The Knicker-Checking Boobs-a-Swelling Carb-Craving Christmas and New Year Shaggers - all aboard the Sept 2012 Baby Bus!

[MissCoffeeNWine]

1,000 posts into the very popular September 2012 thread, here's a new one, for knicker checking, boob prodding, toilet rushing, oh and eating the entire contents of the fridge or McDonalds

Here's to our tiny beans and all the lovely ladies lost along the way.

Full steam ahead to booking in and positive scans aplenty.

madmonkeys its annoying isn't it!! After a while it just grates on me!!

bakeroo my pregnancy signs as it were are very hit and miss, I didn't really feel tired yesterday apart from when I got back from the midwife, but that could be put down to her taking bloods! My boobs aren't that sore today and I've barely felt sick or hungry but I still can't have enough carbs! Its all hit and miss, my midwife put me at 8weeks so wether or not it has someething to do with that or not I don't know!! All I can say is roll on the 28th of feb and this feeling I have in the pit of my stomach that not everything is right will no longer be there as I will know my peanut is ok!!

Pregnancy signs even

Hi all

I have been lurking since my last post a few weeks ago. I'm not a prolific poster and I'm fairly tentative after an early miscarriage in December. Nearly 7 weeks now and we are getting excited. My booking in appt at the hospital is in one week - I will get the scan date then and it's all seeming more real! I'm happy too as it is the hospital I had my daughter in even though we have moved way out of the area they still accepted us. I can't wait to have the scan so I can know this is fine and tell people as I have held off due to my early miscarriage in December but with my daughter we had told our family by now - being secret we hardly mention it to each other at the mo so it doesn't seem true!

To all those who've had bad news I was pregnant again straight away and had no problema with my first pregnancy with my daughter so I dont think its the end of the road... so fingers crossed for you all (and for me).

Hi all and a warm welcome to the newbies.

Ethel so so sorry.

east that's fab re scan

whatever hope your work are as understanding as they should be. Good luck.

So the midwife called this am and asked if she could come to do my booking appt and give my scan date. So all sorted. Scan booked for 7th march :-). 16 week consultant appt booked for 10th April. Eeee.

ethel sorry to hear your news and that you have to wait - take care and get lots of tlc in RL.

Bakeroo I'm the same dates - 10 weeks on Sat and 12 week scan on 12th, may it roll on for both of us - not feeling sick today and starting to panic - randomly poking boobs and they still hurt....

Hope everyone else is ok x

Work were really good, phew! So relieved.

Ethel i'm so sorry. Please take care of yourself xx

Hello all, hope everyone's well today. Feeling queasy this week, but just about staving off actual sickness by eating at pretty much every opportunity. Pretty tired, gave in to it last night and just dozed all evening on the sofa and went straight from there to bed, really felt the benefit of it this morning!

ThreeForTea "I think the med professionals could do a better job of contextualising their advice so that you can generally make a more informed decision rather than making everything a 'NoNo' and you an evil parent for doing it!" SO TRUE!! I thought I was doing all the right things concerning what to eat/not to eat, then one of the books I got at the weekend freaked me out. Saw my GP tonight for the first time and he basically said yes to folic acid, no to ciggies and alcohol, and "fit, healthy people have fit, healthy babies". It seemed so much more common sense and down to earth than some of the books/internet info!! Time to stop worrying about 'advice' that doesn't feel right, and just try to keep myself fit and healthy and hope for the best.

Whatever Good news about your work, I'm sure they can't be anything other than happy for you. Hoping I can go a little further before telling my work, and hope they take it well. There's been a bit of a baby boom over the last year so I'll be one in a long line of mummies taking time off.

Ellefabulosa Welcome! I'm not a prolific poster either but really enjoying reading the comments on here at this stage when the pregnancy is a big secret in real life!

So sorry EtheIred fingers crossed it's the 5% where the bean will grow and catch up next week!

I finally threw up today. I don't think its MS though as I've been fine until I got on that taxi. Why do taxi drivers have to drive like that!?

Im going away for a week, will probably have lots to catch up from you lot in a weeks time. Take care all and hope all our beans will develop well!

Fuckity fck Ethel I've just had exactly the same result at private scan. I worked out (and did mw) that I'm 9+4 today. Sonographer did scan and said was tiny so did a vaginal one. Said it's measuring 6 weeks. Very hard to see so no confirmation of a heartbeat though it did look like maybe some flickering but who knows.

She said it's nothing usually to really worry about (ha!) but as my periods are so regular, that's her only concern but it's certainly not unusual to have dates wrong but just to keep in that in the back of my mind...She was very nice and said scans aren't recommended before 7 weeks as you can't see anything really. I've just googled it and read the same (and some nice positive stories

They've said I should go back next week so they can measure again as it should grow at 1mm a week.

I expected to get a 'yes there's a baby and there's the heartbeat' or a 'I'm afraid it's a missed mc' I didn't expect this maybe/ambiguity and having to wait another week.

Might not be worth booking private scans after all!! No wonder they wait till 12 weeks in hospital.

I hope you're okay ethel and we both get good news next Thursday xx

Well, I have now progress to actual pukage. Out the car door and everything. Lovely

ethel and dorita heres hoping that the scans are just that bit too early and all will be well for you both. fx

I wont be having any private scans, cant afford to splash the cash for them! it is so worrying waiting for that 12 (or maybe 14) week scan but it would seem that early scans can be just as worrying too!?...

Am i the only person thats told everyone already? most people knew from 6 weeks.... I reckon i need to explain why i am useless and look like death warmed (slightly) up.

Welcome to the new joiners!

Take care of yourselves ladies :) Xx

*dorita good luck huni! Hope everything is ok next week!!

tinker I feel the same, I have my date for the scan so just praying I make it to then and everything is ok when I go!!

Most of my family and friends know, not announced on fb or anything but as I'm from a large but close family everything spreads like wildfire so as I'm getting stuff from my SIL for the baby, everyone knew within about 3hours!!

still not got a scan date yet...

i got a letter from the hospital yesterday and was so excited opening it, but it is just for a glucose tolerance test in march(boo), and a consultant meeting in may and then another glucose test in june...

SCAN ME YOU BASTARDS!!! ;)

Awww tinker I can imagine you were so excited to get it!! Boo!! I'd be gutted too!

Dorita it's going to be a killer waiting til next week! it sounds more optimistic for you than it was for me. There is that tiny, minuscule chance of good news for us but I am really not hopeful. Bum bum double bum bummer!

Ain't that the truth ethel another looong week..

Just clicked on your name by accident, didn't realise it went to a page of info. I do a very similar job to you in Liverpool, more travel planning than transport planning. Small world

Thanks everyone for messages, am trying to stay positive xx

Sorry to everyone having a bad time and fingers crossed for those waiting for more information.

I'm still 'in' as such, I got in for a very sneaky unscheduled scan last week when my consultant took pity on me, but then I am high risk. We saw a nice little baby with a heartbeat, which is nice but takes none of the worry or risk away.

I have booking in appointment soon with MW, so that'll be a hard appointment for me.

Please tell me there is someone else out there who is not throwing up or feeling tired and who has terrible dragging lower back/abdo pain, that heavy kind of pain, not cramps, just constant, it's really really making me worried and upset.

Ooh yes Dorita it's a rock and roll life I lead! Although I do really like my job and working PT makes it even more bearable!!! Are you in local govt?

Anyway, fingers crossed for the rest of you out there. Will be back on here next week to let you know one way or the other. Xxx

On phone so can't be bothered writing a big post just want to say thinking of you both ethel and doritta. Here's hoping next week brings good news for the both of you.

Yes forgot to say I have only thrown up once - weeks ago. I am very tired but I think that's more because I'm not early to bed but have to get up at 6 for work. So I do worry but I don't think there's any need. I remember thinking this when I was pregnant with my daughter I kept thinking I wasn't pregnant until the first scan. Which is ages away!!

Hi ethel yes local gov, rock n roll indeed. Thanks ballroom Will keep reading over the week and hope to post good news next week-my birthday so am hoping for a really really really good present!
Night all x

Ethel and Dorita - I really feel for both of you. I hope you both hold up ok over the next long week. I'll keep the fingers crossed for you. If it doesn't turn out ok, all I can say is I went through exactly that in October. We were gutted. We thought we were nearly 12 weeks along; but we were only about 8+4. We had a good cry, and we waited for it to sort itself out; when it didn't I had an ERPC. As a procedure, that was very easy; surprisingly so. We waited the recommended month, and got pg again immediately. In January I saw little toes on my scan. What really helped me the first time around was knowing the old phrase - "What's meant for you won't pass you by" - when we did get our baby, it would be the one we were meant to have. I still believe that; I'm hoping this one is the one for us. So hopefully ye have fighters in there, and those are the ones you're meant to have; and if not, it will work out for you soon, and stay strong.

EastBeast delighted for you re the scan - the Fetal Medicine Centre are really good, aren't they!

And MissCoffeeNWine I'm a bit tired this evening, but am basically symptom free now apart from sore boobs - so don't stress. I was sure it meant bad news but good scan yesterday makes me think these things fluxuate - no point stressing about it.

Good Morning everyone.

FC for you both ethalred and Dorita

Whatever I am glad that your work were good. Although after what you have been through if they were not over the moon for you than they are not worth you worrying about. I hope all goes ok when you start back. I am handing in my notice at work when my leave finishes. I wasn't going to go back once I had 3 children anyway and going back for 5months or less doesn't seem worth the stress really, particularly as I do evening shifts.

tinker I hope you get your scan date soon. Last time I told friends and family at 5 weeks but because I lost that baby at 24weeks I feel like I should keep quite now. With my DS2 we told everyone at 6weeks or before. I told everyone when we decided to try and as soon as possible that I was pregnant. All of the family knows this time round but I have told them in dribs and drabs rather than a big announcement.

Sassle Keeping my FC that all is well at your scan. Not too long to go now, at least we are in the right month.

I was sick again this morning. Only been sick a handful of times but it seems to be when I have slightly less sleep. I am ok if I go to bed before 9pm and get up at 7am. If I go to bed even an hour later or get up half an hour early I feel awful. Not tired, just sick.

Good Morning ladies, and hello to newbies

I'm not a frequent poster either, but it's great to watch the post and know we're all on the same journey.

Ethel and Dorita, so sorry, but hope you will have better news next week... It is still relatively early days, although admit it doesn't really feel like it. Hope things are ok, and the time goes fast for you. Am waiting for first scan at 12ish weeks, but it does feel like an eternity away.
tinker have told a few people... Our immediate family (very early on, as we were visiting my family in south Africa in dec/jan, and wanted to tell them face to face!!! I've also told 4 close friends, and 2 colleagues. Partly as its hard not to tell, but mostly because I feel so grotty and good for nothing, and it helps to confide.

miss coffee I am not throwing up at all, and am trying to feel thankful for that, although I do start to wonder if the mild but continuous lingering nausea I feel is the real thing! I sort of wish my boobs were a bit more sore....!! Today I woke up feeling so much better, but immediately panicked and wondered where all the symptoms are! Nausea slighltly back now, but am feeling slightly worried. Hoping it's to do with the fact that I have today off, and it's better when I feel rested. Am finding most days a real ordeal, and am exhausted by mid afternoon!

Hope you all have a great weekend! Keep those beans warm!

So sorry ethel and dorita that you are going through this worrying time, thinking of you both and hop it works out for you.

I had my private scan last night, and I am pleased to say it was a pleasant experience! So different from an NHSscan! There was a little heartbeat which we got to see and hear and she said it was the right size for my dates. So glad that I went, well worth the money.

However, I am feeling worse than ever this morning! Ive got a headache that paracetamol isn't touching and feel really sick.

Hope everyone is ok xxx