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

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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.

crowette and holls hope all is well, fingers crossed for your strong little beans!

I tried not to drink much water in the evening and didn't have to get up in the middle of the night!

I've been drinking water, but it gets really uncomfortable very quickly ... I've had to go for a pee twice to let some out as I coul barely walk! Plan now is to drink a pint of water now, before the taxi gets here so hopefully it'll be enough for the scan!

Ok, am off - will update when I can

Fingers crossed for all of you ladies with scans. I really feel for you, when I was pregnant with my DD I had a series because of continued bleeding right through my pregnancy. All turned out well, apparently I have an eroded cervixwhich has no bearing whatsoever on ability to successfully have a baby but causes v worrying bleeding. V small amount this pregnancy but not too worried and not gonna put myself through the trauma of scanning (haven't really time, massive house renovation we get keys for next week, uprooting my DD twice, PhD to finish, need i go on?!).
Threefortea not sure if you saw my previous post on the other thread... we're getting the keys for our goldington house next Friday, but it needs a good months worth of work before we can start to think about moving in!..... V excited but v stressed. Apparently my doc has successfully referred me for a scan so hopefully get my dates soon.
I'll probably have a section a week or so before my due date, which is 17th Sept, so we may well overlap!

Haven't got scan yet; MW said last night that the Epu would call me - how long can I wait before i call them without seeming rude? Just want to go in but don't want them to hate me!!

Holls surely they cant hate you, they have to understand why you are there... but if you turn up they might not be able to see you so maybe worth calling them directly?

Sorry, yes, that's me being irrational. Worried about calling them if they were meant to call me. If you see what I mean. Don't want to appear rude.

Put yourself first Holls, give em a call. They can only say they havent got space as yet.

whateverthweather I know exactly how you feel about flipping from feeling sick because I'm hungry to eating something small and then feeling full up, bloated and more sick. It's so frustrating and i feel bad for DH when i whinge that i'm hungry and feel sick so he makes me something lovely and then i just pick at it.

Good luck today crowette and holls!

So I rang and they hadn't rung back as there's nothing they can do; policy is to
Scan at 8 weeks and no earlier. Feel a bit fobbed off to be honest and the cynic in me says that'll count as my dating scan so I won't cost them anymore money. All I want is peace of mind either way and Friday seems miles off.

That doesnt seem right. i have known people to have a scan at 6 weeks. Mind you my sil wasnt allowed one before 8 weeks and i was at that!

I've heard of people having them at 6 weeks, and while I realise that they will see more at 8 weeks, seriously, if I have miscarried, there won't be anything there anyway, will there? It's ok. The Head's wife is coming over this pm with cream cakes to cheer me up.
Just hate being off work. Hate having no control. Hate hate hate it.

Fingers crossed for everyone else having scans, lets have some good news, lovely ladies xxxx

For the ladies who were having bleeding, or worrying about having sex in case of bleeding, my spotting, turned out to be from having sex, NOT from an implantation bleed. I felt fobbed off and like they didn't really listen at the EPU when they said that, as when the EPU first rang me, they said I might have ruptured a blood vessel on my cervix- this sounded much more plausible to me than all the guff they were feeding me later.
I rang them last Thursday as I was still spotting, and got a ring back and had a good 10 minute chat, which really helped- it seems that what happened was, we had sex, which ruptured a blood vessel and caused the bleed. Before it could heal, I'd freaked out and got a scan at the EPU, where the lovely sonographer shoved the probe up my hoo-ha and damaged it even more, so it's taken a week and a half since then to heal. It stopped yesterday, I am pleased to report- the bleeding went from dark brown to light, then to a sort of yellowish brown, then pale yellow, pinky flesh coloured, and now normal fluid-coloured. It was never really blood (apart from that red the day of my scan) but more tinted mucous.

I daren't have any more sex now, just in case, but we've got the midwife appt on Monday so will ask her, and the 12 week scan 3 weeks today.

Nice to know that, all being well, we only have 3 more weeks before we can unleash it on the public. And start shopping!

I won't be buying any maternity clothes. I'm normally fluctuating around a size 18 anyway, with a stomach that is permanently pregnant-looking (even from the age of 14) so all my clothes either stretch or are wrap-around. I don't think I'll need to get anything, although my mum is trying to get me to buy some leggings (I don't wear them!) and spent the weekend trying to give me loads of clothes, and then going 'look, there's plenty of room...' Lol.

Not really any symptoms to report, tender nipples, diminished appetite, that's about it. Tummy feels a bit firmer when I press. Not getting the fluttery bubbling feelings any more, so hoping that isn't a bad thing...

Sorry to hear your news Kellzi. At least you still have all those hormones flying around your system, so if and when you feel ready to have another attempt, it should be easier. FX. Take care of yourself.

Crowette thinking of you today.

Whoops, essay. But I have been away all weekend!

Yowch rusulka good to know what it is and that it isnt sinister. My poor DH deffo wont be getting any after reading that!

Hi everyone

Hope everyone is ok, and that those getting early scans get good news

I just bought myself loads of body butter, don't know why, I'm just in the mood to be spoiled, so that included some expensive shampoo well £9 a bottle is expensive to me. Some body scrubs and nice body butter. I also bought some skincare even though I have a whole lot of lancome stuff, but it just feels really harsh on my skin these days, is that a pregnancy thing of a beauty junkie thing??

Still didn't buy the bra's can't really be bothered. I feel sick all the time now, especially in the evenings, I am on my own, dh works abroad so I struggle to get meals done for the children.

I have loads of ou work to get through also, I think I need to try and push myself a bit more, its just really tiring to even think of doing anything.

Anyway hope everyone else is doing well

Am back home now.

Scan didn't show much at all, so they had to do an internal one, which showed an empty gestational sac they said it could just be that it's an earlier pregnancy than I thought and to go back in 7-10 days. I told them I'm pretty sure about my dates, so it should show more.

Back in EPU the lady there was lovely and kind, and said it wasn't fair to make me wait in limbo for that long, so she'd order a blood test for me to check my HCG levels and would get back to me later today and I'd have another done on Thursday.

OH took me to a carvery for lunch after I had my blood taken, we took a gentle walk back home, and as we coming indoors the EPU called to tell me my results. It's definitely a positive test, but the levels are only 262, which is very low for the stage I should be at. She said it indicates very early pregnancy - I know it should be a lot higher than that. She said she couldn't say if it was early pregnancy or miscarriage until the next lots of test results, but I know it's miscarriage.

I'm still spotting, and it seems to be getting heavier now and I'm feeling mildly crampy. I've told work I won't be back in until Sunday at least.

OH and I are both gutted. Just having a cuppa then going for an afternoon nap.

Good luck to everyone else with bleeding, hope it all turns out good for you :) and hope everyone else goes on to have healthy pregnancies too xx

I am so so sorry crowe come back and see us soon.

Really sorry to hear that crowette so look after yourself the next few days x

pamplem0usse glad itd all going forward!.Pm'd you the other day to answer in more detail, did you see it?

Hello all, i was on the other thread, so thought i'd just check in and update...
I've got my drs appt on Thursday pm, so looking forward to getting that done and then we can get onto the MW and get booked in for a scan. I think im 7 + 4 now.
I'm so nauseous it's just unreal, and although i'm not actually being sick, the constant lump in my throat, like i'm going to, is really really horrible. I've ordered some sea bands from Amazon today with express delivery, so hoping they help, just want to feel normal again!
I can't seem to stomach anything remotely healthy, all meals seem to be plates of beige at the moment, but really worried im not providing bean with the right stuff, so i will have to force myself to eat green stuff soon.
Sleeping is ok, and i'm not having to get up in the night at the moment, but i do need to pee constantly, and my nipples are killing me. Definitely have a thicker waist too, and can't have anything touching my stomach, especially hands, that makes me feel really sick!

Anyway hello again to all, and to those ladies we have lost, I am so so sorry.

xx

crow omg, I'm so sorry!! On the plus side, it sounds like your OH will be looking after you well! Good luck for the future huni! Keep strong!

I've felt awful todayn had a headache that won't shift and I worryingly, haven't needed to sleep! That's worried the hell outta me!

I'm hoping that everything goes well at the midwife tomorrow!! Here's hoping that everything is ok!

Been very stuffy today, I need this cold to shift soon or I'm gonna sit and cry!! Its so annoying! Normally, I'd be ill for 2 or 3 days and then I'm fine!

crow so so sorry hun. Am thinking about you.

The head's wife came over this pm it was so nice to chat and not think. As soon as she'd gone; a bit more tinted mucus. Roll on Friday and knowing one way or the other.

Currently watching old DVDs and planning another 2 days of tv viewing.

Am so sorry to hear that more ladies are experiencing bleeding. Really sorry to hear your news crow . Take care.

Sounds like a good idea holls

I am quite excited. DH has to go and finish some DIY and decorating he has been doing at my mum and dad's house. Usually dd and I go with him, but as I haven't really seen people the last couple of weeks I thought that maybe i could send him by himself. He has just suggested though that he go and take dd with him! That would really be the first weekend I have had to myself not pregnant for two years :) very exciting.

Crap I just remembered that I am pg now so that doesn't make sense! I meant heavily about to pop pregnant!

Crowette I'm so sorry

Got my booking in appt arranged for this Saturday so will be 9+3. Feeling much less sick today which is worrying me.