April 2013... under starters orders

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so tested positive on thursday am for a due date of ... 1st april.... anyone else? early days yet but after 2 years of trying for no. 2 i am very excited!!

Hello aufaniae! Thank you, congrats to you too!
Wahey someone with the same due date! I wonder if it will change when we have our scans?

I'm hoping it's a good age gap between siblings, especially as DC1's are old enough to really enjoy it and help out too, and not be as needy as they used to be.

Will your DS be starting school next September? Part of me is a bit 'shock horror' at losing that bit of freedom now knowing I will have another LO to take care of by then! But baby will be 5 months so at least DC1 can enjoy the first several months with baby then I can have a bit of rest bite when they go to school!?

Have you got any morning sickness yet? I've had a few moments of nausea but I think it may be because I forgot to eat breakfast! I didn't get any sicknes with DD1 so fingers crossed!

Thank you aufaniae and damnit damnit! Congrats to everyone else too. I feel like I'm carrying a huge secret around with me and feel like I might explode soon, so it's good to tell people! Going camping with friends next week and will be a challenge to get through the week undetected, as we normally like a glass of wine or two. Have stocked up on the Schloer and plan on some devious glass switching!!

Hello!

Been busy on another thread in Chat, I can't multi-task with threads it would seem.

I was so sick (feeling) yesterday. It came and went and came and went.

I also have no sleep pattern at the moment! Had to leave DP in bed and get into DD's (currently away on hols) and I got very little sleep. What I did get was uncomfortable, hot, weird-dream induced and just-not-very-nice!

Very fed up at the moment (obviously thrilled about being pg, just not feeling the love at the mo!)

Also, DP and I discussed names. We agree on girls names: Rachel, Emma, Rebecca. Boys name's however......no agreement. I like William, George, Henry - he likes Luke, Daniel, Peter. We both agreed on Matthew and James but I REALLY love William and George.

The older/classic names go better with DD's name. DP kept saying "well, my mum suggested xyz" Is it wrong that that made me feel stabby??

I'm really struggling to keep up too. This thread is almost a full time job!

I had my scan this morning. AMAZING! I'm only 6+1 but the heartbeat was clearly visible on the screen. DH and I were speechless!

Feel like shouting from the rooftops, but of course have to keep schtum for another - oooh - 6 weeks or so!

At the risk of outing myself Emma is a very good name, just make sure your surname doesn't begin with a T.

We've been discussing kids names forever. We love Zachariah and Felicity :)

Hello all, I know it's packed already but can I join?! Got my BFP on Friday, and we are (quietly) thrilled. EDD April 20th so still v early days (4w4d).

My story - had a mc at 11 weeks in Dec 11 and we have been trying ever since. Saw the GP early July who said it was no harm "to have the machinery checked" given my age (33) and we'd been trying on/off since our wedding Dec 10. So I'd just had the two blood tests and DH his side of the deal last week...then lo and behold a positive test. I've also been having acupuncture for the past few weeks and I reckon that will have helped - I've been much more relaxed than usual.

So we're excited but fearful too, trying not to fret every second of the day - the thought of it all going wrong again is difficult to bear.

Went to GP Friday because we're about to go on holiday so wanted to get the ball rolling. She was v supportive - said it often happens people get pregnant just after starting the tests. Given the mc last time, she's referred me for early scan at the walk-in EPU "for reassurance", which we'll have w/c August 27th by which time I'll be 6w 4d ish.

So happy to have found this thread - I can tell it will be a precious source of support, esp in the next few all-important early weeks when we're not telling very many people in RL....just my sister and best friend for sanity purposes, and boss if/when morning sickness or nausea become an issue (none so far).

Good luck to all you lovely ladies xx

Congrats to you always and to everyone else who's come along recently

ratbag Felicity is a beautiful name, I also like Zachary but it was a name discussed with my ex so that's out of the window for me

Brian your lists are almost exactly the same as mine (boys and girls). How spooky! They are the names we had on our lists last time, too, although DD's name was plucked from nowhere at the last minute!

Thanks Brian

DH reins me back whenever I try to re-open the baby-names discussion, as he reckons it gets me overly emotional and it's too early for getting uber excited. Boring but he knows me well and he's probably right!

Sneezy we obviously share an exceptional ability where chosing baby names is concerned

With DD I knew, straight away, what i wanted to call her (if she were a girl) but had no boys names - even lying on the operating table I was umming and ahhing about Elliot or Edward!

This time, I've gone for different names, names that I've never considered before.

(adopts secret squirrel cloak of disguise) Alice, for example^ ahem is a lovely name and I feel that William or George go perfectly. Much better than Peter, Daniel or....bloody Luke!! (no problem with Luke, other than it makes me think of Luke Goss!)

always that is a good plan, your DH is very sensible.

My excuse, when DP said similar, was that I feel so miserable with sickness/lack of sleep that I NEED to think of names and do lots of 'pram' research

yep brian I've also been doing much clandestine pram research :-) And below the radar baby names research too. I justify it to myself on the grounds that I know being positive and quietly hopeful is actually a sensible thing to do (even if the boundaries between "just having a look" and getting ahead of myself are a bit blurred :-)

Think positive.

While keeping a slight grip on reality.

(yeah right, I think we are all blurring the boundaries!!)

Haha this will defo out me, but people think we are crazy ref zachariah, aka Zach as my DH used to have a great dane called Zac.

My middles names are well more out there I guess, so Chase for a boy and Storm fir a girl.

Anyone reading this will now blatantly be able to identify me.

Do you get stretching pains at all? So I'm a bit period crampy achy and wondering if it's normal?

BonaDea - how exciting actually seeing the heartbeat!! Must be such a relief, can't wait until our scan.

DH has ruled out my favourite ever boys name but I wonder if I can work on him as I love the name so much and obviously DH is wrong!!

Yep - definitely feels more real!

I have been getting lots of stretching and light cramps on and off as well ratbagcatbag but not sure how much of it is the lovely constipation I am experiencing Had my doctors appointment yesterday for midwife referral which has made it all seem very real. Does anyone else have symptoms that come and go?

Feeling tired and sick! Can't even drive my own car without getting travel sick now! Oh and having massive vinegar cravings. Only found out on Saturday where have all these symptoms come from.

Congratulations to all the new joiners!

ratbag - my ds is Zachariah (Zach) and we love it :)

I'm starting to feel sick for more and more of the day. And a bone-crushing tiredness too. I'm a teacher and started back at work this week, so I'm trying to be all bright and breezy and yay isn't it great to be back, when all I want to do is lie down and sleep.

Just left EPAU, only waited 10 minutes! Still pregnant, yea, cervix tightly closes and bleeding not coming from there but she was concerned by red, raised area of cervix so has referred me for colposcopy and made my scan earlier to this Sunday. So now can stop worrying about pregnancy for a minute and start worrying I have abnormal cells! I had a cone biopsy 3 years ago as had CIN3 pre cancerous abnormal cells.

If it's not one thing it's another, my head is in the shed!

Dandelion Thanks for the info - I hope we do get to see something, and a heartbeat would be amazing! I'll keep my fx for you - it would be so lovely to have twins!

Hi and congrats Woolywomble Snowiebear and Mummabug

Ratbag I have had lots of cramping too which I didn't experience last two times? I think it's normal though :)

Essex Yay for baby sticking, sorry to hear about your new worry. Hopefully it will just be something in nothing that they can sort quickly for you fx fx fx

Essex that is brilliant news about baby, but yeah - my head would be in the shed too with the other stuff, stay strong and distract yourself with chocolate? (yep I'm rubbish at distraction techniques!!)

ratbag I have some mild cramps and then stretchy 'aches' that run from the top of my legs (where my torso starts) down toward my bits. Not sore enough to take paracetamol.

dandelion only just saw your post about possible twins! How exciting. Everyone is winding me up as DP's mum is a twin. Not sure I'm ready for 2 thought !

I ended up calling the DR before, in a panic, I am so bloody dizzy :( massive headache and then there's the bog standard nausea.

I've eaten today, I've drank a ton of iced water, but it got so bad earlier that I couldn't sit, let alone stand, without feeling dizzy.

Checked on Google and it said dizziness is normal, but if combined with several other factors, contact DR. Due to the headache, I did. He just said, totally normal but understandable to be concerned with my medical history (brain issues) and to monitor and if still bad in the morning, go in. I'm on my own though. DP lives 10 miles away, parents and DD on holiday. Feel a bit scared (and pathetic)

I'm am also so sick of the sight of these 4 walls. Off sick at the moment, non pg-related. back to work next Monday and hopefully will break up the days a bit. Also, come home DD!!!! I'll be moaning this time next week when I'm knackered from work and a stroppy 8 year old, but I feel a bit out of it all at the moment. Each bloody hour is dragging by and the last 2 days I've not really been up to much. I daresn't drive whilst feeling dizzy, so am stuck in.

Sorry, have written an essay!

x

Hi, hope everyone's well.

I'm panicking big time. Was spotting a week ago but only v slightly. But been having quite a bit of browny red blood this afternoon/evening :( and now having slight back pains. It's not looking good is it?

Has anybody had this and been ok? I didn't have any of this with dc1. I'm so scared :(

Wow this thread moves fast.

Congratulations Bona and Essex on your early scans, that must be such a relief to see all is progressing well. Essex, try not to worry about cells. Easy to say I know but sure everything will be perfectly fine.

Still no pg symptoms for me, apart from BFP and no AF of course, but I suddenly have this weird pain at the top of my right thigh. Feels a bit like someone has punched me hard in the leg, like a dull ache. It's probably not pg related but it's given me a new thing to worry about. It's going to be a long haul...