Due in March 2013

[Leftwingharpie]

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Wow, that was quite a match - nice one Federer!

Morning! Hello fidget - yes there are a few late Febs on this thread. You'll be one of the first rather than one of the last, always nice :)

Come on in orchid, don't be shy! Tell us about your bfp?

Glad you got away with it harps - did you have to dance to Abba in order to fit in with the crowd? I remember bring horrified at how dull and repetitive friends people were when drunk. Made me vow never to get into that sort of a state ever again, shudder. Did you tell anyone?

DH has DS this morning so I am in bed trying to feel pregnant but still failing. Cold a bit better however so maybe this week I will feel some reassuring sickness - it didn't kick in last time till 6-7 weeks and I reckon I must be about 5 and a bit. Still such early days.

Booked in to see GP on Tues to get in the system. I'm hopefully moving mid-July so expecting to get utterly lost in the system around then - I just hope I'm not waiting tooo many weeks till that first scan. Till I actually see that jumping bean I don't think I can truly believe it is real this time.

Right - must get up. Happy Weekends All :o

Tiddley I had an absolutely brilliant time. The very few sips of alcohol I did have went straight to my head, which helped! I guess over the course of the whole day I drank about the equivalent of a glass of wine. Do feel a bit guilty about accepting drinks from people knowing full well I wasn't going to drink them. Was still going at 2.30am, which is quite impressive considering I'm normally in bed by 10! (normally when pg I mean... interesting that I have now been pg long enough to have developed a new concept of "normally"!)

Right ladies, I promise I will make no further comments about restraint! Don't mind me, I'm just :( because my baby weight didn't drop off really - looking forward to getting a bump again to cover up my tum! I've never felt as happy about my body as during pregnancy, that's for sure.

Is anyone else feeling really bloated, btw? I'm quite uncomfortable and remember it from last time.

tittifer I coul have written your post! Yes to a. Not losing weight from first dc, b. looking forward to bump hiding blobby belly and c. Feelin bloated.

Am typing left handed whilst feeling DS so apologies for typos!

I was very bloated last night after a lot of rich food. I actually looked quite pregnant. It's gone back to normal this morning!

Morning ladies, does eating pancakes with nutella count as restrained?! If so, I'm in. Hahah!

This bean is #3 for us. I have a 20 month gap between 1 and 2 and there will then be a 4.5 yr gap for this one. We didn't plan on another one until the urge hit me last Christmas Day in fact! Sadly, I lost a baby in March but I have a lot of faith in this one.

Still feel a bit queasy, tired and shaky. Not tested (yet) today but am sure will end up POAS before the day is out. I am loving seeing that pink line .. Addicted!

I have not told anyone apart from DH and probably won't until much later. Parents will be REALLY upset if anything goes wrong, they are not good at coping with stress so I tend to shield them from a lot of the down side of my life. I truly feel the parent / child dynamic has shifted in our family.

That's a shame Ted. My personal rule is to tell those people I would want to support me if something went wrong. For me that includes my parents, DSis and a few friends. Plus I am emotionally incontinent and utterly unable to keep a secret

Here's a story for everyone else feeling the bloat - with DS I had some early issues and needed a TV scan at about seven weeks. All was fine but the sonographer noted it was difficult to see much because of overlying gas . My DH nearly cried he was laughing so much.

I know chief it makes me sad that I don't feel I can lean on my parents. But that is just how it is and I do have a few rl friends I will share with in the next few weeks. Also DH is lovely and supportive!

Righto, time to actually start the day! Not feeling sick right now so may take the opportunity to prepare meat for lunch! The thought made me gag earlier!

Hello everyone! I have been away since page 2 so will introduce myself again. I got my bfp just over a week ago and am due on 28th Feb or 1 March ish. I have ZERO symptoms (even fewer than when I suspected I was pregnant), so took another pregnancy test the minute I returned from holiday, but it says I am 3+ weeks (thank god I splashed out on a digi eh?) so now suppose I must be still as last time it was 1-2 weeks.

Anyway, hope everyone's well. I look forward to leafing through the recent pages in the hope that everyone is being as neurotic as me :)

Welcome back posy, glad little bean is progressing (note to self to purchase digi sticks)! Where were your hols? No symptoms here to talk of either.

Am watching Harry Potter. DH is putting up with despite having seen it with me recently. I am an addict DH is great :o

Hi everyone! Chief I am also experiencing major bloating. Bloating and tiredness basically started day AF would have been due. Same thing happened last time too until around 7 weeks when it all switched to horrendous nausea and morning sickness. Not looking forward to that part, however, I remember that through all the pain it was slightly comforting having daily symptoms confirming my pregnancy!

Looking forward to Monday when I'll be calling the local Midwife unit to register.

Hope you had a nice holiday posy!

I wanted to watch HP too but the tennis and peppa pig won in my house so I have been surfing and unpacking instead. I was in France for my hols, was lovely. am secretly quite glad to have the internet again tho!

Jessi the horrendous nausea started about 7 weeks for me last time too. I had been congratulating myself on feeling so well a few days prior!

Hey, I'm new to Mumsnet and also new to this, also not yet seen a doc (appointment in two weeks) but 2 tests taken 3 days apart show preg - am 33, this will be my first and we weren't trying, were planning to start trying around Mar 2013

All a bit new and scary but I def have symptoms, horrible taste, thirsty and bloated with v sore boobs! Currently me and DH are happy but a little freaked out as he's just started his own company and our house is tiny. So LoisLame I know how you feel, am a bit teary and stressed.

Looking forward to having some people to talk to as it's still a while before we want to let people know and I do feel a bit 'on my own' with it as DH has no clue!

Morning all & welcome to MN hitch :o

Do you know your dates?

The sun is shining this morning - I do hope it stays, it has been such a disappointing summer on the whole. Mind you we had a beautiful autumn last year - DS was born in the most incredible heat for late Sept. I took an electric fan into the post natal ward & it was bliss!

I wrote my resignation letter yesterday / not going back to work for the foreseeable future - till either the £££ runs out or the dc are at school. It's a good thing & I am grateful we can - but I feel a but strange too. I have worked so hard to build up a good career since I graduated & now I am 'just' a sahm. Tell me it is great??!!

Welcome hitch... Nice to have you on board.

Congrats tiddley. Ok, re. Being a SAHM, there is no 'just' being a SAHM about it! Your days will be very very full. Hard work, especially physically with my DS but absolutely frickin' wonderful. Sometimes I pang to go back to work (I was an analyst in London, loved the work, team, social life, pay, everything) but I have realised my experience of work would be so very different now. There would be no after work drinks, or staying late to get something finished. It would be rush rush rush. And my commute would be 2 hr 15 mins a day. In short, it is a lot of fun being a SAHM and has its amazing highlights I.e. picnic lunched in the garden whethe sun is shining, but let's be honest, it can be boring, mundane and highly frustrating. Overal though, wouldn't change it for the world ATM. Plan to go back to work when no. 2 is 3. Depending of course on whether we can afford it.

Anyway, I have real shooting pains on my left side. I remember from first time I had this. In fact it was why I went to the doctors in the first place the first time around (I had no idea I was pregnant as wasn't trying). This time of course I know this is normal, but it is terrifying. Real shooting pain. Will mention to midwife tomo.

Busy day entertaining people today, going to tell my very closest friend about the pregnancy. She has been ttc for many months now. I am considering holding off maybe, although our other very close friend knows. Oh, I don't like this. She is so dear to me, I don't want her to feel sad, even though I know she will put suck a brave face on it.

Sorry to waffle, have a good day xxxxx

Hi All. Haven't had time to catch up on all the posts but just wanted to pop in and say hi and mark my place. Just POAS andgot my BFP EDD will be 7 March. This will be #2, DS is 22 months. Have added myself to the stats. Nice to see the odd familiry name from my very very quick glance at the thread. Ted, we were on the July BFP thread, and Harpie, I remember you from waiting to TTC threads (though I only posted very occasionally). Great to see you're now PG after all that waiting!

Hooray flowery - congratulations! Happy July :o Is DH thrilled? What a lovely start to your month, and welcome on board.

bb thanks so much for your thoughts on being a SAHM - your experience is really what I am hoping, and I guess I know in my heart will be the case. It is also what I have always imagined doing, even before I met DH (I am a traditional soul!). It is just the act of writing my notice, particularly as I was promoted just before my maternity leave and I am therefore turning down further challenges (which I otherwise would have really relished). You have reminded me why this is the right thing to do :)

By the way, the '' marks around 'just' were to acknowledge that there is nothing 'just' about it - I would never diminish the role, and with only 9 months experience am well aware of the downsides :o

The shooting pains - I used to get those when I sneezed. Are they stretching pains? Not nice but am sure your MW will put your mind at ease.

Off to dream about picnics in the sunshine, with toddler playing and baby sleeping in the shade wishful thinking

By the way bb I hope you have a nice day with your friends and that telling your close friend isn't upsetting for either of you. It is so tough isn't it, but it does take a while for some women. Our DS was conceived after 8 months of trying (not so this one), and although I was always a little envious of pregnancy news I was ALWAYS happy for my friends who announced. It actually made me feel better - like it wasn't impossible!! Anyway, wishing you well.

tiddly .. I gave up a really promising career, things were really starting to click, and became a SAHM. Yes it is a bit boring and repetitive sometimes, but I have never, ever regretted it. Don't forget, chances are, our generation are working to 65 minimum, plenty of time to make a career again.

bbface .. Ooh shooting pains sound awful. Hope they settle down soon. that is super tricky about your friends. She may feel a bit funny around you for a while, especially if you start showing before she is pregnant, but she will come round. I have a friend 4 months on from me who I have struggled to be normal with but made the absolute effort to because her fecundity is not her fault!

flowery .. Lovely to see you here. Congratulations. X

Hi Everyone, can I join? I got my bfp a little while ago but I've been lurking as I didn't want to really acknowledge it until AF was late! Still very paranoid though!

This will be dc2 for us. Ds turned 2 a couple of days ago. I'm naivelyhoping that he wil be potty trained by March! Pretty sure my edd is 6 March as I was following my ovulation with opks.

Congratulations to all the other March mummies-to-be! Good luck to those of you telling friends who are struggling to ttc. I am dreading telling my bf as she is going through ivf at the moment. Am keeping everything crossed for her that it works. She knows we are ttc though and she was amazing when I had ds. I am really worried about telling my boss though as she is also undergoing ivf and the last time someone announced they were pregnant she totally went off the rails. Oh dear. I feel awful for her but I'm an optimistic soul and hoping she is pregnant before I announce anything!

Thanks ted :)

Welcome Em - and congratulations! Optimistic souls are more than welcome to join our worried-but-happy little troupe :o

Catch up later - happy Sunday all

Welcome to all the new comers! Hope this Sunday finds you all well :)

Well I user my last digi today because I am so very impatient and it has gone up to 3+ now, which is earlier than I was expecting it to. I have no idea of my actual ovulation as my last period was a 28 day cycle to the normal 35. I know they aren't 100% accurate but it would be nice to he further along than expected.

Keep getting mini wages of nausea every now and then, tiredness and sore nipples

Our youngest was 1 yesterday - doesn't seem like 2 minutes since she was born. We'll have an 20 month gap between her and DC3.

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And waves not wages...blooming iPhone autocorrects!!

Morning all. Tiddley congrats on deciding to be a SAHM. A friend of mine is and she loves it, she has built up the kind of social life that if I am honest I have struggled to do as a part-time mum. Meets friends at play areas, goes to classes, has time to potter around etc. She does have bad days too, but then doesn't everyone? I think if you throw yourself into it you'll get out of it what you want to.

I didn't tell my friend who was struggling to conceive til I was 20 weeks last time, thinking it would put too much stress on her, but with hindsight I wish I'd told her earlier. I told her straight away about this one (though she has a toddler now and is not ttc that I know of).