truly in charge of me.

Big hello to anyone new, especially Dorris83! Snap with the due date. 11 down, 29 to go... :o