Due in March 2013

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Hi yeti, booking appt normally lasts about an hour and is basically where the mw fills in your notes book with your medical history, any details of previuos pregnancies, med history of your partner and immediate family etc. They also (where we are are anyway) take bloods, explain screening tests, give out loads of info and may even ask your thoughts on where you might want to give birth! It's quite a good appt really, I found all the others a bit underwhelming!

Woody a 3+ on clearblue, a baby that is growing (which by the way I def don't see how it could be doing without a heartbeat?) and pregnancy symptoms all sound like reasons to feel hopeful to me. All my fingers are crossed for you - I hope your day isn't going too slowly, not long til tomorrow!

Tiddley by the way I had to laugh at your post about Irvin. I admit to having leafed (leaved?) through some pages to find reference to him.

Last night my OH decided we should go to the pub, 3 full fat cokes & two packets of salt and vinegar crisps later I find myself in Tesco's buying a basket full of sugary sweets, more salt and vinegar crisps, pickled onion monster munch, maltesers, and some honey roasted peanuts.... I'm still bouncing off the ceiling and walls.
On the plus side I've somehow managed to lose 1.5lbs this week. I guess it's all the nausia in the mornings! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Hi am I too late to join?

I am expecting DC2 at somepoint in march I think... Midwife appointment us not until August 2nd but by my reckoning this is about right :o

I've been having moments like that too, JoJo! Can't get enough of salt and vinegar crisps in particular, and it doesn't help that Coop have those enormous bags (which I can eat in one sitting!) half-price. Trying very hard to be good, though!

It's a deal, rose, let's motivate each other along! Today I'm doing my usual thing of focusing on small details Appendix and footnote work rather than giving the thing the big kick up the *rse it needs! Usually I get around to that late afternoon, in sheer panic at the end of yet another precious day :-) and we shall wait with bated breath on a draft of your book (or a chapter, at least!)

I think we are going to go to NCT classes, mainly because we don't have many mates here with babies and it would be good to have local practical and mutual support with people at the same stage.

Sorry to hear about your pains and bleed carikube. It seems it's possible to have both and still have a long and healthy pregnancy, so try not to worry too much but it's prob a good idea to go to the doc if things persist. Hope things pass soon and you get back to your previous enviable! habit of easy-breeze pregnancies! :-)

Thanks for the caffeine tales, everyone.

Feeling weirdly like my old self today, despite mild boobage issues. Bouncing around the house, not obsessed by pregnancy, trying to do too many things at once. Have been a bit uplifted by playing Nick Cave's Breathless a few times: we had it as track 1 on our Signing the Register playlist when we got wed last July and it's brought back some cracking memories of the day: .

PS welcome on board mamadivazback!

Popinda hope everything is ok for you xx

This morning I woke up to a big fat 'I don't want to be with you anymore' text!
Charming after yesterdays events isn't he!
And what a way to dump a pregnant lady
.. I took control of the situation and promptly changed my mobile number as the text I were getting were NOT pleasant.
Looks like its going to be a bumpy ride tomorrow getting more blood tests done, as if I didn't feel bad enough now I've had my future plans changed in one quick swoop. Boy do I feel gross too, with a lovely comment about me not going to be able to look good for another 8 months, what a JERK.
The way things are going I may mc or have an ectopic pregnancy and he just adding insult to the fact that I'll be alone as no one will go near me now.
Sorry to vent just very angry/sad/grumpy/anxious/tired
xxx

motherofone27 well done for changing your number, do not dwell on the texts and please do not be so hard on yourself sounds like he did a really god job in demolishing your confidence, these are his problems, you will not be alone he will end up alone or making someone elses life a misery

JoJo I couldn't get enough of salt & vinegar when I was pg with dd1 (I think if memory serves me right McCoys were the strongest)

to all the caffeine drinkers I never stopped drinking tea in any of my pgs, but this morn I started to feel sick while I was drinking it so thought maybe it was triggering it, but no, still feel sick and haven't had any tea,
I'm trying to remember did I feel like this with ds, definitely felt like this with dd2, but not dd1, so that dosen't tell me anything sorry rambling

when I eventually get myself to the docs I don't think my scan will be until mid September (usually 14 weeks here) so I will be very of you all

Oh and mean't to say I won't be dieting just being a little bit more careful this time as I had wanted to lose weight before I got pg but oops, so don't want a mammoth task after the baby is born

Oh and to all the non meat eaters, my friend is a veggie and when she was pg she craved sausage rolls I think she nibbled on the pastry of her ds's

Woody I think they are good signs, fingers crossed

JoJo giggling at your description!
rose also not sure about classes. NCT don't run any in my town at the right time (or they are booked up!) & I am also nervous about booking early. Think classes would be great as me & DH are a little overwhelmed!

Afternoon ladies. I have namechanged - was HeeHeeHeeBum but fancied a change :)
I'm another one who has not totally given up caffiene. I have cut down to 1 weaker coffee a day, in the morning. I did want to give up but it has become such a part of my routine over the years that I struggle to get my day started without it. I tried the office decaf but it is horrible.
Popinda Sorry to hear about your doc. It is horrible when you get an insensitive one. Fortunately I find midwives much nicer and they are mostly who you see.
mother Sorry to hear about your partner, how horrible. I agree that it is good you have changed your number, you can ignore from now on.

I feel a bit sick this afternoon, but not as bad as sunday when I had a stroppy crying session over it. I am emetophobic and the feeling sick makes me panicky. Anyone else getting irrationally annoyed at tiny things? I got stuck in a couple of queues at lunch time and felt the rage .

manda and hitchin I have been looking at NCT classes too. Do they run yours fairly close to where you live? Mine are about 5 miles away but I'm not sure about how this will work in future with meetups. I don't want to be the one that lives loads further away than everyone else.
at the academic types :) Would love to be an academic.

I have never been a tea drinker - for some reason, I've never liked the taste unless I add about 10 sugars so just don't drink it. Love coffee but only really have it at the end of a meal out or from Starbucks etc. Normally love diet coke and really crave an ice cold can at the end of a hard day but have completely gone off it, even though there is loads sitting in the fridge.

Haven't been in work this week as not feeling great at all - work have been brilliant and really understanding as I told my line manager the situation. Think more people may now know from some of the texts I've been getting...

Feel really upset as have been told that it's not really a pregnancy until you get to 12 weeks. I couldn't believe it. Have been very weepy today but at least tomorrow I will know. Think I need to step away from google.

Even though I'm not far off being 30, I still always end up watching classic Disney films when I'm not feeling great so think I am going to do that this afternoon and cuddle up on the sofa with my dog.

This site is brilliant especially when you can't really talk to people in RL.

Sheldonella they are in the next town for me & I have the same concern - I'd like to make friends in our town as I think it will be better in the long run!
Not so much raging as weepy - crying at the slightest thing, very tricky at work not to burst into tears! Hate it as feels very out of control

Who told you that woody? I think every nauseous first trimester woman would agree that that is rubbish!

Glad that work are being understanding and that you have a dog to cuddle. I watch things like Neighbours when I'm feeling down. I caught up on about two weeks worth last week!

woody of course it's a pregnancy. When I had MMC with DD I held it together until the very end of my second scan and then broke down but said I was being silly cos it wasn't really anything but some cells. The consultant was great and said to me that It isn't just that, it's so much more, it's all your hopes and dreams and it means so much. Really hope you will get good news, it sounds like there are some good signs!

motherofone your OH sounds a nice person. Good on you for changing your number; as if you need that grief at a time like this...

We did NCT when I was pg with DD. we had recently moved into a new area so thought it was particularly useful in helping us to get to know other people. And even though DD is 2.5, we still meet up every 2 to 3 weeks with friends we met through NCT.

*not MMC with DD, just MMC... Brain is on the blink already!

motherofone well done for getting shot of him, does not sound like a nice person at all.

Hi there, so managed to survive today, yey. Was not pretty this morning. My nausea (which with dd ran from week 5 straight through to week 41) made a decided appearance. Luckily made correct decision to medicate with a bacon buttie and coffee, which actually perked me up considerably!

my dd is 19 months old, she was an angel, an actual angel when she was born. She first slept though the night at 10 days old! She had a burst of night waking at 6 or 7 months old, which coincided with weaning/teething/me going back to work and lasted about 6 weeks (i'd be up once or twice in niight). Then since she has been walking she will sometimes be silly at bedtime, for an hour or so but then have some milk and settle. Since she stopped BFing at a year she has had straight cows milk warm in a bottle to go to bed with. If she wakes up in the night she gets some more warm milk. She naps between 1/2 hour and 2 hours in the day. She is fairly active most days. But this week.... the last three nights she has woken up repeatedly and cried for hours, drunk some milk and then cried again. She hasn't settled in her bed or ours, however when she is with us and up is perfectly happy, giggly and well, just not blinking sleepy!Tiddley ifyou know anything I can do you have to tell me! Last night at 3am I snarled at dh that it was all his fault because he is always the one who has spoiled her by giving her milk late at night. Maybe I am just being hit by karma by having a calm baby for the first 18 months??

sheldonella Oh no! that name used to make me :)

motherofone sorry to hear that you're having such a rough time with your partner. I don't know about you, but I tend to get the measure of someone by how they behave in difficult circumstances, and he is being decidedly not nice. In the long run you are better off without him, for sure.

a.k.a. heeheeheebum! yes, I think there are NCT classes within a couple of miles of where I live, so we're pretty well served. I downloaded the leaflet recently and was a bit overwhelmed! nice to hear NCT worked really well for you ethelred.

I was also looking at a pre-natal mindfulness meditation course. (not that I can imagine birth without every drug going but it may help in the initial stages as I can get a bit whingy with pain.)

woody glad you have week of work and, like others have said, of course it's a pregnancy! hope you enjoyed your sofa, dog and film afternoon :-)

my telly treats are OBEM (of course, but watching it with new eyes now!!!), Grand Designs and a few other bits and bobs. DH and I also do late-night foreign-language crime drama (anyone else know what I mean when I say 'Troeeels'?!) and just this week we've started on Breaking Bad, which is really well put together but episode two last night gave my anxieties through the night - I kept waking in a panic! So I think we'll have to intersperse that with something lighter!

threefortea well done for getting through today! I know nothing about kidlets ? but could she be teething or something? or is she past that stage (can't you tell I have no idea!)

Woody that's utter crap who told you that? A pregnancy is a pregnancy no matter how far along. Sorry you're having a hard time and coming up against people who say silly things like that. So it's called the early pregnancy unit for some other reason then is it?! Grr....I feel some snarly pregnancy hormones coming on let me attem.

Evening all, fingers crossed for scans tomorrow

Well I managed to get a cancelled appointment with the gp about 20 mins after dd1s appt so that was handy, I told him I couldn't believe how sick I felt so soon and he said sometimes that means twins, think dh's heart stopped for a second when I told him , felt like telling GP well theres a whole pile of us with suspected twins on mumsnet then
He put me at 5 weeks EDD18th so we'll wait and see

And we told the dcs, Sheldonella , this was due to my telling dh to shh while I was on the phone to sky, he said I was abit sharp,
don't think I was but I was getting irritated I had already asked dcs to be quiet as I was on phone dh didn't think it included him sitting beside me ripping ope a package, so yes I'm finding things irritating

I knew dh would break first, that was his excuse to tell the dcs

Threefortea have no advice because mine were all bad sleepers until they hit about 6 months, maybe 7/8..............

Can't believe how much I have missed in my manic weekend + pickle DS + ridiculous exhaustion. So sorry that people are having worrying times - early pregnancy is just so scary. Am hoping that good news is flying around.

I had my booking in appointment with the lovely midwife who booked me in with DS. She wasn't allowed to take my long cycles into account so I have a due date of 26/2 . Am hoping that a dating scan will disprove that. I'm also starting on daily baby aspirin for the pre-eclampsia risk, so good that they are being proactive.

I'm on my phone and already in bed so can't namecheck but really hope everyone is getting on as well as possible and that all our little pips (and rice grains and blueberries!) are developing perfectly.

Man, it's taken me about 2 hours to read all the posts I've missed in just a couple of days, and now with my addled baby brain I can't remember what anyone has said any way!

KF - can't believe your horid manger.
Pops - nasty nasty doctor, I would not be seeing that one again.

Motherofone - oh it's not getting easier for you is it, you're staying so strong.
Woody - thinking of you, not long to wait now.
Posy - great news, you must be relieved

Sorry If I've got those all muddled up and they make no sense!

I've cut down to one cup of coffee a day, occasionally 2. I thought 1 -2 cups was OK. And I'm veggie too. Last time I agreed to eat fish just to shut DH up, but I don't actually liek fish appart from tuna mayo! Did have occasional tuna sandwhiches and never really gave them up, but I won't be eating any other fish or meat. I don't believe I neeed it, and I was fine, as was DS, last time.

I've put a bit of weight on too, adn tummy definately looking decidedly bulgy! Didn't start showing till about 20 weeks last time and already look about like that now! Probably not obvious to others but certainly notciable to me (and my, now very tight, clothes).

Hi all,
Haven't posted on here since the weekend.

So my fears are coming true. After a MC in October I think I'm having another. Woke up in pain in the night and have had bleeding on and off all day. Isn't as heavy as last time but more than spotting.

Am off to the EPU tomorrow. Keeping everything crossed.