Due in December 2012 - here we go!

[rosa7]

Hi all,
Hoping to snare a few of you who has just found out the great news like me, to share the journey and have a big moan about all the lovely effects pregnancy has on us!
It's no.2 for me!
Rosa xxx

Hi all, I've found nibbling on gourmet jelly beans from asda is helping keep sick feelings at bay, really fruity and trying to guess the flavour! Ooh the excitement!
Blackcurrants have u seen the VW Polo advert with the parents and their daughter nearly had me in floods twice and I thought of you!

ivana yes it's my first (eeek!) you too I see!

FoD best of luck at the scan, hopefully it's just leftover from before.

whatmess definitely go back to the GP, hope they can help (and without the drip)

Thinking if you friendof. I'm sure others have said it but a friend spotted throughout pregnancy and was fine, but I can imagine always a worry. Tmi but I inspect loo paper every time in detail! Finally realised the point of white pants.

Yeay, really sensible union advice - pretty shocked at lack of risk assessment given the level of behaviour if some of our pupils. I still love them all, hard not to. So he says I won't be able to go back until satisfactory risk asst is provided including correct monitoring of slapped cheek. Soooo much happier!

My scan is next thurs too!

Hope you're all feeling happier and weathering the emotional rollercoasters ok xx

Friend of- fingers crossed for you, hope it's good news at the scan.
Clarella - glad to hear your getting somewhere with work, hope it starts the ball rolling for you.

I'm switching between feeling really down and a bit angry. Spent all yesterday evening and night in bed because BIL had invited himself to stay another night, even though DP was out, and ruined my plans of a pamper night. I spent 45 minutes on the sofa glaring at him biting his nails loudly, cracking his knuckles and making annoying small talk when I was trying to read. He's lucky to have made it out of the house alive.

So went into surgery this morning and yes there are ketones in my wee, but todays GP was not overly bothered and just said I need to eat more. His advice is a 1/4 slice of toast every hr. This is very diff to last wks GP who said I would need a drip and to be hospitalised.
I am of course, totally confused now and not sure what to do next.

hmmm have you had your booking in appt yet whatmess? if so, maybe you could phone the midwives and ask their opinion...

Scan appt for 7/6 would of liked it a little sooner really but never mind

"I'm switching between feeling really down and a bit angry"

Me exactly, MyDaydream , I'm so glad someone else is feeling like this! Except I would say more along the lines of "totally upset and depressed" and "furious". DP is actually convinced I'm about to leave him at the moment...

Everything was fine. Baby looking good for dates and consultant was actually really reassuring. I am just hoping this is it now!

cupofbrownjoy do you feel its cos of the work carry on or general preg stuff (though not to be dismissed as prenatal depression is recognised as equally as post).

I've been feeling all of the above and when I began turning badly on DH recognised I needed to try to untangle stuff to work out if pregnancy madness or work related anxiety. After a very brave phone chat with my head I'm feeling more confident about everything and that the majority is being caused by work stress. She's also now recognised I've some anxiety around it all and told me not to come back till ready (which makes me more keen on going back!) Still need a risk assessment but mainly for monitoring cases. Actually, as soon as everyone knows at work they risk assess for you, ill probably feel suffocated!

Mydaydream deffo I'd have been furious and just gone anyway! You're owed one!

Whatmess that is confusing. Have you tried it yet? Can you speak to midwives?

Hope you feel better soon xx

Ladies, can you help?

Underwire bras... Have you stopped wearing them yet?

So glad it's Friday, been a really long week , bump is growing and not sleeping well at all. It's going to be worth it in the end.

mummycox I just made a lunchtime trip to M&S cause my underwired bras are getting a bit uncomfortable. was a bit disappointed at the lack of pretty maternity bras. anyone found anything that doesn't look like its a 1940s frumpy classic?

Clarella I think its a mixture of both, and it does kind of feel all tangled up.

DP and I have taken on a lot this year; we have just moved in together, we're getting married in July, now the baby in December plus he's got a fledgling business and works 12 hour days 6 days a week.

That plus pregnancy hormones is kind of causing the world to cave in a bit on me. The work thing means I've now got far too much time on my hands to stress about it all plus I've got the added uncertainty of not knowing when they are going to stop paying me - it could be next month in which case I've got a legal battle on my hands too.

I'm exhausting myself and DP by getting so tightly wound by it all - and the rest of the world thinks I've got my feet up, him waiting on me hand and foot, happily looking at baby stuff on the internet and eating cake

I don't know about maternity, but both Primark and Asda have half decent non underworld bras :)

yes yes I have found some nice maternity bras on topshop -

topshop

asos

mothercare?

mamas and papas

figleaves

So I got a bit carried away then! I love some of those figleaves ones though.

Had my booking in appointment finally, woo hoo! I am a bit worried about the scan tomorrow as we have no one to look after dd and so she is coming with us, hope everything is ok.

Oh Cupof that does sound hard. What do you do for stress relief?
I like a nice dogwalk in the woods and an episode of Glee, personally, but what do you like? long bath? Nice cuddle? going to the movies? lengthy aerobic workout? lovely afternoon sex? [hah as if] Maybe enroll in some prenatal yoga classes?

It'll all be alright. It will!

Thank you

cupof it will all come right. Do you have anything nice planned on his day off? DH has just finished footie season , only way I got through the six day weeks was to have something to look forward to on day 7.

Thanks blackcurrants and Mummycox.

At the moment for stress relief I'm running and riding, about twice a week each. I know I've got to be careful, and when I had a little bleed last week I gave it a rest for a few days.

Dog walking helps too, and I'm hoping to start Zumba in the next couple of weeks. I'm going to be the fittest person on the labour ward

I definitely have control issues, and I really don't feel in control of anything at the moment - even food! Usually I'm quite controlled about what I eat, but DP has a restaurant and every meal we eat is here. I don't even get to choose what's for dinner....

I've also got absolutely no support network here - I'm non UK, learning the language, living in a tiny village. I don't half land myself in some difficult spots sometimes...

On DP's day off we're going wedding suit and ring shopping, hopefully... although it depends on him doing all the shopping, ordering, financials etc for the restaurant first....

Cup of I can completely sympathise, you've a lot on your plate and I've found the time off can be negative as well as positive because you're head can churn - you're getting your self ready for a legal fight plus all the other stuff which, although some is positive can be a strain (honeymoons are to recover! Congratulations though!) Youre going through huge life changing stuff on every level - took me 2 years or more to work out how to live with DH (now of 6 months) before we got engaged. It really sounds like you've got a lot of other pressures which could easily cause anxiety on their own for anyone without pants preggo hormones too.

I don't think its wrong to feel you need control - we all do, and anxiety is definitely triggered by feeling a lack of control which we try to regain. we girlies like to know and control what we eat (so the lack of control times are less bad!) Plus the weirdness pregnancy puts on your appetite.And oh my goodness you are very isolated geographically and through the language. I found exercise helpful in the past if you like that cos you do have some control over it but I've struggled to structure my day some days. Definately keep being around horses and dogs, loads of feel good vibes! Maybe you need a little counselling? If I don't get my marbles under control they are going to give me some cbt but getting stuff sorted at the docs today has helped. I'm off for another 10 days at least but feel more positive.

Big hugs xxxx

*your (tut teacher)

Citrus lovers, virgin caipirinha are lovely, mashed lime sugar and ice, or add bit of lemon :)

Hello all, I haven't posted in ages and it's taken me ages to catch up with you all!! I've had rubbish internet connection and I've been away for the weekend with friends.

So sorry that there has been so much sadness on here, best wishes to all concerned.

Welcome to all the newbies

Sorry to here about all those still having a tough time, hospitalisation sounds pretty extreme, you must feel terrible

I'm having good days and bad days, it seems very inconsistent. Some days very sick, some days not too bad. I was very lucky last weekend, I went away with friends and felt fine the whole time I was away, but as soon as I got back I felt terrible. It was almost like the LO had given me a weekend pass. I told the friends I went away with about being pregnant, cue more stunned looks. In fact one asked me what the punch line was

I'm currently in bed feeling sorry for myself, I slipped over at the ds's swimming lessons, hopefully all that is hurt is my pride.

congratulations for all thoughs with great scan news :) although I am very jealous as mine isnt till 21st june :(

sympathies for those of you who are still unwell :( I have actually been sick today for the first time although i dont think it was just ms i had a really bad tickle in my throat and had a bit of a coughing fit, so that teamed with the ms made me puke :(

Oh dear Kate hope the fall wasn't too bad, unless you fell smack bang on your belly I'm sure you will be fine, even it you did you will firstly still prob be ok, secondly be quite the stuntsman and thirdly consider some issues about how crap your natural reflexes to put your hands out first are! talking of which, my friends husband has exactly this problem so drunkeness generally ends in a broken nose or bust lip!

I really shouldn't have fallen asleep at 8pm, can't sleep now, have work all day tomorrow (today) and friends over for the evening!

Oh, I peed on a stick at work, I have protein in my urine and leukocytes (White blood cells) and some ketones. Got my vet to check it she said the blood cells could be contamination from discharge but that I ought to get it double checked-will have to be Monday before I can drop a sample off now though.

Morning all Today's the day we announce to the family. Hopefully we won't get any thoughtless racist comments - my mum told me yesterday that some friends of hers were joking about other friends expecting a picaninny grandchild thankfully these people live in France or I'd have smacked them one!!

Oh kate it sounds very grinding and horribly unpredictable. Roll on 2 trimester. Hope its only pride bruised this morn.

am 12+3 and definately suddenly able to stomach more foods and enjoy choosing what I want to eat rather than uncontrollable random gobbling to stave off nausea (ignoring crunchie fetish) (unless its a breather but seems to be lasting)

I did wake up craving fish n chips though.

Loving vet self tests - very handy. A vet pal is monitoring her bp at the mo. BTW is it true parrots get chlamydia?