Due oct 2006

[3kids]

I found out today i'm pregnant with no 4! Due the 1st oct.

Evenhope sorry to hear your news. Take care.
Riley-fingers crossed for you for Thursday. Really hope all is OK.

Welcome annelouise, marthahm and Justers.

Twinkle I know what you mean about mood swings. I am a nightmare.

Sparkly I agree you should definitely mention the constant sickness to midwife/gp as you could end up really dehydrated. I look on the September thread sometimes, as a few people from the ttc thread I was on are on there, and a couple of them have been hospitalised as they are so ill. Not meaning to scare you-just saying keep an eye on it!!

Re finding out the sex, I think we will this time. Though last time it was a surprise and it was a lovely moment when we found out we had a girl. Especially as I was convinced it was a boy and loads of people told me I looked like I was carrying a boy!

On a very annoying note, I did not get a single stretch mark from my pregnancy with DD. Now,at 9 weeks, I am sure I am getting the beginnings of one on my belly. I am NINE WEEKS. That does not bode well for the next 7 months!!

Hi Ladies, I'm joining you all today. Went to docs today and have edd of 22/10/06. This is baby no 2 for us. I have no symptoms at all, apart from 2 positive tests and a missed period. I might be a bit more tired than usual but running around after 13 month old dd makes it hard to tell! I feel more nervous about this preg than the last, which surprises me. I think it's because I've got a beautiful precious child and if something went wrong I really know what I'd be losing. Sorry to hear the sad stories like Nikki's and good luck and safe healthy preggies to all of you xx

congratulations annelouise and poppyshed,
happy, healthy, trouble-free pregnancies to you both :)

Evenhope - Im so sorry to hear about your news. it must be awful to have to go through an my thoughts are with you xox

Riley - i have everything crossed that the bleeding isnt serious. a friend of mine went through 20 days of bleeding and she's 4 months on wednesday now, so theres hope xox

Annelouise, Poppyshed and Justers - Welcome :) i hope that you all have healthy and happy pregnancy's.

Gemmitygem - congrats on the great scan

Salsamama - i deffiantly want to know the sex of the baby.

ok, just to fill you all in on how the first MW app went. she took lots of notes asked lots of questions and told me im 7 weeks. i'll be contacted again for a 12 week scan and my first set of bloods.thats what happened in a nut shell sorry for the essay lol. take it easy ladies xoxoxoxox

Riley - how are you today? Are any of your pg symptoms back? Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Annelouise, poppyshed - welcome.

Hope everyone is feeling OK today. I am secretely knocking back ginger wine (alcohol free variety!) at work, feeling like death, but am v v v happy about feeling so sick, beats taking a pg test every day as reassurance. Not so sure I'd like to get to the hospitalisation stage of sickness though - didn't even know that could happen 14 days to go till nuchal scan & bloods so counting off each day and keeping fingers crossed.

Hi everyone. Hope you are all well today? I had a bit of a panic last night and used the unused preg test I still had lying in the box and freaked out because the second line was faint. (Because I'm having no real symptoms I feel like something is wrong...). I told dh when he came in from work, he works shifts and normally gets in in the wee small hours. But he said as I'd been drinking loads of water prior to doing the test, and yes my pee did look rather diluted that was probably the reason. Sensible head agrees. But this morning I scooted off to Superdrug to but a couple more testing kits. I will wait until first wee tomorrow to retest. Mad aren't I? I can't help it, I want this baby so much and would be devastated if something unknown had gone wrong. Anyway, enough ranting I don't want to make you all jittery, these first 12 weeks are surely the most stressful!!

hi ladies...hope every1's ok :)

whiffy - is the non-alcoholic ginger wine any good??

Poppyshed - how many weeks are you? i know how u feel, when i found out i was pg, i did 5 tests over 3 days just to make sure and wasnt satisfied untill the gp confirmed it with me with one of their tests :) frustrating time isnt it? im sure yu'll be fine xox

where do you find non alcoholic ginger wine whiffy? is it like ginger beer? someone told me today that rich tea biscuits first thing in the morning are really good at reducing the sickness. also heard from 2 people that they were sick for 14 weeks, i've been counting down to 12 (3 wks 2 days left). has anyone else heard this?

Hi Marthahm Sorry to tell you this but with my first I was sick for most of my pregnancy although after the 1st 12 weeks it would only be strong smells or traveling that set me off rather than every day. I find the best way of keeping it at bay is to eat a little every hour and I never have a drink without having at least a biscuit! Probalby the reason I m so big so soon!

Hope everyone else Ok.

i better get used to it then!

Sparkly1,

I'm on the Due in Sept' thread and a couple of us are second time round hg (hyperemesis gravidarum = excessive vomitting in pregnancy) sufferers who have both had a trip or more to hospital both times.

If you are being sick more than 3 times a day for more than 3 days then GP's are supposed to take it seriously but in our experience they don't, nor do their busybody receptionists nor do midwives.

I was taking anti-sickness drugs from week 5 and asked to be monitored this time but they said,"Oh no, need you'll just know when it's time to go into hospital for rehydration fluids and anti-sickness drugs"
After being in hospital this time I realised that they measure the ketones in your urine to determine what state you are in. You can buy Keto-sticks from your pharmacist and this will give you an idea of when you are in ketosis from the dehydration/vomitting and this can then be pointed out to your GP when you see them.

If you get pretty weak I would recommend that you bypass the GP route altogether (as they may only prescribe less effective drugs such as stemetil or phenergen which few people with hg have found effective in my experience) and go straight to A & E. Have your husband/partner describe how bad you are as it seems to carry more weight if said by the opposite sex.

If you are admitted, do not let the ward discharge you until you are eating properly and get a take home prescription of anti-sickness drugs. Also, if your bowels have ground to a halt due to lack of food passing through, ensure that you get prescribed a stool-softener as piles can result from the effort required to get things re-started at the bottom end.

Sorry if this is scary or too graphic but I was horrified to end up in hospital the first time round due to being ignored by three GP'S and a community midwife. Second time around I kind of accepted it as inevitable and didn't find it scary at all, just disappointing.

Pop over to the Sept thread and ask Homemama or I anything you want about the subject if you need to. (Homemama has hg much worse than me as it varies in its degree)

Hello, can i join u please? im eight weeks and still a bit shaky as i had an ectopic in dec 05. I
I had hg with my ds, stemetil didnt work, so i just kept being sick and tried nux vomica also no use,but was lucky as it eventually gave up around 20 weeks then came back around 35 weeks but milder. I was in nz at the time and although the midwife checked me out and was sympathetic they didnt have any more solutions than they seem to have in the uk. Anyway not actually been sick yet so am hoping i will escape it .

Ps my cousin ended up in hospital 3 times during her last pregnancy and never looked pregnant at all poor love.

hello going4potty, i'm 8 weeks too. we'll all keep our fingers crossed for you. have you had a scan yet?

Not an antenatal scan as only jst registered with doc. But had small bleed wks 5 and 6 so had a viability scan and teeny weeny sac and fetal heart beat seen. What about you, is this your 1st 2nd etc ?

Hi everyone. Not a good day. Norms.., thanks for your message. This is my 2nd pg and my first one I had morning sickness in the form of nausea but I am physically sick all the time. I didn't even get to work today because after dropping dd off at school I was sick. Not pleasant. Tonight I've got the worst headache ever on top of all that. Just having my own pity party for one. DP away tonight, too. I had no ability to cook tea so ordered pizza hut for dd and her friend. The shame. Word will spread across the playground, I'm sure!

Hope everyone else is feeling ok.

hi everyone. welcome going4potty.
Sparkly sorry to hear you are still feeling dreadful.
Hope you aren't doing too badly Normsnockers-I check your thread to see how you, homemama and puppy are getting on. Feel really bad for you and homemama being so ill.

Nine weeks for me now. This is when the first signs that all wasn't well appeared last time so feeling very nervous about the next few weeks. Countdown on now until 30th March and the nuchal
scan.

welcome going4potty, i'll be 8 weeks on monday, so not that far behind you. hope u have a healthy and happy pregnancy :)

can wait for the nausea and fatigue to stop now,not to mention the sore boobs, im sure u all know what i mean there tho
take it easy ladies and i hope every1's ok xoxox

Thankyou all for the warm welcome, know what you mean about the fatigue and nausea, im constantly dead on my feet and some days i wish id just be sick and get it over with . Sparky im glad im not the only one who gets take out for their child when feeling "done in" .

Welcome to all the newcomers and I hope that you have happy and healthy pregnancies...

I am 8wks tomorrow and am still waiting for the date for my first scan to come through! I can't wait as I had a small amount of spotting this morning.... I am finding these first weeks really stressful and am having problems with mood swings and not to mention sore boobs but I am sure I am not the only one having these sorts of problems!

Got my nuchal scan booked for 19th April and booking appointment a week later

welcome going4potty,

twinkle: most of us are going through the same, don't worry! I've had bleeding, nausea, sore boobs and spent the whole of yesterday crying for no reason! Well soon we'll be into the 2nd trimester and then you feel great... don't you?
sparkly, sorry you're feeling so sick..
Major, I'm also 9 weeks tomorrow, we must be very close in due date? Roll on end of March! (not long now)!

Hope everyone else is feeling OK. We had a public holiday here yesterday for international women's day, but just hung around the house crying at DH... oh the joys!

Touch wood I feel human this morning! Had a very early night (by 9, missing the Apprentice) and didn't wake until just after 5. Bliss. I even dreamt about shopping and Vernon Kay I know, I know, it's wrong to fancy VK but I do! So had some breakfast and now at work with a hot chocolate and a blueberry muffin. So far so good!

Gem, I think the 2nd trimester is meant to be great, yes, but I didn't get that last time. Always felt cheated that I never had that lovely pregnancy glow everyone talks about. Maybe this time though!

Morning ladies cece, good luck with the scan and sparky glad your feeling better. Gem where abouts are you? We had international womens day at work with freebies etc but no day of, wow!

am in Kazakhstan! But 8 March is a holiday in the whole former Soviet Union. It is a BIG deal here. All women get flowers and chocolates and a party at work the day before. It's very un PC though, very much all about 'how great women are, they cook and clean for everyone and still manage to look gorgeous' etc. It's not about gender equality, that's for sure!!

sparkly, this is terrible but I don't know who Vernon Kay is!!! Time to move back home, I think

Yes, roll on 'blooming 2nd trimester'. I'm even getting greasy hair like when I was 13!