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!!

That is so funny havealittlefaith I can't go near the dishwasher at all! My poor dh has had to take that on as well as all the cooking. Even the thought of the supermarket sets me off.

7 + 3

Plenty of jobs will become 'his work' for the next few weeks. Online shopping is the way forward!

Good evening ladies, hope I can join you? Just got my bfp this evening. Due date is 24th/25th April and will join ds who was 4 in June and dd who is 2y6m. This is almost a miracle baby as this time last year I was diagnosed with bowel cancer and only finished chemo in February this year.
Looking forward to getting to know you all over the next 8 months!!

Hi congrats to all, I'm very tentatively joining this thread. I'm due 7th April total surprise due to major surgery a few weeks ago! This pregnancy is considered very high risk I'm scared but exited too. I already have a (sgo) dd 14 and ds 4. I am aiming to make 30 weeks pregnant due to the nature of various medical crap hope everyone is doing great? X

Oh wow congratulation knitting and mama! Both little miracles eh?

General consensus is exhaustion mixed with nausea. I have just pulled out of a night out. I was going to go and drive and just stay for a bit but I didn't even have the oomph to get dressed despite having a nap for an hour earlier,

Congratulations knitting and mama so happy for you xxx

Good evening everyone. Still tired and sick but have new symptoms - I can't stop eating pickled onions and really, really want a virgin Mary. Will have to go to supermarket tomorrow.

Re smells - dh now has to fill my car up for me. I can't even go near the petrol station.

I thought it was too soon to get cravings but - according to What to expect when you're expecting (that Dsis gave me a copy of!) it can start in the first trimester. Chicken for me. Mmmm chicken.

I'm still on the 'not many symptoms' team! I'm finding it a bit strange, as I really don't 'feel' pregnant! Not that I'm actually wishing for nausea or anything!

Hello everyone! I thought I would join this thread.

Got BFP on 26th July, found out at the GP's as I wet because I had very bad stomach pains and I thought it was appendicitis. I was rushed to EPU as it was thought I was having an ectopic pregnancy. Turns out it wasn't but all you could see was a tiny black whole. 2 subsequent visits (1 a week later, then one 10 days after that) and I now have a jellybean with a heartbeat! Have had my booking in appointment with the midwife on Thursday who has given me an EDD of 12th April. So now just have to wait for the 12 week scan appointment.

I am 37 and this is my first pregnancy. I wake up every morning worrying that I might have a MC, but the sore boobs and feeling sick all the time reassure me. It's all very exciting and also incredibly nerve-racking.

We have told close family and friends and I have told some people at work as I was needing to move heavy furniture so I had to explain that I couldn't do it.

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Morning all, thanks for all the congratulations. Am staying at my parents at the moment as we have just ben to a music festival and I realised while we were there that I was late! Having done the test I can't stop grinning, but we aren't going to tell anyone this time until 12 weeks.
am already feeling sick, and if this is like the other 2, them it will stop when I give birth!!! Although I haven't been sick yet
spidermanspiderman I remember making dh full the car up when I was pregnant with ds. Now I have to suck it up!!!
Will check in later

Alitlle worried today, horrible cramps and aches. No blood but is this normal at 7+3?

Hi MrsTwinks, i have had cramps throughout, today I have a pain on my right hand side, all along, and it's quite sore, apparently quite normal
, due to stretching, if there is no blood, try not to worry (easier said than done, I know!) but just wanted to say I have cramps and stretching pains everyday! I am 7 + 1 today.

I woke with quite bad cramps this morning but keep telling myself it's just stretching and the baby settling in as long as there's no blood.

5+2!

Hi MrsTwinks I'm 6+2 and have really deep achey pains almost daily at the moment and then every now and again I get sharp stabby pains down my left hand side.

The deep achey pains are perfectly normal and nothing to worry about. The stabby pains down one side should be kept an eye on and if they become continuous or unbearable someone should be notified.

blondecat I've only just read your post, I really hope everything is ok, how are you doing? Spotting isn't always the end of the road, have my fingers crossed for you.

Giddy Thanks for the congrats, still not got my head around it! I think it's definitely too early for any movements to be felt yet but I know what you mean about the "butterfly kisses" feeling. I get this even when I'm not pregnant, has had me worried many a time

planned HUGE congrats to you. You must be so excited!

Jaqueline I have had really bad pain on my left side too, have been really worried for the last couple of days but it seems to have gone today. I did have an early scan at 5wks though and they saw 2 cysts on my left side, it could be something to do with that in my case I suppose. Hope the pains go soon for you.

Hollers Congratulations! The abbreviations can be very confusing at first but once you've been here a while it will be like second nature to you. Hope you found the link for the list, I could never find it!

highland sounds like everything's coming at once for you, always the way! Hope DS (and you!) isn't suffering too much with the teething and dh is better soon.

Duchess Congrats!! The sense of smell thing drives me mad. I swear I can just constantly smell cat pee at the minute, I've been round the whole house sniffing everything to no avail! Maybe it's outside but it's horrible. Even coffee is making me feel ill now.

Loobie Thanks you! Not an achievement I was aiming for but these things happen
Hope you've not had anymore bleeding and everything's ok. I have bled in early pregnancy with almost all of mine. It's such a worry isn't it? And there's not much you can do but sit and worry about it at this stage

grow Congratulations!! Sorry to hear about your ectopic last year. Must have been such a relief to see things all in the right place this time. Not long to wait for your scan but at this stage everyday seems to last a week!!

knitting WOW hugest congratulations to you After all you've been through the last year it's great to have a little ray of sunshine to look forward to.

Mama Another little miracle here, congratulations!! I hope you have a very happy and healthy pregnancy, we'll be here all the way.

Helsworthy Congratulations! That must have been quite a shock and very scary for you. I'm so glad everything's ok!

MrsTwinks It's quite normal to have stretching/growing pains etc. If it gets worse though or you do have any bleeding I'd get in touch with your GP or MW unit. How are you feeling now?

And hello to everyone else I might have missed!

I feel bloody awful. Constant nausea and dizziness. Eating just makes me want to throw up, even though I haven't actually been sick and I just feel sooooo tired!

I'm starting to doubt my ability to do this all again, especially with the other 5 to look after. It's not so bad at the moment as there's minimal rushing around to do but I am dreading them going back to school. I know how hard it is to get them all up and ready on time without the added general feeling of crapness.

I won't be telling any family or friends for a very long time. I'm in such a messed up position right now I just can't face peoples reactions. That can come later (although with my amazing lack of stomach muscles they'll know by next week!)

I've just remembered how much worrying you do when your pregnant too. It's constant, about every little thing. Oh and it gets no better when they're here either

Best go entertain the kiddies before they totally trash the house!

thanks all. We went out for the morning, came back and I had (TMI) some red blood in discharge when I wiped, nothing since and nothing reached me pants. Called the Out of hours service and he was about as useful as a broken pen - rest up, its either a miscarriage or implanting, call your GP tuesday for a referal to the EPAU for a scan at somepoint next week if its not worse.

enforced bedrest now from DH and no cramping or blood now (wearing white pants to be ultra-vigilent) fingers crossed

MrsTwinks hope you're doing ok and not fretting too much. As others have said here and elsewhere on MN some bleeding in early pregnancy isn't unheard of. But that doesn't stop you worrying of course. Your DH has the right idea with bedrest (I'd jump at that any time!)-best thing you can do is look after yourself.

I've been having some twinges over the past couple of days. Nothing painful and they could even be described as vaguely indigestion-like, but nonetheless it's hard not to worry. Only 4 days til reassurance scan (referred by GP given mc last December). Each minute is like an hour and on the other hand I don't like the idea of wishing my life away for the next milestone to arrive. Might need to resort to distraction with trashy TV soon!

Hope all you lovely ladies are enjoying the BHW.

6+2

Wow - this thread moves fast! Hard to keep up!

Hope you are ok mrstwinks - I've been having quite 'alarming' pains all day today too, and am on knicker watch about every 30 mins. I keep reading that a little bleed is often nothing to worry about at this stage, but I'm sure that doesn't make it any less scary. Glad your DH is waiting on you hand and foot x

knitting and mama - what amazing news for you both! Lots of congratulations!

Really envy those who are not getting any symptoms - its symptom central over here. No idea why they call it 'morning' sickness - I seem to feel mildly queasy most of the time, and then get really hit with it late afternoon. My diet is getting really limited - mainly consists of dry breadsticks, buttered bread and crumpets along with sparkling water. The thought of anything much else just fills me with dread. (although as I write I'm suddenly hankering after prawn cocktail crisps )

Sense of smell is in overdrive - I'm like a flipping bloodhound. Try to go into the kitchen as little as possible, as i can't stand the smell of food, the fridge, the dishwasher etc. Have had to stop wearing perfume too (I'm normally dripping in it!) as the smell just overwhelms me.

Have a booking in appointment date now - but it's not until 10+3. Is that quite late?

We have a holiday booked to Portugal and will be flying when I'm 10+5. Does anyone know if I will have to do anything special travel insurance-wise? I don't need any kind of doctors note do I?

7+6

Hi everyone, I've never used this site before so am brand new to it. I got my BFP last week.....did a few tests and line was soo faint I sent DP out to get a digital one. EDD of 27th April so in 5+1. I have DS 7 and DD 5. Can't wait! Totally full of heart burn no matter what I eat, very sore boobs and a few sick incidents already. Hope everyone else's pregnancy is going well and look forward to reading all your stories as the months progress!

I just joined a new GP surgery last week. Got an appointment with the Dr tomorrow and he'll refer me to the midwives. Been looking forward to hopefully getting a date for the scan.

Only it's taken me ages to realise tomorrow's a bank holiday! I checked the appointment slip and definitely tomorrow! Does my new Dr open on bank holidays or is my appointment wrong I wonder?!

dandelion...mmm crumpets! Good idea! Horrible day of nausea - was working from 6am on the radio and seriously worried I was going to throw up on air! Rich tea biscuits got me through...also on the breadsticks and sparkly water. Sorry you're suffering too...at least we can let off steam here and know other people get what it's like.

Another odd pregnancy symptom (for some) is a stuffed up nose! I had that last time but it's already set in now.

mrs twinks sounds lots like me a few days ago with the wiping...I think like others say it's probably nothing to worry about if it's stopped and not a lot of blood. xx

Thanks everyone no symptoms here as yet but then I can't move either so not much chance of running into odours or not dp screened food!
Mrs twinks (hope in spelt that right) I hope all is ok. For what it's worth I bled for weeks with my ds.
Has anyone had a scan yet? I got to see little blob a couple of days ago :)

Hi Ladies
I'm back from a glorious two week holiday and trying to catch up but you guys have been busy!!!
Still very little symptoms except tiredness and bloating towards the end of the day. Oh, and going up at least a bra size (DH very happy about that one!)

So sorry to babyjames and any others who have had sad news and fingers crossed and big hugs to those having concerns. Wow this is such a nerve wracking time.

Welcome newbies and congratulations on your BFPs!

I saw some of you were talking about sex. I've still been doing it but had a bit of scare two nights ago when i had really bad cramping after and the tiniest spot of blood. So sex is off limits til i speak to the midwife tomorrow at my booking in appointment.

Also, i wanted to ask if anyone has any advice for telling friends who have recently had bad news. One of my dearest friends was recently forced into having an abortion by her family due to them being religious and disowning her unless she married her partner of 6 months or terminated the pregnancy. Shes finding it so hard to deal with, how can i possibly tell her? another friend is currently in hospital after suffering an ectopic pg after years of TTC and it looks like there may be other complications. How do I share my good news in a delicate way? any advice?

x
9+0 i think?!

MrsSimkins - lovely to have you back. Glad to hear you had an awesome holiday.

On telling friends who've had difficult news - it's a really tricky one and I'm sure others on here will be more experienced with this sort of thing than me. But to share musings from my own experience with mc last December and the recovery after it/ttc when I was on the receiving end of what seemed like endless bits of other people's happy news. Realistically I found it pretty difficult, and if anything what made it slightly less heartbreaking was people (a) being honest with me rather than tiptoeing around it and (b) telling me while still recognising that I might need space/distance to process it, and maybe feel a bit sad (which I did sometimes - e.g. got several bits of news just after I'd got yet another AF), without that meaning I resented them or anything. Other thing is that just by being sensitive and caring about how you tell people (which obv you will be because you're wondering about it now) makes such a difference; most people will value that and be happy for you however sad they may feel about their own situation. Being told by a friend, directly and sensitively is so much better than e.g. finding out on FB that one of my closest friends had given birth (with a due date just a few days before mine would have been). That really hurt :-(

I guess what I'd probably try to do when I was giving the good news is to remember it's possible to care about people and be sensitive, supportive towards them and what they're going through, while also both giving them space AND equally (more?!) importantly make space to look after myself and the little bean.

Realise my own situation was different to (and, I expect, way less traumatic) than your friend's, but just thought I'd share my slightly wandering thoughts on the topic based on my experience. Obv feel free to ignore!